One of the biggest reasons for playing games on PC (certainly for me, anyway) is the mods. So surely the next step for Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo is to come up with a way to make it just as easy to do the same things on a console. How would you feel about this? Do you think it will happen?
Poll: Mods on console?
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I think Unreal Tournament 3's PS3 version somehow supported mods. I never played it, though. Can anyone confirm/deny?
It would require the whole PC hierarchal system. Without servers and server admins, opening up a game for modding allows rampant cheating. Also I think the console modding community would initially be significantly less talented, and nobody really knows how to mod console games.
Of course this is all just a pipe dream, because the consoles don't want you doing anything with their systems, to the point that they can get a bit nasty about some benign activities.
Of course this is all just a pipe dream, because the consoles don't want you doing anything with their systems, to the point that they can get a bit nasty about some benign activities.
What about The Haunted?Irridium said:
On topic, I don't think it will happen. The companies love the control they have over the consoles. I don't see why they would give it up. It's not like they'll get more money from letting people make their own content instead of forcing them to pay them money for it.
For whatever reason, the poll didn't appear. No matter though, I'm sure some interesting discussion will come of it.
Anyway, in answer to my own question:
I think it's possible that mods will become viable on consoles, though I'm not sure it'll ever happen.
Anyway, in answer to my own question:
I think it's possible that mods will become viable on consoles, though I'm not sure it'll ever happen.
Nope, not ever.Calum_M said:
A couple of games have tried (UT3 in main) and a few games like Timesplitters and Halo 3/Reach have tools to generate user content, but console makers hate mods.
They are desperately trying to monetize everything that user generated mods cater for (new maps, skins, weapons, game modes, full conversions etc), paid map packs hardly exist on PC games because of this. Losing that money stream is not in either Microsoft or Sony's gameplan, it's much easier for them just to ban anyone who attempts to generate or use mods.
So far one of the best examples the consoles have are things similar to Halo's Forge mode which although much more accessible than any PC modding, can't even come close to reaching the type of customizeability that the PC can offer.
Sure there are less issues on the consoles when it came to troubleshooting, online cheaters and piracy, but you get the bad and the good when it comes to letting the consumer run wild with the game.
Sure there are less issues on the consoles when it came to troubleshooting, online cheaters and piracy, but you get the bad and the good when it comes to letting the consumer run wild with the game.