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

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Seems like 1 step forward and 2 steps back if we're tying the game to a relatively new consoles life cycle that's pretty on par(?) with the ps3 that was just recently dropped.

Seems to me that you're too busy tunnel visioning down your 60 FPS or bust mentality to listen to a single point I've said. Correct?

The PS3 was a burden because at the risk of massively oversimplifying things, it required the game to fit into a 256mb footprint. I'd repeat that detail in 72pt bold if it'd help you absorb it. The GPU wasn't a problem, the CPU wasn't a problem, the critical failing here was the memory, do you think the comical UI limitations and decisions we saw were because of the GPU? Do you think the absurd housing item limitations were because of the CPU? Even if we're massively generous with the frame buffer, the switch has at least 8 times that to play with here. Maybe if Yoshida suddenly gets a AAA budget to start throwing around significantly more complex assets and animations then the switch will become an issue again, but uh, you're kidding yourself if you think that's going to happen at this stage.

but you're also talking just 30fps out of the deal too and not 60+fps.

Nonsense. For better or for worse, 30 FPS is an accepted baseline for the majority of games out there. This isn't Overwatch or Doom, 60fps+ is very nice for sure, but it's absolutely not required. Ask anyone unfortunate enough to still be running that horrible Wine wrapper pretending to be Mac client, or the multitude of more casual players who simply putz about on older laptops and PCs who wouldn't know 60fps if it hit them in a youtube stream and simply don't care. This is who a Switch release would appeal to, I dunno if you've seen the sales figures, but it's a startlingly big crowd btw.

From the PS3 it's 8 steps forward and it most certainly isn't 2 steps back. Get off your 60FPS or bust high horse because you most certainly aren't the majority, nor are you even the norm. For all the money I've sunk into my setup, at least I'm not so blind as to appreciate that.