Will we see FFXI for Wii?

[Kailea]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

No, it won't come to the Wii. Square Enix is already in the midst of gradually dropping the PS2 from their stock because of development limits (also, the slim PS2 doesn't support HDD). Developing for a console that is hardly that much better would be a bad decision.

Not that much better? really where do you people get your info from.. PS fanboy central?
*Info from Wiki*
PS2
CPU 294 MHz
GPU 147 MHz 16pp
RAM 32 MiB RDRAM
Wii
CPU 729 MHz
GPU 243 MHz 8pp (not confirmed)
RAM 64 MiB GDDR3 SDRAM
* pp = pixel pipeline

Now I know that I could have gone in to way more detail about specs.... but honestly I wanted to keep it simple

I love my PS2 as much as my Wii.... but I am getting sick of this corrupted mindset that is spreading, about how "weak" the Wii is.

Give the Wii a USB HDD, keyboard (just needs drivers) and FFXI compiled and recoded for the Wii's system, and it would run better then on the PS2.

[PhiberOpticks]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

No, it won't come to the Wii. Square Enix is already in the midst of gradually dropping the PS2 from their stock because of development limits (also, the slim PS2 doesn't support HDD). Developing for a console that is hardly that much better would be a bad decision.

[Kailea]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

I doubt it would come to the Wii. I don't think the system's specs isn't enough to handle XI nor does it have enough hard drive space to store it.

Why in all hell do people think the Wii is THAT weak... I mean yeah its not as strong relative to the 360 and PS3... but its hardware is at par with the Xbox 1.


FFXI could run on Wii, but like others have said, the old thing keeping it from happening is business, its just not a smart business move to make.

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

I doubt it would come to the Wii. I don't think the system's specs isn't enough to handle XI nor does it have enough hard drive space to store it.

1. If PS2 is powerful enough to run FFXI, surely Wii has the CPU/GPU strength, too.
2. FFXI for PS2 came with the hard drive; if S-E wants to ship FFXI for Wii, the company can bundle one easily enough.
3. The real obstacle is porting--rewrite the game code (and maybe repackage some of the art assets in Wii specific format), the optimization, and the QA process.
4a. Relatively speaking, not many bought the xBox360 version of FFXI, at least not in North America (xBox360's biggest market).
4b. Therefore, despite the enthusiastic reception on this forum, S-E probably would think FFXI for Wii would probably be a slow seller as well.
4c. That means FFXI for Wii would entail big investment for very little return. Bad business move, if there ever is one.

[Dymlos]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

I doubt it would come to the Wii. I don't think the system's specs isn't enough to handle XI nor does it have enough hard drive space to store it.

[Saaya]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

unfortunately I have heard no but have to realize the expense Nintendo would have to take in order to even make it possible
Nintendo has in the past made various crazy add-ons and most of them have really been a lead ball to an iron chain cast to the deepest part of the ocean. It would be really nice no doubt but seems way too problematic for Nintendo and SE included. Those of you who use the 360 version of XI are lucky SE made that step forward at all. Even if it is only a slight improvement

[Kailea]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

That's a pretty big assumption.
Not to mention, beyond that, what makes you think there aren't people with gaming PCs that would rather play it on their wii for whatever reason?

Thats why I want it on Wii, The PS2 version to me, well I cant stand it ;p and I dont have a 360, and dont want a PS3, so it being on Wii would rock for me.

[Amele]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

or that they don't have to share the gaming pc with the wife / kids because they can't afford (wife won't let them buy) a second pc?

[Feba]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

I'm guessing that anyone who owns a Wii, but doesn't have a PS3, XBox or gaming-worthy PC, is a casual gamer who's not going to be interested in FFXI, or any MMORPG for that matter.

That's a pretty big assumption.

Not to mention, beyond that, what makes you think there aren't people with gaming PCs that would rather play it on their wii for whatever reason?

[LyonheartLakshmi]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

I'm guessing that anyone who owns a Wii, but doesn't have a PS3, XBox or gaming-worthy PC, is a casual gamer who's not going to be interested in FFXI, or any MMORPG for that matter.

[Amele]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

hmmm 2 month old post but I still have junk to add:
According to some articals I read the Wii is selling alot of units....it's outselling both the Xbox360 and the PS3 so any comments abut the userbase being small are unfounded.

back in april it was still largely the case, due to shipping shortfalls the Wii was still under ~5 million sold iirc. (it might've been 6) but was significantly behind the 8-10 million mark it's at today.

[Guren]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci76V8Jp8CI

Nice video.

[Shadowneko]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

hmmm 2 month old post but I still have junk to add:

According to some articals I read the Wii is selling alot of units....it's outselling both the Xbox360 and the PS3 so any comments abut the userbase being small are unfounded.

[HairdewX]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

About as logical as Microsoft not integrating wifi in the elite because their studies show that "most of [their] users use ethernet to connect their Xbox to the internet".

That's not really the same thing. It is true that most broadband users do not use a wireless connection. However, I believe MS has a goal of making more money, and they can do that by selling the wireless adaptor seperately.

Developing software, on the other hand, is an entirely different beast. Even porting, as easy as it may seem, requires quite a bit of work. Not only that, there are licensing and legal issues to work with. If the projected profit is in the red or does not meet the expectation of the company, then it simply will not happen.

Who knows? Maybe the next SE MMO will include the Wii.

[Feba]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

Nintendo products have never had a large online user-base... so my opinion is that there really isn't such a draw to spend the money and time to develop a Wii version of the game...

About as logical as Microsoft not integrating wifi in the elite because their studies show that "most of [their] users use ethernet to connect their Xbox to the internet".