Riot Games' Valorant has certainly taken the PC community by storm over the past couple of months, serving up a compelling alternative to the likes of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It's now officially out as a 1.0 experience after an extended beta period, but it remains exclusive to the personal computer at the time writing. That could change in the future, however.
As part of an interview with GameSpot, executive producer Anna Donlon was asked whether the team has any plans to bring Valorant to other platforms. She said: "We are definitely prototyping that right now, but there's a way to play this game and there's a way to experience this game that we're not entirely sure translates completely to console play." Donlon explains that competitive integrity is at the heart of Valorant and its designers worry that PC players would have an unfair advantage over those using a controller. This issue is sourced from the fact that Riot Games would want to offer the same experience across all platforms.
"If we feel like we can deliver this experience on those platforms, we absolutely will. But we really want Valorant to stand for a certain type of gameplay and a certain type of experience." She says that console ports were not the focus for Valorant out of the gate so any sort of PlayStation support would have to be implemented further down the line.
So, while Valorant may not arrive on PlayStation 4 or even PlayStation 5 for quite some time, it still remains a possibility if Riot Games feels like it can offer the same sort of experience across the board. Would you play Valorant on PS5? Let us know in the comments below.
[source gamespot.com, via vg247.com]
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I watched but its not for me like the style though.
I hope it comes out! It looks really fun.
I've been playing a little of this, and so far it's kinda lackluster! I don't like the super slow movement, weak sounding weapons and unsatisfying weapon kills, and bad graphics. The matches are also super long, and there's never any music, so it's like 20-30 minutes of silence, lol. At least CounterStrike has loud effects and little guitar riffs between rounds.
I've also been known to end up liking games that I initially hate, so we'll see how it goes!
I'll stick to warface: Breakout
It looks pretty good to be honest, I used to play loads of CS:GO but I eventually got sick of random Russians shouting at people calling them the N word and r*tards. A game is made by its community and I hope this has a nicer one but really doubt it.
I'll wait for it to release on console then. That anti cheat is literal digital cancer.
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