PS3 support is done

[Zadocfish]

I literally just got a PS4 a couple months ago and just re-obtained the license for FF14 on it two DAYS ago. Wow, what timing! So, I guess the news that the platform I no longer play the game on is no longer supporting the game doesn't affect me in the slightest, now. I mean, they told us they were going to do this a very long time ago, they just moved the schedule up one expansion... At least they waited for the PS4 to come down considerably in price! And once the new one comes out, it'll probably go even lower.

Also, with the PS4, I don't have to drag my ethernet cable across the room every time I want to play now, and the graphics are better and the movements are smoother and the visual lag has gone down and... it's just so much better.

[MrsFluffyButt]

Baaaaaad move von SE >.>
I dont like this game on PS4.. every1 looks so ugly flat... my chars also: not pretty at all!

I quit my sub and look for an other MMO if they still dont bring at least screensize option for the so called next gen console PS4 for our game!

Go away, just go.

[Jim_Berry]

And SE will report that they lost 750k users.

[Jim_Berry]

And in the end, we'll eventually see FFXI happen all over again when SE closed the doors on PS2 and Xbox 360 a few months ago. Sadly, I was actively subbed to FFXI from 2005 until around Nov 2015. At some point, FFXIV will only be available on PC with developers just keep it clean of bugs and other issues that pop up.

Oh well!

[ChandraNoctis]

Ending PS3 support absolutely frees up resources for SE. First off it's an additional platform that needs some level of custom code developed for it for every lower level functional change. PS3 and PS4 are not compatible code-wise and there has to be some level of platform specific development occurring.

Additionally the minimum support spec always holds back software development particularly for graphically intensive software. In this case not having to work around the PS3 memory and graphics restrictions will also free up some development and quality/testing resources.

PS4 will likely still be viable for some time. Although it is only at this point equivalent to a low to mid level desktop pc it is optimized for playing video games and so has more capability in this regard than a pc of equivalent specs. It is also running a more efficient, less background intensive OS than windows. So in this respect with PS3 gone it is low end PCs that are now holding the game back (even with increased requirements for these).

Finally, all of this only frees up the opportunity for SE to use these resources in developing further enhancements for FFXIV. What they actually do with this is of course up to them and may have no impact on our game.

[Daranion]

"I'm not generalizing, but have you ever noticed how awful PC players are in general?" Wew lad

[Lone-wolfe-02]

Alright calm down, i was generalizing, it's just this thread it's not very nice you know to belittle the ps3 players for the system they play on.