Console exclusive heist?

[nyalbert wesker]

Personally, I think this is a good idea. PC has GO Bank, exclusive to PC because it's based off a PC only game. So maybe consoles could have their own heist? It'd be cool to have a GTA heist in there.

[Adze]

That would be a bad idea financially on OVKs part for several reasons
1. Uses up development time for content that will purposely not affect their entire playerbase.
2. It costs a significant amount of money to update the console versions (which is why consoles are currently ~50 updates behind PC)
3. The PC playerbase is much larger
4. Support for consoles has been more or less ended anyway.

[Paladin Rook]

Originally posted by Adze:

That would be a bad idea financially on OVKs part for several reasons
1. Uses up development time for content that will purposely not affect their entire playerbase.
2. It costs a significant amount of money to update the console versions (which is why consoles are currently ~50 updates behind PC)
3. The PC playerbase is much larger
4. Support for consoles has been more or less ended anyway.

1. They already do this with heists LIKE GO Bank and Safehouse Nightmare, and all 4 console versions come with a different mask exclusive to them based on a game that's exclusive to that console family, so this point is fairly invalid.
2. This is true of the older consoles, but the newer ones have a different update system. The exact details of this new system I don't think are fully public yet, but rumors indicate the fee has been either dropped or significantly reduced. But again, that part is only rumor, so whether this remains true or not is currently unknown.
3. True, but that doesn't mean they can't show consoles some love for the way they've been forced to wait around and deal with the multitude of issues they've sat through. Plus an action like this would go a long way towards repairing the trust between the console players and Overkill, which could only benefit them in the long run, making console players far more likely to purchase future OVK products and DLC.
4. Support for PS3 and X360 has ended. Almir briefly discussed the console support, and specifically the issues with Xbox One, at Paydaycon. From the sounds of it, they haven't given up on current gen, they were simply having trouble with it. Source linked here, of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaTShwa84Qg&feature=youtu.be&t=17m41s

Also...

Originally posted by _Cat:

PC has GO Bank, exclusive to PC because it's based off a PC only game. So maybe consoles could have their own heist? It'd be cool to have a GTA heist in there.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the game this heist is named for and based on, isn't a PC exclusive. It is available on X360 and PS3. Just like GTA is available on PC.

[Dark, House of Luck]

The free patching on Xbox Live only applies to Arcade games, http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/28/4473350/microsoft-no-longer-charges-for-xbox-live-arcade-patches

[Master of Slow Connection]

Originally posted by Cloud Chaser:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the game this heist is named for and based on, isn't a PC exclusive. It is available on X360 and PS3. Just like GTA is available on PC.

Only GTA on PC is a fully supported game. CS:GO for PS3 is only available on the US PSS and both PS3 and 360 versions have received no updates whatsoever.

[hawkeyethe2nd]

Why can't they hold a contest like they did for their PC base? a chance for us console players to make our own heist that can be exclusive to us kind of a thing.