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Forums - Gaming - XCOM 2 announced (Firaxis; PC-only; November release)

Mummelmann said:
PC getting some love! Games like XCOM are terribly to control with gamepads anyway and strategy games aren't exactly huge on consoles.


I never found it that bad but when it gets ported I hope they put the PS4's trackpad to good use!



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teigaga said:

Respective to the success of this niche game though? if the console version made up 50% of its sales and its a very PC centric title, I'd say the console version done "quite well".  

Barozi said:

it should've said "sold [...] quite well on consoles considering the type of game it is", but I thought that would be too obvious.
For any FPS with a big PC history (such as STALKER or Metro) I would've agreed that these would be average sales compared to the potential they had.

I do understand the "genre = niche on consoles" argument, but that's still all the more reason to focus on the PC version over consoles and then evaluate where they're at on a later date.

Besides, I don't think consoles are anywhere close to 50% of this game.  Steamspy (however inaccurate it may be) has the game at ~2.7m, plus whatever copies aren't registered on Steam and the physical copies sold which aren't registered on Steam.

I'm not saying the sales are terrible.  They're fine.  Maybe they're even pretty good.  But for a massive corporation like Take Two, I can understand why servicing a console niche wouldn't be a massive priority for you, especially when you're hitting consoles with much more appropriate games from other IP's you own.



Well I was hoping was console versions as well to help the games sales. But no matter, my new PC will be delivered in 2 weeks time so I'll be ready for November! Can't wait!



I hope that this game is a lot more mod friendly than the last one. Also, I hope that this is a true PC exclusive so it will not be encumbered by having to make concessions for console versions. That being said, I am somewhat excited because the last XCOM was one of the best games of the year.

Edit:

The trailer is giving me an Apocalypse kind of vibe while I was wanting something more along the lines of Terror from the Deep. I'm not complaining though, as long as they don't use Interceptor as inspiration :P



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Day 1 for me. Love the first 1. Can't wait to watch all my friends die... again



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No console version no buy even if they release it later, i rather play bladestorm or wait for nobunaga



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