
<p>"Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn" isn't coming to the Xbox 360 (or, presumably, the Xbox One). According to director Naoki Yoshida, that's because Microsoft's online policies are too restrictive, especially when it comes to cross-platform play.</p><p>As far back as 2010, Hiromichi Tanaka -- producer on the original "Final Fantasy XIV," before it was relaunched as "A Realm Reborn" -- was telling media outlets that Microsoft's policies for Xbox Live were a sticking point, despite the publisher having made an exception for "Final Fantasy XI," in which Xbox 360 and PC users are free to play on the same servers.</p><p>Microsoft aren't playing ball this time around, though. "The policy has not changed on Microsoft's side [since 2010]," Yoshida told RPG Site in a recent interview.</p><p>"The main reason from our side is that I don't want the community to be divided, to be split into two or more," he elaborated. "For example, one player might be on the PC version, another might be on the PS4 version, and I'm playing the Xbox version -- but we're not able to join the same servers."</p><p><a href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/07/11/xbox-live-cross-platform-problems/">Keep reading...</a></p>