ps4 after all?Follow

At this point there is no "legal" or "illegal" for PC in FFXI. If you're paying the subscription, you have a "legal" cop and that's that. If you have not paid for access to the expansions, they will be grayed out on the start screen even if the content is installed, so SE doesn't really care.

I keep a link to the official SE downloader in my public drop box and hand it off to people who need clean copies. Once the new expansion comes out I'll update it with whatever the latest version is.

On that note, many folks will purchase used PS2 or Xbox disks but purchase the PC version for the registration codes. SE doesn't mind that at all.

Edited, Feb 24th 2013 11:52pm by catwho

Thanks for catching that. I'd gone from PS2 > PC > 360 and back to PC which is probably why I got it mixed up.

I was just trying to show that SE could have done something like allowing people to download the client and expansions through POL viewer. I guess it wasn't the case up through the mini-expansions, but there isn't much of a reason why they couldn't have made it available.

Just an FYI, but having content that was purchased via download locked to the account that purchased it was already in place(at least on 360). I'm not sure why that would come as a shock to people.

He's talking about your PSN account or your Xbox gamertag. If you login to your account and purchase a game, you will only be able to play that game while logged into the account that purchased it. I don't think he was talking about console lock, but account lock.

Online only was confirmed to be a rumor only by Kaz Hirai for the PS4. Most of those ??? are still up in the air or are rumored for the Xbox but frankly, if Sony is allowing used games (also confirmed by Sony) then it would be a huge blow against Microsoft if they for some reason decided not to allow them.

I found this to be an interesting read on how Microsoft really missed the ball with the XBox Live Marketplace.

Microsoft's $5 Problem

Yes, it was a little interesting. I also lol'd at the thought of a FF or Assassin's Creed game going for $5 digital download.

I am 26, but I feel that I fall into the "old-school" category of gaming. I don't really like all this mobile gaming. Yes, I have some games from the App Store on my iPad, but those are strictly to kill time between turns when my friends and I run Dresden at my buddy's place, or when I know I'll be in the restroom for more than 30 seconds. If I'm at home and I want to play a game I'm on my PC / PS3 / 360. I like in-depth gaming with a real story, a real progression system, a real feeling of adventure. I don't like games that let me play, but after 20 turns I have to either wait for points to regenerate every 3 minutes or buy points back with real cash. I sit down to a game to immerse myself outside of the hum-drum of the day, not to sit down and plan what I will do to maximize the 30 minutes I'm about to spend on the tablet because I only have so many points to use.

I grew up doing chores and working in the neighborhood to pay $50~ for Legend of Legaia and FFVII, not asking my parents to drop $1.99 on the iPad. I was that kid that the companies were looking to breed into a life-time gamer. They succeeded too, because they made good games that made me want to work outdoors for 6 weeks so that I could afford it. I don't feel like the mobile market at the moment is doing this. The games are readily available, cheap (you can get free versions with advertisements for all but the best mobile games), and shallow for the most part.

Think about it... When a lot of us were kids, if we got a new game that we liked, we played the #$%^ out of it for weeks and it was the greatest game ever. Then guess what, there was another awesome game just a few months later! How many kids do you think are playing Words With Friends, All the Bravest, World of Goo, hell even Infinity Blade and are thinking "Wow, that was awesome. I am totally waiting with baited breath for what comes next"? I don't think the ratio is as high anymore. The "greats" are dwindling. Zelda, Mario, Sonic, Gran Tourismo, Xeno-anything for the most part, even Final Fantasy are all degrading, but what is replacing them? Call of Duty and Halo, maybe Assassin's Creed (which is on its way out also, imo. I can't even finish the newest one). Then all the mobile games. /smh /endrant

That situation still kind of helps to show my point though. One of the big "draws" of the mobile market is social gaming. It doesn't get more social then gettin the guys together to go down to the local 'cade to drop $5.00 on Galaga and see who gets bragging rights for the week. Knowing that you were (insert 3 initials here) with the all-time high score on Space Invaders really felt like something. How do you think it feels to drop $40 or more and have the biggest farm in farmville?

On the topic of dating yourself, that could have been as soon as 5 years before I was born. It aint no thang.

Edited, Feb 25th 2013 8:35pm by IKickYoDog

I'm sure it will if there is enough demand, and of course if the game thrives as we all hope it will (naysayers aside).