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Posted: Apr 2nd 2009 8:06PM (Unverified) said

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@ Cammy -- Really? The gaming populace that would be interested in playing WoW wouldn't understand how to plug a USB cord into a USB port?

@Everyone else -- I've played FFXI on PS2/3 since it came out. It allows either Keyboard/mouse or Controller to play. You can even use a combination of Keyboard and Controller or Controller and Mouse.. whatever you choose. FFXI's macro setup is tied to the trigger buttons. Pulling the X-trigger pulls up a menu of all the macros tied to Alt(plus the F keys). Pulling the other trigger pulls up a menu of the macros tied to Ctrl etc. Sure it might be slightly slower than just reaching down to the keyboard and hitting ctrl-F3, but it's still easy and fast to use.

And really... sitting on my couch or laying in bed, with my keyboard on my lap while playing on my 50 inch LCD tv is much more comfortable than sitting in a chair all close to the desk and hunched over the keyboard. But, *shrug* to each their own.

Just saying that "its not as easy" is just a lazy excuse imo though. FFXI is playable by PC users as well as PS3 and XBox 360 users, from North America to England, Germany, Spain, France and all the way to Japan. All versions, all countries on the same servers playing together. There's even an Auto Translate function so you can type to people who speak other languages.

Cross platform MMO?

Posted: Apr 3rd 2009 7:24PM Misfit Toy said

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I 100% agree. I prefer my couch to my PC. I found playing FFXI to be easy enough. I actually prefer running around with my character using the analog controls of the 360 controller.
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