I have played FF8 in PC, and I think the graphics weren't that good as on the Playstation. Still I wanted to play the game, even if the story wasn't so good. I still play the old Nintendo Final Fantasies. They have the worst graphics of all the FF games, and I am still hooked on the games. My laptop is capable of playing Playstation games and N64 games with good graphics. I wouldn't mind FFX to be done with not so great graphics.
So someone did want FFX to be ported to PC with sacrifice in quality. Without the graphics, I personally thinks that FFX is just about the same as FFVIII, or worse. Did anyone here actually likes FFVIII anyway, one of the worst FF games in history?
The old Nintendo graphics may look ugly at present, but when it's first released, the graphic is one of the best for the NES console. And about the PC issue, if you already have one, will you buy another PC? Don't you think that the next logical step, after having a good enough PC, is to buy a console instead of waiting for a PC port of FFX then goes out to buy or upgrade a new computer, which costs will rougly be just the same (or more) anyway compared with buying a new PS2 console? I also have a computer, and that's why I buy a PS2 (in fact I have 2 now), because it just a new logical thing to do. If you don't have a computer right now, I understand your point. But if you already have one, why should you want to buy another PC?
And how did you know that most people who are playing FF series are college students anyway? FF series had been around for a decade or so, so a lot of people who are in college 10 years ago AND plays FF games will be working by now.....just my assumption.
Nevertheless, buying a PS2 is pretty worthwhile if you are really a FF series fans because you could be damn sure that SquareSoft will release the game for that platform.
: 96 inch HDTV + 5.1Dolby Surround + Geforce 3 /w TV out + SB Live! 5.1 /w stero/mono out + DVD-ROM drive + perfect PS2 emu and your set for life too bad there's no such thing as a "perfect" emu or even a ps2 emu for that matter
Well, this option is good too, but as a FF fan, can you wait a very long time for this scenario to happen. Maybe it will be 10 years....
We all know that FF11 is going to be online, it's going to cost a monthly fee, and as far as we know, it has no single player capabilities. If I was someone important inside Square's marketing, my goal would be to get as many people who have an online connection, to buy my game. I can't think of a better way of getting the boxes to sell, than to package it with FF10...
Why should they packaged FFXI with FFX? The PC version will not be released along with the PS2 version anyway, and also the lucky Japanese will get to play them first. Including FFX with FFXI will only add up to the cost, and it will not entice the buyers to buy a subscription service from SquareSoft anyway.
Number one reason....They are forcing me to....And I refuse to be forced to do anything.
If you don't want to buy a console, you have the right to do so. But just remember that SquareSoft (or any companies for the matter) also reserved the right to select whatever platform(s) they want to release their games to (profit factor come to mind). And I don't think playing with console symbolize laziness. For me, it symbolize convienience. Boot the console, insert DVD and the game starts. You are right about buying a console just for one game is a waste of money, but I certainly don't buy a console just for that reason. I have pointed out that I have enjoyed a lot of PS2 games, so buying a PS2 (or 2 in my case) is not a waste. So if you want your view of not being forced to buy a console just for a game being respected, you should also respect SquareSoft decision of not making FFX port to the PC. Why bother writing snail-letters, e-mail or stuff, to press them to make a port? If you really wants to play the game, you should have place more efforts, like saving up for a PS2 than wasting time writing letters, petitions or whatever to Square, because more often than not, it will not succeed. Or maybe you have the patience of waiting 3+ years for decent emulators? At that time, probably FFXII will already come out, and while the the PS2 owners like me is kicking monsters' butt, the ones who are waiting for FFX to be played on emu may still did not get it.
Someone mentioned emulating F1 2001 Racing on ePSXe?.....isn't that a computer port to the Console? The game is 14 dollars on the PC.
A tyre is supposed to be round, not polygon. A computer port is available, but the graphic is ridiculous I don't even want to play PC version if I can get my hands on a PS2. Also, the cost of console games can also decrease. Now you can buy FFVII, FFVIII at a lesser price then what it was when they are first released.