The official release date for the Square Enix MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV was released only about a week ago. At the dismay of PlayStation 3 owners, the PC version was announced with a release date of late-September while the PS3 version was given an estimated date of March 2011. Square Enix has since commented on the disappointment of PS3 fans worldwide.
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Man...
Early months of 2011 packed with Gears Of Wars 3, Killzone 3, inFamous 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Yakuza 4, etc.
Which is...
Great for gamers though.
it is causing the issuez.
I know that is troll/flaimbait like but I am just having fun with an obvious thought running through many minds that see "issues", "ps3" and "ff14"
On topic, i really do hope the time will be will spent on making it a better experience than the pc version.
edit: not sure what the issues are but i have a guess that it may have something to do with the current crop of video cards on the pc having more resources available to them. PS3 can do some impressive stuff within its 512mb of total memory. They must be having problems in compressing stuff or getting it to stream off the disc and the nature of the MMO is completely random so it wont flow on a fixed path like other rpg's.
That is all just speculation.
Other than that I think it's going Multi. It only makes sense.
That must be why the 360 version is releasing day and date with the PC version, huh?
Hopefully they give the PS3 gamers some extra bonuses to make up for the huge wait and the lie of "simultaneous release" just 1 week before they announced the released dates for the PC and PS3 versions.
and I agree with you rdgneoz3 its probably a glitch in something they did. I didn't read this article yet so.
Bottom line, no one wants a Japanese style MW2 screw up.
Are you people serious? Have you seen the game or read anything about it? It's one of the most hard ware intense games ever. Even Squares PC's they were using to show it off at E3 could not run the game at max specs.
It would seem to me Square over estimated what they could do on the console and now need to have extra time to get everything to work. If that really is the case then there is no way the game will be coming to the technically weaker 360 any time soon and that's not even taking MS's greed into account which is the reason so far why we have heard something of a 360 version.
This game is pushing alot of limits and SE wants to make sure everything works right. I would much rather have a delayed PS3 version as opposed to a broken one just so SE could appease the flaming fan boys and ship it early and before it was ready.
Delay to fix issues = good.
Shipping a broken game = bad.
Hope that helps clear it up for you.
A VAST MAJORITY of people on here are incredibly stupid/ignorant and don't listen to reason or truly know that much about what they comment on.
I've been following FFxiv for a long while now as a avid player of FFxi. It truly seems to be one of the most epic and hardware intense games to date. One of the major reasons I bought a PS3. At the same time... I gots too much on my plate already with a PS3, 360, and PSP.
Essentially... good luck speaking reasoning on here. I gave up long long ago. Only check in for headlines every so often. Which are pretty lame anyway.
"ps2 did nothing but hinder ffxi, and made it an absolute that you had to have multiple characters to store all your crap, and on top of that muling could take 30-60 mins if you didn't have 2 accounts. At the end people had 6 75 jobs all with situational gear for tp, ws, abilities, it got ridiculous with the amount of gear we had. Hopefully storage will not be an issue like it was in ffxi."
More than likely when we get 5 years into the game and people have 10 jobs maxed out with all kinds of gear we will run into the same problem we have today with ffxi.
Alan Wake, Gran Turismo 5, Splinter Cell: Conviction and Alone in the Dark say hi.
Delays aren't specific to a developer or console. They just happen.
Sad.
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Yeah, but the same thing was said about 2010 and it worked out pretty well. MAG, Heavy Rain, BFBC2, God of War 3, FFXIII, then Red Dead. Still managed time to get through them. The slow summer so far got me caught up
Yeah, whatever mark it as trolling.. I'm still laughing!
The PS3 is crippling gaming this gen. Forcing developers to spend YEARS trying to get the thing to run right. Look at poor RDR...years in development and the best they could do with the PS3 port was 10-30 FPS and 540p and 100' draw distances...360 version...720p, solid 30 fps and miles of draw distance...sad really.
@Dramscus
FFXI says hi
Also everyone knows a subscription based game would never work on a console that requires you to pay to play online.
they're just making up excuses so they can have time to port to the 360 and release both the PS3 and 360 version at the same time.
Watch, at TGS, they'll announce that it'll be coming to the 360. And due to the technical issues on the PS3 and having absolutely nothing to do with the porting of the 360 version, the PS3 version will take one more year to develop, and coincidentally and unintentionally, the PS3 version will also somehow be finish on the same day as the day the 360 version is finish too.
Square didn't feel people should have to pay for Live, and then there subscription too. Microsoft felt they did. Until you can play these MMOs without Live Gold, then the 360 won't have these MMOs.
It's worked for 8 years with FFXI.
SE would probably consider doing what Capcom agreed with MS on for Monster Hunter Frontier. I think it was like a year free of LIVE witht eh game an a special way to add subscriptions that included free live (or something like that). and after seeing how well MH:F is doing on the 360 it has to be something that they are seriously considering.
for stating in the above comment there is FFXI on X360?
"FFXI says hi" and how well did that game do on the 360 again?
Where's Persona 5 now? I need a REAL RPG.
On top of that the ps3 version is after the pc version. So if the pc is humping the ps3 version then if think you guys need to put the look aid down.
I mean, just less than a month before the delay announcement for the PS3 version they said FFXIV was coming out the same date for both systems ( correct me if I' m wrong )...
And they didn' t see "many technical problems on the development of the game for PS3" utill last week ... I don' t believe them.
"We understand the wrath of players and developers are sorry because they did everything they could to have a simultaneous release date"
No, SE, you don' t understand the wrath of players!
If so you would have been honest months ago about the PS3 version delay because "many technical problems on the development" don' t get out all of a sudden.
Something is wrong, I don' t know what to think, nowadays they should know very well how to develope on PS3 ... If it' s because of a 360 versione then go to F*ck Up SE.
I loved FFXI so much, FFXIV was one of my most anticipated games this gen.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a 360 version honestly I mean Final Fantasy XI was on the 360 and back when it was titled 'Codename Rapture' they said PC and 360 only. Then became PS3 and PC so they may just very well be putting 360 back into the equation. If that happens to be the case then I for the first time would be really PO'd at the Square for not doing this ahead of time.
This really doesn't make sense how is it they spent all of that time making final fantasy XIII and it runs and looks fantastic but they are having trouble with XIV? There's something else going on that they just aren't telling us. I don't want to speculate seeing as nobody really knows what it could be but I highly doubt they are having "technical" problems with a platform they've already mastered.. Give us the truth square, we aren't children we know when you are lying!!!
Tbh, this is what I feared the most about this game. As much as I would love to see the pretty visuals, I don't want to have to deal with frame rate lag again, (FFXI Campaign and endgame events were horrible on Xbox 360 with frame rate lag). I'm not saying the PS3 doesn't have the power to run the game smooth, but compared to a PC, where like I said before that power is pretty much limitless, there will be some type of down watering of the graphics and what not.
Don't sweat it.
At any rate, I already pre-ordered the FFXIV CE for PC. I'll be getting the PS3 version as well once it is released.
...except everyone that played FFXI.
Any corded USB, wireless USB or Bluetooth keyboard will work. Even the morons will figure it out. I'm sure someone will even explain it to you.
As for headsets, your comment is even more ignorant than intended because the game hasn't been detailed as supporting any form of voice chat.
The only thing thats gonna suck is that PC players will have a head start.
Gonna have to buff up my PC before FFXIV comes out.
It was the same at the time of FFXI and it worked.
Now it can only work better: no more PlayOnLine, more people got fast connection, PS3 is compatible with almost all the keyboards on the market and works fine with wireless ones, many already got a mic because this gen has almost all the games with an online mode, a lot of people who owns HD consoles plays online, a lot of people that played FFXI are very interested in FFXIV an so on ...
I notice many people playing MAG (set the bar for team work based gameplay) never talk until they are actually required. I really hate annoying chatting when playing and I DO have a mic. Any bt mic can do.
Seriously?
Those types MAY be present in the beginning, but will weed themselves out over time.
The Back to the Future BD will get my money first.
ps2 did nothing but hinder ffxi, and made it an absolute that you had to have multiple characters to store all your crap, and on top of that muling could take 30-60 mins if you didn't have 2 accounts. At the end people had 6 75 jobs all with situational gear for tp, ws, abilities, it got ridiculous with the amount of gear we had. Hopefully storage will not be an issue like it was in ffxi.
I joined ffxi 9 months after release and I never had a problem "fitting" into the mold. I just wish I didn't quit so much lol. I played like a year straight 40 hours a week at least and gave up after that lol.
you forgot to add that the ps2 players were usually the ones spamming linkshell.
"can somehow look up how to get this done prz"
"can I haz raise?! (J-10) in some map which takes at least half an hour to get to"
better yet I've seen ps2 players with this in their search comment
"PL only"
I used to dualbox a 75rdm when I lvl'd my drk so that I could spam guillotine and not worry about being a mana sponge. Pt's loved me because I would haste DD's and take over main healing when healers mp was low.
first comment was hidden for trolling
"OH gawd this is turning into ffxi all over again.
They couldn't expand on that game for anything due to ps2 console limitations....
looks like it's gonna be the same old tune. ps3 is really showing its age here. "
ps2 limitations is a running joke among pc ffxi gamers. ps3 won't be any different.
From my 2-3 year experience playing FFXI, I would say that there are a lot of clueless people who play the game, (Dunes was a nightmare, your guaranteed to see someone being chased by a gob or a wiped party somewhere), but I would personally say that people like that were both equally on PC and consoles.
And yes, that shit was annoying when people would ask question about simple shit in the game and you try and direct them to FFXIpedia for help.
Sony having problems With Sony Platform but not PC?? rofl!!
Now that's ironic!!
Since when are Sony developing FXIV?
"Lmao!!
Sony having problems With Sony Platform but not PC?? rofl!!
Now that's ironic!!"
Sony is developing FFXIV?? What planet are you on?
i dont mind having the ps3ver. being pushed back,only if u could do the same with the PCver...u know...the samething u did with the release of the NA ver. of FF13 so it can be release simultaneous with the360 ver., plz dont F*** wit us SE
when comparing developing for PC or the PS3, PC is clearly easier.
then again, this is SE -_-
I was starting to think you give up on trolling, good to see I can keep calling you Halo Noob.
the 360 than the PS3
so...its obviously the dev, or will you defend S.E's POS called FFXIII for the 360?! =3
naw you wouldn't, you don't even know what Final Fantasy is, to you Halo is the only videogame in the world
kids these days haha! =D
@ Neko - he thinks that because he's in MLG he's a real "gamer", which is in fact bullcrap since real gamers game for the love of gaming, not for anything else, and he clearly has no love for gaming, just Halo.
one trick pony is what he is =(
I'm glad SONY choose how to make the PS3.
I'm glad apple took on the phone market and won.
Back in the day everything was nokia nokia nokia, not anymore, they are not even close with what apple and htc offer.
If your choosing a phone, look no further then those two.
Back on topic.
I don't expect a japanese dev to get the most out of PS3, And concerning GT5. That is a major game helped by many.
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
poor square
they dont realize how badly this effects them... ffxi worked cause of teh closeness of the release of ps2 and pc.. releasing only on the pc with concerns on the ps3 (while we ps3 owners still remember the fuck you square gave us this gen up to this point)
not good for those that would spend money on your subscription mmo
this reminds me, i need to cancel my ffxi playonline id's.. i'm paying each month plus additional 3 dollars for my 3 mules..
this has apb written all over it
yay
that they want it on the 360. It's just they're having problems because MS wants SE to not charge a subscrisciption which is where SE would make their money.
So what else could it be from your point of view, it's not technical. They can't say it's coming to 360 if they're having problems negotiating with microsoft and arent guarenteed to have a satisfactory conclusion