So are consoles holding back this game?

[Averax]

PS4 handles the game pretty great.

PS3 does not. There are comparison videos out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Ho6jQvstg

PS4 is limited at fps 60 max and 1080p (with a 720p option), and PS3 at 30 fps max and 720p.

Both have significant dips in high density areas. However, PS4's can be greatly alleviated by switching to standard HD (720p)

PS3 is the only thing holding this game back. I look forward to see what things we can do when it's dropped.

[Kuponutz]

PS3 is, not PS4. All the time they have to keep making content that a PS3 can run they are held back by what they can do. They could really do some amazing stuff graphically and so on but it wouldn't be able to run on a PS3. Until it gets phased out they are very limited on what they can do.

[Gamer3427]

I love how people instantly start blaming the consoles when limitations are stated, and aren't even taking all the players with lower end PCs into account, (a lot of whom are playing with ones that are of lower technical specs than the PS3). I made a rant about this in one thread not that long ago, but I really don't feel like trying to find it to link it. The bottom line is, that if you increase the specs so that only players with PS4 and higher cost PCs can play, it won't just be eliminating the PS3 crowd, but your average player who can't afford to either spend a lot on a gaming computer or doesn't know how to build one cheaply.....

[Kith]

I love how people instantly start blaming the consoles when limitations are stated, and aren't even taking all the players with lower end PCs into account, (a lot of whom are playing with ones that are of lower technical specs than the PS3). I made a rant about this in one thread not that long ago, but I really don't feel like trying to find it to link it. The bottom line is, that if you increase the specs so that only players with PS4 and higher cost PCs can play, it won't just be eliminating the PS3 crowd, but your average player who can't afford to either spend a lot on a gaming computer or doesn't know how to build one cheaply.....

Given most of the limitations mentioned are memory related, I have to ask if you've even looked at the specs to make such a comment? The PS3 has 256MB VRAM + 256MB RAM. The minimum listed specs for PC for HW are 2GB RAM and an nVidia 8800 (at least 256 if not 512 MB VRAM). So no, even the minimum PC specs are still higher than the PS3's.

[Dererk]

Getting real tired of people complaining about console support limits stuff.

Well yeah. Consoles will always be limited and people who design games for them have to work around those limitations.
With PC, you're given loads more options with the range you can work with due to all the modular hardware.

Really now games like Halo which wer only made for consoles your saying that's limited by consoles big games like Battlefield
lets not forget some of the best games like every final fantasy fame. Wer always designed for consoles in mind. If you can't get your head around that go back to WoW.

think of it this way. console players tend to be some of the most flippant and unreliable sources of dedicated player base(income) ever to exist.

and people wonder why there's so much toxicity this guy here is what is wrong with the community.
IV cleared every turn of Binding coil as a console player. People like him are the kind who demand you be on a PC to join their group because they have it in their head that their better than every one else.

[Riardon]

FFXIV is a cross platform game so they made it in a way that it will be handled well by all platforms with small visual differences. There are also server limitations. In way yes consoles and servers hold it back.

[Blaste]

This one? http://www.youthhealthmag.com/articl...lay-online.htm

Yeeeah I don't believe click bait websites, especially ones that have known attacks and virus's on them, theres a translated interview floating around that is actually directly from the dev's, thats the only official info we heard about it, there is no planned releases and they are still only entertaining the idea.

[Zarzak]

Of course they are. This will always be the case with a MMO. Consoles are running several year old specs the day they release and don't get a new generation for several years. Computers on the other hand are progressing all the time.

[Ilitsa]

I really wish they dropped support for the PS3 with heavensward tbh.

I'm glad they didn't, I'd prolly end up unsubbing because I really only play with my fiance who plays on ps3 since she/we can't really afford investing the amount of money it requires for a ps4, or a new pc and her laptop can't handle playing.

[Mwynn]

The Time they invest in the PS3 (Be it Low-Res Textures, Low Poly Models or other things) prevents them to go full rampage on FFXIV.
Converting thousands Textures into Low Resolution isn't done quickly.

The PS4 has enough RAM and CPU Power to handle High Poly Models and High-Res Textures. Yet the fact is, both the PC and the PS4 have troubles once an Area is overpopulated. (You cannot tell me you can keep 60 FPS in Idleshyre or Mor Dhona)

Dropping the PS3 Version (I highly doubt this will be bad for the PS3 Players, you can upgrade for free on another Version) will result in more Development Time, which can be used to either add more Gameplay or better Visuality.