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FFXI No Longer Playable on PS2

Posted by Zonk on from the glad-you-bought-the-harddrive? dept.

Via Final Fantasy Online: Warcry, a link to the official FFXI site stating that starting on May 1st PS2 service will be withdrawn. Playstation 2 players will no longer be able to access the Square-Enix title, as according to the site: "The limitation of the Playstation 2 has restricted and held back certain developments to the game and its continued support would make future updates and content limited." Update: 04/02 18:02 GMT by Z : April 1st hoax story.

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  1. FFXI? by panchondo · · Score: 2, Funny

    People play FFXI?

  2. Ugh... by Satertek · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Frakking April Fools day.

  3. Does this mean... by Krater76 · · Score: 2, Funny

    we finally won't have to hear the standard 'WoW vs. FFO' flamewars? That would really make my year.

    WoW Fanboy: 'FFO sucks, it's just so blah, blah, blah...'
    FFO Fanboy: 'Real gamers play real MMOs like FFO blah, blah, blah...'
    WoW Fanboy: 'You're an idiot, 'real gamers'?! If you look at stats blah, blah, blah...'
    FFO Fanboy: 'You don't know sh!t, Blizzard sucks blah, blah, blah...'
    .
    .
    .
    ad nauseum

    Happy April Fool's everyone....

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    "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" - Patrick Henry
  4. Hmmmm, bad choice? by soniCron88 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anyone else think it may be a poor choice to have the JavaScript popup as the punchline to this "April Fools" joke? Handheld browsers may not display it. Possibly IE users with high security settings won't see it. And some Firefox users that are paranoid won't. Not to mention the rest of the population that automatically close anything that pops up automatically... I would understand if there's a huge uprising because of that.

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  5. I know they claim it's just a joke, but by artifex2004 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How do all those PS2minis install and access the game, when they don't have hard drive bays?

    1. Re:I know they claim it's just a joke, but by falcon5768 · · Score: 2, Informative
      exactly they can only use the old version of the PS2, this actually caused a big tissy with SE and Sony since SE got really pissed off at Sony for doing this without notice.

      Interestingly enough, Sony is now working with SE to make something they will allow you to play FFXI on the new PS2.

      regardless of which this had to be the worst April Fools joke yet. Slashdot really is sucking wind this year.

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      "Slashdot, where telling the truth is overrated but lying is insightful."

  6. Re:Useless /. by Grey+Ninja · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's what it's for. April Fool's is a time for every website in the known universe to go nuts. Slashdot is like a big directory for them. I rather enjoy it myself.