The Witcher 2 on consoles? Developer ‘promises to try’

TVGB: "During a recent Q&A session on Facebook, the age old question of whether or not the ridiculously good looking The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings — due out on PC tomorrow — would ever find its way to console audiences got some attention."

[NateCole]

Please don't. We have seen what happened to Crysis 2.

[Ranshak]

Why would anyone want to pay 60usd for this game on console when they can get for 36usd on pc.

Same goes for any multiplat out there. People should get the game on PC save $$ and allow devs to carry on innovating. Buying on console will just mean stagnation.

[Fishy Fingers]

Unless every console sold comes bundled with a PC I dont really see how thats relevent. Some people dont have a PC, let alone a PC that will out perform the current consoles. Lucky, I'm not one of them :)

[Ranshak]

Not hard getting a PC, specially in this and age one can be made very close to console prices. Cheaper games ensure the system is much cheaper then a console in the long run.

[RedDead]

Yeah but a 5 year old Pc won't handle the Witcher 2 so well will it? 8800GTS will get the minimum specs. I really want to play but my system doesn't have the juice. Hoping to upgrade soon though.

[Substance101]

@reddeaddestroyer

5 years is a long time. Imagine someone having bought games for a PC for 5 years instead of console. if every year he bought 20 games. they would end up paying 1000usd more on console.

That itself is enough money to get a high end rig with some change left over.

20 games a year *10 usd game cheaper on PC = 200usd a year

200usd *5 = 1000usd.

Any real gamer should have a gaming PC for PC exclusives and multiplats they would save money in the long run.

Edit: the difference is even more if we count someone paying for XBL live every year, or if we count the rediculous deals PC gamers get on Steam or other DD services.

[reynod]

@substance

Lol true after all the extra people do pay to get the game on console, they dont even know if the game will be playable next gen on the next box.

[MariaHelFutura]

Because the Witcher 2 looks amazing and I don`t game on the PC.

[Si-Fly]

@Ranshank : A PS3 or 360 costs around £200, I just spent 5 times that on a PC for gaming that would be capable of running games on Ultra settings, it's not a fair comparison.

I'll be buying Witcher 2 for my PC but I wouldn't begrudge the developers if they released a console version for 360 and PS3 owners.

[xPhearR3dx]

Here's a perfect reason. I just don't like PC gaming. Only games I can stand playing on PC are RTS games and The Sims. Plus consoles have some great exlusives. I really enjoy what Playstation and Xbox has to offer, so I don't see me switching anytime soon.

[Substance101]

@si-fly

Read what i wrote. in the long run a PC is always cheaper due to cheaper prices of games.

You could easily make a PC for 600-700GBP that will run everything in ultra. Spending anything above that is only optional.

You can literally get a high end rig for free after 5 years of gaming considering the game price differences.

[Active Reload]

If they have a console, why would they spend that kind of money again if devs want to bring it to their platform of choice for gaming?

[Coke-a-Cola]

Show me a PC ...... ( no matter how lovely the lines ) that will play on a 60" screen . I know , I know .....the age old banter .

[kramun]

Mine could Coke-a-Cola. A lot of pcs could quite easily. A bigger hdtv does not mean that the resolution goes up, it's still 1080p.

[Perjoss]

I honestly thought this was coming out on consoles also, I've had the PC version pre ordered for some time now, really looking forward to it!

[Speakindatruth]

What happened to it? It sold better than the PC version?
Yes, it did, sadly. Because people want a console version of everything to experience it, no matter how bad the framerate, and it gets better sales than PC. As much as it pains me to say it, the game will need a console release to make sure the game topples all thanks to the leak--now pirates are just glad there's no DRM to stop them. Fucking hypocrites. "I won't buy this game because it has DRM, but now I live in a third world country and can't afford this game".
I just think we need a new console, for the sole purpose of running games like Crysis 2 and The Witcher 2 in 60FPS.

[Brixxer600]

Make it so . My PC is basically prehistoric , would struggle to run Pac Man.

[wohoo]

Would love to play this from the couch as well, not just a big PC gamer anymore these days. Except for stuff like StarCraft and such.

[reynod]

Hope you do know there is thing todays GPUs do have, its called HDMI port the same one thats on consoles too.

[Arnon]

You know, instead of spending money on a game that will cost you $64.94, you can spend that money on a new GPU. I bought a 4830 for that price and I run basically anything at medium to high.

[Son_Lee]

Many people, like myself, just prefer consoles. And why would it be a bad thing if it came to consoles? More people will experience it, thus it will sell more, allowing the company profit and to make more in the series. Also, it came to PC FIRST, to there's no fear of a dumbed down port for you guys. All in all, this is one PC-exclusive I am DYING comes to consoles. Looks like one of the best RPGs this gen and I sincerely hope it happens.

[Substance101]

There is fear of sequels getting dumbed down. As it is due to consoles there arent much good RPGs left to begin with. why botch down another series?

[Brixxer600]

It's not the console players that ask for games to get dumned down , it's the assumption by publishers that console players only want to "Shoot and blow stuff up" , if they done their homework they'd find that a lot of us want a more cerebral challenge

[Ranshak]

Well you forget that many of the console owners arent in their teens yet.

When a developer wants to launch a game for console they have to keep people who are 12 years or even below. At which point they have to design the game so those kids can play as well.

The same demographic doesnt have as much easy access on PC.

[sikbeta]

Nah, it's just because in some elitist minds, the more important thing are teh graphicz, for them it's not about story, gameplay or art-style, just graphics, that's why games like SoTC for the PS2 are crap for them, doesn't matter if the game is Amazing, it doesn't have teh graphicz...

[kevnb]

Most pc focused rpg games aren't massively hyped or they have evolved to mmos... but they still exist.

[NateCole]

Certain games should remain exclusive. Witcher 2 is one of them. Its the best RPG this gen for me personally. Its one of the bright PC exclusive games i am looking forward to this year.

I don't want to sound like a d1ck but if you want to experience this game as it should be played then you must get it for PC. I have always advocated exclusives for particular platforms as they all push gaming forward. PC exclusives in particular. Rage, BF3, Diablo 3 etc is meant to be played on the PC. There are loads of consoles games already for console only gamers. I don't like PC devs risking the quality of these great PC exclusives because of consoles.

[Theonetheonly]

In this case i agree
simile incoming

putting this game on console would be like moving killzone to the wii. wouldn't do it justice, but it would sell more.

[kevnb]

It will sell some on console for sure, but would it be worth the effort to try porting something beyond current console capabilities? Its about profits, not number sold. Console development is just crazy expensive, with lower profit margins.

[outwar6010]

i really need to get some cash and buy a pc rig that will decimate all. hopefully by the end of summer i should have the necessary 1200 quid for it

[kramun]

You don't need to spend that much.

[outwar6010]

lol i want an uber build because i like to hoard data the price will prob go down by the time i have money for it. The specs will be
• Asus Rampage III Gene Intel X58
• Intel i7 960 Quad Core
• 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Memory
• NVIDIA GT 480 1GB Video
• 2TB SATA-III Hard Drive
• LG BH10LS30 10X Blu-Ray Rewriter & 16X
DVD ±R/±RW
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E
• Apevia X-Dreamer 3 Mid-Tower Gaming Case
along with some other stuff

[Substance101]

X58 is old now no point getting it. Save your money and go for a sandybridge system that will cost you cheaper and run circles around X58 based system.

I would instead get a I7 2500k or a 2600K overclock them to 4500mhz and call it a day. Unless you wanna go for a X58 and load it up with a 980X or 990x CPU though that will be a complete waste and the only gain u will notice when doing video editing or professional level stuff.

[kevnb]

And im going to buy two 360s taped together and gold plated, makes about just as much sense.

[Theonetheonly]

drop the 480

get something with 4gb video memory games are the dx api is about to make a jump allowing for more than 2 gb utilization video memory.

2TB can be had for less than 100$ these days. and will likely go down in the near future

and as he said with the processor and mobo upgrade to the K series.

I'm pretty sure the cost will be low low by the time you get this.

:)

cost effective and will last you about 3-5 years especially after what we've seen this console generation where the effort and graphical complexity put into most games is determined by the consoles ability to run them and then held in place by the standardized outdated hardware.

[OpiZA]

Please, this would be awesome. It would come out months after the PC version so no worry of it affecting the PC final product

[fourthpersonview]

If there's going to be one, it's welcomed but I hope it won't be a shitty port.

[kevnb]

Well the pc version is looking fantastic, im thinking the next gen of consoles would be a better fit. So much detail would be lost on these current consoles.

[pr0digyZA]

On the witcher 2 forum they said that if they do release it on consoles there will be an expansion for the PC version at the same time. This would point to the fact that they really work on one game at a time, so it will most likely be next year if it launches.

Then console players would have to worry about the game being censored as it is a general assumption that younger players game on consoles. Just look at a game like the sabateur that came uncensored out of the box on PC, but if you had it on console then you had to unlock it.

And for people saying why wouldn't PC gamers want others to play it, I would say it is for the same reason you don't want your console exclusive to appear on another platform, eg:Final fantasy, Mass effect
I do believe it will happen though but as a witcher fan I know where it plays best and where it is meant to be played anywhere else is an add on.

[pandehz]

It will be heavily dumbed down with lots of loading screens.

Or horrible graphics with some loading screens.

The pc version has approx 4 loading screens in the entire game and extreme graphics :)

Well ignore the graphics, the story is what has me hooked but less loading is better :D

[Coke-a-Cola]

Dream of having a chance at this game .
Cut off a few fingers if need be it will still shine on Consoles .
This one is a stunner .

[pipipi]

actually if you pause the trailer near the end. it says ps1:blalala...etc etc
ps2.bla bla bla
ps3: it may happens some day ;)
so if a console get the witcher 2 it will be the ps3.
i dont care about, i got a gaming pc with 2 gtx 580 on sli 8gb of ram. etc,
dont get me wrong i play consoles too

[Darkfiber]

Why?

[MasterD919]

Not everyone has a gaming PC.

I wouldn't mind this at all...