PlayStation 3 version: Why Bother?

[Shurrikhan]

compare the price of a PC able to run FFXIV smoothly with the price of a PS3.

These honestly seem about equal if you buy parts on sale... My computer ran 1.0 pretty well at about 75% settings (9 character draw, level 3 shadows, etc) at about $300 value three years ago.

I do hope we aren't limited by the PS3 in ways that would have never been needed for the PS4 though, and that it will be playable on the PS4 when the time comes.

[myerg]

we all die eventually why bother coming out our mothers womb

[lolodin]

we all die eventually why bother coming out our mothers womb

sheesh....

[KaplanHomahru]

sheesh....

that's basically OP's argument at this point lol

[Valmonte]

These honestly seem about equal if you buy parts on sale... My computer ran 1.0 pretty well at about 75% settings (9 character draw, level 3 shadows, etc) at about $300 value three years ago.

I do hope we aren't limited by the PS3 in ways that would have never been needed for the PS4 though, and that it will be playable on the PS4 when the time comes.

the PS4 is going to use the HD4xxx series Graphics that's already 4 generations old. i often find myself wondering why people are willing to spend 600 bucks on a box of antiquated computer parts, when for 400 dollars one can simply upgrade there graphics card and be set for the next 5-7 years.

consoles used to be about bringing affordable entertainment to ones home, you'd buy a 200 dollar box it came with all the accessories, and games that were appropriately priced @ 20-30 bucks. Those days are long gone and my PC can do whatever the Paystation, Toastbox, & loltendo can do 100x better.

[Zumi]

I hope history doesn't repeat itself. There was so many things that they wouldn't do in FFXI because of PS2 limitations, they didn't want to be unfair to PS2 users.

Problem is when the PS4 comes out not many people will have them because of it being a new console and all. But PS3 has huge 70+ million userbase, even though it will probably be getting replaced by PS4 later in the year, still has a couple years left where devs will support it with new games. Moving from Cell (PS3) to AMD processor (PS4) won't make for a quick port or anything.

SE said they didn't want to make a FFXI port for PS3 because it would cost them around the same amount of money as a new game, they didn't stand to gain many customers it would be just PS2 users who upgraded to PS3 for the most part.

Not sure if anything at SE has changed to make them want to make a PS4 port of FFXIV when PS4 is out.

[Valmonte]

I hope history doesn't repeat itself. There was so many things that they wouldn't do in FFXI because of PS2 limitations, they didn't want to be unfair to PS2 users.

Problem is when the PS4 comes out not many people will have them because of it being a new console and all. But PS3 has huge 70+ million userbase, even though it will probably be getting replaced by PS4 later in the year, still has a couple years left where devs will support it with new games. Moving from Cell (PS3) to AMD processor (PS4) won't make for a quick port or anything.

SE said they didn't want to make a FFXI port for PS3 because it would cost them around the same amount of money as a new game, they didn't stand to gain many customers it would be just PS2 users who upgraded to PS3 for the most part.

Not sure if anything at SE has changed to make them want to make a PS4 port of FFXIV when PS4 is out.

SE's stance on PS2 limitations is about as big as a farce as you can get, most of the time a simple "we don't really feel like it would be in our best interest" would have done more than the PS2 limitation lie.

[Zumi]

SE's stance on PS2 limitations is about as big as a farce as you can get, most of the time a simple "we don't really feel like it would be in our best interest" would have done more than the PS2 limitation lie.

I know that, they started adding PC only features like HD font, better title screen, higher resolutions without using a registry editor, and eventually new PC only UI coming in SoA.

[Keisuna]

Those days are long gone and my PC can do whatever the Paystation, Toastbox, & loltendo can do 100x better.

Can it play exclusive Paystation, Toastbox, and/or Loltendo games?

[Alerith]

I feel as though no actual thought was used when the OP was typing out their initial post...Even a child can give a basic answer: "It's the system I play on currently."

If we're in the mood for stupid questions along these lines:

"PS3 was bound to come out sooner or later. Why did so many people bother buying PS2's?"
"Why play Dynasty Warriors 5 when Dynasty Warriors 6 is eventually going to come out?"
"Why eat now if you're gonna be hungry later?"