Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn

[Mavrick]

Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn’s PS4 edition beta was discussed during a Sony event in Japan today.

On stage, Square Enix announced that the beta would go live on February 22, 2014, which is the same day the console launches in Japan.

http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/09/fina...load-in-japan/

[detective392]

Hope NA/EU get an open beta for the PS4 version. Would like to try it on my PS4 one more time before I commit to buying. The PS3 beta I only got a few hours with before I was locked out and gave up.

[RaijinUT]

Did we need another Thread for this? Just use the PS3 one...

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by RaijinUT

Did we need another Thread for this? Just use the PS3 one...

Then whats the point of a PS4 forum? It's PS4 specific should be in the PS4 section, if it was posted in the PS3 section people would moan it's nothing to do with PS3.

[RaijinUT]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Then whats the point of a PS4 forum? It's PS4 specific should be in the PS4 section, if it was posted in the PS3 section people would moan it's nothing to do with PS3.

Final XIV is a cross-platform game where PC, PS3, PS4 all play together. Due to that, it would be nice to keep everything one thread instead of starting more threads about the same game.

If the game wasn't cross-platform; say like BF4 or COD:Ghost, then I would see a need of a PS4 thread since only PS4 players could play together. However, besides graphics, there are no differences between the versions, thus no need to have people posting on multiple threads about the same game.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by RaijinUT

Did we need another Thread for this? Just use the PS3 one...

.. & I get jacked for creating positive threads in the Xbox One forum.

I have no issues with this thread being created. The more the merrier.

[alphapyro]

If the staggering of the different gaming forums is going to stay the way it is I don't care if a thread is duplicated in both. I hate clicking around back and forth to view PS3/PS4 stuff as it is.

I wish the old format was back to be honest, now it's set up to be an annoyance, however minor it is.

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Then whats the point of a PS4 forum? It's PS4 specific should be in the PS4 section, if it was posted in the PS3 section people would moan it's nothing to do with PS3.

Just ignore him, he bought a WiiU.

[Havok83]

IA that there are a bit too many redundant threads on this forum

[Mavrick]

Final Fantasy XIV PS4: 60 FPS, 1080p, Equivalent to Highest PC settings

On February the 22nd 2014 Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will enter its beta testing phase on PS4 (and those that already bought the PS3 version will get the PS4 version for free), but how will it run and how good will it really look? According to Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida, it’ll run really well and look great, as he shared today in an interview on Game Watch.

Yoshida-san explained that the PS4 version of the game will have a visual fidelity equivalent to the current highest PC setting, and that it’ll run in 1080p resolution at 60 fps, unlike the PS3 version that is limited to 720p and 30 fps. It will also display the same number of characters on screen as the PC version.

It’s worth mentioning that he didn’t mention if the PS4 version will run at 60 FPS stably or will just get there when there isn’t much crowd. A stable 60 FPS framerate would be a quite amazing feat, considering that at the moment you need a rather beefy PC to keep the framerate locked there in the most crowded situations.

That said, he clarified that a DirectX 11 version of the PC client is currently in development, and while the PS4 version will use some of the new DirectX 11 features, it won’t use them all.

In addition to that, he also stated that, since there’s memory to spare, the option to use keyboard and mouse with the PS4 version will be implemented. You can already use them in the PS3 version, but the keyboard and mouse UI isn’t implemented due to memory limitations, making them almost useless. The touch pad of the DualShock 4 has also been already tested to be used for targeting.

Talking about the PS4 beta test Yoshida-san said that it’ll happen on separate servers from the live servers currently used for PS3 and PC, as the team cannot afford to disturb the current players if critical bugs were to occur. The test will happen in stages and players will initially begin with new characters, and then they’ll be given access to their old PS3 characters.

The estimated duration for the PS4 beta test is about a month. If everything goes well, data from the third week onward will carry over to the live servers.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/09/...t-pc-settings/

[detective392]

Very cool news. May have to pick this game up sooner than later for the PS4.

[Rike255]

I wonder if I buy the PC or PS3 version now if I'd need to re-buy for the PS4.

[sRSmith1989]

If you buy the PS3 Version you're gonna be Upgraded 4 Free on PS4. Sweet Deal

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by sRSmith1989

If you buy the PS3 Version you're gonna be Upgraded 4 Free on PS4. Sweet Deal

Catch is once you're upgraded you can no longer use the PS3 version of the game. Not sure that you would want to anyway but still a catch.

[Rike255]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Catch is once you're upgraded you can no longer use the PS3 version of the game. Not sure that you would want to anyway but still a catch.

Really? Thanks guys is that for sure?

[Blu-Generation]

Originally Posted by Rike255

Really? Thanks guys is that for sure?

That is for sure.

[RaijinUT]

PS4 release will be on April 15th.

[varmintx]

Some details about the betas:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/...tails-revealed

[Mavrick]

I was in the closed beta on PS3 and spent way too many hours playing it, I never got the game at launch since I knew I was getting a PS4 but I might buy the PS3 version now that it's dropped way down in price and just upgrade to the free PS4 download.

You can get the game for less than £7 brand new on PS3, so I'm not quite sure why anyone would pay for the PS4 version.

[varmintx]

The PS blog has even more details, especially about account transfers:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/...s-new-trailer/