Steveymoo :
Thief 4 - *drool*
I hope it's not a console exclusive.
it at the very least wont be xbox exclusive, square doesn't have the money for that
sincreator :
JeanLuc :
Now that the PC, PS4 and the new Xbox are all on the same x86 it's more likely that there will be more games coming to the PC that were once console exclusive. Anyway Thief is PC staple there's not a dogs chance that it will be console only.
Sad thing is that if the money is right, ANY game can become a console exclusive. Look at Halo and Gears of War for example. They both had their original games come to PC and had lackluster sales compared to their console counterparts, so it became a waste of money to bother with the PC for the future titles.(devs blamed piracy on PC though for the poor sales) Then they became exclusive to the console sadly, and they became draw in titles for the 360.
Bottom line, if M$ and Sony start fighting for exclusive titles, which I expect to make or break this generation of consoles, we may see other PC franchises go console exclusive. With poor sales in certain genres on PC, it's not hard to imagine.... I hope not though.
hell, with it all be x86 cores, there is a fairly high chance for emulation to happen without the pc needing to be 8X as powerful as the console its emulating. but for a pure console exclusive, and not just timed... you are looking at spending 20-30 million on a AAA game, microsoft does not see the game market as a main focus, they see apple and google as one, and they are using their gaming platform as a tool in that fight, which in turn is alienating the gamers who may have gotten the system.
hell the wosrt thing they did was nix backwards compatibility altogether, the 360 doesnt have a long life cycle and at one point in time had a 75% fail rate. the 360 has some great exclusive games that without emulation would be lost forever.
somebodyspecial :
And all will look better on my PC.
If I want them on my TV I'll buy a shield to go with my 20nm maxwell next year
By that time they'll have that tech out of beta.
I can't believe anyone is happy about this being the standard for 8yrs. Mobile will be kicking their arse 2yrs after release and hitting 4k before next gen hits 4-5yrs. These are already dead, console lovers just don't get it yet.
Just google GDC 2013 survey for the chart that shows where gaming is going. 40% planning pc projects, 60% planning mobile. Less than 15% planning ANY games for other stuff (next gen come in at 11%). Handhelds are under 5%...LOL.
how is that graphics level ok for 8 years...
because graphics no mater how much you think otherwise are not important in the least.
do we have good enough graphics to convey what whe need
CHECK
are the textures not jaw droppingly bad (CURRENT PC)
CHECK
more power should mean the difference between playing at 30fps with frame drops to 60fps with no framedrops
and to throw morons on the pc who get 2 way sli or higher, give them 120fps and some additional lighting effects
we souldnt make the games to always have those stupid lightning effects because how many people will see them?
at best 50000 of what 5 million sales?
if you make the game retardedly graphically impressive, by the time the power to play your game really comes around to the normal (not insane i spend 3 grand on the gpus alone) will they still want to play your game?
lets ask this, crysis is a great game, i enjoy playing it, but how many people now who get a decent gpu, the more casual, will go and play a 5-6 year old game?
catering to the high end in any significant way is just stupid.