PC loses ''Quake Wars'' to 360 & PS3

[Nick7]

Hopefully this one is more badass that than Quake 4.


Activision waging Quake Wars on 360, PS3
Id-inspired team-based shooter now coming to next-gen consoles; Nerve Software, Z-Axis taking on porting duties.
By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot
Posted Feb 13, 2007 10:15 am PT

This morning, PC gamers woke up to learn that another of their prized exclusives is being ported to next-generation consoles. Activision and id Software have announced that Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is now in development for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. No release date or rating was included in the announcement.

The original Enemy Territory: Quake Wars was honored as the Best Shooter of E3 2006 by GameSpot. It is being developed by Splash Damage under the supervision of id Software and is tentatively set to ship sometime during the second quarter of the year. Nerve Software, which developed the Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil expansion pack for Xbox and PC, will handle the 360 version under id's guidance. The PlayStation 3 edition is being ported by Z-Axis, which developed last year's critically drubbed X-Men: The Official Game, under similar supervision.

Though some PC devotees will undoubtedly see the console ports as heresy, Splash Damage creative director Paul "Loki" Wedgwood thinks they're a good thing. "I think given that lots of people play shooters on consoles anyway, and they're quite happy with the control schemes," he told GameSpot. "If we're able to improve that further, that's an added benefit...[because] it would just be a shame for all of those console players to not get a chance to play because they don't have a PC."

As the name implies, Quake Wars shares the setting of id's Quake series. It sees humanity locked in an interplanetary life-or-death struggle with the Strogg, a Frankenstein-ish race of zombie-like cyborgs. Its emphasis is on online multiplayer action that pits teams of players against each other in Battlefield-esque conflicts. For more on the game, consult GameSpot's previous coverage of the PC Quake Wars.


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[str8jacket]

its more along the lines of BF2 than a straightforward FPS like Quake 4 is.........cant wait :heh:

[SmithOverTO]

Boy, PC Gaming is starting to crumble. Revenues under a billion...Damn. :sad:

[GridironChamp]

I may not be a game or technology expert, but the reason IMO that PC gaming is
going downhill is because they had graphics, and the capablility to play games that
consoles couldnt... But now with the next-gen series, it will only get worse for PC's.

[SmithOverTO]

I may not be a game or technology expert, but the reason IMO that PC gaming is
going downhill is because they had graphics, and the capablility to play games that
consoles couldnt... But now with the next-gen series, it will only get worse for PC's.


Your exactly right. And what it maybe more so, is systems like XBox Live and Sony's PlayStation Network. You can do all of that so easily (friend invites, movie downloads, arcade games, the works), whereas on the PC each game has there own seperate network, that can be impossible to deal with.

Two years ago I would have laughed in your face if you said PC Gamng was doomed. Now I'm not so sure.

[str8jacket]

personally i think First Person Shooters and Real Time strategies on the PC are MUCH better than the ones on consoles,

Consoles (to me) are more fun when you play Sports games, Third person games, RPGs

[Nick7]

personally i think First Person Shooters and Real Time strategies on the PC are MUCH better than the ones on consoles,

Consoles (to me) are more fun when you play Sports games, Third person games, RPGs


IDK why, but I absolutely loathe keyboard and mouse as opposed to a controller.

[NameUsedBefore]

PC-gaming didn't "lose" anything.

Every time the next-gen consoles come out people start speculating the end of PC gaming. I saw it when the Playstation/Dreamcast/N64 came out; I saw it when the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube came out. And now it's with the new line of consoles. Same ol' same ol'. PC gaming is going to stick around simply because PC's are going to stick around. People always seem to forget that PC's aren't used just for gaming.

[SmithOverTO]

PC-gaming didn't "lose" anything.

Every time the next-gen consoles come out people start speculating the end of PC gaming. I saw it when the Playstation/Dreamcast/N64 came out; I saw it when the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube came out. And now it's with the new line of consoles. Same ol' same ol'. PC gaming is going to stick around simply because PC's are going to stick around. People always seem to forget that PC's aren't used just for gaming.

And that's exactly why they may die out in the end.

[jhns]

I may not be a game or technology expert, but the reason IMO that PC gaming is
going downhill is because they had graphics, and the capablility to play games that
consoles couldnt... But now with the next-gen series, it will only get worse for PC's.

Not really. At this point, my PC has about 4 x's the graphics of any console. The problem has been that PC's get so expensive that a lot of people can't afford the top end graphics or just decide not to pay that much. My graphics card alone costs more than any console out there.

That makes it so all of the game makers want to make their games for consoles as well as PCs since most game players are using consoles.

There is no way that a console gaming system will ever be near the graphics of a computer though. Even if they use the top of the line graphics, by the time the system is mas-produced and on the shelves, there are always new graphical breakthroughs. PC games will most likely start selling more as the newer cards and stuff go down in cost. Then game makers will start making a few more exclusive PC games again until the next console comes out. It will most likely go in cycles like this forever.

[SmithOverTO]

Not really. At this point, my PC has about 4 x's the graphics of any console. The problem has been that PC's get so expensive that a lot of people can't afford the top end graphics or just decide not to pay that much. My graphics card alone costs more than any console out there.

That makes it so all of the game makers want to make their games for consoles as well as PCs since most game players are using consoles.

There is no way that a console gaming system will ever be near the graphics of a computer though. Even if they use the top of the line graphics, by the time the system is mas-produced and on the shelves, there are always new graphical breakthroughs. PC games will most likely start selling more as the newer cards and stuff go down in cost. Then game makers will start making a few more exclusive PC games again until the next console comes out. It will most likely go in cycles like this forever.


I'm not sure about that. The XBox 360 is arguably the sweetest devlopement system ever configured and its huge amount of processing power and graphics capablitly (Gears of War is far ahead any PC title right now) will have developers flocking to it. In addition, X-Box Live and the PlayStation Store have opened new rich veins of revenue for developers (added maps, accessories, trailers, the works) which they will tap into.

And, then of course, there is piracy. On a console, its nearly entirely non-existent. On a PC, it absolutely HAMMERS developers. Hammers them.

[NameUsedBefore]

I'm not sure about that. The XBox 360 is arguably the sweetest devlopement system ever configured and its huge amount of processing power and graphics capablitly (Gears of War is far ahead any PC title right now) will have developers flocking to it. In addition, X-Box Live and the PlayStation Store have opened new rich veins of revenue for developers (added maps, accessories, trailers, the works) which they will tap into.

And, then of course, there is piracy. On a console, its nearly entirely non-existent. On a PC, it absolutely HAMMERS developers. Hammers them.


:rolleyes:

Heard this exact thing last generation.

BTW, F.E.A.R. and Company of Heroes are two games I can think off the top of my head that look better than Gears of War.

[jhns]

I'm not sure about that. The XBox 360 is arguably the sweetest devlopement system ever configured and its huge amount of processing power and graphics capablitly (Gears of War is far ahead any PC title right now) will have developers flocking to it. In addition, X-Box Live and the PlayStation Store have opened new rich veins of revenue for developers (added maps, accessories, trailers, the works) which they will tap into.

And, then of course, there is piracy. On a console, its nearly entirely non-existent. On a PC, it absolutely HAMMERS developers. Hammers them.

I am telling you now that there are a few games that are out on the PC that no console can handle. The only way they go between is by limiting the graphics on the console version.

My computer currently can handle far more intensive graphics than any console. In fact, they are nowhere even close. Those graphics where the best that a computer could have about two years ago. By the time that they get them off of the production line, their graphics are obsolete, not that any game maker can keep up either. The fact that the graphics can be easily adjusted though will make it so that game makers will still be making them for both the PC and the console, so that isn't really as much of a factor.

Also, the processing power is nowhere near what you can get on a computer either. Just so you know, everything that they have in any of the consoles was new a couple of years ago. There is no way that the console can keep up with computers. Computers have new stuff for upgrades out about every week. Unless they start updating the consoles as they produce them, they will never stay with computers in that sense.

[SmithOverTO]

:rolleyes:

Heard this exact thing last generation.

BTW, F.E.A.R. and Company of Heroes are two games I can think off the top of my head that look better than Gears of War.


Yeah, read my piracy bit? That's the future of your PC Gaming right there. Or legal woes with companies like StarForce.

[Nick7]

It's much more affordable to buy a $300/400 console than spend the money on a PC, though.


I think it'll stick around, but this is the 1st time that the graphics have been in the same ballpark.

[NameUsedBefore]

For $400 that's all you're getting though (and maybe a DVD player to boot).

My PC ($1700, practically top of the line) does a lot more than just play games.



BTW, StarForce is pretty much frowned upon now as far as it goes. Many companies have stayed away from using it simply because people wont buy a game with it. As for piracy: there's always been piracy, but it's not as rampant as it used to be. Not to mention programs like Steam make piracy not only hard to achieve, but also make the buying process of a game (and playing it without a disc) extremely user-friendly.

[sharp_shepherd]

Boy, PC Gaming is starting to crumble. Revenues under a billion...Damn. :sad:

I really don't think PC gaming is over. While i am not a PC gamer, the Window's vista will be able to link to the updated Xbox 360 this year...thus 360 players and Vista users can go against each other. Anyway that is what i read.

[str8jacket]

For $400 that's all you're getting though (and maybe a DVD player to boot).

My PC ($1700, practically top of the line) does a lot more than just play games.



BTW, StarForce is pretty much frowned upon now as far as it goes. Many companies have stayed away from using it simply because people wont buy a game with it. As for piracy: there's always been piracy, but it's not as rampant as it used to be. Not to mention programs like Steam make piracy not only hard to achieve, but also make the buying process of a game (and playing it without a disc) extremely user-friendly.
true that man........i love my decked out PC

[Nick7]

For $400 that's all you're getting though (and maybe a DVD player to boot).

My PC ($1700, practically top of the line) does a lot more than just play games.





For a 14-18 year old kid, the $400 console is much more affordable.


While only 1/4 the price, much more than 1/4 as good as playing games.

[SmithOverTO]

For $400 that's all you're getting though (and maybe a DVD player to boot).

My PC ($1700, practically top of the line) does a lot more than just play games.



BTW, StarForce is pretty much frowned upon now as far as it goes. Many companies have stayed away from using it simply because people wont buy a game with it. As for piracy: there's always been piracy, but it's not as rampant as it used to be. Not to mention programs like Steam make piracy not only hard to achieve, but also make the buying process of a game (and playing it without a disc) extremely user-friendly.


True, true. Steam has been a success.

We'll call it a draw :P

[NameUsedBefore]

Fine with me, :cheers: