Final Fantasy 14 PS3 Delayed by “Many Technical Problems”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jul 9, 2010 04:31 JST
- Tags: Delays, Final Fantasy, MMORPG, PC Gaming, Ports, PS3, RPG, Square Enix
The strain of porting the graphical finery of the PC version of Final Fantasy XIV to the ageing hardware of the PS3 appears to have proven too much for Square Enix – after delaying the PS3 version’s release to March 2011, 6 months after the PC version, Square Enix has admitted they are struggling with a host of technical problems trying to get the game running on the PS3.
Lamenting the delay, producer Hiromichi Tanaka frankly admitted the port was not going well:
“Yes, it’s a shame. We understand the wrath of players and the developers are sorry because they did everything they could to have a simultaneous release date, but unfortunately they have encountered many technical problems on the development of the game for PlayStation 3.
We strive to release the game as soon as possible. If possible, we would publish the game sooner.”
This from the man who claimed players “wouldn’t notice” any difference between the two platforms:
Q. Can you enjoy both PC and PS3 versions at the same quality?
A. They don’t really look all that different. There’s no “3D Surround” [Nvidia multimonitor 3D gaming], of course. The textures are a quarter the size, and the resolution halved, but you won’t really notice.
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really?
Pretty much...
I'll just wait for the Futanari hentai doujins to flood Toranoana and Pixiv like always then buy them from there...It's all about the Hentai in the end for me anyway...
And if anyone wants some Final Fantasy Futanari doujins, tell me since I almost 1 gigabyte of them all from various Final Fantasy games (FF3, FF7, FFX, etc.)...Some are English translated...
I was going to share this on the previous FFXIV thread, but 4shared was acting up...And yes, I have Mithra futanari as well...
Here's 3 Final Fantasy XI Futanari doujins for you to enjoy...
http://www.4shared.com/file/cO5VBd7X/FFXI_Futa_Doujins.html
They're pretty hot...One of them even involves urethra play~
Here's some Mithra Futa pictures as well...
http://www.4shared.com/file/-Alp93s6/Mithra_Futa.html
Perhaps what they mean to say is... "We're having problems porting the game for the 360 in secret to earn more money."
I don't really care either way though...Game Companies have been doing it since the late 90's...
But one thing I've learned in a Final Fantasy RPG or any RPG for that matter...
It doesn't matter what legendary armor or weapon you equip or how high your level is...It's all the same when you have a cock up your ass...And you're eventually screaming for more~
But in hentai, it's a win-win situation (Unless of course it's a guro hentai doujin...I fap to their dying moans like in Ragnarok Online guro doujins)...
Thus when I see a game I like, I usually buy the hentai goods first so I can 'get to know' the characters better...
But sometimes it's the opposite...I got to know a game/anime through Hentai...
Take Touhou for example...I learned about it ever since I saw that Waki Miko Reimu video on Youtube and became an Armpit Fiend who craves Reimu's delishush mikopits(tm) 24/7...
I thought that only applied to Tales of series.
Nope, and it sure isn't limited to RPG's too...
Take StarCraft for example...
They made a Nintendo 64 version...I still remember playing it too...
The graphics was sh*t compared to the PC version but it did feature a secret mission involving Alexei Stukov's resurrection...
I was never as good with the N64 as i was with the pc version, i found it harder to micromanage. But i knew some people that were insanely good playing N64 starcraft.
I don't really care to play either version of this atm, the pc version is fucking insane...i'm not paying a ton of money to upgrade my pc just to play the minimum requirements. And since the last FF game on the PS3 having all those problems with breaking the PS3...i'll pass.
i may get hate for this. but a 360 version would be sinificantly easier than a ps3 version.
you already have a working pc version, all thats left is to alter a bit of code and get the textures down to run on a console, and there.
but with the ps3... alot more code alteration is needed, and getting an mmo to work on the ps3... it may just be better to start from the ground up for the ps3 version instead of porting the code
@ Kei-chan1
Well, at least you can download Hentai of them as a consolation price...
Now that's something any PC can handle without the fancy upgrades~
Oh, and have you ever tried playing a Hentai (loli) flash game on your PS3 on a 50" HDTV..?
F*cking awesome...
Here's a website website with a couple of loli flash games that is PS3 friendly...
http://petite-nymph.angelic.jp/
I remember going there when I was a High School freshman browsing for loli flash games on my Computer Lab during freetime...
PC=direct X
Xbox=direct X
PS3=OpenGL SL 1.0
So don't talk about delaying it cause of Xbox.
"The textures are a quarter the size, and the resolution halved, but you won’t really notice."
What kind of a blind bat can't figure out the textures being quarter the size and the resolution being halved? So that's going from high quality high definition to standard def? That is a huge leap in quality..
No they were sick and tired of dealing with Microsoft and XBOX RRODs were more common because of the longer play times of MMORPGs that normal single player games. I don't blame them for telling MS to fuck off.
@ Alidan 06:24
"all thats left is to alter a bit of code..."
Wrong. Edu-ma-cate yourself.
Xbox360 architecture:
http://cdr-info.com/images/uploaded/Xbox_Architecture_large.gif
PS/3 architecture:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_onWb0roBETQ/RwhCOMq8PKI/AAAAAAAAAEc/_a9mzD9ocFk/s1600-h/kaigai02l.gif
IBM PC architecture:
http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/computer/pc-block-diagram.htm
You are correct about writing from the ground up for the PS/3 rather than porting -- but that's true for best performance from any real-time graphics app across significantly architecturally-different hardware platforms.
from my understanding, and i may be wrong, i have been before, and i will be again, but the xbox is basically a computer with a specialized function.
the reason the xbox is so similar to code for is to the pc.
now the ps3 on the other hand is a bitch to program for, because its not like a pc in conventional terms.
thats why going from a pc game, like ffxiv to the ps3 is such a bitch, and that its un planed for complications. if it have been the lead, the pc port would probably be able to come out same day. i dont get why, but porting to the ps3 is a bitch, but porting from isnt nearly as hard.
i want futa x chick without dick action, got any ?
Damn...That is a very, very rare scenario...Since I think all my futa pics/doujins are 100% sex/creampie/solo pics...
I'm afraid I won't survive browsing through my Futanari archives without busting several nuts...
How about I recommend going to Futanari Palace and finding topics on that...
If you want, I could even give you a small list some really great futa artists that made some Final Fantasy futa doujins among others...
Jack O' Lantern...
NextWith...
Musashi-dou...
Cu-Little...
Escargot Club...
And there's even that huge FFXI futanari HCG set by Kubuni...
Go to that site...I've been archiving their entire Doujin Library and CG sets ever since I was 16...
Over 120 gigs of Futa content, my friend...I've managed to get 59 Final Fantasy futa doujins in there...
Find me a pic where the futa is experiencing erectile dysfunction, and says "my boner is delayed by many technical problems."
I have a before-after picture based on your descriptions, but there was no text...So I added it instead...
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7158/10989123p1b.png
I hear that the 360 is actually the lead platform, back when the game was called Project Rapture. SE hasn't announced it for the 360 because they're trying to secure an online infrastructure deal with MS and haven't been able to.
@Azure Xuchilbara
Man... really, thanks, I'm your fan now
No problem...
Even though some jealous haters thumbed me down, I have already spread the perverse joys of (Final Fantasy) Futanari Hentai while still relating to the topic at hand...
Haters gonna' hate.
Heheh PS3 owners got fucked hard with this!
What do you expect? It's not like you can break open the PS3 and throw in the best possible GPU money can buy right?
yes, really.
ah, that should be their slogan FINAL FANTASY XIV PS3
"you won't even notice"
ports never work well or play identical, never.
Also, MMORPGs are meant for PC anyways, and I've yet to be proven otherwise.
Phantasy Star Online.
PSO!! It probably isn't the best out there, but it's still my favorite. =3
Well, that and PSU... though I don't know if they are really MMO's or just Online RPG's...
Most PC elitists will tell you otherwise that PSO isn't an "MMO" Which is bullsh*t and was an awesome game back in the day unlike the garbage that is PSU.
As for FF14, I personally couldn't care less. XI was atrocious, and played even worse. I spend a considerable amount playing games, I dont need that time tripled because a game literally plays like molasses and looks about as exciting as watching paint dry, minus any chance of the possibility of inhaling fumes due to poor ventilation. Of course, most people who would even comment on this article are probably those who somehow managed to find some sort of entertainment value in this online FF game, so commence with the down votes.
not that surprising. Running the game at full quality requires a monster PC atm. (intel 980X + highest ATI HD5900 series card). That gets 10k marks on the FFXIV benchmark.
needless to say 12 cores + insane GPU power is far beyond what the PS3 can give (or any other console for that matter since the PS3's specs are already above the X360's and wayyyyy above the Wii's).
PS3 maybe a good system but it does have its problem's and drawback's like for example the loading time for some games like Transformar's and Mod Nation Racers.
Loading times a drawback? Since when?
Are you that impatient you can't just sit still for a minute while waiting for the game to load? Are you going to forget all the plot during that time or what?
Even if you consider it a drawback, PS3 is not the only system hindered by it (basically every disk based console had this problem now and then) and it's not the system's fault but the programmers' that they couldn't program shit right.
Not true ... a 5770 maxes the game at 1080p with 8x msaa and 16x af
Thats a shame. I might have to switch back to Windows afterall then.
Well, as a long time ffxi player, I can say I'm not that surprised. The ffxi/ffxiv development team doesn't seem to contain the best programmers in SE.
The PC version is indeed very pretty, but not quite enough to justify the huge system requirements to run it at even the lowest settings. Also, compare even the latest ffxi expansions on PS2 to ffxii, and you can see a number of improvements made in the latter that still haven't seen the light of day in former despite it having patching capability. Lastly, this team is notorious for promising things that they have to delay later, just look at pretty much any patch for ffxi released in the last 4 years, or the last three expansions for that matter.
I am still planning to get this for PS3 simply because I don't want to spend 1000+ dollars on a system for this game when my new-ish laptop can handle every other game I've come across at least adequately. I'm in the "MMOs are for PCs" camp, but rather than an indictment on the PS3's admittedly aging hardware, I think this is more a problem of the programmers on this team not being the best men for the job.
inb4 PS3 limitations
MMORPG's are meant for PC but it's interesting some appear on console. can't wait for the game :)
i never understood why people would want to play mmo's on a console
Playing something else than a shooter or a racing game on a console nowadays is a welcome change, you know.
I dont know why anyone would want to play a shooter on a console ... controllers are shit, keyboard/mouse = 10,000 x more accurate.
fuckin lame, i swear. i was looking forward to this.
Yeah we are lazy so let's just blame it on a platform.
Becouse its platform fault . Every developer will say that even if you know any from the inside sony studios you will know what they personally think about it :D . Architecture of this peace of crap just sucks and its not even fast :] .
This is a known problem with the ps3 zzz.
Blame Sony and Square for so many problems that was caused.
not worth playing. SqaureEnix has the worst customer service ever. In FF11 they would randomly suspend your account and ask for notary form.. so basically you pay monthly fee when they feel like it they suspend your account make you go through a hell of a trouble to unlock it only to lock it afew months later. Reason for suspension? GM and Customer service center tells you they don't know. So stay clear of this shitty game.
Maybe if you were not being an asshole in the game? Just a thought.
I have played since NA PC release and never had any problems with GMs or SE pulling shit with my account or any of my friends.
shouldnt be buying accounts then numbnuts.
what you described is exactly what happens when someone calls in SE support claiming their account was stolen, with the Pol ID and original CC info and pol pswd. the current (illegal) owner then sees the acct temp disabled and needs to send in a notary form stating he is the actual legal (first) owner. faking those can get you in deep shit but some fools have done it and gotten away with it.
also support and GM's always know wtf is going on they are simply forbidden to tell you. it's between "we dont know, so sorry" and getting fired.
what's everyone whining about? you knew what you were signing up for when you threw your lot in with consoles.