graphic update?

[MsQi]

The opposite actually. A lot of people wouldnt be able to play anymore and only a small part of the players would buy a new PC just to be able to Enjoy FF14. They would lose a ton of Costumers.

incorrect, well not necessarily.

They tried, FFXIV 1.0 was the result

The whole "1.0 was bad because of good graphics" is an oversimplification.

[Lorebrarian]

They would not get more players because the new and current players would have to upgrade their computers if they don't already have good computers which can be pretty expensive. Outdated graphics or not, the game is fine as is. You don't always need fancy graphics to have fun.

[Lihtleita]

i think a texture upscale would be enough. maybe make anti aliasing a bit better?
no need to actually touch the models imo they may be low-poly by todays standards but they work well enough with the artstyle

[Themarvin]

1.0 had better emotions and many things, it just does not work in an MMO, if you seen some of the 1.0 videos maybe the flowergirl one... you would take note of it.

You don't just run servers and if you think you can do such from your moms basement and think it is like a piece of cake, think again, especially when you blown up the first raid server array and the likes, it is not something you just do, it is specialist work, and if you need singleplayer ultra complex everything in an MMO, then it will not be fun to play, not even on a Geforce 3090 or Radeon 6900XT

[Awarewolf]

they should revert to the FF7 original graphics where everyone has square arms

Even back then I was like, this looks ridiculous, I prefer sprites. I don't think it looked really good until FFX.

[Conundrum]

Everyone wants an engine/graphics update until you suggest that 7.0 should do that with minimal new content...

Then they wail and gnash their teeth because they want a major graphics overhaul, an engine update, and new content...with fries.

[Veliaire]

The hard truth is that this iteration of this game is nearly a decade old and was developed to be compatible with PS3 hardware which is 15 years old. I think it's foolish to intentionally limit a game to accommodate people with decade-old hardware. When playing an MMORPG one should expect that it will progress with the times. After all, isn't that the point? The game cannot be kept stagnant in the 2013 era forever and at some point, hopefully very soon, they will upgrade the graphics.

It used to be the case that graphics were limited to accommodate the gaming system... and with the PS5 here, it is the case that graphics are being limited to accommodate old PCs.

[myahele]

According to this interview they are at least planning on upgrading the textures, but we don't know when it will be implemented.

https://gamerescape.com/2021/04/12/s...ture-upgrades/

[Kewitt]

You will have to wait till the next ff mmo which will be about 12 years away.

[RobynDaBank]

They should first do something about the game and DirectX 11 not getting along for years now before any upgrades.