{"id":23112,"date":"2013-07-09T13:58:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T20:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=23112"},"modified":"2013-07-09T13:58:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T20:58:14","slug":"no-cross-play-on-xbox-means-no-final-fantasy-mmo-for-at-least-five-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/07\/09\/no-cross-play-on-xbox-means-no-final-fantasy-mmo-for-at-least-five-people\/","title":{"rendered":"No cross-play on Xbox means no Final Fantasy MMO for at least five people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"23112\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FFXIV_Realm_Re.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FFXIV_Realm_Re.jpg\" alt=\"FFXIV_Realm_Re\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be coming to the PC, PS3, and PS4, but not the Xbox 360 or Xbox One. Contrary to some rumors, the MMORPG isn&#8217;t skipping Microsoft&#8217;s consoles because of an exclusivity deal with Sony. Producer and director Naoki Yoshida told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgsite.net\/interviews\/451-final-fantasy-xiv-a-realm-reborn-interview-with-naoki-yoshida\">RPG Site<\/a> that he doesn&#8217;t think Microsoft&#8217;s policy of not allowing cross-platform play is right for his game.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The main reason from our side is that I don&#8217;t want the community to be divided; to be split into two or more. For example, one player might be on the PC version, another might be on the PS4 version, and I&#8217;m playing the Xbox version &#8211; but we&#8217;re not able to join the same game servers. That is just&#8230; I just don&#8217;t like the idea. I disagree with it.<\/p>\n<p>If it was a P2P or an MO, then it would be fine &#8211; but for FF14, if that frustration happens, maybe one of those players says &#8216;OK, I will give up my PS4 character and start out for scratch, making a new account from scratch on another machine. I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s fair.<\/p>\n<p>I really want the community to stick together and not be split into two or be divided because of that reason. That&#8217;s one of the reasons that means that unless the policy chances, Xbox just doesn&#8217;t make sense to us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All five Final Fantasy fans that don&#8217;t own a Sony console will be devasted. Fans of the series that only have a Xbox will just have to suck it up and get a Sony PS3, PS4, or PC if they want to take part in a Realm Reborn. They&#8217;ll still be able to play Final Fantasy XV on the Xbox One someday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No cross-play on Xbox means no Final Fantasy MMO for at least five people - Quarter to Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/07\/09\/no-cross-play-on-xbox-means-no-final-fantasy-mmo-for-at-least-five-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No cross-play on Xbox means no Final Fantasy MMO for at least five people - 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