Brief interview with Matt Higby, PS2 coming to PS4?

Memeotis · 2012-12-04, 11:10 AM

What do you guys make of this?

Interview begins at 10:05

Tooterfish · 2012-12-04, 11:18 AM

Planetside 2 on console? Sounds like free XP to me

Memeotis · 2012-12-04, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by Tooterfish

Planetside 2 on console? Sounds like free XP to me

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't make it cross-platform between PC and PS4. Because:

1. It would hold the PC back in the long-run.
2. PC gamers would have an unfair advantage.

ringring · 2012-12-04, 11:24 AM

There were hints of this a long time ago.

Hamma · 2012-12-04, 11:31 AM

Ugh I hope not.

Memeotis · 2012-12-04, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Ugh I hope not.

What's so bad about it? SOE has already limited themselves by saying that the game is able to run on 5 year old hardware - if next-gen consoles are more powerful than that benchmark, then I don't see any problem what so ever.

Crefakis · 2012-12-04, 11:34 AM

Plus you have Dust514 on the playstation platform which won't help.

Hamma · 2012-12-04, 11:46 AM

Console's have been consistently dumbing down PC Gameplay for years.

Memeotis · 2012-12-04, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Console's have been consistently dumbing down PC Gameplay for years.

How so? I mean, I can understand overall restrictions in content due to aging console hardware and developers being devoted to providing the same amount of content across platforms, but I honestly cannot think of any features in PS2 that would be completely incompatible on console.

Babyfark McGeez · 2012-12-04, 12:25 PM

Well, that should tell you something then.

This would not surprise me at all. What better title to showcase what a brandnew console can pull off than (a polished and improved) planetside 2?

Besides we allready have aiming down sight.

elementHTTP · 2012-12-04, 12:32 PM

Higby is getting attacked by hair tentacle monster

Rahabib · 2012-12-04, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Console's have been consistently dumbing down PC Gameplay for years.

considering that its already on the PC, I doubt they would dumb down the interface on the PC, they would just create a new interface on the PS4.
Also, the PS4 is a ways out, so you have a few years before you have to worry about it - IF it comes out, which I still doubt. Since it is Sony, its not a stretch to believe that something like this could come out, but given how Sony has avoided such integration in the past, its likely to be a PS4 only version.
Finally, PS4 has the use of a mouse and keyboard, The PS Move (which isnt bad, its a good in-between), and a DS3. In Dust, most of the good players are using the mouse and keyboard.

Memeotis · 2012-12-04, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Rahabib

considering that its already on the PC, I doubt they would dumb down the interface on the PC, they would just create a new interface on the PS4.
Also, the PS4 is a ways out, so you have a few years before you have to worry about it - IF it comes out, which I still doubt. Since it is Sony, its not a stretch to believe that something like this could come out, but given how Sony has avoided such integration in the past, its likely to be a PS4 only version.
Finally, PS4 has the use of a mouse and keyboard, The PS Move (which isnt bad, its a good in-between), and a DS3. In Dust, most of the good players are using the mouse and keyboard.

If it ever comes to console, allowing players to use mouse and keyboard in PS2 would be a dealbreaker for me; not only are you giving the players who choose to use it a clear advantage, but you are also forcing players (who don't want to be at a disadvantage) to move from the couch to a desk, which completely flies in the face of the more 'casual' appeal of a console.

CCP felt forced to include mouse and keyboard in Dust 514, because in spite of popular demand for the game to come to PC, they chose to make it a Playstation exclusive. Planetside 2 doesn't face that same problem and should therefore remain controller-exclusive to keep the gameplay balanced.

Rahabib · 2012-12-04, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by Memeotis

If it ever comes to console, allowing players to use mouse and keyboard in PS2 would be a dealbreaker for me; not only are you giving the players who choose to use it a clear advantage, but you are also forcing players (who don't want to be at a disadvantage) to move from the couch to a desk, which completely flies in the face of the more 'casual' appeal of a console.

CCP felt forced to include mouse and keyboard in Dust 514, because in spite of popular demand for the game to come to PC, they chose to make it a Playstation exclusive. Planetside 2 doesn't face that same problem and should therefore remain controller-exclusive to keep the gameplay balanced.

as I stated, Sony has always resisted cross platform leaving it up to people like CCP and Valve. I doubt that they will cross integrate and instead make it PS4 exclusive. I would prefer to have it with a keyboard and mouse or at the least with the PS Move or I know I wont be interested. KZ3 and Resistance 3 are the only two playable games on the console for me

Dust is even better with the mouse and nav controller, although the game sucks.

Tooterfish · 2012-12-04, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Console's have been consistently dumbing down PC Gameplay for years.

Agreed. Other platforms routinely attempt to replicate the PC experience, but always fall short. A keyboard and mouse will not make up for the console's shortcomings, and any comparable technical specs can be attributed to 6 stagnant years of PC growth, thanks to console marketing.