Due to the "closed" nature of Xbox Live, the director of Final Fantasy XIV, Hiromichi Tanaka, has said that Square Enix's latest foray into the MMO space will not be made available for Xbox 360 owners. Square Enix and Microsoft were in talks, however neither could come to a mutual agreement.

"The main reason why we couldn't go with Xbox 360 was the Xbox Live system," said Tanaka to Eurogamer. "[Live is] different to the normal internet environment, so when we wanted to introduce this game in the same environment as Windows PC it had to be PS3, so that was our choice.

Other MMOs have also faced the same problems with Microsoft's online service. In wanting to keep their service closed and controlled, third parties aren't able to "freely design different business schemes." Ironically, Final Fantasy XI is still available on the 360.