"PS3 Limitations"

[Mogi]

Unless the PS4 starts selling better in Japan, it will be a while before the PS3 gets dropped. Vita and 3DS outsell PS4, and its numbers have been shrinking. It was even outsold by Wii U for many weeks recently. (The only thing its beating in Japan is XB1, and Microsoft has never had any success in Japan).

This is only due to a lack of games in japan and such but as TGS has shown by next summer i expect ps4 to start selling more

[KaiKatzchen]

I don't know how long SE will support the PS3 version of this game, it is up to them to be honest. The fact that Yoshi-P admitted they are already having technical limitations on this game one year in worries me, period, regardless of what people play it on.

But I do know this:

Sony did say that they are standing by their claim of PS3 having a decade-long life cycle for the system. The System was released in Japan November 11th, 2006, and in the USA six days later. If they are running on the decade-long lifecycle, then the system itself only has roughly 2 years before that claim has run out. Now they did say if they could make it last longer they would, but they didn't know how much longer they would support it after the decade was up.

In the past:

The PS2 was released in 2000, and Sony stopped producing it in January of 2013 which is:

• A total of 13 years in production
• Lasting 3 years past the 'decade-long' life cycle they hope for their systems
• Running 7 years after the release of the PS3

So if Sony handles the PS3 as they did the PS2, we have at minimum 2 more years of production for the system, and perhaps as long as (if it last as long as the PS2) 5 years of production.

I guess SE would have to decide if they wanted to keep support the system for this game that long, or if they would continue to support it if Sony stopped making it.

[reptiliane]

If they drop PS3 support, then what would we blame everything on?

... nevermind, I guess we have "server limitations."

Or "New players" limitations :3

[SevValen]

You mean that they even bothered to release it on the PS3.
This game barely runs on that toaster, TBH.

I beg to differ I play on ps3 and tho I to wish the support will get cut soon it runs fine for me. your comment is painfully invalid

[abzoluut]

Let's not forget we're talking a 2006 released console here. That's very, very old in hardware land.

I can't see them drop support any faster. I do think it limits their options to the point we don't get no where near SE's potential.

Unfortunately we have to look at this from SE's point of view. Profit = keep support. Can't and won't blame them for that. I just hope that when they drop it, we get surprisingly good patches/content. Let's hope they worked around the server limitations by then..

[SkylerStorm]

I'm starting to wonder how seriously PS3 is holding back the game's development.

It's getting concerning... I may be wrong as it's very hard to figure just how much or how little it affects things, but I can't tell!

I'm curious how much it'll hinder the Expansion or Golden Saucer?

In either case, my personal opinion is SE should cut support by end of Q2 2015 at the latest.

Discuss please.

Or, you could discuss it one of the billion pre-existing thread rather than wanting to feel special creating your own.

[Moqi]

There's not much to discuss. No one knows what these limitations are, so everyone's quick to blame the PS3 for everything and shout that the sky is falling (as with every other aspect of this game, apparently).

Whaaatever. Instead, I wonder what will those people blame when they do drop support for PS3....

[TheRogueX]

I suppose I still don't completely understand why the PS3's client has to hold back the PS4 or the PC client. There is no reason all platforms have to have identical clients.

[Dashuto]

Edit:

Nvm realized someone just has special snowflake syndrome

[Alukah]

So until then can we blame Japanese players for holding back the game by not upgrading to ps4/pc?