Hello there. With the recent(ish) changes to the way the game works on PS4 by removing the launcher and letting the PS4s OS take charge of downloading updates, tracking achievements etc. I was therefore wondering if anybody else would be interested in seeing the game get the same treatment for Steam?


Steam has a more advanced download manager than the launcher does, allowing for download throttling and even the ability to pause the download. Steam can also take care of the parameters that the launcher also sets such as DirectX version (although that functionality is going away, along with the 32-bit edition of the game, with Stormbringers) and for those who like that sort of thing, track the achievements too (just like the PS4 has) especially as steam has the ability to track achievements with tiers as there are a lot of those in FFXIV.


Of course I don't expect this to be done overnight, in fact I assume this would take a long time. But as someone who plays through Steam and makes use of its features, primarily the download manager when on poor connections, I would love to see the Steam version get the same love as the PS4 version to make it a nicer experience for us all. After all, the game is on there and Steamworks has a lot of titles that have integrated the service retroactively including Borderlands as well as some newer and free to play games that had proprietary launchers at one point



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