The end of Playstation 3 support.

[Serilda]

I'm glad. Consoles bring the game down a lot. PC users can't have addons etc. At least PC users can upgrade graphics.

For some people, the end of PS3 support means the end of FFXIV for them. Upgrading to a PS4 simply costs more than they can afford, at least if they don't take a long period out from their subscriptions to save up. That's why the developers are so sensitive when they bring the topic up and politely ask people to do their best to upgrade, and why they politely beg people to move from 32-bit PC systems to modern ones instead of cutting out what amounts to being the majority of PC gamers in entire regions.

While I hope that the majority of people will be able to continue playing, please understand that you come across very poorly celebrating in other people's misery in order to obtain benefits for yourself which probably don't even exist in any tangible form. 1.0 was PC-only and look how brilliant that was, and at how many mods you guys had. Oh, wait.

You say you want it to be more like WoW - yet you can just go ahead and play WoW. What other similar choices do console gamers have for an MMO? FFXIV looks amazing and plays amazingly on PS4, so all of this blind console hating is inappropriate.

I know that empathy is difficult but it's really not a bad skill to nourish. When I quit FFXI due to the end of PS2 support, my entire linkshell quit with me even though I was the only person not on PC. A substantial drop in subscriptions actively detriments the playing experience, even for self-centred people.

[Kaethra]

For some people, the end of PS3 support means the end of FFXIV for them.

And I don't see the problem.

I purchased Everquest in 2001. WoW in 2004. Everquest 2 in 2008. There's no way in hell those games will run on the computers I initially bought them for today. MMORPGs can, will, and have evolved beyond the platforms they are originally designed for. Console players do not get any breaks that PC players do not get either. Those players knew what they were getting themselves into. FFXI is another example of that as well by the same publisher.