PC vs. PS4 limitations

[JonLuso]

I think another reason is that they don't want to allow cross-platform gaming with competitors, or at least, that's the reasoning it was back then.

Nowadays, they're letting Xbox One games connect to PC gamers in games; I guess XIV just wasn't lucky.

[JonLuso]

When I say consoles will hold games back, I mean that in the theoretical sense.

Games are tailored to current platforms, and it may be even such that current consoles are able to handle the vision that developers are aiming for.

But, what I'm referring to is the fact that games are being developed within a metaphoric "enclosed space"; PCs will always be a place where the possibilities are, for all intents and purposes, endless. Consoles are exponentially increasing in hardware potential, yes, but PCs always can be outfitted with the best that hardware has to offer.

I'm, in no way, saying that consoles aren't viable. But, in the case of multi-platform gaming, consoles are the plateau of development when they are thrown into the mix with PCs.

If games are first developed on consoles and then ported over to PCs, the games were optimized with consoles in mind. Any limitations the consoles impose are apparent, but one could find solace in that the game was developed with this in mind as opposed to the other possible continuum taking place.