FFXI offline in Japan

While thousands of players gleefully picked up copies of Square\'s long awaited PlayStation 2 RPG Final Fantasy XI today in Japan, few have been able to play the game online. Despite Square\'s assurances regarding the ability to handle network traffic, the registration system for Square\'s PlayOnline service was overwhelmed within hours of the game\'s release. Square issued a formal apology regarding the problem this morning, and assured customers that they\'re expanding the registration system to handle thousands of simultaneous requests. It\'s currently unknown how long it will take to fix the registration system. Nevertheless, tonight we\'re pleased to present some new footage from the finished version below. Expect full impressions and more media in the coming days.


Source + intro movies.

LOL the Server could handle everyone loggin in at once.

Bloody hell :eek:

looks like Sony has betten M$$$$$ to the big push online

and the Zelots said it would be a waste of time .

No big surprise.

I played EQ for over a year, that game has more than it\'s fair share of problems.  I expected this to happen...

These big companies always underestimate what they\'ll need to make it run \'flawlessly\'.  I can understand it though... it\'s cheaper to underestimate than overestimate...

i remember when the zone changed to a passport site  i couldnt log in for 3 days!

square shouldnt be embarrased

Of coarse, as expected, this is the one news that Xbox fanboys are gleefully talking about. Nevermind the fact that the game is nearly soldout, but the fact that the Square had problems getting everyone registered. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Simchoy
Of coarse, as expected, this is the one news that Xbox fanboys are gleefully talking about. Nevermind the fact that the game is nearly soldout, but the fact that the Square had problems getting everyone registered. :rolleyes:

Heh, Xbox fanboys are in for a huge surprise when they go to play their system\'s online down the road...

I went out and bought Dungeon Siege, hoping to play it online after I got the hang of the single player, but I can\'t even get in to it because of that shoddy zonematch service.  Turns out almost everyone who bought the game couldn\'t even play the game online because of the service.  

I just hope MS isn\'t planning to use zonematch for the Xbox... if they are, don\'t ever expect to be able to play the system online.

Originally posted by Simchoy
Of coarse, as expected, this is the one news that Xbox fanboys are gleefully talking about. Nevermind the fact that the game is nearly soldout, but the fact that the Square had problems getting everyone registered. :rolleyes:

LOL

a X Box fan would be hard pushed to brag about any X box Game what crashed the server online...

Come to think of it they would be hard pushed even if every single last one of them all log on at once.

hope all the probs are ironedout by the time it comes to uk.. so they should give them a few years before they do a pal realese

A few years? You crazy? Don\'t suggest those kinda things to Sony Europe... who knows

lol, tell me about it, still waiting for ffx.....let alone ffx1,


so could this be played off line at all???

You mean whether FFXI can be played offline? I don\'t know... 90% no...

yeh i didnt think you would, but wasnt sure if you could mess around with your character, or say learn moves etc off llne

Absolutely no idea about that... if someone can reply to this question...

can anyone update us on whether square has weahtered the storm yet?  what about first impressioons?