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[Kdogg788]

So.. Microsoft announced this week that keyboard and mouse support will be coming shortly to the Xbox One. Xbox head Phil Spencer says that this will open up a ton of new games to arrive on the platform. How would you feel about a game like MWO being playable on Xbox One, considering that the console runs an OS closely related to Windows 10 already? Could this open the game up to an entirely new audience who might not have discovered it otherwise and who would likely not be aware of its initial struggles and history?

-k

[Bombast]

I think MWO runs poorly enough without trying to support another platform, similar as it may be.

[x Deathstrike x]

If PC players are mixed with XBox players, the PC players using a mouse would totally oblierate Xbox users with controllers.
That's about what I have to say to this topic.

[Nightbird]

10 fps probably on that

console games need to be extremely well threaded, MWO is not threaded

[KingCobra]

Kdogg788, on 27 September 2018 - 06:21 AM, said:

So.. Microsoft announced this week that keyboard and mouse support will be coming shortly to the Xbox One. Xbox head Phil Spencer says that this will open up a ton of new games to arrive on the platform. How would you feel about a game like MWO being playable on Xbox One, considering that the console runs an OS closely related to Windows 10 already? Could this open the game up to an entirely new audience who might not have discovered it otherwise and who would likely not be aware of its initial struggles and history?

-k

Even if PGI wanted to port over MWO to Xbox it is so terribly optimized for PC it would be constantly crashing on the Xbox platform unless they dumbed it way down on the UI or graphics which then no one wants to play it.

I have a I7 4.2 64 GB memory a Nvidia 1080 32 GB memory and this game still runs horrible even on medium settings.

[Kdogg788]

Are you sure about that? I run this game on medium and I have a laptop with a 950m, which in theory should be way below your desktop 1080. I don't have any issues with this game. I'm sure the Xbox One X in particular is stronger than many users PCs on here.

@Deathstrike: Did you read the OP? Microsoft is bringing keyboard and mouse support to the Xbox One. You wouldn't be playing on controller unless PGI wanted you to.

-k

[Daurock]

KingCobra, on 27 September 2018 - 06:41 AM, said:

I have a I7 4.2 64 GB memory a Nvidia 1080 32 GB memory and this game still runs horrible even on medium settings.

How, exactly does it run that badly for you with a system with that juice?

I mean, I'm running on a comparatively slow system, (6700k, Radeon380, 8GB RAM) and manage to run everything to high, without any noticeable hiccups. Maybe it's a resolution thing? (My resolution is a relatively pedestrian 1080P)

[Bombast]

Kdogg788, on 27 September 2018 - 07:07 AM, said:

@Deathstrike: Did you read the OP? Microsoft is bringing keyboard and mouse support to the Xbox One. You wouldn't be playing on controller unless PGI wanted you to.

Microsoft is not going to let any game onto their consoles that can't be played with a controller.

Related, I've played MWO on a Steam Controller. It's better than you'd think, but not good enough.

EDIT: Not so related, I'm also played MWO on my phone with a Steam Controller. Which is just kind of funny.

Edited by Bombast, 27 September 2018 - 07:27 AM.

[Horseman]

Daurock, on 27 September 2018 - 07:22 AM, said:

How, exactly does it run that badly for you with a system with that juice?

There's no 32 GB version of GTX 1080, which should be the first sign something is amiss with the supposed specs.

Edited by Horseman, 27 September 2018 - 07:30 AM.

[Daurock]

Bombast, on 27 September 2018 - 07:25 AM, said:

Microsoft is not going to let any game onto their consoles that can't be played with a controller.

Related, I've played MWO on a Steam Controller. It's better than you'd think, but not good enough.

EDIT: Not so related, I'm also played MWO on my phone with a Steam Controller. Which is just kind of funny.

The Steam Controller is one of those little underrated gems out there. From time to time, I'll take mine out, and my Steam Link, settle back on the couch in front of the TV, and do a little MWO-ing. A very relaxing change of pace from the usual KB/M gaming in front of the PC.

[TheCaptainJZ]

No. They'd never have the resources to do this nor make it work right.
Now a new game built from the ground up with the necessary resources and dev time? Sure, why not? Even Sony is finally investigating cross-play (due to the sheer popularity of Fortnight).

[Kinski Orlawisch]

Great..What about support for my Cellphone? Would bee great to play it on my Navi when I go to work....

[Bombast]

Kinski Orlawisch, on 27 September 2018 - 07:54 AM, said:

Great..What about support for my Cellphone? Would bee great to play it on my Navi when I go to work....

If you don't mind toting around a cell network capable laptop, you can play MWO on the go all you want.

https://play.google....amlink&hl=en_US

[Variant1]

i hope so we can get xboxone players and hopefully maybe playstation ones as well. that way we will get alot of players coming in, im always a fan of cross platform play i mean it should be mandetory to begin with you know more peeps less wait times.

[Kdogg788]

Bombast, on 27 September 2018 - 07:25 AM, said:

Microsoft is not going to let any game onto their consoles that can't be played with a controller.

Related, I've played MWO on a Steam Controller. It's better than you'd think, but not good enough.

EDIT: Not so related, I'm also played MWO on my phone with a Steam Controller. Which is just kind of funny.

There's an interview with Phil Spencer on Youtube now where he says the choice of controller and/or keyboard is in the hands of developers and they are only there to facilitate a new way for players to enjoy games. The developers will even decide if controller and keyboard/mouse players will matchmake together.



-k

[KingCobra]

Horseman, on 27 September 2018 - 07:29 AM, said:

There's no 32 GB version of GTX 1080, which should be the first sign something is amiss with the supposed specs.

opps put wrong number memory (32) its this card I did have 32gb meme then upgraded to 64 gb on motherboard.

https://www.newegg.c...XcGXA&gclsrc=ds

But why I said what I did is MWO has this odd problem with FPS I can go from 160FPS down to 30 FPS in every battle I play and even with Vsync it wont stay steady at even 60FPS which is a crazy trying to play games and your screen is glitching all over the place constantly .

And I run fiber optic for connection also I should have a 30 ping to there servers like I have to almost every other game I play but no MWO is so crazy unoptimized I have a 86 ping to NA and 137 to EU what's even more crazy I play better on the lousy EU server on high ping LOL its total bonkers this game is.

[Bombast]

Kdogg788, on 27 September 2018 - 08:01 AM, said:

There's an interview with Phil Spencer on Youtube now where he says the choice of controller and/or keyboard is in the hands of developers and they are only there to facilitate a new way for players to enjoy games. The developers will even decide if controller and keyboard/mouse players will matchmake together.

He said keyboard support was developer choice. He did not say controller support was.

There is no way Microsoft is going to start allowing "WARNING: Keyboard/Mouse only game" stickers on game boxes. No way in hell.

Edited by Bombast, 27 September 2018 - 08:08 AM.

[Marauder3D]

Legally can't happen. MWO has the license to be on PC only.

Microsoft holds XBox rights for all BattleTech games. Unless Microsoft wants to buy PGI, can't happen.

This is all IIRC, but I think is accurate.

[MechaBattler]

Barring legal issues. I think most people are right, the game runs too poorly to be put on X-Box. If they were to rebuild the game in Unreal using MW5 as a base. Then perhaps they could build it up with that in mind.

[Horseman]

Marauder3D, on 27 September 2018 - 08:25 AM, said:

Legally can't happen. MWO has the license to be on PC only.
Microsoft holds XBox rights for all BattleTech games. Unless Microsoft wants to buy PGI, can't happen.
This is all IIRC, but I think is accurate.

PGI licensed from Microsoft in the first place, FYI.