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DICE Defends Later PC Release of Battlefield 1943, Could Up Player Count and Drop Regeneration
by Chris Faylor, Apr 27, 2009 11:31am PDTFollowing last week's revelation that the download-only Battlefield 1943 would hit consoles a few months before PC, developer DICE has spoken out to make sure that everyone knows "this is in no means an intentional ploy to punish our PC fans."
"You might feel disappointed about the PC release being in September rather than June, but you should be very happy to know this is to give us the proper development time to create a proper PC version of Battlefield 1943 and not a console port," producer Gordon Van Dyke wrote of the $15 download, as noticed by Blue's News.
"We want to make the best damn PC version we can for our PC fans," he continued. "This will be first PC game ever released using Frostbite! PCs are an open platform requiring additional features, support, technical consideration, and can't just be thrown out there using copy/paste. We have thought very carefully about this decision and in the long run felt it was the right choice even though we knew we'd catch some flak for it."
Meanwhile, Planet Battlefield notes that a PCGamer.se preview suggested that the PC release could up the player count beyond the 24-person limit of the console editions, and might pack "alternatives" to unlimited ammo and regenerating health.
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Some of you seem outraged they would delay it to make improvements.. yet, if they released it on time and it was exactly the same, or filled with bugs from rushing it out the door, that would be much worse, no?
There'll be plenty of other games to keep us busy while we wait.
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While I'm sure DICE will change a few of the game aspects of 1943, the reason for the delay is the same for every other cross-platform title (ie; Red Faction Guerrilla is a recent example), the marketing suits firmly beleive that the PC version "cannibalizes" the all important console sku. Some publishers admit to the practice, others, like EA, try to sugar coat things by implying that they somehow have special plans to benefit the PC consumer and it will take more time.
I'll be buying the game either way but I'm not buying into the line of bullshit about needing more development time.
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i for one find it refreshing to hear a developer say the words:
"We want to make the best damn PC version we can for our PC fans" and "can't just be thrown out there using copy/paste"
i hope to see them follow through and make a good pc version, im happy to wait. I wish more developers put some actual effort into ports.
Of course they won't mention that the PC version was delayed to allow the console version to outsell it (although I've seen some people in here saying they'll buy it for both PC and Console, most people aren't like that.).
Again, no horse in this race, but I had seent it happens before'd.
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Battlefield 1942 as it was with new graphics + BFVN as it was (with some balance tweaks) = me handing my money to you.
What you have offered here is weak.
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"...we need a completed core game to develop over..."
What?
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Hell all I really want is BF1942 done with the frostbit engine. Leave the classes alone, leave the maps alone, and leave the vehicles alone from the original.
Just add in the features from BF2, squads+commander, a long with destructible terrain and you will make many many people happy.
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Games release simultaneously ALL THE TIME. If Fallout 3 can come out simultaneously on consoles and PC, then anything can. This excuse is a deliberate lie. "We're polishing the game for you" is such bullshit.
Dice, I gave you credit for not adding insult to injury. Now that's fucking gone. What does it take to get a little respect from the company I'm buying games from? What's my motivation to purchase this title now?
Fuuuuuuuuucking pathetic.
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However, I guess if BF3 is going to use an engine based on Frostbite, it will be a good thing to have a PC game based on Frostbite to (hopefully) smooth out the bugs before BF3. We'll see, I just want to hear something about BF3 though!
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Thanks for the heads-up on this, DICE and Shack.
Anyone know if theres gonna be MOD support?
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If you really want to make the best PC version possible, then make us a true PC version, not a patchwork version of a console game.
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