15 years ago today, Square Enix released Final Fantasy XI for the PlayStation 2 in North America. It was quite the unorthodox release for its time. In order to play FFXI on the PS2 (before the PS2 servers shut down), you had to connect a network adapter (sold separately) and an external hard drive to the console’s expansion bay.
Just take a look:
Source: Destructoid Why do I still want to play Final Fantasy XI?