Unfun fact: PSN is always down. EVERY. DAMN. DAY.

[seida]

Solution: switch to PC.

Do people suggest this just to feel superior? Most of us don't have that much spare money just lying around to spend on a pc for the sole purpose of playing FF.

[Raist]

Do people suggest this just to feel superior? Most of us don't have that much spare money just lying around to spend on a pc for the sole purpose of playing FF.

You can buy a PC/laptop capable of playing this game for less than the cost of a PS4. It runs fine on a system I threw together in 2009...some of which was parts carried over from an older rig that I built in 2006.

You don't need a power-house system to play this game reliably....unless you want to turn on all the eye candy, but even then you can still get by with 2 year old systems. I can play for hours on end with a laptop from 2012 and my framerate stays above 40.

Oh and as for the controller issues, not sure about the OEM PS3/PS4 controllers, but the after market ones are often Plug-and-Play (in Windows 8 at least). I nabbed a wireless Rock Candy PS3 knock off (the ones with a USB dongle, takes batteries) for $20. Before that, I used a $15 Snakebyte USB corded PC PS3 knock-off for YEARS in XI and almost a year in XIV before the cord started shorting out. No special drivers were ever needed to use it even in XP.

You really don't need to throw a lot of money into a system for this game. Chances are, you may be able to use one you already have (though, you may need to upgrade a graphics card or something, depends on what you actually have).

[Black91CRX]

You can buy a PC/laptop capable of playing this game for less than the cost of a PS4. It runs fine on a system I threw together in 2009...some of which was parts carried over from an older rig that I built in 2006.

You don't need a power-house system to play this game reliably....unless you want to turn on all the eye candy, but even then you can still get by with 2 year old systems. I can play for hours on end with a laptop from 2012 and my framerate stays above 40.

My PC (was $350 new) is about 2 years old and it barely bench-marked 1800. I'd rather play the game on a PS3 lol.

[KitanaiKoneko]

My PC (was $350 new) is about 2 years old and it barely bench-marked 1800. I'd rather play the game on a PS3 lol.

Just because you paid $350 for it, doesn't mean that something that is $400 isn't going to be any better.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/y8WxNG

$412. No having to deal with PSN. Hook it up to your TV with a controller if you want to. And since its a PC, you can use it for anything else you would use a PC for.

[Black91CRX]

Just because you paid $350 for it, doesn't mean that something that is $400 isn't going to be any better.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/y8WxNG

$412. No having to deal with PSN. Hook it up to your TV with a controller if you want to. And since its a PC, you can use it for anything else you would use a PC for.

Oh look, another PC suggestion where you have to BUILD it AND buy Windows. So chuck that $412 figure. Only something pre-built is a fair comparison.

[KitanaiKoneko]

Oh look, another PC suggestion where you have to BUILD it AND buy Windows. So chuck that $412 figure. Only something pre-built is a fair comparison.

Ok, we'll add in windows 7 for $100. Then we'll subtract $60 for every year of PS+. It takes 2-3 hours to put together a PC, maybe a little bit more if its your first time.

[Cutie_McSnuggles]

Ok, we'll add in windows 7 for $100. Then we'll subtract $60 for every year of PS+. It takes 2-3 hours to put together a PC, maybe a little bit more if its your first time.

You don't need PS+ to play FFXIV.

[Kosmos992k]

Ok, we'll add in windows 7 for $100. Then we'll subtract $60 for every year of PS+. It takes 2-3 hours to put together a PC, maybe a little bit more if its your first time.

Can't subtract that PS+ unless you can state that the person will never play a PS4/PS3/PS Vita game online again.

Sure you can put together a semi decent PC to play FFXIV, hell, you could by just about any $400 econo-box, slap in a $100 low end video card (even today's low end cards are more than capable of running FFXIV 3.0) and play. but many people do play games on consoles, and not on PC. I have a laptop that is capable of playing FFXIV, but stick to the PS4 for the larger screen and controller support. Not to mention that the PS4' less powerful hardware (compared to my laptop) runs the game better because my laptop's GPU is a mobile one and can't quite match up to the more dedicated GPU hardware in the PS4's APU.

The biggest problem that PC gaming faces - in my mind - is that compared to consoles, playing games on a PC is a bit more involved since you may need to tune your set up, make sure that your drivers are updated, configure your controller, install software, update it, update windows, etc...

If I compare running games on my PC to running games on my PS3/PS4, the console is simply easier and more relaxed than the PC. And before anyone says anything they'll regret, I have built many PCs, upgraded and repaired PCs both personally and professionally. I've worked with PC hardware since about 1985...yes 1985, not 1995, not 2005...so I think I can honestly claim a wee bit of knowledge. I've played with PCs since they used 8086 CPUs and even the VESA local bus video was yes to be a twinkle in the eye of it's creator, PCI and descrete GPUs were not even on the horizon. Professionally I've worked on PC software/hardware, network infrastructure and every version of Windows (all the way back to Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 3, Windows 2, DOS and all the variations). I'm more than happy to work with PCs.

However, I'd still far rather game on a console for a variety of reasons not least of which, it's easier both on me, and on the wallet.

[Kyomagi]

Do people suggest this just to feel superior? Most of us don't have that much spare money just lying around to spend on a pc for the sole purpose of playing FF.

But you bought a ps4 for $400+. Don't want to sound mean or entitled but leaving the ps4 for a pc was the best thing I've done. I missed the big outage and now this one along with psn maint.

I if you have a microcenter around you can build a decent build for around $450. My build cost me $400 and I run on high and I get 50+ fps. Gaming Rigs are not that much to build anymore

[raelgun]

Do people suggest this just to feel superior? Most of us don't have that much spare money just lying around to spend on a pc for the sole purpose of playing FF.

How much did the PS4 and the TV cost together again. Why do people always skip on the big TV that they own which PC users can also use. Its your own personal fault if you cant plug the PC to the TV, not the format.