Is there any way to get FF XI to work with a PSTwo?

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17 Jul 2005, 03:52 PM
StriderKyo

Is there any way to get FF XI to work with a PSTwo?

My kid brother got a PSTwo for his birthday, and being a huge Final Fantasy nut he wants to play FF XI. I tried asking in the FFXI online thread, but that doesn't seem to get read much. I tried searching the web, but I just got a bunch of outdated press releases and moldy 2004 threads from bad forums.

Is there any kind of mod or adaptor that would let him play the game? Or is he SOL?
17 Jul 2005, 03:54 PM
Master of 7s

Short answer. No.

Longer answer. You need a hard drive to play FF 11 so he's SOL.

EDIT: If he's really hard up to play FF 11 tell him to bug his parental units for a 360 or just wait till FF 12 hits next year.
17 Jul 2005, 04:10 PM
StriderKyo

I seriously doubt he'll be getting a 360. So you mean to tell me that with all the FF geeks out there, and with all the little do-dads on the internet, nobody's come up with a hard drive adaptor for the pstwo?
17 Jul 2005, 04:14 PM
marwan

tell him to buy the PC version. problem solved!
17 Jul 2005, 04:19 PM
StriderKyo

Quote:

Originally Posted by marwan

tell him to buy the PC version. problem solved!

He's 13, doesn't have a gaming spec PC, and his parents won't shell out the cash for a graphics card just so he can play yet more videogames. He's practically drowning in PS1, GBA & GC stuff he hasn't finished as is.
17 Jul 2005, 04:53 PM
Giltch

Well, I mean there's always the Final Fantasy XI pack that comes bundled with the PS2 hard drive:

http://ai.pricegrabber.com/product_i...406920_125.jpg

I'm not sure if that's what you were looking for, though.
17 Jul 2005, 05:01 PM
StriderKyo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swift

I'm not sure if that's what you were looking for, though.

I'm talking about the it's-too-small-to-be-hard drive-comaptible PSTwo, not the original PS2.
17 Jul 2005, 05:06 PM
Giltch

Oh that one. I always assumed those came with a HDD already built in, in addition to the their internet readiness. I haven't even seen a PSTwo up close, so I guess I can't really help.
17 Jul 2005, 05:09 PM
Saint of Killers

http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000950031560/

Have fun with that.
17 Jul 2005, 05:15 PM
Master of 7s

Quote:

Originally Posted by StriderKyo

I seriously doubt he'll be getting a 360. So you mean to tell me that with all the FF geeks out there, and with all the little do-dads on the internet, nobody's come up with a hard drive adaptor for the pstwo?

Nope. Sony fucked Squenix and Final Fantasy fans over big time with the redesign.

Fact is, Square had originally planned to put FF 11 on the Xbox from the get go, but development fell through on the project midway so they abandoned it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saint of Killers

http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000950031560/

Have fun with that.

Have fun indeed. Yikes.
17 Jul 2005, 05:24 PM
MarkRyan

Trade him your regular PS2 for his PStwo.
17 Jul 2005, 05:42 PM
StriderKyo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saint of Killers

http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000950031560/

Have fun with that.

That's the type of thing I was looking for, but...

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkRyan

Trade him your regular PS2 for his PStwo.

...this seems like a much simpler solution. I'd just hoped to find a way around it because mine's old & creaky.
17 Jul 2005, 05:59 PM
Dyne

Quote:

Originally Posted by StriderKyo

...this seems like a much simpler solution. I'd just hoped to find a way around it because mine's old & creaky.

shush...he's young and you'd make out in the deal.
17 Jul 2005, 08:46 PM
Tojo

Isn't that what older brothers are for?