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thosewhoharp Novice Member Joined: 1/30/07 Posts: 55	7/28/10 7:00:20 PM#1 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) SWTOR on consoles. Anyone else notice this? This by no means confirms a console release, but has anyone else noticed the absence of the usual PC-DVD or Windows logos anywhere? Check out any majorly published game's site being released for the PC and you'll find those logos somewhere. Also, you'd figure a frequently asked question would be 'what platforms will this be on?" or "will this game be on consoles?" yet those questions are also absent from the FAQ. I'm just being a conspiracy theorist here, but to me this says they are either DEFINITELY going to release it on consoles, or they havent decided yet as they are 'looking into it'. They probably dont want to pull a Cryptic or Funcom move and announce it for consoles, set up pre-orders, and then have to back out of their commitments. Historically, Bioware has release games for both PC and consoles ever since the original KoTOR. What are your thoughts?
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Erstok Novice Member Joined: 2/06/09 Posts: 581 Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reason.	7/28/10 7:05:19 PM#2 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Dragon Age: Origins online with lightsabers? Esc, esc, esc, esc, esc, selects a choice, esc, esc, esc, 5 minutes of fighting, 1 hour of more talking, esc esc esc. When did you start playing "old school" MMO's. World Of Warcraft?
User Deleted	7/28/10 7:07:06 PM#3 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I thought they already said no to consoles but anything is possible. All Microsoft has to do is throw money at people and they usually get what they want.
thosewhoharp Novice Member Joined: 1/30/07 Posts: 55	7/28/10 7:10:00 PM#4 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by SaintViktor I thought they already said no to consoles but anything is possible. All Microsoft has to do is throw money at people and they usually get what they want. Yeah I thought I remembered reading that too, and for some reason I also thought I remembered there being the PC logo at the bottom of their site.
User Deleted	7/28/10 7:14:20 PM#5 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by thosewhoharp *Originally posted by SaintViktor* I thought they already said no to consoles but anything is possible. All Microsoft has to do is throw money at people and they usually get what they want. Yeah I thought I remembered reading that too, and for some reason I also thought I remembered there being the PC logo at the bottom of their site. It could be a ploy just to get some money out of Microsoft. From what i have seen so far it seems the user interface is almost like Mass Effect. That would mean it would be very doable for a console.
Isane Apprentice Member Joined: 5/24/06 Posts: 2546 "Some do , Some don''t , Others just cry" Jean Sali	7/29/10 4:16:48 AM#6 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by thosewhoharp SWTOR on consoles. Anyone else notice this? This by no means confirms a console release, but has anyone else noticed the absence of the usual PC-DVD or Windows logos anywhere? Check out any majorly published game's site being released for the PC and you'll find those logos somewhere. Also, you'd figure a frequently asked question would be 'what platforms will this be on?" or "will this game be on consoles?" yet those questions are also absent from the FAQ. I'm just being a conspiracy theorist here, but to me this says they are either DEFINITELY going to release it on consoles, or they havent decided yet as they are 'looking into it'. They probably dont want to pull a Cryptic or Funcom move and announce it for consoles, set up pre-orders, and then have to back out of their commitments. Historically, Bioware has release games for both PC and consoles ever since the original KoTOR. What are your thoughts? Best you can do at the moment is go off of the FAQ on the official site , no point wondering What are the system requirements for Star Wars: The Old Republic? While we don’t have the minimum system requirements available just yet, the goal is to make the game playable on most PCs. ________________________________________________________ SWTOR and COS games that could deliver !!
Volkmar Advanced Member Joined: 3/04/04 Posts: 2332	7/29/10 4:27:29 AM#7 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by SaintViktor I thought they already said no to consoles but anything is possible. All Microsoft has to do is throw money at people and they usually get what they want. mmmh yeah. But Microsoft is in Consoles now.... so why they would want a pc exclusive when they could have a xbox/pc exclusive on their hand? No no, microsoft involvment do not at all mean "no console version". As long as there are separate servers, in case they have 2 versions, it is going to be fine with me. "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime"
sulthar Novice Member Joined: 1/14/07 Posts: 317	7/29/10 4:30:25 AM#8 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) If they put it for console also i just wont buy the game ... last time they had a game for pc and console the interface was made for console and PC had to live with it ... AKA FFXI. I threw the game away because of the controls.
Fdzzaigl Novice Member Joined: 8/22/09 Posts: 1222	7/29/10 9:12:11 AM#9 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) It's been known for a long time now that the game will be a PC exclusive on launch... They haven't said no to ever releasing on Mac or consoles, but that doesn't mean they will. I can definitely see Mac happening in the near future, but consoles? Not likely imo, it would require a complete redesign of many game features, it also doesn't look fit for the simplicity a controller setup requires from the gameplay demo's.
Anubisan Hard Core Member Joined: 1/09/05 Posts: 1652	7/29/10 10:06:34 AM#10 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Bioware has already stated that the game is not being developed for ANY platform other than PC Windows at this time.
User Deleted	7/29/10 10:09:11 AM#11 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Anubisan Bioware has already stated that the game is not being developed for ANY platform other than PC Windows at this time. Read the last three words of your post. Thats my post my friend
thosewhoharp Novice Member Joined: 1/30/07 Posts: 55	7/29/10 2:31:14 PM#12 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Isane Best you can do at the moment is go off of the FAQ on the official site , no point wondering *What are the system requirements for Star Wars: The Old Republic?* While we don’t have the minimum system requirements available just yet, the goal is to make the game playable on most PCs. To me this just says they are aiming for low system requirements that match most PCs. Doesnt mean PCs specifically. Current gen consoles are comparable to low end PCs, and that's not a stretch.
maskedweasel Tipster Joined: 9/24/07 Posts: 6964 "Kids, try imagining how far the universe extends! Keep thinking about it until you go insane."	7/29/10 3:06:08 PM#13 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) It is highly possible that they could get TOR to run on consoles. The keymapping is not an issue, I've played most MMOs with a controller at one point or another using switchblade. Console hardware specs are low end PCs, yes, but they are also all the same so TOR could easily be optimized for the hardware which could increase performance. All that aside, at this time, there are no plans for them to release SWTOR on consoles eventhough it was originally being considered at one point and time. It is doubtful we will see a TOR console port anytime soon, though more appropriately, it is doubtful we will see a SWTOR console port on this generation of console. "Loan me a Dragon I wanna see space"
artemisentr4 Hard Core Member Joined: 12/25/08 Posts: 1077	7/29/10 9:10:29 PM#14 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) They could team up with the new X Box 360 Kinect that launches in November. Lightsaber battles would be sweet. O.o “How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?” R.A.Salvatore
FreddyNoNose Novice Member Joined: 8/06/05 Posts: 1564	7/29/10 9:17:11 PM#15 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by pepsi1028 *Originally posted by Anubisan* Bioware has already stated that the game is not being developed for ANY platform other than PC Windows at this time. Read the last three words of your post. Thats my post my friend The last three are the least important.
Darth_Pete Apprentice Member Joined: 6/03/07 Posts: 563	7/30/10 4:06:32 AM#16 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by artemisentr4 They could team up with the new X Box 360 Kinect that launches in November. Lightsaber battles would be sweet. O.o Yes... except that the Kinect is the biggest load of horsecrap ever made! Have you seen what kind of games it has? It is just bad controller for this type of games or well basicly every other type of games too.
Lateris Apprentice Member Joined: 12/29/05 Posts: 1728 ~Back to the positive perspective~	7/30/10 3:28:07 PM#17 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) This game is made with the Hero Engine so you would have to research this engine for the console capabilities. Microsoft is a pain to work with for updating live games in the MMO sense. PS3 is a lot easier.
ConverseSC Apprentice Member Joined: 7/20/06 Posts: 576	7/31/10 9:15:43 AM#18 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by pepsi1028 *Originally posted by Anubisan* Bioware has already stated that the game is not being developed for ANY platform other than PC Windows at this time. Read the last three words of your post. Thats my post my friend They say "at this time" about EVERYTHING. You might as well assume every word and piece of information they have ever revealed about the game to be untrue.
User Deleted	7/31/10 9:50:23 AM#19 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I'm calling it now. If SWTOR releases on Consoles and PC the console playerbase will be much bigger than the PC one. I don't think they will release it for consoles though.
thosewhoharp Novice Member Joined: 1/30/07 Posts: 55	8/02/10 3:05:38 PM#20 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Lateris This game is made with the Hero Engine so you would have to research this engine for the console capabilities. Microsoft is a pain to work with for updating live games in the MMO sense. PS3 is a lot easier. From what I've read, the Hero Engine has a built-in cross platform framework. Not sure if that just means "+Mac" or is all inclusive.