Switch 2 and the potential of a port

[BigCheez]

I am afraid you see it the wrong way. Final Fantasy was always more of a 'console first'. And I think also FF14 was made for console in mind, in the first place. It's just that they 'also' made a pc version because of money. If one system version had to die, it would be PC, not the console versions.

Of course PC gives much more freedom. I also play FF14 on PC. But PC is not the major platform this game is made for.

Simply not true. The majority of the playerbase is on PC. If they dropped PC support, they would be dropping ~75% of their players.

The only reason that the devs place so much importance on the console version is because that's the norm in Japan. The overwhelming majority of players, however, are not in Japan.

When the game launched, it was being held back by PS3 limitations. They eventually dropped PS3 support and now we're being held back by PS4 limitations. In a few more years, they'll drop PS4 support. PC hardware will have pulled further ahead and we'll be held back by PS5 and Xbox Series X/S limitations.

By adding Switch support, you would just be adding another set of limitations to the list.

[Absurdity]

When the game launched, it was being held back by PS3 limitations. They eventually dropped PS3 support and now we're being held back by PS4 limitations. In a few more years, they'll drop PS4 support. PC hardware will have pulled further ahead and we'll be held back by PS5 and Xbox Series X/S limitations.

By adding Switch support, you would just be adding another set of limitations to the list.

To be fair, I don't think we're being held back by the PS4 even if that thing is severely outdated, we're still being held back by the PS3.
Or rather we're being held back by the game being developed for the PS3, a console with less power than a smart fridge, on an incredibly short deadline.
And whatever they cobbled together back then has been biting them in the back for at least three expansions now.

All that said, I do agree that we do not need another console with worse hardware than what XIV will already have to account for.
Certainly not before the more pressing issues are solved. If you would buy a Switch 2 just to play this game on it then don't, there are better handheld alternatives out there that simply run the PC version.

[BigCheez]

To be fair, I don't think we're being held back by the PS4 even if that thing is severely outdated, we're still being held back by the PS3.
Or rather we're being held back by the game being developed for the PS3, a console with less power than a smart fridge, on an incredibly short deadline.
And whatever they cobbled together back then has been biting them in the back for at least three expansions now.

All that said, I do agree that we do not need another console with worse hardware than what XIV will already have to account for.
Certainly not before the more pressing issues are solved. If you would buy a Switch 2 just to play this game on it then don't, there are better handheld alternatives out there that simply run the PC version.

Both are true.

The engine was originally designed for the PS3 and we're still feeling the effects of the limitations of those early design decisions. There are another set of limitations in place due to the fact that the game still needs to run on PS4.

Maybe the point is that he don't have to buy a Steam Deck or a Rog Ally just to do that.

Also, S-E doesn't support FFXIV running on Steam Deck. That's because Steam Deck is a Linux, an OS that is not officially supported. You even need to use emulator and some anti-TOS tools to be able to run it on Linux.

You generally don't. It will usually run fine out of the box on Linux with Proton, with the caveat that some updates will break compatibility.

[Shinku_Tachi]

The engine was originally designed for the PS3 and we're still feeling the effects of the limitations of those early design decisions. There are another set of limitations in place due to the fact that the game still needs to run on PS4.

Fortunately a Switch 2 version wouldn't add another set of limitations, because the PS4 / Series S / Switch 2 versions would all operate on the same set of limitations.

[Hallarem]

Dont know why you would even buy it. Nintendurrr has a killswitch for it.

[Veritas-Ancora]

Fortunately a Switch 2 version wouldn't add another set of limitations, because the PS4 / Series S / Switch 2 versions would all operate on the same set of limitations.

Yes it would, because every 4 years they upgrade the graphics. Switch 2 would hold back that progress.

No Switch 2 support. We don't need it.

[Shinku_Tachi]

Yes it would, because every 4 years they upgrade the graphics. Switch 2 would hold back that progress.

No Switch 2 support. We don't need it.

No it wouldn't, the PS4 version is why game is just fine on the Series S and would be just fine on the Switch 2.

That's not creating new limitations, that's using the existing ones.