Things that should be improved about FFXI...

[Jrgsubzero]

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I really hope that this new MMORPG that they're working on, if it's worth a damn, will go to the PS3.

Then won't we have the same 'problem' we are having now when we will start being limited by the PS3's technology?

*shrugs*

All I want to know is why the hume male has to have a goofy look on his face for the hair I actually liked (F4).

[Murphie]

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Then won't we have the same 'problem' we are having now when we will start being limited by the PS3's technology?

Exactly. When FFXI was first created, the PS2 was a pretty nifty piece of hardware.

[Raydeus]

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Be mindful of the future, but never at the expense of the present.

[PhiberOpticks]

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Then won't we have the same 'problem' we are having now when we will start being limited by the PS3's technology?

Good luck trying to reach that barrier. No game for it thus far has utilized even half of it's power yet.

[Feba]

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So? The PS2 games at the time FFXI came out were nowhere near what we saw near the end of it's life with games like Okami and GOW, but FFXI is still held back by the PS2.

[Murphie]

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Good luck trying to reach that barrier. No game for it thus far has utilized even half of it's power yet.

The PS3 isn't even a year old. Of course the games coming out right now aren't going to push it's limits. If they did, then the PS3 would be a pretty huge failure.

As I said above, when FFXI was first developed, the PS2 was quite the fancy piece of gaming technology. But years later it isn't, because a console isn't going to evolve and grow with the games like a PC can.

[Feba]

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the PS3 would be a pretty huge failure.

Knock on wood eight months ago?

[Murphie]

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I was trying to be nice. Sometimes it comes off wrong though, because I'm not used to it.

[PhiberOpticks]

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The PS3 isn't even a year old. Of course the games coming out right now aren't going to push it's limits. If they did, then the PS3 would be a pretty huge failure.

As I said above, when FFXI was first developed, the PS2 was quite the fancy piece of gaming technology. But years later it isn't, because a console isn't going to evolve and grow with the games like a PC can.

But do you really think that SE can effectively develop an MMORPG that could use that much power and not have serious lag issues? Besides, graphics can only go so far before games become almost exactly like real life. And judging from the power of these next-gen consoles, we're pretty close. So I highly doubt that SE would run into the same kind of barrier with PS3 as they did with PS2.

[Murphie]

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It's sweet that you think that highly of the PS3's capability, but the fact remains that it's a static piece of hardware. Technology will move forward. The PS3? Not so much.

[Malacite]

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It's sweet that you think that highly of the PS3's capability, but the fact remains that it's a static piece of hardware. Technology will move forward. The PS3? Not so much.

Making a PC-only title the most logical. However, that would mean losing one of FFXI's merits (multi-platform)

[Sevv]

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Moot point, however, seeing how their income is generated through the PC side of the business. In fact, when NA version was released, within just a few months, the number of PC accounts surpassed their total PS2 accounts by far.

It happens to not really be a moot point. FFXI created for the PS2 graphics wise to run and not crash the ps, S-E decided to move it to the PC and then the 360. Everyone bitches about the ps2, but w/o ps2 FFXI you don't have the game you play.

[Murphie]

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Making a PC-only title the most logical. However, that would mean losing one of FFXI's merits (multi-platform)

Oh, absolutely. But I don't know if that's necessarily a bad thing, personally.

[Mhurron]

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So I highly doubt that SE would run into the same kind of barrier with PS3 as they did with PS2.

This is funny. Allow me to share some other 'insightful' posts regarding computers:

640k ought to be enough for anybody - unknown

I think there is a world market for about five computers" — Remark attributed to Thomas J. Watson (Chairman of the Board of International Business Machines), 1943

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of DEC

"But what...is it good for?"
- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip

Care to restate your position that SE wouldn't be limited by the PS3 in the future? The PS3 exists and hits specs are written in stone, people will find ways of using its power but the abilities of the PS3 will never change. It is a foregone conclusion that games released late in the PS3's lifetime will be pushing the abilities of the platform and any cross platform game like FFXI in 5-7 years will have the same complaints levied against it if the company that created it maintains the PS3 as a fully supported platform along with the PC.

[PhiberOpticks]

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This is funny. Allow me to share some other 'insightful' posts regarding computers:

640k ought to be enough for anybody - unknown

I think there is a world market for about five computers" — Remark attributed to Thomas J. Watson (Chairman of the Board of International Business Machines), 1943

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of DEC

"But what...is it good for?"
- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip

Are you comparing me to people who thought the PC would be useless? If that's the case, then that is the worst analogy I have ever seen.

Care to restate your position that SE wouldn't be limited by the PS3 in the future?

No.

The PS3 exists and hits specs are written in stone, people will find ways of using its power but the abilities of the PS3 will never change.

Most PCs aren't even near as powerful as the PS3. It would take much longer, than the time it took the PS2, to expire in the MMORPG market. Notice my phrasing and how I made a comparison to the PS2.

And considering that the power of the average console used rises far greater than the rate at which people upgrade their PCs, I find it extremely unlikely that the PS3 would run into the same problem as the PS2 did for MMORPGs.

So? The PS2 games at the time FFXI came out were nowhere near what we saw near the end of it's life with games like Okami and GOW, but FFXI is still held back by the PS2.

I just noticed something here that I'd like to touch base on. FFXI was released very close to the time that the PS2 came out. And if it was already pushing the PS2 that hard that soon, I hardly see how you could make the same conclusion for the PS3.