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Final Fantasy XIV Flies Over One Million Beta Registrations, Will Get Windows and PS3 Themes

Square Enix just announced with a press release that registrations for the beta of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn have surpassed the one million mark. It’s not too surprising considering how crowded the beta servers have been in the current phase.

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fluffydelusions3951d ago

Doesn't really mean much. Both SWTOR and GW2 had a few million within 24hrs

Abriael3951d ago

The number includes only registration, not those that were grandfathered in from the previous game.

For the successor of a MMORPG that was considered "failed" it means quite a lot.

Crystallis3951d ago

^^^

This.

I'm having a blast with the beta. I was actually having withdraws on Sunday because the beta was closed. Now I look forward to every Friday when the beta reopens.

Nevers3951d ago

Yeah, I almost considered taking a few Fridays off since the beta closes so early on Sunday.

baraka0073951d ago

yep and both are great games SWTOR just should have been a single player game IMO.Also both games didn't launch and then fail like this one did. I think it's a good sign that people are willing to give the game another chance.

Zichu3951d ago

I really do hope the re-release of this game is a success. I played the original beta and bought the LE on release day.

I was quite disappointed. I played it for about a month with my mate, but the game performed like a bag of crap on my PC. I had well over the system requirements. My mate had about the same specs as me, but his was running so smoothly.

The game was just boring at the time.

I played a bit of the RR Beta and I actually enjoyed it. The harvesting and crafting has changed for the better. Everything looks amazing and I enjoyed the Instance (I think it was an Instance) with a group of people. I haven't played it since then. I don't want to ruin the game for myself, I've had my enjoyment of the build I had played. I will wait till OB to see the improvements and additions and base my decision on that.

If it's good, I will get it for the PS3. I can then go back and forth between PC and PS3 if someone else is on either console doing something else.

ShadowKingpin3951d ago

You do know that PC, PS3 & PS4 players are on the same server, right? Either way, you're playing the same character with the same people--regardless of the console you use.

Zichu3951d ago

I know, but if another family member is on the PS3, I can jump onto my character on the PC, or vice versa.

I think I should of made it more clear on my last sentence.

ShadowKingpin3950d ago

Ohhh my bad. I see what you are saying now. Cheers!

DA_SHREDDER3951d ago (Edited 3951d ago )

Well if its anything like the video i got off the psn, i want something to do with it. Can't wait for the ps4 version.
LOL at all the naysayers that mmo's can only dominate on pc.

Zichu3951d ago

I think this next gen is going to be about MMO's.

This gen was about FPS's and trying to compete with CoD. We will still see competition between FPS's next gen, but I think we will see more MMO's on consoles compared to this gen.

I played the beta for Defiance and it was enjoyable. It seems more companies are doing the same thing. The Division and now MMO's that are on PC are going to be playable on the PS4.

despair3951d ago

MMOs and open world, I agree.

NewsForSnowflakes3951d ago

I've been enjoying the game so far. The PS3 beta code lets you also play the PC version which is nice.

cozeh3951d ago

is this an MMO with an actual end-game or will people just twiddle their thumbs when they hit the level cap?

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Square Enix Releases Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Benchmark Software

Final Fantasy XIV fans can now properly benchmark their PCs and check out some of what's coming to their game this summer.

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Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn Review | TheXboxHub

Richard writes: Final Fantasy XIV Online on Xbox is built for newcomers.

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Xbox Profanity Filter Is Ruining the FFXIV Chat

The Xbox profanity filter is currently ruining the readability of the FFXIV chat on Xbox Series X/S due to censored words.

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Snookies1222d ago

Lol, damn... At this point, they were better off keeping FF XIV away from Xbox. It has been nothing but obstacle, after obstacle.

gold_drake22d ago

wanted to say the exact same thjng.

VenomUK21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

What happens if you say things that used to get you banned on Twitter e.g. 'a man can't be a woman'?

RedDevils21d ago

*insert gift*
"Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina."

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DivineHand12522d ago

I'm not convinced this is the profanity filter. It doesn't make sense to censor words like class, harvest and dance. It seems to be a bug.

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TheGamingHounds21d ago

Well, FF14 itself has some pretty awful chat censoring so Xbox being in the same boat isn't too farfetched

Eidolon21d ago

it censored the S T D in "harvest dance" and I bet the A S S in class. I know this because of Runescape

Aphrodia22d ago

Yeah these new fangled filters are going a bit too far. I have a game that filters "wtf". It's a censor for a self-censoring phrase. But I think overall it's how it should be. If you don't want certain language being used in your game by your player base, then it's up to you to filter/ censor the language you don't want. I can respect that. What I can't respect is when you say things that are not really offensive then you get ostracized for it.

shinoff218321d ago

What happened to just reporting people

NOMATICENIGMA21d ago

This is completely false, I tested this on my son's child account and mine, this is not Microsoft censoring they will censor swears but not the combination of letters I can prove this with a screenshot where I use all mentioned words in the article but do not know how to upload a picture.

NOMATICENIGMA21d ago

You can all continue your bashing, I was wrong someone explained to me this is a new policy, that's why it only happens for me in this brand new release. I'll try latter on ps to confirm but their response seemed informed wich leaves me rather worried for future censorship on my xbox.

CrimsonWing6921d ago

Geezus, Xbox, you get gifted gold and still f*ck things up.

NOMATICENIGMA21d ago

It's not xbox, go ahead start a chat with the youngest person on your friends list then say raid mass class sass said .... they do not censor any of these I even got away with R.Aids. sqaure on the other hand does.

CrimsonWing6921d ago

Does this affect PC and PS4/PS5 users, too? Or is it only happening on Xbox?

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