Stormblood & Final Fantasy XIV: Free PS3-to-PS4 Upgrade

In accordance to related report, a new Samurai class was added into upcoming Stormblood expansion, Square Enix announced. As portion of FFXIV’s Fan Fest event, the director of Final Fantasy XIV revealed the news, the Samurai is a melee DPS type, at the same time, making use of katanas, and make sure that it isn’t associated to any other class.

Along with the announcement of Final Fantasy XIV’s second expansion pack, Square Enix also revealed that it’s ending support for the PS3 version of the game. Director Naoki Yoshida talked during the keynote of FFXIV Fan Festival about how many former PS3 players have upgraded to the PS4 version, so Square Enix decided this would be the ideal time to put an end to the PS3 version. It’s also increasing the required specs of the PC version with Stormblood’s release.

In order to this transition easier for PS3 players, now that Square Enix is cooperating with Sony, and a free upgrade to PS4 version, concerning this promotion exactly details were not shared, but, as anticipated, stormblood is still the better part of year away. To reiterated, since the game’s launch, Yoshida said over and over again that the company thanks for the support it’s received from PS3 players, commonly, those on PS3 can continue playing, until Stormblood’s launch.