Letter from the Producer, XLIV (03/19/2013) Follow

Is it too late? Can the situation be salvaged?

HD glasses AKA mind @#$%. Ask the optician if you need plastic or polycarbonate, hi-index (if your Rx is high), get the anti-reflective coating and call it a day.

I just need glasses that somehow magically don't get smudged.

I don't usually wear them unless my contact lenses ripped or I'm in an "off" day (supposed to be once a week, I make it once every couple of weeks...), and yet every time I pull them out of my case they're smudgier than an iPad that was played with by a toddler.

You're right. There's some argument that they help with night vision, but to be honest, you have to have 1 certain kind of prescription or they won't do anything extra for you.



Only 27 (tomorrow), so I have time



ÖGA's are nice. Eff oiling the walnut though. Gunnars are another "case-by-case" situation. If you're sitting in a cubicle with no windows on your floor, large brightly lit screen in front of your face for 15 hours a day, then I'd bet 3 months ARR subscription fee that you'd benefit from the glasses. You won't be heading home at the end of the day with a pep in your step or a burst of energy, but you won't have a headache and you might be up for reading for an hour or 2 before bed.

Edited, Mar 20th 2013 11:46pm by IKickYoDog

Near-sighted as well?

Ya, she dialed back your Sphere, or "power." It makes your distance vision decline just a little, but makes close range and intermediate (computer) vision better. You probably don't notice it during the day, but at night the effect is magnified. Halos on car headlights n such.

How did this topic turn out like this is beyond me!!

Edited, Mar 21st 2013 2:23am by Teravibe

I thought this was humorous. Thank Kachi.

It's an understandable sentiment so you'll have no hate from me, but I think the PS3 still has a long life ahead of it. It's tough to be an early adopter since they never make enough consoles at the beginning to match the demand (and who wants to wait in the cold for hours just to get your hands on one?), there's the lack of games (will you even use it once you get it?), and of course the really high initial price (why not wait till the price drops?). It's usually a few years before a new console really ramps up once the initial bumps are worked out. The PS4 is also going to be vastly different in scope to the PS3 and not reverse compatible, so these changes may make people more cautious to dive in at first.

Also consider how there were still some great titles made for the PS2 even after the PS3 came out like Odin Sphere and Persona 4. Not only that, but most stores that sell games still stock PS2 titles even after 13 years since its launch. The PS3 might not have that kind of staying power, but I think it will survive a few more years at least.

It would be crazy if they left the huge community of ps3 and went straight to ps 4 a console that is yet to be released. I agree that it will be crazy if they don't release it for ps4 too yes. But come on seriously? They are crazy for releasing it for ps3? You are talking like the console is dead or something. Or that the ff game will be the last game to be released for ps3. The community for ps3 is strong and will continue to exist for sometime even after the ps 4 release.

I do believe though as i have said that they should also go for a ps4 release as well so that they can get every player of the ps consoles.

I also think it's probably a good idea to release it for PS4 eventually, but it's a better idea to release it on PS3 first.

PS3 is a ***** to program for, per a good friend who does it for a living, but at this point it's a known quantity. It's hard to get right, but that's why SE hired a team from Sony to get it right.

It'll take a year for the big studios to get comfortable programming for the PS4. Realistically, I would think FFXIV on the PS4 would have to be a Christmas 2014 or early 2015 thing at best.

Edited, Mar 21st 2013 7:42pm by catwho

I dont normaly post I just read this forum everyday when im bored at work.. But I have to say I feel like its silly to take Poubelle seriously. Ive seen him state several times that he says things JUST to make the forum exciting and not boring lol.. Reading his comments I dont even think he believes what he is saying or arguing. Though I dont always agree with him ill take a good Kachi read over a poubelle anyday.. Kachi has UMPH in his aruments with some solid resolve! Ostia can be the man somtimes too! ;)

Anyways..

Sure it might be harder to get FFXIV onto PS3 but in what real way could it ever come back to bite them? I mean really..? Yoshi-p has done right by us pretty much the entire time.. All though it may take a while for him to follow through with things he does however always bring them to fruition. Regarding FFXIV, has he not been plain about it in telling us if something is going to be or not?

Not only that but didnt FFXI do pretty well for the PS2 ending era? Unless im misinformed.. How did PS2 come back to bite SE? I know I played my PS2 5 extra years JUST because FFXI was what I played it on. Granted the graphics were a tad lower than on pc and it might not have populated as many on screen during beseiged as a comp might.. But I ONLY played on PS2 the first couple of years and didnt get into comp until later because windower was fun to play with.

Plus more households will have a PS3 than a PS4 release.. they would lose out on subs if they waited.. I bet if it were the other way around poubelle would be like "Not releasing it for PS3 will definitly come back to bite them!" lol.. Now if they didnt bring it to PS4 at all then that would be a bad move on SE.. But no PS3 release? I just dont believe Yoshi-p wouldnt follow through on that promise when he has stated it a ridiculous amount of times. "But they said they would release PS3 last time!" He is not Tanaka or wtv his name was so get over that! Anywas.. Just my 2 measly cents :D

My prescription on my contact lenses is R: Power=-4.0, CYL=-.075, AXIS=180, and L: Power=-4.5, CYL=-1.25, AXIS=170.

Also, I copy and pasted that from another document. It took no time at all.