At a Square Enix press conference today at E3, the company addressed the issue of Final Fantasy XIV's exclusively. While it was announced during the Sony press conference as a console exclusive to PS3, Square Enix senior VP Shinji Hashimoto refuted that level of finality.
"We are considering all options at this time," Square Enix senior VP Shinji Hashimoto stated, adding that the Xbox 360 is not off the table.
Square said that a direct port of Final Fantasy XI would have taken too much time, so instead the company decided to do a new game. The company hopes to accommodate all types of MMO gamers with Final Fantasy XIV. "If you want to play in a solo, you can play solo. If you want to play 40 minutes in a day, you can play 40 minutes in a day. If you want to play all day, you can play all day," Hashimoto said via a translator. "We are trying to implement a lot of new systems other MMOs haven't used in the past."
Final Fantasy XIV's PS3 Exclusivity Denied by Square Enix
Posted June 3, 2009 by David Radd
David Radd has worked as a gaming journalist since 2004 at sites such as GamerFeed, Gigex and GameDaily Biz.
4 Comments
June 3, 2009
This is hilarious
June 4, 2009
I'm trying to recall another instance of similar redaction and am simply failing.
June 4, 2009
Epic fail on Sony's part. They really need to come back down to Earth once and a while (and get the chance to talk with S-E before making announcements on their behalf.)
June 4, 2009
It really is baffling that there would be this kind of miscommunication.