Vrain Matari
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Posted - 2013.04.30 05:49:00 -
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Himiko Kuronaga wrote:Truthfully, releasing the game to the PC would be the worst situation possible.
You open the floodgates to all kinds of kinds of easy hacking, and as Eve players know, in New Eden the higher powers rarely stick to honor.
As long as the game takes advantage of the PS4 and keeps supporting KB/M, it should please most audiences.
I agree 100% Himoko.
Remember that CCP stated their goal for the type of wars they ultimately want us to have in DUST/EVE: open war limited only by supply logistics and bodies to fight. This will mean that the most epic battles fought in all the history of gaming will be fought right here in New Eden. By us and our podpilot brethren.
I've always been a PC gamer, bought my first console for DUST. I used to think that DUST on the PC would be the cat's ass, but not anymore.
Allowing bots and hacks into battles as important as we will be fighting is pure poison. Nothing will destroy the value of 6 months worth of covert logistics and diplomacy like facing an enemy who is using hacks. Or not. Just being on a platform where hacks are in principle possible is probably enough to turn the forums into a seething snakepit of insinuation, allegation and accusation.
Perhaps, because DUST is run off of CCP's server CCP could maintain the integrity of the DUST client. But it's doubtful that they could do the same with outside code - look at the ongoing war CCP is waging with the botters in EVE.
The PS3 market is more than big enough for now. Dust will be and probably already is a cash cow. As DUST is revealed to the world for what it really is, the pressure that XBOX gamers put on Microsoft for access to DUST will be fairly crazy. Given the way MMO's are set to explode the next couple years may be an adapt-or-die situation for Microsoft.
And lastly, it's pretty obvious that SONY has been a magnificent partner for CCP. We wouldn't be playing the game we are without that partnership. I think SONY is as impressed at what DUST may become as the rest of us are, and that they are committed to CCP's long-term vision for the game.
TL;DR - DUST on personal computers is poison - you never know if the other guys are botting it and for the epic and mind-bogglingly expensive battles we will be waging that uncertainty will leave a bad taste in everybody's mouth. |