XVI and XIV implications

[Ath192]

I am no developer or anything but I would imagine there is only so much they can do to have the game perform on varying levels of hardware. I don't think it's possible to do have incredibly advanced lighting or physics engines be downgraded to run on lower performance machines, and older models and software can only be polished up so much. In the end getting this game to look like XVI on top of the line machines while still being able to run lower performance machines just isn't a reality.

You are right, you are no developer. A lot of things can be turned on or off altogether to run on lesser hardware.

This is how Modern Warfare II can run on a toaster on minimum specs and tax a 4090 in 4K simultaneously with full on Ray tracing and max textures.

Here are the minimum specifications needed to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II:

OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 / Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
RAM: 8 GB
Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470
Video Memory: 2 GB

In fact, Sandy Bridge released in 2011 seen above which is 12 year old hardware and yet this is their recommended 4K setup:

Ultra 4K Specifications
The Ultra specs to run the game at a high FPS in 4K resolution:

OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
RAM: 16 GB
Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 64 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Video Memory: 10 GB

Of which the video cards are from last gen ~2 years old, so they effectively run a full decade of hardware specs.

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1. As they should
2. As FFXIV should

It will only make everyone happy, so I don't get what people get off on from naysaying or arguing against it.