Quote Originally Posted by Nakiamiie View Post
The graphics in 2.0 will be of similar quality as today's. However, higher spec machine will be able to display much more at the same time. The graphics in FFXIV are of great quality and will remain considered acceptable (at the very least) for many years to come. I believe that is why they wanted to put such high quality graphic even though it required players to purchase high end computers, to remain competitive graphic-wise in the coming years.
However, it is a MMO, comparing the graphic of a MMO with a single player game should not be done.
SE has a habit of there graphics being outdated by release so it ws important to them to have graphics that would last this time. they really banked the whole game on graphics which is what let to its demise, ironic. Two examples of outdated graphics were the FF movie which they lost a ton of money on and FF11(i know some people will be like they were the best ever) but even SE said they were outdated compared to other stuff of the time.(ps2 held it back)