Playstation 3 Limitations going forward

[KenzieLynch]

You assumed because I made a thread about PS3 limitations, that I was on PC? Interesting. I started at 2.0 launch on ps3, saw how crappy it ran during fates, then quit til ps4 launch. Never played on my PC for extended periods because it ran it at 10 fps. Also you're quite wrong. It was developed for PC then ported to ps3.

The game (A Realm Reborn) was built from the ground up with the intention of releasing it on the Playstation 3. What you call the process matters not.

On a side note, I really wish we could get some stats as to how the player base is distributed across platforms. It would be interesting to see what the community would look like if PS3 users were shunned. Not great, i'm guessing.

[Starblast]

I think people are jumping the gun just a tad. the only content I've noticed that is hindered by ps3 limitations is the load times during the main scenario dungeons when people are speed running it and the hunts. At least from my experience anyway. All other problems I have people still have on a high powered PC or PS4 such as the 9k errors, etc.

[Yoninxi]

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This has nothing to do with my original question though

[KenzieLynch]

This has nothing to do with my original question though

It does, actually. The effect of PS3 limitations, are that you have a sizeable community in which to partner up with and play content with. It means que times that aren't 6 hours long. It means the game exists at all really.

If what you want is a game that isn't held back by console limitations, then that means dropping support for that PS4 you saved up for. And no, not 2 or 3 years from now, it would have to be dropped right now. Get it?

[Khyra]

Much like the PS2 for FFXI, the PS3 is important for the Japanese market. PC games aren't as big there, and the PS4 has not been selling well (not because of competition, but because people are not buying next-gen consoles, unlike the US where PS4 and XB1 are both selling extremely well compared to other console generations). Japanese game developers are still mostly writing for PS3 (Sony released a statement to this effect recently, and you can see this pretty obviously by comparing game stores in the US to game stores in Japan).

So I wouldn't expect it to go anywhere for quite a while.

[Yoninxi]

It does, actually. The effect of PS3 limitations, are that you have a sizeable community in which to partner up with and play content with. It means que times that aren't 6 hours long. It means the game exists at all really.

What you are pining for, isn't sustainable.

I'm not denying that quite a few people play on PS3. That wasn't my question.

My question was how will the ancient hardware of the ps3 hinder big multiplayer content for the other two systems , because the ps3 can't handle it. Do we make all further content low instance based so it can "work as intended"?

[KenzieLynch]

I'm not denying that quite a few people play on PS3. That wasn't my question.

My question was how will the ancient hardware of the ps3 hinder big multiplayer content for the other two systems , because the ps3 can't handle it. Do we make all further content low instance based so it can "work as intended"?

But why is your request exclusive to the PS3? A PC can do much more than a PS4, so why wouldn't both of those consoles be dropped? Then there are no limitations in the type of content SE can bring in.

[Astralos]

Now that we know PS3 Limitations is real and here to stay, how do you think this will affect the game moving forward? The rendering issues become highly problematic in instances where a moderate number of players are within viewing distance. Hunts are near unplayable, CT/ST are laggy, Odin/Behemoth are near unplayable, and FATES used to be a nightmare when it was the goto EXP source.

I'm scared this is gonna , if it already hasn't , influence what content is released down the line for users on all systems. Will we see less "Massively Multiplayer" content and more small party instances based content because the ps3 can't handle it?

Thoughts?

Crystal and Syrcus Tower are not laggy for me, and I'm on a PS3 with a non-SSD HDD; I'm thinking that particular "real limitation" is actually an internet/connectivity problem on your end.

[Yoninxi]

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Where did I say SE should drop ps3 support ? I'll wait. It's obvious you haven't read my post and you are trying to put words in my mouth. PS4 can handle this game comparably to the PC. PS3 Can't . Since you have to develop for the lowest common denominator, I'm asking how will this affect the game content released overall which runs fine on two other vastly superior pieces of hardware.

[Yoninxi]

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I have 50 Down and 10 up. I'm only referring to what I've seen ps3 players complain about while I was in the tower as I quit playing the ps3 version at 2