PS3 a real problem or not

[Magis]

The PS3 has a GPU with 256MB of GRAM. My dad's old computer I played 10 years ago with a white, discolored case and a tube monitor has a GPU with 512MB of GRAM.

Due to the low VRAM is also why we have such low resolution textures. Can really notice it when you zoom in on clothes.

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Due to the low VRAM is also why we have such low resolution textures. Can really notice it when you zoom in on clothes.

And the rocks near the northern parts of the desert in Southern Thanalan with the anglers (monsters). Can't you see the block textures there? The only higher resolution texture I've seen is some of the moss on the ruins in the Floating Isles of Nym (or whatever).

[Ailish_Chibi]

To all the people whining on ps3 and ff14.Try to change the hard drive to a ssd.All the problems will be gone i swear

[Kaisha]

To all the people whining on ps3 and ff14.Try to change the hard drive to a ssd.All the problems will be gone i swear

Doesn't fix the blatant LoD pop-in, the terrible framerate, the lack of any good HUD functionality, the blurry resolution., and the model display limit.

[Gralna]

Doesn't fix the blatant LoD pop-in, the terrible framerate, the lack of any good HUD functionality, the blurry resolution., and the model display limit.

Aside from HUD and Maximum characters displayed, rest of those fall under graphics settings and even at at lowest settings, game is still playable and has no negative impact on servers or other players. As far as frame rate making game unplayable, I had no issue beating titan ex on ps3 with a mnk and I'm no where near considered a hardcore raider, sounds more like a latency issue to me when I hear this issue come up, most likely attributed to level3.

How does a person having blurry resolution on their end, hold back game on your end? I think many of you are incorrectly attributing poor graphics on client end, to restrictions on server end. A little bit of game design info for you, when you're designing content, you initially design it for the highest possible settings, then you start to reduce quality till you reach a performance level that is acceptable. You can always tone down graphics to increase performance, just a matter of how much quality your willing to sacrifice.


Areas where PS3 memory limits are most obvious are raid sizes since each character model has to have data retrieved from servers, translated by client, then rendered onto your screen. That data will include information such as character stats, collisions detection, X/Y/Z location, etc. That data is constantly being retrieved by your client, and your character data is constantly being sent to SE servers, that is where the main Memory issues lay. PS3 can only handle juggling about 30 data sets of combined players+npc before it has to start restricting data flow and stop retrieving data on excess characters. This is also why UI/HUD elements are restricted since settings for every window is part of those data packets constantly being sent.

I'll reiterate though, any limitations that are strictly limited to client end, have no impact in regards to holding back the game.

[Kaisha]

As far as frame rate making game unplayable, I had no issue beating titan ex on ps3 with a mnk and I'm no where near considered a hardcore raider

Lower framerate affects your input latency, which may result in a DPS loss. I know Twintania was quite annoying when I healed on PS3 because the game would drop my inputs when trying to cycle through the party list quickly to toss out heals.

How does a person having blurry resolution on their end, hold back game on your end?

I play with 7 others, and some of the end game raids are quite busy visually (mob names are huge, some arenas have glows, a lot of them use similar colours, etc) which makes it harder to see things for lower resolutions where it all starts to blend together, even with effects filtered.

You're handicapping your potential output by playing on a PS3, it doesn't matter how great of a player you are, which was the same case for playing XI on a PS2.

[abzoluut]

To all the people whining on ps3 and ff14.Try to change the hard drive to a ssd.All the problems will be gone i swear

Upgrading a HDD will only make it (slightly) better for that particular user. Will it be of influence for devs' working field? Not quite.

This whole discussion is about if PS3 support holds back the game. An SSD will not change that

[BraveheartRamo]

Furthermore to visual features http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/sp/ps4/features/

[nakano13]

As a PS3 player, there are a few things I feel limit me while playing on the console, but it really doesn't affect me as a player overall in understanding a fight's mechanics and rules. Sure, there's a possibility I could be doing even more dps due to slower response while using my older gen system, and I know for a fact that my loading times suck when it comes to zoning to crowded areas and engaging Hunts, but, my PS3 has not prevented me from being able to clear hardcore content (it's just made it slightly more difficult in certain aspects...especially some animation lag). I'm participating in FCoB just fine, and I can't wait to upgrade to PS4 soon so I can enjoy the game even more!

[Cetra]

PS3 isn't keeping me from having fun. And I play on PC. Until I do, I don't think it's a problem. Then again, I'm too busy having fun with the game to sit around and pick it apart.