Could the next Total War game be also for the 360?

[SenseiJT92]

Just a thought I had. Fair enough, there are huge differences between the PC and the Xbox-360, however essentially they are both made by Microsoft (that is, if you use Windows as your OS), and both Windows Live and Xbox Live use the same system..

Could, in theory a Total War game be ported to the XBox?

'But how would you control a battlemap/campaign map with only a joystick gaming pad'

Well, we know this wouldn't work. Stormrise tried with this, and failed. WIP select is a disaster in terms of how it was implemented in Stormrise.

However, what if the XBox-version had keyboard and mouse implemententation in the game code? Only the original Xbox had forbade game developers from including mouse and keyboard implementation in their games so that it was differentiated from the PC. However the 360 has no strict mandate for this, so in theory a game could make use of USB Keyboard and Mice, (and the Xbox has enough USB ports to be able to support this).

It would mean that people wouldn't have to worry about their 'gaming rig' as the game would be suited to be able to play perfectly on the Xbox. Fair enough, it may not look as classy as it's PC counterpart, (what game does)? Think Crysis PC vs Crysis Xbox, the difference is obvious - however, I think personally the online-multiplayer would be better. XBL offers a clear better multi-player system than any PC, including Steam - and would make online battles interesting.

I'm not sure how mods would work, but let's face it, what new Total War game has ever been 'moddable' as deemed by the people that created it. Every mod has come not from the devs wanting us to mod, but from people cracking the system...

Hmm, just thoughts anyway! Could sound ridiculous, but - as CA are bent on making money apparently, offering the TW series at another console (even if the game was eclusive for that consoles and only featured real time battles) - it would make them more money

[a tw player]

Hell no.

[August]

Hell no.

...what he said...


CA is a niche market developer. 360 crowd is not the sort of clientele that would be interested in Total War games (just go play few matches online on 360 and you'll see).

[Druss-slayer]

I honestly wouldn't care if they ported a TW game to consoles as long as it has no effect on the PC version. That is the problem. The time and money to port it and any concessions made for consoles might effect my favourite game series and that would just be plain wrong

[Heavy Weapons Guy]

Hell no.

Agree.

[Thefallenhun]

Its simply not possible, it has more to do with RAM than processing power. The 360 would crap itself trying to deal with thousands of individual soldiers everywhere. Remember how DA2 had waves of enemies come at you? That was because the consoles couldn't handle having all the enemies on screen at once.

[YoungGrognard]

Its simply not possible, it has more to do with RAM than processing power. The 360 would crap itself trying to deal with thousands of individual soldiers everywhere. Remember how DA2 had waves of enemies come at you? That was because the consoles couldn't handle having all the enemies on screen at once.

It's not impossible. It's possible. (I'm a programmer).

Yes, all they have to do is dumb it down for the kiddies and scale it down.

It would be an epic disaster for our community in all respects.

As an event it would be indistinguishable from the Apocalypse.

I know Brig says there's more to life that Total War but would the hell would he know? He's just an old Brigadier.

[Humble Warrior]

It's not impossible. It's possible. (I'm a programmer).

Yes, all they have to do is dumb it down for the kiddies and scale it down.

It would be an epic disaster for our community in all respects.

As an event it would be indistinguishable from the Apocalypse.

I know Brig says there's more to life that Total War but would the hell would he know? He's just an old Brigadier.

Agreed. All they need to do is dumb it down continuously...

[Lord Baal]

Nope.

[emperor77]

Consoles are evil.

[Stívarðr Reynitré]

@ OP

I hope not.

I've borne too many ills to consolers for too long a year now...they wouldn't deserve it!

[SonOfCrusader76]

HELL NO!

I don't usually shout, but as well all know, the next TW game is likely to be Rome 2 and if that was bloody dumbed down to accommodate the sodding consoles after waiting for seven years, I will be spitting mad.

You wanna play TW, get a PC.

[talljoe]

HELL NO!

I don't usually shout, but as well all know, the next TW game is likely to be Rome 2 and if that was bloody dumbed down to accommodate the sodding consoles after waiting for seven years, I will be spitting mad.

You wanna play TW, get a PC.

A part of me died when I found out that Battlefield 3 will also be on console. The rest of me will die if a TW game ends up on 6 year old consoles.

Like this guy says, if there ever was a game that is strictly for PCs (and ones with serious horsepower) it's TW.

[SonOfCrusader76]

A part of me died when I found out that Battlefield 3 will also be on console. The rest of me will die if a TW game ends up on 6 year old consoles.

Like this guy says, if there ever was a game that is strictly for PCs (and ones with serious horsepower) it's TW.

Don't worry about BF3 - it has the PC as its lead platform. Here's a bit of an article that I remember:

We're going to have the PC as the lead platform and then fiddle with it to make it fit on consoles.

Make it fit. Shame some other devs. don't think that way.

Besides, do you know how many times I've had 'you wanna play Fifa, get a console' shoved down my throat? Not entirely true as it happens - but TW's the perfect opportunity to give some of that back!

[Lord Baal]

Consoles are for spending a while playing some arcade rubbish, or for serious FPS and sport games like football (soccer), baseball... and racing games. Strategy games needs a bigger, better and meaner hardware, and more important a full keyboard and a mouse.

[caffeinatedspade]

Strategy games on consoles don't work. Having played strategy games on consoles, trust me on that.

Forget about graphics and processing power, the simple issue is the control interface and the control pad cannot compare to a keyboard and mouse.

[Dynamo11]

No... no.... oh hell no

[sutphin]

I would certainly buy it for the xbox. Computers are expensive and not really worth the money spent in my opinion.

Two Nvidia 580s cost around or over 1,000 US dollars. I could buy seven used xbox 360s for that amount of green.

[Akusa]

I would certainly buy it for the xbox. Computers are expensive and not really worth the money spent in my opinion.

Two Nvidia 580s cost around or over 1,000 US dollars. I could buy seven used xbox 360s for that amount of green.

or you could buy a much cheaper video card and still play the game.

[Peloi]

Good luck to CA if they want to try, can't see how the xbox could pull it off, maybe if CA water it down, anyway CA have tried 2 twice with a Total war like games on the consoles already if remember right, both not hitting the mark.