Aphrodite.6950 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 I think this game would be huge on console platform. I know quite a few people that only own consoles and would love to play this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlinvf.1358 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Not with the kind of pacing and number of high demand keys needed for this game's combat system. They would have to fork the entire game play design, with its own team, and redesign the combat and control system to work under the heavily restricted nature of controllers. To an extent, even Blizzard, with all their resources, are regretting their console development branch, because half of their hero mechanics have almost completely opposite behavior between PC and consoles. And trying to back port a KBM control scheme to Controller is nightmarish compared to designing a Controller based control scheme, and porting it to KBM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fermi.2409 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 The game's controls really don't work that well on controller. Yes, people use controllers. No, it's not nearly as good as a real KBM. Also, the current generation consoles are just weak PCs, and their CPUs are incredibly low-end. This game would barely even run on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamyAbaddon.3265 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Everyone owns a PC... in fact more people play games on PCs and smart phones because it is more convenient and accessible since everyone needs it for school and work. If people want to play GW2 they can just simply download it right now and play. Not everyone owns a console, which is a dedicated gaming device, just to play a game. PC is the best platform and cost less. You also don't need a gaming PC to play GW2... I can play this game on my Surface Tablet just fine. I think ArenaNet should focus on adding more content. Remaking the game for console is just not worth the investment in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilkemia.8507 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Another "port GW2 to consoles" thread. Sigh. No. Stop it. This horse was beaten to death in the old forums already....I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphrodite.6950 Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 No not everyone has a computer, and I'm sure others have asked about a console version. Didn't see a thread anywhere to read and add to. No one is saying you have to play it on console, just thought it would be nice for those that only have one option to game on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeivu.3615 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 > @DreamyAbaddon.3265 said: > Everyone owns a PC... in fact more people play games on PCs and smart phones because it is more convenient and accessible since everyone needs it for school and work. If people want to play GW2 they can just simply download it right now and play. Not everyone owns a console, which is a dedicated gaming device, just to play a game. PC is the best platform and cost less. You also don't need a gaming PC to play GW2... I can play this game on my Surface Tablet just fine. I think ArenaNet should focus on adding more content. Remaking the game for console is just not worth the investment in my opinion. > > A) No, not everyone has a PC, and B ) not everyone with a PC has one that can run GW2. I had to completely rehaul and buy something that was made in the past two years that can stand gw2's heavy requirements on medium settings. The game is very resource intensive in it's basic format. Yes, computers are typically cheaper than say an xbox or playstation, but to say it is the best platform is relative and is it not a valid reason by itself to deny console versions. The biggest issues would be communicating with other users without a keyboard and potentially not having cross-platform play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taygus.4571 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Controller use on this game is too complicated for most people to enjoy. .and as a controller user you are at a disadvantage. I would love for it to be set up to use a controller. It's how I have to play now. ..but it's not gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamyAbaddon.3265 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 > @Zeivu.3615 said: > > @DreamyAbaddon.3265 said: > > Everyone owns a PC... in fact more people play games on PCs and smart phones because it is more convenient and accessible since everyone needs it for school and work. If people want to play GW2 they can just simply download it right now and play. Not everyone owns a console, which is a dedicated gaming device, just to play a game. PC is the best platform and cost less. You also don't need a gaming PC to play GW2... I can play this game on my Surface Tablet just fine. I think ArenaNet should focus on adding more content. Remaking the game for console is just not worth the investment in my opinion. > > > > > > A) No, not everyone has a PC, and B ) not everyone with a PC has one that can run GW2. I had to completely rehaul and buy something that was made in the past two years that can stand gw2's heavy requirements on medium settings. The game is very resource intensive in it's basic format. Yes, computers are typically cheaper than say an xbox or playstation, but to say it is the best platform is relative and is it not a valid reason by itself to deny console versions. The biggest issues would be communicating with other users without a keyboard and potentially not having cross-platform play. Uh yes... Everybody who has a console already does own a computer. A console is a luxury device not necessary for productivity while a PC in the 1st world country is necessary for productivity.. Also if my tablet can run GW2 then a laptop or a desktop can too. You dont need to play GW2 in medium settings. My tablet performs this game fine in Low settings. Most people own a laptop for school and work. In fact I never met ANYONE who does not own a computer while owning a console. You don't need a gaming PC to play this game and you certainly dont need to play it im medium or high settings to enjoy it either. If you want to play the game just download it on your computer that you use for work or school and play. It is that simple. Even a simple Mac can play GW2 just fine. You dont even need Windows. Also it cost devs time and money to remake this game for consoles when that money is better spent on making more content for all of us to enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyninja.2954 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 > @Nilkemia.8507 said: > Another "port GW2 to consoles" thread. Sigh. No. Stop it. This horse was beaten to death in the old forums already....I think. This. It won't ever happen. People need to step away from this fantasy and get real. The reasons are far beyond performance only and tie into monetisation (Sony and MS want a cut off of every transaction, not great for buy to play games with cash shop), development restrictions (to long to summerise, read up on what burdens digital content has on both consols), new server infrastructure, specific design for console controlls, more staff and a butload of other issues which I'm to lazy to list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 > @Zeivu.3615 said: > B ) not everyone with a PC has one that can run GW2. I had to completely rehaul and buy something that was made in the past two years that can stand gw2's heavy requirements on medium settings. That's nonsense. Except for my graphics card, which I upgraded in 2015, all of my hardware is 2009/2010. You could have bought a high-quality used rig like that and would have been able to play GW2 just fine. By the way, I play on the highest settings, go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriEdge.5149 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 > @Aphrodite.6950 said: > I think this game would be huge on console platform. I know quite a few people that only own consoles and would love to play this. 1. any pc can run it on low 2. no 3. no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alga.6498 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Too old game for releasing it on PS4 and Xbox1. There's no way they will release it on consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blambidy.3216 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Arenanet already commented about this. They were actually going to. But they said no. Xbox and PlayStation are different then PC. Arenanet never did console before so there will be bugs. That's not the reason why arenanet said no. Arenanet said no because each time you send a patch to Xbox or Playstation it's forking over money. Knowing arenanet they do patches each time a whole bunch of people complain. Or a whole bunch of things are buggy. Which so far on POF arenanet did close to 10 patches already within 3 weeks of POF launch. So arenanet would lose money. The only way arenanet would use console is if they made everyone a subscription. But I bet you most of the people of gw2 would leave. Therefore no console platforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blambidy.3216 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 https://www.cinemablend.com/games/Guild-Wars-2-Coming-Consoles-Because-Microsoft-Sony-57315.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokeenoppa.5384 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Is it there just too many buttons needed to play gw that it wont work on console? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taygus.4571 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 > @sokeenoppa.5384 said: > Is it there just too many buttons needed to play gw that it wont work on console? I need at least 3 button sets to make ot work on a controller and as such I'm always going to be slower than keyboard users,.so yeah, that's a big part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynn.1659 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Xbox has 1,75ghz cpu. Even with more than 4ghz this game runs like crap, in big blobs. So imagine how it would run on a console. Not to mention all the issues that come with releasing on consoles, like having every update approved my ms/sony. amd having to pay them each time you want to update your game. You would see massive delays in content, bugs would take weeks to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoarChaos.8320 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Mmos are one of the most intensive things you can play on a computer. Consoles just aren't designed for that much stress. If it was a lucrative, and easy idea WoW would of done it since they have the money to do nearly anything they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choovanski.5462 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 there is no way a publisher would port an mmo to console this far though it's life cycle. it's just a terrible idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odinens.5920 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 FFXIV is on console, and you know what happens? GCD's are increased to compensate for crappy consoles to be able to compete, making for a slower paced feeling to the game. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maulclaw.4365 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 This has been discussed and talked about again and again since release. ArenaNet has already stated the thousands of reasons why bringing GW2 to consoles would be a terrible idea. Not only is it a terrible idea, it would also be impossible. I don't think that you've noticed, but have you see the amount of "builds" that we get per week? It's several. These would count as patches for a console, and that means money. ANet is already struggling with budget. Why would they bring a dying genre to consoles only to see it flop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardRider.2980 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 This conversation has happened long before today and the answer is no. Too much time too much cost to move it to console and they would also lose the freedom they have now to push updates, fixes etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenRecoil.6103 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 With the addition of the action camera I have played this game many hours using a Xbox one controller. It can be done and is very enjoyable. I have used the steam link and played gw2 on my tv kicking back on the couch. Even works with the Xbox chatpad so you can chat in game. I too have thought how well this would do in the console market. I feel it would do very well. An Xbox one should be able to play it. We are talking about a 8 year old game here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmitz.2047 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 So much PC MASTER RACE in this thread! So people still hate consoles that much? :3 But still - the amount of rescources combined with the hurdles you have to jump through with MS/Sony mean it'll never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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