PS3 a real problem or not

[Akamu_Aniketos]

Thanks!

Regarding future of PS3 version:

How far off in the future are we talking about here?
Y: That will depend on how long people continue to play on the PS3.

People could play on the PS3 until they die; not a good answer.

I've mentioned in the presentation this morning that I want to make sure that "FFXIV continues to innovate", and there's certainly the possibility that whatever innovation we seek will come with certain technical requirements. For example in EQN, which I mentioned earlier, it would not be possible to realize certain things like physic-based gameplay without meeting the hardware prerequisites.

It's NOT possible for the PS3 to handle physic-based gameplay. Oh wells, too bad for ALL of you! Muawhahaha!

So if this becomes something that players want and we start to see people leave for rival products, then we can't just sit around twiddling our thumbs either. After all, we too need to ensure we have the necessary weapons to take on other MMORPGs in the future.

So basically we are going to sit on our hands and wait for either the players or our competition to light a raging fire under our you-know-what-I'm-talking-abouts, to give YOU a better game.

For example, if we were to have a large-scale FATE where players can ride on a flying mount and freely fly around and swoop down at a dragon that is 200 meters long, players would probably be impressed and entertained. However, it would also require us to raise the minimum requirement when it comes to hardware specs.

Who woulda thunk it. The players would be impressed by their innovation and ideas, but nope; their imagination is limited by 9 year old PS3 technology.

Our aim has always been to develop the game so that players can have the same experience no matter which hardware they play on.

Our aim has always been to develop the game to the PS3's standards, so that players can have the same limited PS3 experience across ALL 3 platforms!

If you bought a PS4, or a beastly PC, I'm sorry.

No, I'm not sorry! Look forward to your PS3 Game!

-Yoshida

However, if we were to become too fixated on this and become unable to innovate, then this will cease to be a FF game. So I do not plan to say that we will support the PS3 version forever. At the same time, I'm not saying that we'll be ending support by next year or anything like that either, so don't worry.

With all this talk of innovation they should just accept the fact that they made a mistake by promising the release on PS3 many years ago, and give a discontinued PS3 service date for people to save up and buy a PS4 or PC.

There are so many aspects of the game that are being cut short or half assed in imagination because of the 9 year old, out of date, flat line technology.