Final Fantasy 14 has officially begun its open beta for the Xbox Series X|S version. New players can download the free trial of Final Fantasy 14 on Xbox and start their journeys in Eorzea and beyond right now.
12.02.2024 - 23:56 / pushsquare.com / Phil Spencer / Sony
Microsoft has confirmed that it will «share updates on the Xbox business» this Thursday, the 15th February, at 12PM PT / 3PM ET / 8PM GMT / 9PM CET. In other words, this is when the beans will finally be spilled on Xbox's all-but-official multiplatform plans. The news will be delivered through the Official Xbox Podcast — which immediately raises questions about the potential scope of these «updates».
In any case, this could be big for us PlayStation fans, and we'll be covering the news from a PlayStation perspective once it breaks. While we're sure Phil Spencer and the gang will tiptoe around the specifics, it'll be interesting to see how all of this goes down.
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What are your expectations for this announcement? Feel free to speculate like crazy in the comments section below.
Robert's been a dedicated PlayStation fan since the days of Tekken 2, and he still loves a good dust up. When he's not practising combos, he's usually getting lost in the latest 100-hour RPG, or, y'know, replaying The Witcher 3.
There is actually no indication MS is going multiplatform from that message. It's still all just rumors..
Please just let me replay Hi Fi Rush on PlayStation before Rebirth drops.
Some rumors there's a Nintendo Direct this day too, wonder if they will announce a HiFi rush port there.
I suspect we will get some updates, but I don't think it's going to be as big as people are expecting. Maybe some change around Game Pass
Ahh… no rush then, all you Xbox alumni just relax and enjoy the no-news!
Whatever happens, I've just enjoyed the ride this last week. The memes have been wonderful, and all the business discussion/speculation has been really interesting.
There won't be any Xbox games released on PS5 (not big ones anyway) because then it'll make their Xbox completely pointless. Who would buy an Xbox to play Xbox games when you could get a PS5 and play Xbox and PS5 games. I've always said Xbox is useless anyway when you can spend the same amount as a Series X and get a PC which will play the same games plus more.
Just gimme Hi-Fi Rush physical copy either on PS5/Switch and I can be happy
A podcast!? This is gonna be an extremely carefully crafted message that confirms they're giving up and putting everything currently available/announced on Switch/PS5 but also a classic Phil Spencer spin zone where they also confirm they'll make more consoles with exclusives on a «case by base» basis. I predict an absolute disaster
What a mess. Even addressing the situation directly won't be very helpful because Microsoft has repeatedly demonstrated you can't trust most of the stuff they say.
@colonelkilgore Nah, career moment incoming.
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