Quote Originally Posted by Ziyyigo-Tipyigo View Post
  1. I'm not the one that included the option, S-E did. And then they apparently forgot about it.
  2. If you'll continue reading into the second paragraph, you'll note that S-E will have to support down to ~640x480i for the PS3 release. No console game yet requires HD.
They could make it require HD. No game does yet, but the option to only play it at HD is set in the consoles.

Besides as another said, FFXIV will have two UI's, similar to how the PC will have one UI and XBOX and PS2 will have another for XI.