So are consoles holding back this game?

[Nestama]

It's his FC not mine. I avoid FCs like the black death.

Why?

You believe it is a bad idea. Your opinion is noted.
I assume you want to trade blows until I say: "I am wrong and you are right." am I correct in that assumption?

It will not happen. I stand by my opinion.

Then you have a very bad and unpopular opinion. If I were still playing on the Playstation and found out that I could no longer play with my friends (most are on PC), I'd most likely never subscribe to FFXIV again.

[Kosmos992k]

They already mention that the PS3 will be dropped at some point in the future. Even going as far as putting a time frame on it saying there wouldn't guarantee that 4.0 would be released on PS3. Also doubt they going to rework anything when that happens.

Thats because PS3 will not be locked out of the game, just the new areas. Not releasing 4.X on PS3 doesn't mean kicking PS3 out of 2.X and 3.X areas.

[AllegroSymphonic]

My PS4 runs the game far better than my own laptop. It gives me a chance to play an MMO I like without having to spend 1k on a gaming desktop or laptop. Im grateful for the fact i can have a full MMO experience on a console. Quit whining about "prettier graphics" and appreciate the game.

[Kosmos992k]

My PS4 runs the game far better than my own laptop. It gives me a chance to play an MMO I like without having to spend 1k on a gaming desktop or laptop. Im grateful for the fact i can have a full MMO experience on a console. Quit whining about "prettier graphics" and appreciate the game.

Same. My full blooded i7 with with what was supposedly a decent mobile gpu barely runs the game at 720 resolution as well as my PS3 did. PS4 on the other hand is freaking awesome in full 1080p. Kind of wish their game engine could make better use of the i7 when the GPU is weak...oh well...PS4 for the win.

[Lexia]

Thats because PS3 will not be locked out of the game, just the new areas. Not releasing 4.X on PS3 doesn't mean kicking PS3 out of 2.X and 3.X areas.

Unless person is a new player, they pretty much will be cause the masses will be in the new areas doing the new content. Just look how older content is treated now.

[Yhisa]

Meh dont see the point of this thread tbh.... I play on ps4 and well i got no intention in playing on pc and i used to play on pc for other games

But in all serious who cares?

This is the thing i dont like about people is that they want everythink to look graphically better... And still complain after that...

Not everyone have a super PC, and tbh... Ever thought that PC maybe holding the game back? ... I could get everyone PC together on this forum... And they will all be different from each other... Which is more pain to develop for

Which with consoles... They are all the same ps4 to anothet ps4 for example which is easyier to iron and fix things on

So i blame everything on PC players tbh always want more and is never content or happy unless they complain

Sigh

[Lambdafish]

Why are people talking about graphics and character models? There is so much game play stuff not possible because of ps3 limitations, I believe I read somewhere that sky and airship battles weren't possible because ps3 can't handle it. And something something fighting bismark in a mount with a cannon.

Edit, found it:

"For example, if we were to have a large-scale FATE where players can ride on a flying mount and freely fly around and swoop down at a dragon that is 200 meters long, players would probably be impressed and entertained. However, it would also require us to raise the minimum requirement when it comes to hardware specs." - Yoshi P

A little different to what I said, but both examples are things that would be amazing but can't be done on Ps3 hardware

[Laraul]

"For example, if we were to have a large-scale FATE where players can ride on a flying mount and freely fly around and swoop down at a dragon that is 200 meters long, players would probably be impressed and entertained. However, it would also require us to raise the minimum requirement when it comes to hardware specs." - Yoshi P

This is an excuse. You know... something a person says to avoid blame? The game already has a huge dragoon 200 meters in size that you do battle with. His name is Vishap and you find him in "The Steps of Faith."

I've learned one thing, the devs are masters at coming up w/ excuses. Albeit silly ones.

[Defias]

@Kaze3434
I read that it no longer requires sync. Some say it was a bug, others say it got hotfixed.
At the time I did it. I can even get ppl to voucher for me.
My trophy did not pop when we unsync'd ran T5.

Bad luck of the draw there for me.

I realize my opinion is unpopular to some.
But here is the issue...
If consoles are holding this game back, thus hindering and harming your gaming experience then don't fight to keep them.


It's obvious that the game can evolve more PC wise as PCs can upgrade. Consoles cannot.

If you want cross-play then people need to stop pointing fingers at consoles, and stop blaming them for everything.

"I want to play with consoles. But they are holding my game back."

So how do you stop them from holding the game back?
You'd have to split the 2 up. So console limitations only effect consoles.

"No! If you split them then ____."

So what is the solution then?
As long they are linked. Consoles will eventually hold the game back, despite bad coding/threading, bad servers, and etc.

If they give the pc exclusive features and keep it linked. It will only enrage console players and possible create an unfair field.
Parsers (while illegal) are a prime example of this.

If you split them and cater to each platforms strengths then...this is remedied...somewhat.

A sacrifice is going need to be made either way.
Remove limitations by cutting consoles.
Keep cross platform but live with the fact that more and more limitations will come in time.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Console gamers for this game are still profits for Square, so unless they got a REALLY good reason to disallow PS3 players from logging in ever again, no dice. Money talks.