FFXIV: PC Version ~ September 22nd; PS3 Version Delayed

Whoa, now this is severely unexpected, was entirely surprised to see this coming out so soon. Better have a good PC to play this on otherwise you PS3 owners won't be playing it for nearly another year! Now then this is of course posted official over on MMORPG atm, and I'm looking for official confirmation of this so stand by for more info!

You can pre-order the Collector's Edition on Amazon right now for $74.99 and even choose "release date delivery" to have it the day of...woohoo!

The Collector's Edition gets released on Sept. 22nd, but the regular edition doesn't release until Sept. 29th! So if ya wanna start a week early ya gotta get the Collector's Edition. I've already pre-ordered mine!

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Square Enix has announced that the Collector's Edition PC version of their sophomore MMO effort Final Fantasy XIV will be hitting store shelves on September 22nd, 2010. while the standard edition will launch roughly a week later on September 30th.

That's the good news.

The bad news? Hopes for a simultaneous release on both the PC and PS3 have been dashed, as the PS3 version won't make it until March 2011.

Ouch.

The PC Collector's Edition will include a behind-the-scenes DVD, a Final Fantasy XIV branded tumbler, a branded security token, a travel journal replete with concept art, an Onion Helm in-game item, the standard 30 days free of game time, a buddy pass for a friend, a voucher for a Right of Passage certificate (each with its own stamped serial number), and boxart illustrated by famed Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano.

The standard PC version will include the game disc, manual, and the requisite free 30 days of gameplay.
The game's subscription will run you $12.99/month, with an additional $3.00 for each extra character on the account, up to a maximum of eight. However, a single "retainer" character will be offered free of charge. This retainer character is non-playable but can be used to maintain item sales and storage. Additional retainer characters can be purchased for $1.00.

Beta and pre-order details were also revealed today. The beta is scheduled to go live sometime this July, and pre-orders are set to begin today. Standard edition pre-order customers will receive Garlond
Goggles which will offer bonus experience rates, while Collector's Edition pre-orders will receive the aforementioned Onion Helm in-game item.


Minimum specifications for the PC version are available below:

Operating System	Windows XP SP3 **
	Windows Vista 32bit / 64bit SP2 ***
	Windows 7 32bit / 64bit ***
CPU	Intel® Core™ 2 Duo (2.0GHz)
	AMD Athlon™ X2 (2.0GHz)
Memory	Windows XP: 1.5GB or higher
	Windows Vista / Windows® 7: 2GB or higher
HDD/SSD Space	Install: 15GB or more
	Download: Space on the hard drive where My Documents is located should be 6GB or more ****
Graphics Card	NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 series or higher with VRAM 512MB or more
	ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series or higher with VRAM 512MB or more
Sound Card	DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
Internet Connections	Broadband Internet connection or higher
Resolution	1280 x 720 or higher; 32bit or higher
DirectX®	DirectX® 9.0c
Others	Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad *****

!! Love it!! thanks for the update!

Now for the crux. I was planning to get this for PS3. I would have to buy a keyboard and mouse and some type of laptable to play it. NOw that it is delayed, I guess I can get it for my PC, but here's the thing. I meet the minimum recs. Almost to the tee. This is what I have:

Windows 7 32bit OS
3gbs RAM
500gb hard drive, so no problems there.
AMD 64x2 dual core processor 3800 at 2.00ghz
Nvidia GTS 250 512mb video card
Brand new external soundcard(not an issue)

My guess is I could upgrade my processor and do fairly well compared to now. BUT, does anyone know what I should upgrade to and what the costs are?

More Information:

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Windows:

Final Fantasy XIV Collectors’ Edition
Release Date: September 22nd, 2010

Special In-Game Item: Onion Helm (reduced penalty upon death)

This special edition also includes:
-Priority Log-in a week before official start of service.
-A specially designed package featuring the art of Yoshitaka Amano and Akihiko Yoshida.
-FFXIV original tumbler
-FFXIV DVD “Eorzea: The Making of a Realm”
-Hard-cover art case to protect your game and DVD.
-A specially designed FFXIV security token.






Final Fantasy XIV (regular edition)
Release Date: September 30th, 2010

Special In-Game Item: Garlond Goggles (faster skill growth)
Characters created after redemption of the Item Code (included in the first shipment of the game) will all receive this special in-game item from the start.

Monthly Fee: 1280 yen (approx. $13-$14)/30 days (1344 w/ tax) (first character free for 30 days upon activation)

Retainers: First one is free with each additional one costing 100 yen (105 w/ tax). Additional player characters cost 300 yen (315 w/ tax) apiece every 30 days. Maximum of 8 characters.

Fees are payable by both Crysta currency and credit card.

Each Square Enix account may have up to 8 service accounts.



FFXIII Secret Code Item

Asura Armguards: Increased Weapon and Tool affinity. http://jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/ffxiii/

Supported Languages: Japanese, English, German, French (service starts simultaneously)

*PS3 version is scheduled for release sometime during the beginning of March, 2011.

This screenshot is just too awesome to not post and share with ya all, even though off-topic...hehe!

i might need some help to buy that game and resend them to me...

my bad about resending all that stuff khalus said about pc specs.

Fixed...

yay pre ordered already... sadly its 2-3 days delivery even with the fastest option that costs about $10 extra and shipping estimate is sept 27 not 22...
not to mention another shipping time from my friend's in canada to me (hope fedex got the 1-2 days fast delivery) which i assume would cost me another $20... this game better be worth it...

I'm just going to preorder from Gamestop. This way I can just go pick it up on the 22nd.

Elocke wrote:

I'm just going to preorder from Gamestop. This way I can just go pick it up on the 22nd.

I'm thinking the same.



Well its nice to finally have a launch date to look forward too. Here we go~!
I wonder if my square account will take 2 Digipass? lol

I was wondering if I could borrow a friend pass from someone who may have one to see if I can run it, my system is borderline.

Q6600 Quad 2.66
2gigs DDR2
8600 GTS OC2 256 memory
Vista

Do you guys think this collector's edition will be available at gamestop as well? I really hope so. I know they haven't announced it yet. I check with gamestop everyday and they say just check back later. Just wondering if anyone knows this already.

I pre-ordered my CE version at Gamestop today. I went to Bestbuy first and they didnt have any indication that it was nearing release.

Rosa wrote:

Do you guys think this collector's edition will be available at gamestop as well? I really hope so. I know they haven't announced it yet. I check with gamestop everyday and they say just check back later. Just wondering if anyone knows this already.

I pre-ordered at Gamestop today. I got the standard edition, but they did have the collector's edition available as well.

I'm going to pre-order from gamestop myself. Got to wait for a bit though :)

For the first time in my life, I am anxiously awaiting the end of summer... bring on the flying pigs! xD

It is gonna go by slow now that we have a date!

I wonder if you can hide helmets... or are we forced to look at them?

More than likely have to look at them, cause you can't hide them in FFXI...

Oh well... guess Ill have to remove it manually... assuming I get something ugly.

I wish their online Pre-Ordering didn't suck (gamestop). It wont even let me choose instore pick up and I can't pre-order at the store because that would require me driving to NY to pre-order it. >_>

Asmiro wrote:

I wish their online Pre-Ordering didn't suck (gamestop). It wont even let me choose instore pick up and I can't pre-order at the store because that would require me driving to NY to pre-order it. >_>

Amazon is a pretty great place to pre-order from, too, since they guarantee release date delivery.

Best part about preordering from Gamestop store, in person that is, is I can pay in installments up to the day of release.

yeah gamestop is good. I've always ordered my games from there. I figured they would join amazon in the CE version of the game. Thank god.