I don’t understand why no other big MMO on console had FF14 issues with the platform, many even arrived before PS on console through Xbox, last of them PSO2. There is something fishy for sure, even this neverending “talks” since 2017-2018. XD
I think the long running negotiations are less about the port of ffxiv itself but maybe more about fixing the big issue the game has had since its relaunch. FFXIV has really bad data centers, player inventory space expansions are behind a paywall and player housing is at a minimum because they don’t have the server space to accommodate for it. Maybe they are in talks about migrating the datacenters to azure so that they can actually expand.
As it stands with the mass exodus from WoW the FFXIV servers already cant handle the player base they have much less open it up to another whole platform.
I would really like to see Xbox push hard to get FF1-6 and tactics ported to Xbox. Same with earlier Dragon Quest games and Bravely Default.
You gotta wonder why it’s taking so long, but hey if the talks are going well…good I guess? Unless we hear the exact same message next year again, at that point it’s just becoming a joke.
The last interview he gave in February explained the delay, they have to get endwalker released plus the new Australian data sever. Then to complicate it all thousands of players left wow and joined ff14 creating server issues gallore. Then there is the chip?shortage which complicates. The matter. Normally yoshi says phil san not Microsoft the february interview he said that phil had resolved all issues he had withnan xbox port…so becausehe referred to Microsoft and knowing the issues with capacity he’s probzbly negotiating about cloud and all kind of like their last hurdle to get through.
I would have believe that if there weren’t similar interviews in 2020, 2019, etc…
It’s conjecture. The only “leak” I know of is for the 6 months for Intergrade. Not I could see MS trying to secure FF:VIIR for Gamepass after the year, not being able to and just waiting the additional 6 months for Intergrade to bring that over to XBox.
i read those interview that were precovid He did hot say the same things in them . In February yoship very clearly said phil had did e verything he asked, before this he always said that there were certain t hings phil needed to do. Remember covkd has complicated everything especially in japan
But they already do that with XCloud.
Ubitus (the one that runs cloud Nintendo games) runs on Azure BTW.
Its an ongoing MMO. Its not a single player game. So being 11 years old or 11 months is irrelevant. If FF14 was to come to Series X/S early next year it will have all the expansions and grow its install base.
Also FF14 RR is 8 years old. Vanilla FF14 doesn’t exist and should be erased from existence.
Theres no chance in hell there’s deal with sony regarding FF14. MS are to blame for no FF14 on Xbox. Time passed and it became harder and harder to port the xbox version. Now things are different but SE need time to port it over. imo it makes 0 sense to put this game on base consoles because they’ve already come out and said the PS4 version of FF14 will only have another couple of years of support.
They have a version of the fame like eso thats only 60.00 on psn, inclu all epansions accept endwalker, it includ 30 day sub, but they have a free trial versio. You can upgrade to collecto’s edition ifvyou want.
You think Microsoft. just snaps its fingers and boom presto with cloud. Yourvtalking crossplay with playstation. In multiple world regions. A plan will be developed, like se may want ff14 on multiple devices etc. Planning bis part of negotiating.
If ff14 was tolbe a sony only they would of said so…yoshiep takes his credability seerious, especially not lying outright. Yoshiep is the head of ff14 and ff16 he cant go around and misrepresent se. :
I liked Square Enix better when they were Squaresoft and put out games like Parasite Eve, Vagrant Story and Xenogears. Honestly couldn’t give less of a shit about the FF7 remake at this point or even 14 for that matter , wish MS could work out something with SE to get those games re released on Xbox or even money hat/fund full blown remakes.
Not like SE wouldn’t take the money for them.
SE have been a joke for a while now. The odd good gsme here and there doesn’t change that
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Go to 4:25, this a certified classic moment lol
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They frequently demand porting be paid in full by Xbox iirc.
Ff14 director says as much when he says “we need more resources”
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They were “in talks” 3 years ago, so they are now, excuse me if I don’t try anymore to read beyond any word, because imo when you repeat similar things for years and nothing happens, well…XD
@T0kenAussie Yeah, Yoshi-p is asking for money, lmao.
What are the difference between MS and Sony policies on patches and hot fixes? Because we’ve heard from devs that Sony are more restrictive for next gen patches in their policies. So what is it here specifically that is different?
The release of patches are much faster. An Xbox patch needs around a week to release because of the control process.
Playstation are the same as Steam. At most 24h and it’s out.
I had experience it myself at the Witcher 3 launch window. At some point your character stopped earn experience. Had to wait 10 more days on Xbox for the patch because CDPR:
- Missed the weekly deadline
- Had to wait for the review of Xbox
Other MMOs have no problems with Xbox policies, here it’s SE which wants preferential treatment: no Gold for paid games would be an unicum MS might not want to concede to an untrustworthy partner like them, they did it for FF11 already and it doesn’t seem the world stopped its rotation.