Mainichi Interactive recently discussed Square's financial outlook, and in the process revealed a few points of interest to gamers. They also revealed that they'll need about 495,000 PlayOnline users per year to break even on the service, a figure much lower than previously estimated. Required for use in Final Fantasy XI, it will incorporate mail and chat features in addition to web browser. The article also quotes Sakaguchi as saying that FFXI will be available only on PlayStation 2 and Windows, though Tomoyuki Takechi hinted that future games in the series may go multi-platform. Tell the Agency Final Fantasy XI Data Feed Read the latest gaming news.
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