Quote Originally Posted by monk-dps View Post
Then your last point doesn't do anything. Also I am on a PS4 pro and I load faster then all my PC friends all the time. I also have gigabit download speeds and plus 300 on upload so that's a factor too. Point being the PS4 is not holding XIV back from anything. The ps3 did with it's limited ram, but there is no such issue with the PS4 or Pro. Matter of fact.. YP even said himself if anything was limiting them it was low grade PCs. NOT any PS4. I'm not saying the Playstation is BETTER then any PC as that's false and not the debate at hand in this topic. But I AM saying with all the things limiting this game.. the PS4 is not one of them.

If anything... the actual thing limiting XIV is it's craptastic engine that's on life support. THAT is the real factor here as it effects EVERYBODY on every platform. :c
See there now yer last point? That's the real one, and probably the biggest reason the game is so CPU intensive. As for the rest I'm really not sure how the PC player base is spread out in terms of machine spec. Most erryone I know is on some midrange quad core and a GTX1060 or higher (desktop). Don know too many laptop players but in the ones I do know it's likely the fact they're on WiFi. And to be fair I'm still very impressed with how well the PS4 runs any game. I think SE in particular has done very well with which graphical effects to implement/leave out. The only thing I see lacking comparing the two side by side is shadows, LOD and some lighting effects (lets ignore framerate since it's not even an issue in an MMO). And by lacking I mean lower resolution shadows, and it does not appear to use SSAO to the same level and really that's not a bad thing. FF14's implementation sucks.