(04-29-2015, 06:04 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: Definitely not overnight. I do would say that consoles do affect the design decisions in the game in both customization and UI elements. (Such as, can a controller get to this element? Can this be optimized for certain hardware? What if their TV is only 720p? What if the UI needs to be scaled? etc)
The PS3 just happens to be the easiest target. But if I pull out my new-ish Surface PRo 3 tablet, the game looks/runs even worse. A keyboard and mouse attached don't magically make it better.
A fair majority of the complaints about FFXI came from "PS2 limitations". Coming from people who either had no idea or conveniently chose to ignore that the game itself was developed for the PlayStation 2. The console version wasn't the port—the PC version was. Expecting the game to run better just because the PC is supposed to be more powerful is like slapping a Chevy Vega engine in a Chevelle SS and expecting it to run like a 454. I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just saying the same thing that Warren is: There are serious resources to consider other than "Oh, they can do it."
Though, the above isn't to say that I wholly disagree with the possibility of the game becoming smoother around the edges with the lack of the PS3 support. To suggest otherwise is brain-foamingly rabid. But I scoff at the idea that Square is just going to stop what they're doing, drop PlayStation support and re-texture map, motion capture, physics define and general engine overhaul just because. Doubly so when they've shown nothing of the sort with FFXI and nearly every design choice in XIV has had some semblance of resource conservation buried in it.
