PS2 Hard Drive and Final Fantasy XI edge nearer
Posted by ben_b on 25 May 2003 - 09:29 · 17 comments & 674 views
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#1 Posted by KICK_XP on 25 May 2003 - 10:17
- Are they going to charge alot of the hdd
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#1.1 Posted by longwilli on 25 May 2003 - 20:06
- i belive its a whole kit will linux and yes it will not be cheap
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#2 Posted by perochan on 25 May 2003 - 18:37
- noooooooooooo!!! 2004!!! sigh... oh well, as least FFX-2 can keep me company while waiting for FFXI.
ya, i hope HD doesnt cost that much.
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#3 Posted by dougkinzinger on 25 May 2003 - 21:58
- i don't care about FFXI, screw that MMORPG junk.....just give me a single-player FF and I'll be happy for months......(but that's just me, no flames please)
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#4 Posted by RaWShadow on 25 May 2003 - 22:14
- Sony makes Hard drives? or is it made by someone else?
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#5 Posted by ceminess on 26 May 2003 - 03:52
- my guess is that the hdd is made by whoever makes thier computer hdd
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#6 Posted by Xamos on 26 May 2003 - 08:46
- Final Fantasy..... Yippe... online subscribtions.... ****...
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#7 Posted by Joshie on 26 May 2003 - 13:38
- I don't understand why people here are so turned off by monthly fees? They're usually quite negligible, especially since most people wouldn't dedicate themselves to more than one or two games in the first place.
If, on the other hand, you're the kind of person who has the time and stamina to immerse himself into three or more game worlds and work on character development on a regular basis...I think money is the least of your problems. ;P -
#7.1 Posted by Schmoove on 26 May 2003 - 14:16
- I'll tell you what's against monthly fees. Suppose you're not a real hardcore gamer (like me), but you do like Final Fantasy a lot, and I mean A LOT!!
Well I work from 8:00-17:00 and at night I don't always feel like gaming... so I don't game that much.
It will mean that I have to pay the monthly fee and only can benefit a little from it, since I don't pimp out my subscription.... still have to pay the full price.
So that is the main reason I will never pay for online gaming unless it's pay per play or something (at a decent price ofcourse!!) -
#7.2 Posted by Ash on 26 May 2003 - 18:10
- In my opinion monthly access fees are only fair if there is like monthly content. Like in the Asherons Call, where each month new items and dungeons and such are added as well as an evolving storyline etc...
That ot if they give the initial game away for free (or small fee for shipping or whatever) and then charge for the months.
Tho it all really depends how much you play.If you play about 4 hours a month, one way it can be looked at is that its the same price as going to a movie or 2 each month. -
#7.3 Posted by Spyder on 26 May 2003 - 20:22
- i couldn't agree more Schmoove. thats exactly the reason i hate fees to play a game as well. i don't have a lot of time to play my games, so why would i pay $x/mth when I'd only find time to play once or twice a week?
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#7.4 Posted by Sawyer12 on 26 May 2003 - 21:07
- Why doesnt everyone get a good PC with a decent graphics card and a fast connection. its got its own hard drive and there are plenty of online games u can play for free. U can get a top of the range graphics card for the same price as a PS2.
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#8 Posted by Homie on 27 May 2003 - 00:05
- on the note of monthly fees, why dont they just charge per hour of gameplay, rounded to the last minute, 100 hours for like 10-15 bucks?
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#9 Posted by hardcore on 27 May 2003 - 01:59
- wooo i'm acutally quite excited for this. lets just hope with university and all that i can afford it
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#10 Posted by Liquid on 27 May 2003 - 06:26
- hehe, and wuts better is that i got in the beta
Already available in Japan, FFXI is so popular that an expansion disc has just been released over there. The game won't function without Sony's 40GB Hard Drive, hence the lack of a Western release thus far.
Sony says FFXI and its Hard Drive will be released in the USA between January and March of 2004. No European release date has been announced yet, but given the amount of translation into French, German, etc, required for this type of game and the fact that Final Fantasy X-2 hasn't even been given a European release date yet (it is going to be out in the States in November 2003), we may have to wait until the final quarter of next year.
FFXI needs a PS2 broadband/network adaptor and the upcoming Hard Drive to allow players to connect online, either via broadband or dial-up connection, and join in a truly "persistent world" that keeps evolving, growing and developing, even when gamers are not playing.
Fixes from Beta 1.0