To start, Hanyuda brought up how the team behind Final Fantasy XI were already working on a Windows PC version to appear alongside the PS2 release.
As part of the Final Fantasy XI We are Vana’diel interview series, Square Enix shared insight from former Global Promotion Producer Arata Hanyuda about the Windows PC version’s development.
Hanyuda also explained the reaction and outreach to PC manufacturers when Square Enix started working on that version of Final Fantasy XI.
FFXI ran great on their highest spec PC at the time, so they wanted to work together with us when the Windows version launched.”