http://au.ps3.ign.com/articles/105/1056422p1.html huzzah! Also registered for the FFXIV beta. Hope I get picked.
Cause I played it on the PS2 and I never got to finish it, and it was taking me ages and was really enjoying it.
If you've got a decent computer, you can just play it on the PS2 emulator. It runs really well on it.