Reminder On What Was Actually Said Regarding PS3 Support After 3.0

[Laerune]

I think at the end it realy depends on the amount of Japanese players that are still playing on their PS3. If you have noticed, Japanese games that are released for the PS4/PC only in the West are often also released for PS3 aswell in Japan. This shows that in Japan the PS3 is still being used by a large group of players, if FFXIV has a large group of players from Japan who do not want to upgrade to a PS4, then I doubt Yoshi-P will discontinue the PS3 version of FFXIV of the next expansion.

[Culfinrandir]

The sooner the PS3 support dies the better. Having gamed extensively with a PS3 player who then changed to PS4 I can confidently say that their experience was hampered & mine was negatively affected. Waiting for them to swap zones in instances, having them unable to see things like hunts, etc didn't make for a fun time.

[Felis]

I think at the end it realy depends on the amount of Japanese players that are still playing on their PS3. If you have noticed, Japanese games that are released for the PS4/PC only in the West are often also released for PS3 aswell in Japan.

Japanese developers already begin to drop out the PS3.
Example:
While GUST still brought out Atelier Sophie on PS3, PS4 and Vita in Japan, the soon coming Aelier Firis will be even in Japan only on PS4 and Vita

[Greydor]

Didn't yoshi say during the HW livestream that putting HW on ps3 was a last minute decision and it wasn't originally planned to be on ps3?

I think the remaining ps3 population is mostly in Japan

Help me source this if possible so I can update the main post. I found another reference online, but not the source. I believe you, I just want hard verification with a tangible source.

[Gumbercules]

Think it was more along the lines of he wanted to drop it but woulda left too many ppl without a platform to play HW on, on that same note he felt that giving ppl an expansion's worth of time to upgrade seemed reasonable. No source though was one of the letters/event a little before HW launch. (least that's the meaning i got outta it, keep in mind Japanese culture doesn't say hard no for anything so negative connotations are as close to a "no" as we might see)

also as far as improvements, unless 4.0 is being developed with ps3 off the board right off the bat, i mostly just see ui/memory, maybe some zone improvements being the bulk of the "immediate" improvements.

[Catwho]

Obligatory reminder that FFXI had the distinction of Seekers of Adoulin being the last ever PS2 game released in Japan.

[Zumi]

If we look at other games Destiny just dropped PS3 support with the latest expansion. So if other devs are doing it FFXIV could do it as well add more features if they drop PS3.

[Lexia]

Obligatory reminder that FFXI had the distinction of Seekers of Adoulin being the last ever PS2 game released in Japan.

Only for Japan, if person lived in NA the last expansion they got was Wings of the Goddess if they played on the PS2.

[Catwho]

Only for Japan, if person lived in NA the last expansion they got was Wings of the Goddess if they played on the PS2.

I think you misunderstood me.

Seekers of Adoulin was the absolute, very last game EVER released for the PS2 in the Asian market, not just the last XI expansion. The NA market had a FIFA Brazil came come out a little earlier that was the absolute last game. But Seekers of Adoulin was the VERY LAST PS2 GAME RELEASED ON THE PLANET. Kind of a dubious honor.

[SigmaOZ]

The Producer said it depends of the demands of players, that means if we ask with determination, firmness and persistence we will force SE to comply and gives a better product!...

PS3 could no longer be supported because the hardware requirements of current games are beyond it's capabilities!...

On a personal note I abandoned my PS3 and console gaming in favor of a new PC which offers way more quality than consoles could ever hope for, since PC is always ahead of them and limited only by the budget willing to be spent on hardware!...