Ps2 Limitations Brah... NO MORE!

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One thing that I am hoping comes from this is keeping the damn inventory in RAM instead of reloading it on every zone change.

Isn't XI built on a PS2 engine? Won't that still present limitations?

Isn't XI built on a PS2 engine? Won't that still present limitations?

like they faked it's death to get rid of the PS2 and 360 people.

Isn't XI built on a PS2 engine? Won't that still present limitations?

PS2 should've been dropped years ago and 360 shortly after.

I never was happy with Matsui's leadership. Game started dying as soon as he took over,

Also, while we're dreaming, they could finally add the newer jobs on to relics.

I believe the real reason they're dropping the consoles is that: [cut]

I recall an interview where devs revealed they are still updating ffxi with ps2 dev tools. They needed to get new ones for SoA. Don't have source at hand for it though.

I know the Famitsu interview that BG has translated here mentions it.

Around when did you make these decisions?
Matsui: When we launched the expansion Seekers of Adoulin in 2013, we decided that we would continue with the current Vana'diel and make things as convenient as we can for as long as possible rather than doing any large scale remodeling. However, the management aspects aren't the only problem, but we also have to support game consoles like PS2 and Xbox 360, which means we need to maintain the equipment and development environment for all of that, so finally we made the overall decision to end that support.
Saito: From the players' perspective, a lot of people seem to have thought we should cut PS2 support, but we're in a difficult position because the development for the different hardwares were all integrated. It's not like the Windows version is entirely independent.

What do you mean that it's all integrated?
Matsui: When we designed the development tools, we created an integrated environment so that we could control all of the resources on PS2 development equipment. All of the graphics resources and music were also made relative to the PS2, and those were then transplanted to the Windows version.
Saito: The PS2 environment is at the heart. So even if we remove that support, we're stuck with it. We once thought it would be good if we could specialize on the Windows version, but we weren't really able to pull it off. Since it was originally released as a PS2 title, the PS2 environment was the primary focus. The camera functionality and even event scenes were made on PS2 equipment. But as the equipment is aging, we're not left with much to develop on.

So you have some major physical problems.
Matsui: By the way, we're the only ones left using SCE's DNS server, but they've told us they'll maintain it until FFXI ends. The other day, I had the opportunity to speak with the people in charge of repairs at SCE and they say that many customers are still coming in to get PS2s repaired to play FFXI, so they said those PS2 FFXI users are like their "royal customers." I was happy to hear him say that because I thought it might have been more troublesome.

Designed for the PS2, and running on PS2 devkits, does not change the fact that the PS2 was the client that suffered the worst. Restricting everyone, for so long, to what the PS2 client could handle held the game back far more than the servers ever did.

SE wouldn't download a pizza, Jet.