i'm really not sure where this PS3 limitation issue is comming from, and i don't know how it can even be compaired to the XI/PS2 limitations.

The PC graphics in XI were never restricted by PS2 limitations it was limited by the FFXI engine. if it was limited by the PS2 we would have all been playing in 640x480 with 320x240 background resolution, we also wouldn't have had the options for mipmap amoung other things.

All the PS2 limited in XI was the storage not just item storage but everything that required some kind of storage, e.g. every time they added words to the auto translate dictionary the had to take some others out.

Hardware the PS3 (and all modern consoles) is more of a PC then a console, the PS3 has a 64bit PPC processor same you find in older macs and it has a Nvidia GPU which is better then some of the ones found in the pc that ppl are currently playing on, and you should also research the Cell architecture the the PS3 uses.

I'm not a PS3 fanboy before anyone labels me as one my ps3 has only been turn on about 6 times in the past year, i'm just simpley saying you're wrong if you even consider blaming this on the PS3.

Oh and i too would like to change my graphic setting within the game, i know all cannot be changed but it'd be nice to be able to adjust more then just the shadows.