After being to the Eurogamer Expo it was really disappointing not having the PC version on show.
Why?

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Todd Howard said the reason why they are not using PC's is because that the PC's have better graphics, and they don't want peoples hopes to be crushed when they play a worse version on consoles.

Sorry no news as I am primarily a PC gamer and the lack of PC games was quite worrying.
It seems the consoles really have taken over.

Aw man, not this again :sadvaultboy:

It's like most developers deny the existence of PC gamers :down:







That's funny. He's also said that there isn't much of a difference between PC and console unless you really look hard for it.

I also think its because they already have the old build for 360 already done for gaming conventions and they are trying to focus more on actually getting done in time for release.

to surprise us so that when we buy it we see how much better it is than the console versions. :biggrin:

Because they don't have a demo version for PC.

Todd Howard, because we wanted to show how incredible the base line is.

But to make the demo on consoles they have had to use PC's. So technically they should already have a demo they could show on PC's.

Actually what he really said is that the pc version will "look even way better".

As a PC gamer who can see the pc elites now entering this thread, I shall bid thee farewell because it can only end in tears.

Didnt Hines tweet that we've already seen PC screenshots but we just don't know it? I could have sworn he did.

Hey did you ever think that gaming pcs are giant bulking machines compared to the easy to set up xboxs? :rolleyes:

Who cares what they demo it on? It looks fantastic on 360, that's enough for me! This means it will look at LEAST as good as that on my PC (which I will be happy with) and probably the same on PS3 (which PS3 owners will be happy with!). I'm sure that they just want to demo the game on ONE platform when showing it off at these shows to keep things consistent.

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Also I really don't see what the problem is with showing the game off from the best version possible.
It's like showing a game off at medium settings because 'most people won't be able to play it on highest' or something.

And it's not like people complain about using pre-rendered footage as in game videos or trailers (eg. StarCraft 2).

Because they have a deal with Microsoft. The Xbox is getting DLC sooner, I'm sure part of that deal is showing the game off on their platform. It's just not something they're openly talking about.

No offence but the consoles were ALWAYS in power.

Yes.

The most popular things are most always silly and foolish. I do agree with you.

Laptops say hello.

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Well it all depends on the chassis you want for your PC. The fact that most gaming PC's have larger chassis', is so you have more space for your hands when you are assembling/disassembling or repairing the machine, or better airflow (Xbox failure rate, anyone?).


Also it really doesn't matter to me. I have both a fairly good desktop and an Xbox 360 aswell. I haven't moved the Xbox 360 to another place since I set it up a couple of months ago and neither my PC, so mobility doesn't matter for me.

If so then they'd need PCs, keyboards, and mouses on hand. Do the math. They can hook a 360 controller up but looking at the whole picture more trouble than it's worth. So they went with the 360. Might aswell ask why no PS3 version?

As a PC player I'll skip over supremacy comments as to me it doesn't matter. Bethesda already was one of the most mainstream RPG devs by Morrowinds time. Consoles have little to do with how Skyrim is progressing other than graphical features and DLC.

Audiences do. Which is(Not casual) but multi-genre and a vast majority of core RPG players who've never touched a real RPG with a rule-set let alone tabletop. The core RPG audience now isn't the same as the 80s or 90s. Take what we can get.

Deus Ex was barely an RPG in the first place, Deus Ex Hhuman Rev from recently is even less but does tons of things better than both RPGs and action games in the last decade.

An Xbox demo is easier to set up at these things, and probably more reliable (less likely to crash) at this stage.

Laptops?! They're not gonna take destroy the graphics settings just so they can show pc gameplay. And no, don't tell em they're gonna go out and buy a bunch of alienware pcs or those tiny desktops because they're not gonna spend a lot of money just to show pc gameplay, while theres a much cheaper option with the Xbox

Deals with Microsoft, otherwise they'd be showing it to its full potential like any other company.