[Dev] Seekers Of Adoulin Not Supporting NA PS2

You had to have installed the expansions. Your story is *** otherwise.

Do we know if they actually increased it for NA PS2?

yes, yes they did.

I’d like to take a moment to clarify which platform Seekers of Adoulin will be available on for those that have been asking. We will continue to support North American FINAL FANTASY XI players on the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and PC (Windows) platforms. However, FINAL FANTASY XI: Seekers of Adoulin will only be available on the Xbox 360 and Windows platforms in North America when it is released in 2013.

If you bothered to watch the english stream of vanafest, they said with this expansion they went in and completely redid the coding.Can't say after the expac it was made for ps2 anymore.They said it will allow them to add more spells,job abilities and items than was allowed under the old code.

Still updates to come before the expansion, so they may have just needed it period.

Nobody's even discussing that maybe they'll have other options for US PS2 players by the time release rolls around.


Maybe I'm reading it a little differently, but it seems like while PS2 won't get it at launch, they may get a solution sometime later.

that is a point to be made, hopefully they'll expedite said options, tbh it would work better for them to digitally download for everyone directly from SE, they could then get 100% of the profit, instead of having to share it with distributors and retailers.

Yeah, it's always been an excuse not to improve the PC and 360 versions further. It's from their perspective, a business perspective, that it's not worth the extra development time and manpower to do so. As was said before in an older Vanafest, even doing a dedicated PS3 version would require an entirely new code because the PS2 and PS3 are entirely different in programming. Time spent doing that would have been better spent working on another game, which is more money to them.

Does SE have the resources anyway to improve FFXI on the PC and 360? I'm sure they do but it's up to them if they're willing to spend the extra time AND money to do so.

I have seen the higher resolution modded DATs from a couple years ago. The game engine is capable of it especially if you have the PC to run it. If a gaming mod community can come up with higher resolution textures for the game, why can't SE do the same?

One word: Money.

If this game is alive still in its 15th. anniversary, then yeah I do believe this game does deserve an update or a complete overhaul like what EQ II and EVE Online have done. Heck, EVE Online is already on V3 (version 3) of its shaders and models update for the game. They're already at work for V4 which may bring more improved lighting, PhysX-based effects and ship-specific damage (i.e. damaged engines or sections of the ship).

But, Square-Enix isn't CCP (developers of EVE Online). As much as I'd like them to improve both the 360 and PC versions with code that works and performs best on both systems, I honestly don't see SE doing that.

The new FFXI team does make me hopeful though. I may not have played since September of 2011 but I have kept up with what's going on the updates. The new Windows/360-only UI and fonts is a much needed improvement over the older ones. So, in a way, it does seem they're not sticking to the mentality of the old team. Until they're willing to dedicated more resources in improving the Windows and 360 code/models/textures of FFXI (in other words, a complete rewrite), we will have to deal with the 30 FPS cap, the low and medium resolution textures, and the slowdowns. Why? Because the game is still using code and models and textures made for and designed to run on the PS2. And, there are still people playing on the PS2...

... in Japan.

They did say they were rewriting some code, but I don't think there is a recording of the NA stream anywhere.


Bandwith isn't free, so we really need to look at which scenario is more profitable.

They should really just sell keys and torrent it :)

Gaming gets expensive.

How much space is the PS2 HDD? do you honestly think it fair to say let PS2 players download the expansion while pc/360 players go out to buy the disk (weak argument on my behalf please forgive me).

Also can PS2 HDD for many even handle a new expansion?

To the US players that are upset about this: It's the year 2012. You live in the US. Is it really that hard now for people to get a PC here? Hell, the crappiest PC in my house that has a single core CPU and an Radeon X1650 GPU still gets 30 FPS.

To the US players that are upset about this: It's the year 2012. You live in the US. Is it really that hard now for people to get a PC here? Hell, the crappiest PC in my house that has a single core CPU and an Radeon X1650 GPU still gets 30 FPS.

Why should people be forced to buy a new PC and the whole game +expansions again? IF the game isnt gonna have a huge change to it then whats the point of blocking one system out on one side of the earth but not the other? If it was the case of money and PS2 holding people back then they should force everyone to buy a PC.

The game doesn't need to be repurchased to switch to PC.

So you can just get a PC and the game is on the PC? I cant imagine SE is just throwing out free copies.

Nope, but it's relatively easy to find on the internet.

Nope, but it's relatively easy to find on the internet.

So you can just get a PC and the game is on the PC? I cant imagine SE is just throwing out free copies.

So you can just get a PC and the game is on the PC? I cant imagine SE is just throwing out free copies.

So yea you still have to buy the game I thought so.

http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/24258/ffxi-client-files/

So yea you still have to buy the game I thought so.

I'm pretty sure I just told you why you didn't have to repurchase it.