They’ll be using the extra time to implement fixes ”suggested by PC gamers,” he said. Why is PC FFXIV stricken with issues? Console-minded team.
”In terms of the port, the PC version is 100% complete and running on the PS3,” Komoto-san told Famitsu magazine. The FFXIV MMO is already out for PC.
”We’re currently busy optimizing PS3 performance to make it run as smoothly as possible. We’re doing everything we can to make it perform closely to the PC version, so it may prove to take more time to release,” he continued, hinting at a further delay?
”We’ll also use that time to implement the fixes suggested by PC gamers.” That’s one reason the PS3 launch of the MMO should be less troublesome for the studio and fans alike, but also the team have better knowledge of consoles.
”FFXI started on the PlayStation 2 and then got released on the PC half a year later, which was a pretty smooth process, but we’re going the opposite way and starting with the PC this time, which created new problems,” explained producer Hiromichi Tanaka.
”We placed too much emphasis on making the game compatible with console controllers, so it’s just not suited well for mouse control – that was a huge issue with PC gamers,” he continued. Many PC gamers bemoan a studio neglecting keyboard and mouse.
”There really needed to be two different control schemes for console and PC, since both users interfaces work so differently from each other, but our development team didn’t get around to that.” Naturally this was a huge oversight especially for an MMO.
”Fixing this is one of the top priorities we’ll be dealing with,” said Tanaka-san, but there’s plenty more to address beside GUI. ”There’s a mountain of them,” admitted director Nobuaki Komoto. Square has extended the free trial period again for FFXIV.
”For now, we’ll be fixing the issues on a regular basis via the version updates we have planned in November. We’ll be covering the issues we previously discussed on our website, as well as those that pop up afterwards.”
”However, new problems are being brought up more quickly than we can deal with them. The work’s definitely piling up, but we will definitely fix them all,” said Komoto-san. Have you been playing Final Fantasy XIV on the PC? Is it ‘too console’ for you?
