Gears Of War will make it to the PC....some time

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Gears of War PC... Eventually [February 14, 2007, 11:37 pm ET] - Viewing Comments
The Mark Rein Q&A on TeamXbox follows up on a couple of long-debunked rumors (story and story) with the first semi-solid confirmation of plans for a PC port of Gears of War, which the Epic veep now says is inevitable, eventually (thanks Joystiq). After answering one question reaffirming the game as an Xbox 360 exclusive, Mark offers the following response to the question of whether it will stay that way:

?Til there?s something else. (chuckles) People ask me, ?Are you going to do it on PC?? Yeah, eventually?I don?t think that?s any great secret that we would like to do it on PC, but for now it?s a 360 game. Eventually we?ll get around to a PC version. I just don?t know when.

That?s worked successfully for Halo. Halo was a big seller on PC long after it kind of peaked on the original Xbox, and they?re doing the same thing now with Halo 2. We work at the pleasure of a publisher who thinks both of those are their platforms, so I think it?s ultimately inevitable, and obviously we?re a PC company.

The big challenge is to make a game that was designed solely for the console?to take advantage of every last little corner of that console, to fill every little crack and run as many threads as we could and do as much to exploit the power of that machine, and make it run well on enough PCs to be worth releasing. That?s a challenge. UT will help us there, because Unreal Tournament 3 will be kind of our vanguard PC product, and it?s helping us get optimization on the PC. So it?s just a matter of, now, can we make Gears run on enough PCs that it?s worth selling?or do we have to wait in five years until everyone has a PC that can run it?

It?s inevitable, but it?s just not there today.

 

[ArchAngel777]

Personally, not sure why anyone would want this on the PC. If you have played the game, I am sure you would come to the same conclusion that I have - it was designed for the console. Can you imagine how difficult it would be to play on a PC? The aiming would be better of course, but the movements would be more difficult in my opinion. This is a game that should stay on that console. Besides, ports typically suck, though this is Epic, so it probably would be more quality, but who knows...

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

The control are going to suck on keyboard and mouse, but you can use a xbox 360 controller so it will be just fine.

 

[Bateluer]

Meh, we've got plenty of shooters already, on both PC and console. We don't need more.

 

[gorcorps]

Bite your tongue, I would love to see GoW make it to the PC.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I don't know much about it, other than some folks compare R6 Vegas to it a lot, and it controls pretty well on the pc.

 

[Hyperlite]

that would be awesome, but look at the trend here. How long did it take for halo to come out on PC? and now halo 2? i wouldn't expect GoW to appear any time in 2007. but hey, mabye it will look even better than it does on 360.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
that would be awesome, but look at the trend here. How long did it take for halo to come out on PC? and now halo 2? i wouldn't expect GoW to appear any time in 2007. but hey, mabye it will look even better than it does on 360.

BWAHAHAHAHA! That was good. You're lucky if it'll look the same as it does now, which by the time it's actually released on PC won't be so hot.

 

[sandorski]

Probably end up like Halo: So far from initial release that any awesomeness it had was surpassed years ago.

 

[Schnieds]

Man, I FRICKIN LOVE GOW... especially Player Matches on Live... mmmmmmm.... Chainsaw

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
Personally, not sure why anyone would want this on the PC. If you have played the game, I am sure you would come to the same conclusion that I have - it was designed for the console. Can you imagine how difficult it would be to play on a PC? The aiming would be better of course, but the movements would be more difficult in my opinion. This is a game that should stay on that console. Besides, ports typically suck, though this is Epic, so it probably would be more quality, but who knows...

i think the gameplay mechanics are setup for console (A button doing damn near everything). with some tweaking (a little more freedom in how to take cover, primarily) i don't think KBM would be a problem

 

[Dacalo]

Halo was boring and uninspirational. I can care less about GoW coming to PC, its roots are console oriented.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Dacalo
Halo was boring and uninspirational. I can care less about GoW coming to PC, its roots are console oriented.

True.

And if they end up nerfing GoW for PC like they did for Halo, then there is even less reason to be thrilled.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

I think you guys are forgetting that they could probably compile a xbox 360 game easier to the pc then a xbox game.

 

[Piuc2020]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
that would be awesome, but look at the trend here. How long did it take for halo to come out on PC? and now halo 2? i wouldn't expect GoW to appear any time in 2007. but hey, mabye it will look even better than it does on 360.

BWAHAHAHAHA! That was good. You're lucky if it'll look the same as it does now, which by the time it's actually released on PC won't be so hot.

Whats so hilarious about that comment? Most likely GoW will look better on the PC, sure by the time its released those will be ok graphics anyway but they'll definitely be a notch above the 360, just like Halo.

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Probably end up like Halo: So far from initial release that any awesomeness it had was surpassed years ago.

...

 

[TheRyuu]

How hard could it be.

You use one button to do everything on the console.
So, you move with WASD, look with the mouse, shoot with left click, and use something like the "f" key or right click for everything else.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: Piuc2020

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
that would be awesome, but look at the trend here. How long did it take for halo to come out on PC? and now halo 2? i wouldn't expect GoW to appear any time in 2007. but hey, mabye it will look even better than it does on 360.

BWAHAHAHAHA! That was good. You're lucky if it'll look the same as it does now, which by the time it's actually released on PC won't be so hot.

Whats so hilarious about that comment? Most likely GoW will look better on the PC, sure by the time its released those will be ok graphics anyway but they'll definitely be a notch above the 360, just like Halo.

Halo didn't look better than the xbox, maybe a bit but barely noticeable, and the hardware you needed to run smoothly was ridiculous for the graphics. Terribly optimized with no improvements? That's why I laugh. Maybe microsoft will surprise us though.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Not sure if this is any different then the original post.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38078

 

[amheck]

this is great news. I want to play GoW but don't have any plans to buy a xbox.

 

[40sTheme]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
that would be awesome, but look at the trend here. How long did it take for halo to come out on PC? and now halo 2? i wouldn't expect GoW to appear any time in 2007. but hey, mabye it will look even better than it does on 360.

BWAHAHAHAHA! That was good. You're lucky if it'll look the same as it does now, which by the time it's actually released on PC won't be so hot.

If they make a good port it will look far better than the 360 on a good computer.
EDIT: Just look at Oblivion compared to the 360 on a PC.

 

[Sniper82]

It it came to PC I would likely not buy a 360 sometime this year. This game is the only reason I really want a 360. That and the new GTA coming out later this year.

 

[apoppin]

everyone seems to have *missed* this

. So it?s just a matter of, now, can we make Gears run on enough PCs that it?s worth selling?or do we have to wait in five years until everyone has a PC that can run it?

:Q

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: 40sTheme

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
that would be awesome, but look at the trend here. How long did it take for halo to come out on PC? and now halo 2? i wouldn't expect GoW to appear any time in 2007. but hey, mabye it will look even better than it does on 360.

BWAHAHAHAHA! That was good. You're lucky if it'll look the same as it does now, which by the time it's actually released on PC won't be so hot.

If they make a good port it will look far better than the 360 on a good computer.
EDIT: Just look at Oblivion compared to the 360 on a PC.

although i don't have or have even gamed oblivion, i am pretty happy with my 360 on a 720p 40" lcd running rb6, gow and battlestations midway. i would say graphics quality is definately on par with decent fps games on my pc at least, and @ 1280x1024 i can still run the pc games with most of the eye candy on.

 

[Matt2]

Xbox 360 FTW!

Seriously, GoW should stay on the 360. The port is going to suck and PC gamers will not know what the game was really supposed to be like.

Can you imagine trying to roll with a kb + mouse?

Besides, sniping with a mouse is going to be too easy. Effectively using weapons with the controller is what sets the good players apart from the rest.