FF XIV Players to Get PS3 Hardware Perk
Since its announcement at E3 2009, details have been slowly pouring out about Final Fantasy XIV, the 2nd console MMO from RPG Giant Square Enix. At this year’s GamesCom in Germany, even more information on this game has started to surface. In an interview done by One Last Continue, Producers Hiromichi Tanaka and Sage Sundi responded with this information regarding Square Enix’s upcoming MMO title.
“When asked about cross-platform interactivity for players, Sage Sundi addressed the question in depth, informing us that not only will the user-base be able to interact with each other across the differing platforms, but also he confirmed that they are indeed aiming for cross-region gameplay meaning truly worldwide servers, unlike its main rival World of Warcraft, which splits the user-base into three distinct regions across the United States, Europe and China.”
“Another thing to note is that the PS3 version also supports a keyboard and mouse.”
With keyboard & mouse support, cross platform connectivity and a unique twist on leveling, Final Fantasy XIV is shaping up to be a great addition to the PS3 Library.
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20 Responses to “FF XIV Players to Get PS3 Hardware Perk”
SSAAAWWEEEEEETT!!
New to this site. I love it. Great job. Anyway, I’m a FFXI alum (played 3 years), and I’m all over this game.
@ Odium,
hey man great to have you on the site. I played XI myself for a few months and never really liked it but i am def. planning to check this out
great news
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Good stuff , but I doubt it will happen that way this isn’t the first time we have been promised this sort of thing.
Keyboard and mouse support not included.
I played XI the day it came out on the PC. I was in NA but I mostly played with Japanese players (they were the most mature and took you to regions of the game NA players would never go).
My Japanese friends helped me get my Dragoon (My name was Panzer….yeah lame I know) and my Samurai. The translator system worked well for me since none of them spoke English to me ever.
It was a fun experience for about 8 months until a huge influx of rude/griefers (English speaking as always).
Mouse and keyboard is always welcome, but I think my Square supporting days are over.
I never played any of the FF games, but these developments do sound promising.
now that’s cool, u can now play between platforms is a big plus
Nice, I haven’t enjoyed a MMO for awhile, granted it isn’t going come out anytime soon, but I am still amped for it.
now im buying it for ps3 instead of pc
Heh, not too interested in XIII but this…
Any new info on the fee structure? I’m not a fan of the MMORPG genre, but I might jump in with FF XIV. What is the average monthly fee for MMORPGs in general?
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At Mitch:
FFXI was $12. Last time I played WoW (a looong time ago), it was $15ish. I’ve never seen an MMO go higher than $15-a-month.
This is the second game i know that supports Keyboard and mouse for the ps3.
thats great news!
I hope it supports the PSN wallet system to pay for it.
Long time no post. Anyway, with FFXI, which ive played over 5 years now, we have always been able to play multiplatforms on the same servers. PC, PS2, 360, and even PS3 have all been playing the same servers from the get go. The servers have always been multi-national as well. I’ve played with people from europe, germany, china, japan, france, and the good ol USA. I even used a keyboard when i started on ps2, and you can use a usb keyboard if you are playing on the ps3. the worse part of playing on the ps3 is the graphics; there no way to change the resolution since you are basically playing a ps2 game. So all in all, they arent doing anything special with servers, multi platform, and keyboard support, its been in FFXI from the beginning. I never liked using a mouse anyway, although im sure lots of people do. Okay, back into my cave i crawl.
I’ll see more on this game first. I was really curious about FFXI but I haven’t played it in favor of GW.
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