SquareEnix Considering More Platforms for FFXIV Including Xbox 360

Just in from the Square conference.

[TheColbertinator]

No doubt about it.SE wants to make money but they should work on something called quality before jumping to investors

[Man_of_the_year]

I don't think we know enough yet about "quality" in regards to FFXIV since all we saw as a 20 second CGI trailer.

Also ofcourse they are thinking about the 360. It's an MMO. They need the money from subscribers to maintain the servers. There is just too much of a market when you add the PS3 install base with the 360 install base.

It's crazy to release a MMO on 1 console that has monthly fees.

Either way, i won't be playing this game on the 360 or PS3 as i don't like paying $12.50 a month for an MMO.

12 months = $120
24 months = $240
36 months = $360 ... well you get the picture.

EDIT @ Below. I'm not poor either. But to play games like MMO's you have to put in the time. I just don't have the time to put into an MMO therefor i am paying for something that i am not using. I like to be able to take my time and play other games as well. The cost just doesn't justify the means for me as i would rather play a good RPG and take my time than an MMO and feel like i am rushed because i want to utilize the high cost to play per month.

[TheColbertinator]

I'm not poor so I'm not concerned with money.MMOs are not out of the question for me since I am a hardcore PC gamer.I just want my cash to go to games that justify their quality.If FFX14 is good,I'll give it some time.

Other than DS remakes and delayed games(Dragon Quest 9,FFXIII),SE really needs to set their priorities

[Montreafart]

Because Tretton said (during E3 conference - you can look it up if you dont believe me): "you can only play FF14 on OUR CONSOLE (ie PS3) in 2010."

From that sentence alone, I realized FF14 would be exclusive for the year 2010 but maybe not 2011.

[TheReaper42]

Saw this one coming, bet no one was surprise after FXIII going multiplat. SE repeats itself

[Ichiryoka]

Q: Yesterday's trailer that was shown, was that running of a console or was it pre-rendered?

A: There were parts that were pre-rendered and parts that were running on the in-game engine.

Q: Is that the quality you're aiming for? The scene with the Galka fighting, is that what you're aiming for?

A: Yes, that is the part that was running in-engine

http://www.cynamite.de/_mis...

[theKiller]

from the moment they said online!!!!

because 360 have big online community and knowing SE, they wont miss that chance since they r after MS money!! probably they want MS to pay them 50 million check to release it on their 360 as usual!!! damn SE, they r really clever and stupid at the same time!!!!

[hay]

That was surprisingly fast.

[Genesis5]

Guess MS brought their cheque book with them.

[Shadow Flare]

I bet if this was on 360, they'd still get charged a subscription fee lol. On top of their xbox live fee. And on top of their internet fee

[Chris399]

"Write the cheque, MS, write the cheque..."

- Yoichi Wada

P.S. I'm curious to see the rather agile dance MS and SE do around the whole "no hard-drive" thing. Hopefully, they'll just ditch that charade of a console - the Arcade - and bite their honor on this one. MMO's can't succeed on the 360 with the Arcade and the support (b.s. support, but still) that MS is giving it. Just kill the damned thing. It only exists so that they can claim a $200 price point and so that customers can see the greater value of a Pro model.

[Blaze929]

Actually no, playing a MMO game on the XBox 360 is free; all you have to pay for is the MMO subscription itself <---- That applies to Xbox Live Silver, the free service.

Now on Xbox Live Gold, yeah you'd still have to pay for the subscription fee. But chances are, if your playing a MMO on the 360, that's all your playing so why even get GOLD.

As for the internet fee...umm, that applies to every system it'll be on.

[SL1M DADDY]

Not really. I half suspected they would have made the announcement at the same time it was said to be "exclusive".

I can hear it now:

Yoichi Wada: "And now, exclusively for PS3 and PC, I bring you Final Fantasy XIV!!! Soon to be available on the 360."

[DelbertGrady]

$249.

[gintoki777]

so the words only on ps3 mean nothing wow just keep taking microsoft just keep taking the game was announced for 1 day you hear about it and talk to square enix reps after bring to dark alley way hold up a gun and say bring this to the 360 or it will cost your life. then next day we are considering bringing this to other platforms

[gamesmaster]

ok so now FFXIV going multiplat will mean its not just another morpg to fanboys now.

edit: yes and no? thats what makes me laugh about fanboys, with them, game's can go from something to nothing when platform announcements are concerned.

i think the game will be great, FFXIII style battle system chaining moves, combos and spells with your friends. i think its a winner, whatever system.

[menoyou]

Square-Enix sucks so I don't really care. FFXIII looks gay but FFXIV looks interesting, and I hope it destroys World of Warcraft but knowing Square-Enix's track record I doubt it.

[SL1M DADDY]

So you think it is coming to the Wii? The PSP Go? Or are we posting in random code...

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

"Guess MS brought their cheque book with them. "

or it could just be SE wanting to explore more ways to make money. Hmmm... what a concept other than MS bringing the cheque book. Yeah, I know mind blowing indeed!

[MGSR THE HD VERSION]

the game that sony gamers were bragging about is a timed exclusive, lol.

[gameplayer]

Isn't this game exclusive/timed exclusive on the PS3 and wouldn't that mean that Sony is the one writing a cheque to keep the game exclusive/timed exclusive? I'm sorry but the install base on either side is too large for me to honestly believe that a 3rd party would go exclusive without some serious cash these days, how have you guys possibly come to the conclusion that MS is the one writing cheques here?!

[gamesmaster]

"the game that sony gamers were bragging about is a timed exclusive, lol."

the game that xbox gamers were bragging about is a multiplat, lol....

[osamaq]

online gaming is made to the Xbox live, I knew it when they said final fantasy 14 ONLINE that this game is hitting the Xbox 360

[SpoonyRedMage]

You know it could have been that Sony lied....

but of course none of you would assume that...

[Xephon08]

If it is on the 360 We can all benefit from it, it would enable more people to play the game and thus would increase the game population, which would help everyone in the game. So yes if it goes to the 360 which it might given XI was on it, it would help everyone who plays the game, frankly if you play an MMO and its vacant it sucks, the whole purpose of an MMO is to have a ton of people playing.

the only thing they have to do is solve the space issue, i doubt that old xbox360's with the 20gb and arcade would be able to handle the game unless they did something like have it run off the cd a little bit, so it could remove a big chunk of the 360 owners.

[Monchichi025]

Pie in Face for Sony!

Square must REALLY hate Sony to make them look SOOO foolish!

[Tony P]

Geez. Not even a day and already talking multi after an exclusive announcement. So my main question is who screwed who?

[raztad]

@MGSR

Are you talking about LP2 or MGs:Rising?

Anyway, I'm not sure many people was that excited about a MMORPG. Its cool for fanboys to brag about exclusivity, but an MMORPG is hardly a system seller.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Wouldn't it be cool if PS3 and Xbox 360 owners could play this together in the same world?

On second thought (apart from the technical feasibility), you would probably only get bickering from fanboys on both sides.

[MGSR THE HD VERSION]

"SquareEnix Considering More Platforms for FFXIV Including Xbox 360"

if you look at it, how could they ignore ms if ff11 was making them tons money off of their online service. with all these expansions that SE made in the past for 360/pc, i wouldn't be surprised if this game is just a timed exclusive.

[Jinxstar]

I can't fins them saying that anywhere in the press conference. Can anyone link it from the original conference?

[SpoonyRedMage]

"11:56
FFXIV will be coming to the PS3 & PC. They are currently considering other hardware (including Microsoft hardware!) "

That's a direct quote.

http://e3.g4tv.com/thefeed/...

Here's a link to the conference. It's the first thing they say.

@V: Proof?

[Christopher]

FFXI makes SE a lot of money, but not on the 360. Their money is made from original PS2 and PC users.

I do see the comedy in this quick turn around. Wonder what Tretton is saying right now?

Either way, it's unlikely I'll play a FF MMORPG since they're just not my type of games.

[Sarcasm]

lol that didn't take long at all

[Doppy]

So why lead Sony on to believe it was in the first place. This is just a stunt so Microsoft will have an announcement at 2010 E3 saying FF 14 will be coming to the 360.

[Information Minister]

It's not that I disagree with you (you may actually be right), but that doesn't change the fact that the millions of gamers with Gold accounts that might want to play FFXIV will be forced to pay 2 subscription fees. And that will put them at a disadvantage over those with Silver accounts, putting Microsoft in a very awkward situation that I'm not sure they want to be in. How would they continue justifying the Gold subscription fee then?

[7ero H3LL]

you know both ff14 and mgsr wont see the light of day by late 2010 or beginning 11.

[Rob0g0rilla]

Since it's already announced for PC, it's on two platforms.

[callahan09]

@ Spoony, I have a feeling that this is Square screwing Sony. I believe that this is a deliberate attempt to make Sony look foolish. I mean, Sony was given the exclusive right to debut the trailer to the world. They didn't just have that trailer by dumb luck or by some weird coincidence, they didn't steal it from somewhere, the trailer was given to them, and the announcement was given the go-ahead by Square-Enix. Which means that Square led Sony to believe it was going to be exclusive only to pull the carpet out from under them immediately after. They're trying to make Sony look foolish. It's obvious. The question is: what the **** for?

[RememberThe357]

It funny you say that. Because I thought when Kojima took the stage yesterday and made it clear that the "true" Metal Gear Solid game was exclusively on the PSP, looked like a pie in the face of MS.

Kojima: Metal Gear Rising is a spin off, the true sequel to Metal Gear is on the PSP. (paraphrasing)

I love this E3, Sony and Ms are going blow for blow.

[thebudgetgamer]

not because it would be multi plat, but because this would be the second time they lied about being exclusiuve to one console.

>:/

[king dong3]

quality!

[SpoonyRedMage]

@Callahan
Or it could be Sony trying to make Square look bad.

Square gave them the trailer and said it's confirmed for PC and PS3 and then Sony said it was exclusive and they've just clarified that they're keeping their options open. Square Enix never said it was exclusive, Sony did.

EDIT: If it is Square screwing Sony it could be because Sony screwed them with FFXI.

[Monchichi025]

Dude...how pathetic is it that you throw a PSP game as your arguement! Who the hell even cares about handheld games anyways??? We're talking PS3 vs 360 here. (P.S. Wipe your chin cuz you still have some pie on it!)

[SaberEdge]

If Microsoft get a 3rd party game to come to their platform all the PS3 fans act like they're doing something dastardly, but if Sony get's a 3rd party game to come over to their console it is just "good job Sony". When Agent and Final Fantasy XIV were announced as exclusives for the PS3 I didn't hear a peep from the PS3 fanboys about Sony writing checks or "buying exclusives".

The irony that Sony has spent millions on outright buying up studios while complaining about Microsoft paying for an exclusive game seems to be lost on these people.

The hypocrisy is astounding.

Edit:
@Robogorilla

Nobody really cares if it is on PC. 90 percent of us are console gamers. Look at the sales of any PC game versus its console counterpart and you will see how marginal the PC is for gaming. In any case, we're talking about consoles here. If the game is only on PS3 and PC, then it is console exclusive to the PS3. This whole argument that because a game is on PC as well as a console it means it isn't exclusive is just a cop-out. Everybody knows that it means it is console exclusive.

[FamilyGuy]

For sony to get up on stage just one day before claiming "console exclusivity" and for Square to spit back in their face like this.

I wonder where all of squre enix's sony hate came from? They weere close last gen but i guess we just didn't notice that they simply go where the money/install base is.

I'm still interested in the game but i really wish i could here sonys side of this statement. This is far beyond "rising" coming to the 360 where they never said exclusive or not, this was Sony's BEST kept secret and they claimed it exclusive yet now it has the possibility of not being exclusive?

Ridiculous.

If sony didnt throw cash out to make sure FFXIII was exclusive then there no way they'll do it for an MMO. The only reason why it has a chance of NOT coming to the 360 is the fact HDDs aren't standard on the system.

[FamilyGuy]

"EDIT: If it is Square screwing Sony it could be because Sony screwed them with FFXI."

Wait, what happened? I don't know the story of that...

This really is Sonys fault, they should've bought/made SquareEnix a first party developer a LONG time ago. They were probably just WAY too expensive but Sony shoud've made the sacrifice.

[Darkeyes]

Just in... Wada got swine flu for being a pig.

[LionMCK]

This is the spiritual successor to a game that was also on the 360 and porting code from the PC version to either 360 or the next XBOX would be a simple process. This game will be being played even 8+ years from now of course they aren't going to lock themselves into just the PS3 and PC. Right now they are focusing on the PS3 for consoles because it is so much more popular in Japan, where a large portion of FFXI's base was. I'm surprised this is getting so much attention and I think half of you don't even realize the limited appeal of the game because of its MMO status. I'm hoping they figure out a clever way to reel in new gamers who are afraid of monthly fees. I'm an avid FFXI player since NA launch so fees don't bother me.

You guys DO realize this is a PC game that happens to also be on consoles right? The 90% of the serious gamers are going to be playing this on a PC probably. Just like FFXI it may LAUNCH on consoles but you will see the majority of people shifting to the PC version anyway. I doubt many xbox owners are really going to be left out on this one regardless of whether it remains exclusive to PS3. I'll own this on both PS3 and PC day one but you guys are really blowing this out of proportion in every single way. This is not really one of those games to get into a Sony vs MS debate.....most players will be PC, the game will have limited appeal, the game won't move many new consoles(not in the same way as a good single player FF), etc, etc.

[Sez]

maybe Sony should have waited til the check cleared before they made the annoucement. LOL

[Kr155]

when jack said. Exclusive to the ps3 in 2010 I do believe he implied it was timed exclusive. FFXI. Was on 360 so thi shouldn't be a surprise. Also if your interested in this game at all you want it to show up on the 360. MMOs need people in order to not fail. The more potential customers the less likely it will be that the game will fail. And to the 360 fanboys bragging. MS pulled the same crap when they insinuated mgs:r would be exclusive

[KaBaW]

That's cool. Will prolly be good.
I prolly won't get it, though.
Ima just stick with FF13 & FF13v.

[SpoonyRedMage]

Well FFXI required the the harddrive peripheral for the PS2 to play it but shortly after the release, Sony announced the Slimline which had no support for the harddrive. Therefore no support for FFXI.

Then when the PS3 was released Square had the chance to make more money on it due to the Backwards Compatibility but then shortly after Sony took BC out. That's twice they stopped support.

Keep in mind FFXI is Square's biggest money maker.

Also people think Sony treated SE really well and I say we shouldn't 100% believe this. People give the example of Sony "bailing them out" but when you think back to Spirits Within you'll see that at the box office it made 70 million at the box office. Sony took 40 million of that and Square got hit with a 90 million loss.

Square rightfully asked Sony for help but instead of just loaning Square the money, Sony decided to buy 20% of the company. In the deal Sony also made it so Square couldn't release games on non-Sony platforms.

Now that doesn't sound too bad, Sony bought part of the company and helped them right? Well if you think about it they bought part of the company with the money they got from Spirits Within.

Square obviously wasn't very happy because shortly after they announced that they funded 49% of a new company to develop games for Nintendo. The thing is the company was Square's production team 2 and the head of team 2 was the person who owned 51%.

When Enix absorbed Square they made sure the exclusivity contract didn't stick.

From a purely business standpoint Sony should have bought Squaresoft out, I agree.

[airheadluffy]

seems like the best way to make easy money this generation is to announce a ps3 exclusive and wait for microsoft to bring out their cheque book. i wouldnt be surprised if microsoft manages to bring Agent to the 360.

[Grooski]

Guys, seriously? Just like SE is "considering" other platforms for TLR. Its paying lip service to their fans, nothing more.

[popup]

I was going to mention a story about placing greed above focus and passion but then I found some statistics on the average weight of the population.

Why have a relationship when you can be a whore?

[KaBaW]

So that hopefully you don't catch any STD's, or AIDS! :O

[-MD-]

You can play MMO games on live without a gold subscription I thought every idiot in the world knew this already.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

It was expected. The only FF that will stay exclusive is Versus XIII, because nomura won't work anywhere else, unless Square decide to put someone else at the port (just like Konami used to do with Kojima).

This is a FF MMO, the last one was multiplatform, why should this not follow this direction in times like this where going multi is the standard.

Sony announced it as console exclusive becuase probably there is already a team working to bring it to PS3 and PC (like FF XI for PS2) but after they are done with it, they will port even to Wii if they can.

[All-3]

Nahhhh - Square Enix has to find ways to pay off its £84.3 million investment for Eidos PLC, the holding company for Eidos Interactive.

Also - Square Enix has a 'polymorphic' business strategy. So developing for more than just one platform isn't really their direction. Besides... FFXIV was always a mutliplatform game. The official site lists it for Windows platforms too, before Sony's E3 2009 conference and announcement.

[ThanatosDMC]

So more delays then?

[Pika-pie]

If this is true then Im not going to believe another word that Jack Trenton utters again!

[LoVeRSaMa]

I think Ill pass when it goes multi platform, just like FFXIII

[Jecht]

First, is anyone really surprised? SE doesn't make exclusives, they make "exclusives".

Second, source is an xbox fan website. Where are all the people shouting biased?

Third, CONSIDERING!!!! That is a KEY word. Just because they are considering it, doesn't mean it's going to happen. But it probably will.

Now, moving on to the 360 fans (or fanboys/girls) talking about how the 360 is "teh greatest fer teh online games" and about FFXI going to it, I have a few things to say.

First, no the 360 is not the greatest. Yeah, it's got something great in Live, but the truth is that Live is PLAGUED with problems. I won't bother getting into an argument with 360 fanboys over what, because you know what, you just don't want to admit it. Second, FFXI only went to the 360 because if it didn't, SE would have lost a f*ckton of money since Sony stopped supporting the harddrive for the PS2. SE had no choice. And even still, few 360 gamers cared.

And next, this stupid installed base argument is so lame. Microsoft doesn't report actual sold consoles, they report shipped consoles. And you have no idea if Microsoft is counting RROD'd units, so you have no accurate number for their installed base. For all you know, it could be LESS than the PS3, but the point is that no one knows but Microsoft. And if you trust big businesses, then you're the most naive person in the world and I'm amazed you made it this far in life.

Pure and simple, SE are stupid and greedy. Fact, the PS3 makes money for developers as being the ONLY console that hasn't been pirated. Fact, all PS3's have a harddrive, which is perfect for MMO's. Fact, PS3 users want any kind of RPG's so they will play any kind of RPG's. If you DON'T think that MS has anything to do with this, then again you're naive.

Wada is a fool who will drive SE into the ground with his plainly foolish, unwavering support of a console whose base cares absolutely nothing for the genre that the company he runs is all about. All while ignoring the console that WANTS the games the company he runs is all about. And when it comes down to it, SE is operating under shady business practices, foolish moves, and repackaging of ideas. And that is NOT how Japanese business is conducted, which is why SE is losing all credibility as a serious and influential game development and publishing company.

[BLuKhaos]

meh seeing as this is more like a sequel to FFXI and that wasn't exclusive I don't see why this would be so surprising, after all this is Squeenix we're talking about.

[pumpkinpunker]

Who says MS has to pay money to get this on the 360?

SE is releasing the game for both Microsoft Windows and the PS3. All MS has to do is refuse to license Windows to SE and SE is effectively screwed seeing how the majority of revenue received from an MMO is from the PC community.

Sony fanboys need to get a perspective on how huge a force Microsoft is in the gaming world because of Windows. Square has to open it's checkbook to Microsoft.

[thebudgetgamer]

:)pot and kettle my friend

[popup]

@Jecht. Nicely and wisely put.

[Megatron08]

Will this isnt the 1st time $ony has used their check book to keep developers from announcing games on other platfroms. Anyone remember when $ony broke out the check book to keep ubisoft from announcing AC on the 360

I said this would happen anyways

[thesummerofgeorge]

And nothings even been confirmed (not that it wuld make sense if it were anyway). They're CONSIDERING other consoles, slow down people.

[vhero]

Are you all stupid?? they said considering they are not confirming crap! Did you eve read the title let alone the article?? Also Square said more platforms they didn't mention the 360 or any other system just thinking about other systems so it would probably mean a delayed release. So stop spouting crap saying Sony lost an exclusive over 360 before its actually been announced will ya?

God damn fanboys...

[Tito Jackson]

If they were considering going multiplat, than 360 was a logical choice. The MAJORITY of multiplat games sell better on the 360. I didn't say ALL, I said the MAJORITY. Whats all the fuss about?

[Genesis5]

MS will spend any amount of cash to avoid Sony having this as an exclusive. It's what they do best.

[soxfan2005]

MS doesn't need money to entice third parties - 30+ million Xbox 360's, and the potential revenue for a developer to make a game available on the 360, is more than enough. Selling more consoles is what MS does best.

EDIT @ below - so, I guess third parties make PS3 games for free out of the goodness of their hearts. I mean, you make it sound like Sony doesn't pay for anything.

EDIT @ 2.3 - MS offers a used 20gb hard drive for $30 to buyers of the Arcade. The 60gb is $100 new.

[menoyou]

Actually they do need money because these are japan centric games. Square-Enix has sold jack this gen (low sales records for their company) because all their RPGs have been on 360. Also many developers are very open about how Microsoft throws money at them for exclusivity or to break Sony's exclusivity.

[Xephon08]

Its a 30 mil userbase with an astrix, the people who have an arcade have to purchase a HDD which isn't too much to assume they would but its what $100 for it? so its conditional at 30 million, but there is a good chunk that wouldn't have access to it right away.

[Nitrowolf2]

I am not surprise by this at all.

[Nitrowolf2]

Anyone Surprise?

[Fiona]

i think it will be kind of a timed exlcusive. PS3 first then the 360. Im not gona get the game because i am not into MMO. Third party exclusive are slowly dying.

[Nitrowolf2]

lol i know
just like "MGS4; no body wants to play a movie: Rumor of MGS4 for 360 rise: sweet its coming!!!!!!"

[Vicodin]

"Third party exclusive are slowly dying."

Hilarious!!!

[PiTCHBLaCK]

Looks like everyone wanted to play a "movie".

Playing a MMPOG on a console is just weird to me.
maybe I'm just old fashion, I prefer MMPOG's on computer.

[Ps_alm3k]

exclusive, but on launch...it will be ps3 and pc.

[raztad]

And it makes sense. All new SOE titles are cross platform, PC first and now PS3. the first and foremost goal of a MMORPG is to bring the wider audience possible. So I think it is quite reasonable that FFXIV announcement means console exclusive.

[Lucreto]

Ìt depends on how they will run it. Will the PS3 players and 360 players interact or are they separate.

With MS closed network could be a problem. Anyway I doubt 360 owners are willing to pay more on top of the $50 to play it.

edit: They just stated they will have worldwide servers that are cross-platform and cross-region

[Chris399]

My head just exploded. Excuse me while I pick up the mess.

[slave2Dcontroller]

You can bet that this WILL be a Multi Plat game. My guess is that its timed exclusive for the Trey but yeah, Its going to the 360 as well.

[Sizzon]

Lost Planet 2 to PS3
Final Fantasy XIV to Xbox 360

both wins.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

You just basically turned 90% of the people on this site against you. Don't you know, this is where fanboys hang out!

[yoghurt]

Still seems a bit strange how Sony made a big thing of it being 'exclusive' from a console perspective...maybe by other platforms they mean psp...? atari lynx? ha ha

[PAPERCHASER0396]

Does the word "Considering" make so many 360 fans feel good? I guess so... Sort of like a Kid passing by the ice cream place crying and mother tells the kid I will "consider" stopping later if you are good just to calm him down.... Lol Microsoft is like a thief it would rather steal than to earn it by themselves until they say confirmed keep crying

[Christopher]

They said there was some "confusion" on the announcement. So, someone got something mixed up, either SE or Sony.

[kewlkat007]

Guys this MMO game will be on the Xbox 360/PS3/PC and maybe an Iphone version. Oh yeah, you can Quote me.

[PiTCHBLaCK]

I Totally agree, It's a MMPOG made by SE.
It'll be everywhere eventually.

[mesh1]

HAHAHA SONY AND their lies . well i still wont be buying this garabge of a game "online" bring on final fantasy 13 plz

[TheHater]

Tales of Vesperia
Eternal Sonata
Bioshock
Ninja Gaiden 2
Enchanted Arms

Did all those games had "ONLY ON XBOX 360" logo on them?
Don't bring you one sided bullsh!t here

[Ashriel]

Bioshock had a "only on xbox360 and pc" logo, if I remember well o.o

[Unicron]

Expected.

Once you go MP, you don't really go back. Hell, the game wasn't even exclusive at the announcement, as it's available on the PC. Yes children, if you can get it on the PC as well, it's NOT exclusive. Stop trying to spin it.

I'm not an MMO fan though. I'm still more interested in a potential Kingdom Hearts 3, and FFXIII.

[Christopher]

Tell that to 360 fans who keep saying most 360 games like L4D, Mass Effect, and the such are exclusives. I'm not agreeing with them, but I can see why a PS3 fan would do the same on this game.

[PiTCHBLaCK]

They said: Console exclusive, Console is like the 360, PS3, Wii etc.
The PC is not a console, most everything shows up there.

[Godmars290]

Was probably just a timed exclusive.

But if its a subscription based MMO who's really going to care?

[PiTCHBLaCK]

It's coming out for the PC to so It'll be
subscription based.

[Claudinho69]

i dont know why squareenix can make a online game with cross platforms interact with each other and nobody else can....

imagine xbox 360 team vs. playstation 3 team 0.0

[skatezero246]

0_o just another way to fuel the fanboy war ... I can see it now xbox fans we got the best summons, Sony fans we have the biggest crew lol <-- just examples of what we will here

[Claudinho69]

nah it wasnt like that on ffxi

[Jockamo]

How will this work?

If they already agree to have it on PC and Playstation...was that meant to be a crossplat mmo?

Or if now that the 360 might have it, will it be 360 & PC? Maybe some PC with PS3 and some PC with 360?

Anyway, I'm sad for Sony. I was happy that they were able to get it back on their console exclusively.

[skatezero246]

Im ok with it, we still have Final Fantasy Versus 13 witch in my opinion looks the best out of all the RPG's being developed right now

[Tony P]

So far FFXI is the only MMO to implement cross-platform play that I'm aware of. And I'm fairly sure they'll do the same for whatever consoles they decide to bring on board to XIV. My question is...what other "platforms" are they considering besides 360?

Maybe 360 and Mac?

[MGOelite]

i watched squareenix show and when did they say that?

[TheColbertinator]

http://e3.g4tv.com/thefeed/...

[MGOelite]

when did they say it might be coming to 360 and that link doesnt work

[TheColbertinator]

Got to G4,there is a live blog on the Square Enix conference.No cameras are allowed

[Bodyboarder_VGamer]

More or less the liars here are called Square-Enix not Sony. Remember that Square said for like 3 years straight that FFXIII was PS3 exclusive and one morning they simply changed their mind and said that it was multiplatform because they wanted as much people as possible playing their games.

But then, where is the PS3 version of The Last Remnant and the other crappy games they announced exclusively for X360? It is not as I would like to play their sh!t, I'm just using this to prove a point.

Now Mr. Colbot, you can shove that link into your ass.

=== Anyway, the game was multiplat to begin with so it is not such a big deal if an online only game that probably nobody will play goes to the X360. After what happened with FFXIII everything is expected.

[sukru]

I was never excited about FF: Online, and definitely not about this either. I'll just play my FF:XIII with the comfort of not paying a monthly fee, or whatsoever.

I've experience with MMO games, and only bottom line is, that they kill your personal life. I want to play games at times when I feel like it, not when my guild feels like it.

[Nergardless]

absolutly that's the reason i don't care about this game
so let it be multiplat and hopefully ya'll have fun with it

[HackMaxx]

I agree on personal life being affected takes a ton of self discipline to play MMO's now they're so moreish..:D

[skatezero246]

wow that was fast, microsoft needs to stop stealing Sony exclusives and come up with there own exclusives but there the best game platform? lol what a joke

[The Master Chief]

Microsft needs to do whatever they want, including getting all the big games because Xbox 360 is successful.

You choose to buy a PS3.

[HackMaxx]

Microsoft didn't make any move SE memtioned it was multi at E3.

[I did not murder him]

PS3 exclusives vanishing before our eyes.

[skatezero246]

Just like lost planet 2? what a joke I feel bad for you really Your missing out on God of War 3, Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain, Final Fantasy Versus 13 <-- best looking rpg being developed ryt now(imo), and MAG looks like we have plenty of exclusives

@ Why dis/ I did not murder him
Microsoft didn't say anything about it, why would they want to tell there trolls u as an example that Lost planet 2 is going to the ps3 it was revealed during the PS3 conference

[MetalGearBear]

oh!!!!
i am scared!!!!! RRODBOX owner pay more $$$!!!!!

[I did not murder him]

If you just show where MSFT has ever said LP2 and MGSR are 360 exclusive. Thank you.

360 is their primary platform so its no surprise devs showcase their games with the bigger base that spend more on games.

[Fiona]

well.....of course they are, most of them were first on PS brand. They can not compete with sony on first party games because sony got the upper hand. Sony does not have to much to steal from microsoft on 3rd party. Maybe ME 2 or LFD but i doub it. I think SP:C can come to ps3 but i dont know.

And yes, i think your are correct, i dont remember MSFT bragging about lost planet exclusivity to 360. Maybe i missed it.

[The Master Chief]

ha! The tears are streaming!

[Unicron]

Funny how murder just said this a few minutes ago -

http://n4g.com/events_e3200...

"When did Konami announce this for PS3? anyways that might be a good thing it might have a more western action quality to it. This could be the MGS people are waiting for."

You're a fanboy and a hypocrite. Good day, troll.

[really duh]

Still waiting for Kojima's PS3 version announcement as for this news its coming from the devs mouth. I hope you understand the difference. Why so emotional fanboy?

[Rob0g0rilla]

Just like Left 4 Dead2, Alan Wake, and Splinter Cell Conviction aren't exclusive to 360.

Well, maybe FFXIV was exclusive to PS3 for like an hour until they announced it for PC.

@chief
So what? I won't be playing FFXIV on a Sony PS3 either now. It'll be on PC as well Alan Wake and Splinter CC. I have absolutely no problem enjoying them on PC.

[The Master Chief]

Just like Left 4 Dead2, Alan Wake, and Splinter Cell Conviction aren't exclusive to 360.

Enjoy playing them on PC. You won't be enjoying them on Sony PS3. :)

[MGOelite]

it will probably come to pc im guessing but i cant see it going to 360.

fanboys are gonna misread this and eat it up

[SpoonyRedMage]

They confirmed it for PC and PS3 and then said they were considering other hardware.

[disgaea]

sony did said Exclusive at Launch YESTERDAY

[7thNightvolley]

Until MICROSOFT told SE to bend over.

[testerg35]

Man.. you guys automatically blame MS. Could it be that SE sees more $$$ by going multiplatform?

[Jockamo]

Maybe they had to work something out with Live costs before they could commit to MS... I mean, you're already paying for Gold...would you have to pay the real subscription fee on top on that?

i guess we'll see...

[SpoonyRedMage]

Or it could be that they told Sony it was confirmed for PC and PS3 and Sony went out there and said it was excsluive but Square Enix never actually said it wasn't going to go on the 360 as well.

Or Sony lied...

[Nergardless]

yes it could be sony who lied but i don't see the reason to lie for them(except it's timed) because if SE had told them it will be multiplat why would they step out and tell it's xclusive this makes no sense in my eyes and somehow i don't understand the relationship square is having with sony i mean i thought sony is owning parts of them so how does this behavour fit to both

[NMC2007]

LMAO!!! This is so awesome, no, not the fact that this may be on 360 but the fact that PS3 fans got so excited over it and they don't even play FFXI, the fact that to them this was something because it was exclusive, but now........ heh, look at them now.

Oh N4G, without you my laughter would only come from stand up comics, family guy, south park & Reno 911, thanks for being the funniest bunch of folks on the internet.

Well if it does come to 360 then I will pick it up because I did play FFXI on 360 for a while but stopped and am currently thinking about going back, I don't want to be consumed by it like a good friend of mine.

[disgaea]

they said this is only console you can this on Launch yesterday

[divideby0]

lets see...you LMAO at PS3 users who played and stopped and in the next line, you did the same...play and stop playing it...
you realize you are lol at yourself...
cant make this stuff up

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Excellent hopefully more 306 luvin from Square!

[NMC2007]

at what point in my post did I LMAO at PS3 fans who have played and stopped? My LMAO was at the reactions in this thread after reading the one where this was thought to be exclusive, I did not LMAO at on and off players as I am one of those people.

Thanks for playing.

[PiTCHBLaCK]

I Don't think many really even care much for FF14 anyways.
FF14 is a MMPOG, I'll never play a MMPOG on a console.

Most comments I saw about FF14 were people acting
not very interested Even before this posting.

Sure there were some that acted very excited, but many
were not that excitable.

[divideby0]

beep beep...MS in typical fashion backs truck up and dumps the $$ for it...

[Cyrus365]

Why is not like RPG's (JRPG's) have sold well on 360, in North America, or anywhere else, especially in Japan, where Final Fantasy is biggest draw there.

[bob saget remix]

This wasn't exclusive ever then. PC is a format so. Oh well. All I want is GOW 3. Give me GOW 3!

[Raoh]

nothing has been probably finalized on paper yet with microsoft. the game was in development for 5 years. so playstation and pc were a given.

we just got the announcement about ffxiii for 360 last year.

another issue might be that it's an mmorpg. apb is on again off again for the 360, marvel mmo for 360 gone, huxley 360 gone, although we havent heard anything wrong with champions online they are not at E3 either.

i dont think ffxi did very well on the 360. and monthly mmo fees on top of monthly xbox live fees probably dont sit well with gamers. not to mention microsfot not controlling the servers.

[fooflex]

I'm noticng a constant delay in all MMO console titles, where the heck is DC ONline, or the Agency? They seemed to keep getting delayed as well. I'm positive that FF XIV will not hit in 2010, the earliest 2011 and I wouldn't even be surprised if it gets pushed to 2012, just remember how long they've delayed XIII, and this one is an MMO, no way that'll release on time.

[drdre74]

well its Sony's own fault for not paying for exclusives like 360 does. So I won't hold my breathe on it not going to 360 which i could care less about since I'll be playing it either way on my PS3.

[MetalGearBear]

WOW!!!!
not big deal. LOL

[DelbertGrady]

Makes sense since the Xbox Live community has much more users than the PS3's PSN community. Why make an MMO and only release it on the console with the smaller user base?

Oh, almost forgot. Teh M$ paid for it...

[PiTCHBLaCK]

First tell me how many Live users is there? and how many PSN
users are there?, I Haven't kept up with the numbers but I'm assuming
the difference is 5 Million world wide give or take a bit.

Really, 5 Million difference will really tell
the developers to go with the 360?, Why not Wii? it far outsells
both, Something tells me that numbers is not everything.

[fooflex]

It stupid for square to put FFXIII on the 360 then deny the 360 fanbase 14, it's like a slap in the face for buying into that support. I imagine once 13 went multiplatform it was decided others would too. This expensive generation in gaming just doesn't make sense to have a third party exclusive with an already big franchise, what's the point? blatantly missing out on a major install base is silly. COD wouldn't do it, MGS4 missed out on huge money doing it. It's just silly. I get it for smaller IPs that could us the attention from the console maker, or just to small to create to versions, but otherwise I don't get it, especially with a project this size.

Plus what game did MS buy exclusivity for? they bought exclusive GTA dlc but not the game itself, so I don't get those comments.

[shocky16]

Sony Fanboy: MEGATON EXCLUSIVE, 360 aint got a chance!

*SquareEnix Considering More Platforms for FFXIV Including Xbox 360*

Sony Fanboy: Oh well, it's just another MMO, no one needs one.

[disgaea]

it's on the PC it's not exclusve

[The Master Chief]

Sure felt like an Exclusive before you realized it was going to be on Xbox 360, am I right?

[Rob0g0rilla]

You know, when they were all trashing MMOs yesterday.

[pwnsause]

wasnt FFXI cross-platform? i've never played it since i dont like paying for MMO's

[skatezero246]

Yea that's why I'm not worried about it

I get a disagree becuase I said I'm not worried about a MMO going multi-plat?

[bjornbear]

I doubt anyone reallly cares it goes 360, actually better =) more players, cheaper fee's for everyone

Yaaaay!

[MGOelite]

just to clear up it sounds like the guy assumed it would be going to 360

since it says "square enix are considering other platforms" then in brackets (microsoft hardware)

f nose what that means

[Man_of_the_year]

Well it was confirmed for PC and PS3...what other platforms could run this game? The Wii? LOL

Use your head kid. And it's "knows" not "nose".

[PStu'rd]

lol Square enix trolls ps3 like a pro!

Poor Trenton:( He looked so proud when announcing it. But look on the bright side Jack. For the next E3, MS has no more 3rd party games to steal from you anymore lololol

[MGOelite]

have you even seen the evidence for this?? basically nothing

[disgaea]

he said exclusive at LAUNCH CAN YOU HEAR

[PStu'rd]

''nigger''

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[Bladestar]

freaken duhh.. this is an MMO... if they even want to remotely make money on this game which will have a very limited fanbase.. they must bring to the PC, PS3 and xbox 360... specially since there will be a fee to play.

Sadly Sony wanted to use this as a PR stun and imply that the PS3 was getting an exclusive Final Fantasy game... I guess microsoft will wait until the next event to drop the bomb...

or many Sony only had money to buy exclusivity for 1 day... lol!

[truewittness]

ok, i'm unbias, but that last sentence was funny.

[i3eyond the Circle]

75PLD/75NIN/75THF/75WAR

Rank 10 San D'Oria

Final Fantasy 11 took a huge chunk of my life.

I stopped playing before Aht'Urgan so if the level capped raised I don't know about it.

Rise of Zilart and Chains of Promethia was my FFXI era and as you can see I invested alot of time in it.

Leveling up past 50 was a long but fun trip.

See you in a Linkshell 2010.

[ultimolu]

I'm really not surprised, to be honest.

[Canidae]

Honestly I don't care either since I'll still be playing it on the PS3. As I said in another forum, I just wish that MS and Sony took note, and allowed more cross platform play between their consoles for games like this. I know it's highly unlikely to happen, but hey a gamer can dream.

That said I'll enjoy leveling with 360 players as well in FFXI, right long PS3 players, and PC players, same as I did in FFXI. As long as they are cool, know how to do their jobs, and we have a blast I really don't care if it goes multi-plat later, sooner, at the same time, or whatever.

[HoofHearted]

So I don't see how this could possibly be going to the 360. The first online FF, FF11, was also published and maintained by SoE.

[i3eyond the Circle]

No it wasn't.

Final Fantasy XI was published by Square.

Final Fantasy XI was also released on Xbox360 and Microsoft's Windows.

[enjoi187]

other one was on 360..i dont see why not. but i wont play it anyways

[CR7JUVE1897]

All they said at the conference was that they were curently considering other platforms.

That's it. That's all that was said.

This is coming from the blog on G4TV.

Everybody, please stop having a heart attack and go play some games

[Crystallis]

I say more folks the better. What makes an MMO is the players in volume. FFXI had this problem where it would take forever to find a party b/c no one was playing at that time. I'm hoping the 360 gets it, it would make for a better gaming experience.

[Ps_alm3k]

Although i might like this idea....
I would love to stomp on some Newbies 360 player on PVP,,,
So this console war can actually happen in the world of Eorzea.

[PtRoLLFacE]

hahaha

[clintos59]

As much as I was not impressed with the showing of this game. Makes u wonder or is FF Versus also going to be multiplatform, cause to be honest these guys been beating around the bush too long now and they are still doing it. I mean I dont care if there games are multiplatform but if your going to say its exclusive to this one console n den turn around n say its multiplatform now then please atleast make a decent effing game already. Square Enix now days are considered a joke now days, wat happen to the awesome squaresoft days when these guys were once praised on the same level as kojima san? Damn I miss them. Bunch of money hungry sack of terds they have turned into.

[Lucreto]

Looking at the above comments you would think they are confirming it but the word is considering it SE want it to so the PS3 and PC gamers play together. MS won't like that at all. Even with Epic's games UT3 MS didn't allow mods so I doubt they would like this.

[Freak of Nature]

When you can see smoke,fire is sure to be close behind....

[SoapShoes]

Where there's smoke there's fire? This kind of reasoning is ridiculous and should get out of here. I'd laugh if they meant Mac. :D

[Dante43]

FF14 looks good, but if it 10$ a month , I won't be playing it, unless it really good like WOW.

[The Master Chief]

Nobody will, this wasn't a big announcement in the first place.

[ApocalypseShadow]

they are complete liers and only tell half truths when it benefits them.my brother likes square games but i am and have always been a phantasy star fan from master system days.

f#ck square.

square,capcom,namco....pretty much most third parties like bioware too.all liers this generation.which is why i have been only buying exclusives made by companies and devs that care and keep their word like kojima.the rest are sony made.sad that it has to be this way.

i can understand that money has to be made,but if you make enough good games,the money will come to you if you put effort into it.

i'm not spending hard earned money to buy half @ss games.360 gamers might be used to it.but there was a time when devs pushed the genesis,pushed the super nintendo,pushed the n64 and dreamcast.they don't care now.so i don't care about them.

i've played and watched square games,but i would never buy their games on purpose.i have no choice in one instance because of batman.eidos is owned by them.but no square games unless wada gets fired or dies.

.......f#ck square..........

apocalypse..........

[SoapShoes]

@ all of the xbox fans acting like they're going to get it and justifying it with all kinds of explanations. :D You guys that starved for games that you have to cling onto this like grim death trying to convince people that it's actually going to happen? Get a life and get out of here with your nonsense. Like Square is so strapped for cash that they can't do exclusives anymore. Well maybe all of the bombs they did on 360 has taught them that exclusives don't work anymore or something.

Still, keep convincing yourselves. Until real news/confirmation this is a PS3 console exclusive. I'll bet you all believe every rumor you hear too don't you?

[Andras84]

SE just WOW. That's what we should call SE from now on, WOW.

Not only have they turned their back on the PS3 with the last few games they released exclusively on the 360 but they gave away one of the biggest PS3 exclusives (FF13). Now you might have thought hat ok, they try to redeem themselves by having FF14 as a PS3 exclusive and in a single day they turn around and say that they are thinking that it will be multiplatform. Way to steal SONY's momentum SE. Great job. I understand that it is a company...but I don't think they should disrespect PS3 users like that.

It's like an adult playing with a child....do you want candy?? Here is a huge bag of candy just for you..................oooohhh sorry I think you should share it insted!!!! So want candy do you do you??? Well this is for the other kid sorry...that chocholate bar is for him to...oh and that ice cream...that's the other kids as well. But you know what, here is this nice big lolipop. But let's just put this aside for now.....isnted here is this whole bag of buble gum just for you.............hummm.....you know what I'm going to think about if if you should share that one with others.

That is exactly like how SE treats PS3 users.

[Doletskaya]

I think SE is hinting MS to pay them money to have them develop FFXIV for 360 or Sony to pay for keeping it exclusive when they said they were considering more platforms for the game.

[The Master Chief]

PS3 is such a joke.

[MGOelite]

and the 360 isnt?

enjoy your 1 exclusive this year

[Arnon]

Splinter Cell Conviction
Forza Motorsport 3
Left 4 Dead 2
Halo 3: ODST
Shadow Complex
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Where exactly do you get this "1" from? Is it for the PS3? Because after Uncharted 2, you have MAG and... what else?

[skatezero246]

No dude your the joke, go play some Halo the Shock troopers need your assistance chief

and at arnon: God of war 3, The Last Guardian, Heavy Rain, Grand Turismo 5, Final Fantasy Versus 13, theres five you forgot to mention including MAG and Uncharted 2 I believe thats more than what you just listed

[Arnon]

I wasn't aware God of War 3, The Last Guardian, Heavy Rain, Gran Turismo 5 and Final Fantasy vs XIII were coming out in 2009. I guess you know something we don't? And uhhh

"Because after Uncharted 2, you have MAG and... what else?"

What part of that did you not get entirely?

2010:

Crackdown 2
Mass Effect 2
Alan Wake
Halo: Reach

[talltony]

Yea umm just because microsoft waits to the second half of the year to release all of their good exclusives doesnt mean it has more good games this year than PS3.

Why dont you add Killzone 2 and Infamous to sony's 09 list since they did come out this year and they are worth mentioning. The Agency, MAG, Ratchet and Clank and Uncharted 2. And isnt that New DC universe game coming this year to PS3 also??

You see just because sony doesnt feel the need to mention every single game coming this year at the E3 press conference doesnt mean microsoft has the better 2009 lineup for the entire year!

[Arnon]

Xbox 360:

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost & Damned
Halo Wars
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Race Pro
Stoked
Splinter Cell Conviction
Forza Motorsport 3
Left 4 Dead 2
Halo 3: ODST
Shadow Complex
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Playstation 3:

Killzone 2
inFAMOUS
Uncharted 2
MAG
Ratchet & Clank
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2

[Claudinho69]

this is the only game i dont mind going to microsoft too, when it comes to mmorpgs the more players the better = more money for them = more game support...

but i think when it goes to microsoft its going to be on the xbox 720, the 360 probably cant handle cause they tryin to get the best tech on a mmorpg to date...so it will be like ffxi first on ps2 than the 360....so by the time xbox players join i'll be a lvl 50 dark knight again :D

and i better get on the beta, i got on the beta on ffxi

[Raoh]

Don't really care. I bought FFXI for two of my old PS2's, bought FFXI for the 360, bought the expansion packs for the ps2 and installed it in my old ps3 that was BC.

I'm glad they are looking at more smaller group or solo play. standing around at lvl 57 dark knight looking for party was not fun. i just leveled up a a Beastmaster to lvl 60 instead before quitting.

and i will be buying ffxiv

_____________________________ _______________

what's funny is it goes back to the old argument. if sony has no games and 360 is the better system why do people that have no intention of playing a game want it so bad on their non sony console?

all i'm reading here is

"MS is the best, we get it all, we going to kill sony, SE loves us not you, MS for the win again......................... although i have no intentions of playing this game i didnt like ffxi and wont be playing ffxiv"

LOL

[SaberEdge]

Look, somebody doesn't have to personally like a game to be glad that it is coming to the system they own. It enriches the console and the fact that some people are going to buy it and enjoy it makes the console that much more successful, thus insuring continued strong support. It's not really that difficult to understand is it?

Remember, a lot of PS3 fans were also saying that they didn't really care about the game, yet many PS3 fans were also happy about the announcement and claiming it a victory for Sony. I don't see the difference. Some 360 owners will enjoy it and others won't.

As far as this idea that companies like Square and Konami are somehow betraying Sony by bringing their games to other consoles, well, it is a really silly argument.

If Sony wanted those games to be exclusive to their console so that only their customers could play those games, they should have bought the development studio or at least entered into a contract securing that franchise as an exclusive. Historical precedent doesn't guarantee you anything. Just because MGS or Final Fantasy happened to see many of their releases on Playstation consoles in the past gives Sony no implied right to exclusivity. Konami and Square are independent developers and they are going to go where it makes most sense for them.

[aueslander]

....A game is announced for ps3 and PC and sony fans yell EXCLUSIVE but if a game comes out on 360 and pc those same fans then say "its not exclusive cause its also on the pc"

So, ps3/pc is still considered exclusive but 360/pc is NOT exclusive?

Is that hypocrisy I smell?

[heroman711]

you all might hate me for this but idc, im not gonna lie. thats funny imo

[AngryTypingGuy]

Sales of FFXIII on the 360 will probably dictate whether XIV appears on it or not.

[username44]

The problem isn't that "Sony/Square Enix are liars." The problem is that people don't pay enough attention to details. This is the exact quote from Sony's E3 conference:

"Playstation 3 will be the only console you'll be able to play Final Fantasy FFXIV on when it launches in 2010."

Microsoft does this all the time. It was carefully worded to sound like an exclusive, while not being untruthful if it is only a timed exclusive. The phrase "Only on PS3" never appeared at any point in the trailer either.

[Ichiryoka]

I was so wrong when I said it may be too difficult to port. Well I better look at the bright side, at least there will be TONS of people to play with. Man I feel stupid for posting on that other article. Anyway if they make this cross platform thing work this will be huge!

[7thNightvolley]

that was fast.. shyt..like i heard a wise man say.. MONEY ANSWERS ALL THINGS..

[andrewf91]

and I do quote "That You'll only be able to play this on the PlayStation 3" and now SE is giving them this bs? seriously?

[collin1986]

so ff14 goes multi and ff14 is a mmo,that means it will be cross platform like ff11????

[UnasFortuna]

Since there were no video feeds allowed... I will wait on a more reliable source than some guys/gals blog page. If you pay attention to the statement he made... why did he put "including Microsoft" in parenthesis if it was part of the quote? That makes it appear as an assumption on his/her part in an attempt to get hits to the blog page. Anyways, I truly am not concerned about this title for the FF series has never appealed to me personally. Will give it a try though this time around.

[Light Yagami]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Epic fail for PS3.

[skatezero246]

lol don't blame the ps3 or Sony because you fail at life

[Stryfeno2]

FFXIV will be coming to the PS3 & PC. They are currently considering other hardware (including Microsoft hardware!)

Versus come on home baby!!!

[skatezero246]

Keep Dreaming bud, the man behind Versus is what you like to call a "Sony Fanboy"

[Expy]

When you read Greenberg's comments about this game it makes you think whether or not Microsoft really feels confident about their gaming lineup. They're always looking at what the competitors have. lol

[-chaz-]

It's the logical thing to do, after all Live has already been modified to work with the FFXI servers, and that game was ported to every platform that could run it.

For an MMORPG, console exclusivity is just bad business.

[Expy]

So why isn't FFXI on PS3?

[-chaz-]

Perhaps they wanted to focus on the development of the new one.

It's illogical for an MMO to remain exclusive to one platform, especially when competing with something like World of Warcraft.

[Expy]

They stated that they're not going after WoW.

[SIdepocket]

A quote from Nobuaki Komoto at the Square presentation today:

"As with WOW, they're aimed at the casual user, we're aiming for more casual users."

[bubb13gum Easy]

More people get to enjoy the game. They should have 360 users v.s P.C vs Ps3 users lol. Anyway never been a final fantasy fan. With the exception of VII. That game like Halo single handily made me love a certain genre.

[Blackcanary]

It still comes out in 2010 i want to make a Mithra Summoner and a whm bring it on SE.

[mac4u10]

i cant remember the last time i turned my 360 was since gears 2 i use to dislike my ps3 but now its the other round playstation is back to its best and will follow the same path of my ps2.

[360_Rules]

Yeah Sony only bought the one year exclusive time deal. You'll see it on Xbox 360 too droids.

[Reibooi]

Honestly I have to say I hope the 360 version of FF14 never happens. The 360 version of FFXI is by far the worst one because of horrid glitches, slow loading, clipping, and conflicting issues with how SE runs PlayOnline and how MS uses Gamertags.

Now I'm sure some of these issues could be fixed if a 360 version of 14 happened but I would rather be safe then sorry.

[leyego]

id be very disappointed if 14 wasn't on the xbox, ps3, and the pc.
more ppl playing the game = richer online community.

if the levelup system is anything like 11's then id want more ppl playing so its easier to get a party going.

[kornbeaner]

This game will be on PS3 and PC, That's it. Unless XBL changes to include dedicated servers, the 360 will not be seeing this game. But PC is not out of the question.

[kaveti6616]

I only own a 360 but I feel resentful of SE for treating Sony like this. Plus, a FF MMO would only sell well on a Sony platform, not on an Xbox. It's just not the type of game that the average Xbox 360 owner looks for.

[mochi]

PS3 exclusive, MOTTAINAI

[bubb13gum Easy]

S.E DITCHED NINTENDO LIKE THIS WHEN SONY LAUNCHED ITS CONSOLE. THEY FELT LIKE THE 360 WILL MAKE MORE MONEY FOR THEM, YOU CAN'T KNOCK IT. THIS WORLD IS RUN BY THE NOTION MONEY OVER LOYALTY.

[kornbeaner]

What are you talking about?? The 360 will not see this title. XBL's infrastructure will not allow for this game to run. Dedicated servers are needed to run any type of MMO. XBL is strictly P2P. PS3 and PC are the only viable options for this game, not the 360. So yeah this game will be a console exclusive for PS3, but will not be an "Exclusive" in the sense that it is also coming out on PC.

[-chaz-]

@kornbeaner

You should check your facts dude. FFXI already runs on Live so this is an easy title to bring out for the 360.

There are like 3 games on PSN that use dedicated servers, everything else is P2P on the Playstation. Xbox Live has thousands more servers running it than the PSN, they're not all for hosting games however.

XBL is an "always on" service, PSN is not.

[bubb13gum Easy]

LISTEN MONEY TALKS. WHY ELSE WOULD THEY CONSIDER OTHER PLATFORMS 24 HOURS AFTER SONY ANNOUNCED IT WAS EXCLUSIVE. AS A 360 OWNER IM DISGUSTED BECAUSE YOU RATHER INVEST IN STOPPING YOUR RIVALS FROM GETTING GAMES INSTEAD OF ESTABLISHING NEW FRANCHISES.

[TheCagyDies]

Yeah I thought so too, they said it was already announce for the PC and porting from PC to the Xbox 360 should be a piece of cake...

[Mr_Controversy]

Microsoft didn't even have to write a check for this game. Why? Because Xbox Live is a superior service and Square Enix will make much more money with the 360 than the PS3 especially when it comes to MMORPG's.

XBox Live Gold Members already pay $50, so pay for play service isn't a problem like to the 24 million whiners in the PSN Network.

[Rmagnus]

Been a ps fan for the longest of time but how the hell is FF14 going to 360 bad news? Been playing FFXI for 2 years n if u guys ever play FFXI you should know the more people playing it the better, darkknight tarus get too little love T.T. You guys seriously think the FF14 is gonna help move more ps3?? If FF14 was an offline FF ya i would be alittle annoyed but come on for mmo the more people the better!

[condorstrike]

all this Microsoft writing checks talk.

and Sony gets games out of charity? NO...they pay 2.

Pathetic from all sides.

[Captain Tuttle]

JRPG's aren't my thing.

[Rmagnus]

it is closer to wow that any jrpg around... er.. maybe FF12 but thats just the combat system

[Captain Tuttle]

A big part of my dislike is the art style.

[Xemnas]

Lol i new it.

[Qui-Gon Jim]

Nobody on either side really seemed to care about this when the game was announced at Sony's event. The (lack of) reaction was probably the thing that most disappointed Sony about their event. But when it's announced as MIGHT come to the 360, fanboys jump up to scream "Sony just lost another one!"

[Rmagnus]

if its something like FF13vs or KH3 you will see sony fans going mad

[Knightofelemia]

I knew it would not be a PS3 exclusive I thaught only Ps3 and PC

[Hangman550]

When I first found out that FFXIV was an MMO, I instantly thought back to FFXI. It first came out on the PS2 with a HDD, then the PC counterpart, and lastly the 360. The point of an MMO is to play with as many ppl as possible so I don't really care if the game is multiplat. As LONG as they keep the same model from FFXI which is cross platform play, so no matter what system you have, you can play with each other. So yeah... who in the world cares if an MMO is exclusive... imho a non exclusive MMO is better b/c it offers more ppl to play with.

Only thing that would really kick ass in my opinion would be if you were able to load the game on the PSP (or other mobile gaming platform able to handle the game)and play via wi-fi

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

I guess Sony bought 2 days of exclusivity.

[FieldyHK]

all you 'hardcore' gamers got all systems in the first place, which lends the question why does everyone give a toss?

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

In the state the economy is in, everyone is scrambling to make a quick buck just to stay a-float... including ALL game companys/devs.

MS is just so willing to supply the money, to help them out!

Money is greater to devs more now, given the economy we are in now... more than staying exclusive to toot some goofy fanboys horn!

[Scoper66]

Well I don't mind this at all, I can't afford a PS3.

[XLiveGamer]

Go check 1.18 http://www.n4g.com/events_e...

Yup is going to happen because C.R.E.A.M.

For those ignorants this is the meaning of C.R.E.A.M. :
> Cash.Rules.Everything.Around.M e <

Green light for PC and PS3 WHY NOT X360?
For them PC+PS3=Money
But why not this PC+PS3+X360=MORE MONEY!!!

[MADPIRAHNA]

Everyone trying to say things like "Square just decided this because of this economy", quit trying to insult peoples intelligence because that didnt happen in a span of 24 hours after it was announced a PS exclusive..

Also, I want to know two things: Is Square that f'd up? Is MS really that F'd up?

I dont believe this to be true yet but if it is, I will never buy another Square offering again, or MS for that matter.

[-chaz-]

Sounds like Sony messed up announcing it as a "console exclusive."

Why would Square make an MMO exclusive to any one platform when that limits their subscriber base? That makes no sense...especially when the 360 has a better online system than the PS3.

I think the blame rests with Sony, or at least through a misunderstanding with Square-Enix.

[stonecold3]

rather square go out of buisness i use to like final fantasy but may give them the flick as for m$ i hope the new apple consloe will make them leave the hardware buisness as i wish sega had stayed on right now sega would be on top of everything m$ dont want in house studios like sony so they go and use there check books what sony get exclusive m$ just goes and does it as for me m$ does are finished in the console product and to be honest i would have thrown the xbox in the bin i will never touch there product will not by there games and shoddy buisness if m$ reading this give up cause the ps3 price cut will say hi expect it at tokyo game show square will never get a dime of me anymore thats why there games fail on xbox they dont sell and wada should be stepping down as square are a shoddy buisness as well at least sega made there own games in house and they will always willl be better than m$

[yeswecan84]

As long as FF13 versus stays exclusive to ps3, then it's no big deal.

[Zhuk]

It is a well known fact that the health of an MMO is intangibly linked to the size of the audience share that is available to it. Square Enix realizes that Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE are the true next generation powerhouses when it comes to delivering the highest quality online gaming experiences and also when delivering a return on one's investment.

Xbox 360 is responsible for making more games a success this generation than any other console out there, 3rd party success on Xbox 360 is so wild that not even the likes of Kojima could resist a piece of the Xbox 360 pie.

The long term success and future of FFXIV in the online space depends on bringing the game to the Xbox 360 and to Xbox LIVE. Releasing the game on just the PS3 makes no sense, in fact it only makes sense if you are trying to hurt your game more than help it. It's a well known fact that the PS3 is a last place console and nobody buys games on it in significant enough quantities, even Sony's first party efforts are all major flops.

FFXIV is coming to Xbox 360, no doubt about it. The future of Final Fantasy depends on the success of the Xbox 360.

[-MD-]

I think I have a crush on you Zhuk.

[ArcticWolfUK]

haha what?

kojima aint putting the real mgs on 360... its a side story... nothing to do with 'snake or stealth'
so dont hype it up 2 much haha
he just wants extra money

the next proper mgs is going to psp

360 has nothing to do with the success of ff14 its major platform will be pc.

[sixaxis]

square talks crap. how many projects they have right now 3, 4??. how many has been released?? 0!! mark my words, if this game also comes to 360, then theres noway that its gonna come out in 2010!! wheres ff13vs release date? what about ff13? etc

the compay isnt as respected as they used to be. there will be no final fantasy until 2011!!

[A LIVING LEGEND]

Not to diminish Square's deserved respect but shouldn't they release one before praising another?
I might see things in a dimmer light here but correct me if I am wrong;it has been a long time coming and I care little for future if not afforded 'now'.Give me(us,you,we,no one in particular) FF13,let us go forward,pray not backwards,from there.
edit;Multiplat,multi- ridiculous,I don't care at this point,lesser/greater=let us decide for ourselves,or simply appease me with future prospects.At this point,I don't and shouldn't heed thy call.I am sorry but my senses tell me otherwise.

[JeepGamer]

We have learned that the big game that everyone cared about probably isn't quite as exclusive as we were lead to believe.

Am I talking about FF14 or MGS:S?

Yes.

But unlike Microsoft, Sony doesn't seem as desperate to convince everyone. First we learn about MGS:S then the more we learn the less exciting it really was, Kojima wasn't really too keen on the game and will have little if any involvement. At the same time we got the firsts spits and sputters about how online gaming was 'clearly' more of a 360 thing and that spitting and sputtering has coalesced in to a statement from Greenburg trying to reassure the panic setting in after people figured out MGS:S wasn't quite as big a deal as they thought.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Either Microsoft hasn't signed the check yet or SE is waiting to see how sales are first for FF whatever it is that's coming out next, 14?

[Silber]

Nobody signed any Checkbook - It get on my nerves that ever Sonyfrak only know this sentence. The Only one Square wants a Cheque from, are the users - So Mulitplat is the best way for an MMO.

Jack Tretton from Sony have not lied on the Conference. He said "Final Fantasy XIV will be exclusive at Launch". Speakers Tactis.

And besides that - Isnt it great that PS3 and Xbox 360 Players can finally play together what they like? i will love it.

[JeepGamer]

If you don't think Microsoft throws money at anything and everything they possibly can in order to obtain what they think is a product that gives them an advantage... Then you have no idea how Microsoft operates.

Their business has always been: Release a product and then do everything possible undermine the competition rather than simply compete with them head to head.

[Traveler]

You Microsoft haters are a quaint bunch. What you are saying simply isn't true. And if you think there is a dime's worth of difference between Sony and Microsoft you haven't got a clue.

Neither company is perfect, but both companies do a lot right.

I am glad both companies exist because I enjoy their products. Nobody forced me to buy a PS3 or a 360, I chose to because I liked what they had to offer.

[Enigma_2099]

You don't even need to look at the gaming side of Microsoft to find the truth in his words... look at what they're doing with Windows... look at what they're doing to Firefox...

On the gaming side, look what they did with RARE... although that didn't work out quite like they hoped. And don't get me started on all the JRPGs they bought.

[A LIVING LEGEND]

For better or worse,in all likelihood worse.I am not against the trend rather the grain.Who wins? well that depends on who has the most to lose.
edit;Seems like one company set out to acquire the others livelihood,lacking any real inventiveness of there own.I don't normally get overly agitated over games but this spells money,in hidden invisible ink.E3 showed me personally,that some things are beyond reproach,inevitable is the watchword

[DoctorXpro]

"Kojima: Metal Gear Rising is a spin off, the true sequel to Metal Gear is on the PSP. (paraphrasing)"

Do you really think MGS for psp its gonna look better than this

[Caffo01]

rofl what a useless comment...

[Percy]

I hope it does come to 360 as well hopefully early enough that if they add live features it will work on other platforms as well. I know that i preferred ffxi on the 360 more so than the ps2 since it had voice chat built in. The pc is still the best platform for mmo's but im really looking forward to getting away from the pc for awhile. If the 360 has more features than the ps3 version i will get it on the 360.

[Caffo01]

i'd go crazy for other ps3 games loosing exclusivity...but not for ffxiv...it's a mmorpg so more ppl playing only help the game and gamers...

[JeffGUNZ]

They will sell double the amount if one double the systems.

[ArcticWolfUK]

haha i aint bothered if does go multi platform i just find it funny that 360 owners will buy ff13 n then have to buy a ps3 for ff14 lmao

but i seriously doubt it would sell to well on 360... since its full of kids who dont know nothing about the history of ff tbh

[deividpaulo]

are the americans blind? or just can't read..
FFXIV IS EXCLUVISE TO PS3.....

stop crying around....

pathetic people

[SpecimenB]

Hopefully they'll consider the Atari 2600. It's been a long time since I've had a new game to play.

[DrJones]

What's up with the game drought on that system these days, anyway?
It's been 20 years since I purchased my last game!
They better come up with something new on that system by now, because I'm getting inpatient!

[DuneBuggy]

If its coming to PC, why WOULDNT you offer a Xbox version?
Easy to port over in comparison right?

[Lex Luthor]

If Square enix cared about FF14 having a big community they would release it on PS3/Pc/360.

[DrJones]

If they are considering it ALREADY knowing Square Enix right:
They WILL GUARANTEED release it for Xbox 360.

So there is the answer for all of you. : ) You'll see. I'll show ya.