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PlayOnline is Square Enix's online hub for its multiplayer games. For Americans, its functionality is mostly to support and enable access to Final Fantasy XI at this point. The utility also allowed users to connect to play Tetra Master, an online version of the Final Fantasy IX card game, but in this case, the player is allowed to face off versus other human opponents over the internet. The online Tetra Master game was closed on December 31st 2010 due to its unpopularity.
PlayOnline Viewer
The PlayOnline viewer is a computer program available to players of one or more of Square Enix's online games. Initially available as part of a Final Fantasy XI kit for PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, or Xbox 360, the viewer could be installed via a tech support link for users of Vista and later versions of Windows; the installer on the game CD would either crash or be blocked. Regular updates were issued to enhance performance and stability across all platforms. The PlayOnline Viewer could also be run on a PlayStation 3, though it required that the PS3 hardware had complete backward compatibility and bridging software available on PlayStation Network. As of April 1, 2016, only the Windows version remains usable.
The PlayOnline viewer allows access to email, chat rooms, friends list, news about Square Enix games, and downloadable wallpapers, as well as access to Square Enix music for Verizon and Sprint Cell phones.
PlayOnline.com as information and strategy site
Many players of Final Fantasy IX will recognize the name PlayOnline, since it was to function as an online source of information on recently released Final Fantasy games in conjunction with printed strategy guides. Upon the creation of the modern PlayOnline, this information migrated to Square Enix's homepage.
Other supported titles
As of 2013, the only game PlayOnline supports is Final Fantasy XI.
However, PlayOnline used to support the following games:
- Tetra Master
- Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- PlayOnline.
- Fantasy Earth: ZERO
- Front Mission Online
- JongHoLo
- Everquest II
Only Tetra Master was available outside of Japan.
External links
- PlayOnline
- PlayOnline Japanese site
- Final Fantasy XI American site
- Final Fantasy XI European site
- Archive of the old Final Fantasy IX PlayOnline
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