Please consider dropping PS3 sooner rather than later.

[Kelg]

Yesterday you said tomorrow... So just DO IT!

[Zodiar]

I heard japanese players back in FFXI they still play on PS2 well into late 2000s years.

Well the PS2 is the best console ever...

[Iromi]

They did say that they would drop it before or on 4.0. Then again they also said we'd be getting new egi's...so forgive me if I can't really believe what they say anymore ^^;

[basketofseals]

They did say that they would drop it before or on 4.0. Then again they also said we'd be getting new egi's...so forgive me if I can't really believe what they say anymore ^^;

They said that egi glamour was a plan they had, but hadn't even started on it yet. I don't really think that's fair to doubt them because of that.

[Iromi]

They said that egi glamour was a plan they had, but hadn't even started on it yet. I don't really think that's fair to doubt them because of that.

Nah, they said plenty of times we were getting new egi's. Need I pull up the interviews?

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1328096

I guess this is a fabrication of my imagination as well..I SWEAR the community rep there is saying we will get new egi...LOL. BUT OKAY!

[Kuwagami]

I guess this is a fabrication of my imagination as well..I SWEAR the community rep there is saying we will get new egi...LOL. BUT OKAY!

That was in 2013. In the mean time, they decided not to add new egis because they would bring nothing new from a gameplay perspective, and instead add a pet glamour function because that would be the only point of more egis (apart from taking new spells slots from actual new spells).

Now the glamour stuff got delayed, but it will come eventually, just like the primal summoning by FCs will eventually come at some point.

[Iromi]

That was in 2013. In the mean time, they decided not to add new egis because they would bring nothing new from a gameplay perspective, and instead add a pet glamour function because that would be the only point of more egis (apart from taking new spells slots from actual new spells).

Now the glamour stuff got delayed, but it will come eventually, just like the primal summoning by FCs will eventually come at some point.

Irrelevant , my original post said that I have issues trusting what they say, because they say one thing and do another. That was me showing why. No one can really convince me otherwise and is moot lol.

[Fendred]

They should seriously drop it by 4.0. They can't really expand any old areas due to technical limits of the PS3, so the longer they support PS3, the more areas they'll need to make into separate instances, which will make the game feel less and less populated.

[Dyvid]

So what exactly is the PS3 holding back in the game?

I guess this is a fabrication of my imagination as well..I SWEAR the community rep there is saying we will get new egi...LOL. BUT OKAY!

They also said when Heavensward came out that they couldn't how to add more pets and just add trance with the thought of add glamour so people would stop complaining about carby.

[Iromi]

So what exactly is the PS3 holding back in the game?

Well,

Regarding future of PS3 version:

•Do you plan to continue to support the PS3 version even after the PS4 version is released?
Y: At this moment, we've already begun work on the expansion pack, and I can tell you that at the very least the PS3 version will be supported up to that point.
•Does that mean there's a possibility that PS3 users will no longer be able to continue playing beyond that expansion?

Y: It may be a possibility in the future.
•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. 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. 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.

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.

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

Taken from an interview found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...p_features_of/