Drop support for the PC version. It's holding the game back.

[Wildsprite]

Since the bulk of the recent content has all but been invalidated by PC players using cheating programs, it has become painfully clear that the lack of limitations on the PC client actually poses a risk of destroying future content updates as well. The console versions, which by their nature don't allow for such programs to be used and afford SE a greater level of control and security, should be the only platforms receiving future content updates after 2.3. PC players could maybe get a free account upgrade to the console versions, and then SE can drop PC support entirely after 3.0.

Its the superior solution.

I do have to wonder about all these cheating programs you speak of. If they exist I usually hear about them and I haven't heard about anything but a parser and an obscure windowing program that doesn't have anything worth anything on it.

from a business standpoint this would be a stupid move, it would be about the same as shooting themselves in the foot to dodge a bullet.

Really though if SE drops PC support I won't be able to play. You can bet I'm not the only one in this boat too. please think before you make stupid suggestions like this.
unless SE is going to hand out PS4s to all their PC users it won't work. <--not gonna happen

[Kurai_Miu]

This was good for a laugh, could care less if some pc players half to use radar add-ons to even do hunts. I still manage to make it to hunts by taking notes on spawn locations and times and works well. Ppl just half to always find something to complain about and start a fight with someone over its the internet what can ya do, the game/ add ons don't make this community toxic the players do, ppl should just stop complaining every 5 sec and well get good that pretty Hunts gear and sands still don't save the reflex challenged from getting killed by old content that they out gear by 30+ I lvls. Still enjoy watching ppl far more geared than me cause my static for coil disbanded get wrecked on Titan Hm when I get it for trials roulette.

[SwashBuccaneer]

LMAO....oh, you're serious.

:/

[Wildsprite]

LMAO....oh, you're serious.

:/

aparently he or she is. but really he or she is asking SE to shoot themselves.

[Katie]

OP,
You do realize Final Fantasy XIV wouldn't exist as it is today if not for PC players since 2010. You do realize that a very very small percentage of the PC players use cheats and abuse the system, and would likely do so regardless of platform the game is on.

People like you are holding the game back.--not the PC

[ClaireAbigail]

Snip

The Edison thing was just an example if the logic of said post. If you question the credibility of Edison then that's way off topic and I agree that we shouldn't go too deep about it here. Anyways, I agree mobile gaming is on the rise. Due to the fact that it's compact and you can literally do it anywhere. Would it be able to compete against console and PC? Doubt it. I'm having a hard time imagining people dropping their PC, Xbox, or ps to use their phones to play not to mention the limitations of mobiles.
Mobile games are meant to attract a different consumer base.

[Blackweaver]

Darksword your solution would screw honest players like myself who do not even own a PS3 or PS4. I don't hack, I don't use third party software at all. I do chat with skype sometimes during play, and even brows the web during play. And I love this game. So no, pc players shouldn't be dropped just to appease you.

[Kyriea]

I love how the ps3/4 limitations thing gets passed around so freely without a care in the world by "PC master race" players, but when it jokingly gets turned around they get all tetchy!

[Tupsi]

I love how the ps3/4 limitations thing gets passed around so freely without a care in the world by "PC master race" players, but when it jokingly gets turned around they get all tetchy!

Right? lol.

[Tsun-Tsun]

With technology as it is nowadays, one wonders why the consoles companies don't make them with modules that can be upgraded

GPU upgrades would cost more than $100, the whole reason why they can afford to sell HW at the prices they do is because on-board gpu/cpu chips are cheaper than a module. But it's not that nintendo/sony/ms can't make a upgradable unit, its that they wont because upgradable units mean different specs and less cash flow. The cash flow part comes from licensing rights to the new systems, 1st party accessories like controllers, and other media facets partnering with the developer(think hulu/netflix/ect). Hell some developers(nintendo) even make money off the hw itself.
The real question is why Ford won't make a car that isn't found on the side of the road dead, requiring the driver to return on foot.