The genesis of the game
The debut of Final Fantasy XIV Online back to 2004, when Square Enix decided to create a game engine for all platforms latest generation, which includes the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC. Even then, the successor to Final Fantasy XI was already thinking to the design phase for a little over a year.
May 16, 2005 - The mysterious tech demo at E3
Our DeLorean is still smoking and we arrived here in 2005 before the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) in Los Angeles takes place the 10th edition of E3.
Initially, the Sony conference was aimed to announce its new partnership with Microsoft to port Final Fantasy XI on Xbox 360.
However, after the conference Youichi Wada, president of Square Enix surprised the audience with a video never seen before only to be known as the "Secret Square Enix MMO Tech Demo, which would be an overview of a new MMORPG under development.
This is a short video of just 40 seconds featuring a kind of port on stilts with an elegant architecture evoking type buildings "Exposition" of 1851. But one of the most interesting aspects of this demonstration is the striking similarity of the characters on stage with the characters found in Final Fantasy XI.
No information will be released on video, except that it runs on a platform Xbox 360. But it was during this conference that Square Enix first announced a new MMORPG was in development.
Square Enix it is then returned to his legendary silence for 2 long years apart from a brief statement and snippets of rumors.
From March 2006 to March 2007: Speculations and confirmations
On March 11, 2006, during the Festival of fans of Final Fantasy, Hiromichi Tanaka asked during an interview about the developers of ffxiv gil confirm the development of a next-generation MMORPG:"During E3 2005, we announced that the development team for Final Fantasy XI had started working on a next-generation MMORPG for Xbox 360 and Windows Vista. We can not talk too much about this next-generation MMORPG, but we are sure you will find very interesting. "
The following month Tanaka announcement during an interview with the magazine video games joponnais "Impress Watch the first details on this new MMO:"As we work on Final Fantasy XI, we are currently working on a new MMORPG targeting Windows Vista and PS3. Square Enix hopes to make the world game." Tanaka added.
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