Consoles are holding this game back (graphically)

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Yes, it did.



True, but the Xbox 360 version was still getting updates, expansions, and add-ons.

Interesting, not that I am that surprised, as the 360 had a pretty huge upswing in popularity.

It was available for PS2 in Japan though. I played on PS2 right up until February when I gave up and reactivated my lapsed XIV subscription because they kept introducing game-breaking PS2-only glitches and I was destroying my group's ability to progress in difficult content with all of the crashing. I tried to upgrade to PS3 but they never got the client working right (and dropped it when Sony dropped backwards compatibility) so I was sort of stuck on PS2. It was bittersweet to see the announcement that the game was coming to an end right after I left.

It would be nice if they could drop PS3 support for XIV before the PS3 crowd end up being forced out in similar circumstances to mine, but I think most people will naturally upgrade over time and there's a lot of room for graphic bumps on the PC even with the PS3 existing. The 'PC only' elitists are lucky that they don't know what it's like to be unable to upgrade their technology regularly; if giving elitists like the guy who created this thread slightly nicer looking rocks means losing hundreds of thousands of players on consoles and low spec PCs , I'm reasonably confident that I know which option YoshiP's team will pick.

ya I knew it was available in JP edition. Just seems odd that they continued Xbox support at the same time w/e marketing decision I guess it makes sense. I wonder if any of this had to do with the slim releases and not having a HDD ect... Anyway ya the game seemed dead to me long ago on ps2 before even seekers so ya I didn't keep much track of it after that, thanks for the responses.

Ya pc graphics are not hindered by the consoles at all. There is no reason they can not be improved, as long as the gameplay, and functionality remain on the consoles then it shouldn't stop anything. UI is a thing because that is Functionality. However a PC having higher texture rez doesn't effect console in the slightest. (Unless you include eyesore)