Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development

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The console versions of Battlefield 3 became the lead platform late in development of DICE's military shooter sequel, reports Computer and Video Games by way of the latest issue of PSM3. Earlier this year DICE's Karl-Magnus Troedsson said the PC was the "main" platform for the game, but he now explains that this changed late in the process due to time constraints:

"We said originally that the PC was the lead SKU of the game, but in mid-production we switched to console as lead platform to make sure we could get all the versions done for release," Troedsson confirmed.

"Our ambition at DICE is to use the power of each individual platform to get the most out of the game," he added.

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Re: Consoles Became

Nov 1, 2011, 17:19

<Electric-Spock>

Marvin T. Martian wrote on Nov 1, 2011, 16:47: Glad I skipped it. Your loss. Well that is if you enjoy competitive multiplayer FPS's. I agree with the few here that say we still don’t have the large scale BF2 type maps. While operation firestorm is quite large, when you’re in an attack chopper it's like you fly over a lil' mountain and then boom, the whole map is right there. I don’t like how when flying you can pretty much get shot from any control point. I miss maps like Fushe Pass in Bf2 where you would have mini battles over a control point and you didn’t really have to worry so much about a tank machine gunning you from another control point as you were too far away to be hit. This was not always the case, but now you can be hovering over point A, and a guy with a shoulder mounted rocket at point D can still lock on and shoot ya down. While it's hard to complain about map sizes compared to other FPS's, I hope the back to Karkand expansion and future map releases will bring back a little of that BF2 flavor. Maps like operation metro and serine crossing do not feel like battlefield maps. I guess those are for the console crowds, but I prefer having more than just 2 ways to go. Bottlenecks should not be in a BF map, leave that for the COD players who enjoy battling inside a matchbox. Overall the game is a blast and best thing currently out there for my taste. Now, if they would just move that oversized POS chat window out the way I think everyone would enjoy that. Is there a console command to disable it? Seriously; It's is so annoying I'd rather not have in game chat then have that.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Nov 1, 09:43	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	Illumin
	3.	Nov 1, 09:51	Re: Consoles Became	Joss
	7.	Nov 1, 10:20	Re: Consoles Became	Beamer
	2.	Nov 1, 09:49	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	Arithon
	4.	Nov 1, 10:01	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	EddieTheHack
	5.	Nov 1, 10:08	Re: Consoles Became	Illumin
	9.	Nov 1, 10:27	Re: Consoles Became	RollinThundr
	11.	Nov 1, 10:56	Re: Consoles Became	Techie714 ©
	12.	Nov 1, 11:02	Re: Consoles Became	Wildone
	13.	Nov 1, 11:04	Re: Consoles Became	elefunk
	26.	Nov 1, 12:00	Re: Consoles Became	Fletch
	30.	Nov 1, 12:24	Re: Consoles Became	Jerykk
	52.	Nov 1, 15:17	Re: Consoles Became	Fletch
	62.	Nov 2, 00:51	Re: Consoles Became	Jerykk
	16.	Nov 1, 11:25	Re: Consoles Became	Halo
	29.	Nov 1, 12:09	Re: Consoles Became	Fletch
	31.	Nov 1, 12:28	Re: Consoles Became	Theo
	6.	Nov 1, 10:08	Re: Consoles Became	Wildone
	21.	Nov 1, 11:45	Re: Consoles Became	Nacelle
	38.	Nov 1, 13:10	Re: Consoles Became	Wildone
	10.	Nov 1, 10:29	Re: Consoles Became	Shineyguy
	8.	Nov 1, 10:26	Re: Consoles Became	VultureMAN
	14.	Nov 1, 11:14	Re: Consoles Became	Fletch
	15.	Nov 1, 11:25	Re: Consoles Became	xXBatmanXx
	17.	Nov 1, 11:26	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	Verno
	25.	Nov 1, 11:53	Re: Consoles Became	Techie714 ©
	18.	Nov 1, 11:26	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	CrimsonPaw
	19.	Nov 1, 11:34	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	Verno
	20.	Nov 1, 11:42	ahuh.... really?	Shataan
	43.	Nov 1, 13:21	Re: ahuh.... really?	DarkCntry
	24.	Nov 1, 11:51	Re: Consoles Became	Matshock
	37.	Nov 1, 13:09	Re: Consoles Became	Wildone
	32.	Nov 1, 12:31	Re: Consoles Became	LittleMe
	34.	Nov 1, 12:40	Re: Consoles Became	Verno
	35.	Nov 1, 12:53	Re: Consoles Became	LittleMe
	36.	Nov 1, 13:06	Re: Consoles Became	Beelzebud
	54.	Nov 1, 15:24	Re: Consoles Became	Sphinx
	55.	Nov 1, 16:19	Re: Consoles Became	Prez
	60.	Nov 1, 19:08	Re: Consoles Became	Bhruic
	61.	Nov 1, 19:54	Re: Consoles Became	Sepharo
	22.	Nov 1, 11:47	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	Creston
	23.	Nov 1, 11:49	Re: Consoles Became	AnointedSword
	27.	Nov 1, 12:00	Re: Consoles Became	Grifter
	28.	Nov 1, 12:04	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	Sleeeeepy
	33.	Nov 1, 12:38	Re: Consoles Became	Verno
	39.	Nov 1, 13:12	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	entr0py
	44.	Nov 1, 13:23	Re: Consoles Became	Creston
	40.	Nov 1, 13:12	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	KilrathiAce
	41.	Nov 1, 13:17	Re: Consoles Became	JayDeath
	42.	Nov 1, 13:18	Re: Consoles Became	Elessar
	46.	Nov 1, 13:55	Re: Consoles Became	yuastnav
	45.	Nov 1, 13:26	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	tuddies
	47.	Nov 1, 14:02	Re: Consoles Became	lvitriol
	48.	Nov 1, 14:14	Re: Consoles Became	Prez
	49.	Nov 1, 14:23	Re: Consoles Became	EddieTheHack
	50.	Nov 1, 14:33	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	necrosis
	51.	Nov 1, 14:48	Re: Consoles Became	tuddies
	53.	Nov 1, 15:21	Re: Consoles Became	Shataan
	56.	Nov 1, 16:47	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	Marvin T. Martian
>>	57.	Nov 1, 17:19	Re: Consoles Became	<Electric-Spock>
	58.	Nov 1, 18:06	Re: Consoles Became	Thelemite
	59.	Nov 1, 18:19	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	Endo
	63.	Nov 2, 04:49	Re: Consoles Became "Lead Platform" Late in BF3 Development	^Drag0n^