No PC Ghost Recon: Future Soldier [Nov 24, 2011, 2:09 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Though plans for a PC edition of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier was previously confirmed by Ubisoft, PC Gamer has word that the next installment in the Ghost Recon series is for consoles only, and that PC gamers will get Ghost Recon Online instead, which is apparently Ubisoft's new approach to PC piracy following their almost universally despised always-on DRM. Here's word from Ghost Recon Online producer Sébastien Arnoult:
We are giving away most of the content for free because there’s no barrier to entry. To the users that are traditionally playing the game by getting it through Pirate Bay, we said, ‘Okay, go ahead guys. This is what you’re asking for. We’ve listened to you – we’re giving you this experience. It’s easy to download, there’s no DRM that will pollute your experience.’
We’re adapting the offer to the PC market. I don’t like to compare PC and Xbox boxed products because they have a model on that platform that is clearly meant to be €60’s worth of super-Hollywood content. On PC, we’re adapting our model to the demand.
“When we started Ghost Recon Online we were thinking about Ghost Recon: Future Solider; having something ported in the classical way without any deep development, because we know that 95% of our consumers will pirate the game. So we said okay, we have to change our mind.
We have to adapt, we have to embrace this instead of pushing it away. That’s the main reflection behind Ghost Recon Online and the choice we’ve made to go in this direction.
Well, I'm going to hijack this thread real quick, since most of us are PC gamers. I'm looking to upgrade my system:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33
4GB RAM
Radeon 470 512MB
W7 64-bit
Should I should upgrade CPU/mobo and stay with my card, or replace the video and keep the CPU/mobo for now? I'm looking to spend $300-350 for the CPU/mobo combo, or $250-ish for a card. Any recommendations?
I can run Skyrim at 1920x1080 on High pretty good but with AA/AF turned off and a few ini tweaks.
I'm not sure how much use Skyrim makes of 4 cores but you're probably CPU bound in other games anyway so really it all should be upgraded. You can spend less than $200 on the card easily, a Radeon 6870 or a GeForce 560 Ti (tons of rebates on these usually). I'd get any decent LGA1155 mobo, I like Asus boards but Gigabyte has good entry level stuff for like $100ish. CPU is without a doubt the Core i5-2500k. You can probably squeeze all three in if you just save for a month, it's the smarter upgrade IMO. If you want to do it in pieces then get the videocard first then the others afterward.
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