Final Fantasy XI goes boxless

by Scott Jon Siegel { May 30th 2008 at 6:00PM }

"Boxes? Where we're going we don't need boxes!" So we presume the dialogue went, as Square Enix's MMO Final Fantasy XI eschewed its cardboard, real-world prison for digital distribution. The PC version of the title is still available in "old-school" format, though players can now download the title -- and all its expansions -- from Direct2Drive.

Final Fantasy XI and its expansions are being sold through Direct2Drive for $19.95 each. Instruction manuals are also available, which is super-nice of them.

[Via Massively]

Tags: final-fantasy, final-fantasy-xi, square-enix

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

NATO_Duke @ May 30th 2008 6:11PM

So....are people playing this?

mundox @ May 30th 2008 6:12PM

Talk steam and then we'll talk business ;)

Mr.ESC @ May 30th 2008 6:21PM

In Canada Final fantasy goes in bags.

Roto13 @ May 30th 2008 6:27PM

I like the cut of your jib.

umm....hello??? @ May 30th 2008 6:29PM

...who cares about FFXI? where's our FFXIII??

Lewis (GT: StoneRevolver) @ May 30th 2008 6:32PM

May be an old game, I ended up playing it about 5 times. It IS good.

Vegnagun bwf @ May 30th 2008 8:35PM

No. It isn't compared to *other mmo industry leaders*.

Lewis (GT: StoneRevolver) @ May 31st 2008 10:20AM

Too bad. It is good, Bet ya haven't touched it.

BigD145 @ May 30th 2008 7:13PM

I got off that addiction years ago. I find it would have been nice if there had not been a box. It's not as if I could reinstall and play anytime I wanted with my old character.

capt_carl @ May 30th 2008 8:19PM

I just recently quit playing FFXI after four years. Despite what people say, it really IS a good Final Fantasy. For the times I did have to reinstall though, it was a pain since I had the original release game which was four CDs, then each expansion pack which was two CDs and two DVDs. That took a good two hours or so of sitting and swapping discs.

midwat @ May 30th 2008 9:49PM

Boxes? We don't need no stinking boxes

vdeogmer @ May 31st 2008 2:49AM

Really Scott, you should be ashamed of yourself for messing up the quote. ;)

Bapfap1 @ May 30th 2008 11:02PM

I liked it much better than WoW, but not as much as Everquest. It was an awesome game, imo.

Chris @ May 31st 2008 7:51AM

I've actually just quit FFXI after playing for over a year and a half, don't have the time anymore. If you have a serious abundance of time i.e. you don't really have a life, then it is definitely the game for you.

Wish we had digital distribution for the game in the UK the amount of times I've had to do a reinstall