When is the PS3 Version going to get cancelled?

[SonyTriple]

Short answer is Japan. People there still play a lot on PS3 because they don'tvjump on the latest console midel just for the sake of it. PS4 is only begining to have a half-decent pool of games, there was no use having it before for anyone valuing their money a bit when it comes to gaming.


SE will drop PS3 when its playerbase becomes low enough to justify it, not before. Their estimations were around the release of 4.0 (not released on PS3) then support totally dropped around 5.0, but we have yet to get a new official statement on that

You have player count ps3 users? I don't think its more than PS4 and PC. Besides having one region isn't a big difference. USA and Europe have triple the userbase. You have to count the other regions not just one. Japan userbase isn't that big especially a low count game like this.

[SonyTriple]

The truth of the matter is that the PS3 doesn't have the graphics engine capabilities of the PS4 and high end gaming PCs, combined with lag in their internet connections and you can see why people are calling for the PS3 version to be retired. To those players I say one thing: GET A GRIP! This game launched on the PS3 and PC, for many of us, it was the first true console based MMORPG that we'd touched and the fact it was flawless (minor bugs at best, but that's to be expected) warrants that SE should continue to use the PS3 for as long as it can.

I would also like to remind those players that the PS3 is still a current system, there are still new games coming out on it and it still currently has more content on it than the PS4 (without remastered games or these new backwards compatibility.

That's not true this year almost every big time game isn't ps3 anymore. It was last year. PS3 isn't getting supported anymore for the big AAA games.

[Alahra]

The PS3 version should never have existed to begin with, if I'm blunt. Sorry if that offends anyone, but really, why did they think it was a good idea to release this game for PS3 AND PS4? Shoulda been a no-brainer that the PS3 would hold it back a lot.

It's my understanding that the creation of a PS3 version was one of the biggest concessions SE gave in order to get Japan on board with the reboot, though. It's possible we wouldn't have ARR at all if it weren't for the PS3 release (because as others have noted, Japan is slower to adopt new home consoles).

[DragonSlayer45]

The PS3 version should never have existed to begin with, if I'm blunt. Sorry if that offends anyone, but really, why did they think it was a good idea to release this game for PS3 AND PS4? Shoulda been a no-brainer that the PS3 would hold it back a lot.

Other than the obvious fact that the PlayStation 4 wasn't even out when ARR launched, and the PlayStation 3 already had a large market compared to a platform that had yet to be released, they promised 1.0 on PS3 and that backfired spectacularly. ARR releasing on PS3 was simply fulfilling that promise.

That's not true this year almost every big time game isn't ps3 anymore. It was last year. PS3 isn't getting supported anymore for the big AAA games.

You might want to check your crystal ball again. PlayStation 3 is still getting tons of support this year in Japan, and as far as Square Enix is concerned, that's their main market.

[Kuwagami]

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1) you are the one saying that the PS3 playerbase is weak, when in fact most JP console players favor PS3 over PS4. YOU have to prove your claim, or you just end up using the burden of proof reversal fallacy. As for my claim, you just have to check the japanese market for consoles. PS4 has still to impose itself over PS3.

2) JP players represent ~30% of the playerbase and are the main audience of this Japanese-style game made by a japanese devs team. They do not even need to consider the occidental playerbase because occidentals are usually jumping on the bandwagon and buying consoles when they utterly lack of any interest. Thus the only playerbase that really matters when it comes to dropping the PS3 or not is the JP one.

[Derio]

Until the PS3 population for this game drops significantly in Japan. It will continue to stay. However Yoshi said they are unsure about the next expansion going on PS3. Regardless Playstation said the PS3 servers will stay up through 2017, anything after that is not guaranteed. So I am guessing that the next expansion will not go on PS3 and PS3 support only has 2 years left for FFXIV

[Amaya-Asha]

The best part of the entire subject at hand here is the OPs username.

lol i had to scroll up to read it. my plan was just some light lurking but this made me laugh and explain myself during class...

[Evangela]

I hate how SE was so fast to jump ship from PS Vita but not the PS3 version of FFXIV.

[DragonSlayer45]

I hate how SE was so fast to jump ship from PS Vita but not the PS3 version of FFXIV.

Considering the Vita's own manufacturer gave up on the Vita, are you really surprised most, if not all, third parties gave up on the Vita as well?

[Malzian]

I hate how SE was so fast to jump ship from PS Vita but not the PS3 version of FFXIV.

Wait... by this do you mean to say that there were devs who didn't jump ship from the PS Vita?

And do we want to know why they did? Here you go: 32GB PlayStation Vita Memory Card