Quote Originally Posted by lshumaker View Post
I'd say the benefit would be the ability to play FFXIV when your PC was unusable (such as when running a virus scanner or if it needed to be repaired).
That's true, but many of those interruptions can also exist on the PS3 (e.g. being broken, or needing an update)

All I was originally trying to communicate was that you do not need to buy a console version of the game to get "the couch experience," nor do you need it to play with a gamepad or even specifically a PS3 controller.