They should scrap the PS3 version.

[Godking]

People always need something to complain about.

[Yrusama]

It's threads like these that make me question the sobriety of the OP.

Should they have made a PS3 version? (And I mean, should that decision have been made back before 2010?) Probably not, but they promised everyone a PS3 version and they can't back out without disappointing, and losing, a lot of fans. You should appreciate how many promises they're trying to keep, given how many SE has broken in the past.

[Abriael]

Would you prefer SE remove the FFXIV configuration program and force players to play with the highest specs simply because you think less powerful PC will "bring down the quality of the game" ?

Soon, PS3-reluctant-players will say "People will less than 6000 on the benchmark, you're not allowed to play the game cause you're spoiling our fun !!!"

Haha, gotta say, I loved this one.

[Lokixak]

If I'm not mistaken the HDD that came with FFXI was 120gigs. FFXI when I left was only ~25gigs. So the HDD limitations are not really valid unless the PS2 game was way bigger then that.

It was a 40GB HDD. One of the problems with the PS2 HDD is that there is no way to defragment it. Also, SE had reserved a 10GB partition of said HDD for FFXI use. In order to use more space for the partition, they had to get legal permission from Sony to expand it. Which, they did last year in order to be able to have more space for future content as the partition was already reaching the space limit. The PS2 won't be supported for future expansions outside Japan, where most of the current PS2 users reside.

[nokinator]

LOL i thought for sure this thread would have been locked by now

[Veltaine]

why is there so much crap against ps3 owners having a copy of the game? i am in full support of this cuz the larger player base is way more fun.. and besides, Final Fantasy XI is getting a new expansion

360 + PC (Ps2 is being removed)

XIV 2.0

PS3 + PC

seems fair

[Legado]

I just finished watching the "Tour of Eorzea" video. They should really consider scrapping the PS3 version.

There was so much screen tearing and the frame rate was plain horrible. "We're bringing in the guys from Sony" doesn't give me much hope.

If they try to actually sell that for money, it will just piss even more fans off.

Who else agrees they should give up on the PS3 version? Release ARR for PC and perhaps consider a future PS4 release.

This.. I mean.. this thread.. *throws chair out the window* Upvote for ispano. Optimization and capture cards when recording ps3 footage can kill fps.

[Andrien]

I would really hate to play with the PC community alone.. ugh, I don't even want to think about it, I've seen enough grass complaints already.

[indira]

It was a 40GB HDD. One of the problems with the PS2 HDD is that there is no way to defragment it. Also, SE had reserved a 10GB partition of said HDD for FFXI use. In order to use more space for the partition, they had to get legal permission from Sony to expand it. Which, they did last year in order to be able to have more space for future content as the partition was already reaching the space limit. The PS2 won't be supported for future expansions outside Japan, where most of the current PS2 users reside.

you can always plug it in your pc to defrag it but its running unix im guessing and that dont need to be defraged.

[Alhanelem]

I dont understand what you mean by having a lesser quality experience on several platforms. Are you saying that because the PS3 version exists that its going to bring down the quality of your PC playing experience? Please explain. In your previous comment you said that the lesser quality experience would at the very least only affect the people who buy the lesser version.

It's less that and more people getting a worse impression of the game by playing it on the PS3, not the direct effects on the PC version of the PS3 version existing (of which there are/will be very few.

One example of a ps3 concession is in the HUD- on the PC version there is a small graphical display indicating what's in your bags. In the PS3 version this graphical display is replaced with tiny icons with a number in them in order to conserve memory. This has me worried because if they badly need the tiny amount of memory it seems like that would save, what happens a few years down the road when they need to use more memory to display new information? Either that information has to not be displayed in the PS3 version (or something else in memory has to be bumped out) or a concession needs to be made in the lead platform version in order to make it work.

Would you prefer SE remove the FFXIV configuration program and force players to play with the highest specs simply because you think less powerful PC will "bring down the quality of the game" ?

This is completely different. On the PS3, what they give you is what you get- you don't have any choice in the matter. On the PC, if you need to drop the graphics down for performance you can- In doing so, you're fully aware that if you have a better machine, it will look better. You can also upgrade your machine to enjoy the better graphics- which, again, you can't do on the PS3.

you can always plug it in your pc to defrag it but its running unix im guessing and that dont need to be defraged.

I was under the impression that the PS2 hard drive's firmware was specifically set up to only work with a PS2 and it won't work with anything else.