PC Games release dates
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Just the way Devs work. Normally it's either a case of giving more time to their console counter parts to sell more at a higher profit margin or because they genuinely need more Dev time making hopefully a better product.
And if Assassins Creed 2 is as good as its predecessor on PC you really shouldn't have much to worry about.
And if Assassins Creed 2 is as good as its predecessor on PC you really shouldn't have much to worry about.
I would assume it is a simple cost thing.
The games will be developed to work on a 360 a seperate team working on PS3 aiming for a dual platform launch.
The PC team then have to take the finished product and tweak it to allow for the PCs greater range of hardware and networkability, because all PS3s and all Xboxes are the same this is not an issue for them.
The games will be developed to work on a 360 a seperate team working on PS3 aiming for a dual platform launch.
The PC team then have to take the finished product and tweak it to allow for the PCs greater range of hardware and networkability, because all PS3s and all Xboxes are the same this is not an issue for them.
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But they are all made on the PC to begin with anyway, right? 
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But they are all made on the PC to begin with anyway, right?
Exactly!! this is what bugs me also. But then they do use dev box consoles also i guess.
Take your pick as its some of the following:
1: PS3/X360 account for approx 70-85% of multiplatform gamedesign sales. PC struggles to even hit 10% unless its an RTS,FPS or PC game design.
2: Piracy on PC is very severe so Publishers are not as bothered about the PC anymore as X360/PS3 account for the vast majority of sales. COD4 according to IW was pirated over 60%
3: PC hardware config minefield means it can take longer to get the game running on a reasonable spec PC or complex game breaking bugs can be hard to fix.
4: PC @ retail is dying quickly and now the royal mail strikes are hurting PC gaming even more as suddenly its no longer attractive to pre-order games unless you pay a lot more for special delivery which is no longer a guarantee to even get them so you have to look at the retailers and many are no longer stocking PC games or do not get the latest titles until several days after the release date.
Its actually easier now to port 360 games to PC as Nvidia/MS/Intel all have developer tools which translate the 360 code into PC friendly code very quickly. If PC games consistently sold even 25% of the console version you might see them come out much sooner as PC has a potential market over 250M but also consider that the same developers might have to finish the console version before switching over to the PC version.
If all the fools who pirate PC games bought them the PC would be much more than the niche gaming platform it has become. Right now PC lags handhelds like DS & PSP so its probably close to last in sales number for multiplatform game designs. This is so pathetic considering there are more gaming PC's in the world than X360+PS3+PS2 combined
1: PS3/X360 account for approx 70-85% of multiplatform gamedesign sales. PC struggles to even hit 10% unless its an RTS,FPS or PC game design.
2: Piracy on PC is very severe so Publishers are not as bothered about the PC anymore as X360/PS3 account for the vast majority of sales. COD4 according to IW was pirated over 60%
3: PC hardware config minefield means it can take longer to get the game running on a reasonable spec PC or complex game breaking bugs can be hard to fix.
4: PC @ retail is dying quickly and now the royal mail strikes are hurting PC gaming even more as suddenly its no longer attractive to pre-order games unless you pay a lot more for special delivery which is no longer a guarantee to even get them so you have to look at the retailers and many are no longer stocking PC games or do not get the latest titles until several days after the release date.
Its actually easier now to port 360 games to PC as Nvidia/MS/Intel all have developer tools which translate the 360 code into PC friendly code very quickly. If PC games consistently sold even 25% of the console version you might see them come out much sooner as PC has a potential market over 250M but also consider that the same developers might have to finish the console version before switching over to the PC version.
If all the fools who pirate PC games bought them the PC would be much more than the niche gaming platform it has become. Right now PC lags handhelds like DS & PSP so its probably close to last in sales number for multiplatform game designs. This is so pathetic considering there are more gaming PC's in the world than X360+PS3+PS2 combined
there are more gaming PC's in the world than X360+PS3+PS2 combined
That depends what you mean by gaming PC? Are there the PCs that can play GTA 4 than there are consoles that can?
