According to Eletronis Gaming Monthly FFXI may never reach the U.S. It says:[QUOTE]...Kicking off the Square rumorpalooza this month is that Final Fantasy XI, the online installment of the series that gamers are currently enjoying in Japan, may not get a stateside release at all. Why? With the servers to mantain and police, techinical support togive, and games to monitor, the RPG maker's U.S. operation can't do it alone. Only something the size of EA or Sony could lay the proper ground work. Without that, the game, may haveto skip a U.S. release entrely. What does this mean to you, the scrawny lil' American gamer already in the midst of posting this nasty rumor on message boards across the Internet? Three possibilities. One, Square secures a partner to do the dirty work and the game's released here next year no problem. Or, the next FF to be released on PS2 in the U.S. could be XII, skipping XI entirely. The final option is that one or all three Final Fantasy Gaidens based on FFX scheduled for release in the near future in Japan may be brought to America as XI...[/QUOTE]