KalOfTheRathi
Talon Strike Force LTD
Orion Empire
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Posted - 2013.04.27 00:52:00 -
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Geth has it right. The vast majority of comments that include PC means Planetary Conquest.
On the possibility of a Personal Computer version get your head out of the sand. DUST runs on UnReal 3.something. It was cheap solution and gave the new developers in Shanghai a way to learn how to do FPS on consoles. It works okay at 720p. There are some limitations because it is an older UnReal engine. However, it was a very good business decision by CCP.
Now, recall that Sony announced the PS4. Simply put it is an underpowered PC. It will have some advantages in that it is not running the Blue Screen of Death OS and the RAM is all higher speed graphics memory. Both good things. But it is running a slow speed, low wattage portable APU (AMD Application Processor 1.6GHz combining CPU/GPU) so the power of a PC is not ever going to be available as it will not be upgradeable. All of that is good news for a console.
Next think about that DUST is currently on UnReal so switching to UnReal 4, or later as they are released, is a very low risk problem. Switching to 1080P and above will be easy. Current UnReal runs on all the consoles and PCs. It will, and mostly likely is, running on both the PS4 and the Xbox Whatever. Releasing on all platforms will be nothing more that a configuration change for the most part.
None of this will happen if Sony decides to maintain its exclusive contract with CCP. If and when that expires the release to a PC could take weeks or less to realize. If I was running the show, I am not nor does anybody want me to, the PC release would happen the day the exclusive contract expired. No more PSN 8GB file system limitations. No additional Sony Network issues and CCP has many developers that already know how to work the network issues with PCs. They even release on Steam today.
If Sony has their good corporate hat on They will not let DUST go. That have no money in it, they get a percentage of all Packs and AUR is purchased through the PS Store. Instead of a PC release there will be some form of a PS4 release. How that works in relation to the PS3 is not really any concern at this moment. |