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

[silentwindfr]

the limitation of the ps3 (people can argue that they don't exist, but they exist) will hinder the game sooner or later. the memory have already had a huge impact on ARR, the fact that most of the city are cut in 2 come from this.

FF11 on the ps2 was still supported until recently, but do you remember all the item that did disappear from the database because of trouble of memory space?

on the long term they will do a version for the ps4/pc and then try to port this on ps3. it will invole money time and energy that can be spend on other stuff (especially since ps3 don't use the same language of programation than the ps4 and pc)

as the game will be more demanding in term of hardware the ps3 will hold the game... i do hope for the second expansion, they will drop the support of this consol, that already really old, and focus on hardware that will allows them more.

[Tupsi]

the limitation of the ps3 (people can argue that they don't exist, but they exist) will hinder the game sooner or later

Yeah, if FFXIV lasts 11+ years it'll hinder it. You seem to be confusing design decisions for console limitations. Why is it we have inferior storage capabilities compared to a 2001 PS2 Game? The way the storage system in XI works would easily work on the PS3 and PS4. No one said they don't exist, the limitations aren't the reason for certain design decisions they make with ARR.

The one thing people can never answer is this:

"Why is it PC only MMOs without any console port are still far limited and "behind" than even FFXI or FFXIV?"

The only thing people attempt to say is: "If they take full use of a PC no one would be able to play it." And yet, people brag about WoW's scalability...so in other words, console limiations mean nothing in the long run as proven by FFXI. The main limitation of FFXI was the storage space needed, which they increased for the PS2 as it's still in limited support in Japan but is largely unsupported and surprise, no magical transformation just because they end support of x!

FF11 on the ps2 was still supported until recently, but do you remember all the item that did disappear from the database because of trouble of memory space?

The only thing they've EVER removed from the data is Auto-Translation entries that no one used or was heavily outdated due to the state of the game and only more recent terms from ToAU on is in.