FFXIV FOR THE NINTENDO SWITCH

[caelumsixsmith]

Doesn't Nintendo has a fame for releasing incredibly weak consoles compared to the current generation, whichever that may be? I know there were third-party titles for the Wii U, for example, but they had significant graphic downgrading (and idk if still they had performance issues bc I never had a console, much less a Nintendo console). I don't see why Square would drop PS3 support to then port FFXIV to a system that's undoubtedly weaker than the PS4.

And trust and believe. That switch feature for the Switch won't be as good as Nintendo is trying to sell it. It's a handheld. It won't be able to run the games they want it to decently. I play with a laptop and while games run just fine whilst the machine is connected to the socket, the same can't be said to when it isn't. I could force it to optimize performance, but that would probably heat it up and make the battery die in less than an hour, if not less than half an hour. If that happens to a laptop, imagine how the Switch will handle games when not docked.

[Bladesinger]

Pls don't. The Switch isn't very powerful and it will restrict the extent this game can be developed. No thanks! Put other FFs on the Switch instead, like FF10/10-2 HD.

And again, misinformation from people who have no clue what exactly is powering the Switch outside the slip about an X1 or X2 Pascal powering it: Produce the CONCRETE specs or stop spreading misinformation - Current sources from the chinese factories producing consumer models have that chip at XB1 levels and is WAY more then capable of handling FFXIV - Hell, I can run FFXIV on a 14 yo toaster and still manage 45 fps with near maxed graphics @ 1080p =\

It's not that demanding a game =\

[Clawbriar]

"We'd like to, but Switch limitations"

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

And again, misinformation from people who have no clue what exactly is powering the Switch outside the slip about an X1 or X2 Pascal powering it: Produce the CONCRETE specs or stop spreading misinformation - Current sources from the chinese factories producing consumer models have that chip at XB1 levels and is WAY more then capable of handling FFXIV - Hell, I can run FFXIV on a 14 yo toaster and still manage 45 fps with near maxed graphics @ 1080p =\

It's not that demanding a game =\

For some reason, I'm doubting its a toaster or that its 14 years old if you are getting that performance.

It'd be running DDR memory, not even DDR2 lol And a Pentium 4? PCI express GPU's werent even a thing 14 years ago. I'm currently sitting at 1.2gigs vram usage, and the first GPU with 1gig vram came out in 2006 lol.

[JunseiKei]

Hell, I can run FFXIV on a 14 yo toaster and still manage 45 fps with near maxed graphics @ 1080p =\

It's not that demanding a game =\

Remember, 4.0 has an increase in system requirements. Most are probably thinking in the here and now only.

[Hayward]

Look at all the mobile MMOs on your App Store.

Not much of an argument there. Those companies would have to pay me to play those pay-to-win atrocities.

It'd be a neat trick for SE to pull this off but they'd have to work awfully close with Nintendo while keeping the Sony/Microsoft fanboys from going apes#!t.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Not much of an argument there. Those companies would have to pay me to play those pay-to-win atrocities.

It'd be a neat trick for SE to pull this off but they'd have to work awfully close with Nintendo while keeping the Sony/Microsoft fanboys from going apes#!t.

They'd have to make sure it doesn't impact features in the game we expect, soon after dismissing the PS3 from support due to it limiting the growth of new features. Has nothing to do with "fanboys"

[xbahax92]

Look at all the mobile MMOs on your App Store.

I am aware of those. But that doesnt mean they're best to play on the way or outside. They eat so much Mbits, that you have to play them at home most of the time. And while you can play at home on your phone, you can also play an MMO on your console and your PC.

[Fevelle]

Remember, 4.0 has an increase in system requirements. Most are probably thinking in the here and now only.

Putting the Switch aside, expect that "increase in system requirements" to be a Intel Core i3 instead of today's Core 2 Duo in the minimum requirements.
They are not going to put the requirements at today's top standards, that's for sure.

[Bladesinger]

For some reason, I'm doubting its a toaster or that its 14 years old if you are getting that performance.

It'd be running DDR memory, not even DDR2 lol And a Pentium 4? PCI express GPU's werent even a thing 14 years ago. I'm currently sitting at 1.2gigs vram usage, and the first GPU with 1gig vram came out in 2006 lol.

2003 - paid well over 2k+ for a computer with DDR2 ram an Asus motherboard and some crap video card - Fast forward to now, only piece I've upgraded on it is the Video card (450 GTS) - so yes, it's 14+ years old and finally being replaced in the next few weeks with something that will get stretched out over the course of another 10+ years (^-^)

Edit: Replaced operating systems too (^-^)