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Steve WingYip
Doomheim
#81 - 2013-12-19 12:30:07 UTC
icedragon2072 wrote:
The gaming system could handle it..and we've already seen ccp and sony get thier serves together..ps4 client possible?


Or just play it on PC? LOL
Arduemont
Rotten Legion
#82 - 2013-12-19 13:26:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Arduemont
icedragon2072 wrote:
well, in my oppinion the ps4 can run it better graphics wise than a comparable priced desktop :P.


You are aware that the PS4 is built from overpriced desktop hardware right? Looks up what's in a PS4 and price it up, build a computer yourself. You could make a PC with identical hardware stats for a fraction of the price.

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There’s an 8-core AMD Jaguar/Kabini x86-64 CPU, a Radeon 7870-derived GPU with 18 compute units (vs. Xbox One’s 12 CUs), and 8GB of unified GDDR5 RAM


£60 for the AMD Jag, £120 for the Radeon 7870, 8GB RAM £40. Basic PC case £10, cheap PSU £20. So, £250 for the equipment. £350 for the PS4 without controllers etc. PCs are cheaper, and you could spend the extra £100 on more powerful hardware and then it would be better for the same price. No competition. That is of course assuming you don't have computer parts you could already use, which would make it even more cheap than the PS4.

Games consoles are for people who don't want the extra hassle a PC brings and are willing to pay the extra expense. If your argument is that they should release it for PS4 because some people are poor, then your doing it backward. That's just more reason for them not to develop a PS4 crossover.

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Logan Revelore
Symbiotic Systems
#83 - 2013-12-19 14:05:36 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Logan Revelore wrote:
Not bashing anyone, I just doubt that 95% of the console population has the patience for a game like EVE.

Hardly saying much considering the same is probably true of the PC gaming population.


Good point. I'd counter with this though:

Those players that like a game such as EVE will probably find their way here on their own via a PC. That's what I think at least. Consoles aren't really known for games such as this, and as such the player base there is probably more biased towards other genres of games.
Jill Chastot
WE FORM BL0B Inc.
Goonswarm Federation
#84 - 2013-12-19 18:31:44 UTC
Arduemont wrote:
icedragon2072 wrote:
well, in my oppinion the ps4 can run it better graphics wise than a comparable priced desktop :P.


You are aware that the PS4 is built from overpriced desktop hardware right? Looks up what's in a PS4 and price it up, build a computer yourself. You could make a PC with identical hardware stats for a fraction of the price.

Quote:
There’s an 8-core AMD Jaguar/Kabini x86-64 CPU, a Radeon 7870-derived GPU with 18 compute units (vs. Xbox One’s 12 CUs), and 8GB of unified GDDR5 RAM


£60 for the AMD Jag, £120 for the Radeon 7870, 8GB RAM £40. Basic PC case £10, cheap PSU £20. So, £250 for the equipment. £350 for the PS4 without controllers etc. PCs are cheaper, and you could spend the extra £100 on more powerful hardware and then it would be better for the same price. No competition. That is of course assuming you don't have computer parts you could already use, which would make it even more cheap than the PS4.

Games consoles are for people who don't want the extra hassle a PC brings and are willing to pay the extra expense. If your argument is that they should release it for PS4 because some people are poor, then your doing it backward. That's just more reason for them not to develop a PS4 crossover.


Dont forget an OS :l

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Boomhaur
#85 - 2013-12-19 20:02:05 UTC
It seems people are forgetting the development cost to get the game on a PS4. I don't see the market for a game like Eve on a console, were a tad bit too hardcore for them. Plus with the comparable entry cost to get a new computer that can run Eve, or just dropping in a GPU in almost any machine to run it. I don't see a compelling reason to have Eve ported.

Plus you can't run Excel on an PS4 and you be forced to use the terribly bad in game browser to use google spreadsheets to get the full Eve experience.

It's not just the game that makes this it's the community and what drives it, a large chunk of which isn't entirely "in game". Want to join a corp and use voip, better download some software. Keep track of skills, theres evemon. Killboards, out of game. Make the best ship possible for yourself, download EFT or PYFA. And the list goes on.

A PS4 version of Eve would give it's players a gimped experience compared to the PC players even if they were exactly the same and supported keyboard and mouse.

Plus I'd rather have them put their money on expanding Eve rather than trying to lose money by trying to tap into a market filled by players who prefer Call of Duty 2013, than pay $60 plus DLC to get Call of Duty 2014 which has a few new maps and skins but pretty much the same game the very next year. (Yes I just picked on COD to prove a point, majority of the console games out there are just rehashes of older games with tacked on DLC. I don't see Eve doing well in this market as there is nothing else like it for them to compare it too.)

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Notorious Fellon
#86 - 2013-12-19 20:14:13 UTC
Jill Chastot wrote:
Arduemont wrote:
icedragon2072 wrote:
well, in my oppinion the ps4 can run it better graphics wise than a comparable priced desktop :P.


You are aware that the PS4 is built from overpriced desktop hardware right? Looks up what's in a PS4 and price it up, build a computer yourself. You could make a PC with identical hardware stats for a fraction of the price.

Quote:
There’s an 8-core AMD Jaguar/Kabini x86-64 CPU, a Radeon 7870-derived GPU with 18 compute units (vs. Xbox One’s 12 CUs), and 8GB of unified GDDR5 RAM


£60 for the AMD Jag, £120 for the Radeon 7870, 8GB RAM £40. Basic PC case £10, cheap PSU £20. So, £250 for the equipment. £350 for the PS4 without controllers etc. PCs are cheaper, and you could spend the extra £100 on more powerful hardware and then it would be better for the same price. No competition. That is of course assuming you don't have computer parts you could already use, which would make it even more cheap than the PS4.

Games consoles are for people who don't want the extra hassle a PC brings and are willing to pay the extra expense. If your argument is that they should release it for PS4 because some people are poor, then your doing it backward. That's just more reason for them not to develop a PS4 crossover.


Dont forget an OS :l



http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Installing_EVE_on_Linux

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Arduemont
Rotten Legion
#87 - 2013-12-19 21:01:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Arduemont
Notorious Fellon wrote:
Jill Chastot wrote:


Dont forget an OS :l



http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Installing_EVE_on_Linux



This man has it covered.

Jill Chastot wrote:
:l


I love the implication in that straight face smiley. Don't forget to pay for an operating system.

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Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#88 - 2013-12-19 21:28:39 UTC
Even if they do a perfect port, the various 3rd party tools and communication features would not be available. Playing without a keyboard and mouse would not be possible.

They shouldn't waste time developing a product that would be unavoidably inferior.

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Alduin666 Shikkoken
Doomheim
#89 - 2013-12-20 05:49:13 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
This is like asking for Starcraft on the Nintendo 64.


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