The End of an Era: PS3 officially discontinued today?

[Silverbane]

I wrote that the high-end PC I plan to build (two of) next year "will be glorious." In response,

No, it won't. ...

Yes, it will be. SE doesn't have to do anything. Just having FFXIV on a 31+" UHD monitor pushing 8 million 10-bit-color pixels at 70+FPS will be glorious, a marked improvement over my current setup. And that will be easily possible by Summer 2016.

Please look forward to it.

[Tint]

At the time FFXIV was released, not everyone could afford a PS4 yet.

the PS4 was realeased a few month AFTER the release of FF14. so it was PS3 or nothing. i have played on PS3 and would have prefered nothing xD

[Gokuhan]

I'd like to take this opportunity to once again say that this game should have NEVER been released for the PS3.

At the time FFXIV was released, not everyone could afford a PS4 yet.

At the time the game was launched it was not available on PS4. I started playing on PS3 but bought a PS4 and upgraded as soon as it was an option, at which point was months later I believe.

[Theonekitten]

Of course, the moment that the support is dropped for the PS3, watch all the pitchforks turn toward PS4 players.

BURN THEM!!!! xD

[Saccharin]

said decision, one would think..

Unfortunately we still play a game which supports a 9 year old (my god!) console.

(on phone, for some reason I posted the first part :|)

The technology in a PS4 is years old too.

I would say Sony going to support the PS3 for least another year.

Didn't Sony only discontinue PS2 a year or two ago in Japan?

[Adire]

How's that windows 3.1 running the game?

or your Pentium 2?

Still have any 133MHz RAM installed?

I wouldn't know, I have a great PC.

Better look at the game's actual requirements vs new, modern PC hardware if you want to be taken seriously ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

PC hardware and software is improving constantly and PC hardware is interchangeable since you don't seem to know, unlike consoles, hence why PS3 being phased out is even a topic, and why PC's won't be phased out en masse in our lifetimes most likely.

In about 6-10 years, give or take, the same thing will happen to PS4 if SE happens to be running any games with PC and PS4 players playing together.

[Colorful]

What part of "it would be, if developer resources weren't the real constraint" in my post didn't you understand?

I covered that later in my post, using it as an argument against PS4 is unfair, simply put. If resources weren't a constraint then no household computer today could run any game maxed out, so that kinda invalidates your point entirely... but reading back I guess that may not have been your point? I've got no clue, but it seems so since you implied that next year the PS4 would be holding FFXIV back like it was a fact. Even upcoming 16nm GPUs won't be capable of rendering a lot of things in real time. I don't even think whatever engine FFXIV runs on is capable of pushing out any more without major improvements, which would be better spent on creating a new game entirely. I don't think UHD FFXIV will be easily done even in 2016, if we're talking in raid environments with a lot going on. It'll definitely be doable on a high end single GPU though, probably the Fury/Titan X equivalent of 2016. But who knows? It seems like the 16nm tech is going to bring in major improvements, but I feel like I hear that every other day when in reality it's a 20-30% boost at most but I've done little to no research on this tech. I do hope it's a major improvement, been looking to upgrade my 290x for sometime but nothing has been worth the investment when I can run just about everything on this.

But anyway, I don't even know how some people play FFXIV on PS4 with that nasty 30 FPS, sub 30 sometimes! Developers always seem to prioritize visuals over decent FPS, but I guess visuals sell a game better than "This runs at 60+ FPS!!".

[marewa]

So, show of hands, who all here lives in New Zealand? I ask cause that seems to be the only affected country by this news.

Raises hand.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I wouldn't know, I have a great PC.

Better look at the game's actual requirements vs new, modern PC hardware if you want to be taken seriously ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

PC hardware and software is improving constantly and PC hardware is interchangeable since you don't seem to know, unlike consoles, hence why PS3 being phased out is even a topic, and why PC's won't be phased out en masse in our lifetimes most likely.

In about 6-10 years, give or take, the same thing will happen to PS4 if SE happens to be running any games with PC and PS4 players playing together.

Ah, but PC hardware is not ALL interchangeable. And I would know, I've built my last 2 :P You said PC's don't get discontinued, which, they don't, but their hardware and software does. Its basically the same thing that consoles go through. Operating systems become unsupported, or hardware isn't enough to run a game or program.

A PC is just a generalized name for the hardware, its not a platform. My point was hardware and software becomes obsolete, just like consoles.

You can think of a console as the games "recommended specs". sure you can have a pc that will run games for years, but after awhile, it will fall below those recommended specs. essentially its time to buy another "console" to get back above recommended specs for a few years. Same thing, just a different way to do it.

Eventually vista and 7 support would end for XIV, just like XP support has ended for a lot of MMOs. eventually that processor and video card you have will be unable to run the game, if they do any engine upgrades in a few years.

[Fourbestintoner]

Drop PS3 support today.
Bring back open robes and armored tails.