Roman Empire on X-Box

[Kegluneq]

Many companies refuse to release games on PC because of Piracy - after Halo 2 Bungie/343 said they will never release a Halo Game on PC because they will loose so much in projected income from piracy. Furthermore, many companies using PC as a medium are making their games less and less moddable because of Piracy and Hacking - Creative Assembly is one, Rome and Medieval 2 were praised for their ability to be easily modded by the community. Shogun and Rome II will be almost completely unmoddable, on top of the immense historical inaccuracy of the games.

I think it's possible to overstate the effect of piracy there - often the quality of the port is simply a let down for gamers. CliffyB, the maker of Gears of War blames piracy for poor sales of the PC port; in fact it simply wasn't very good.

It's very sad that Rome II is unmoddable, that does seem to defeat the point of the PC experience. I can't really believe that piracy fears are to blame there though, Half Life 2 mods have been making the rounds for years and some have even had commercial releases!

As for sitting 4' away from a 46" monitor, that does present another wrinkle to be sure. On the other hand, have you seen the new Sony 84" 4K HD monitor? Forgetting for a moment that it only costs $25,000 ... that would certianly solve a few issues and oh what sweet picture it makes with a 4K source

Unfortunately at that kind of budget, you're basically dealing with a PC audience. Consoles can seem quite expensive, but a top of the range gaming PC at the moment will cost far more than even the XBone - and people still buy them. Most TVs now are HD, but a lot of people won't have the space (or money) for very large ones.

The Skyrim-style setting could work well. Ideally with no dragons, though.