Why can't PS4 users turn down and Limit NPC's and PC's like on PC?

[Avenger]

I play on PS4 mostly but also on PC. I think there are two graphical modes for FFXIV on the PS4, but I always run it at "full hd" or whatever the best setting is, but limiting spell effects for people not in my party, mainly for better visibility. Slows down slightly in Revenant's Toll and maybe for S-rank/Odin with tons of people, but neither one has interfered with game play. A huge fat chocobo vs. magitek armor battle in Revenant's Toll was rendered just fine, and I turned on effects for that because it looked awesome. Gold Saucer on patch day was probably the most noticeable slowdown, but it wasn't terrible. One thing I did notice is that load time is definitely faster if you install an SSD in your PS4, and this also seems to help on PC.

That being said, having more graphics settings on the PS4 would probably be OK for me, as I would set them once and then mostly forget about them.

Going back to PS3 was bizarre because now the PS3 version seems to limit the number of characters on screen, making RT look like a ghost town except for your immediate vicinity... I swear it was not always that way but was added in a patch at some point. But I do remember some slow loading issues on PS3 where it would take a long time for a FATE group to display, and the boss might not even appear on your screen before the end of the FATE... teleports and zone loads were also pretty slow off the hard drive...