The end of Playstation 3 support.

[Vanitas]

WHO ELSE IS PLANNING TO THROW A BEACH PARTY IN MIST FOR THIS AMAZING EVENT?!?!?!?!?

Oh and the Lodestone post for that is up. Appearently they're putting up the upgrade campaign again till December so that's pretty cool.

[Lunafreya]

Hmmm, looks like someone needs to get out more.

[ErryK]

Hmmm, looks like someone needs to get out more.

[Serilda]

I think it's a bit mean-spirited to be honest. I'm on PS4 - the PS3 version is objectively terrible to play on anyway - but I played the PS2 version of FFXI from its year of release to the year it ended service and the constant clamouring for me to leave the game made me never visit its forums. With FFXIV, the console gamers who were signed up for the beta from its initial announcement already missed out on the whole of 1.x and have had to endure years of barbs and criticism from privileged people who think their own hunger for better textures and features trumps the right of others to play the game at all. Even though there's no evidence those better features are coming, or that the majority of them are even being held back due to the PS3 in the first place.

Even though the actual problem now is obviously going to be old PCs (32-bit setups, graphics drivers as explicitly cited by YoshiP in interviews) I just know that 'PS4 limitations' is going to be the new refrain from people too ignorant to concede that not everyone on Windows is running a tricked out gaming box (or that many limitations are related to servers/network considerations). Even though my PS4 is a million times better as a gaming machine than my PC, I'm preparing to hear the whining once again.

I support the end of PS3 service in this case, but I think the community reaction to the announcement is utterly mean-spirited.

[ErryK]

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From what Yoshida said at Fanfest, he said they would use the extra power of the PS4 to display more of the game/visible area rather than increase the graphical fidelity/attributes of the game.

[Alienicon]

I'm glad. Consoles bring the game down a lot. PC users can't have addons etc. At least PC users can upgrade graphics.

[LalaRu]

Consoles bring the game down a lot.

I've a PC that is getting old and now barely keeps pace at low settings, and any "upgrade" worth of that name, means just buy a new rig gtx equipped, and give out about 2k $ for it.

A ps4 is just 200$ and run the game fine, SB too. This is the reason I decided to "upgrade" to a console rather than throw 2k $ to a pc just to play a single game. That's the reason I will be able continue to play XIV, when it comes SB, because when it comes, I'm quite sure my PC is not prepared.

On my case, consoles let me continue to play.

[Alienicon]

2K? I am running a 670 video card with everything on max. PC is worth about 5-700 bucks. And guess what. I can do a WHOLE lot more on it than a console. PC users are deprived of a lot of amenities because it has to stay toned down for console users. I'm not necessarily debating PC vs. Console. Just saying the game could be a whole lot more if it went PC only. My biggest complaint is not being able to use addons. UI changes, scrolling combat text things like WoW has.

[Serilda]

I'm glad. Consoles bring the game down a lot. PC users can't have addons etc. At least PC users can upgrade graphics.

For some people, the end of PS3 support means the end of FFXIV for them. Upgrading to a PS4 simply costs more than they can afford, at least if they don't take a long period out from their subscriptions to save up. That's why the developers are so sensitive when they bring the topic up and politely ask people to do their best to upgrade, and why they politely beg people to move from 32-bit PC systems to modern ones instead of cutting out what amounts to being the majority of PC gamers in entire regions.

While I hope that the majority of people will be able to continue playing, please understand that you come across very poorly celebrating in other people's misery in order to obtain benefits for yourself which probably don't even exist in any tangible form. 1.0 was PC-only and look how brilliant that was, and at how many mods you guys had. Oh, wait.

You say you want it to be more like WoW - yet you can just go ahead and play WoW. What other similar choices do console gamers have for an MMO? FFXIV looks amazing and plays amazingly on PS4, so all of this blind console hating is inappropriate.

I know that empathy is difficult but it's really not a bad skill to nourish. When I quit FFXI due to the end of PS2 support, my entire linkshell quit with me even though I was the only person not on PC. A substantial drop in subscriptions actively detriments the playing experience, even for self-centred people.

[Watachy]

Brace yourselves...

"PS4 limitations" is coming