FIFA 14 on PC won't use Ignite engine
Huzzah, EA Sports finally has an engine which could put a modern gaming PC to good use! Oh, but no, the PC edition of FIFA 14 won't use shiny the new Ignite engine, EA has said. Oh well.
Huzzah, EA Sports finally has an engine which could put a modern gaming PC to good use! Oh, but no, the PC edition of FIFA 14 won't use the shiny new Ignite engine, EA has said. Oh well.
"Clarification for the PC related questions earlier--EA Sports Ignite will power FIFA 14 on Xbox One and PS4, not PC," FIFA community manager Rob Hudson told fans on Twitter (via Strategy Informer).
This is hardly a great surprise. PC editions of FIFA have used older versions of the engine than their Xbox and PlayStation counterparts for some years, and this just continues the trend. FIFA has mass appeal so EA probably doesn't want it to require a bleeding-edge PC, but it's a shame it couldn't add enough config options to keep the game crawling along on slower systems.
FIFA 14 comes to PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 on September 24, with Xbone and PS4 versions following when those systems launch. Pre-ordering gets you 24 'gold packs' for the trading card-y Ultimate Team mode, delivered one per week for 24 weeks, each with a randomised selection of 12 players, kits, staff, stadiums, contracts and whatnot, and one guaranteed rare.
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, FIFA 14 on PC won't use Ignite engine.
Huzzah, EA Sports finally has an engine which could put a modern gaming PC to good use! Oh, but no, the PC edition of FIFA 14 won't use shiny the new Ignite engine, EA has said. Oh well.-
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For the first time ever, FIFA 12 on PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system, and PC will have the identical game engine and feature set when the game launches September 27 in North America and September 30 worldwide.
From EA directly: http://www.ea.com/uk/football/news/fifa12-pc-02
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eh, if it makes them more money to support the low-end, they can do whatever they want.
buy a console if you want to play fifa!-
I liked FIFA 12 on PC because I was able to have a much better picture / higher resolution, no aliasing, no frame drops, and not pay for multiplayer like XBL.
Of course they can do whatever they want, doesn't make it any less dumb. For all the comparisons people make to the new consoles being x86 porting being easier in all directions they still stick with the old tech on PC, don't want to see that trend continue. I'd rather not see any FIFA game come to PC if they are going to go back like this. Don't really see the point. It's a much smaller market for a game like FIFA on PC and the people actually buying and playing these games want the best experience possible, not an inferior one. It's actually going to make them less money in the end, and to compensate they'll keep putting the most minimal effort into the PC versions, if they keep doing them at all.
Will be interesting to see if they keep it up for another 7 years
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"shiny the new"
