Per Bungie, no one wants PC FPSs

[Erik_Twice]

Pretty sure he just means that the older style of PC shooters pre-Halo just aren't in demand anymore and not that PC gamers don't want FPSs.

What is that "older style"? Halo didn't introduce anything new to the genre.

[GSZX1337]

The problem is that now we have almost no PC-exclusive FPS's. The only two that come to mind are Crysis 1 and Hard Reset.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?

[MrPopo]

The problem is that now we have almost no PC-exclusive FPS's. The only two that come to mind are Crysis 1 and Hard Reset.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?

Gah, can't believe I forgot that series.

[flex wood]

The problem is that now we have almost no PC-exclusive FPS's. The only two that come to mind are Crysis 1 and Hard Reset.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?

Gah, can't believe I forgot that series.

Day z? And that game it was modded from.

[MrPopo]

I'd argue mods don't count. By their very nature they have to be done on PC, so there isn't a deliberate choice going on.

[isiolia]

I'd argue mods don't count. By their very nature they have to be done on PC, so there isn't a deliberate choice going on.

The Arma games are PC only in the first place, and probably not a style that would thrive on consoles.

[Hobie-wan]

That wasn't shittily ported, that was accurately ported.

Wait, so it plays like a barge with a turret on it on the console too? Why the fuck did people go apeshit over it again?

[dsheinem]

That wasn't shittily ported, that was accurately ported.

Wait, so it plays like a barge with a turret on it on the console too? Why the fuck did people go apeshit over it again?

Mostly because it was the first console FPS to both prominently and successfully emphasize and support multiplayer. It was also one of the first FPS titles to have dual analog controls (on the same same controller), something that existed for a short while previously (since earlier in 2000) but not in a big name title...

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Not to mention that it was heavily hyped up by Microsoft. Goldeneye served as a big console FPS of sorts but it never got the level of attention that Halo was given marketing wise.

[Hobie-wan]

I know, I was being silly. But seriously, aside from the fact the PC port came way too late, it was total ass compared to just about any other PC FPS the way it controlled.