Square-Enix is having their press briefing now. So far, it’s mostly a FFXIV Q&A. The first thing brought us was that Square Enix is considering all platforms, including Microsoft hardware, so the possibility is that this will be a timed exclusive. It was confirmed that the game will be out on PS3 and PC in 2010, with a simultaneous worldwide launch in 4 languages.
Other little tidbits:
- The battle system they aren’t talking about yet, so expect it to be different than FFXI.
- FFXI development will continue, at least for this year. The hope is that people will play both, as they are expected to have separate communities.
- Lessons learned from making and running FFXI will be utilized in XIV, of course.
- The target is a more casual, WoW, like audience, so both party based questing as well as soloing as well.
- While similar races exist, the world of FFXIV is entirely separate from FFXI, so no character transferring will happen. Apparently, they wanted FFXI fans to be able to play a similar type of character in FFXIV.
- No beta news yet. Stay tuned.
- Some of the video footage was in game. Can you guess which parts? From what I could tell from the screenshots, graphics should be around the level of White Knight Chronicles, though with better art.
Thoughts?
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