So are consoles holding back this game?

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If you've watched the Crackdown 3 preview video, you can see the cloud feature can be used to do incredible things that wouldn't be possible on either the PS4 or XONE due to their subpar specs, such as destruction physics. Will it be used for anything other than that? Maybe lighting and particle effects, but I doubt anything more. As it stands though, the XONE could handle FFXIV's visuals perfectly fine, if not for a little tuning down. CPUs matter most when it comes to MMOs, and the XONE's is slightly more powerful than the one on the PS4, although that's really not saying much.

Question is how will a game that relies on the cloud so much hold up in areas where internet is still really poor. Have they talked about that part yet as I'm genuinely curious.

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Question is how will a game that relies on the cloud so much hold up in areas where internet is still really poor. Have they talked about that part yet as I'm genuinely curious.

It likely won't work, but getting a Xbox One over a PS4 if your internet is poor is a rather crazy idea. Most of its useful features lies in streaming content such as Netflix, YouTube, TV, etc. It's marketed as a media device that can game. But if we're talking its potential use with FFXIV it's safe to assume the person playing has good enough internet to connect to XBL, and that would be enough. I don't know how it'll go for latency though, I can see it being a bit odd for a tower to explode 0.3-1.0 seconds after it gets hit with an explosive in the case of Crackdown 3.

We'll have to see when they release new info, it might even tide me into buying it (I loved both Crackdown 1 and 2)!