Final Fantasy XIV Getting Universally Panned

When Final Fantasy XIII was announced for the Xbox 360 at E3 2008, some die-hard Sony fans took it personally, but they got their revenge a year later when Final Fantasy XIV, an MMO, was to be a PS3 console exclusive, with a PC version released as well.

[mikhail_tisoy]

i hope square goes down under so those ****ers can never play another final fantasy

[ingiomar]

Yeah im pretty sure they said a 360 version was coming too..

And Final Fantasy versus 13 is also showing strong signs of a port with the recent job listings for a 360 developer.

http://www.fudzilla.com/gam...

[Fishy Fingers]

A 360 version was originally in the works, but they had conflicts with MS with subscriptions because of Live and whatnot so it was stopped. With the hopes they'd later manage to come to some aggrement. http://www.vg247.com/2010/0...

But frankly, I doubt MS are going to bend the rules to get this crap on their console.

[radphil]

I always shake my head when both media outlets and random people always get this misconception down.

When a studio puts down for a said platform. That means worked on multiconsole, which means you have experience in that area. That does not guarantee anything. Remember the situations of people finding code of some PC games with PS3/360 coding within it? When Atlus had a listing a while back for 3D Dot, it has the same type.

Am I saying it won't happen? No, but that DOES NOT GUARANTEE anything either.

If you want to link other articles, you should have seen the very last part

"We think it is too soon to tell what the actual plan might be; and it could be nothing more than that they are seeking a well rounded developer who has experience with both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and nothing more."

This isn't anything new, and it's happens like clockwork of people trying to find something out of virtually nothing.

[Danteh]

I'm glad this happened, Square Enix sucks ass nowadays

I hope that they finally understand that milking customers doesn't work and that Final Fantasy will end up like Sonic. Wada should probably go away too

And stop with that westernization crap, they remind me of that "special" kid who tries to be like the "cool kids" instead of being himself and ends up being utterly pathetic. Get a hold of yourself, damn

[radphil]

I like how there were 3 random disagrees for no reason. I still think there should be a tracking method to tell who's giving out agrees/disagrees.

[ConanOBrien]

doesnt give a **** to butthurters who mentally need Exclusive attention

[Lou Ferrigno]

haha i like how you said 'butthurters' .. LOL funny shit man

[Nihilism]

Fanboys on this site are pathetic, and I'm referring to your 8 disagree-ers, the game universally bombed in reviews yet here they are trying desperately to cling onto the dot point they had on their notepad that said "A!A!A! games that the PS3 had that are not on the xbox", as it slips off the page.

If I didn't just get a bunch of comments from 360 fanboys that were more irrational than anything i'd seen on this site accusing me of being a PS3 fanboy, then I would say it was just PS3 fanboys.

But no, all fanboys suck, gtfo over yourselves.

Now everyone please continue arguing over 720p hand-me-downs :D

[jneul]

actually the game was released on pc first and it got slated for that version, now please go away.

[jack_burt0n]

@chalfont

yeah only problem is the console version isn't out yet LOL

[vhero]

it was never announced for 360 anyways MS just said they would try to get it on there console. But it's not even an exclusive to PS3 as it's on PC.

[PS360fanboy]

It was't announced but Square was working on it. It only got canned because of Xbox Live's policy.

[maxcer]

what policy? FFXI and PSO are possible with a silver membership. maybe ms seen the state the game was in and said no, just like me when i played the horrendous beta and canceled my pre-order.

[Sashamaz]

How do you know they were working on it, companies don't waste time and money developing a game before they even get the rights to put the game on said console, therefore FF14 4 360 was never in development, it was just something they wanted to do and were turned down.

[PS360fanboy]

And they intend to charge a montly fee in order to play this crap?

[SonyPS360]

Indeed. They got a dire MMO on their Ps3 for their troubles. Serves them right for being spoiled, selfish little assholes really.

[stonecold3]

hope nomura keep vs 13 on ps3 exclusive .seeing how the other version failed to live up to its hype i got faith in nomura to get vs 13 finish and release it on ps3 . all i care for now is vs 13 dont need a multi because in the end it will not be the sames as we were promised.

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

and it's looking like it's going to flop.they my be forced to go multiplat with ff vs13, for money reasons

[Eu]

and as such, have a big fandom following it. The thing is, most of that fandom is on PS3 (try to argue with that...I want to see lots of disagrees when its main game sold 3x times more on that platform) and when it went multiplatform people gone nuts. You can argue as much as you want, but SE had to cut things in the game to make it as iqual as much as it could in both platforms, and it shows that it suffered lots. For all those sales in X360, much of its actual fanbase got pissed. And thats only FF were talking. Lets simply forget the other games SE f*** up launching on a console that its fanbase simply didnt buy it for, or that the main userbase of said platform wasnt that interested in JRPGs to beggin with.

SE is getting away from its fanbase and when you do that you either succeed or fail misserably. Guess what its happening. Even if its an intellignet decision to make, from the business point of view, from the gamers side, the ones that'll actually buy their games, thats suicide.

[PS360fanboy]

Let's hope not. Let's give the game a chance to make a buck by releasing it on the highest number of systems available.

I seriously don't get that retarded fixation of keeping it exclusive. Yes, in the end it will be the same, for god's sake, don't feed on that crap...

[maxcer]

how will keeping this game exclusive help the backwards thinking done at SE these days? and Nomura? you do know he was the character designer for XIII. how is VS going to be better? more belts? more buckles? more zippers?

[unrealgamer58]

personally , but they got their revenge a year later when Final Fantasy XIV, an MMO, was to be a PS3 console exclusive, with a PC version released as well. (Final Fantasy XIV, PC, PS3)

LOL how Is that revenge? Stopped reading.

[despair]

I never heard any "die hard Sony fans" say anything about it or revenge, you seem to......ahhh whats the point of arguing with a troll I should know better by now. Where's that ignore button?

[JonnyBigBoss]

I hate this game.

Dear SE,

Patch your game for real. I was in closed beta for 3 months and nothing was changed. If you want this game to attract people, make it fun. The UI in and of itself is gamebreaking.

[Apotheosize]

This is a good thing, I dont think SE's ever faced real criticism from everyone before. Hopefully they take all the complaints to heart and for once try to fix something

[blasian]

SE is trying with the recent update cutting back on so many buttons for a simple task such as retainers and a future update with 1 click synths. Even with these updates they still need to improve the UI. There are still too many clicks for a certain task.

[PirosThe4th]

both games are crap, 360 i snot at fault is fucking SE and their bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Apone]

they'll finish and release the PS3 version of Versus and THEN port/work on the 360 version. I can't realy care if it's exclusive or not. Just don't gimp it like XIII...

[Eu]

even it that happens, either MS will let the game be 4+ DVDs, and SE qill pay up all those copyrights (whatever...) to MS because of it, or MS wont and then SE will have to cut content out of the game...AGAIN.

Yeah, I know that content get cut from games all around, but enough to make another game is a little bit too much in anyones book. THe actual quote is all over the internet, so google it.

I wouldnt mind a later port to X360 if it didnt meant the game would get so fu**** up in the end like FFXIII was.

Going multiplat may had payed the main development of the game, but sent packing a lot of its fans, something thats far harder to get back than money in this industry...unless you're a flanboyant fanboy/sheep and on and on....

[HDgamer]

They got revenge for not supporting a terrible mmo?

[Amiroo]

Dear SqareEnix please fix Leveling Up system in any new FF Game or go F*** Yourself . i don't want to upgrade some crappy crystal for my level

[SexyPrawns]

Revenge?

FFXIII and XIV are both terrible!

[despair]

well XIII was nowhere near as bad as XIV

[evrfighter]

a turd is a turd.

it's really pointless arguing about which turd stunk more.

[CountDracula]

All FF games except 7 suck. NO other EXCEPTIONS

[meganick]

That's a strange opinion. I've never come across anyone else who thinks one Final Fantasy game is good, while all the others suck. You're weird.

[jneul]

lol no FF6, FF8, FF9, FFX was all good FF's, FFXII was ok and so was FFXIII, FFXIV is just horrible and should have never been released this early it clearly has been rushed.

[LarsoVanguard]

I'm willing to bet you haven't played any of them, including 7.

[Silly gameAr]

SquareEnix? Is that a new company?

[Hyperbomb69]

I thought some die-hard FF fan finally killed Wada..

I guess not...

[Aleusia]

If I can get universal support with no possible chance of jail time I'll do it.

[Aleusia]

disagrees? really? I'm the hero you all need in these dark times.

[steve30x]

Does this mean that aliens cant play the game either? I hope the aliens from mars dont hold a grudge for this lol.

[Leonesaurus]

Yet another media outlet that has no idea what they fuck they're talking about when it comes to this game. Whoever wrote this article, no offense, but if you A) Had to go to PC Gamer as a source, with their 2 sentence review on this game and B) don't even play the game yourself, you should probably keep your mouth shut and focus on something you actually have experience on.

I'm tired of these people complaining and talking shit over the game (which is actually really fucking fun, minus the interface and a few bugs) who don't even play the "actual game" and/or just go to these review sites, watch/read the review, and assume the know what the hell they're talking about (and NO, the beta does not count <-- They've improved on many issues since then).

Day after day, it's another asshole brigade waltzing on in here and throwing out these misconceptions that the game is a failure and is NO FUN what so ever, which is complete bullshit. And if PC Gamer, and anyone else, put in any REAL time into this game and had some optimism going then they'd se that there's A LOT more out there then some pretty intro scene that they so awfully kindly praise.

But whatever, I'm done for now until some other dickhead posts a useful, hateful article about this game.

[yogaflame]

What FF? FF is already dead since Ps1 era.

[jc48573]

MMO ruins everything. It's been messed up since FFXI.

[Aleusia]

Square doodooix