Square...Bethesda has the right approach.

[Xatsh]

The Primary Target Playerbase and the overwhelming majority of the fanbase are not computer gamers... so would it make sense for them to not have a console focus?

True while mmos are primarily PC that player base was also the lowest on the totem pole for the target market based off what they said in the press release pre-launch.

That and what is more likly a person having a PC strong enough to play the game or someone having a PS3... crap it is a higher chance of people having the PS3 then a computer that plays any new games let alone XIV.

In terms of target audience, and potential players... focusing on the PS3 opens you up to a much much larger playerbase then focusing on a PC... which is already flooded with mmos with a much much smaller base to begin with.

[Jynx]

At least Bethseda does a better job of communicating with its audience. Better than Square Enix.

No it doesn't. Where would you get such a foolish idea like that?

Bethseda hardly speaks a word to the community once the game is out unless there is a game crippling bug to adress. "There always is" where they say "Sorry" and "It wont happen again" and next time they release the game they repeat the cycle.

"Oh shit corrupt game files?...yeah deal with it for 3 months while we don't work on fixing it."

[SilvertearRen]

No it doesn't. Where would you get such a foolish idea like that?

Bethseda hardly speaks a word to the community once the game is out unless there is a game crippling bug to adress. "There always is" where they say "Sorry" and "It wont happen again" and next time they release the game they repeat the cycle.

"Oh shit corrupt game files?...yeah deal with it for 3 months while we don't work on fixing it."

That's because all they've released are single-player games. Get it? Hur-hur.

[Khalus]

Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKIkw3LIoQ

Well, for the record, Bethesda was not the developer of Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment was. You know the ones that royally screwed up KOTOR II, Alpha Protocol and the recent Dungeon Siege III.

[Khalus]

Also, Don't forget, Bethseda is a PC game maker first and foremost. While their recent iterations of Oblivion and Fallout 3 used a consoleized interface, I think they've learned their lessons and changed their development approaches regarding Skyrim so that they don't repeat the same mistake.

PC-centric game development for the win!

Sorry to burst your excitement bubble, but Todd Howard has said that Skyrim is being made exclusively for consoles in mind this time, and the PC ver will be a shoddy port. We're not getting a PC enhanced ver..../cry At least we still have the most awesome modding community to make the game look/sound/and play better than anything Bethesda releases. I wouldn't be surprised if they're doing a console port on purpose this time, knowing the modders will basically make a proper PC ver for free...

[Tigercub]

Sorry to burst your excitement bubble, but Todd Howard has said that Skyrim is being made exclusively for consoles in mind this time, and the PC ver will be a shoddy port.

It's not a port, they're developing it for all three platforms.

As for the enhanced version, Todd Howard said:
"Obviously the PC version looks better. It has higher textures, it can run much higher resolution and has a lot more graphic features. We tend to show it on 360 so that it’s a good baseline for people to look at so when they then see the PC version it’s going to go up. We’d rather do that than have people see the 360 later and it takes a step down."

[kukurumei]

Ever since what happened to Crysis 2, you have seen a strong push to cripple PC ports in favor of console ports...even if it's a PC oriented game.

Sad but reality is pretty dominating in this aspect of gaming industry.

[weeble]

couldn't read that text wall sorry lol, but i'd like to just say i love fallout3 and new vegas, and i'm sooooo looking forward to seeing how they go about with the fallout online mmorpg. lets hope it comes out great, we'll have to see.

[Kaizlu]

Well, for the record, Bethesda was not the developer of Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment was. You know the ones that royally screwed up KOTOR II, Alpha Protocol and the recent Dungeon Siege III.

I actually like Obsidian, they're not THAT bad. And I know this completely off topic, but I couldn't resist posting this image once you mentioned Obsidian.

http://i56.tinypic.com/6ghmq0.png

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As for the topic in hand. Am I the only one that thinks that the main difference between Bethesda and SE, is the old "West/East" thing? I'm not a Japanese game developer, but I actually picture SE spending more time in debugging and testing than the standard American/European developer. And more in FFXIV given the fact that anything they release will be under heavy fire even if it's the best thing ever.

[alexi14]

I don't understand how you can knock FFXIV graphics. If anything, that's one of the few things they got right. When I walk around in FFXIV, I feel like i'm actually a part of the world. I feel like progress I make in FFXIV means something. RIFT on the other hand, is a game I play for 30 min a day to get AWAY from what feels like the real world "FFXIV".

That so makes me sound like a no lifer, and I promise I'm not... kinda.. Only level 37, but you get my point! I play rift, and I'm like.. ok cool, i'm a healer, and I won a cool battle, time to go do something that matters "jumps on FFXIV"