Ubisoft - We Care About the PC…Really

Originally Posted by sakichop
Not sure if they care about PC or not but this is one of the better PC feature lists I've seen.

It is a bit sad though that proper K&M support is now a feature and not something that should just be expected of a PC game.

I do long for the day that multiple monitor support is in every games. Displaying inventory,maps, etc on the other screens not just pstretching the game over them. I suppose that will never happen now though as VR will be the focus going forward.

Multi-platform games have got a lot better about PC-specific feature support in recent years. These are not the dark days of 2005 any longer. While we don't always have customizable FOV and INI files, I haven't played an outright bad PC port in many years.

That said, things like multi-monitor support and dual-GPU optimization are a very niche feature on PC. I'd be surprised if dual-GPU accounted for more than a couple percent of players, for instance. And while dual-monitor setups are reasonably common (10-15%), actually making effective use of them for most games can sometimes be difficult because it doesn't fit with the game's design (if users even want to use multiple monitors to play games at all - personally I'd rather have the second one open for IM, web browsing, etc.).

Supporting those niche features usually doesn't lead to any more sales, and usually takes more work than users often think it does - if the tech being used can even support those features well at all. Between putting engineers on features everyone can enjoy, vs. just a tiny sliver of users, it's not surprising why certain choices are made.

Originally Posted by sea
Multi-platform games have got a lot better about PC-specific feature support in recent years. These are not the dark days of 2005 any longer.

That said, things like multi-monitor support and dual-GPU optimization is a very niche feature on PC. I'd be surprised if dual-GPU accounted for more than a couple percent of players, for instance. Supporting those features usually doesn't lead to any more sales, and usually takes more than that percentage of work than most think - if the tech being used can even support those features well at all. Between putting engineers on features everyone can enjoy, vs. just a tiny sliver of users, well, it's not surprising why certain choices are made.

You actually tend to see a lot of niche feature support in other genres though, like simulators and MMOs - usually because those games are supported over longer periods of time by a dedicated community, so the developers have more incentive (and time/money) to appeal to those guys.

Can't really agree with that console GUI's are more prevalent than ever and proper K&M controls and key remapping are hit and miss even witcher 3 has console GUI.

Originally Posted by sakichop
Can't really agree with that console GUI's are more prevalent than ever and proper K&M controls and key remapping are hit and miss even witcher 3 has console GUI.

I'm not sure what you mean by "console GUI" because that's such a nebulous term. While I have some minor niggles about The Witcher 3's UI, overall I think the game plays fine on both keyboard and mouse as well as controller. The problems it does have tend to be problems for both input methods (i.e. some of the inventory sorting stuff).

Yea… UI can generally be not good like MGS5's iDroid. Equally clunky on K+M and on controller.

iDroid wouldn't be bad if they would LET ME USE MY MOUSE. (Though the display/sorting of mercs is still incredibly weak.)

Anyway, I don't understand the hate being thrown at Massive. They *are* doing things for the PC version, aren't they? Even under Ubisoft, Far Cry 3 was a pretty fun game.

Ubisoft and their UPlay, however, is another matter. Origin is annoying but at least it actually works right. Several of their games have been having issues, too. Massive may care about us but it's pretty clear their publisher doesn't.

(Though I'm not about to fault them for the 95% pirate thing. I think that might be a little high but only a little. Remember they are talking world wide and *most* of the world is south-east Asia.)

Sorry, Ubi. No money from me. And the reasons were presented by peeps that posted before me.

When and if monsieur Guillemot apologizes, i might reconsider. With a strong accent on might. As i seriously doubt that dear Yves will do such a thing, i will continue to ignore anything that comes from Ubi.

Here's my hope that they will sell Might and Magic series to someone that actually knows what to do with them.

There was a time when I bought Ubi games and there was a time when I pirated them. That was a long long time ago and now I wouldn't even remember their company if they didn't go public with the most retarded things all the time.

PC Gamers - We Care About Ubisoft…..Really

Originally Posted by sea
I'm not sure what you mean by "console GUI" because that's such a nebulous term.

Play Fallout 4 and you'll know what he means instantly.