When will PlayStation 4 support be stopped?

[Masekase_Hurricane]

There is zero chance they end it with 8.0. Despite being over a decade old now, the PS4 still has half the entire Playstation install base. Ending support for it would be disastrous, especially when the PS6 doesn't even have an official announcement yet.

Regardless, contrary to popular belief, it's not the PS4 holding back the game. It's lower end PCs. And neither have anywhere close to the impact the PS3 did. Ending support for either wouldn't offer much at this point. Either way, it won't be before 9.0.

It isn't going to last till 9.0. The only reason it didn't end before this expansion was they was having issues with people getting a PS5

[ForteNightshade]

It isn't going to last till 9.0. The only reason it didn't end before this expansion was they was having issues with people getting a PS5

No. It didn't end because roughly 60 million people still only have a PS4; half the entire Playstation user base.

That isn't likely to change in the coming years both due to the economy and the fact we know a PS6 is coming. Likewise, the PS4 isn't holding the game back in any significant way. This isn't the same scenario as the PS3 that could barely process the game at launch.

[theunhappypotato]

No. It didn't end because roughly 60 million people still only have a PS4; half the entire Playstation user base.

That isn't likely to change in the coming years both due to the economy and the fact we know a PS6 is coming. Likewise, the PS4 isn't holding the game back in any significant way. This isn't the same scenario as the PS3 that could barely process the game at launch.

but its literally running the game at 30 fps (at best) some mechanics dont load and dont get me started on big content like OC, if you pair that with the new "graphics" and the shit code, then ofcourse the ps4 is holding it back

[Johners]

No. It didn't end because roughly 60 million people still only have a PS4; half the entire Playstation user base.

That isn't likely to change in the coming years both due to the economy and the fact we know a PS6 is coming. Likewise, the PS4 isn't holding the game back in any significant way. This isn't the same scenario as the PS3 that could barely process the game at launch.

The remaining global PS4 player count wouldn't be why Square Enix decide to drop support, it would be the FFXIV-specific PS4 player count as well as the future technical requirements of the game. Given that the currently incomplete graphics overhaul has barely been made available for the PS4 game client, one would assume that end of life for the PS4 version isn't too far away. Not to mention the much longer loading times do impact other players when entering instances or moving between zones for treasure maps.

[Rinoa_353]

No. It didn't end because roughly 60 million people still only have a PS4; half the entire Playstation user base.

That isn't likely to change in the coming years both due to the economy and the fact we know a PS6 is coming. Likewise, the PS4 isn't holding the game back in any significant way. This isn't the same scenario as the PS3 that could barely process the game at launch.

The PS4 has been holding the game back since ShB, once they end support, they would also bump up the recommended PC specs when currently use CPU's from 2019 when the PS4 was based on an entry level CPU in 2013. Try doing a hunt train on a PS4 and tell me it doesn't hold the game back when hunts would be killed before you even finished loading a lot of times. The reason the PS5 and XBOX Series will last longer is because they all have fast RAM and a SSD for fast loading that the PS4 suffers from. The PS4 has 8GB of shared RAM/VRAM when the average gaming PC today has 16 GB and will likely be 32GB by the end of the decade. The PS4 GPU may still render the game decently but the entry level CPU and small pool of shared RAM would definitely be it's limiting factor when it has since ShB.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

No. It didn't end because roughly 60 million people still only have a PS4; half the entire Playstation user base.

That isn't likely to change in the coming years both due to the economy and the fact we know a PS6 is coming. Likewise, the PS4 isn't holding the game back in any significant way. This isn't the same scenario as the PS3 that could barely process the game at launch.

49 million as of a year ago. Unless you saying another 11 million have purchased one since then.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/...rs-as-the-ps5/