Yoshi-P says discussions about FFXIV on Switch and Xbox One are "Positive"

[SerLuke]

By saddling up to multiple console platforms SE is chaining its ability to upgrade the game itself to the development cycle of all the console manufacturers involved and to the capabilities of the lowest spec console made.

Not really, there's not much you can do to upgrade low spec laptops that barely run the game right now, again like I said just because someone is on a PC doesn't mean they will magically get better performance. Its not just consoles holding the PC back they are never going to tune the game exclusively for high end PCs even if the PS4 wasn't a part of the equation.

If they switched to using a more modern engine I don't think the switch would perform badly (it runs 720p right?) but considering how SE is an "integrated" company like Sony I doubt it would happen. That would be the best bet I would think for that possibility though. I've been playing a bunch of other titles lately with more detailed graphics and they perform better than FF14 does. Honestly I think that would be a very low priority for them, I would imagine they would rather make a new MMO for these platforms than port an old one. Since Xbox runs windows at the most basic level it would be by far the easiest port to any other platform so from what I can tell that would just be down to them being able to come together on a deal between the companies.

Yeah I imagine it would run at 720p with 30fps lock on Switch just fine, while still having better load times and slightly better graphics than PS3