Quote Originally Posted by Yeargdribble View Post
Well, I can at least agree that for the fairly small strain an MMO will need to put on the console, PS3 will not perform so poorly as the PS2. Once you've laid your graphical framework the only really important things are how much space you leave yourself to work in. It's unlikely they will invoke PS3 limitations for simple things like inventory or the ilk. Those were really the killers in FFXI.

What I think could really hurt the game is if they make the UI too limited or make a mistake on par with not allowing windower. They will then cite their ToS about 3rd party tools. Though it will be easier to get 3rd party tools onto a PS3... they will probably still suggest that their use on a PC would constitute an unfair advantage.
Well, SE have learnt a lot from FFXI and these would be founding situations they'll most likely avoid. For the most part, they have fixed those issues in FFXI - they have an official window mode and they recently released more Gobbie Bag quests along with Mog Satchel (gives me 70-80 more inventory space on the fly).

As for the UI, well... there's not much you can do about that in FFXI. I really do hope they put a lot of thought into it this time around. They also really need to let playesr customise their UI's to a certain degree.