They should scrap the PS3 version.

[Skies]

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see more alarmist drivel

360 and walk away

So you're... Going deeper into the forums?!

[Akira_Tenshi]

Surely scrapping the game would piss of fans just as much, and besides like others have said it is not optimized yet. The video did have me a little worried about the quality of the PS3 game but they have said it will improve and so we have to trust them.

[Alerith]

dont even matter when its perfect PS3 version will suck period. its a 2006 console and there squeezing a 2013 pc game into it.

Irrelevant.

XI survived on the PS2 long past the life expectancy of the system.

[Akira_Tenshi]

Also to any PC gamer that thinks a Final Fantasy game should not release on a console, you are an idiot and may want to take a look at the history of the franchise. How many FF games are available on PC?

[Alhanelem]

Also to any PC gamer that thinks a Final Fantasy game should not release on a console, you are an idiot and may want to take a look at the history of the franchise. How many FF games are available on PC?

This is irrelevant. No MMO, final fantasy or otherwise, should be released on consoles. Also, just because a franchise is historically released on one platform, doesn't mean that can't change- it in fact has changed many times, both for Square Enix and many other developers.

The reason is simple. Virtually all MMOs demand an extendable, upgradable platform, because the games themselves are extended and upgraded over time. Such games should not be released on platforms not capable of that. This isn't about being a PC fanboi, it's about simple facts and reality. Look no further than FFXI and PS2 limitations for the prime example of why an MMO should not be on a console. I have owned every Nintendo console ever made except the virtual boy; I don't hate consoles. But certain kinds of games are not well suited to them.

Capcom was very smart (in a rare display of smartness) with the Monster Hunter series. While the other games were released on consoles, Capcom chose to make their MMO, Monster Hunter Frontier, on the PC in order to be free of the limitations of the consoles avialable at the time. Later, it did release on the xbox 360 (Microsoft threw a lot of money at them to get them to do it), but that was the next generation and the hardware wasn't too likely to be stressed by the game for a while to come.

(For the record, FF7, FF8, FF11 and FF14 are available on PC; and several spinoffs are available on various non-console devices)

[indira]

Irrelevant.

XI survived on the PS2 long past the life expectancy of the system.

FFXI was MADE for the PS2, even though it hit the PC first. get some facts, or were you still in diapers back then.

[Aion]

So this thing called internet, huh?

[Alhanelem]

Irrelevant.

XI survived on the PS2 long past the life expectancy of the system.

Actually, it's not irrelevant, because XI is not surviving on the PS2 all that much longer- Support is gone in the US, and will be gone in Japan at some point after the new expansion comes out. XI tested and pushed the limits of the PS2 and can not grow or expand much more without leaving that platform.

[indira]

This is irrelevant. No MMO, final fantasy or otherwise, should be released on consoles. Also, just because a franchise is historically released on one platform, doesn't mean that can change- it in fact has changed many times, both for Square Enix and many other developers.

The reason is simple. Virtually all MMOs demand an extendable, upgradable platform, because the games themselves are extended and upgraded over time. Such games should not be released on platforms not capable of that. This isn't about being a PC fanboi, it's about simple facts and reality. Look no further than FFXI and PS2 limitations for the prime example of why an MMO should not be on a console. I have owned every Nintendo console ever made except the virtual boy; I don't hate consoles. But certain kinds of games are not well suited to them.

Capcom was very smart (in a rare display of smartness) with the Monster Hunter series. While the other games were released on consoles, Capcom chose to make their MMO, Monster Hunter Frontier, on the PC in order to be free of the limitations of the consoles avialable at the time. Later, it did release on the xbox 360 (Microsoft threw a lot of money at them to get them to do it), but that was the next generation and the hardware wasn't too likely to be stressed by the game for a while to come.

well WoW upgrades every expansion to use the new tech out there. proof it works to stay on a scalable platform

[Amherst]

Seems like this forum's "I don't want anyone to have X" mentality is getting worse and worse the closer we get to release.