February 5th Announcement, Realistic Expectations Thread

[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.