Winter John
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Oh really? Oh well fuck that.
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Final Fantasy XIV Coming to Xbox
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LordCBH
Member
Could always make a new SE ID and download the trial that way if you wanna play it.
Mr.ODST
Member
I took 2 weeks off to complete Shadowbringers and was the best 2 weeks I've had in a video game for a while, Perfect story, great activities and dungeons, so much fun, not even started endwalker and Ive had it since it came out
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
They've been good! Endwalker, Strangers of Paradise, FFVIIR, and FFXVI (ymmv) might not be as good as the golden days but they are sure as hell better whatever they were doing on PS3. Its a legit fun series again.
Muddy
Member
Clintizzle
Lord of Edge.
I fucking hate Roman numerals.
Winter John
Member
I remember doing a couple of dungeons with randoms and having a lot of fun but I ain't paying a monthly sub for it
Mr.ODST
Member
To be fair to FFXIV, the story is great but ShadowBringers was phenomenal, not played Endwalker yet but heard the story is even better I only paid for one month sub to rinse ShadowBringers to finish it and I ended up completing battlegrounds highest tier (60+ hours) and some of the raid content before I burned out
EDIT: Story as in .. one of the best stories I have ever played in a video game, its really really good
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Winter John
Member
Well that's what I was thinking. I guess it's possible to make a different account on the Xbox to the one I had on PlayStation
digital_ghost
I am a closet furry. Don't you judge me.
Xbros come at a perfect time cuz the new xpac is LATIN-THEMED!
HISPANIC BROS WE DID IT
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
cash_longfellow
Member
If they ever drop it to like $7.99 a month I'll jump back on probably. Personally money is too tight these days for me to have any sub services. Already dropped the Flix and Hulu. Would love to jump back into this at some point. I know that's not a huge discount in price from what it is now, but when the finances are tight the finances are tight. The game is magical though.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
This is what winners look like.
Kumomeme
Member
the timing is well expected.
Yoshida been expressed his interest to bring the game to Xbox atleast since 2014. from there, we hear the interest almost every year. until 2019 if i recall correctly where phil spencer finally give proper confirmation.
there issue of weird ms regulation where they prohibit chat with user from different platform, asking separate server just for xbox (despite they play crossplay issue with sony lol) and xbox gold payment issue where Yoshida didnt want player to pay twice to play the game. finally when phil spencer announce that the issue is been settled, however the devs team is already hand tied with Endwalker development and launch, not to mention there is sudden surge of rising player that lead to server congestion that forced them to laid up server upgrade roadmap. now the server upgrade is finished around end of last year and the devs probably got spare times, the timing for xbox version announcement is within expected timeframe be it whatever happened within the industry at the moment (like actiblizz acquisition controversy and stuff). however i hope the server is gonna hold up by the time new expansion launch.
not suprise if Switch version announced later (Switch 2 perhaps?). more people play FF14 is better.
Yoshida been expressed his interest to bring the game to Xbox atleast since 2014. from there, we hear the interest almost every year. until 2019 if i recall correctly where phil spencer finally give proper confirmation.
there issue of weird ms regulation where they prohibit chat with user from different platform, asking separate server just for xbox (despite they play crossplay issue with sony lol) and xbox gold payment issue where Yoshida didnt want player to pay twice to play the game. finally when phil spencer announce that the issue is been settled, however the devs team is already hand tied with Endwalker development and launch, not to mention there is sudden surge of rising player that lead to server congestion that forced them to laid up server upgrade roadmap. now the server upgrade is finished around end of last year and the devs probably got spare times, the timing for xbox version announcement is within expected timeframe be it whatever happened within the industry at the moment (like actiblizz acquisition controversy and stuff). however i hope the server is gonna hold up by the time new expansion launch.
not suprise if Switch version announced later (Switch 2 perhaps?). more people play FF14 is better.
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
nikolino840
Member
Well...you know that xbox is the home of multiplayer games and PlayStation home of single player games...an mmorpg suit better on xbox tho
I like mmorpg...i've played tera black desert phantasy star eso f76 and all on xbox
In Cold Blood
Banned
I'm not sure the typical xbox gamer is into JRPGs.
Anyone who loved that shit had a PS years ago.
Anyone who loved that shit had a PS years ago.
Zathalus
Member
Xbox has allowed crossplay for over 6 years now, so clearly that has not been the reason.
Sleepwalker
Member
Yoshida wanted a different type of crossplay that is against/was against xbox live TOS. see a few replies above your post for context.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I love how Final Fantasy gives zero fucks, they're going to keep numbering them forever like this.
If you can manage to figure out how to count Super Bowls, you can figure out how to count Final Fantasy titles. Come on, you can do it! I believe in you!
Unknown Soldier
Member
It is an open secret in the gaming industry that Xbox only allows cross play when it benefits them, not competitors.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
It will have cross-play with existing players, they confirmed it on stage.
Xbox had a policy that blocked communication with other platforms. The creator of FF14 didn't want to release on xbox and have people in an MMO unable to communicate with eachother.
Well good thing it's free up to level 70 through the first two expansions then.
Lokaum D+
Member
didnt know they had put Stormblood on the free trial, thats great
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
was at some point. probably MS didn't want to play ball with SE. but desperate times, desperate measures.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
did you mean whiners?
Post above said Spencer worked it out in 2019. But with work on Endwalker and the server issues that followed they couldn't do the port then.
ByWatterson
Member
They've literally never won a generation.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
....maybe i am thinking about FFXI...searching....wait FFXI WAS on xbox? WAIT...FFXIV launched in 2010!!!!!!! bruh. WTF
Lokaum D+
Member
at least they are trying really hard to buy out the first place this time
Hayabusabruh
Member
Get this shit off my screen! This isn't the one people want!
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
And they've made it a lot more single player friendly recently as well. There's that.
Unknown Soldier
Member
They're going to pull a Saudi Arabia on golf and just buy the entire industry, once you own the whole industry you will always be in first place
James Sawyer Ford
Banned
It's Live Service, so it makes sense.
So stupid that Phil "We want gamers to play games everywhere" Spencer had blocked it for so long with the dumb cross play policy
So stupid that Phil "We want gamers to play games everywhere" Spencer had blocked it for so long with the dumb cross play policy
Icymanipulator
Member
That's cool I guess, but seems way way late lol
Pasta la Vista
Member
Stormblood is so bad, do new players still have to play through that?
Unknown Soldier
Member
The story is linear so you have to play through all the expacs in order
Stormblood is narratively by far the weakest of the expacs but it's also one of the shortest
A post above explains Phil fixed it as soon as he took over, but Square couldn't make the port with Endwalker and then the servers melting down. But of course you ignored that fact.
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graywolf323
Member
I'm a bit irritated still because I can't do the free trial despite the fact I never bought the game, I just beta tested it way back in the day
how is 2019 as soon as he took over when he took over in 2014?
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FoxMcChief
Gold Member
They're close to buying the next generation.
Dirk Benedict
Member
Xbros come at a perfect time cuz the new xpac is LATIN-THEMED!
HISPANIC BROS WE DID IT
Puta Madre, Now I want Tacos.
JasonNR
Neo Member
It wasn't fixed even after MS allowed cross-play. SE also wanted the players to be able to play without needing xbox live gold since they didn't want the players to pay 2 subscriptions. FFXIV is the only paid game (that I know of) that doesn't require ps plus.
Madserb2023
Member
It is looking unlikely that Sony is going to buy Square.
