Velerophon wrote:
I may be completely off the mark here (or I havn't heard or seen otherwise) but....
Unless you download the digital copy of the game, I'm fairly certain you have to load from the disc every time. I think it works like other retail games (and like FFXI did on the 360), whereby even if you choose to install all the data to the hard drive, you still have to have to load from the actual game disc as verification you have purchased it. With digital purchases it is different, as proof of purchase is slap bang on your gaming account.
As I said, I could be off the mark, but I've been running ARR on the PS3 since open beta, and as soon as I transitioned from early access to main retail release with a physical copy, the game launcher would only pop up in my download list when the disc was in the drive.
Hope this help :-)
nope back when i bought FFXIV on launch on ps3 in august i only needed the disc for the initial install... once the game is installed and you start playing the game you no longer need the disc as it plays directly from the hard drive just like ffxi on the ps2 (unlike ffxi on 60 which needed disc). however my question is... the disc installs the launcher....so AFTER you install the launcher but BEFORE you load the launcher for the first time, and put in your user name and password then start the update..... do you need the disc/does ffxiv show up on your hard drive before that point... or doe that all take place AFTER youve started and patched the game?
before anyone says "youve done this already then so why are you asking?" Ill say i did this back in august... its practical;ly march now.... im trying to help someone with their ps copy on the phone and theys installed the launcher from the disc but havnt updated it yet (since the patch is 4gigs and says itll take 2 days) but anyway they claim they dont see FFXIV on the XMB where their downloaded games are even though they installed the launcher... and i know for a act its supposed to be there since I see it on MY ps3 just fine