Id Software: PS4 Neo & Xbox Scorpio Hardware Not The Reason Quake Champions Is A PC Game

Apparently hardware isn't the principal reason why the upcoming Quake Champions is a PC-only game. Id software's creative director, Tim Willits, said this in a recent interview with Finder.au.com when asked whether the PS4 Neo and Xbox Scorpio would increase id Software'southward options to release the title on consoles as well.

For Convulse Champions, id Software seems to focusing on 120hz gameplay. The developer wants to make sure that fans experience the speed and gameplay that the Quake franchise is known for.

While some might expect that limitations on current console hardware is preventing the game from a console release, this doesn't seem to be case. According to Willits, the reason for Quake Champions being a PC-only game is due to beingness having to play with a controller on consoles.

PS4 Neo & Xbox Scorpio would increment options for id Software simply it'southward non about hardware - it's about that controller

It did seem odd that Doom could work on consoles, but Quake Champions could non, when I wrongly assumed it was using the same engine…

Well nosotros can run Convulse Champions on consoles at present considering, yous know, it's merely code. Just we desire to run it actually fast, we want to take the full twitch aiming, and nosotros desire rocket jumping, which is really hard on consoles - really hard. So we feel that for a competitive game to play at events like QuakeCon, the PC platform is the best. Although, and I mentioned this at E3 where information technology all got blown out of proportion, I am not completely shutting the door on consoles. Information technology'due south simply not what we are going to do now, because we would accept to change the game. Consoles cannot practice the same things [equally a PC].

Well given it looks similar a 2022 game, the PlayStation Neo and Microsoft's Project Scorpio consoles should be out past the time Quake Champions arrives, which may increase your options?

Truthful, just [this conclusion] is non about the hardware. It's about how hard information technology is to play this type of game with a controller.

An interesting statement since Sony's PS4 already supports mouse and keyboard. Microsoft has long promised mouse and keyboard support for the Xbox 1, so it would be upwards to the programmer to allow mouse and keyboard support on consoles.