Is the PS3(4?) holding back the game?

[Staris]

I'm no PC guru, but from what I see the PS4 has twice the amount of memory that is recommended for PC's to run the game. Or am i looking at that the wrong way?

.... that is because their is no point to raising the min requirement past that of a ps3 if your going to support it.
Plus on PC the video settings can be adjusted for the computer, so you can support shitty computers and good ones.

Your point is moot.

[LordPhantomhive]

The PS2 held back FFXI, and everyone here won't shut up about how perfect that game is...so no, the PS3/4 are not holding this game back, in the slightest. They may hold some players back due to their limitations (mostly PS3), but the game itself will continue to grow with the PS3/4 in mind.

On FFXI, it basically took 10 years for them to say, sorry the next expansion won't be available on Ps2, you'll have to 'upgrade' to Xbox 360' to play it, that was for Seekers of Adoulin the newest of their disc expansions lol..Pretty sure they won't be throwing PS3/4 users out anytime soon.

[KiriA500]

On FFXI, it basically took 10 years for them to say, sorry the next expansion won't be available on Ps2, you'll have to 'upgrade' to Xbox 360' to play it, that was for Seekers of Adoulin the newest of their disc expansions lol..Pretty sure they won't be throwing PS3/4 users out anytime soon.

It came out on PS2 in Japan.

[Eye_Gore]

.... that is because their is no point to raising the min requirement past that of a ps3 if your going to support it.
Plus on PC the video settings can be adjusted for the computer, so you can support shitty computers and good ones.

Your point is moot.

Wasn't trying to make a point, was asking a question.

[Scotchio]

I just wish they were on their own server(s). Sucks trying to do content and your group can't talk because they don't have a keyboard on their consoles.

It also sucks for us when your group are using illegal programs to cheat your way through the game.

[KiriA500]

It also sucks for us when your group are using illegal programs to cheat your way through the game.

[Ryel]

Yep, 12 years and 5 expansions surely is being held back..then again maybe I'm not understanding the concept of "held back."

Except that it was? Don't get me wrong i started playing FFXI on Ps2 release when it came out, i even remember the additional $100 or so i had to pay for the HDD.

Lets not sit here and pretend that "Ps2 limitations" weren't something repeatedly mentioned by both the players and developers when it came to issues designing systems for the game.

Things like varied gear designs, larger zones, lack of add-on support and inventory restrictions were all born of the developers basically trying to ensure content worked on what was steadily becoming a dated system.

No one will deny FFXI met with moderate success for the many years the game was running, but it was also a different time for MMOs back then.

Yeah, nothing major. Look at PC only MMOs - they tend to not really...do much and they're held back by nothing theoretically.

This is grossly inaccurate, lets take a look at the life-cycle of something like WoW which was exclusively PC.

While it won't win any beauty contests by far, WoW has evolved quite a lot from it's initial release (Flying over seamless zones, various gear designs, remodels and overhauls, battle pets and small systems, player count, area design etc.) and was only capable of doing so because it was a PC based MMO.

Lets not pretend that modern MMOs aren't pushing the bar higher because the specs on the average PC are getting better, you need look no further than games like Guild Wars 2, and Wildstar to see the kinds of things modern MMOs are trying to do.

The Ps3 is 8 years old now let that sink in for a second to anyone trying to compare this to FFXI's 11 or so year lifetime, the Ps2 was not that old when the game was released and did the game no favors when MMOs started moving forward.

[Scotchio]

I know people using 3rd party programs are a minority. But so are console players not using a keyboard.
Just making a comparison.

I think cross platform servers are great btw.

[Solonuke]

FFXIV is a much better PC port than FFXI is. You don't have to use third party applications to work around a terrible UI. The new UI they've been working on for years now only seems to add extra chat window and moveable windows. I recall downloading patches from third party web sites as the Playonline downloader was incredibly slow.

I wish this game will get a framework for plugins that WoW has as that thing is awesome.

[Baneus]

I just wish I could have more chat windows and i could resize the damned text to smaller than 12pt. Oh, and the macro icon system is a joke now.