Quote Originally Posted by Freyar View Post
As far as I understand, the PS3 version does not support using the keyboard for play, only for chat.
That's not entirely true. You can use the keyboard on PS3 for keyboard shortcuts. (Just turn off the "direct chat" option it has set by default.) And those keyboard shortcuts are configurable. The hotbars themselves, however, are restricted to the cross-hotbars.

On PS4 you get the option of using either cross-hotbars or the straight PC-style hotbars. (I think it's even possible to have both available at the same time, though I'm not certain on that. I haven't tried it.)