Final Fantasy XIV Online Director Reportedly Hints At Nintendo Release

I wonder if this means support for PS4 will continue for a while longer since it has a similar performance level.

@charliecarrot PlayStation 4 support is still going to end once the next expansion arrives. The reason they drop support for older generations is the loading times start to get way too slow and end up holding back other players. However, Switch 2's microSD Express reading speed (800 mbps) isn't much of a concern in comparison to the PS4's HDD (80~120 mbps at best).

@Strawblaze makes sense - I last played on PS4 and it took me way longer to load into areas than my friends

I tried it after years of resistance and hating the fact that FF went online.
Then I disliked it even more than I thought I would.
This should always have been a spin-off series.

Not interested at all with online only gameplay and you still have to pay more for 1 month to play online.
I would like to see the OFFLINE version treatment just like Dragon Quest 10 OFFLINE version with completely different looking character from realistic to Chibi looking.

this would be great.
I wanted this already on the original switch.

I’m more interested in a XVI Switch 2 version

NGL! That would be amazing!!!!

@Strawblaze
Ah. I'm still on the free trial.
Will my trial carry over from ps4 to ps5?

At this point, we can assume that everything from at least Square, Capcom and Ubisoft will end up coming to the Switch 2. Which is great! I hope more companies will be joining the ride little by little.

I'm not interested in this one (I don't play online), but I'm glad for those who are.

This is my current MMO and I’ve got close to 5000 hours in it, will probably end up buying it on Switch since you don’t need an additional subscription to play on multiple consoles just a copy of the game on that console. Playing on a Steam Deck is just slightly too janky for me to regularly do this.

For everyone new to the game this is my favourite Final Fantasy and I’ve played them all with one of the expansions (Shadowbringers) being my favourite story told in a video game. Also there is an insanely generous free trial where you get the base game and the first 2 expansions for free to play an unlimited time before upgrading to continue. Only restrictions are around gil/trading/whispering or yelling and that’s to mitigate gil resellers and their bots. I’d highly recommend anyone vaguely interested give it a go, the base game story can be a bit rough in comparison to the later expansions but it’s like a TV show with a slightly janky first season that sets up all the important stuff for later on. Any questions let me know! The controls will definitely be good, I’ve played this entirely on a gamepad and that is viable in the high end content. Mouse mode probably won’t be hugely important outside of setting up your task bars however since using the mouse to activate abilities is a very very suboptimal way to use them compared to keyboard/gamepad shortcuts.

Just when i thought i was out, they pull me back in...

This would be great! At the moment use the ps portal to play handheld. Hopefully sometime soon for switch 2 version

I can’t wait! I’ve been playing on Xbox but the massive stick dead zones, awful keyboard support (why we still can’t just press Enter to open the chat window is beyond me) and the absolutely stupid chat censorship were huge turn-offs. They still haven’t fixed it.

And a portable MMORPG is just so convenient. I really miss Order & Chaos on mobile.., now mobile MMORPGs are all autoplay junk.

Get ready to buy SD cards though, the game is HUUUGE.

When I see all these Final Fantasy games, with all these roman numbers, I think that series will always remain an enigma I don't want to decipher.

I would love to see this game for the Switch 2. It fit right at home.

Seeing how this game doesn't get proper physical releases on other systems, just a download code in a box, this is one instance where I would be okay with a Game Key Card release, since that's effectively the same thing, but I'd at least be able to put this next to Final Fantasy XII and the rest of my Final Fantasy games on my shelf. I've actually been talking with my brothers about starting Final Fantasy XIV together, so I'm glad to see that it might be coming to Switch 2!

Oh God… I don’t have enough time…

This would be a day 1 purchase and a worthy subscription. Ive been dying for an MMO on switch 2.

They should force less on supporting new platforms and be more focused on QoL on ong standing issues… And resolving the current problems of consistent DDoS attacks. My friends haven’t been able to properly play the game for a whole basically

@Mariotag As long as you have not bought the game yet, you should be able to play the next generation's trial version without any issues. And even if you do end up buying the PlayStation 4 version, they usually let players upgrade their game for free for a limited time whenever they end support.

@Yoshi3 Call me crazy but I’d love a S2 port of the DLC complete FF XV.

@Potimarron Not as much of an enigma as it may seem. It's the same tale retold with twists, as if different people with different ideas were telling their kids different versions of Little Red Riding Hood. "What if Riding Hood was the villain?"; "What if the Grandmother ate the Wolf" and so on.

That's why playing as many of them leads to a better enjoyment of the series, even though you obviously won't enjoy all of them the same. You get to experience different renditions of a similar tale and pick your favorites.

@Tyaku that too…. And you know what? Bring the XIII trilogy …. I want a complete FF collection available on Switch

How's the game play? Is it turn-based combat? Or something like World of Warcraft, etc.?

Cool but I really want FF 13, 15, and 16 on Switch 2.

They couldn't make a DEMO?????

@KimBread Sadly no, it is not turn-based. It's more like World of Warcraft and less like Dofus.

I still liked it, though. Requires quite a bit of skill.

This is honestly one of my favorite games of all time and I will buy / play it again if it comes to Switch 2. For the uninitiated who don't like the MMO format, rest assured that FF14 is like 99% a single player game, especially now that they've programmed NPC companions for most of the dungeons. You almost never have to interact with anyone else, even though I personally think it makes the game a lot more fun

As someone familiar with FFXIV and how Yoshi-P discusses things, this is not a hint, this is a confirmation.

I would buy this day 1 for sure. The Final Fantasy I’m most looking forward to playing is Final Fantasy Rebirth and the one I’m most hopeful gets a switch 2 release is Final Fantasy XVI.

I'm kind of in a pickle here. A LONG time ago, I made an account with my main email to try the Free Trial of FF14 on PC, but barely played it. Now with this possibility, I'd want to try it out on Switch 2. My understanding is that I can't move or even start over on Switch 2 with my existing free trial. I'd have to make a new account for that. But, if I were ever to buy the full game and pay the subscription, I'd want to use my main email account. But my progress on Switch 2 would be on the other account, and that's what I'd want to carry over.

Does anyone know what I could do regarding this?

@KimBread More like WoW/Xenoblade
it is a controller friendly game tho so give it a shot if that sounds appealing to ya

@Samalik @Hern4ndeZzz Thanks for the info!

To anyone even somewhat interested in this, I highly suggest getting the free trial first and seeing how the game plays. While low level play isn't the same as high level, I remember Black Mage played very differently depending on what level cap (Lv50, 60, 70, etc) you were at, it still gives you an idea of what the game will be like. Solo play is very possible, only a few things in the story require joining up with other people so you can almost treat it like a single player game if you so wish.

Story is good for the most part, I enjoyed A Realm Reborn and Heavensward, Stormblood was okay, Shadowbringers was better than SB worse than HW, then I stopped after Endwalker's expansion story, didn't do the patch content. Gameplay though, if you like to play a Healer type class in group games, just don't even bother. You can easily be replaced by tanks in most content, the only reason that the issue isn't widespread is cause using the Auto Queue system requires a Healer.

Long running games like MMOs I feel go through a pattern of things and XIV is neck deep in the "make everything for everyone so no one is satisfied" section. Which means that some time "soon" then they should be figuring out that it's bad for business and changing direction, but who knows how long it'll take them.

signed, a very salt AST

@Glassneedles That's great to hear! I've waited years to play FFXIV on a Nintendo console, and the wait will definitely be worth it! I love online games enjoyed on a traditional console. Growing up with Monster Hunter Tri's online multiplayer on Wii really primed me to look forward to going on that next quest/hunt with a group of people online. Even grinding has so much more purpose in my eyes, when you're putting time in to prepare your characters for online play.

I'd rather see a ffxi offline.

@Discostew where did you hear that? I would have assumed that you'd just be able to sign in to your SE account and pick up where you left off on Switch 2. I'm kinda in the same boat (have it on PS5, barely played it, but reckon I'd give it more love on Switch - and most likely just roll a new character anyway), and hoping that's the case. Is there no cross-save between PS5 and PC?

@Andee
Not who you're asking but can answer. Back when I started in ARR I was on my PS4 and was able to sign into the SquareEnix account on PC later when I got a good rig and was able to use the same character. You just have to rebuy everything since the license is for each platform. If you log into your Mogstation, you can see which platforms you've bought the game on with that SquareEnix account

The only MMO I really liked was the first EverQuest at the time when it first came out so there wasn’t loads of sites dedicated to how to do any (No fast travel either you wanted to cross continents you had to wait on the boat). It took me longer to get to get to level 23 than it took my younger brother to get to Max level but I had no interest in playing it like he was. (Looking up how to do everything optimally where to go to level what gear to use where to farm for epic gear.)

After writing all that I remembered I played Star Wars Galaxies even more but they completely broke that in an update to make it as much like WoW as thoy could. I played the emulator for a while as well. If they had stuck to it I would have probably stuck with it. (When everyone was grinding professions to try and get Jedi that spoilt it really.)

@Jade37 Ah, grand — i mean it was only a free trial anyway, so I would likely be starting over having not played it in so long; I just wouldn't want it to have locked me out just because I have an existing account on another system

It may be officially announced during a future Nintendo direct...I'm looking forward to it...🤞

Is this going to be a MMORPG game? Requiring Online presence to play???