So windows central just posted this article https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-...sion=true&s=09 about the status of the Xbox port of FF14, a port I have been patiently waiting for since it was announced that xbox would be getting all of the modern FF titles ported over to it, and also stated that FF14 would be coming "later next year " (XO2019) until 2020 became what it is. It was safe to assume that an Xbox port would be justifiably pushed back until at the latest late 2021. So to hear news that there is no plans to port the game to Xbox, while the game is already on two other platforms with similar architecture to Xbox, is frankly un acceptable I'm my book.
Xbox FF fans deserve to be able to play the game as well. I play on PC, but want nothing more then to be able to play on my preferred platform with friends who would love to be able to play with me on that platform. We kept getting excuses after excuses as to why they can't port the game. First it was something to do with the games chat functionality not mixing well with Xboxs policies which was reported to be solved. Then it was the XBLG pay wall, which again has now been rectified. Now it's "we don't have enough recourse" FF14 I would argue is squares biggest and more profitable FF title due to the fact its a sub based MMO that charges for the base game and each subsequent expansion thats the equivalent of a full priced game. So forgive me if that excuse sounds like total BS.
I'm tired of Xbox FF fans being treated like dirt and second class citizens. There is no reason why the game can exist on the MAC of all places and not on Xbox. Hell the PC version supports Xbox controller button prompts. This is completely unacceptable in my eyes, and a total betray to consumers on squares part.
It's not like I am an outsider looking in either. I currently play on the PC, I have completed the whole current story from ARR to ShB on 1 main and 5 alts, and have almost completed it again on two more alts. I continue to support the game, and have for years now. So to see them forsake an entire potential playerbase with such a flimsy excuse is frustrating.
If Sega can port PSO2 not only to the west, but also to an entirely new platform, so can Square.
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Xbox FF fans deserve to be able to play the game as well. I play on PC, but want nothing more then to be able to play on my preferred platform with friends who would love to be able to play with me on that platform. We kept getting excuses after excuses as to why they can't port the game. First it was something to do with the games chat functionality not mixing well with Xboxs policies which was reported to be solved. Then it was the XBLG pay wall, which again has now been rectified. Now it's "we don't have enough recourse" FF14 I would argue is squares biggest and more profitable FF title due to the fact its a sub based MMO that charges for the base game and each subsequent expansion thats the equivalent of a full priced game. So forgive me if that excuse sounds like total BS.
I'm tired of Xbox FF fans being treated like dirt and second class citizens. There is no reason why the game can exist on the MAC of all places and not on Xbox. Hell the PC version supports Xbox controller button prompts. This is completely unacceptable in my eyes, and a total betray to consumers on squares part.
It's not like I am an outsider looking in either. I currently play on the PC, I have completed the whole current story from ARR to ShB on 1 main and 5 alts, and have almost completed it again on two more alts. I continue to support the game, and have for years now. So to see them forsake an entire potential playerbase with such a flimsy excuse is frustrating.
If Sega can port PSO2 not only to the west, but also to an entirely new platform, so can Square.
Continue reading...