Actually they did indirectly. He can't really bash the PS3 as it still gives them money but the truth is it is holding the game back and they will drop the support for it sooner or later.
Here is one of his interviews where he describes the thing. https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...p_features_of/
Translated in English with the source available. I'm not making anything out of my mind as you can clearly see. There are some other mentions about this matter in other interviews too. Most of the times hints.
