Port PS2 for consoles please.

BronzeElemental · 2011-07-19, 07:46 PM

We all know where the players are, we all know where the money is and we all know on what the players with real skills play but so far I've not seen ANYTHING about PS2 coming to a console (obviously NOT the Wii). In this day and age this is a MAJOR oversight as the console market is many many many times bigger than the PC market alone.

Not only would you alienate the vast majority of players but you would also ensure a lower quality of players if you stick to PC only. If the interface in PS2 is anything like in the original there is absolutely nothing to stop someone on a joypad with a microphone from doing everything someone on a keyboard and mouse can do, maybe even more since the joypad rumbles.

Just think of how truely HUGE the battles could be if people on XBOX can play against people on a playstation AND other people on PCs.

Bags · 2011-07-19, 07:47 PM

I'd rather have less players than a mega dumbed-down console port.

And lol @ PS3 players are higher quality than PC players (not saying the reverse is true, either).

And why would SOE ever put their games on the Xbox? You do know what the S stands for, right?

Coreldan · 2011-07-19, 07:48 PM

The problem is that console players cant keep up with people using a mouse and PC players dont wanna fight people with legal aimbots (aim assist).

Also, I find it hilarious how you think PC players are lower quality than console gamers when it comes to skill.

Volw · 2011-07-19, 07:49 PM

Obvious troll is obvious.

BronzeElemental · 2011-07-19, 07:53 PM

It's not a troll, if you have ever played MAG on the playstation it has huge battles in it already. The hardware is there and capable, why ignore the giant market?

Sentrosi · 2011-07-19, 09:00 PM

Obvious troll is obvious.

Having gotten that out of my system I am setting up my lawn chair, popping some popcorn, whipping up my special butter, and waiting for Firefly to show up and crucify you. I could do it, but Firefly has a sort of way about it.

Desoxy · 2011-07-19, 09:11 PM

Oh yea, and while you're at it port it to handhelds as well - the gameplay of PlanetSide really lent to 5 to 10 minute sessions and after all, in a few years everyone will have a smart phone, eh? That is where the money's at! I totally see that working..

.. feed feed feed ..

Lonehunter · 2011-07-19, 09:12 PM

Troll Rating:

Cleverness: 2 out of 10: None of this was even unique, same blah blah

Effort: 4 out of 10: You did make a couple paragraphs, so you did put some thought into it, but still bad.

Sneakiness: -2 out of 10: Obvious troll is obvious

and

Originally Posted by Sentrosi

...waiting for Firefly to show up and crucify you...

EightEightEight · 2011-07-19, 10:04 PM

After playing Several games that have been ripped from PC titles and put the console this thread makes me angry why not just let developers develop for whatever they want to

lots of cussing could be made in this post but whatever

Rbstr · 2011-07-19, 10:08 PM

I'm OK with it, as long as the PC version doesn't suffer from the menu-dumbing and the like so common to console ports.

And the console players don't get any kind of aiming assistance.
A permanent underclass of controls-gimped players to shoot would be good for my ego.

SavageB · 2011-07-19, 10:11 PM

No thx to ps3 players, and if sony ever decides to even consider porting to ps3, make a seperate game thx.

exLupo · 2011-07-20, 01:37 AM

@OP: Microsoft specifically will not allow XBOX and PS3 players to play together. There are games out there that, in beta, displayed system crossplay but could not get the approval for live.

@irrational console haters: The only thing that needs to be different between console and pc versions of a game is pre-considered adjustments for joypad controls vs mouse. Unfortunately, that means some degree of auto-aim which means the two sides can't realistically play together. This isn't dumbing down, this is just a compensation for an inherently less-accurate controlling device. There are crazy accurate console players but the physical maximum, at least for players who don't use kb+m on console, is lower than PC. However, there are PC shooters that support both kb+m and controllers without ruining the PC version. 6 of one...

Spark · 2011-07-20, 01:58 AM

Releasing this game for consoles will negatively affect the final product(multiplatform development always does, but PC takes it especially hard) and will alienate the PC players, the very playerbase that will make or break this title. Nothing suggests that a console release will be an instant success. The console market rakes in the money for those big budget AAA titles with limitless advertisement funds, but something like Planetside isn't a guaranteed hit. All things considered the PC market is far stronger for this type of game (and gaming in general if market statistics are to be believed). 4 years ago I would have agreed with you, but times have changed and the PC market is stronger than it has been in years.

Also judging by my experience with various multiplatform online shooters PC players are generally the most team oriented and decent, though this depends on plenty of things.

Originally Posted by BronzeElemental

It's not a troll, if you have ever played MAG on the playstation it has huge battles in it already. The hardware is there and capable, why ignore the giant market?

MAG looks terrible and is nothing to write home about, the game splits players up so you'll rarely ever see more than 30-60 players in one area, the whole structure of the game feels extremely artificial and restricted compared to Planetside. And 256 players is a far cry from 1000. Also MAG was a relative ghost town last time I played it, if there is a giant market on consoles for large-scale shooters I haven't seen it.

Bags · 2011-07-20, 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by exLupo

@OP: Microsoft specifically will not allow XBOX and PS3 players to play together. There are games out there that, in beta, displayed system crossplay but could not get the approval for live.

@irrational console haters: The only thing that needs to be different between console and pc versions of a game is pre-considered adjustments for joypad controls vs mouse. Unfortunately, that means some degree of auto-aim which means the two sides can't realistically play together. This isn't dumbing down, this is just a compensation for an inherently less-accurate controlling device. There are crazy accurate console players but the physical maximum, at least for players who don't use kb+m on console, is lower than PC. However, there are PC shooters that support both kb+m and controllers without ruining the PC version. 6 of one...

Features like inventory and the like would have to be cut for console players.

Sifer2 · 2011-07-20, 02:02 AM

I hate to feed the troll but. There is more to dumbing down for console than just the whole Gamepad versus Mouse thing. There is a vast difference in what PC's can do these days compared to consoles. Especially in the case of memory which is why you don't see too many large scale games on consoles. Big difference between the scale of MAG for example an even the original Planetside.

It's for that reason I really do not want Planetside 2 to be multiplatform. Worse interface an shooting is only the icing on the multiplat crap cake compared to all the cool things we wont be able to see in this game if it has to run on 6 year old PS3 hardware. If they must bring it to consoles then make a separate game with scale appropriate for those systems.