FFXI End Date?

[Murasame]

Re: FFXI End Date?

They should at least change some of the models and animations. Is the PS2 not capable of that?

[Giacomo]

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Oh dear god, your kind is still around?

Look at WoW... just look at it. A MMORPG made for all kinds of PC settings. The same could be done for the PS2 version of FFXI, keeping the older graphics while the PC, Xbox and PS3 versions got updates. All these "limitations" of the PS2 hardware people talk about are mostly rubbish. The only real limitation is the one we all share - bandwidth.

SE not upgrading our inventory wasn't because of PS2, that was just their cop-out, yet they can give us a Mog Locker with ToA.

Was it PS2 limitations? Or was it to push sales of ToA?

And, yeah, that PS3 thing, it has a HDD, both version of it. I think we could put FFXI on one of those. Probably the $600 model at this rate, as you can't play FFXI w/o the premium version of 360 either and the tard pack PS3 only has a 20 gig HDD, which FFXI would swallow by next expansion.

I was talking about the graphics. There already outdated, hell the engine it's on is over 6 years old. The PS2 probably couldn't take a major engine or graphic over haul, while PC and XBox360, and the PS3 would have no problem with.

[Dark Raz]

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Honestly, I don't see why people are saying or expecting an end date, if its that much a curiosity, make the end date for FFXI now, and make it only for you by quitting >_>

Why not just enjoy the game while it's still around..I'll never understand people lol.

And the PS2 limits A LOT of things for FFXI, inventory/locker/safe space is a small part of FFXI. Want to see PS2 limitations in action? Check out Leather Gear and studded gear for instance. Or better yet, any gear you can buy. You'll see how they look exactly the same. Even quested gear (Like JSE) tend to look like something you can buy.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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The only reall thing that might hurt FFXi in the future is the PS2 capabilities. SO if they would want to update graphics, they might have a tuff time. UNless they do phase out PS2 players and have the Xbox360 and PC people.

Oh dear god, your kind is still around?

Look at WoW... just look at it. A MMORPG made for all kinds of PC settings. The same could be done for the PS2 version of FFXI, keeping the older graphics while the PC, Xbox and PS3 versions got updates. All these "limitations" of the PS2 hardware people talk about are mostly rubbish. The only real limitation is the one we all share - bandwidth.

SE not upgrading our inventory wasn't because of PS2, that was just their cop-out, yet they can give us a Mog Locker with ToA.

Was it PS2 limitations? Or was it to push sales of ToA?

And, yeah, that PS3 thing, it has a HDD, both version of it. I think we could put FFXI on one of those. Probably the $600 model at this rate, as you can't play FFXI w/o the premium version of 360 either and the tard pack PS3 only has a 20 gig HDD, which FFXI would swallow by next expansion.

[dirtyclown]

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Japanese number one at the moment is Lineage II. Nearly every single net cafe there has Lineage installed on it.

Do they all play private servers or something? That game blows some hardcore ass. I tried to enjoy it. Really, I did. I even played it for two months in a desperate attempt to find JUST ONE endearing quality that game had. I found nothing.

[Feenicks]

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Japanese number one at the moment is Lineage II. Nearly every single net cafe there has Lineage installed on it.

[Susurrus]

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"Lets throw away a game that makes us an assload of money." Ya I don' think so.

[Anaki]

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i think the next reallly big earthquake in japan that causes all the servers to be destroyed would be an end date but i assume they got special security thingies to prevent the servers from going boom like that

[the_ultimate_shadow]

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i hope they do phase out PS2, the xbox 360 can definetly handle better graphics then the PS2, i hope that time comes soon, only problem i see is the room on the 360 harddrive, in truth you only get 12 GB of storage on it, and FFXI takes up what, 5 or 6 GB, and then with like demos, and videos, and some saved games, that adds up

[Giacomo]

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The only reall thing that might hurt FFXi in the future is the PS2 capabilities. SO if they would want to update graphics, they might have a tuff time. UNless they do phase out PS2 players and have the Xbox360 and PC people.

[Cometgreen]

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They wouldn't be introducing all these job balance adjustments if they knew they were going to shut the servers down anytime soon.

The game will be around for quite a while to come. I'm sure some servers will be combined (I'm betting sometime in the next year), but as long as it's profitable, it'll keep running.

[Jei]

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pangya? I thought that was free. (but you pay real money for custume)

[Inferknite]

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I thinnk a golf mmorpg or something lol

[Jei]

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what's japanese's top 1?

[eticket109]

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last I checked, FFXI is 4th in active subscribers behind WoW, L1, L2 and Runescape. In the Japanese market alone it's probably in the top 2 or top 3. I don't see FFXI going away any time soon.

However, I wouldn't be surprised if they started to phase out PS2 support in the next few years, but even that seems unlikely.