(08-11-2013, 04:32 PM)Googolplex Wrote: (08-11-2013, 01:36 PM)cantremember Wrote: FG makes PC games because they are a very small company and don't have the means to port it to consoles, their fanbase is limited because they don't spend much on marketing either.
They make PC games, because the PC is best and only true gaming console.
This fan-boyism is very childish... PC's are much more accessible. You know C++ (or whatever) and got somene doing models and sounds and you can get crackin' on it. If you want to make games for a console, you need to have a special development console and can't release whatever you want because the console is owned by a company, unlike PC's. Very few developers have any experience creating games on consoles which makes the investment an even bigger risk.
If developers have the chance to bring a game to console, they probably will. The porting cost is (if you have the means) less than the development of the initial game, and piracy is lower. Extra income is almost guarenteed. FG doesn't because they don't know what they're doing and they realise that.