I think a lot of PS3 users are coping with not able to see anything at FATEs by turning on filters for battle effects. However, it seems like pet action animation (your own chocobo, summons) are actually under "Other" instead of "Self" or "Party." I'm almost level 50 and tonight was the first time for me seeing Ifrit's attacks. Makes me kind of sad because they did such a nice job on the animation.