They should scrap the PS3 version.

[Kinseykinz]

well WoW upgrades every expansion to use the new tech out there. proof it works to stay on a scalable platform

There is no reason that over time, they WON'T keep scaling this game for both PC and later, Playstation 4. (I believe Yoshi P even said/hinted during the last live letter that they do plan on upgrading the game overtime) However, currently, the market is better supported using the PS3 and PC model. Not everyone has 'awesome' rigs. Go check out some of the benchmark scores posts. There are people playing on all sorts of machines due to what they can afford, how much graphics matter to them personally, space, etc.

Also, by marketing to the PS3 crowd, you get to market to an otherwise untapped MMO playerbase. PS3's are more affordable than gaming computers, and not only that, but as I don't believe there are PS3 MMO's, or at least there would be very few, the competition to keep the players attention on FFXIV and not another MMO is lessened. FFXI was a gateway MMO for many people, FFXIV might serve the same function.

Part of the problem 1.0 had in even getting an audience back at initial release was that it basically required a new, fairly expensive/top of the line computer...or that the user understood how to build a gaming computer. It's great that so many of you know how to build solid rigs or have the money to buy them, but not every gamer (most in fact) can afford such machinery...or to upgrade their gaming consoles/computers every 2 years. Offering the PS3 as an option to play as well as lessening the system requirements* to play on a PC help open up the game to a wider playerbase.

It's actually a good thing they are doing their best to release this game on both PS3 and PC...it is also great that they learned to lessen* the PC requirements for the game. It will mean a much larger player base which means more people to play with for us but also more subs for them to continue to develop and update the game. In 4-6+ years, if the PS3 starts limiting what they can do development wise and if the household ownership/cost of owning a PS4 is reasonable, I'm sure they will try to upgrade to a PS4 version of the game....unlocking more longetivity for PC users if needed. Although seriously, the game seems to run fairly smooth and looks great in the current version so really, what's the worth in worrying about what it could be like in 5+ years?

*I don't think they lessened the system requirements for PC as much as 2 years time has passed and people have newer machines/upgraded machines in general now. I have not compared the original system requirements from 1.0 release to the recommended ARR ones. I just know ARR will run better on the same computer I used for 1.0.

[Solace]

Psht.. See that person that can't read over there?

Please, try to educate yourself just a little bit instead of talking about things you don't know. Your whole post has been demolished just in the previous page.

When PC is the lead platform for the development of a game, consoles bring absolutely no limitation to it, as the assets can be *easily* downgraded and compressed to fit literally at the click of a button to start a batch process.

And that is the case for FFXIV, so your "concerns" are moot.

Respond like a 12 year old much?
I just remembered why I don't come here often....

[Nayto]

Eh... was directly at OP and whoever agrees with that moronic turd. What gives..

Yeah I thought you were just ranting at the whole argument in general, lol.

[Kinseykinz]

lol my first computer ever was a Compaq Presario many years ago when I first started playing ff11 XD I too upgraded the video card on the Compaq Presario after a few years.

So was mine Why I giggled so hard when he said the whole '18 year old rig' thing

[ispano]

Respond like a 12 year old much?
I just remembered why I don't come here often....

Your post, the one he quoted and responded to, can be considered just as bad.

[Solace]

Your post, the one he quoted and responded to, can be considered just as bad.

What are you the post police? lol..
Jeeze...
People around here need to lighten up..
So tightly strung, your gonna snap..

[Alerith]

What are you the post police? lol..
Jeeze...
People around here need to lighten up..
So tightly strung, your gonna snap..

you're*

Obligatory grammar nazi, AWAY! o/

[ispano]

What are you the post police? lol..
Jeeze...
People around here need to lighten up..
So tightly strung, your gonna snap..

No, not quite.

You said his post sounded like it came from a 12 year old. I said your post ALSO sounds like it came from a 12 year old.

[Preypacer]

Should check this Interview with Yoshi P from Gamer Escape:
http://gamerescape.com/2013/02/21/ga...iv-media-tour/

The first question is regarding exactly this.

Wow... Yoshi's answer sounds an awful lot like what Abriael has been trying to explain to people for several posts. What a koinkydink!

[Preypacer]

Bunch of "I know it all" kids. So you kids think if your mom get all beat up in the face, she'll stay forever ugly? She'll never heal huh? Can't restructure her face eh? If the media say this and that, you kids would be the first one up believing like "oh shiet, ice creams are falling from the sky!" Please just sit down and look cute, and let the grown up take care of the business.

And you know what make things worst? If you kids are actually adults. Now feel more pathetic.

Dayum.

I wasn't even in the intended group for that response, and even I felt the sting of it. Should step out of the crossfire here :-p

Brutal.

But fair