Square's Next MMOG For PS3/Windows

Gamespot reports that Square/Enix's next Massively Multiplayer Online Game will be a PS3/Windows Vista title. From the article: "While talking up Treasures of Aht Urhgan--the game's latest expansion--FFXI producer Hiromichi Tanaka commented that his team is now working on a new massively multiplayer online role-playing game for Windows Vista and the PlayStation 3. He also shared his thoughts on porting games to new hardware, including bringing FFXI to the PS3 as well as the PlayStation Portable." More details are likely at E3. Update: 04/20 14:03 GMT by Z : Link fixed.

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I refuse...

[rAiNsT0rm]

To upgrade my OS to Vista purely for games, and I also will not get caught up in the 360/PS3 and attached format war, so it looks my only gaming will be XP Pro and the Revolution with the DS for portability for some time.

Vista offers nothing of value or interest and I really don't see a mass switch to Vista happening so the least amount of sales MS sees should hopefully stop this new "trend" of claiming new games will be Vista-only.

Re:I refuse...

[rAiNsT0rm]

Oh, I fully understand and agree... except that DX10 COULD be ported to xp if they wanted to, they just WON'T in hopes that this will force the consumers hand. I think it will fail. Just MHO but developers right now need to reach the largest audience as possible to attempt to make money, and depending on sales numbers for Vista (which I believe will be low) Developers will go elsewhere (Mac?) and that is the kind of paradigm shift I would like to see. A company finally crushed by it's heavy handed business practices. Sony and MS are both on pace to damage themselves due to this type of business "strategy" and I really hope for all of our sake that they go down in a blaze of unglory.