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3/29/2013 8:49:54 PM
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Destiny : Why limit such an exciting game to consoles?
Hi all,
As an owner of both a XBOX 360 and a custom built PC, and as someone who prefers their FPS games with mouse and keyboard interfaces (yes, I'm that old), I'm wondering why Bungie has decided to limit their new IP to just consoles?
I know that both the PS4 and new XBOX will have much beefier hardware than the current generation of consoles are furnished with, but neither of them compare to the PC I've built (and mine is modest compared to most), so why not harness the power of Windows based platforms and also do a PC version at launch?
Sure, the game may come to PC's later in the same way Halo eventually came to the PC, but I'd hope that triple A developers like Bungie would recognise that PC gaming is just as relevant as console gaming and given it the same respect.
It's a shame, and if I'm honest a bit disappointing.
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Okay I'm honestly getting tired of the entire "please release Destiny on PC" bitching parade. I know that there are a lot of people who prefer PC's over consoles and I know that a lot of people have custom built their PCs to handle the best games available. Here's the thing though. In reality the amount of PC gamers is actually dwarfed by the amount of console gamers. If you don't believe me then go an look it up. In addition to this it would require the team to build the game to support yet another system (2 if you include mac) which essentially means more time and money spent on development. Finally, no one from Bungie ever said that it was not going to be released on the PC. It may very well be released at a later date, just like Halo was. Destiny is supposed to be an all immersive world where a multitude of players can interact with one another. Every time you start up the game is supposed to be different. How well do you think such a world will fare on PCs (and macs) when the majority of players are console based? It won't be the same experience. So by not announcing it for the PC, Bungie has basically asked its fans and future customers to purchase it for a console where they will be able to experience the full experience.
