They can hold off indefinitely. Saw a trailer. Looked one of those games that will show its age in 3 years when the new gen hits its stride. Think Perfect Dark Zero compared to the rest of the games of this generation.
Destiny On PC Will Have To Wait
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Have we started calling this Borderlands 3 yet? Because the premise and gameplay looks almost identical minus the witty charm.
I wouldn't say PC users always get the shaft really since both consoles and PC sides have always had their ups and downs, it's been like that for years on both sides.Glaice said:
Only problem is one side wants everything while desiring the other side to get nada in return.
Desert Punk's logic would also point out that every game that's been made using a PC (including the ones for console's only) should be for PC too which just diminishes the use for a console since it's unique appeal is next to nothing thanks to how people here react to any console hardware.
I've seen PC own many exclusive a game that a console hasn't gotten and yet and PC is also getting Star Citizen which of course will be only for PC meaning Console users would gain nothing at all.
And even if the next gens are closer to PC's architecture that doesn't give everyone here the end all to be all decisions when it comes to something you want on your platform, if the devs want to take their time, let them take it, if they don't then they don't.
Hell I bought a Nintendo 3DS just for the new Pokemon and found myself buying the new Fire emblem and Animal Crossing because I bought into what was being offered not demanding that those games show up on PC even if they were made using one.
This is my logic when it comes to PC games. If you want me to buy it at $59.99 on release week then you better have it come out on a simultaneous release week and work.
If you delay it to a later date my want for the game goes down drastically and I will only pick it up when I see it for under $10 on a steam, amazon, GMG, or GoG sale.
So to me developers can take their sweet time all they want, it only saves me money to spend on other games.
If you delay it to a later date my want for the game goes down drastically and I will only pick it up when I see it for under $10 on a steam, amazon, GMG, or GoG sale.
So to me developers can take their sweet time all they want, it only saves me money to spend on other games.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to recall that a significant portion of sales happen in the first days of a games release. They are better off trying to lure in PC gamers at the same time as their XboxOne gamers.
If they wait too long consumer interest in the MMO would have dried up. So any delay in this release on other ports results in the loss of unseen sales.
If they wait too long consumer interest in the MMO would have dried up. So any delay in this release on other ports results in the loss of unseen sales.
I think they're developing for the "outdated systems" for the main reason that most companies do anything: money. The 360 and PS3 have a HUGE install base. Both consoles are going to see continued support for several years. Not putting a AAA-expensive title on the old consoles would be crazy.Psychobabble said:
I play on PC about 98% of the time, but simple economics right now says the build order should be 360, PS3, PS4/XB1, and then finally the PC. If a company can pull off doing that all at once, that's great. But, I can't really muster any real anger at them not doing so.
OTOH, stuff like Red Dead Redemption never coming to PC totally sucks. And still no GTAV announcement ...
I agree that it is about cash, but I am not entirely sure it is to stop competition.synobal said:
I consider it to be more likely that they are working on the ones that will make them the most money first. The older consoles are going to make up a lot of their sales purely because most gamers already own at least one of them already. So they want to get the 360 and PS3 versions out quickly before people all transition over to the next generation.
After all, if they released the XBone, PS4 and PC versions, then delayed the older generation, by the time it came out they'd have lost a lot of potential sales due to people having moved onto the next gen.
I just wish for once, developers would be honest and say "Yeah, we don't want PC to get it until later because of our unsubstantiated fear of pirates" ...Maybe not verbatim.
Before, they used to age-old excuse of "welllll, we need to 'polish' the PC port up a bit more" but now there is literally NO excuse given the similarities between next-gen consoles and PC.
Before, they used to age-old excuse of "welllll, we need to 'polish' the PC port up a bit more" but now there is literally NO excuse given the similarities between next-gen consoles and PC.