when will the ps3 support be dropped? (from a ps3 player)

[Tupsi]

Erm well depends if they ahve it set up like WoW...... Not sure how FF11 set up is but games that offer free updates dont allow you to log on unless you can down load the current version

XI is the same way, unless you're playing on a private server you can't play XI unless you're fully up to date. They dropped PS2 support but still offer updates (for now) until everyone is switched over to PC/360.

[Lithera]

Erm well depends if they ahve it set up like WoW...... Not sure how FF11 set up is but games that offer free updates dont allow you to log on unless you can down load the current version

It would simply require that you had the latest version for YOUR platform even if said platform is no longer receiving major content updates. At update times that platform would only be getting the new item models and sprites and not any new zones, new jobs, new quests etc. It would be the same as playing FFXI without one or more of the expansions.

[Evangela]

not until the majority of Japanese players dump the PS3.

[Zileth]

Someone has pointed it out already I bet but SE said around 3.x the expansion is when Ps3 support might be dropped

[SevValen]

Someone has pointed it out already I bet but SE said around 3.x the expansion is when Ps3 support might be dropped

That does not make since to me at all , I mean I do want to try 3.0 because im too curious about the new classes and jobs but why give the system the expansion then drop it some time right after?

[Zileth]

That does not make since to me at all , I mean I do want to try 3.0 because im too curious about the new classes and jobs but why give the system the expansion then drop it some time right after?

What that the Ps3 is now last gen? and that people should be upgrading to the new gen stuff?

There a def letter or something that was floating stating something from SE about the Ps3 might be dropped

[Nutz]

I'm more hopeful that they'll eventually drop PS3 support than I ever was about them dropping PS2 support on XI. This is mostly because the vast majority of the PS3 audience will eventually upgrade to a PS4 anyway, or at least more than could have been expected to migrate from PS2 to 360 or PC. It may take a long time (or may not -- I obviously have no census numbers), but I could see it happening as soon as 4.0, though I feel that's not especially likely unless Sony starts selling a lot more PS4s.

[Khyra]

PS4 is not selling well in Japan (outsold by Vita, 3DS, Wii U, etc if you look at articles from last few months). Market is much more mobile and less console heavy. And PC gaming is also lower there. So I think it will be a while, as the PS3 will be important for the Japanese audience for a while to come. (Still lots of PS3 users in NA/EU too of course, but PS4 is selling much better in those areas).