XIV on Switch and Xbox

[Inuk9]

The WiiU e more powerfull than PS3 and Switch is more powerfull than WiiU. A switch version should be awesome. Play FFXIV anywhere? Sign me in!

[ReplicaX]

The WiiU e more powerfull than PS3 and Switch is more powerfull than WiiU. A switch version should be awesome. Play FFXIV anywhere? Sign me in!

More powerful than a PS3! a WiiU! Play it from anywhere in undocked mode by losing 60% of its GPU!

[Inuk9]

More powerful than a PS3! a WiiU! Play it from anywhere in undocked mode by losing 60% of its GPU!

You don't even know WiiU/Switch specs to talk shit like that. 60% loss? lul

[ReplicaX]

You don't even know WiiU/Switch specs to talk shit like that. 60% loss? lul

The Tegra X1 reduces its clock speed to around 307MHz when "undocked".

Specs have been out there months prior to release along with tests completed using Breath of the Wild. Perhaps you believe it doesn't run on a battery in undocked mode?

How is stating released specs talking crap when they are facts?

[Tonkra]

Specs have been out there months prior to release along with tests completed using Breath of the Wild. Perhaps you believe it doesn't run on a battery in undocked mode?

How is stating released specs talking crap when they are facts?

Firstly: "Inuk9" is totally right.

Even the Wii U was slightly more "powerfull" than the PS3, so is the Switch slightly better as the Wii U. The Switch has 4GB RAM (wether shared with GPU / CPU or not) and the PS3 has just tiny 256 MB RAM, which is nothing.

And losing 60% in handheld mode is such an utter bullshit and #alternativeFacts. You could maybe push the power of the switch much more if the docking station would provide its own processing unit which it obviously doesnt come along with. The only thing the docking station provides is electricity. So that the coolers of the Switch are turned on while being docked and so the processor capacity can go SLIGHTLY up to increase the resolution output from 720p to full HD.

There are also proves/examples that your assumption is completely false.

Zelda Breath of the Wild for example runs much more smoother in 720p on handheld mode than it does on television in 900p (you can read that in technical reviews). In Handheld Mode full HD arent really needed because of the much smaller screen. And the lower the resolution is the less CPU/GPU power is needed (> better fps), easy as that.

I dont even own a Switch (yet) but i would welcome a switch version.
Especially if Yoshi. P and his team thinks that the switch is capable to play "Bloodstorm" and forwarding expansions. I trust in them more than in a sony/pc only fanboy that is talking fanboy bullshit. "60%+ while being docked" LUL...

[Clawbriar]

I mean, it's not really a case of the Switch handling it well as opposed to Nintendo's archaic way of handling friend lists and connectivity.

I see no reason for XIV to not be on XB1 or Switch, but it's like, literally dependent on those companies, and I doubt Nintendo or Microsoft will budge on those friendlist/cross platform connectivity requirements that an MMO needs.

[Zephanoa]

I am cool with it as long as it doesn't limit their capability for innovation... but I see major issues with trying to get -this- mmo to work on a switch given the hardware what the switch runs O.O

[dragorian]

Microsoft announced that project scorpio named Xbox one x and this will be the last Xbox as this will be branded as an living room friendly pc. This will allow cross server game play with Xbox,pc and ps4 more info E3. So I am going to speculate that by 5.0 we will see ffxiv on Xbox 10s. When this happens I will ditch ps4 I want an game console that is an living room friendly pc and I can't justify having ps4 and 4k player.

[Ogulbuk]

I'm totally not trolling here but didn't we just get rid of the ps3 for power reasons?

Wish this line of thinking died already. I think he has been asked a lot about this and clarified it's not dropped due to power reasons, but because it was too much work to support for a platform with such a shrinking user base. Add to that that Sony just announced recently the PS3 is not going to be produced and sold anymore in Japan, something SE likely knew for a while now.

[LalaRu]

As long as Switch can play the game smooth, it is welcome. It is intended to play games. Focusing much in tech specs makes you lose the whole picture. If xiv plays smooth, and no limitations because the ps3 Switch cannot handle this or that, then the console is ok.