I'm pretty pissed that my support packs went towards development of a console version of the game that I have no interest in. GGG misled players into what was being supported by their money. I would not have bought as expensive of packs as I did, perhaps even two tiers lower. Surely that 400% improvement being boasted about would have been higher if the console port was ignored and just improvements were focused on.

Had GGG listed a seperate support pack for console development, I would see no problem with their decision although I think its extremely risky and probably a mistake.

They hired a separate and small team for the console version, and it brought PC a lot of development already. The reason we have a 64-bit PoE client on PC, DX11 support, multi-engine and other performance improvements is because of the console version. It's clear the console version has been in development for a while, seeing as the Xbox One uses the x86-64 architecture, they had to develop an appropriate port for the xbox one, which meant 64 bit, multi-engine threading and DX11 to make full use (and compatible use at that) of the xbox one's hardware. Because of this, the PC version got an upgrade.

How much could that small teams salary have done for the PC development if they had focused on PC development I wonder.

its a gamble, but if poe grows because of this, it'll increase their overall budget and benefit pc and console

Maybe. Or maybe it will encourage more console oriented content. I want to believe but I don't.

Im sorry but didnt they say the same thing for russia and china realms? Sad day m12.

who cares
wont tip my fedora

Yes yes I'm an idiot. I know. As you were mysterious sexy stranger.

wow, wtf! More players in game = more money to ggg = better game for us. Pretty clear. Maybe we will finally get new game client in pc?

U can't compare this for d3. D3 turns shit before they released console versions. Poe is still very good.