So... What Exactly ARE the PS3 Limitations

[Niwashi]

As to PS3s long load times, a solid state drive takes care of that part (or it's possible, as someone mentioned earlier, that a larger and defragmented drive would do the same even if it weren't solid state). I've played on both PS3 and PS4 and the load times are about the same, but that's a PS3 with SSD and a PS4 with its standard hard drive.

The one place I do really see a difference between them is in crowded areas where the PS3 is slow to load all other characters / mobs. In the worst cases it doesn't display some of them at all. (From what I've heard, that can also an issue with low-end PCs, so it's not exclusively a PS3 problem, but I'm really glad it doesn't happen on my PS4.)