I don’t see it that way, I look at casual players as people who play games from time to time with a relaxed easy going approach, what could be easier then turning on your console, it boots up in seconds, slapping in a game and then sitting back on a sofa with a controller in hand, looking at the TV in your living room. Their console has become part of their living room entertainment setup, which lets face it, is what consoles are aimed at, being wireless control with HDMI, being used from time to time, when other features of their entertainment centre is not in use.
Consoles are also used for other than games, I have friends who use their console’s to watch Netflix/LoveFilm, connect up a NAS network drive & use them as media player, with the new batch of consoles (Xbox One/Playstation 4), these media playing features have been emphasised even more.
As for a PC, it’s in a set place (even a laptop you have to get out & connect it to the power), in general not in a TV cabinet as part of someone’s living room entertainment setup & don’t kid yourself in thinking this game will run on your general office PC, if you don’t have a GPX chipset from one of the two big guns in PC graphics, this game will struggle, albeit, a low end games rig will suffice.
Agreed & as I’ve mentioned already several times in this thread, many people are reporting good things with mouse usage in the alpha, so I think warning FD about mouse control is a non starter really.
Basically what I’ve been saying & others in this thread, is that you would get a better level of control with a joystick, of course at the end of the day it’s all down to preference. For instance I realise I’d have a better level of control using a driving wheel for a driving game, but would I buy one, no, I’d make do with my joypad, I’d be happy with that & I’d probably get pretty good with it. As is a steering wheel is the real world control mechanism for a car, as a joystick is for a jet fighter (flight model) & as I see a joypad, it’s been solely designed for gaming, so I look at it as a bit of a half-way house. The mouse was designed to be used for a computer’s GUI OS, although it is suitable for most games & looking to be as well with ED, it’s still my optimum controller when it comes to FPS games, I just can’t get with joypads for the likes of COD, like the youngsters today.
As for getting the same level of control with a mouse, then that is simply impossible, FD can’t reinvent the wheel, as Mike Evens a designer at FD, has already stipulated in this very thread:
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