NieR Automata is one of the very few games that lacked any post-release support on the PC. Square Enix and PlatinumGames have not released ANY PC patch for this particular game. However, and what’s really interesting, is that PlatinumGames originally planned to release it exclusively on the PC.
In an interview with WOWJapan, Platinum’s Yoko Taro revealed that PlatinumGames was originally planning to release NieR Automata only on the PC.
“There was no special arrangements made for either platform (PS4 and PC), but since most of the development process is done on the PC anyway, we ran with it.” said Yoko Taro when asked about the game coming to PS4 and PC, and continued.
“Actually we had planned to release the game only for PC. However, following input from the publishers the decision was made for the game to be released on the PlayStation 4 as well. The game was created on PlatinumGames’ Engine, which was geared towards the PC. So ultimately the platform choice had no bearing on the way the game was designed.”
So from the sound of it, NieR Automata was originally built for the PC. Which makes us wonder how PlatinumGames was able to f’ up the game’s controls. Not only that, but what about those fullscreen resolution upscaling issues? Or the stuttering issues? Or the minimal PC graphics settings? Or the fact that after almost eight months, the game has not received any patch?
We don’t know whether the lack of a PC patch has anything to do with Square Enix as it was the one who published NieR Automata. What we know, though, is that Square Enix convinced PlatinumGames to also release the NieR Automata on PS4, which was then the main platform for marketing the game.
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platinum is trash. bayonetta 1 is there only great game. mg rising bayo 2 nier 2 is trash
Are you high or something?
Right? lol
I’d say they’ve gone down in quality as of late but
Bayonetta 1/2
Vanquish
Metal Gear Rising
Mad World
are all awesome games. I havn’t played Nier yet so no judgement.
Legend of Korra
TMNT
where pretty bad IMO and Transformers played ok but I’m not a fan of the series and found the gameworld to be pretty boring.
your right about vanquish. forgot about that one. was fun on 360, played it at release. gotta try out the pc port sometime.
madworld i loved the art style,story,characters…. everything but the gameplay.
Serbians are trash
your name and appearance say otherwise gypsy
Jesus Christ… That might even be worse.
Oh boy, i haven’t heard a joke like that in ages.
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The funny story out of that game’s design process, was that it was going to be designed for PC, but instead SE had it mucked around with to roll with what PS4 could do instead, thus changing the PC only design process into one just geared towards PS4. The end result speaks volumes of what system it was designed for in the end. The interview can say it was designed only for PC all it wants, but in the end it wasn’t, it was designed ultimately for what the PS4 could handle.
SE are just another publisher, in a line of bad publishers making bad decisions. They haven’t bothered for any post release support and I fully expect the same for FF XV.
As the years go by, I’m reminded that AAA publishers tend to ruin anything they touch and anything I’d remotely want to play.
what anime is that?
Hellsing Ultimate
is today April 1st???
A Platinum Games PC exclusive?! lol What?
Why is the PC version still broken then?
let me rephrase this for you : nier automata was originally meant to be pc exclusive but then the low sales and high piracy made us think again
No, please do not rephrase anything. Let’s not make it worse.
and then we thought about it and decided to release bayonetta and vanquish on pc without any protection so they were cracked day 1 but still sold becuase kim is an idiot.
Jump on a cactus idiot.
LOL…. peasant cry me a river. The next article… nioh pc launch trailer
PS4 HAS NO GAMES. Lololololololololololololololo
Let me rephrase it for you too: Nier Automata was originally meant to be a PC exclusive but console peasants are such insecure whiners that we feared they will end up crying like babies so we gave them the game, tell me your PS4 can’t even handle the game at stable 60 fps right ? and what’s the resolution 900p in 2017 lol ? then what about PS4 Pro, 1080p 60 fps with dips ? what about checker board 4k it promised lol. The perfect way to play this game is still on PC but too bad for you cheapo peasants you can’t afford that option.
Sounds like rubbish, I’ve never seen a game run soo badly on my machine, even setting it down to silly resolutions like 640×480 it stuttered along at single digit framerates, even Batman Arkham knight performed better than this, demanding but reasonably well developed Crysis games work better than this.
I ended up buying a PS4 copy then gave it to a friend and then used remote play so I could play it at home.
I never cursed anyone before, but I want Square enix to burn in hell
Any news on the patch?
for f sake , I cant even touch the game, I dont know why they dont give a damn about pc version (even they made so much money out of selling their game on pc), I truly cant play the game without any patch in probably a long forgotten distant future … Motherfookers are either too lazy or pretty much Arssehooles …
Great game but insane dev’s support 🙁
Wonder just how this piece of info would help anyone. Seems to me like all this would do is stoke more ire from fans. Especially worrying when the game has not received any extra support on the platform.
“We don’t know whether the lack of a PC patch has anything to do with Square Enix”
I think we do!
Definitely does. Remember; Platinum didn’t do the PC port.
this is a joke right? the pc version is broken how the game was planned to be a pc only?
Euh LOL?
While I am all pro PC and such, I really think this game would’ve failed if it launched as a PC exclusive. It’s an action game and not the kind of action game that plays well on a keyboard either. I am glad they went with 2 platforms in the end, though I wish the PC support was better. As much as I care about PC; I care about games much more. And Nier Automata is a masterwork that needed to be successful. It is one of the best games ever created.
So SE basically saved Platinum? Why would anyone in their right mind launch exclusively on a single platform? Without getting payed for it?
Are they nuts?
Good they decided against it. Sales would have been abysmal otherwise. That being said, the PC version could be quite a bit better so it’s strange how a game originally planned to be a PC exclusive could have so many issues.
It actually would have been better, because then they could have released a stellar PC version and then eventually make a console port.
Instead, all they did was switch things around and they ended up butchering the PC version, while also refusing to fix it, so basically they just made a console version.
I call bullshit.