The end of Playstation 3 support.

[Texa]

PS4 release date : Nov 15, 2013 (source : https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps4/691087-playstation-4).

PS3 games scheduled for release later this year : #KILLALLZOMBIES, Persona 5, Winning Eleven 2017 (source : https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/upcoming)

It's kind of funny that Persona 5 is coming out for the PS3 in America still (I say still because a few JRPG publishers have stopped localizing their PS3 versions even though they're still making them, like Tales of Berseria), I recall Persona 4 being one of the last big PS2 titles along with Odin Sphere. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir came out last year and now we have Persona coming as what's probably one of the last big games for the console again.

[Lexia]

Thank you, To be honest I wouldn't have minded to play the 1.0 version of the game (well probably not enjoy the graphical problems and issues they were having at the time), but I would've enjoyed the Main story, where we first met Papalymo and Yda, how Minfilia founded the Scions, meeting Louisoix, the battle against Nael van Darnus (heard its quite an epic fight), and the fall of Dalamund and the heart breaking end of 1.0.

Yes I've looked into the 1.0 lore... *embarassed*

I wanted to play 1.0 more but it was such a mess and ran so horrible.

[eaudaemon]

I wanted to play 1.0 more but it was such a mess and ran so horrible.

One of my current wish right now is a remake of the 1.0 story, dun know maybe using Alexander's time traveling abilities to open a rift back in time, and go through some of the old main story line.

Just a wish

[Serilda]

I've often felt the same thing! Seeing the PC players 'enjoying' 1.0 made me really jealous back at the time when I had no way to join them, but even though I got over it there are a lot of lore points which were very hard to understand in the early MSQ and Coil until I did my own research outside the game. I know that actual 1.0 players are probably not interested and showing the whole calamity itself would detract from its legendary status but I would kill for a time travel expansion one day in the future to bring everyone onto the same page story-wise once and for all and clarify what is and isn't canon from the old days (as well as including fan service for the Legacy players by showing things that happened even earlier in the timeline). I want all of the references they're still including now (e.g. corpses in POTD and the Starlight event) to mean something to me too one day!

[Konata]

For all the people complaining about how it is unfair, etc. whatever your invalid opinion is...

PS4 has been out for over 3 years now and you haven't been able to buy any new games for PS3 since PS4 came out because all developers drop the old console when the new one comes out. [/B]

a bit off topic but the bold statement is wrong as they are still making game on ps3 plus 3 years ago they made the lasr the ps2 game http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/02/pl...tation-2-game/

[eaudaemon]

Also what was up with the Gelmorra ruins before the calamity? it used to attract high level monsters, though they never explained why, it just got destroyed when 2.0 came in.

[Ogulbuk]

a bit off topic but the bold statement is wrong as they are still making game on ps3 plus 3 years ago they made the lasr the ps2 game http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/02/pl...tation-2-game/

Funny thing is the last 3 games released for the PS2:

2013-11-08 (EU) Pro Evolution Soccer 2014
2013-09-24 (NA) FIFA 14
2013-03-27 (JP) Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin (Last PS2 game in Japan)

[Ririta]

Removing PS3 support opens up a lot of time and money that can be spent in general gameplay development for content and QOL improvements instead of making sure the game doesn't crash because you were fishing in a certain spot or walked into an invisible wall while on a 2 seater mount with 1 person on it.

Just like the Cash Shop would allow for more content.

[DeadKasha]

The best way I could describe it was that it was a game without a game. It looked great and was fun for a bit, but then things started to taper off. It felt there was no goal, nothing to strive for. Beautiful world though, I wish they'd update the graphics and bring us back, with some optimization of course.

[LalaRu]

Don't forget the ps3 was dropped not because by lack of love from devs, but because the game was using everything the console can give out, and without dropping the ps3 it were not possible to do new/oher stuff the devs are going to put in with next expansion. Ps3 is just the first victim, then will be the ps4 turn (as later as possible, I just bought it omg).

Devs clearly stated (by Yoshi's interview if I recall it correctly) they want the game in every platform possible.

Possible means a platform (hardware+legal stuff) that can deliver all that the game have to offer to the player. The interest towards Nintendo's Switch wasn't unexpected.