Post-Dalamud Messages from Yoshi-P!

[Mamba]

Im glad the servers are re-opening
I have so many cutscenes to watch and I was getting worried I wont do this in ARR - SUPERHAPPY

[Rizon]

I wonder if SE received a PS4 dev kit...I understand they made a promise to release the game for the PS3, but if the release date of the PS4 is to believed (summer '13), I just wonder if it would be wise to just wait the extra couple of months for the PS4.

But, yes, thanks Yoshi & Co. I hope they take a well deserved vacation for like a month after ARR releases.... Make it happen Wada! lol

Even if they had the Dev kit for the PS4 the fact that the PS3 is so prevalent means that there will be a market for the game on that system for years to come. It pay to move forward with the PS3 release. The PS4 will take care of itself in due time.

[Diyne]

Oh thanks Bayohne! That makes things a little more clear.

Also, curious, in regards to the comment about 'fighting the dev team', I hope to get to see a Bayohne nm in 2.0.

[Akira_Tenshi]

We will not see PS4 in 2013. 2014 at the earliest. PS4 releasing in summer 2013? It hasn't even been officially announced yet, no chance.

[Rizon]

I agree, but there is a very good basis for some 'concern': FFXI.

How many times over the years have we been told that, due to "PS2 limitations" such-and-such a great feature can't be added, or such-and-such limitation can't be removed? Seems to me there's a legitimate concern here that "PS3 limitations" will be SE's mantra with XIV a few years down the road.

Sure, some folks are 'anti-console' out of weird bigotry, sense that 'real gamers use PCs', etc., but the majority of those expressing concerns here I suggest do so out of a worry that XIV, like XI, will be limited due to console restrictions.

Separate servers for consoles and PCs would at least allow for variation based on the console's lack of power, memory, whatever, so as not to neuter the PC version which could handle such features.

In the current post Yoshi-P stated , quite eloquently and forcefully, his reasons for wanting PC and Console gamers as part of a Global community. I am in complete agreement with him. He has also stated several times in the past that ARR will be developed in such a way as to allow maximum usage of both in such a way as to not be a hindrance to the overall game development in the future. I am going to take him at his word and I hope to make new friends from the console world.

[Vydos]

I'm glad to hear that the servers will soon go up. I still wanted to record all my cutscenes before losing the chance to never see them again (at least some of them).

[Lucke]

Even if they had the Dev kit for the PS4 the fact that the PS3 is so prevalent means that there will be a market for the game on that system for years to come. It pay to move forward with the PS3 release. The PS4 will take care of itself in due time.

Looking through my research, I misread. The final version of the dev kit is summer '13, my bad. And I understand the logic of going ahead with PS3. Lots of people have it. I'm just worried that in a very short time, the ol' "PS3 LIMITATIONS!!" will show itself.

My logic was "Ok, SE could release it for the PS3 now and within a few years reach the PS3's max performance, or they could wait a while longer for PS4 and not have to worry about the 'limitations' for many years."

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/01/ps4_...playstation_4/

[Zalion]

THAT OLD MAN MAKE ME CRY AFTER 10 yeas i never DID.. >.>..... heh...
cya in vahllalla old man......was an honor fight with you!...!!!!

[Mazora_Espeon]

There was a poll about whether or not players want to keep playing after the final save. More than 30% wanted the servers to remain online even if the progress doesn't carry over to ARR, so that's what they're going to do.

You can read about it here.

I remember that, but it's over now isn't it?

[Mazora_Espeon]

1 of the main features of ARR is the fact that the game will be played on servers specifically designed for the new game. As such, all the testing is being done on the new servers. They will continue to use the old, crappy servers for Ver 1.0 so there should be no interference with testing. 2 different servers for 2 different games. Hope this explains.

A little bit I suppose. However, if nothing will be save I doubt many ppl would log on to play it either way. Didn't the play period after the final save ended Nov. 11? ^^;