Square Enix's Final Fantasy-themed MMO is playable on a lot of platforms, but unfortunately not -- directly anyhow -- on the PS3. The dev team behind the game revealed, however, that a PS3 version wasn't entirely out of the mix. At the recent Fan Fest event in Hollywood, the team spoke to 1UP about how Final Fantasy XI was going to be re-released for PS3, but ultimately got canned.
"Initially we were in talks with a representative from Sony [to achieve this], but it appears that that person quit," said FFXI producer Hiromichi Tanaka. Beyond that response though, there doesn't seem to be any explanation as to why talks haven't resumed; however, what is certain is that a PS3 version isn't in the works and hasn't been for a long time. Funnily, all this talk about MMOs makes us wonder whatever happened to that other new MMO Square Enix was working on? You know, the one that was announced three years ago.
Reader Comments (30)
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 11:46AM (Unverified) said
Off topic, but i just got my PS3 and was wondering, what is the best site to stream movies to my PS3 through the web browser (I'm not going to use that play on program). thanks
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Posted: Dec 9th 2008 12:17PM MrHashbrown said
Well because of the PS3's new flash player, you can use a lot of different streaming movie sites like joox.net or a few others.
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Posted: Dec 9th 2008 1:17PM (Unverified) said
www.joost.com
www.hulu.com
That will get you started.
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www.hulu.com
That will get you started.
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 11:53AM HardBoiled2009 said
yea you know what Square Enix ... Keep Your Trash off the PS3 you backstabbing Double Crossers ! enjoy your Filthy Money cause some of your Loyal Fans Hate You for Turning Your Back On Them ( such As Myself )
if i played a MMO anyway on the PS3 .. i rather play DC Online
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if i played a MMO anyway on the PS3 .. i rather play DC Online
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 12:14PM (Unverified) said
Where have I heard this before...
Oh yeah, Nintendo fans circa 1995.
Don't worry, I'm sure your loyalty will be back by the time FF13 arrives.
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Oh yeah, Nintendo fans circa 1995.
Don't worry, I'm sure your loyalty will be back by the time FF13 arrives.
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 4:03PM (Unverified) said
i agree with roto. theyre just a company, money is kinda what theyre trying to achieve, you know.
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Posted: Dec 9th 2008 12:21PM (Unverified) said
Not really, it had faced a slow decline over the years, but quite recently it's been steadily growing again. Much of the core playerbase I played with when I first started is still going strong.
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Posted: Dec 9th 2008 12:11PM (Unverified) said
and ??????? who cares the games is bad for the community
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Posted: Dec 9th 2008 12:24PM HardBoiled2009 said
@ Comment #4
Trust me. My Loyalty will NOT BE BACK. they will now and forever will be Square Suck.
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Trust me. My Loyalty will NOT BE BACK. they will now and forever will be Square Suck.
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 12:40PM (Unverified) said
Square "doublecrossed" Nintendo.
YOU'RE STILL GETTING ALL YOUR GAMES, just your friends with 360s can play them too. Spoiled brats today, my God.
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YOU'RE STILL GETTING ALL YOUR GAMES, just your friends with 360s can play them too. Spoiled brats today, my God.
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 12:24PM (Unverified) said
I'll tell you why they stopped, it's because they decided to help xbox 360 out in japan and now sony is screwed!
I'm probably wrong, so lets hear why I am. Trust me, I want to be wrong!
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I'm probably wrong, so lets hear why I am. Trust me, I want to be wrong!
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 3:41PM (Unverified) said
SE so far has developed no exclusives for the 360... besides timed for The Last Remnant...
Final Fantasy XIII will not get released on the 360 in Japan so don't see how that'll help the 360 there.
Infinite Undiscovery and Start Ocean are not developed by SE but by tri-ace...
And about the new MMO it's called Rapture and its in development for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows, even possibly for Mac and Linux with a tentative release for Q4 '09
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Final Fantasy XIII will not get released on the 360 in Japan so don't see how that'll help the 360 there.
Infinite Undiscovery and Start Ocean are not developed by SE but by tri-ace...
And about the new MMO it's called Rapture and its in development for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows, even possibly for Mac and Linux with a tentative release for Q4 '09
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 3:47PM (Unverified) said
Here's why I say that.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/32551/Square-Enix-Well-help-Xbox-360-in-Japan
Square said they're gonna help 360 in japan.
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http://www.mcvuk.com/news/32551/Square-Enix-Well-help-Xbox-360-in-Japan
Square said they're gonna help 360 in japan.
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 12:27PM (Unverified) said
Well it not imposable to FF11 on the ps3. All you need to do is get the Tool from the PsN and you can play ff11 on ps3 it don't look any better but it don't look any worse so if that don't make one Who cares if you ready up on it you will get it installed and playing in no time and BTW you need the 20gig 60gig and the Old 80gig I sure scene it use the Ps2
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Posted: Dec 9th 2008 12:36PM (Unverified) said
i never trusted square.......this figures really. Square has always been garbage.
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Posted: Dec 9th 2008 1:29PM (Unverified) said
Yep, FFXI is a time sink, but i made a lot of friends in there and it's definitly better than WOW.
The problem is, that it really sucks on the xbox (too slow). It's much nicer on a pc.
I stopped playing, around a year ago (I initialy bought the box for FFXI, but I rarely "start it up" nowadays)
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The problem is, that it really sucks on the xbox (too slow). It's much nicer on a pc.
I stopped playing, around a year ago (I initialy bought the box for FFXI, but I rarely "start it up" nowadays)
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 2:24PM (Unverified) said
i remember hearing this years ago. square enix said that it cant just copy the pc or xbox version straight to ps3. so in order to put it on the ps3 it will require the same effort as making a new mmo.
that lead me to believe they were doing a new mmo for ps3 but i havent heard a thing about that recently
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that lead me to believe they were doing a new mmo for ps3 but i havent heard a thing about that recently
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 3:39PM ComicShaman said
There's a lot of bellyaching about "betrayal" here, but I suspect it's just a cost-to-benefit equation. Square likely figures that the number of people who would buy an old game for the PS3 does not justify the cost of adapting it. And I can see their point.
Though I love many of their games, I don't feel so knotted up every time Square makes a business decision. Sure, I was a bit disappointed to see Star Ocean 4 go exclusive to the X360, but I'm ambivalent about Star Ocean anyway (enjoyed #2, couldn't stand #3). I'm as impatient for FFXIII as the next guy, but I want to see it done right.
And I'm looking forward to the PS2 version of KH: Chain of Memories. So glad they decided to bring it over finally.
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Though I love many of their games, I don't feel so knotted up every time Square makes a business decision. Sure, I was a bit disappointed to see Star Ocean 4 go exclusive to the X360, but I'm ambivalent about Star Ocean anyway (enjoyed #2, couldn't stand #3). I'm as impatient for FFXIII as the next guy, but I want to see it done right.
And I'm looking forward to the PS2 version of KH: Chain of Memories. So glad they decided to bring it over finally.
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 2:59PM (Unverified) said
I'm Currently playing FFXI on my PC, {Batzmaru, Odin server} and I'd love to see what a full PS3 version of the game could bring to the table. Square Enix has said repeatedly that the only limitations of Final Fantasy XI were the hardware limitations of the PS2. If enough players were playing on PC's Failboxes or PS3's, they could drop PS2 support and be rid of those limitations.
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Posted: Dec 9th 2008 4:13PM (Unverified) said
Here it comes again!
Get ready!
Please, Sony! Final Fantasy VII Remake!
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Get ready!
Please, Sony! Final Fantasy VII Remake!
Posted: Dec 9th 2008 4:29PM (Unverified) said
This is really old news. Square have said the only reason they put it on 360 is because it's easy to port PC games to it as the hardware is similar. To make the game for PS3 they would have to rebuild the entire game, this is why they decided not to.
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Posted: Dec 9th 2008 7:18PM (Unverified) said
those of you who make fun of the kid that is pisst of about enix ,the name of the site is ps3 fanboy you my friends do not belong here. those that truly are fans i would try going to more ps3 dedicated site like psx or psu, they have an article talking about how pisst they ae at enix realy good one there is no stupid comments like here, (getting back to topic) the ps3 lacks mmo right now so any mmo would sell just fine. ph and yeah ff7 remake would be awsome ,if they do what they did with ff13 though i would rather have no remake at all
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Posted: Dec 10th 2008 1:30AM (Unverified) said
I thought SE never said they will develop FF11 for PS3 a few years ago since there was no need and takes too much time.....
So how could they cancel a project that never started???
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So how could they cancel a project that never started???
Posted: Dec 10th 2008 3:35AM Copland said
Last Remnant, Star Ocean 4... Changing there mind and bring FF XIII for XBox360 for countries other then Japan....
What is it with Square-Enix....
It looks to me that there on Microsoft's side.
Yeah, they're going to release FF Dissidia for the PSP.
But I don't see any relation with PS3 and Square-Enix, beyond FFXIII. I wonder if they're going to release any games for the PS3 after FF XIII :(
I think FF XIII is staying exclusive in Japan because of
Mr. Nomura. (Thanks to him)
Oh btw, I hate that guy Mr.Wada....
Doing that "One more thing" performance like Apple at E3 and announcing FF XIII for the XBox360...
Sorry if you took this offensively. I just couldn't stand it.
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What is it with Square-Enix....
It looks to me that there on Microsoft's side.
Yeah, they're going to release FF Dissidia for the PSP.
But I don't see any relation with PS3 and Square-Enix, beyond FFXIII. I wonder if they're going to release any games for the PS3 after FF XIII :(
I think FF XIII is staying exclusive in Japan because of
Mr. Nomura. (Thanks to him)
Oh btw, I hate that guy Mr.Wada....
Doing that "One more thing" performance like Apple at E3 and announcing FF XIII for the XBox360...
Sorry if you took this offensively. I just couldn't stand it.
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