Sadly the PC version won't get much special treatment, he admitted: "We're definitely supporting PC, we love PC, but I think it'll be PC with a controller. I don't see us investing hugely in a mouse and keyboard setup. I think if you want to play on PC and you want to play Assassin's Creed, you have a controller."
yuastnav wrote on Mar 28, 2012, 16:48:A keyboard is a binary control system - button presses are either 'on' or 'off', with no in-between. A controller has variable sensitivity controls, which allows precision breaking/acceleration and turning. It is objectively better for racing games. I accept that for third person and platformers it is more subjective but games like GTA and Mafia that mix driving with action and shooting I find better overall on controller, as do many others.
This is just not true. I don't even understand why it's such a difficult concept to understand. It varies on a person by person basis! You may think that controllers are better for platformers, third person action games, racing games etc. but that does not mean this is true for everyone. Playing these games with a keyboard and mouse setup is much easier for me because I am much more used to that control scheme and using controllers is really awkward for me and actually tires my fingers from that awkward positioning. It is much easier for me to do precise movement with the keyboard than a controller.
Bhruic wrote on Mar 29, 2012, 02:39:
This is not an attack, just a question for curiosity's sake.
Of the people complaining about this in this thread, how many of you were planning on purchasing AC3 before you read this?
Ventura wrote on Mar 28, 2012, 18:21:
Sounds like it will be a strict copy and paste job to me, but Jerykk seems to think superior visuals and performance awaits him. Good luck with that one, mate - you're going to need it.
Dades wrote on Mar 28, 2012, 19:05:
I know you're talking about Assassins Creed but just wanted to say that the PC probably has a lot more digital customers than the consoles do. Steam has 35 million active accounts, the conversion rate of console users who do stuff on XBL and PSN probably isnt even close to 1:1.
Factor in the extra DLC sales that come from having a larger install base on the XBL and PSN networks and the PC gets dwarfed even further in terms of revenue as the publisher gets a lot larger share of the DLC sales than they do for the retail sale.
Ventura wrote on Mar 28, 2012, 18:21:
The PC accounts for what, 4% of sales? Xbox 55% and PS3 40%?
Ventura wrote on Mar 28, 2012, 18:21:The PC version doesn't have good M/KB support, so I'm going to play it on consoles which also doesn't have M/KB support!
The PC accounts for what, 4% of sales? Xbox 55% and PS3 40%? The console versions are going to get by far the most development love (as per usual), so if AC3 on the PC ends up not playable with the kb/m, you're just shooting yourself in the foot buying it on this platform.
Your mistake to make, I suppose, but if even rudimentary kb/m support is too much, you've got to wonder in what other ways they will be pulling back. Sounds like it will be a strict copy and paste job to me, but Jerykk seems to think superior visuals and performance awaits him. Good luck with that one, mate - you're going to need it.
The PC version doesn't have good M/KB support, so I'm going to play it on consoles which also doesn't have M/KB support!
Krovven wrote on Mar 28, 2012, 16:29:
Will some idiots jump to the conclusion this means no mouse/keyboard controls at all? Clearly. Whatever false information will serve their ranting needs.
PHJF wrote on Mar 28, 2012, 16:21:
I am a serious PC gamer and I don't own a 360 gamepad. I'm serious about not wanting to use overpriced shitty Microsoft peripherals. The last MS peripheral I purchased was a SideWinder Precision 2 ~10 years ago.
How is that better? Why do I want to play on a screen with a distorted image due to improper aspect ratio scaling?
Do you see me arguing something about that here? Typical Verno trying to start an argument with me where there is none to be had.