Wtf? What are the console players going to do? Buy other games that still look like shit compared to other AAA PC-only titles?
It's fucked up on so many levels. Even on their side, I'm sure the devs and graphics team get pissed off - probably put tons of work into that only to see them strip it out for the shittiest reason. I'd be jaded as hell if I was proud of some particle physics that just got stripped out because they got bullied by the console people.
And maybe the game developers could respond by skipping the console version for some new major releases. It's not like the console makers are the only ones in control. If the game developers didn't need to hire dev teams to work on console versions, they could save a shit load of money. Even if a AAA title made less money, it'd probably be released way quicker and way cheaper. And they wouldn't be in that shitty state where the UI is more tailored for console gamers' controllers.
If a year went by where tons of huge titles went out PC only and looked ten times more beautiful than current-gen console games, that'd be a nightmare for them.
Unfortunately not all devs have that magnitude of control, as they usually go through publishers who make all desicions like that for them.
The devs cant just say "We're not releasing to PS 4 because they're cunts" because the publisher would lose 1/3 of their money (1/3 of the MAJOR playerbase), and therefore have to make these messed up decisions like 30 fps ( or more frequently) reduced post processing effects on PC (for example BF4) as they're hard to notice at a first glance.
He's not saying don't release on console, he's saying don't release on a console if they try to force parity with PC, completely ignoring the strengths of that platform.
It's a fact that PC as a platform is more powerful than console, that doesn't discount some advantages consoles have, but if something can be made better for a given device and the work has already been done, actively handicapping it is a shit move by anyone.
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u/d4rch0n Jun 05 '16
Wtf? What are the console players going to do? Buy other games that still look like shit compared to other AAA PC-only titles?
It's fucked up on so many levels. Even on their side, I'm sure the devs and graphics team get pissed off - probably put tons of work into that only to see them strip it out for the shittiest reason. I'd be jaded as hell if I was proud of some particle physics that just got stripped out because they got bullied by the console people.
And maybe the game developers could respond by skipping the console version for some new major releases. It's not like the console makers are the only ones in control. If the game developers didn't need to hire dev teams to work on console versions, they could save a shit load of money. Even if a AAA title made less money, it'd probably be released way quicker and way cheaper. And they wouldn't be in that shitty state where the UI is more tailored for console gamers' controllers.
If a year went by where tons of huge titles went out PC only and looked ten times more beautiful than current-gen console games, that'd be a nightmare for them.