Final Fantasy XIV Online Director Would Love To See Square Enix's MMO On A "Nintendo Platform"

Switch has seen a fair share of online games with relatively bulky filesizes (if still a fraction of the respective HC/PC ones), not shying away from 5-10 Gb updates and sometimes accomodating flashier graphics at a more hectic pace (Warframe, anyone?) than FFXIV, so this has always felt like a matter of time and/or Squeenix's pipeline priorities. Even if it only happens with the successor already around, I wouldn't rule out a crossgen release just to cover a larger userbase at launch.

Not into MMOs but the more the merrier. I will say the soundtrack is an absolute bop.

Just got into FF14 due to some of my buddies wanting me to join in. Loving the game so far and would love to see it on a Nintendo Console. The gamepad controls are solid. It be a good fit for a Nintendo Switch or Switch 02.

With getting into Final Fantasy XIV back in 2022 after seeing my friends playing it, and it became my overall favourite MMO games of all time, takes me back when I have played Lego Universe back in 2010, which was that MMO scratch that I was missing, can't wait for the Dawntrail expansion.

And with seeing Yoshi-P wanting to bring the game on Nintendo's next system would be a really great addition.

FF14 offline with the same model , but offline might intrested

I won't be opposed to it coming to a Nintendo platform but I am highly allergic to having cost upon cost upon cost. So if this does happen to keep its own subscription based service ON TOP of Nintendo Switch Online, I will give this a hard pass. If it's simply playable properly with an NSO subscription I will give it a try.

And no even if this will be playable outside of an NSO subscription and just its own subscription that's still a no because I will still be subscribed to NSO and then I'll still have to subscribe to this anyway. Still cost upon cost. Same reason why I don't care for Pokémon HOME or any other game that requires extra money on top of NSO just to be able to play it.

That said, again I certainly won't mind it coming to the system for those who do want to play this on a Nintendo platform.

I want ff13 first

I would be very happy to see this on a nintendo console. Not sure how stable a large mmorpg like FFXIV would play on the switch, but definitely on the next gen. Frankly, I’d like to see Nintendo develop their own IP mmorpg for the next console 🙂

@fabiop don't we all.🍻

no way FF14 can run on Switch 1, if it can't run on next gen 14 probably never going to be on a Nintendo platform

Definitely not on the first Switch but I'm sure there's scope to pull it off for the second.

I would love to see FFXIV on the Switch 2. Despite having poured most of my MMO hours into WoW, I do think FFXIV as it exists now is the best MMO ever made.

14's getting a graphical update and corresponding minimum requirements bump in the immediately upcoming expansion (just a couple weeks!), and while they're keeping PS4 compatibility for now, I think the window for it to run on Switch (without being entirely compromised) is pretty closed at this point. But I could definitely see it potentially coming to the successor!
It's definitely a MMO and does suffer some for that (though on the other hand, that release cycle has let the story go on for longer, essentially multiple games' worth, and deal with the consequences of the world changing in far more detail!), but it's a good game! With plenty of nice callbacks for anybody who liked... pretty much any of the old games, at this point. (There's even a handful of enemy designs from XIII.)

I won't act like I'm that deep into FFXIV yet, I only finished the base patch of Shadowbringers a couple days ago (and it is just as good as everyone says), but as much as I'd love XIV on Switch, I don't have a clue how it would happen. The technical aspect of it is 100% a problem, yes, but we can just hope Nintendo bumps up the Switch 2 hardware to make it capable of running bigger games. I'm thinking more about if it would actually play well on Switch. I started on Xbox in February and moved to PC recently because Xbox requires two subs instead of one (another problem the Switch might have), and they had to make an almost completely new method of using a controller to get XIV competently playable on Xbox. While they could just transfer that over to the Switch, you also have to consider the playability in handheld mode with a screen smaller than they've ever worked with before, which would also make the ever expanding HUD an even bigger problem. I don't think it's impossible and the Switch 2 will hopefully make it a real possibility, but the design changes needed to make XIV playable on Switch are so numerous that I'm doubtful it'll happen for a LONG time. Maybe it's a project they work on post-Dawntrail and release it half a year-ish before the next expansion during that void of patches like they did with Xbox this year.

The weakest hardware that supports FFXIV is the PS4, and the Switch successor will likely be similar to that in power. While it would be technically possible, I would say it’s unlikely for a number of reasons. The game is getting a graphical update alongside the new expansion, Dawntrail, in less than 2 weeks. While PS4 will still be supported, it does come with a number of concessions in order to making gameplay feasible. It’s also worth noting that PS4 support has only been confirmed through the length of the new expansion (typically about 2 to 2.5 years). I’m not saying, nor am I anticipating, that PS4 support will be dropped in the following expansion in two and a half years, but a consideration needs to be made when bringing new hardware into the fold that is equivalent to hardware on the cusp of the chopping block. I also don’t anticipate Creative Studio 3 making a cloud server either (not to be confused with its Cloud data center that recently underwent a stress test, they are different). However, if the Switch successor can position itself substantially ahead of the PS4’s power, then a case can be made for the game to be ported, and the closer it can get to the PS5, the more moot these statements become.

I play on PS5, have just finished the Stormblood expansion. Probably my all time favourite game and I'd love it to reach as many platforms as possible.

For an MMO the size of the player base is very important for continued growth and success.

FFXIV Online is impossible to play on a small handheld.
Docked, sure, as I play it on my PS5 time to time, when I want to just explore a bit and solo, but doing group content (dungeons, RAIDs, Trials, etc) I will always go back to my PC with mouse/keyboard.

there is really no good MMO RPG on switch and thats sad. I would also take a Guild Wars 2

I don't play online games, so I've missed out on XI and XIV. Maybe if they gave it the Dragon Quest X Offline treatment I'd go for it.

Unless there's an offline mode that feature all the story expansions, I would do without this one.

I would love FFXIV on Switch 2! I can totally see Square making it work. Like others have said, growing the player vase is priority number one. Principle of graphic presentation would never prevent Square from making more money.

FFXI Online would also be really fun to have on Switch 2, just to experience it! If the servers are still up, then why not?

ALSO I keep dreaming of the day Square makes FFXII Online!! That universe is perfect for a proper MMO, with all the mechanics and world building ready to go. I will forever dream!

I grew up in the days of sitting by my older sister who obsessed over the latest MMO's, from WoW to Guild Wars. Then I would go to the local Barnes & Noble and pour over whatever volumes of .Hack manga they had available, which only heightened the mythos of the MMO experience.

Only thing I'm iffy about is the prospect of paying $15 a month for 12 months straight, which adds up really fast. I would love for the Switch version to offer a 6-month or 1-year payment tier, just play as much as I like within that timeframe and not have to fret about the monthly payments. I get it that if you're a big fan and you play FFXIV enough hours every month then the money is totally relative, but it's a little difficult to justify a whole year of that subscription without feeling super committed beforehand.

Never really played a MMO the only one I did play is trove if that counts and yeah…I was pretty into I think but I was young lol.

I haven’t played this yet I want too and I have made a character but the UI is just so daunting on console and looks like so much to learn, I’m pretty overwhelmed.

Definitely will actually play it at some point though. This is all to say that yes I would be more then happy for it to come to the switch (or any future console) as I would love to play a mmo on the go.

I love the game and would be happy for more people to experience it.

As for me, though, I don't want to play it on console. The key reason being because of communication. Typing with a controller or whatever is the worst thing and that's a big problem with an MMO where there's communication in the chat.

I started playing it on the PS4. Switching to the PC was a HUGE improvement. Not just there, but there are other things, as well. (I still play with the controller, but hybrid with the keyboard/mouse, too for things like menus and typing)

Switch is my primary platform and my kids mostly play PS5.

I welcome this game in Nintendo systems. Would play again.

Form my understanding, the PS3 version was terminated after a certain patch/expansion because it was requiring more RAM than the PS3 had available. Switch itself has 8x as much overall, so in terms of that, it wouldn't be a problem. Of course, by cutting out the PS3, they could expand the game in other ways, and those could affect a Switch release.

I’ve played FFXIV for while, but it’s neither here nor there for me, whether it comes to a Nintendo console, same goes for ESO, I’m not so big in the “making friends” thing, be it online or irl, so MMOs just don’t really do for me. Though I’d honestly be more interested in a remaster/remake of FF Explorers.

I would love for any final Fantasy to make its entry on the next Switch 2.

Anything online is worthless for Switch. You first need to have internet to use this. The Hidden Cost to be able to go online. If they can't put it on the 3D Cart for Offline Play forget anyone wanting this.

Whilst playing such a game on a portable is a lot of fun, downloading all the updates is not. They really should have negotiated with Microsoft to have it hosted on streaming servers.

I wouldn't mind seeing AQ3D on the Switch to be fair. But this would be nice too.

@SwitchForce nah plenty of people do want it, if you're not already paying for online play to play the litany of multiplayer games and N64/Snes games then you're already missing out just on that basis alone.

The days of Nintendo online not being worth the cost of admission if long behind us at this stage.

@Reztobi Nothing I've seen benefitted paying more to just be online. You forget you pay your ISP plus your online aka Pay to Play. Online gaming has been fraught with cheating gamers and that isn't to hard to find news online cheating ruins any fun online gaming. So I am missing nothing when not paying to play MMO online which if they can't make free since you have to buy the game to play already.