Request: Can we have Chat / Emote Bubbles?

[Ditto]

I'd love chat bubbles over peoples head when they talk, but only on certain conditions.

1. The ability to toggle them on and off in the settings. If some people would prefer not to have them, they can disable it. Don't ruin ti for everyone else though.
2. At this point in time, even PS3 users should realize their own limitations, but that should NOT hold the game back. SE is eventually going to have to cut feature support for the PS3 all together, so they may as well start somewhere. Give it to PC/PS4.
3. Different settings for it in general, such as:

-Toggle whether or not chat bubbles will display in combat
-Toggle what kind of chat bubbles you'd like to see, such as general, yell, shout, fc, LS, etc.
-Toggle whether or not they will display in crowded areas. Any area with over a certain amount of people in a small area for example, they wont display. But distance yourself from that area of people and they will begin displaying around you.

And whatever else.

p.s. Using RMT as an excuse to not add things to the game is getting a little old by now, get over it and move on.

[Niwashi]

At this point in time, even PS3 users should realize their own limitations, but that should NOT hold the game back. SE is eventually going to have to cut feature support for the PS3 all together, so they may as well start somewhere. Give it to PC/PS4.

I've also heard that SE wants to keep the UI similar on all the platforms. It's an important consideration in some cases. For instance, if the triple HP/MP/TP bars in the party list were available on some platforms but not others, it would impact who is more or less effective in battle. That's the sort of thing they don't want to give platform-specific advantages to.

However, when it comes to QoL features, there are already differences. PS4 and PC can use either or both types of hotbars. PS3 only has cross-hotbars. PS4 and PC have an option for displaying inventory or retainer inventory in a larger window with four "pages" shown at a time. PS3 doesn't have that option. PS4 and PC get an on-screen display of gil and inventory space. PS3 doesn't. I've heard that the PC version is more flexible regarding having multiple windows open at once. (For instance, I've heard that on PC it's possible to have both crafting window and retainer inventory on-screen together, but neither console can have a retainer summoned while any other windows are open.)

So there are already platform differences. Though I think it's likely to be a very long time before SE cuts PS3 support altogether, it is likely that as time goes on, there will gradually be more such differences added. I'd think a chat bubble option could reasonably fall into that category.