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

[ko_]

If a console hinders the overall quality and development of the game is it really fair to allow it on said console? Even if it brings in more players why is it ok to make others who play on PC or ps4 to not have certain features or upgrades. Its bad enough PC players now cant even have certain graphical options because it isnt fair to other platform players. It really comes down to greed so we will see what happens.

Now I'm not saying put it on everything. I made my reply cause the person I was replying too was saying kill all console support.. which was PS4. So my reply was saying it'll be stupid to kill off the PS4 support and not do another console cause yeah... that'll be ALOT of players they would lose. which would kill the game I think,

[Paradedc]

I dont know why so many hate the idea of it being on xbox. Microsoft have really started to change since Phil Spencer took over and if they decide to allow MMO subscriptions without gold then what is the downside. More gamers is a great thing. Negativity only hurts the community outlook. Try being positive about change.

[GunksFoy]

May have changed, doubt it, but even with other services like Netflix thru the xbox you'd need an active gold account to use. Want to multiplayer online, gold account, want pandora, gold account. Want to do more than chat and get updates, gold account.

Someone might have beaten me to this, but this is not true. I use my Xbone as a media box for my bedroom and do not have gold. Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, Spotify, HBO, all work without Gold. Multiplayer is gated. Chat is not gated, just limited to (i think) 4 people. Updates are certainly not gated behind Gold. You are very misinformed.

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.

The difference between adding Switch support and allowing low-end PCs/laptops is the software side. For PCs, you simply write the game for Windows, and have adjustable settings from max-shit to max-awesome. For example, my 7 year old laptop runs the game at minimum settings, while my 1 year old desktop runs it at the absolute maximum. With consoles, however, you need to write a version of the game specifically for each console.

To summarize, the Switch/PS3 may be as powerful as some of the abysmal rigs PC players are using, but they require resources and developers to create the game. While no matter the PC, you only need 1 version.

I'm not a PC elitist by any means, I own consoles as well and actually started this game on PS3, but these are the facts of it.

[Sigma-Astra]

Could you imagine running through a rotation on a basic Switch controller...

I know that they make the Switch Pro controller, but it's like $70.

[bass9020]

Now I'm not saying put it on everything. I made my reply cause the person I was replying too was saying kill all console support.. which was PS4. So my reply was saying it'll be stupid to kill off the PS4 support and not do another console cause yeah... that'll be ALOT of players they would lose. which would kill the game I think,

I see! I apologize then for how my comment was said, I agree that killing it for ps4 is not a good idea. There isnt a need to do that anytime soon.

[Canadane]

Could you imagine running through a rotation on a basic Switch controller...

I know that they make the Switch Pro controller, but it's like $70.

To be fair it's one of the most comfortable console controllers to date.

[KoshikiMurasaki]

Nintendo Switch!? It's good news to me because I can bring it and level my gatherer and crafter class.

Normally, I play this game on PC Platform.

[Seig345]

I dont know why so many hate the idea of it being on xbox. Microsoft have really started to change since Phil Spencer took over and if they decide to allow MMO subscriptions without gold then what is the downside. More gamers is a great thing. Negativity only hurts the community outlook. Try being positive about change.

The only negativity I was aware of was that it isn’t likely to happen. When TESO launched with a subscription model, Xbox 1 still required gold membership on top of the game’s subscription to play. Despite Xbox recently flipping their stance on their infamous walled garden towards PlayStation, the ball is still in their court to green light an online game that wouldn’t require gold membership.

[MiniOmegaDragon]

I want to play ffxiv on the switch i love it go out and do my daily's anywhere i go

[MaethusXion]

Nintendo Switch!? It's good news to me because I can bring it and level my gatherer and crafter class.

Normally, I play this game on PC Platform.

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