Halo 4 should be developed for the pc as well as the xbox.
I’ve heard some issues that xbox gamers bring up, such as halo being developed for the pc as well as the xbox will make the game terrible because it would drain the dev team’s resources and cause them to be unable to put in the effort to make halo 4 the amazing game they promise. But would it really drain that much of the teams resources? It’s not like they’re developing two different games. For all i care they can make the game optimized for the xbox 360 and simply take that version that’s already made and port it for the pc. They could even do this a month after the game is released and i would be happy just knowing that a pc version of the game will be available. i can not stress enough that i do not care how much effort 343 puts into making a pc version of the game, as long as they do. i agree that they should focus on the xbox version seeing as it is the main console for the halo franchise, but even a quick port of that to the pc would be welcomed by many.
Another issue brought up: why don’t pc gamers suck it up and just buy an xbox? short answer is that i have an amazing computer that i paid for and (sometimes) built myself. i’m broke and don’t have $200, as well as money for additional remotes. also to but it bluntly i don’t want to pay for xbox live. great community? yeah, i have nothing against xbox live and i’ve played xbox and xbox live in the past, i know it’s great but that also comes down to money, after all, i’m already paying for my internet. in the end it comes down to pc gamers not wanting to spend the money on a console just to play one game, and then having to purchase xbox live to get the full experience. if anyone reading this has a job and has to support themselves then they would know what i mean, money isn’t cheap.
Another issue i’ve heard on top of that is Halo was a series developed for the xbox, and so it should be developed exclusively for xbox. with all due respect, i apologize to those who believe this but that is incorrect. Halo CE and Halo 2 both came out on the pc as well as the xbox.
Lastly there’s the issue of “hackers” on pcs. or is there? ever had someone kill you in a halo online game or cod and then call them a hacker and rage? i have. hackers are on every console, but most of the time people don’t even hack, but rather they lag or something goes wrong with player synchronization on the server end, and it’s not always obvious, so “hackers” are not always hackers. and as for the real hackers, i mentioned that they exist on every console, and just because the pc gives hackers more options and makes it easier doesn’t mean that the game shouldn’t come out on the pc. Rather why do non pc gamers say that a game shouldn’t be developed for the pc becasue of hackers anyway? it’s not like it’s affecting their game on their console of choice, and in the end it only provides more options for people on the gaming market.
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