I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

[Animeangel77]

Hello,
I just have 2 Questions.
Do you Think Treasures of AhtUrhgan is the last Expansion?
I play the Ps2 Ver. And I am gonna put it on my PS3 But, IF they make another Expansion would they make one for the PS3? or How would that work?
Thanks

[Murphie]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

I'm sure it's not the final expansion. I have no idea what kind of format they would release a further expansion in, however.

I'd assume they would have it for the PC, of course, and the 360. I don't see why they couldn't release a PS2 version that could be installed on the PS3 (as the current ones are). So unless and until they stop support altogether for the PS2 version of this game, you probably won't see a PS3 specific version.

But anything is possible, I guess. This is SE we're talking about, after all.

[Legal Fish]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

ToAU is not the last expansion, they confirmed recently that they have already begun working on another expansion. Before that, they hinted very strongly that is wasn't going to be the last expansion.

Pretty much, as long as people play FFXI, there will be new expansions. I'm guessing that even with 50,000 people there will be new expansions. People seem to forget FFXI is actually one of the most popular MMORPGs, with most only barely breaking 100,000. It's no giant like WoW with 6,000,000, but it is still fairly strong.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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When they do the next expansion, I highly doubt they'd do a build from the ground-up specifically for PS3 because it would be a waste of time and money to rebuild the engine for PC and Xbox as well, in addtion to pissing of the PS2 playerbase by abandoning the platform. There are a fair share of NA, EU and JP players on PS2, more than the PC gamers would like to admit.

There's just too many hardware differences to make such a change practical. Sony - for whatever stupid reason - prefers to make their own system archetecture, which makes it difficult to convert games to other platforms outright.

And this is not to mention PS3 would make a very unattractive, expensive and forced purchase of a PS3 for those currently playing on PS2. Why would you ask that of your established subscribers? I think the only company that was stupid enough to try it was, in fact, Sony with EQ's Ruins of Kunark expansion. It forced a processor upgrade on players, which was great for Sony getting some cash on the side for moving Pentium's processors, but it was a slap in the face to subscribers. PC games may require upgrades over time for people to play newer ones, but it shouldn't be that way for expansions.

[Eohmer]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

Hello,
I just have 2 Questions.
Do you Think Treasures of AhtUrhgan is the last Expansion?
I play the Ps2 Ver. And I am gonna put it on my PS3 But, IF they make another Expansion would they make one for the PS3? or How would that work?
Thanks

I think if they release any expansion on the PS3, they would have to release every other content on the PS3 as well.

So no, until they release PS3 versions of the games, all expansion will still be for the PS2.

[Shadowneko]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

I keep thinking they should do something like the Vanidiel collection with the PS2 install disks since they run on the PS3 in emulator mode. I'd just print warnings on them and put them out for sale....I'm sure it's help their subscriber base in NA ans EU ^^

[Effedup]

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If/when they do release another expansion, I hope they offer it for a direct download via the POL website or something. I bought the old Vana'Diel collection (FFXI, CoP, and RotZ), and when ToAU came out I could not find it ANYWHERE. Seriously, nobody had it in my neck of the woods, because most places got like 2 copies and didn't reorder it. I actually had to special order it in through work and it was a big pain in the ass and took 3 weeks. A direct download would work SO much better, and I can't see how the implementation would be much different from the systems they already have in place...

[xTempestx]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

i've noticed that a new expansion is released every 1.5 years so we're due for one this september-october

[Ritual]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

i think there will be many expansions i cant wait to see what storyline or jobs they come out with in future

[eticket109]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

this thread seems familliar

[Mhurron]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

i've noticed that a new expansion is released every 1.5 years so we're due for one this september-october

It won't be out this year. There has been nothing from SE about it, ToAU is still getting major updates and it's missions are still being released.

[Legal Fish]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

It won't be out this year. There has been nothing from SE about it, ToAU is still getting major updates and it's missions are still being released.

Um, actually, it is very likely it will be out this year. We are about the enter the final stages of ToAU. The story is getting close to its climax, we are one our second or third last Assault rank, and I believe there is only two areas not released*, a PvP zone and what appears to be a Dynamis-like zone.

We will probably see the first glimpses of the expansion during the last weeks of Summer and it will come out in the Fall.



*= I don't count the Chocobo Racing Stadium, because that was suppose to be out by now and will be out by the end of the month.

[Feba]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

SE's expansion times seem more like 1 year +3 months(e); e being the number of expansions currently out.

And given the size of TAU, I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't hear about a new expansion until this fall.

EDIT: SE, as far as I know, has registered no new trademarks. We heard about Treasures of Aht Urhgan LONG before SE officially announced it. Not to mention there was quite a bit of hype over it before it was released, at least 6-9 months IIRC.

[Mhurron]

Re: I keep Hearing about a New FFXI Expansion. Plz Read.

We will probably see the first glimpses of the expansion during the last weeks of Summer and it will come out in the Fall.

ToAU was officially announced 8 months prior to it being released, and there were rumors about it (including what the name would be) before then. It's doubtful there will be an expansion before 2008. The first anyone will probably hear about it will be either E3 (May) or the Tokyo Game Show (September), if a release date is going to be announced for it, that will be done at TGS.

[Ziero]

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When they do the next expansion, I highly doubt they'd do a build from the ground-up specifically for PS3 because it would be a waste of time and money to rebuild the engine for PC and Xbox as well, in addtion to pissing of the PS2 playerbase by abandoning the platform. There are a fair share of NA, EU and JP players on PS2, more than the PC gamers would like to admit.

There are no EU PS2 users as it was never released on PS2 there iirc, though the vast majority of japan uses the PS2.

As for ToAU being the last expansion, and you'll pardon my french, no way in hell.