Final Fantasy XIV PS4 vs PC Highest Settings (1080p) Screenshot Comparison: Basically Identical

Here's a comparison between several screenshots of the upcoming PS4 version of Final Fantasy XIV, and the same elements in the PC Version of the game at the highest setting and 1080p resolution.

[EXVirtual]

Whoa... almost identical to the highest PC settings, yet still 1080p native. I really can't believe it. Obviously the PC version has better textures and stuff, but damn.
Props to SE for there skills in graphical fidelity and of course Mark Cerny.
Can't wait to play this!

EDIT: Why the disagrees guys?

[HelpfulGamer]

Greatness Awaits! :D

[PeaSFor]

"GRUMBLE GRUMBLE GRUMBLE" made some PC only circlejerk when they see this kind of quality for a 400$ system

[Ricegum]

PS4 version looks incredible. PC scrubs out in full force today.

[JsonHenry]

Looks pretty close to the PC version. I wonder what the PS4 version of WoW would look like? :p

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

Both versions look meh. As always ps4 matches pc in games that don't push hardware. Try BF4, witcher 3 and other super high end games. Ps4 version of COD & diablo matches pc.

Really impressed?
http://cdn2.dualshockers.co...

I am sure ps4 could run pong at same settings as pc also for cheaper..

Greatness awaits.

[mikeslemonade]

"..but look at me, I have a PC" haha

[Anarki]

I really need to start playing this game again, I loved it. I got to max level did a few dungeons and got bored but I'd love to get back into it and doing some more serious hardcore content.

[ChrisW]

Mid-range PC?

[guitarded77]

PC is a bit sharper, and may be, but there is still the loss on quality due to streaming. I expect the PS4 version to look great when it comes out... I'm playing it on PS3 right now, and can't wait to play it on PS4. Really the best Final Fantasy experience this generation. XIV brought back my love for the FF Universe that XIII crapped on.

[LonChaneyTV]

Final Fantasy XIV even at high end settings equals to a last gen game. Black Desert Online is where it's at. better looking characters.

http://www.mmoculture.com/w...
http://games.mail.ru/pic/pc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

It's also going to be Free on PC.

[slayorofgods]

Those images do not look "almost" identical to me. If it wasn't for that tittle and everyone saying they look so "identical" I'd say the PS4 looks good...

... PS4 is a fine system. Sorry folks, but the PC version of this game looks quite a bit better to me.

[awi5951]

No it just means they didnt try on pc and the ps4 is the lead platform. This game doesnt even look better than guild wars 2 texture wise. That game is really detailed and you can even see the stitching and skin textures of the animal in the leather armor.

Yeah this game doesnt touch gild wars 2 at all it looks dull and dated by comparison it looks closer to world of warcraft mist of pandaria graphics update than guild wars 2.

This games graphics are on par with lord of the rings online and DDO but there are MMO's on PC that look far better than this game.

[Computersaysno]

They look pretty similar, PC definitely edge it for sharpness of image quality and some textures however it is likely the stream quality.

It's not this is some amazing thing though. It already runs in some form on PS3- it has roots that lie in previous generation console hardware.

It hardly looks amazing on PC and it runs really easily on pretty weak PC hardware. You can run it on a 6 years old Core 2 Duo machine with a Geforce 8800GT.

I would be impressed if this was some sort of high end PC game but it just isn't.

Of course we probably have everybody saying wow haaaaa look PC gamers PS4 matches PC on this game. Well it should!

The PC version is tailored to be able to run on a wide range of hardware because it is an MMORPG- thats the whole point. You need and want a large userbase and so you don't target higher end hardware.

Its just not a demanding or next gen game. If this didn't run about the same as the PC version it would be a HUGE disappointment. It runs on PS3 for goodness sake...

[ThanatosDMC]

More like mid range. The PC version has crisper and more detailed textures. Unless it's the screenshot program that's making everything look faded on the PS4 version.

Btw, is this game worth buying? Hoping to get some non-MMO player's opinion.

[kreate]

Even if u brag about how PC version is superior. most of us have a gaming PC. But rather play on a console.

[Azmatik]

Ok im gona start this off saying im a ps4 gamer but i have a good pc and love both they go hand in hand perfectly but i still do prefer my ps4 cause ease of access. Now these dont look identical at all you can cleatly tell PC is wayyy sharper but could be stream quality i play this game on pc and its amazing. @computersaysno: are u for real right now!!! And u get 5 agrees! U can NOT run this game on a 8800gt lmfao! And a 6 year old core 2 duo LMFAO wow man just wow this game is VERY demanding to run it on max it recommends like a i5- i7 for god sake. Just ur statements show me u have no idea what ur talking about u do realize even if u bought a 2 year old mobo a core 2 duo wouldnt even fit right. Plz know what ur talking about before posting so much miss information on the internet. U clearly have no idea what the word hardware even means.

[Computersaysno]

Azmatik what are you talking about? You don't know.

Minimum requirements are very low end on PC. Core 2 Duo and 8800 in fact.......It isn't targeted for high end hardware. Its designed to run on slow old configurations as well as modern systems. That usually limits what you can do.

The fact it runs on PS3 says enough, its no more a true next gen game than any other of these ports.

Seems you don't know what you are talking about.

If you can run this game on high and 1080p on a midrange Radeon 7870 and get 60FPS then it should be easy for PS4 to get a similar performance.

[Gamer1982]

Need to click on those to see real quality PS4 shots are washed out and
http://cdn.dualshockers.com...
http://cdn.dualshockers.com...

No comparison look at the building in the back and the details e.g. you can easily make out the bricks on PC version. Thats because PS4 has overkilled the blur filter to make up for lack of graphics. Dont get me wrong it blows the PS3 version out the water but its supposed to the PS3 has 512mb RAM. It doesn't touch the PC version. Oh and this says nothing about PC it says more about the game. As you can max this out on PC on a £400 PC.

[ATi_Elite]

1. PS4 has a HD7850 in it (laptop version) so it should produce good graphics. No one is denying that a HD7850 is a great GPU!

2. This game is not a Graphical tour de force so I expect a WiiU to produce the same results.

3. Some colors are still washed out and you still have Low detail in many areas as the Devs are sacrificing color contrast and Detail in order to do something else on the PS4.

Capped at 250 watts the PS4 can only do so much but what it does is GREAT! For $400 it's AWESOME, It's Incredible, It cures cancer! there I said it you happy?

The PS4 is wonderful but I'm not gonna sit here and PRETEND or BE BLIND or BE A IGNORANT FANBOY and act like it has NO LIMITATIONS when DAY 1 The Frostbite 3 revealed those limitations.

5. I only wrote this after reading so many Negative comments made towards PC Gamers and NO PC Gamer even made a comment.

So obviously you fanboys are thinking about PC gamers when PC Gamers are NOT thinking about YOU!

[EXVirtual]

Ha, yeah PC gamers did comment. You also need to remember that this game runs at native 1080p on the PS4. However the screens have a blur because of livestream compression. So things won't look as good as they would when you see it on a 1080p TV.

What do you mean PC gamers aren't thinking about us? They're the ones disliking anyone who says anything positive about this. If you ask me, they can't stand seeing this kind of quality on a console. How was I being a fanboy exactly?
Yes, I know BF4 runs at 900p on the PS4. I never denied that, or even mentioned the game.
Even now, they're still calling people fanboys.
Get over yourselves.

[AnteCash]

It looks like your caps key broken

[2muchw1nn1ng]

Yeah... no, I highly doubt the Wii U can render the same game with its limited hardware at 1080p, fanboyism aside.

And please. Enough with the annoying elitist attitude. It's downright childish.

[FlyingFoxy]

Well, considering the desktop 7850 is less powerful than my 4 year old 5870, i guess the PS4 is less powerful than that..

http://www.hwcompare.com/12...

Btw my 5870 is worth about £80 now, so yeah.. paid about £300 for it @ launch, cracking card to last all this time though.

[Gohadouken]

"So obviously you fanboys are thinking about PC gamers when PC Gamers are NOT thinking about YOU! "

Oh the irony and hypocrisy . You care on a daily basis . No one usually ever summons you and yet guys like you would pop up in completely unrelated subjects , unlike this peculiar one , to " enlighten the masses" .

[Dude420]

"Well, considering the desktop 7850 is less powerful than my 4 year old 5870, i guess the PS4 is less powerful than that.."

Umm, no, the card you're reffering to is the HD 6850. At stock, the HD 7850 is slightly faster than the 5870. Not only that, but its newer architecture makes it more power efficient and has better overclocking. There's a reason AMD hit it big with the HD 7xxx series.

And regarding the PS4, we're talking about an APU here, not a discrete card. I'd say that performance is impressive for the type of chip the PS4 uses.

[fr0sty]

Having an APU can actually give performance advantages, as both CPU and GPU reside on the same chip and (in the consoles) have custom buses that connect the two together that you won't find on PC. PS4's GPU also can queue up more asynchronous compute commands at once than pretty much any PC GPU on the market today (though that will change soon), and doesn't have bloated middleware and operating system overhead to deal with. If you need to know just how much performance is lost to that, just look at AMD's mantle tech demos. They go into detail about what mantle enables that typical directX PC's can't. And yes, Mantle is PC tech and it will bridge the gap I mention above, but so far it is only available in one game and doesn't work on Nvidia GPUs.

PS4 isn't as powerful as the most powerful PC by a long shot, but you won't see games that go well beyond what PS4 can do (that only the most powerful PC on the market today can run) for many years. About a year to 1.5 years before we're talking about PS5, you'll start to see PC games that the consoles just couldn't handle start to trickle out. It isn't because the PC's can't handle it power-wise, but that the install base of PCs that can handle it is WAY too small to justify a developer spending millions of dollars making a game that maxes that system out completely (and by maxed out, I'm not talking about running an unoptimized game that was made to run on PS4/XBO at a higher resolution/framerate, I mean running graphics and CPU functions that simply are not possible on current console hardware. Kinda like how PS3 and 360 weren't capable of DX11 features like hardware based tessellation, but we didn't start seeing games really take advantage of those features until around the time BF3 came out.

[PudgeySan]

Just an FYI The silcon on board is way closer to a HD 7870 then a 7850.

[NeoTribe]

Lol your always so mad and on the defense about consoles. Your such a sad individual. Get over it and accept that consoles are in and pc gaming is a niche hobby.

[tee_bag242]

Well said ATI.

I thought it was pretty much a 7970m laptop GPU inside - TDP's are probably about spot on.

Yeah this game isn't exactly pushing any system.

[deSSy2724]

Native 1080p means shit, its sjut resolution (pixels on screen). Graphics settings/details are much much more important. PC can do 1080p and maxed out or 2K-4K + resolution and maxed out. But PS4 cant do that because the hardware has its own limits. So, you need to make a choice..... very good graphics or very good frames per second. You cant have both (unless you pay 1000-2000$ for your system aka PC).

And all that depends on the game.

[Gamer1982]

Its 2013 it SHOULD be running at 1080p. As for the rest its just gravy.. It is looking good for what you get I guess. But the games are a joke in price compared to PC..

[NeXXXuS]

My god... seriously, PC guys... Just play the game and stop bragging about your damn graphics. It's amazing no matter what it's played on. :\
This is probably one of the reasons I hate PC gamers. Always so full of themselves when it comes to their $800 gaming rig. I'd much rather replay PS1 games than game on a next gen console simply because of story and originality.

[MatrixxGT]

It wont go away. Just ignore them that's what I do. I could afford to buy the best of the best PC but I don't because I really don't care to have yet another piece of furniture to set all of that up on or have something else connected to my tv which wont look as great as a monitor anyway. With a console Its plug in and play, set it and forget it, ect. Oh and I don't have to blabber around the internet justifying the money and time spent into my PC. I don't even own a computer, don't need one.

[awi5951]

@xJumpManx

LOL well its better than a ps4 for damn sure. i just built my sister a 7850 dual card gaming pc that runs BF4 mulitplayer on ultra at 60 fps. It didnt cost more than about 703 dollars to make.

It has a overclocked 8320 8core cpu @ 4.3Gigs, dual 7850 2gb cards, Msi 990fx motherboard, 16 gigs of ram, and a corsair 850 powersource. And it maxes all games she throws at it. I installed my copy of metro last light on it and on ultra settings it runs at 50 fps @ 1080P its a nice little budget build. Oh yeah bioshock infinite on it ran at 200 fps on ultra @ 1080P lol

[aquamala]

You can look at it either way

1) SE is so talented! Making PS4 version look the same as pc version

2) SE is so lazy! They are not taking advantage of more powerful PCs and develop the game for the lowest denominator

[Corpser]

Exactly! pC gamers like parity with ps4 as much as ps4 gamers like parity with Xbox one

[OsirisBlack]

If you think this game looks bad then you obviously have a crap GPU or just a crap CPU in general. I play this game on the highest possible settings generally at 2 or 4k the PS4 will NOT look as good as this game does on PC. I do own a PS4 and while I am amazed at how good it looks I cannot understand why PC gamers are ranting about how the game looks bad or is optimized poorly..... stop complaining and do what you always talk about and up the resolution to beyond what the PS4 is capable of..... Play this game at 2k and 90fps and then say it is not beautiful.

http://i.imgur.com/O8kzbgs....

http://i.imgur.com/hao4RfD....

Like I said Beautiful..

[kryteris]

the difference is day and night. PC wins.

[bumnut]

PC wins because you have to buy a new console to play it!

And the PS4 shots look blurry to me.

[kryteris]

bummnut, agree. These screen shots on ps4 probably are not a good representation, but there still is much missing on the ps4. I have the PS4, and I really do not understand why a 7870 gpu cannot offer the same unless they are trying to run it at a silly 60fps again. 20-40fps is just fine.

[thekhurg]

You got disagrees from the PC fanboys.

[lex-1020]

It looks good don't get me wrong but the differences are very noticeable, particularly when it comes to draw distances and object edges.

[FanOfRootBeer]

Because you dared encroach upon the territory of Lord PC, you dirty casual.

/s

[NarooN]

The disagrees are just butthurt PC elitists (not normal PC gamers.)

Ignore the agree/disagree nonsense on N4G and you'll have a better time.

[adorie]

@EXVirtual
No. I focused on the visual comparison,although I usually do read the articles.
TBH, this is more of an idea how they look against one another, than a real comparison. At least to me.

[adorie]

I'm going to be honest, the game looks muddy in some shots for PS4. Color is sometimes different, I'm speaking about the ground. Slight aliasing, but not too much. The hotbars look a little blurry too.

My opinion is that SE rushed this game. I've seen bigger environments showcased for different games that looked a heck of a lot more impressive.

SE better use the money they're getting from PS3 and PS4 owners to improve the look of this game, cause, again, I think this game is a rushed port.

[EXVirtual]

Did you read the article? It's because of livestream compression.

[Embolado]

Disagrees where from Hitagi Senjougahara, for the lack of air time in Monogatari Season 2.

[grimmweisse]

The disagrees are from angry PC fanboys needing to justify their anger because they somehow feel insecure about a console game looking as good a pc game.

[Old McGroin]

"The disagrees are from angry PC fanboys needing to justify their anger because they somehow feel insecure about a console game looking as good a pc game."

The PC screenshots look a good bit sharper. I think you'll find it is the PS4 fanboys who are now feeling insecure as it can't match up to a game that wouldn't really push a PC gaming rig in any way.

EDIT: And no, I don't have a gaming PC or a next gen console yet. Going by the launch titles and these pics of FF I think I made the right decision in waiting a year or so to jump in to the next gen. I will be getting a PS4 but I'm quite disappointed so far by what has been shown for it. How many years of development has it had and it can't even match up to this?

[d3nworth1]

Dude ATI elite and decrypt are to 2 biggest PC fanboys on this site. You can't say anything positive about a console without them getting butt hurt. So don't waste your time trying to talk sense to them.

[HardcoreDaBoss]

because the pc version looks way better?? look at the water.. look at the trees.. and look at the bridge.. more like greatness waits.

[Cueil]

because you limit the resolution of the pc version

[worldwidegaming]

Ok why are the pictures of different characters in different gear? apples to apples or they have something to hide.

[AndrewLB]

They look very close. But this isn't due to the bizarre leap in logic claiming PS4 is just as powerful as a gaming PC. What really happened is SquareEnix decided to be lazy and not include an "ultra" mode, along with high resolution textures instead of the 1024x1024 ones most PS4 games use.

To sum it up... once again consoles and their lackluster performance have caused forward looking game development to be held back

[Old McGroin]

Wow, the PC screenshots look a lot sharper.

[tigertron]

"Why the disagrees guys?"

because the PC master race didn't like what you said. :P

[TopDudeMan]

I could nitpick about the shading and the detail, but I'm not gonna. It still looks good on both platforms. Shame about the gameplay, though...

[Abriael]

What's a shame about the gameplay? FFXIV has fantastic gameplay.

[TopDudeMan]

It wasn't for me. I don't know, after playing guild wars 2 (the only other mmo I've played), I guess I expected certain things from the battle system and it just didn't impress me.

[Abriael]

Eh, it's just a matter of genre, GW2 is a twitchy MMO, this one isn't.

Quality-wise though FFXIV literally shreds GW2 under basically every aspect.

[DeadManIV]

You sure abriel? I played the beta and every quest I tried was boring as hell - I was continually asked to do extremely menial things for xp.

[Sevir]

You can see some loss of texture quality in the PS4 version but man does it look impressive!

[Abriael]

That's just due to livestream compression, as explained in the article. We'll have to wait for direct feed screenshots (luckily SE releases its press screenshots in lossless PNG, so it'll work well) to be 100% positive, but the textures look absolutely identical to me considering the lossy stream. Same for normal mapping.

[Einhert]

Texturing, shadows, water, foliage all looks better on PC.

The edges also look crisper due to better AA.

It also probably runs at a higher frame rate and can run at higher resolutions.

Not exactly a good comparison as these devs are not pushing the PC, the real comparison will be the Witcher 3.

[Abriael]

Better AA? Lol. PC has the crappiest possible FXAA and you can't gauge the AA in the PS4 version at all because of the livestream compression that blurs the image slightly.

So I wonder where did you see the AA lol. If anything the PS4 version can only improve on that, because literally you can't have worse than FXAA unless you don't put AA at all.

The rest is only due to livestream compression.

Mind you, FFXIV is the MMORPG that pushes PCs the most, it has fantastic graphics for the genre. The Witcher 3 has better definition per models, but displays a TON less models on screen, so it doesn't necessarily have a higher total polycount.

The only thing you nailed is that it'll run at 30 fps.

[sorane]

I expect smarter comments from people with 8 bubbles. You do realize we can push all types of AA through our videocard controls right? Unlike consoles we have all sorts of freedoms to fool with our settings.

"Mind you, FFXIV is the MMORPG that pushes PCs the most" That's just plain false. Much better lookings MMORPGs out there. Not sure why you even listed Witcher 3 since it's not even close to a MMORPG.....

[T900]

@Abriael

PCs are open system's unlike consoles they have this thing called freedom and options lol.

Check out utilities like Nvinspector for reference.

[Abriael]

@Sorane: I listed The Witcher 3 because I was responding to someone that mentioned it. Saying that it's not comparable. Did you even read my comment?

The fact that you can force other kinds of antialiasing via video card is irrelevant. The comparison is beteen the default PC version, that has only FXAA available as an option, and the PS4 version.

Otherwise we could include things like sweetFX in the mix, but it's not what a comprison between two versions of the same game is about. You compare what the developer offers.

As for other MMORPGs that look better, please give me some examples. I'm always up for a laugh at midnight.

@T900: completely unrelated. We're comparing the two versions of the game, not the platforms and their inherent capabilities unrelated to the game.

[sorane]

"The fact that you can force other kinds of antialiasing via video card is irrelevant." That might be irrelevant to you since you can't do any of those things, but I can and do so it's not irrelevant to me by any means.

"Otherwise we could include things like sweetFX in the mix, but it's not what a comprison between two versions of the same game is about. You compare what the developer offers." Next you're gonna say we are only allowed to compare them at the same res/detail/fps and on the same specs. Sorry your platform doesn't have options, but mine does and I'll use them all if I want to compare the two.

"As for other MMORPGs that look better, please give me some examples. I'm always up for a laugh at midnight." Uhh off the top of my head quick Planetside 2, Guild Wars 2, Blade and Soul all easily look better than Final Fantasy. I'd name more, but I'm too busy having a good laugh at your post.

[Abriael]

@Sorane: "That might be irrelevant to you since you can't do any of those things, but I can and do so it's not irrelevant to me by any means."

I'm a PC gamer, smartie. Where do you think I took the PC version of the screenies?

It's irrelevant in a comparison between the two versions of the game.

"Next you're gonna say we are only allowed to compare them at the same res/detail/fps and on the same specs. Sorry your platform doesn't have options, but mine does and I'll use them all if I want."

My platform has plenty options, as my platform is a PC. When you compare two versions of the game, you compare the two versions of the game using what the GAME provides you, not external options.
It's really simple.

"Planetside 2, Guild Wars 2, Blade and Soul all easily look better than Final Fantasy. I'd name more, but I'm too busy having a good laugh at your post."

Aside from the fact that Planetside 2 isn't a MMORPG, all the titles you listed are trounced mercilessly by FFXIV visuals-wise, especially guild wars 2 that is made with a slightly improved version of an engine that was already old when Guild Wars 1 was released.

Try again, and you might want to actually google some pics of those games, because it doesn't seem to have ever played them :D

[sorane]

"It's irrelevant in a comparison between the two versions of the game." Maybe in your shallow world but not mine.

"When you compare two versions of the game, you compare the two versions of the game using what the GAME provides you, not external options.
It's really simple." Maybe you have to work within those constraints, but I don't I have plenty of options. It's really simple.

"Aside from the fact that Planetside 2 isn't a MMORPG, all the titles you listed are trounced mercilessly by FFXIV visuals-wise, especially guild wars 2 that is made with a slightly improved version of an engine that was already old when Guild Wars 1 was released.

Try again, and you might want to actually google some pics of those games, because it doesn't seem to have ever played them :D" Now you're just being troll #34567677 on this site since I have played all of those games so I know for a fact what I said is true. You just seem like a fanboy who can't accept the truth. Saying "trounced mercilessly" just proves you have no clue about the graphics in those games. Saying GW2 uses a "slightly improved old engine" is like saying Half Life 2 and Call of Duty does also since they use some Quake code.

[Abriael]

@Sorane:

Exhibit A Guild Wars 2:
https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloud...
(lol at those trees)

Exhibit B Final Fantasy XIV:
http://www.dualshockers.com...

B trounces A under every possible point of view: art direction, texture quality and resolution, polycount, effects, normal mapping and everthing else, both on characters/monsters and environments.

Guild Wars 2 tries very hard to hide its graphical mediocrity behind an enormous wall of bloom, but only newbies get tricked by that.

"Maybe you have to work within those constraints, but I don't I have plenty of options. It's really simple."

you have to work with those constraints if you want to compare two versions of the same game, not the two platforms regardless of the game.

This isn't a comparison between PC and PS4 in general.

[sorane]

@abriael

Exhibit A Final Fantasy XIV:
http://i.imgur.com/88IJhvR....
http://www.darkcarnival.co....
(lol look how horrible that game looks)

Exhibit B Guild Wars 2:
http://www.guildwars2guru.c...

Lesson learned: I can cherry pick screenshots also.

Rest of your post is just rubbish.

[Carheadbutt]

I'm pretty sure Abraiel's screenshot is from ANet. Also I'm pretty sure your FFXIV shots were taken on min settings because mine looks better than that.

[Einhert]

You seem extremely butthurt, the blurred edges of objects are clearly visable even with the "compression" of the live stream.

The differences are noticeable to anyone who has gamed on PC.

Also lol at your screenshot of Guild Wars 2, nice job having it on medium settings and using a screen from an old version of the game.

http://i.imgur.com/tLjqs.jp...

Argue about AA methods all you like, fact is the objects in the PC look crisper, the colours in the PS4 version look flat.

But keep up the "I'm a PC gamer 2 guise" facade, you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about and you contradicted yourself completely.

[hiredhelp]

FXAA
MSAA
MLAA
TXAA
SMAA
Just to name most common used today.
Heres the problem here when compareing not that i feel it needs to be firstly please state your video card used show proof the settings anyone can say max or ultra settings.
Secondly APU On PS4 Is limited AA it cant be helped also please Note unlike steam box ps4 does not hold a full fledge PCI Card ..
Yes PC has options many without injectors but really do we need scrap going into next gen we all bennifit.
More memory bigger games better graphics and DX11

[adorie]

"
The fact that you can force other kinds of antialiasing via video card is irrelevant. The comparison is beteen the default PC version, that has only FXAA available as an option, and the PS4 version. "

I usually agree with your opinions, but sometimes, like today, I do not.

This is a comparison. PC Versus the PS4.
The screens for the PS4 look like crap. Plain and simple. It's probably compression as I can't write PS4's graphical muscle off that easily.

Now, AA is relevant because when you truly want to compare both (PS4, PC) you will need to play to both's strengths. Now, from the looks of these screens, the strengths of the PS4 aren't being utilized very well, there's compression and or both.

Now, as for the Witcher 3? Nvidia's Fur tech alone will probably bring VGA's to their knees.
The textures and new tech behind this game are leaps and bounds beyond FFXIV.

Lastly, you seem to enjoy the game, so don't take this like it's some e-peen measuring on my part.
I just don't agree with some of your comment. :)

I forgot one last thing, Don't forget that The Witcher 3 is going to be bigger than Skyrim. Also, did you see those textures? that foliage?

O.O

[awi5951]

@ adorie

Lets see the ps4 do edge detect xAA and see if it doesnt catch fire and explode then you can talk.

[awi5951]

The witcher 3 wont be a good comparison either. Because even though the witcher games look good, the witcher 2 was a direct x9 game. And it was so badly optimized even beefy pc's couldnt run the game at 60 fps with Ubersampling on. I could run it on ultra with ubersampling on only because i had 3 graphics cards to hit it over the head with untill it behaved.

[JohnApocalypse]

Looks dam good for an MMO. DC Universe online also looks very nice on the PS4

[Beastforlifenoob]

Ps4 looks great
Pc looks great

But what the Ps4 has done is really great for only 399

[Kaiou]

Sorry but no it's far from identical , texture filtering is weaker and shadows are much less in quality and quantity.But it's a major upgrade from the PS3 version,So playing this on a big screen should be a great experience .

[5eriously]

WTF???????????????

So much but hurt over a good performance or rendition by a console?

Jealous maybe?

[SpadeX]

Honestly, if they haven't put the labels on the pictures, I wouldn't have been able to tell which one is the PS4 or PC version. Shocking indeed. I really hope that all devs follow this route where all games look ALMOST the same on all platforms wchich would lessen the need to read/watch comparisons of games versions.

[brich233]

The PS4 pics look like from a stream. PC is obviously higher quality.

[kx11]

you guys need to see what SweetFX can do to FF14 on PC

those vanilla shots of both versions are pale and blurry

also the game @ 5120x2000 res is so mind blowing for a MMORPG

i have to say it's the best FF title i played since FF8

[LAWSON72]

They have sweetfx for FFXIV, did not think you could mod mmos. SweetFX makes many games look much better
Edit just looked at some pics looks fantastic

[Are_The_MaDNess]

its a DX9 injector.... not really modding, the game and the servers cant see the difference unless they start scanning our files.

[LAWSON72]

That is a modification so it is technically modding. Good to hear though too bad I am not much of an MMO fan this game looks pretty good

[kx11]

take a look at my flickr for FF14 shots

http://www.flickr.com/photo...

[LAWSON72]

Looks fantastic nice screenshots

[Tzuno]

Is on par because the graphical engine is cheap and doesn't require tremendous power to render.

[23478ueyur_938223]

The PS4 version looks mostly at-par visually, but it is important to remember that it runs capped at 30fps to achieve such results ( http://www.dualshockers.com... ). By comparison, a GTX 670 can run the game at an average frame rate of 100 fps. In terms of minimum frame rate, it drops to around 45 when tons of things are happening on screen, based on my experience with the game.

Bottom line being that the PS4 version is very good looking, but it is clear where concessions were made to achieve such results.

[Corpser]

If it actually looks the same as pc highest settings that just means the developers are not using the power of more powerful PCs.

Btw when a multi plat game looks exactly the same on ps4 and Xbox one, what would ps4 gamers be saying?

[parentsbasement]

"Btw when a multi plat game looks exactly the same on ps4 and Xbox one, what would ps4 gamers be saying?"

they be sayn' .....FAKE!!!

[mysteryraz11]

looks the same and ps4 version was on a compressed stream, jesus pc gamers are such nerds, more obsessed with textures and hardware then games lmao, pc gamers are no life geeks

[Dante81]

So, you're saying they're smarter than you?

[Letros]

Game looks like sh!t on both, but yea almost identical.

[Max-Zorin]

The anger is strong here. Oh N4G. When will you get some friendly members? It's too many Kaibas here.

[kingduqc]

http://i.imgur.com/FnrnVik....

"Identical"

[CapsLocke]

Lol, and this is not even a graphic-oriented game. So much greatness already.

[windblowsagain]

Direct grab from pc, vs a grab for a video and low quality at that.

Compare all games the same or not at all i say.

[kingduqc]

Id you actually think stream video quality suddenly make ever texture look like garbage but the webcam is clear well you are in for a surprise. Plus 1080p is quite low res for pc nowadays.

[Gabenbrah]

Can't wait to see the differences in Witcher 3, FF14 is hardly a testament of what the PC is capable of, this is a PS3 port. Also 1080p... What is this 2005 for PC, moved onto 1440p.

[Moncole]

Witcher 3 will probably be 720p on consoles.

[parentsbasement]

There is 14 Final Fantasy's ?.....damn, ive never even played one of them.....

[Kamikaze135]

It's not identical....It looks really good, but the PC version is much sharper and the colors are more vibrant as expected.

[Tundra]

They look practically the same (these are screen grab shots from stream too), which was expected. The only difference is frame rate and resolution (some PCs can go higher than 1080p.)

Looks really good though and my friends and family who play on console will definitely be satisfied.

[Shad0wRunner]

Who cares what the PC elitists say? Are they gonna convince me to change my mind and not buy it? No. Are they gonna convince me it's a bad game? No. Are they gonna convince me that I shouldnt play it? No.

I have the PS3 version, was in the Beta...and will be upgrading to the PS4 version, when it goes live in April. I love consoles, I love the PlayStation brand and I love Final Fantasy. I simply dont have the money to invest in a hardcore PC gaming rig...and even if I did, I've been a console gamer for SO long, that I wouldnt want to play on PC, even if I HAD the money.

Is the PC version more superior? Sure it is. I wont argue that. Do I care....nope. For console gaming, the PS4 is leaps and bounds ahead of its competition. It may not be able to strongly compete with a PC, yet. But sooner or later, console gaming is gonna catch up to PC gaming.

It's just a matter of time.

[tommygunzII]

The desktop PC is almost irrelevant for most people anymore. I don't think the desktop PC market is dying, but it damn sure isn't growing.

[MadLad]

I am pretty that's entirely false.
Every year you see the market for PC gaming grow and profits increase.

[Gabenbrah]

Tell that the the PC gaming market doubling console gaming software revenue. (20 billion > 10 billion)

[porkChop]

Considering the PS4 screens are from a livestream vs direct screens on PC, that's really damn close.

[gamernova]

Lol 1080p.

[Rock_On_PS4]

PS4 is a cheap super computer and these excellent graphics confirms it. Why buy a $1000+ PC when you can get the same graphics on the PS4 for only $400. If you have any sense buy a PS4 now.

More gamers use tablets and smart phones for gaming and checking emails and browsing web pages. PC sales are in free fall. Console gaming is the cheaper option and offers better games than PC at a fraction of the cost.

[Kaiou]

Free fall ? , is that why PC got Dark Souls 1 AND 2 from a company that had no history with the platform at all ??? among other "console- only-games" such as Naruto Ultimate , Metal Gear Rising , Castlevania , Sonic , Alan Wake , Fable , Resident Evil , Batman ...etc . Clearly it's the end.!!!!

[kx11]

PS4 is a super-computer ?!!

my oh my you console gamers need to talk about what you know ONLY instead of making a fool of yourself

FYI the slowest super-computer costs 100k $ minimum and 60 million $ maximum

[JAMurida]

So much PC vs Console war going on in this thread... Can't we just be happy that this is coming out on PS4 and we don't have to deal with the CONSTANT issues that plague the PS3 version of FFXIV?

And as for the pics, It can look as pretty as it wants, but if the performance (framerate and loading times) aren't consistent, then it all means nothing. So basically, I'll wait until the beta starts up in Feb. to give my final say on it.

[inf3cted1]

Open both pictures in the browser and notice PC looks much sharper.

[MadLad]

So, we take a game that is far from a graphical powerhouse, note that it is 1080p (at 30 fps) and then, yet again, claim the downfall of PC gaming and that all PC gamers are now, somehow, angry.
Is that it?

You call PC gamers the d-bags, but it is becoming very clear that it is N4G console gamers who have the biggest mouths.

[EXVirtual]

Yeah, they are angry. Look at how many disagrees I got. It's comment #1. I didn't say anything against the PC either.

They can't stand seeing this kind of quality on a console, even if it's one game, one which a lot of people on this thread probably don't care about.

'...but it is becoming very clear that it is N4G console gamers who have the biggest mouths.'
Then why the hell do PC fanboys run around this site every day, stating the obvious when it doesn't even involve the PC? As well as Calling people peasants, fanboys and corporate slaves for stating facts.

This is an MMO if you didn't notice. And it looks pretty awesome for an MMO.

[MadLad]

They don't. The average PC gamer doesn't act like that. You just refuse to remove the majority from the minority. You fail to differentiate your average PC gamer from a jackass who happens to own a gaming PC.
A dick is a dick. It's as simple as that and they will always talk and put themselves over others.
You need to ask yourself though . . . how is this any different than all of the lording that Playstation gamers do over the other consoles?
It's no different, aside from them never being called out and insulted to the level that you see aimed at PC gamers and it is certainly on a level, several levels, higher than what you see from the small minority of PC gamers that act the same way.

[Drithe]

The ps4 looks great. But please don't kid yourself, the pc is still king.

However, unlike the pc, I enjoy playing with my PS3 controller and look forward to playing this on the ps4 with my 50 inch screen!

[stamps79]

PC I'm currently running the game with max settings @1080p w/ avg 87/93 FPS

PS4 is running 1080p at 30FPS. In large open areas, big events,& dungeons, this could be a problem if the FPS drops in the 20's. If SE can make sure the game stays locked at 30 FPS this could be pretty solid experience......I just wish the FPS was at least around 40+

I know I'll still pick it up for the PS4 so I can system link my account, I can't wait to play this on my Vita.

[lesrima88]

*sigh* trying to explain pc hardware to console gamers is like trying to teach quantum physics to kindergartners

[Rock_On_PS4]

I will stick to the cheaper console gaming. I am not a millionaire or billionaire that can afford these $1000 to $2000+ PC plus have to shell out more for regular upgrades just to play the latest games.

PC games may be cheaper but it costs a lot more to have a gaming PC to play current games. Consoles make do with the same specs at a lower price point and the games keep on improving over the duration of a console life cycle.

[lesrima88]

i built my pc for $600 back in 2011 and i can play the latest games on high settings,you dont need to build a powerful/expensive pc to play todays games, a mid range pc will do the job,and even if you still build a $1000 pc its still cheaper than owning a console in the long run, new console games are $60,where as its $30-40 (not including steam sales where a triple A game can drop to as low as $7) plus you have to pay for xbox live/ps plus ,play and charge kit on xbox etc,it all adds up over the years on console

[DoctorJones]

I'm not a millionaire or billionaire either, and I didn't spend $1000-$2000 on my pc. So much false information about pc gaming from you console only guys. You don't have to buy a completely new pc every time you upgrade, you buy a new graphics card and sell your old one, which means you've may only have spent the cost of a new game to upgrade.

The same goes for the cpu and everything else. Buy and sell. Easy and cheap.

I don't need to spend any extra for online, and I buy games a lot cheaper than what it costs for my consoles.

Why you lot continue to spew crap you know nothing about is the reason pc gamers have to let you know the truth about things. If you didn't talk a load of crap, we wouldn't have to set you straight in the first place.

[Nes_Daze]

You don't set anybody "straight". A console is more practical, always will be. You think everyone has the time and cares that much for computers to build a gaming rig? Console gamers are content with great exclusives, huge but simpe online communities, a more comfortable setup in their bedroom or living room. The list goes on, I wish I had enough time to build a gaming rig for some mmos, but I don't have the time, which is why I like most gamers go for the console.

[Jubez187]

PC got sitty frames doe

[MadLad]

Explain doh.

The PS4 is the one locked at thirty, dips during larger battles.

[Jubez187]

WTF? All I said was that the PC version still have 60 FPS (a true fact). Why downvotes and stuff? The PS4 version probably wont dip at 30 seeing as that's why they only put it at 30.

[1nsomniac]

It's not really a comparison that needs to be made in the first place. FF engines have always been hand drawn art back drops masked onto very simple meshes & this one is no different so the PS4 was always going to look identical simply for the amount of power its got & the fact that it doesn't really have to do that much hard work.

[Gamesgbkiller]

You just can't compare it from the screens' stream.

[LKHGFDSA]

PS4 version is blurry as f***. Outdated hardware!
I thought the point of the x86 architechture was for perfect PC ports.

[DivineAssault]

Ive noticed that PC elitists on this site are haters.... Stay in your lane if you dont like consoles & only read & comment on your PC sections.. Im a console gamer & always will be one

[DoctorJones]

This is an article about consoles and pc, genius. Pc gamers are bound to want to have their say. Why don't you stick to articles that are just about the ps4, take your own advice.

[MadLad]

Funny, being that I see a 10-1 ratio of "PC elitist" bashing comments and just general hating on the stereotype of what you believe to be the average PC gamer . . . than what is the actual statements and opinions of said PC gamers.
You take the comments of, let's say, ATI Elite and that Lumpkin kid, and treat it as if they are the norm for PC gamers on this site, which is far from the case.
It's the console gamers on here with the loudest mouths and biggest egos. I am friends with a lot of the PC gamers on this site (and console gamers), and they are just as easy-going as the next, though every idiot on this site needs to make the concept of owning a gaming PC this damning thing that automatically makes you a jackass who spews nothing but self-righteous crap for their platform. Sound familiar, N4G community?
So, how about you chill out, actually read comments that are posted, not just the ones you envision all of us PC gamers posting all the time always, and then just acknowledge that a dick is a dick and they appear on both sides and should be called out directly and only when they actually deserve it.

[Hakoom]

pc fanboys wil always disagree lol

iam sure the ps4 can output any pc game with max setting currently.. if the devs tried
but once we step in 2015+ then the leap will show again becsause again... pcs get upgraded..

go ahead disagree... :p we know who u are lol

[DoctorJones]

'iam sure the ps4 can output any pc game with max setting currently..'

So why does this game only run at 30fps? If it could max it then it would be running at the same frame rate wouldn't it?

According to your 'logic'?

[il-JumperMT]

One word for people who play specs:

OPTIMIZATION

[kewlkat007]

PS4 is not exactly helping itself here...

[Justjoined123]

the ps4 version is blurry as hell, not saying its the consoles fault but it really is blurred out by quite a lot, saying that they are close to identical is just bs

[GruntSoldier]

Waah, waah, PC graphics this, console value that. What happened to a gamer is a gamer is a gamer? It used to be that way until the fanboys started their console occults and of course us PC gamers had to move to our new place among the heavens in Mt. Olympus itself... that was a joke by the way.

What's good for gamers is competition and that's why debating which platform is superior is essentially pointless. They all have a place in today's market. I've owned every last gen console, but besides playing the Wii with my family I've pretty much stuck to PC gaming because of this one little thing called "a preference". I know it may come as a surprise to some in this grand age of conformity, but believe it or not everyone has one and a lot of times they're different, and yes, that's okay because choice is good. Anyone claiming their platform is superior is just trying to feed some type of inferiority/superiority complex. PC elitists and console fanboys' belong in the same group of loudmouthed outliers who are both immature and intentionally irritating when confronted with the reality that other people may like different things than they do.

The real winners here are us, the gamers. It's becoming more and more popular, and mainstream and this can only be a good thing as we understand how this media has impacted us and our world and the way we interact with each other. i.e. Promising developments for enhanced mental acuity in the elderly and stadiums selling out to LoL tournaments are just the beginning of how gaming is continually shaping our culture and will continue to do so.

[ATi_Elite]

TERA Rising looks better than this!

[elweon]

wow what a shit console lol

[Nes_Daze]

Why are PC nerds so angry about a supposedly inferior version of a game?? Not everyone has the time to build gaming rigs and play with mods, just face the fact that consoles are more practical, and the exclusives show why gameplay > graphics.

[mysteryraz11]

game looks the exact same, exept the pc version is not live stream and ps4 version is, plus pc version has christmas event game sucks anyways fuck p2p games

[pete007]

porting a ps4 game to pc results on a ps4 game on pc. nothing more

[JackieCruise69]

Basically identical? No, not really if you ask me, I can easily see how better detailed and textured the PC version is.. They're both nice looking, but eh, not identical.