| forevercloud3000 said: GOD, here we go again. People claiming Sony lost an exclusive before any hard facts are present. Here is the jist of things.... FFXIV is not full exclusive to PS3, there will be a PC version..........DUH! This is why MS is trying to crush the idea that FFXIV is "exclusive", even though MS has used the 360/PC games in there exclusive listing all the time. They must think seeing as they own majority of the computer OS's in the world that it counts as "on their system". FFXIV would be a HUGE mistake on 360 because of...dum dum dum! 360 XBOX LIVE FEES!!!! Imagine having to pay for not only XBOX LIVE but a MMO subscription fee as well. And last time I checked, FFXI sold just as much as a typical FF game(with millions of subscribers online) and was the only ever real competitor to WOW(also Everquest). The game had the deepest story of any MMO and anyone who has played a reasonable length of the game will tell you the same. I too was very board of FFXI when I first got it(for the PS2 mind you) but that all changed onces I formed a "linkshell" and got to lvl 10. From there it becomes an unrivaled gaming experience that is full of adventure. You just can't replicate that in any single player game. I love the singleplayer story FFs as much as the next person, but to say FFXI was not great is down right wrong. I haven't liked what SE has been doing for quite some time but I never doubt the quality of their bread and butter main FF series. |
There is so much wrong with this post I am having a hard time trying to figure out where to start. First and foremost FFXI is already on the 360. You might not like the idea of having to pay two fees to make it work, but clearly someone is. SE had no uissues with it, not does Microsoft. Clearly it is not such a bad idea from a business perspective which is what counts for announcements.
Second off, FFXI was never in the millions of active subscribers. Millions of copies sold is likely, but their peak in terms of active subsciptions was 600k. This was shortly before the launch of WoW and it has now fallen to the 500k range. It is speculated that it might have dropped even lower than that, but there have been no hard numbers for it coming from SE for quite a while now.
Third, nothing has ever challenged WoW. Not even close. WoW at a million subscribers in the US a month and a half after its launch. It is now over 11 million worldwide, with its closest competitor being at around 700k (Runescape) paying subscirbers. Final Fantasy was a big MMO for the time it was released, but nothing compared to the juggernaut of WoW.
