is hoi4 gonna come to console

[?]

i saw stellaris got ported to console are there any other paradox games that will be ported or na?

[loks]

joystick as mouse cursor?hmm it must work, why not

[Monki]

Nope, 99.98% probably won't happen.

[Arman18]

Seems like a possibility, but i always felt strategy games are best played on PC.

[Gebatron]

If it did that would be great for console gamers, but it would still be best played on PC..like Stellaris.

[Gebatron]

While true...they usually make some changes to the games because they were initially developed solely for the PC.

[Exarch_Alpha]

It will be a DLC for Skyrim

[Gebatron]

HOI5. Now a FPS with loot boxes!!

[?]

Originally posted by Legend1466:

Originally posted by Gebatron:

If it did that would be great for console gamers, but it would still be best played on PC..like Stellaris.

Wait a second... no one figured out that you can plug in the keyboard in a console while using controller as a mouse

[aussilloux]

Never

[Get The Whiskey]

Originally posted by Legend1466:

HoI4 uses too much resources to be on console, unlike Stellaris

It is actually quite possible to run HOI 4 on a console quite well. To be short about it, Console hardware for a platform doesn't change. The older variants of PS4s have the same hardware as the newer PS4s. Thus, thanks to optimisation, you can get more out of the PS4's hardware than if you were to slap PS4 hardware into a PC.

PS4 Hardware:
CPU
Number of Cores/Threads: 8/8 [1]
Frequency: speculated to be running a base clock speed of 1.6 Ghz on a 2.75 Ghz capable chip
Shared L2 Cache: 2 x 2 MB [2]
Manufacturing Process: 28 nm [3]
Custom CPU with background processing for recording gameplay.
GPU: AMD next-generation Radeon based graphics engine

[4]
GPU Cores: 8 [5]
GPU Clock: 800 MHz [6]
Memory: 8GB GDDR5
Frequency: 5500 MHz [7]
System Memory Bus: 256-bit [8]
System Memory Bandwidth: 176.0 GB/s [9]
Storage size: 500GB, 5200 RPM, hard disk drive, user removable*

Where am I getting at this? Well, this is pretty much what Paradox recommend you have hardware wise for HOI 4. (Not exactly, but quite close.) And when it comes to optimisation, this also brings a bonus in helping the game run better as a whole on consoles because you have only this sort of hardware to work with. It explains why having a PC with the hardware of a 360 trying to run games that were made on the 360 at the same settings doesn't work because PC hardware varies a lot and can't be fully optimised. That's what I understand anyway.

Consoles also have the benefit of their OS being optimised for their hardware, meaning more resources for the games it's trying to run.

So, can HOI4 run on consoles? Yes! It can. Obviously will be slow in late games and laggy,
bad controls due to controllers. Tho if it's just console players vs console players, controls shouldn't be an issue. Consoles also can use mouse and keyboard, like for Call of Duty and War Thunder.

Do I support it? Eh, kinda. If there was a mod style system like with Fallout 4 for console implemented from the start, then there's a chance it could gain traction on console. Gotta mention the fact that HOI 4 is one of the best selling games for Paradox, selling over 1 million copies.

[aussilloux]

Hell no

[GoldenTalon]

No and why would you want to play on a slower platform when the game already lags on high end PCs?

[Get The Whiskey]

Originally posted by GoldenTalon:

No and why would you want to play on a slower platform when the game already lags on high end PCs?

When I made my post, I did kinda mention the fact that PS4 and Xbox 1 could run the game decently. Consoles have the benefit of a optimised OS and same hardware till a new console is out. Makes optimisation a lot more easy and efficient.

Also, if you're having trouble running the game you should really take a look at upgrading your RAM, processor or motherboard. If what you have is over the recommended and it is still slow, then I think it's something to do with background apps or mods.

[GoldenTalon]

Originally posted by SlapaDaBass | trade.tf:

Originally posted by GoldenTalon:

No and why would you want to play on a slower platform when the game already lags on high end PCs?

When I made my post, I did kinda mention the fact that PS4 and Xbox 1 could run the game decently. Consoles have the benefit of a optimised OS and same hardware till a new console is out. Makes optimisation a lot more easy and efficient.

Also, if you're having trouble running the game you should really take a look at upgrading your RAM, processor or motherboard. If what you have is over the recommended and it is still slow, then I think it's something to do with background apps or mods.

It's got nothing to do with my rig - it's the crappy Clausewitz engine. There's dozens of threads on this but nothing gets done about it:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/394360/discussions/0/1747892189239337753/

[Tanya Degurechaff]

Will make your console catch fire.