News: IGN.com DCU and PS2 going to PS4 - Page 3

Hamma · 2013-06-05, 12:43 PM

Also I can't see them being on the same servers.

Calista · 2013-06-05, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Also I can't see them being on the same servers.

Me either and besides isn't PSN a sort of private internal network to Sony? Either way we'll find out more next week for sure.

VaderShake · 2013-06-05, 12:49 PM

I would think since PS4 is pretty much a PC that Sony would be able to pull off a cross platform server, the technology is there and it really makes $ense to do it. Also Sony has been developing PS2 and the PS4 at the same time so why not design them for cross platform play? It will be interesting to find out if they want to innovate in that direction or not.

Snipefrag · 2013-06-05, 12:50 PM

I very much doubt they will be on the same sever, lets focus on what awesome news this is.. Shows that PS2 is at the center of a lot of plans at Sony.

wasdie · 2013-06-05, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by AThreatToYou

PS4 supports mouse and keyboard .. at least I think it does
Personally, I hope they are on the same servers.

That would be terrible. They would kill the PS4 servers before they even got off the ground.

wasdie · 2013-06-05, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by VaderShake

I would think since PS4 is pretty much a PC that Sony would be able to pull off a cross platform server, the technology is there and it really makes sense to do it. Also Sony has been developing PS2 and the PS4 at the same time so why not design them for cross platform play? It will be interesting to find out if they want to innovate in that direction or not.

How does it make sense? You have one faction using a whole new UI and control scheme/input vs. a faction who has played the game for over a year.

ShadoViper · 2013-06-05, 12:53 PM

Well, i just hope the gameplay updates don't become more restricted because of the console version. Otherwise, more money for them and that's good for us.

AThreatToYou · 2013-06-05, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by wasdie

How does it make sense? You have one faction using a whole new UI and control scheme/input vs. a faction who has played the game for over a year.

>they won't necessarily be using a different input type.

>PS2 is a game that is about massive battles. If PS4 players join us on the PC servers, we have more players and more massive battles.

NewSith · 2013-06-05, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by GeoGnome

I feel maniacal laughter swelling inside of me... Let the console slaughter begin.

Bring fourth my white horse... so I can run people down with it.

Why did you have to use these two words next to each other? Oh, my headache...

On a sidenote - well, as long as the console players are treated as inferior, I'm fine with it. In more gentle words - PC should remain the main platform for PS2.

Hamma · 2013-06-05, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by WSNeo

Am I the only one that immediately recognized Nobel and Kytten's voices in the video?

Also that was hands down the best promo video that SOE has pushed out for this game.

Nope I noticed!

And agreed an excellent trailer that showcases what the game is about.

Maidere · 2013-06-05, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by Calista

You might be surprised. I was when I heard some internal details about it.

So AMD managed to make a cheap CPU with comparable to intel performance per tread after god knows how many years of sucking? Yeah, I will be EXTREMELY surprised.
upd: When SOE started PS2 testing they were targeting... regular PCs? mediocre PCs? Something like that.
We know what it did end up with.

Calista · 2013-06-05, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Maidere

So AMD managed to make a cheap CPU with comparable to intel performance per tread after god knows how many years of sucking? Yeah, I will be EXTREMELY surprised.

And it's not all about hardware specs with consoles. With the commonality of them being the same device there is little overhead. Developers can essentially code to the metal if they wanted to. Doubt they will but the driver overhead in a specific purpose computing platform is minute compared to general purpose.

SturmovikDrakon · 2013-06-05, 01:14 PM

If this means that features which require more than a few button presses (stuff like VGS commands, macros and the like) get scrapped because you can't have them work with a controller...

I will be royally ticked off

Console and PC versions had better be developed separately, I don't want them to intrude on each others features, user interface elements and the like.

VaderShake · 2013-06-05, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by wasdie

How does it make sense? You have one faction using a whole new UI and control scheme/input vs. a faction who has played the game for over a year.

If I'm Sony I would rather be getting double out of my 1 resource cost for 1 product investment instead of having to put more money in operating costs and manage 2 resource costs for 1 product.

I think there would be positives and negatives either way but I would like to see Sony go for it because ultimately I think it would provide more support overall for PS2 (on the PC specifically) if the PS4 is cross platform.

Rbstr · 2013-06-05, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by VaderShake

I would think since PS4 is pretty much a PC that Sony would be able to pull off a cross platform server, the technology is there and it really makes $ense to do it.

"The technology is there" The original Xbox was x86. You could put PS3/360/PC MP together as is, if you wanted to, from a computer architecture standpoint. There's nothing magical.

As long as the console players don't get any aiming aid and the PC game doesn't lose features, whatever, I don't care.

But it won't happen. They don't want a bunch of controller-users getting completely dominated and they don't want a big title to require a KB/Mouse when most console games are played from the couch in front of a TV.