DayZ on console

[Fallout2 0]

I've seen videos of this game on youtube and I'm dying to play it but I suck at PC gaming. I've seen stuff saying that they plan on making a console version of DayZ, anybody know if this is true?

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

They would 'consider' it if the PC version sold well. Grab a Game pad or something.

[Powell (DayZ) 734]

It won't be for a long, long time

Don't wait on it

[maxxe22 18]

I've seen videos of this game on youtube and I'm dying to play it but I suck at PC gaming. I've seen stuff saying that they plan on making a console version of DayZ, anybody know if this is true?

Its not necessarily will or won't cause it was leaning toward yes cause it was said they will get more money that way to improve the game but with next gen so close this fall and alpha has sorta began this month we still have a few months to wait so by the time they done they might just wait for console anyways for more finishing touches.

[SmashT 10907]

Will probably happen one day, won't be for a long time though.

[Beck (DayZ) 1768]

I think Beck said in the dev blogs that they would "Never see DayZ on console games".

[hazedaze 89]

only if they manage to merge 4 consoles together someday

[reidloS doG 38]

Its not necessarily will or won't cause it was leaning toward yes cause it was said they will get more money that way to improve the game but with next gen so close this fall and alpha has sorta began this month we still have a few months to wait so by the time they done they might just wait for console anyways for more finishing touches.

Oh God, help me. This man just created the longest sentence ever on these forums. And it doesn't flow and it doesn't use commas. Thank you for bestowing the gift of capital letters and periods to this poor soul.

[Steg. 0]

I read in Gameinformer it was an "almost Certainty", not sure if its true though.

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

Irony? Username not on any console?

[Saethkept 134]

@the OP,

The only way to find out if you like DayZ is to give it a shot. Take the plunge and go for it. While there are a number of key controls to learn, you would eventually master them and find playing quite simple. If you do go ahead and try DayZ, you'll come away with dramatic and overly complex narratives of your adventures which you could then post here to keep the bored masses entertained. So do your part, OP. Get DayZ - keep us entertained. Don't let us continue to be the bored masses.

[Aitchy791 78]

Its not necessarily will or won't cause it was leaning toward yes cause it was said they will get more money that way to improve the game but with next gen so close this fall and alpha has sorta began this month we still have a few months to wait so by the time they done they might just wait for console anyways for more finishing touches.

Try say this sentence in one breath

[tajjuk 65]

Use a PC and a controller maybe?

Think they have been leaning to console version but it will take a while.

[Felixthefriendlycat 92]

My guess is that this is not going to happen for at least 2 years (then DayZ should be in its final form). To make matters worse I think other companies will smell money when DayZ hits the shelves and we will see lots of DayZ clones by other companies ( EA for sure unfortunately). Bohemia Interactive will need to hire some very good lawyers to stop the clones from popping up.

[BioHazard050 49]

Try say this sentence in one breath

Tried that...i died.

[Fallout2 0]

@the OP,

The only way to find out if you like DayZ is to give it a shot. Take the plunge and go for it. While there are a number of key controls to learn, you would eventually master them and find playing quite simple. If you do go ahead and try DayZ, you'll come away with dramatic and overly complex narratives of your adventures which you could then post here to keep the bored masses entertained. So do your part, OP. Get DayZ - keep us entertained. Don't let us continue to be the bored masses.

I don't need to play it to like it, there's no Zombie related game that I haven't liked.

[sausagekingofchicago 4711]

I think it's definitely a possibility for next gen consoles considering they're just weak-ish PC's now. I was playing on a crappier computer than what the next gens will essentially be so it's definitely feasible. Like others have said, don't expect it anytime soon but I definitely can see it happening at some point.

Edited May 25, 2013 by SausageKingofChicago

[Blondedash 403]

only reason I can ever, ever see it on the consoles for is if bohemia turn want to increase sales, the console guys will have a shitty time with bandit, 'cough' 13 year olds 'cough' pc being a more mature audience will have a better time. I can see console players destroying the dayz experience personally. and op what do you mean by suck at pc gaming?

Edited May 25, 2013 by Blondedash

[Fallout2 0]

only reason I can ever, ever see it on the consoles for is if bohemia turn want to increase sales, the console guys will have a shitty time with bandit, 'cough' 13 year olds 'cough' pc being a more mature audience will have a better time. I can see console players destroying the dayz experience personally. and op what do you mean by suck at pc gaming?

Console players have already learned to ignore the babies (Call of Duty kids) but also anytime in the next year would be fine for me. I wouldn't expect it by the end of the year but sometime in 2014 would be nice.

[Blondedash 403]

Console players have already learned to ignore the babies (Call of Duty kids) but also anytime in the next year would be fine for me. I wouldn't expect it by the end of the year but sometime in 2014 would be nice.

ok and also can you answer my question what do you mean suck at pc gaming?

[iashford 73]

My guess is that this is not going to happen for at least 2 years (then DayZ should be in its final form). To make matters worse I think other companies will smell money when DayZ hits the shelves and we will see lots of DayZ clones by other companies ( EA for sure unfortunately). Bohemia Interactive will need to hire some very good lawyers to stop the clones from popping up.

... Why would they sue anyone from having similar designs in games, even if it was considered 'copying'? In no rights is DayZ actually an original idea, it's just the first of it's kind. People have been hammering for a game like this for years, only now is it being done. If bohemia were dumb enough to sue other companies for copying them, its a case they would lose. Nothing wrong with healthy competition after all. In fact I will happily accept games with a DayZ design, as long as they bring originality to the table. For example, dinosaurs instead of zombies, something I would absolutely LOVE to see (just not that awful stomping land game)

[Fallout2 0]

ok and also can you answer my question what do you mean suck at pc gaming?

I'm not good with key controls.

[Blondedash 403]

I'm not good with key controls.

do you set your hands correctly left hand oh w,a,s,d right hand mouse? also dayz has so many damn controls at the moment.

Edited May 25, 2013 by Blondedash

[Sutinen 635]

I'd say late 2014 or 2015. They're gonna finish the PC version first, which will take one year from now on and then they're gonna look into it. If it's good, they will start working on it. And that will probably take some months to make and then publish. You can't make a rushed version with bugs if you're making a console game. Harder to patch frequently.

[Mos1ey 6301]

I'd say late 2014 or 2015. They're gonna finish the PC version first, which will take one year from now on and then they're gonna look into it. If it's good, they will start working on it. And that will probably take some months to make and then publish. You can't make a rushed version with bugs if you're making a console game. Harder to patch frequently.

Yeah, you have to pay to release an update on Xbox so it just wouldn't make sense to start porting until the finished 1.0 version is released on PC. It'll be at least a year after the PC version of the standalone goes into public alpha until they start work on the console version.