HDR Support on PS4?

[Noodle_Trinidad]

they would literally have to redraw everything - something that would probably only happen with maaaaaaayyyyyyybe an expansion or pretty much just an entirely new game. i wouldn't count on it happening like pretty much ever imo.

This is sadly the mentality at hand. The excuse is the workload of a problem that shouldn't have existed in the first place. To quote Yoshida:
"Since FFXIV had PS3 support, its graphics technology is 2 generations behind. If we had high poly models/hi-res textures ((unclear)) then we could just swap them out, but we don't. A lot of things were created low poly/low-res from the start for cost-saving, so we would have to recreate all of them in order for the improved graphics to look good."

While I can understand the issue with low-poly models to an extent, let's not ignore the fact that 1.0 variations of armors were properly detailed on top of being fitted for all races, the fact that the textures are done at Low-Res by default is appalling. One would think they would have made their source files hi-res by default and scaled them down to adjust for hardware but it seems no matter what you run the highest you'll get in texture quality is already low-res leading to those ugly pixel staircases they love to show off during the GLA/PLD questline and Hien's outfit, which they also sold. It would have been more understandable for the reboot textures if they eventually went back and slowly updated them but we're 5 years into this game and the philosophy is kept the same, something that has obviously been bled into everything this game has to offer given how nothing has really been shaken up or properly built upon in the 5 years this reboot has been out.

As for the overall answer of when or if its been discussed here is another from Yoshida:
"I get asked this a lot lately. The other day it was in China, so I guess it might be a worldwide topic of interest. If you're asking me if there's a possibility in the future, then the answer is probably yes, there is. But if you're asking if we have it planned right now, the answer is no. We don't have anything planned and it's not in any of our milestones."

We're going into 5.0, a recent interview has already shown he hasn't even considered how he'll shake up the content formula come 5.0 and with the slowly increasing burn out rate that Eureka has sped up due to the lack of Relic Progression Options(ie Isolated In Eureka) you really need to wonder what the next expansion is going to offer to justify paying for what is essentially a massive patch. No plans for graphical updates, no plans for new formulas and an insistence to stick to the safe and true is what will end up killing this game if not addressed.

Source of Quotes: https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1139698.html
Translation: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._and_soken_at/