Developers: Why are you "limiting" FFXIV to the PS3 as you limited FF11 to the PS2?

[Darkhaund]

WoTG = Traveling back in time during the Crystal War which took place in the exact same regions 20 years prior to our "arrival", Common sense why they "reused zones". Why would gustaberg be a completely new zones 20 years ago?

Abyssea = The areas that survived the cataclysm and moon gravitating closer to the planet are the same areas as in vanadiel, just in a different dimension. This is not due to PS2 limitations.

In Fact, the battle field for Abyssea - Empyreal Paradox is different from Empyreal Paradox (Al`Taieu).

And have you EVER considered that those expansions were made to MAKE UP AN EXCUSE to re-use zones?

I am sure almsost EVERYONE would have liked NEW AREAS instead of resused ones.
What happened to the mithra homeland?
What happened to the far east?

[tymora]

Console gaming is way more popular than PC gaming in Japan.
That pretty much explains it all.

[Dragon]

Ohh so you are saying that the game in 5 years will still run "beautifully" on the PS3 and that we will not experience any problems with inventory shortage, or new featuers added?

It'll still run fine, beautifully, and everything on PC. It's not like FFXI where they felt FFXI was itself attached to the console system.

[Dragon]

And have you EVER considered that those expansions were made to MAKE UP AN EXCUSE to re-use zones?

I am sure almsost EVERYONE would have liked NEW AREAS instead of resused ones.
What happened to the mithra homeland?
What happened to the far east?

Those types of 'features' don't address any such PS2 limitation since any non-Slim PS2 model could fit a regular HDD into them.

[Jennestia]

And have you EVER considered that those expansions were made to MAKE UP AN EXCUSE to re-use zones?

No? A lot of people wanted to experience the Crystal War because it's all we've heard about during Vanilla and Zilart expansion storylines. They even released a lore booklet shortly after CoP release which furthered people wanting to experience it.

Abyssea was made for the sole purpose of giving people want they want (battle content/gear) and of course, being Square Enix, they had to attach some kind of story to it just to justify the mindless gear buffet.

What happened to the far east?

Considering it's being decimated by the emptiness and Aht Urhgan there's a reason we never went to the far east. Not to mention around 2007 they started developing this game. FFXI isn't at it's zone cap yet, but it's not PS2 Limitations that's holding it back.

FFXIV won't be held back by the PS3 either -- XIV's sole existence is because they felt it would be better to make a new game instead of overhauling FFXI.

[AreeyaJaidee]

You are not getting my point. THE FUTURE of this game will be LIMITED. As years go by and the game grows, the PS3 will start to hold back FFXIV

SE can port to a newer system. Problem solved. Stop trolling.

[Darkhaund]

It is not a troll. And I ask you to understand. Even if they port the game, the game will always be limited wether it is on teh PS3, PS5 OR PS3.

Or what, will they release PC only expansions when the PS3 reaches its limit?
You are not getting my point.

[Jennestia]

The point is:

It won't be limited by the system. What do you feel would be limited? I worked with both the PS2 and PS3 and the only limitation the PS3 would have if they don't know how to manage memory, the PS3 isn't a Famicom you know, it's a grown man that can handle itself.

[Synfrag]

Dont tell me that the areas reused on wings of the goddess, and abyssea are not limitations?
Dont tell me that the game never got a slight graphical improvement because of the ps2?

THE PS3 will be in its late years when 14 comes out!

Ahhh, they aren't. They were done to speed development time on the content. Zones do not require memory in general other than what can be packed into them and displayed constantly. Other than that it's HD Space and PS3s these days all have 160GB minimum. WoTG past zones were done so they didn't have to design an entirely new world. You should probably stop posting on this subject as you seem to have very limited understanding of Computers, Consoles and their respective technologies.

The redesign to make it PS3 friendly is the engine redesign, not the world redesign. Here is what the overview says:

・Genre-leading graphics on high-end PCs
・Smooth gameplay on the PlayStation®3 system and similarly-powered PCs
・Fully customizable graphics settings to cater to a broader range of PC environments

Yes FFXI was limited by the PS2 but mainly in terms of graphics features. And the PS2 had laughable specs in comparison to the PS3. Hell, we may even get DX10/11 support with the new engine. If we get DX11, with tesselation I will crap myself.

[Darkhaund]

Ok.. ill try to state my concerns:

The PS3 unlike a PC cannot be upgrades. So let's say in 5 years, the system will start showing it's age. In fact around that time the PS4 is likely to be out.

If the game was for PC ONLY, dont you think that it would give the devs more FREEDOM to try new things rather than doing things that will work for BOTH PC and PS3?

Dont you think that FF11 could have had more stuff added if it were not in the PS2?
Why do you think SE did a survey recently to see on what system most people still play FF11?

Dont you think that if the PS2 werent around FF11 could have received a little graphical overhaul perhaps, or bigger expansions, new areas, new features such as new hair styles, other races who knows?