February 5th Announcement, Realistic Expectations Thread

[MachaYum]

Realistic expectations:
- Expansion announcement
- Yoshi wearing t shirt hint as usual

Unrealistic expectations:
- character creator improvement
- PS4 support dropped and moved to Ps5
- graphics engine upgrade
- Hempen Camise/Pantalette outfit’s race restrictions removed
- Blitzball
- Viera Male/Hrothgar Female
- Basically anything
- Male races get better beards

I don’t know, maybe I’m being too pessimistic, but I’m just so used to dissatisfaction from the dev team that it doesn’t even faze me anymore...and I just expect it. So when yoshida says “feel free to have high expectations” for February 5, I can’t help but see that as a troll statement.

[Infindox]

No to ps4 support drop. You do realize a significant amount of people not only play on ps4, but have not been able to get a ps5 because of how difficult it is to even get one? I could see it down the line when/if they ever are readly available, but as of now that would cut a huge chunk of players out.

[Wrestlefire769]

No to ps4 support drop. You do realize a significant amount of people not only play on ps4, but have not been able to get a ps5 because of how difficult it is to even get one? I could see it down the line when/if they ever are readly available, but as of now that would cut a huge chunk of players out.

Would not be shocked, would not be shocked if the playerbase cheers it like they did the end of the PS3 support.

[Mansion]

Would not be shocked, would not be shocked if the playerbase cheers it like they did the end of the PS3 support.

PS3 launched in late 2006 / early 2007. They dropped the PS3 support in 2017. PS4 launched in late 2013 / early 2014. 2021 is a bit too early to drop it, in my opinion.
Besides, I think it's the lowest PC specs that are now "weighing down" ffxiv's upgrades, not PS4. I would not be surprised if they actually upped the minimal PC configuration this time around.

[wereotter]

Would not be shocked, would not be shocked if the playerbase cheers it like they did the end of the PS3 support.

Two differences here, PS5 is still a pretty recent system, so likely it will continue to support both PS4 and PS5 similar to how they launched with Heavesnward. Also the myth of "PlayStation limitations" has been debunked by the developers themselves. While the PS3 did hold back certain options for the game, PS4 does not. In an attempt to keep the game accessible to more people, now, as explicitly stated by the developers, it's lower end PC players holding back what they can do with the game.

As for the original question:
I expect we'll get the name of the expansion and the short version of the trailer.
We might get an announcement of one job and some other kind of teaser to look forward to

I think we're operating on a reduced timeline here when it comes to announcements so we'll probably see something in between what we could normally expect in the 1st and 2nd fanfest. They're going to leave themselves a lot more to announce and hype up, but still maybe give us a little more than we'd otherwise initially get.

[Styrmwyda]

No to ps4 support drop. You do realize a significant amount of people not only play on ps4, but have not been able to get a ps5 because of how difficult it is to even get one? I could see it down the line when/if they ever are readly available, but as of now that would cut a huge chunk of players out.

This. They might not even make a PS5 version, just have people be able to play the PS4 version on PS5.

[Ranhansha]

I hope "high expectations" means high expectations for Yoshida and not just "Expansion Announcement", cause that would just be late news.
I am really excited about the next expansion, but I want to be hyped about something else. And male Viera plus finishing the unfinished races would be a nice start too.

[Lauront]

I hope "high expectations" means high expectations for Yoshida and not just "Expansion Announcement", cause that would just be late news.
I am really excited about the next expansion, but I want to be hyped about something else. And male Viera plus finishing the unfinished races would be a nice start too.

High expectations = the expansion is being released at all.

But I agree. For "high expectations", I don't just want something like "the expansion will be out a bit earlier", "more glam slots", "2 new jobs" etc. Some of the stuff the OP put under unrealistic, like CC enhancements or graphics upgrades, is what I'd class as "high".

[Doki]

If it's like the previous expansion announcements, we're just getting a name, and a few starting area photos, before being told to look forward to the digital fan fest for more info.

[Genz]

Blitzball is totally realistic.

But it doesn't mean we'll actually play blitzball ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maybe we won't even see the match playing ; like airship exploration. They've been able to sell this kind of sh*t for 7 years, they're not stopping now.

and even if by some miracle we actually play, we need another miracle for it to play better than chocobo races.