Force PS3 players to migrate over to PS4 and then drop support for it

[Wildsprite]

Can't believe ppl are stupid enough to make that kind of thread.. Great job.

I play on PC & my g/f on PS3 btw, and I might not be the only one in this situation, so PS3 private server? no.

PS3 will never get an official set of servers that are seperate. that you can count on. just look at the reason ARR is not on the XB 360/XB One, because they want everyone to be able to play the game together. so PS3 being seperate? nope

[Rekujen]

With all the advertising they did for PS3 support and promising the game to be ported over after 1.0...

good luck with that.

FFXIV will be on PS3 for many years to come and it'll be the root cause of most future updates not being possible... FFXI all over again.

15fps when fishing.. why? ps2 limitation.
30fps hardcap... why? ps2 limitation.
dropping frames to 10-15 during populated combat.. why? ps2 limitation.

You could have a computer with 5ghz and SLI 780GTX graphics cards and your PC will still drop to 10 fps because of PS2 limitations.

[Macka]

Just because I can afford something doesnt mean a company should force me to buy it. Note, I already have a PS4 and Xbox one but Im just saying lol.

[Dhalmel]

Op should probably get a new hard drive or ssd

[DannyNobuser]

they can only upgrade the graphics so far until ps3 cannot support it that's a huge issue if you want a game to continue on the path to greatness

[EmiliM]

DirectX 11 is coming sooner or later. They probably won't officially drop support for PS3 for a long time yet but at some point the PS3 version will start to get left out of major "cosmetic" graphic updates or get only scaled-down versions. People will start to migrate to PS4 once it becomes more affordable, and PS3 users will dwindle naturally. Support can then officially end once the PS3 user count drops below a certain threshold, so backlash is reduced to a minimum.

It won't happen within this year or probably even the next, but sooner or later it will stop making sense to support the game on two very different Playstation platforms.

[Zumi]

Its a choice they aren't going to make people buy a new system if they don't want to.

[BlueMage]

This is a decision SE would have had to make before deciding to release the game on PS3. It would be bad business to drop support for (or segregate - people bought the PS3 version expecting to be able to play with their friends on PC) the PS3 version less than a year after releasing it. SE will have to support it for more than a few years now, at least.

I do think they should have not released on PS3 since 2.0 launched around the launch of PS4, as that way they wouldn't have to design the game from 2.0's birth around the limitations of a last-gen console, which they've unfortunately already said restricts their design. But whats done is done. I don't think it was very forward thinking to release on PS3 though, but I think their goal was to reach as many people as possible in the short term on low end PCs and consoles, since they needed to make the money lost from 1.0 and designing 2.0 back.

[Rinaku]

Well if everyone can afford a ps4 maybe but I can't afford one atm, I am saving up for one though i'm sure alot of people don't have ps4 yet so I doubt this will happen.

[Jynx]

To be honest it's really a point of how well the PS4 itself will sell. Sales have been rather strong compared to the PS3 but even going at a hearty clip it will take years to catch up the the instal base the PS3 currently holds.

If the market demands it SE will drop PS3 support but it wont be for years to come. They are going to do whatever is more profitable for them, not what would give them more breathing room to develope with.