Square Enix Still Negotiating With Microsoft for an Xbox One Port of Final Fantasy XIV

Last year, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida told DualShockers that the team was ready to develop an Xbox One port of the game as soon as Microsoft opened to cross-platform gameplay.

Recently, Microsoft opened to cross-platform gameplay between Xbox One and Windows 10, and Yoshida-san gave DualShockers an update on the situation, also mentioning the possibility of a future negotiation for Nintendo's NX.

[TheGreatGamer]

Make it happen Microsoft, sure a lot of Xbox One owners would love to play this game

[Abriael]

Funny to see disagrees. It'd be awesome to have this game on all platforms.

It'd be good for those that have those platforms, and for the game as well. With MMOs, the bigger the community, the better, especially for pay to play MMOs.

[TheGreatGamer]

Yeah definitely! getting on Xbox One and Nintendo's 'NX' console will do nothing but support the developers. With Microsoft pushing cross-play it'd be a bit contradictory for them to not allow this

[HaydenJameSmith]

It'd be a great sentiment I think if we actually saw the Xbox One (and likely the 360 version) worked in cross-platform support with the PS4 and PS3 as well as PC. Would be great to see MS and Sony partner up to do that...

It's probably never gonna happen but I think it would be a great idea in an age of social media where people argue about consoles all the time.

[zekk]

Only issue I see is if Sony or Microsoft doesn't allow for cross platform servers. I mean ps3,4 & PC cross platform severs work great. Adding more plateforms and people means more people for raids and dungeons. But if ms or Sony won't cooperate then I can't see it being worth wild to create new servers just for x1. I don't think there would be a population on them especially in Japan.

[rpgenius420]

Final fantasy XI was cross platform PC+playstation2+xbox360! So it can be done let's make it happen ms.

[Kal0psia]

I gave him a disagree. I don't see this game doing well on Xbox. Smite however is a godsend. Great game. More MOBAs! Hope Fable Legends turns out great too.

[Truthandreason]

Disagrees are from fanboys trying to keep this on their exclusive list to wage war with lol.

[donthate]

This story is full of bullsh!t.

MS has allowed cross play between PC and Xbox One before and is doing it again, so I don't see why MS has an issue with this or why SE "are not allowed" to do this?

Something is not right with this story!

[Gamer4life13]

Not to be jerk but it's a waste of money to have it on Xbox one. Reason why I say it's a waste is cause all I ever hear from xbots fanboys is Japanese games aren't true games compared to halo gears and so on also they are for anime nerds, they are for girly guys and much more. In fact I don't even think Xbox fanboys deserves to have amazing Japanese games like FF series, kingdom hearts 3 hell even scalebound. I would luv for it to be on Xbox one so more people can experience the game but it's just sickening how pro American and broshooter people are that have an Xbox one.

[LeCreuset]

"Disagrees are from fanboys trying to keep this on their exclusive list to wage war with lol."

Really? Because the comment right above yours owning up to being one of the disagrees comes from an Xbox gamer. Maybe they just aren't that excited about acquiring a "no game." You know, one of those games the PS4 is said not to have whenever certain people try to discount games not on their platform to bolster "their exclusive list to wage war with."

[Spotie]

Disagrees because people don't agree, perhaps?

I, for one, don't think it'll do too well on XB1. They're obviously not a full representation of the whole base, but so many Xbox fans around here disregard games like XIV for whatever reasons they can come up with at that moment. Outside of that, sales of jrpgs have never been very high on Xbox platforms, and though I'm not sure how well the average MMO does, I DO know the ridiculously small install base in Japan is likely to be one more factor AGAINST this happening.

[kaizokuspy]

I would love to see cross play between all consoles. Would be more fun that way

[Thatguy-310]

The genre doesn't thrive on the Xbox so I wouldn't say a lot.

[christocolus]

Well im glad Ms and Square are discussing and not bothered about that.I bet there are many who would love to play it on xbox.why do you guys even care where it goes to?isnt it already on your platform?.

@Gamer4life

"Not to be jerk but it's a waste of money to have it on Xbox one. Reason why I say it's a waste is cause all I ever hear from xbots fanboys"

xbots? Fanboys?

Using words like that makes you one.

[MasterCornholio]

They would have to allow cross play between their system and PCs and PS4s.

I would have no problems with that.

:)

[GameBoyColor]

Where are your disagrees coming from lol. Ffxiv would be amazing with 3 platforms all playing together

Edit: 4 platoforms. Ps3 lmao

[TheGreatGamer]

No idea lol yeah that would be freaking amazing

[Bigusdicus]

edit. 5 Mac lol

[Erik7357]

What is there to discuss??
Microsoft:"We wanna make this game work on xbox one"

Square Enix"But we wanna rip off gamers with a glorified xbox 360 port"

[djplonker]

More like

Square: hey ms do you want this cross platform game between pc/ps3/ps4 to be on the xbone?

Microsoft: only if it has it's own seperate servers.

Square: hell no.

[TheHaloGuy]

I don't wanna play it anymore. 2 years is too long for me to keep caring. Sucks but it'd just be a waste of time now.

[blackout]

Neverwinter is way better than this game. 2m plus on x1, so there is a space for it on X1. How about Microsoft and Sony try to get a WOW port on these next gen consoles with no subscription just a flat sale. MMOs are A lot of fun.

[zidane1341]

@blackout, BAHAHAHAHA, are you freaking kidding me? not even CLOSE. Neverwinter is buggy, laggy, and the graphics are pretty crap on xbox. FF 14 is like one of THE top MMOs right now. Neverwinter isn't even close. The entire NW interface is horrid, I could go on for days about how FF is better.

[Magicite]

FF11 was a big mistake on x360, so I dont know about this...

[LegoIsAwesome]

It's still possible even if Sony help in making FFXIV? I saw Sony's name at the credits. Doest that make them like a partner or something? Meaning it's ps4 only?

[3-4-5]

Are the Disagrees because Sony fans want it all for themselves ?

If that is the case, then that is really childish and selfish.

[Jubez187]

I mean to be fair, the resourced put into making the port and whatnot would take away from other endeavors. So is it really worth it? It wouldn't be a big player base but could take away from better projects.

This is how business people have to think.

[Jubez187]

Eh still unlikely. Just Windows 10 is a longshot from other Windows OSs and PS3/PS4

[isarai]

Till MS allows cross platform multiplayer i really doubt this'll happen, it's pretty much the main reason it's only on Sony consoles atm, hopefully this negotiation ends with that stupid policy being taken down

[Immorals]

Have you ignored all Microsoft related posts lately? There's gonna be more cross platform games then ever before on any console.

Windows 10 has built in xbox functionality, and Microsoft are trying to push for a united platform!

[zekk]

By cross platform isarai means PS+pc+x1. Where as what ms is saying for win10 to x1 only I believe

[Sonyslave3]

MS have cross platform with a lot of Pc games just probably not going to happen with PS3&PS4 platform.

Which Square probably want a universal ecosystem but that never going to happen this gen or the next.

[ZaWarudo]

Gotta make it cross platform.

[IIFloodyII]

I hope they can convince them to allow cross-play, it's great being able to play an MMO on PC with my PS and PC friends. It's also a really good MMO, so the more support the better.

[DillyDilly]

If Microsoft wants real cross pay. The time is now for MMOs on the XBOX One

[FlexLuger]

I agree. Neverwinter has been a great little experiment for them . 2 million players and counting.

[PhoenixUp]

I don't think Microsoft wants to encourage cross-play between PSN and XBL

[Ratty]

They did it with FFXI. Obviously, that was several years ago and it didn't seem as strange then as it does nowadays.

If my memory serves, you could see which platform other players were playing on when examining them which meant that there was an XBOX icon in a PS2 game and vice versa. Always thought that was kind of funny.

[Jubez187]

That was during Microsofts first, and final, plunge into the JRPG market. Getting FFXIII, FFXI, Star Ocean, Infinite Undiscovery, Blue Dragon, Tales of Vesperia. It was short lived though, and I think MS learned their lesson.

[GrubsterBeater]

Why would they discourage that? I think it would be great if XBox players would be able to play with us PS4 owners and PC players as well. I'm just curious as to why you think that they would discourage it.

[FallenAngel1984]

PSN wasn't functional when FFXI came to 360 in the middle of 2006. Remember PS2 let the developers use their own network at the time. Square Enix had their own PlayOnline service active that allowed PS2 and 360 gamers to cross play with each other on the same network.

FFXI didn't come to PS3. So we still have yet to have a game that allows cross play across PSN and XBL.

[GameBoyColor]

Doesnt Square have data centers? The only thing psn is used for is to verify if youre online once you start the game. The rest is done completely on squares side right? So its more of ms not wanting xbox players to be with ps players.

[Bigusdicus]

exactly and it would be impossible to separate Xbox from ps4. because PC mac ps3 and ps4 all play on the same servers with each other lol. ... only 1 option for MS and that is to grow up and let Xbox on them servers

[q8kik]

Give them some of that good old passion MS

[Ratty]

It's a great game. I'm all for letting more people enjoy it. I just hope it won't lead to more platform wars in the game. We get the occasional PC vs PS4 arguments but nothing too retarded.

[Son-Jin]

I don't get why Microsoft doesn't want to do it. I mean they kind of did with Final Fantasy XI and how it had PS2, PC, and 360.

[FallenAngel1984]

Microsoft didn't worry back then because PS2 didn't have PSN.

[Bigusdicus]

the ps2 kind of did have psn lol. how do you think we played ff11 online and resident evil outbreak

[FallenAngel1984]

Clearly you don't know what you're talking about. That wasn't PSN. That was the different publishers own network that hosted the different games servers. There was no form of centralized online network on PS2.

PSN launched alongside PS3 in Nov 2006.

[Bigusdicus]

i get you now lol. yea with ff11 it was the play online network. even now ff14 does not use psn it only uses it to authenticate you then it connects you to the square enix data centers in Canada

[Jag-T1000]

drop the monthly fee and I'm all in.

[jznrpg]

Some MMOs are worth the monthly fee. Everquest was and FF14 is. Dropping the monthly fee can lead to poorer quality . f2p is used to gather as many people as possible for a last ditch effort to profitable for some mmos. FF14 has no reason to go that route.

[theFAYEsorceress]

idk, tera is still one of the best mmo's i've ever played.

[slappy508]

I played this on PC, this is a mighty fine MMO, one of the best ever. Make it happen!

[Stokedup]

I can imagine SE would like ps4, PC and XO players to play together like the ps4 and PC players currently are but Microsoft probably don't want that. Microsoft did it with another game I can't remember which one now but it ended up being just playstation and PC players on that game aswell.

[djplonker]

I have been playing ff14 since release and iirc you are right.

I remember microsoft said they wanted a server just for xbox players and squeenix said no.

[massapeal79]

That's not good for Microsoft Microsoft good luck

[carmelo43]

this game shouldnt come to xbox, they should stay away from us ps4 users we dont wanna play with xbox fanboys

[Furesis]

i don't wanna play with u (from PC and ps4 here). i'd rather play with open minded xbox players than ever with u lol

[Bass_fisherman]

i just dont see it happening.

[Kyizen]

Own a PS4 and play FFXIV on PC and I hope this happens. The game has a great community but more players to any MMO is always awesome.

[zidane1341]

I own a xbox one, I want this game. I bought it on PC and PS4 already, and I'd happily buy it on xbox. How can people say they don't sell? FF 15 is coming to xbox, why can't FF XIV? Because dumb people prefer it to not be on as many systems as possible even though the more players, the better.

[thexmanone]

I`ll pass on this one, I never liked Final Fantasy games. But good for gamers that do.

[Bigusdicus]

so many people thinking because of the windows 10 thing. ms may let the game on Xbox and share with PC only . but in actual fact this will not happen if they do not let Xbox share servers with the ps4. the ps3 ps4 PC mac all share the same servers so it would be impossible to separate the Xbox players from the ps4 players. as everybody already shares the servers. so it is either Microsoft stop being childish and let the Xbox share with the ps4 or they just cant have the game. it is that simple. and Microsoft wanted SE to drop the 2 tier subscription and make Xbox players pay extra on top of Xbox live gold... MS greed at it's best. the ps4 don't have to worry about paying extra on top because you don't need PlayStation plus to play the game online. you just pay the subscription fee to SE