They should scrap the PS3 version.

[Abriael]

This is irrelevant. No MMO, final fantasy or otherwise, should be released on consoles. Also, just because a franchise is historically released on one platform, doesn't mean that can't change- it in fact has changed many times, both for Square Enix and many other developers.

The reason is simple. Virtually all MMOs demand an extendable, upgradable platform, because the games themselves are extended and upgraded over time. Such games should not be released on platforms not capable of that. This isn't about being a PC fanboi, it's about simple facts and reality.

Nope. It's about not knowing what you're talking about

Look no further than FFXI and PS2 limitations for the prime example of why an MMO should not be on a console.

Look no further for a completely unfitting example that describes a completely different situation, that mind you has already been explained in this thread and a million of other times.

FFXI was limited by the PS1 for the simple fact that the PS1 was the *lead platform*. The game was developed for PS1 and then ported to PC. Its core assets were designed for the the PS1 and could not be upgraded to PC standards unless they were completely remade for scratch.

This problem does not appear when PC is the lead platform and the game is only ported to consoles, as assets can be downgraded easily and as much as you want to fit ONLY the console version, while the PC version can remain untouched.

It's no different from any other games made for consoles and ported to PC. Unless the developer is willing to do a lot of additional work on them, they're bad for PC standards. See Skyrim and many others.

But if you look at Crysis 3, it easily looks like one of the best PC games out there graphically, while on consoles it looks a TON worse. It has not been limited by consoles, because PC was the *lead platform* and the game has been just downgraded to fit on PS360.

Your point about MMORPGs needing an upgradable platform is equally and completely off mark. A MMORPG that runs on PC on consoles doesn't even need to run on the same engine to run seamlessly on the same server. All that needs to be common between the two platforms is the data flow about characters, enemies and variable elements and the collision map so that a character doesn't look stuck inside a wall on the other platform. That's it.

You can very easily upgrade the engine of the PC version without even touching the PS3 version, as long as the collision map of the world is the same, the PS3 version could be made with the graphics of minecraft and the PC version could be evolved to photorealism and it would. not. pose. a. single. problem.

You, sir, are just involving yourself in the usual meaningless exercise of platform elitism, no matter the fact that you say or think you aren't.