Quote Originally Posted by Vanidin View Post
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1173638

Actually it was to save space, it was because of the PS3's limited resolution that we are limited to a 4x25 bag system to fit within a certain maximum window size. Icons over text was simply to save memory since the PS3 is memory starved.


Realistically? Outside of a bad memory leak... no.
They also went with a bag system because it's what certain generic MMORPGs uses since "list style" is outdated.