Epic Considering PC, Xbox 360 Interplay for UT3

[Zeus]

In a recent interview, a lead developer of UT3 implied that there was a possibly PC and Xbox 360 gamers would be able to go head-to-head online during the game.


At CES, Bill Gates talked about Shadowrun being able to play PC versus Xbox 360. Are you going to allow for that in UTIII?

Morris: There’s certainly no technical reasons why we couldn’t do interplay between platforms, but the one thing with that is the input between the two. We’re a fast-paced action game. With the mouse, you’re looking here, and then you swing over here, and you stop and you swing up there and you stop. You’ve got all these quick movements, and I don’t know that a 360 controller is ever going to have an analogy to that. If it’s not fun or balanced to do it, we don’t do it.

The Live network also makes it not a trivial task to make it integrate with the open network of the PC and the PS3. We’re very interested to see how Shadowrun does it and if people will want that.


News Source: <A href="http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12709/Epic-Considering-PC-Xbox-360-Interplay-for-UT3/" target="_blank">TeamXbox.com</a>

[dargalia]

looollll...i can smell from here that all the xbox 360 owner will get pwned if that hapen

[Rockman_Joey]

If all versions like had the same thing just like Final Fantasy XI does, that'll be sick!!!! I can play my XBOX mates, PC and PS3 buddys!! GO FOR IT!!!!!!!

[Rubric]

If that's the case, I'm getting the PC version. There's no way I'm playing against someone using a mouse when I've got a controller.

[redwolf]

it's not just mouse & keyboard we have to worry...

on PC version, if you have a good PC all you do is turn all the details to Low, turn off whatever you can such as shadows, if using CRT monitor pump up the refresh rate to 120Hz... and probably easier to hack a PC game too. all the console players will be doomed :rolleyes:

[mcmanic]

please don't let this happen, let the pc users use their mouse and xbox360 users use their controllers, may be fine in other types of games, but for FPS forget it

[Isamu_Dyson]

I sure hope this happens, it'll probably mean that Microsoft will (finally) support USB keyboards and mouses on the 360.

And even if that doesn't happen i don't see any problem with online gaming... simply disable keyboard + mouse while online... or only allow players with same control options (controller wise) "compete" with each other (pad vs pad, keyb/mouse vs keyb/mouse)

Quake III Dreamcast FTW. :p

[So-Unreal]

All BS if you ask me. If it was going to happen it would have been done, Epic sure has been in the news a lot lately For UT ....

[shemmy]

if this happened they would have to cripple mouse/keyboard support on the pc to level the playing field. what pc owners would ever want to play like that?

one other advantage the pc would have _fov 120 :) . they'd be dead before they even saw you.

[InsaneNutter]

I hope this happens, ill be getting the game on pc and woud love to slaughter my live buddys at it :D