So are consoles holding back this game?

[Kosmos992k]

PS4 doesnt even Support DX11

that intire Operating system of Xbox consoles is based around DirectX hense the X in the name its a microsoft software
if Microsoft ever would let FF XIV to be on there console it would have had DX11 no doubts
but having DX11 on ps4 is just to far fetched

You're either ignorant of the situation or trolling. Either way, you necro posted this bait.

PS4 runs the equivalent of DX11, it's just not called DX11. DX11 is nothing more than an API library designed to grant developers easier access to certain kinds of functionality that a GPU provides in hardware. The GPU inside the PS4 is a DX11 capable GPU (i.e. it has the necessary hardware to cover the DX11 feature set & more), it's a PC GPU after all. Sony doesn't run MS Windows as their OS (thank god), so they don't/can't use the DX11 libraries. But there is nothing to stop them using their own customized low level APIs to provide identical functionality at a level even closer to the metal.

[WubstahWulf]

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NO NO you got me wrong,

PS4 can run anything that supports DX on pc and xbox BUT what i am saying here is that i am trying to explain to the ignorant people that think DX11 can be on ps4 is not a possibility because it is a microsoft software

and yes square can make update the things in the PS4 version but not with DX11 but with the same functionalities that DX11 offers on PC etc