E3 2009: Final Fantasy XIV Not Exclusive At All

Square Enix held a short, un-publicized press conference yesterday at E3, only to talk about the just announced Final Fantasy XIV. As the recently opened official site reports, the game is indeed an MMO and is planned for a simultaneous world-wide release next year on PC and PlayStation 3.

The very short, very focused conference was devoted almost exclusively to answering questions the press had about the game, most of which ended up being about Final Fantasy XI and how the two will support each other. Suffice it to say that FFXI will continue to be supported, and FFXIV is not set in the same universe, though some of the races resemble FFXI counterparts.

What was perhaps the most interesting bit to come from the meeting, however, was Square Enix's confirmation that the game is not at all exclusive to PS3, and that all platforms, "including Microsoft's," are being considered.

This is, of course, not a confirmation of FFXIV on 360, but it sure makes Sony's "exclusively on PlayStation 3" announcement on Tuesday look foolish. I guess they were going for shock factor over fact.

Ugh, I hate how worked up people get over Final Fantasy.

P.S. I've also attached the game's debut teaser that was shown at Sony's presser. Just in case you haven't seen it yet.