Final Fantasy: PS2 Hard drive to come with FFXI

Good news for Final Final Fantasy fans. Sony announced today that its new PS2 hard drive will come with FFXI installed.

From the article:

The Hard Disk Drive will come pre-installed with Square Enix's highly anticipated massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), FINAL FANTASY®XI, allowing cross-platform play between the PlayStation 2 and a personal computer. In addition, the company plans to include sneak-peek product demos as well as PlayStation 2 titles, to be announced, pre-installed as part of the product package. Other product features or benefits include 40GB of storage, faster loading times, saving CDs to create a personal jukebox, and the ability to download content - levels, missions, characters, and much more.

To read the full article go here. Once again great new for FF fans and PS2 owners. FFXI is due to be released for PS2 in March 2004.