Au Ra Twitter Campaign vs Console players

[Eye_Gore]

At the same time while the general public has started to slowly stop using PC's, on the gaming front PC gaming is booming like it's never before and causing speculation on if this might be the last generation of consoles.

If anything its the new consoles putting the PC's away. They can do what most lay people do with a PC and in some cases better and faster. I have a tiny little console that takes up hardly any room on the shelf under the TV, it can play games, go online, watch movies, use Netflix, Hulu, Amazon. It has a camera, play songs, play Blu-Ray, record game play, take screenshots, store photos. I can link it directly to YouTube, Facebook, etc... I don't need to upgrade it, worry about temperature, worry about turning my graphics down, ease of use. I don't think consoles are going anywhere. I love my PC I have games on there that would never run on a console, but sad to say I think the consoles will take over.

[Arixtotle]

And yet PS4 continues to sell like hotcakes. I'm not saying that to start an argument, it's simply a counter point to what you're saying.

That's because there's a lot of console only games. And yet you don't see those of us without consoles bitching about it and saying that if we can't have it no one should. Take FFXV for example. It is CONSOLE ONLY. Should I be going on a forum and whining about not being able to play it? No because it's MY DECISION not to buy a console. Just like it's YOUR decision not to buy a PC.

[Nadrojj]

Bad enough people like this are hounding my forum post for a similar one like the OP.

If they wanted it this way of PC only they would have never bothered with console support they would have told the people who had their ps3 copy of the game pre ordered and say sorry but not going this way guys tough luck. If you want a to play a game that has no console support then go play WoW.

The reason they released it to console was to make money. They had to re-coup the cost of the failure of 1.0, then taking it offline, then creating a new game. What better way to maximize profit than to make your game available on multiple platforms. I don't fault them for wanting to make more money with a console release, I do however cringe when I see threads like this. As a former console player in 11, the best move I've made mmo wise is moving to PC. Yeah I had to save up, but it was worth it in the end.

[Soralis]

so let me get this straight, you are raging because you console players can't access the benhcmark which is only for pc players to check if their pc can run the game, and an added bonus was a char creation which you will all get when the game comes out. and i am left out of every final fantasy game since final fantasy 8 because i am on pc. BoOHOO cry me a river.

[Kosmos992k]

That's because there's a lot of console only games. And yet you don't see those of us without consoles bitching about it and saying that if we can't have it no one should. Take FFXV for example. It is CONSOLE ONLY. Should I be going on a forum and whining about not being able to play it? No because it's MY DECISION not to buy a console. Just like it's YOUR decision not to buy a PC.

This might be a good reply, if only I was making any of the arguments that you countered.

There are plenty of PC only games, just as there are Console only, and Tablet/phone only, or iOS only, so what's your point?

You obviously didn't read my posts since I haven't bitched about anything in this topic, nor did I say that if consoles can't have it no one should. Quite the opposite actually, since I said that while they could have put out a character creator for the console version, it would detract from the developers time spent on the real game. I stated clearly that I prefer that they focus on the game.

As for my decision not to buy a PC, you can roll that little cart back into your shed too since I have a laptop that's quite capable of playing FFXIV. I have purchased FFXIV for it also, however I choose to play on PS4 because it's pretty much a wash between the two for quality, and the console version of the controller interface feels far more polished.

Honestly, if you're going to flame someone, at least have the courtesy to read their posts (the ones you're replying to) so that you can actually counter what was said, and not what you imagined to be said.

Returning to the OP, I personally find it silly that there is a competition that is open to only one region, and even then only open to a portion of the player base in that region. Despite the fact that I think a console version of the character creator with the same video sequence as the benchmark would make a great game demo tool to drive sales on console, I don't think it's worth the effort at this stage as it would require testing and certification along with all the time and effort to do that, which is better spent on the game.

[myahele]

I don't quite understand why PC gamers don't think console gamers don't have PCs?

In this day and age people need PCs to do alot of things. While things like tablets and phone are probably eating away at the need for PCs, that doesn't mean console gamers don't have PCs. They just choose not to play PC games or don't feel the need to upgrade or buy their PCs

In the end, many of the recent popular PC games aren't even graphically intensive anyways and can work with many older PCs

[kyuven]

Ugh this is still going on.
OK here's what you do if you don't have a PC:
1) Find a friend with a PC. You have one. Don't tell me you don't.
2) "Can I use your computer for an hour?"
3) Use the benchmark to make pretty pictures.
4) Submit to the contest
5) Potentially profit

To reiterate, this is NOT a contest exclusively for PC players. We may have a slight advantage, yes, but complaining about that is like me complaining that people who are more artistic than me or people with a Twitter account have an advantage.

[Kosmos992k]

To reiterate, this is NOT a contest exclusively for PC players. We may have a slight advantage, yes, but complaining about that is like me complaining that people who are more artistic than me or people with a Twitter account have an advantage.

...but...but...they do!

[myahele]

em/console <t> Console Players

[Franchesca]

Wow, I never seen anyone that feels so entitled to something before. Did OP think the Benchmark was on all platforms? You should have seen this coming. lol

For the record, I play on PS4. Do I feel disappointed for not having to fiddle the new race on the character creator? A little bit, but I'll live and deal with it.