Are the Devs aware of the unlocked core for PS4? And will they use it?

[Maero]

Well there was no actual date or timeframe really given to stop PS3 support, only that it will "eventually" be dropped.
I first started this game off on PS3 so am well aware of it's issues. Actually very surprised it can run Heavansward. Hopefully by next expansion it gets dropped, ideally earlier

[Kosmos992k]

The PS4 may not utilize DirectX, but the primary engine developed by SE does for portability reasons. Otherwise you'd see much wider gaps between PS4 and PC effects and performance.

You know, people need to just get over this 'Direct X is magic' line of thinking. Direct X is a graphics API that allows Windows games to make more direct calls to the underlying hardware, and provides software interfaces to let developers use particular parts of the GPU more easily and effectively. Guess what, Direct X is *NOT* the only API set to do this, performance is highly dependent on both the developer's skills and the underlying low level graphics drivers. The GPU in the PS4 is an AMD/ATI GCN architecture which means it has all the same capabilities as the GCN class GPUs in mainstream PCs, and whether or not Microsoft's proprietary API set is available, there are drivers and API sets available to PS4 developers that give them access to all the same capabilities and more.

Well there was no actual date or timeframe really given to stop PS3 support, only that it will "eventually" be dropped.
I first started this game off on PS3 so am well aware of it's issues. Actually very surprised it can run Heavansward. Hopefully by next expansion it gets dropped, ideally earlier

I think that it's clear - without being said by anyone - that PS3 support ends with Heavensward. PS3 is 10 years in the market, and like the PS1 & PS2 before it, it will cease production after 10 years of life. I would be very surprised if SE felt any obligation to continue supporting the PS3 with new content past 2016.

Ps4 ist not much more than a toaster. You wouldn't even notice the performance increase.

Spoken from a position of true ignorance.

[Felmyst]

From 60 FPS in a quiet zone to 30 FPS in a middle of a raid is struggling to maintain it's intended experience, but I'd guess if you were a primarily PS4 player 20-30 FPS is more than good enough. The constant FPS drops is the reason I dropped the platform harder than I'd drop a rock (well, I kept it for Bloodborne but even that suffers from severe issues, both loading and frame rate but it's the only choice for that game :l ).



Explained in the other posts, we have different standards. Regardless, any visual improvements will make the performance worse. If it's a question of performance over a small visual upgrade, then performance is the best option unless you want an FFXV on XONE situation.

I want to know what you smoke.

[Kosmos992k]

I think he meant PS3.

One would hope so since I've seen more lag on my laptop running the game than I do even on my PS3. My PS4 doesn't lag at all, but if it did, I would consider one of two alternate resolutions, get an SSD or boot into safe mode and let it rebuild the database - which is mean to to include a HDD defragmentation process - for a Windows context think of a Registry defrag & cleanup along with a file system defrag and clean up.

Just for goodness sake do not select either of the initialize PS4 options since they will delete your data and games and no one wants that, do they?