So... What Exactly ARE the PS3 Limitations

[The_NPC]

as a person who went PS3 to PS4, I can state there are a few things that are diff between both versions: Resolution detail (Texture & draw distance), number of players visable at once (good luck making to a Zerged hunt & seeing it on PS3), speed of information loading (also affecting previous example with Hunts), Effects & slight animations (the shine from gather nodes is dimmer on PS3, also "Jiggle-physics" aren't used on PS3 but are on PS4 then there the shine effect they added to floors in 3.3 that PS3 can't have)

I doubt the PS3 is acutually "Holding us back" like said (as the game is only slightly diferent between PS3 & PS4 but its still playable on PS3 (u just miss out on "Fluff" effects is all) I thinks its more SE & Dev's atempts to keep the only diff being these "fluff" effects (look at the diff between DA: Inquision, PS4 just has more background NPC's & stuff when it ant a cutscene both are playable just 1 "looks" cooler due to having more "Fluff" is all))

[Airget]

I doubt the PS3 is acutually "Holding us back" like said (as the game is only slightly diferent between PS3 & PS4 but its still playable on PS3 (u just miss out on "Fluff" effects is all) I thinks its more SE & Dev's atempts to keep the only diff being these "fluff" effects (look at the diff between DA: Inquision, PS4 just has more background NPC's & stuff when it ant a cutscene both are playable just 1 "looks" cooler due to having more "Fluff" is all))

The thing is, it's because of the PS3 that the differences between PS3 and PS4 are subtle. It's because they couldn't just outright make PS4 superior and then just say "tough luck PS3." This is a key reason why the whole modding thing they've promised to allow people to have more control over customizing their UI hasn't been released yet. Because if they released it, PS3 wouldn't be able to handle it and it would just create a huge fracture between the community because people who are on PS3 would potentially be penalized for not being able to have certain aspects only accessible through PS4/PC.

Content is also developed with mininum requirements in mind, while they can make it look nicer or slightly increase the head count of people you can see in PS4/PC, they can't release content that would hinder PS3 players ability to play through it. So with that respect the slight differences are due to having to keep that in mind.