Force PS3 players to migrate over to PS4 and then drop support for it

I logged onto the PS3 version a week ago. It is an absolute disaster. The frame rate stuttered between 10 and 15 in a completely unpopulated zone (Camp Tranquil). The textures were muddy and washed out, enemy and character models would pop in and out at random ranges, and on a 54 inch TV the interface looked like someone vomited on the screen.

It's 2014, and this is not acceptable.

One of two things needs to happen with this game going forward - either the PS3 players need to have their own servers and dumbed down interface/graphics/versions of content, or SE needs to force them to migrate over to the PS4 and pull the plug on PS3 support once the next expansion hits.


Edit: For those of you who don't think the PS3 version will hold back FF14, check out this trailer of FF11's December 2013 updates:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Smy...etailpage#t=67

Move faster than previously imagined!!!!!! It seriously looks like an N64 game, and it's 2013. Sigh.

Great idea!

SE listen to this man.

I wish everyone could afford a shiny new PS4.

i was gonna write post for this, but then i remember that i have a past post that fit this situation!

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Originally Posted by astrobearthe2nd

really?


http://media.tumblr.com/42b09f10a689...OUd1qz4rgp.gif

if so..
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e...3933317738.gif

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SE is not gonna drop ps3 support.

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Originally Posted by astrobearthe2nd

SE is not gonna drop ps3 support.

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This. It probably going to take a long time before SE drops support; I only seeing it happening in a future expansion(not next one) where they don't release a version for the PS3.

Yes, have them alienate everyone who can't afford a ps4 and lose millions in subscription money. That's a smart business move. Nobody is forcing you to play on ps3 when it comes out on ps4.

"let's make everyone stop playing on ps3 because I think it's garbage"

5/10

They still support XI on PS2 lol... you guys are crazy to think such things. lololololol..

*rolls on the floor laughing to death*

I have no computer at home and I can't afford a PS4. So yeah, how about no?

I'm a PS3 player and I know the limitations of the platform I'm using. How about asking us for our opinion first?

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Originally Posted by Mega_Man_U

I have no computer at home and I can't afford a PS4. So yeah, how about no?

I'm a PS3 player and I know the limitations of the platform I'm using. How about asking us for our opinion first?

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You shall never be allowed an opinion peasant! Let the master race complaints begin!!

(I'm kidding btw) c:

I play on the PS3 and I bet I can dodge and DPS better at Titan EX than you can OP, even with you being an lolBRD

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Originally Posted by PArcher

I play on the PS3 and I bet I can dodge and DPS better at Titan EX than you can OP, even with you being an lolBRD

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Why you dirty PS3 user.. How dare you insult his majesty... You better drop to your knees and forsake all others before him. Or he'll cut off your big toe.

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Originally Posted by Sfarzoso

They still support XI on PS2 lol... you guys are crazy to think such things. lololololol..

*rolls on the floor laughing to death*

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Someone hasn't played FFXI in a bit. They dropped support for the PS2 a long time ago, only Japan has support and that's till they decide if they want to make a PS3 version of it or not, but PS2 is no longer supported in any region outside of Japan.

Dropping PS3 support does nothing because this game is designed for compatibility between platforms. Why are PC ONLY MMORPGs still limited and rarely going "above and beyond"? The platform of choice does nothing if the developers doesn't take advantage of what they have in front of them. FYI, the design was on purpose, they wanted max compatibility for the PC side of things so people can't complain their notebooks can't run the game.

I'm pretty sure people who play on PS3 know very well what they're dealing with.

Sounds like OP got a broken PS3 and blame SE on it.
Should have blame SONY! lol
Wait, who else can you blame?

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Originally Posted by omniwaink

The frame rate stuttered between 10 and 15 in a completely unpopulated zone (Camp Tranquil).

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There is no frame rate issues on ps3... none... zero... zip.

You are a liar or an idiot...

Maybe op is afraid of ps3 players being better than him?

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Originally Posted by PArcher

I play on the PS3 and I bet I can dodge and DPS better at Titan EX than you can OP, even with you being an lolBRD

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Doesn't really matter. Ps3 limitation is the reason this game won't get anywhere. I just cant wait for SE to implement their "huge map fort pvp battle" just so i can see how dumbed down and bad it is because it need to be playable on a toaster

Leviathan fight is a perfect exemple

I play on the ps3 and have none of these problems that you are seeming to have... Perhaps you need to upgrade your ps3 and stop using the original model from 7 years ago and while your at it get hdmi cord and run it on a plasma or lCD tv... You do realize that refresh rates on your tv also reflect on graphics... I plan on moving to ps4 but to tell SE they need to pull the plug on the ps3... Your as foolish as this post...!!!

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Originally Posted by Langureion

Sounds like OP got a broken PS3 and blame SE on it.
Should have blame SONY! lol
Wait, who else can you blame?

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Nah, the game really has legitimate issues on PS3. But for some of us it's the only way to play the game, so if we're not complaining then why request this? OP's not doing it out of kindness of his heart, it's a thinly veiled request to get rid of PS3 limitations so that PC and PS4 versions can improve.

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Originally Posted by hallena

Doesn't really matter. Ps3 limitation is the reason this game won't get anywhere. I just cant wait for SE to implement their "huge map fort pvp battle" just so i can see how dumbed down and bad it is because it need to be playable on a toaster

Leviathan fight is a perfect exemple

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Is this the part where you turn around an continue playing/hovering the forums after saying this? Oh I do hope so! I love that part!

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Originally Posted by Pseudopsia

This. It probably going to take a long time before SE drops support; I only seeing it happening in a future expansion(not next one) where they don't release a version for the PS3.

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1. OP sound stupid as hell.

2. When they do stop support for PS3, PS3 players will still be able to play and obtain every expansion just like when SE dropped support for the PS2 NA and EU. FFXI is still supported on PS2 in Japan.

While I do plan to upgrade to PS4... Your description of PS3 game play better fits my experience trying to run on my PC. Typically my PS3 is actually better. So really what you are saying is "force everyone to get better hardware no matter the cost". Which is kind of preposterous. I am not spending $1500 on a new PC. Were I not going to be playing other games I wouldn't be spending $400 on a ps4 either.

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Originally Posted by omniwaink

I logged onto the PS3 version a week ago. It is an absolute disaster. The frame rate stuttered between 10 and 15 in a completely unpopulated zone (Camp Tranquil). The textures were muddy and washed out, enemy and character models would pop in and out at random ranges, and on a 54 inch TV the interface looked like someone vomited on the screen.

It\\'s 2014, and this is not acceptable.

One of two things needs to happen with this game going forward - either the PS3 players need to have their own servers and dumbed down interface/graphics/versions of content, or SE needs to force them to migrate over to the PS4 and pull the plug on PS3 support once the next expansion hits.

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Or you can just change your Hard Disk Drive (HDD) to a Solid State Drive (SSD) like me and everything is as smooth as any high end pc!!!

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Originally Posted by TeaTimeBear

Is this the part where you turn around an continue playing/hovering the forums after saying this? Oh I do hope so! I love that part!

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I canceled my sub 1.5 month ago. I just browse the forum because i can and for some reason you don't even need an active account to post. I usualy always go back to the games i quit so reading forums and seeing the complains is a way to remind me why i quitted. Any problem with that sir?

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Originally Posted by iBerserker

Or you can just change your Hard Disk Drive (HDD) to a Solid State Drive (SSD) like me and everything is as smooth as any high end pc!!!

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I doubt as smooth as my PC :p

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Originally Posted by iBerserker

Or you can just change your Hard Disk Drive (HDD) to a Solid State Drive (SSD) like me and everything is as smooth as any high end pc!!!

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SSD is incredibly expensive for its capacity.

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Originally Posted by IzumiRaito

SSD is incredibly expensive for its capacity.

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The performance increase is the entire point of a SSD. People aren't buying them for the capacity.

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Originally Posted by Tupsi

Someone hasn't played FFXI in a bit. They dropped support for the PS2 a long time ago, only Japan has support and that's till they decide if they want to make a PS3 version of it or not, but PS2 is no longer supported in any region outside of Japan.

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So in short, they still support it until further notice lol.

As a PS3 player I can definitely say it's not THAT bad... There's slight lag on occasion, but I think I have lag because I'm a TimeWarner Cable Internet customer, not because of the PS3... I can do anything just fine, Coil, Primals, CT, nothing I do causes the issues you're describing.

I may get a PS4 upgrade anyways just because I want to, but I would be pissed if I were forced to. Nice try.

I woulde like it more if the droped PC support and make it ps3 ps4 excluise no1 realy likes u pc users tho

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Originally Posted by hallena

Doesn't really matter. Ps3 limitation is the reason this game won't get anywhere. I just cant wait for SE to implement their "huge map fort pvp battle" just so i can see how dumbed down and bad it is because it need to be playable on a toaster

Leviathan fight is a perfect exemple

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I love the sarcasm in this post - Considering Leviathan was never ever stated to be fought in an big open ocean or anything. XI has been running for 11 years now, you're right, consoles WILL hold back an MMORPG from going anywhere....

:D oh.

I wish it was that simple, would solve a lot of issues and stuff holding back the game. They keep on saying it's not holding back the game but come on, there isn't enough memory to handle all the UI that PC can show and in order to solve that issue they have to take stuff away to get other UI's in, it's alright now but 5yrs down the line it's going to show up more and more for sure. Minagawa-san keeps on mentioning the memory situation with the PS3 so there is proof that there is PS3 issue. Now the PS4 is much more flexible since it has much more memory than 256MB so devs got more room space to work with.

However, I believe there is some type of contract between SCE and SE that the game needs to be released on the PS3 and that's why they had and promised to do it.
So... basically we're stuck with this, until that contract or w/e agreement is finished.

Note: Not saying the PS3 can't do all the things, it probably can but in order to do that you have to free up that much memory to get the other stuff in. It's not an easy task, and also probably one of the reasons why it requires extensive Q/A to make sure it works on both platform.

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Originally Posted by hallena

why i quitted.

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I'd be interested to know why you quitted.

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Originally Posted by hallena

Doesn't really matter. Ps3 limitation is the reason this game won't get anywhere. I just cant wait for SE to implement their "huge map fort pvp battle" just so i can see how dumbed down and bad it is because it need to be playable on a toaster

Leviathan fight is a perfect exemple

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You really going to use a fight no one seen yet as an example lol and a 25 seconds video that only shows one tank and Leviathan jumping in and out of water doesn't count.

SE will drop ps3 support, just like they dropped ps2 support for ffxi, but it won't happen for 10 years.

i wish FF14 would be a launch title for PS4 , now i have to still use my PS3 while my PS4 collects dust

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I'd be interested to know why you quitted.

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I didn't like the direction the game was going (an exemple being crystal tower being in a patch after coil. A patch that's all about gearing alts is weird

Ps3 limitation as previously stated. I don't expect to see any interesting fight mechanic, massive battles or open world anything

Invisible walls. If i want to climb this mountain. Swim to this location. jump off this cliff and die or jump across this little hole to save myself time. just let me, screw your stupid walls

Gear is insanely boring. No proc, no, set bonus, no effect. Nothing. just ilvl

No character customisation whatsoever(as in no talent/skill trees, no traits

Coil (with 4 boss) being the only end game thing. If coil had 10-12 bosses it would've been fine but 4 boss a week as "end game content" is pathetic

Really minor one being class balance. Bard didnt need a nerd, monk didnt need a crazy damage buff. they needed QoL things. BLM didnt deserve to get their single target dps nerfed because of a "bug fix" to astral/umbral. Most if not all fight favor ranged over melees

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You really going to use a fight no one seen yet as an example lol and a 25 seconds video that only shows one tank and Leviathan jumping in and out of water doesn't count.

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Yes actually, for a beast as big as leviathan i was expecting more than "smack his nose till it die" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6IXo...tailpage#t=147 this random sea snake which was confirmed not to be leviathan would've been more interesting

I hope this is so in 3-4 years. But right now it seems like an unreasonable request. The PS4 users base just isn't there.
To force people to spend $400 on a system with limit games. FFXIV would be out of reach today for many people.

Aye! It must be done. The PC Master Race cannot be held back by the plebeian's chosen platform to play on: PS3

S.E pls

FF XI flopped because it was pc only... Thats why they remade it and put it on the ps3... Face it not everyone who plays video games plays on a pc, I prefer playing on my ps3 or ps4 It's easier for me to enjoy myself in game...

If you want PC only then go back to XI