alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 3 months agoRed Dead Redemption PC port will cost almost as much as a brand-new game - upcoming port for this 14-year-old game isn't cheap.www.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down12
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkRed Dead Redemption PC port will cost almost as much as a brand-new game - upcoming port for this 14-year-old game isn't cheap.www.pcgamesn.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 3 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoTo windows, sure. But the 360 and PS3 have PowerPC processors while PCs and modern consoles have a very different architecture (x86). And porting to that is more effort.
minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoThat applies to all ports from PS3 then, doesn’t it?
minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoOf course. But usually you’re not porting 14 y/o spaghetti code
To windows, sure. But the 360 and PS3 have PowerPC processors while PCs and modern consoles have a very different architecture (x86). And porting to that is more effort.
That applies to all ports from PS3 then, doesn’t it?
Of course. But usually you’re not porting 14 y/o spaghetti code