I would totally agree with an expansion pack coming out when the ps3 release hits, I mean it makes sense. SE is going to need something to help people to want to buy their product, and when the ps3 release hits an expansion pack would be the perfect thing.

I mean really when you think about it, with a new expansion, I'm sure social outlets like IGN and Game Informer, etc... will all re-grade SE's work, and once they do, they can kind of throw away the 4.0 they received, and replace it with the hopefully better score they would receive from their expansion pack.

Let's see, when FFXI first came out in Japan, it was basically the same thing that FFXIV is now. They used Japan as a larger Open Beta type ordeal before shipping it around the world. When FFXI first came out it only had THF, WAR, MNK, WHM, RDM, and BLM.... After the first expansion FFXI received a ton of new innovations and classes, for example, BRD BST DRK DRG NIN PLD RNG SAM and SMN... In other words, they basically increased their number of classes by 200%, I see no reason as to why when the ps3 release happens we can't see something close to that effect.

Overall I believe them to be releasing an expansion pack with the ps3 release, it follows how FFXI was raised if you will. I still have a lot of faith in this game, and I think once patch 1.18 hits, we'll see a lot of core changes occur that will allow an expansion pack to be more viable. Besides, it might be nice to release an expansion pack with the ps3 release including all of the content updates we've received thus far, I feel like that would be a nice touch if that was added as well.