Square-Enix reveals some new details concerning the second attempt of Final Fantasy XIV (titled Final Fantasy XIV Version 2.0) with the game potentially expanding to smartphones and the Xbox 360.
Initially the game was meant or at least rumored to be just a PS3 exclusive but financial struggles for the company along with the constant negative impressions by both the media and the public forced Square-Enix to rehaul the entire project.
Besides the change in direction and the reworked character designs, the producer of the game mentioned the development of an in-game store/auction to take advantage of a possible mobile and PS Vita support. This would allow users the ability to purchase items with real cash or even use the devices as an app or another way of checking the inventory.
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"Not just the Vita, but also smartphones, so that kind of access will be allowed. That will open the door to things like applications that people can used to check their inventory, or check the market and purchase things from the auctions."
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While the top priority is still for the PS3 version of the game, the producer also mentioned the company is currently in talks with Microsoft to have the game be available for the Xbox 360. This comes weeks after it was leaked Square-Enix was looking for Xbox 360 programmers to work on a Final Fantasy project.
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