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    Default FFXI on its way to the Playstation 3

    According to the latest Dengeki PlayStation Japanese gaming magazine, Square Enix is porting Final Fantasy XI to the Playstation 3.
    The MMORPG was already released on the PC, Playstation 2 and Xbox 360.


    The port may end up being the first retail Square Enix game on the Playstation 3 with Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII still in development in addition to The Last
    Remnant falling off the radar.


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    Isn't FFXI closing down once their other game gets finished/released?

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    This is a dumb idea, unless they significantly scale up the graphics to the point where it actually looks good on a PS3 it's just a waste of time. Otherwise their only target consumer base are people who traded or sold their PS2 for a PS3 that can't play PS2 games. They'd be better of porting the game to PSP or something.

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    Nope with this comming, and the mini-expansions.

    And the promise from square to all the players. And that they still support it like a baby.


    Its not going to shut down, they are even developing all sorts of new content for it.

    Quote Originally Posted by PencilTrick View Post
    This is a dumb idea, unless they significantly scale up the graphics to the point where it actually looks good on a PS3 it's just a waste of time. Otherwise their only target consumer base are people who traded or sold their PS2 for a PS3 that can't play PS2 games. They'd be better of porting the game to PSP or something.
    720p 1080p native would be nice. And its not a dumb idea actually. I for one would love to play it on my console. even rather than on my PC because this game really is meant to be played on a console.

    A good resolution, perhaps a little AA or not. Its good eneugh for me.

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    I really don't think it's the right MMO to be ported on consoles for the western market.
    Also I can't imagine the 360 and PS3 users will join together and dance in roses slaying monsters happily while having a lovely little not-at-all biased chat about the upcoming E3.

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    Quote Originally Posted by korncob View Post
    Isn't FFXI closing down once their other game gets finished/released?
    This has to be the most ******ed rumour ive heard in a while. Have you not seen the numbers in FFXI? Its not even half dead.

    Where do you guys come up with this stuff its hilarious if you ask me.

    When this happens/if this happens. Ill give FFXI another try. Been keeping my eye on it i dont see why i couldnt give it another shot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hyarume View Post
    720p 1080p native would be nice. And its not a dumb idea actually. I for one would love to play it on my console. even rather than on my PC because this game really is meant to be played on a console.

    A good resolution, perhaps a little AA or not. Its good eneugh for me.
    My point still stands, all you have proven is that you fall into the target consumer base which is extremely small. The idea might not seem dumb to you because you fall into the demographic of somehow not owning a console capable of playing FFXI, would rather not play on the PC, and somehow would pay for the exact same game again just to play it on the PS3. That particular demographic is so small that everyone else who plays the game would consider it a bad idea in lieu of using the time spent to make the game better some other way.

    The fact is, unless they completely re-haul the graphics engine that FFXI uses, it's not going to look much better on the PS3 and will just be a waste of potential. While playing FFXI on the PC and using windower to go above and beyond what the game was meant to display, and using my GPU control center to set the anti-aliasing to 12x, the game still didn't look that great. No amount of anti-aliasing will be able to stop my eyes from bleeding while running around South Gustaberg. The "shimmer" of all the lines drawn into the rocky walls is just simply too bad to fix with anti-aliasing, no matter how great it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PencilTrick View Post
    My point still stands, all you have proven is that you fall into the target consumer base which is extremely small. The idea might not seem dumb to you because you fall into the demographic of somehow not owning a console capable of playing FFXI, would rather not play on the PC, and somehow would pay for the exact same game again just to play it on the PS3. That particular demographic is so small that everyone else who plays the game would consider it a bad idea in lieu of using the time spent to make the game better some other way.

    The fact is, unless they completely re-haul the graphics engine that FFXI uses, it's not going to look much better on the PS3 and will just be a waste of potential. While playing FFXI on the PC and using windower to go above and beyond what the game was meant to display, and using my GPU control center to set the anti-aliasing to 12x, the game still didn't look that great. No amount of anti-aliasing will be able to stop my eyes from bleeding while running around South Gustaberg. The "shimmer" of all the lines drawn into the rocky walls is just simply too bad to fix with anti-aliasing, no matter how great it is.
    There are guides for how to tweak your settings correctly and on a good pc you will need that.

    If you have 1024 X 786 you can set the backgroud res to .. 2048 x 2048 (example)
    That already sharpens the game up ALOT. personally
    The game is really weird when it comes to settings at PC, but there are guides.

    But I preffer Gameplay over graphics

    The games potentail isn't small it peaked this aprill. most active users ever in FFXI. that should mean that its still not too late for this game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leathel View Post
    This has to be the most ******ed rumour ive heard in a while. Have you not seen the numbers in FFXI? Its not even half dead.

    Where do you guys come up with this stuff its hilarious if you ask me.

    When this happens/if this happens. Ill give FFXI another try. Been keeping my eye on it i dont see why i couldnt give it another shot.
    It isn't absurd to think this might happen, they are releasing a new game similar to final fantasy with better graphics and probably a better combat system with I'd imagine less problems with leveling and getting groups together...

    The reason I ask though is because I've had like 4 or 5 people tell me they've read somewhere that it is going to close down once the other one comes out.

    and no the game isn't dead, it's thriving fairly well but in a few years that will all change I could guarantee you.

    I personally think this is extremely stupid of them, I would much rather them actually make it available in countries where the game has been discontinued (like canada where I live)because we can't even BUY the game up here for PC without spending 30~40 extra dollars.

    You seem overly defensive about this leathel for never playing the game. I can tell you it is a pain in the *** to find a party, it isn't caused because of low population, but more because the population doesn't give a shit about the newer people. Sooner or later everyone is going to be level 75 in all the jobs they want to level up and the lower level guys like me will find it impossible to get a group...you already have to wait hours upon hours to get a group in valkurm dunes to get a group unless you just happen to be there when one is starting up. That was my main gripe about the game.

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    I quit ff11 for the same exact reason, couldn't find a party. . . wasn't going to wait 10 hours either.

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    In 3 days of straight grouping I was in about 4 or 5 groups, one of them everyone left before we even killed anything, and the other 3~4 of them we only were together killing stuff for about 30 minutes then everyone was like g2g and such. I could solo but it bores me to tears having to kill 150 easy preys and having to rest in between every single kill, then add in the aggroing monsters like gobbys and orcish and it's way too hard to solo even with anniversary ring/chariot ring.

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    What server were you on korncob, may have been the problem.

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    Only way I'll go back to this game is if they either
    1.Release pre-paid cards for it
    2.I get my own credit card

    I miss Vana'diel but I can't pay for it right now

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    FFXI coming to the current gen consoles isn't new. The 360 version has been out for a while now and look at how much of a failure it was. FFXI is a dieing game, admit it, the playerbase is slowly migrating to newer games. Just because expansions with new areas and small changes come out on a regular basis, doesn't change the fact the game itself is completely dated. If there was a heavy graphics update, maybe they'll attract new players. If it was just a straight port, I bet the people already into the PC version won't even touch the PS3 version since its the same rehashed crap. Despite the controls being better.

    Mixing poo around to make new poo shapes doesn't do anything because in the end it's still poo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Acreon View Post
    eerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
    SQEX, you do know this thread has yet to be related to their next MMO beyond some guy mentioning earlier in an uneducated post, and that SQUARE made FFXI and is making PR?.
    Orrrrrrrr did I miss something s.s
    Wow, screw you....I never said that they WERE going to scrap FFXI for their new one, I was asking if it was true so shut the **** up about it already.

    @Cingal : You guys never even talk to me much less party with me, I played a WHM healer level 10~15 and the entire time in 3 days I got 3 groups that actually went and killed hill lizards/crabbys then everyone was like omgz I g2g 30 minutes after we started...it isn't my fault they left. There is simply no reason for people to use the level sync from any characters above level 20 for dunes, same goes for all the other areas for whatever level range they have. Sure the level sync is great and it does make it so a level 11 can party in dunes with a bunch of level 17's...but that doesn't force anyone who is higher than the level range for the lower level areas to come back because it simply just isn't very fun and rewarding for them.

    This game was advertised to me as being completely story driven, well I'm still not getting the point of killing lizards in a desert and how exactly I am helping to protect sandy or any other allied areas.

    and the reason I thought before that they might "replace" FFXI with PR is because they are very similar and you never know what a company might do but I realize how stupid it would be for them to do it now.
    I will definitely be trying PR if it's as fun or funner than FFXI is.

    Also the graphics in FFXI are fine as long as you use the registry tweaking.

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    imo it's too late in the game to move it, they should have either moved it whn the PS3 was new or just left it alone

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    as long as the new MMO is not too similar to FF, it will work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cinderboy View Post
    as long as the new MMO is not too similar to FF, it will work.
    A successful game says otherwise.
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    You shout and no one seems to hear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luppi View Post
    Not only is FFXI on the down slope, but the ps3 isn't doing so hot either. Sounds like a way to lose money on both ends . Be nice if sony just gave up and left games to MS and Nintendo.
    I didnt read the rest of the thread beyond this point but. I dont know how PS3 isnt doing well.

    Infamous just came out
    Fallout 3 DLC is coming out for PS3 in July, Killzone 2 DLC, Ninja Gaiden 2 coming to PS3, Resistance 2 major update which was a couple months ago.
    Gran ***** Turismo 5
    MGS4 for fans like me
    Folklore (for all ur RPG fans, it ownz)
    Little Big planet
    Uncharted

    If we are talking about future games coming out.
    Quantum Theory
    Heavy Rain
    God of War 3 ( no need to mention its been *** kissed already)
    Massive Action Game
    Uncharted 2

    Sorry but I had my god damn Nerd Rage. Its hard to explain but I know that in a year at least 360 is dead. What are they going to do, come out with another Halo to keep it alive?

    *nerd rage over*

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    First off all, FFXI didn't fail on the 360 alot of ppl are playing on their 360.

    Second this game is 7 years old, and look how its still going strong. I think this is a good idea from square because now PPL who haven't even heard of the game might see a nice box and try it out.


    GFX are pretty good, not for these days but.. think of it 7 years

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    I just wish they would start printing the vana'diel collection 2009 again, I live in canada and it's absolutely impossible to buy it without spending so much on it to get it across the border.

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    First of all, there where some fixes made for the Xbox version of the game believe it or not. Its still not eneugh tho.

    Second of all this time its no rumor.
    The problems seem to be taken care of and the game is comming to the ps3, according to japanese magazines.


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    Quote Originally Posted by hyarume View Post
    First of all, there where some fixes made for the Xbox version of the game believe it or not. Its still not eneugh tho.

    Second of all this time its no rumor.
    The problems seem to be taken care of and the game is comming to the ps3, according to japanese magazines.


    Don't you tell me I'm a bad person, bad person
    there were no fixes to the 360 version. I've owned it since it came out.
    please do not argue with me, I'm an ffxi fan but the 360 version is an embarrassment.

    as for the PS3 version, the community is treating it as a rumor for now.
    there's "leaked info" floating around, but afaik we don't have any solid proof and I don't think it's really worthy of an announcement like this quite yet when it's unofficial info. hopefully it's real news (IF they do it properly this time) but I have a feeling it's not.


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    E3 perhaps...

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    Yeh...it's more to buy the registration codes and the original online than it would be to just ship it ....Maybe later once I have more money to spend I will get my grandparents to buy it then they can ship it over it should cost way less that way.

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