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Hi all,

Basically, I've just been invited to the FFXIV beta test. I'd love to play but a) my PC is in a different city and b) I had so many problems with FFXIV on the PC - even after upgrading - that I'm gonna buy the PS3 version.

My question is, if I join the beta test on the PC, and set up a new account, will my character be playable on the PS3? Will my old account be valid on the PS3?

Also, when does phase 3 end?

Thanks!

Has anyone actually confirmed this?

I've been playing on PC for the last few weeks, just got a PS3 Beta code this week. Downloaded & installed the software and logged into PS3 for the first time this morning.

Problem is my SE account appears to be split now between the two platforms. My legacy character (not yet used in Beta) is showing up on the PS3, but not the character I've been leveling lately. On my PC, my Beta character shows up but not my legacy character. Both appeared on my PC character screen before this weekend.

I hope you check into this more and report back when you get it squared away. Or let us know if you really can't get it to work as intended. It's one of the things that we have not gotten to test in Beta.

I'll feel much better when someone has verified that 1.0 characters are indeed available to play on both the PS3 and PC versions, depending on which platform you are logged in on. There was even a Dev discussion about dual-boxing that implied you could be logged onto both at once.

Want more details of how it actually works!

I've played both on PC and PS3 a couple weeks back and didn't have any issues.

OK, silly question, but you are looking in the legacy world where your old character is?

Edit: Just logged into my "old" character on our PS3, no problem. I have also previously logged into both characters on my PC.

Edited, Jul 5th 2013 9:20am by AngusX

Check out the post above. Maybe you need to contact the service center to get a registration code.

I'm thinking it's more likely that 1.0 characters are just not acting like normal beta characters as far as cross-platform availability at this time.

You can't log on your SE account on PS3 at the same time as PC, same as you can't login from two PCs at the same time.

The main restriction here, is that you cannot have more that one SE account on your PSN account.

Nvm, I think that was just confused in the translation.

I think it's safe to say that you will need a separate account for each character you have logged in simultaneuosly.

I'm still not sure what the registration codes for the service center are for.

Edited, Jul 5th 2013 1:05pm by Gnu

Okay, I tinkered around and found some of this was me.

I seem to recall having both characters listed on the character screen, but right now I'm getting characters listed by world. Part of the confusion was that the world selected by the game at log-on seems to be random so I kept getting different ones on the initial screen.

I've gone back and forth now, all three character slots exist on both platforms. So, I can confirm just linking your PS3 account to your SE account gets you into both PC & PS3, no problems as a couple others have now stated.

Only thing I can't confirm yet is the steps to have my fiancée log into PS3, she has a PC beta key but not PS3 yet. It appears the account name on the PS3(under my PS3 ID) is grayed out meaning only my SE account can be played on my PS3 currently.

I'm pretty sure it's Sony account, not PS3, that is locked in so he could just make a separate profile for his fiancee to play on, she'd need her own Sony account though.

And I confirmed, no need for my fiancée to even have a PS3 beta key, just need the one key for the PS3, all accounts on the same box get in. To summarize:

> Each PC needs a S/W copy.
> PS3 needs one disk/download to cover all accounts on the system.

In my case my fiancée and I each have our own SE accounts and our own PSN online user ID's.

> PC is pretty much open, once the software is installed anyone can log in on each of our machines.
> PS3 links your online PSN account to your SE user account first time the game starts on each account.
| >> I can't log into my SE account from my fiancée's PSN ID, she can't log in on mine. We have to log into our own PSN ID, then start the game, after the first time our SE ID is grayed out, no option to log in a different user.
| >> This means friends can't come over and log in on your PS3 machine.

This weekend we had some friends over, one brought his PS3 so he could play with us while visiting. Another friend that was over saw the game for the first time and is considering putting in a pre-order. The game really has improved over 1.0 CE. The viewer DRM requirements are a bit odd, but have always been so since FFXI.

Honestly, my opinion is SE should make the viewer free to download and allow any valid account to log in on any viewer. The DRM for an MMO really is covered on the SE account end. Why they make it so hard for users to get software installed and validated makes little sense to me, but it is what it is.

Edited, Jul 6th 2013 9:54pm by SkyRaymaker