I think we should split PC From Console

[LinaAkayomi]

Pure delusion if you really think they'll remove a section of the playerbase.
Even if only 2 people are left using PS4, they'll keep it alive for those 26$ a month

[YumieYumiki]

Pure delusion if you really think they'll remove a section of the playerbase.
Even if only 2 people are left using PS4, they'll keep it alive for those 26$ a month

Consoles are underpowered pieces of crap and on top of that you have to deal with all of the console manufacturer's bullshit (like "whom is allowed to play together with whom" which can become a huge headache when you factor bullshit such as ps+ subscriptions into the mix. My favorite was the ability to use a ps vita as controller on ps4: nobody cared, nobody did it, but Sony promised that it would work for every game so they forced every developer to do the work of implementing and supporting it).

So there's actually a significant cost to supporting consoles.

[TaleraRistain]

No thanks. We don't need the population split. I enjoy the fact we have PC and console together, even if sometimes console players can't talk much.

[SongOfTheWind]

Ps4 is not the problem you think it is

[Kranel_San]

If truth is to be told, SE is just lazy. Although I'm always in favor of throwing off the shackles of consoles if it means less technical limitations.

[Rinoa_353]

Ps4 is not the problem you think it is

It actually is, it's a 12 year old console that's been outdated since 2020. Rumors say it will be dropped for 8.0 and I hope it does, PS5's are affordable now, especially in the used market.

[SongOfTheWind]

It actually is, it's a 12 year old console that's been outdated since 2020. Rumors say it will be dropped for 8.0 and I hope it does, PS5's are affordable now, especially in the used market.

You are saying this as if pc low spec support doesn’t exist. Ps4 is not the lowest margin they have. Games are still released on ps4, pretty silly for an outdated console? SE won’t make ff14 into some magical next gen just if they drop ps4. It’s quite obvious they don’t use the whole capacity of it even now, and that’s cause their internal engine is lacking, even after supposedly being upgraded in places.

[Hallarem]

A bit too late to fix this issue. This should've been fixed in the development phase. The console tax has already being carried and paid for year after year. So it is what it is.

Whoever is running the marketing team needs to get fired or their Sony deals reconfigured. They missed out a huge market for locking FFXVI on console only, by the time it released on PC nobody was interested in it and had watched the lets plays already. As mediocre and marred with the grand "formula" as 16 was too, wouldve still sold more if it was console AND PC. But Japan is still stuck in the console age, they only gave up floppy disks like... 2 years ago? And are still using fax machines. It's a land of many wonders, both 50 years ahead and 50 years behind at the same time.

At least the phone version will be done separately, so kudos to SE on that.

[Ardeth]

We don't need to. There's only a few instances in hunts and exploratory content, and those can easily be solved by finding whatever goldilocks amount of time something has to be immune for so that the majority of people can get credit.

Splitting the community is stupid.