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" Exclusive features such as benchmarking tools and a HUD designed for the platform it's on!?!?  SOLD! "

" @Jimbo said:

" Exclusive features such as benchmarking tools and a HUD designed for the platform it's on!?!?  SOLD! "

Well they don't sound all that appealing "

" @Jimbo said:

" Exclusive features such as benchmarking tools and a HUD designed for the platform it's on!?!?  SOLD! "

the only exclusive thing was that you could export a jpg of the weapon you have, but that's nothing to boast about lol "

Can anyone clarify this for me, is the new interface only on the steam one, because I've already pre-ordered and this I don't want to miss out.

Noooooooo, and my motherboard just died! Fudge.

Anyway -the fact a "PC feature" is a special UI is just plain sad because that's how it is. Just look at Mass Effect, worst inventory ever for a PC game.
Folk whining about better graphics on the PC need to get real and realize that's only because the engine they are using is >too< good for a console which is lagging behind on hardware level atm compared to PC's.

" You're telling me the PC version will look better than the consoles? Since when? "

" Can anyone clarify this for me, is the new interface only on the steam one, because I've already pre-ordered and this I don't want to miss out. "

Folk whining about better graphics on the PC need to get real and realize that's only because the engine they are using is >too< good for a console which is lagging behind on hardware level atm compared to PC's

Diamond, could you back up that assertion? It seems pretty cut and dry to me. Modern cutting edge gaming pcs are much, much more powerful than consoles, so the version you release to them is going to be better. This isn't 2006 anymore--the parts in my current gaming PC were all manufactured in the last 6 months.

Buying this for PC isn't even an option for me, and I could care less about any of the advantages PC gamers are gonna get on this game. But I understand the disappointment about the console graphics vs. PC. It's not like console gamers are drooling over the visuals in Borderlands as it stands, so seeing a graphical boost on PC seems a little unfair. 
A PC version being graphically superior is no surprise. But the console version of Borderlands doesn't seem to be pushing any console limits, so the excuses for prettier PC are harder to accept.

" Diamond, could you back up that assertion? It seems pretty cut and dry to me. Modern cutting edge gaming pcs are much, much more powerful than consoles, so the version you release to them is going to be better. This isn't 2006 anymore--the parts in my current gaming PC were all manufactured in the last 6 months. "

" @ajamafalous said:

" You're telling me the PC version will look better than the consoles? Since when? "

sarcasm? "

" @ajamafalous: what are you like six all pc games look better unless you got a MX440 for your graphics card . "

That sounds great. UNfortunately there's no way my computer would manage to handle Borderlands

" @MrKlorox said:

" @Crixaliz said:

" @natetodamax: I'm totally with you on this, games like Borderlands, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress. I completely end up skipping on because of the awkward way they deal with consoles. "

You mean the "thumbstick"? I agree. FPS do feel very awkward with a thumbstick. Hopefully future motion controls will fix this issue, but the current ones don't seem up to the task. "

i hope thats sarcasm, "

" @MrKlorox: So you'd want them to support mouse and keyboard for the menus so you can put down the controller whenever you use the menu? "

Why are people taking a top-down approach to why the PC version will look better?
 
It's not hard to figure out when Gearbox has primarily been a PC-game developer and PC's are easier to develop for.  Naturally the console versions would be inferior when they aren't as familiar with console dev-kits like other developers who can really maximize the consoles' potential.
 
That and there is variability of graphical quality based on the quality of the PC and this has been the thing about PC gaming since its inception.  The quality is locked on the console because the hardware doesn't change.
 
Basically the PC version is superior because it can be.

Steam FTW!  I almost got Borderlands for 360, but with the stuff Giant Bomb has been saying about the performance being so much better on the pc, I'm sold on Borderlands on Steam.

any chance the retail pc version will work with steam? any steam works functionality?

I don't get why some of you console only gamers are complaining now.  It's pretty much been almost always the case this gen in which the PC version of multiplatform games is graphically superior to its console counterpart.  Fact of the matter is the 360 has the same architecture as a gaming PC so that by building a 360 version, you pretty much already have a PC version of the game.  It's why Valve puts its games on the 360 in the first place.  They don't have to build anything from the ground up for the 360.   
  
Don't think of it as the game will look like shit b/c they put more resources into the PC version.  But rather, the game will look good on consoles but will look great on PC b/c it takes advantage of the hardware.   That and you guys get it 6 days in advance.  And this looks like a trend that all big publishers are looking to do now...

Seriously cant wait for this game

" @natetodamax: Because the platform allows for progress in the field of games development due to new hardware where as consoles are limited to their lifespan. "

"I'm still ticked off that the PC version will be better than the console versions. Sure, punish those who aren't willing to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on getting a good gaming PC and upgrading it when necessary. "