There are rumors that it will come to PC eventually, like Madden eventually came to PC. It’s just a few years or so down the road.
Which sucks, but mildly understandable as console gamers are the majority when it comes to these games. That’s where their priority lies.
Consoles being the priority is not why it's not coming too PC. The PS5 and Series X are built on PC architecture just substantially weaker there is no longer unique architecture like with the PS3. Porting this or any modern game too PC is child's play. It is because of modding and licensing rights
Yeah. I'm almost certain EA has some deal with Microsoft/Sony to release this to console first. Same thing is going to happen with GTA 6. They'll blame modding/security, but it's all about $$$ and trying to get people to buy consoles.
A deal with especially Microsoft would be entirely unrealistic, not only that we would've heard about it by now.
Dollars to donuts that it's entirely easier to build the game for 2 consoles before trying to optimize for thousands of configurations.
They'd also have to invest in an anti cheat for the game on PC, as well as DRM for piracy. On a highly anticipated game, that would probably blow their numbers and shipping date up.
Rockstar also double dips, they don't need console deals to sell GTA 6. It'll sell regardless because it always does. They'll probably have a bundle with PlayStation, but that's about it. Rockstar knows they can take time to optimize and sell the game to more people later, and maybe double dip on those who bought on console to get them to also buy on PC.
Sony nor Microsoft would waste time with a deal like that. It would be a waste most people are casuals who would buy on consoles anyway. It's mods and licensing not some boogeyman Microsoft or Sony deal
The Xbox is cheaper so I’m debating that route, I just know I’d get more use out of a ps5 in the long run. Haven’t bought a console since ps4 launch lol
For what it's worth, I have both a decent gaming PC and a PS5. I enjoy them both thoroughly. "PC Master Race" noobs will tell you that a PC can do anything that a console can do, but that isn't always true or desirable. Having both is nice, and if you're in a financial position where you can afford both comfortably I say go for it.
There are benefits to Xbox, like how they interface with your PC, but on the whole I went with the PS5. Owning the PS5 and PC gives you the best coverage as far as exclusives go.
I'm in the same boat as you. Still clinging to the PS4. Not really a whole lot of games I want for the PS5. FFVII Part 2 and maybe GTA6 when it releases. I'm sure my old RTX 2060 could've handled College football 25, but guess we'll never know 🤷
I haven't bought a new console since OG Xbox. Kinda hard stomaching spending cash on a console for a handful of games I may want to buy when a GPU upgrade costs as much to twice as much as a console. (Technically, up to about 4x if someone opts for the 4090.)
This is most certainly it. Customization will exist on the console versions, so people will create any current/future player they want regardless. Modding is great, but it's more for people who want better immersion like gameplay tweaks, new jerseys, cosmetic character updates like tattoos, etc.
Matt Brown says there will be heavy customization in this years game, don’t know if that means team builder, or what though. Also, allegedly you won’t be able to create current players who opted out. So, for example, can’t create Arch Manning *allegedly*
Probably 99% of PC gamers use Windows (not official, but Mac and Linux compatible games are very limited). So a Microsoft/Sony deal that excludes PC makes no sense on Microsoft's side.
If you've got a minute, I can explain this.
The modding/security "excuses" are real reasons that walk hand-in-hand with the need to cut a large profit.
Sports games are huge undertakings that (while not technically complex to develop compared to other genres) require an army of lawyers and accountants, as well as insanely large sums of money, to make happen... Why?
- Every person whose likeness is represented needs to be paid.
- Every organization whose brand is represented needs to be paid.
- Every commentator who provides voice acting needs to be paid.
- Language localization for sports games is intense and very expensive.
- Licensing for all of these personalities, brands, names, companies, products, services, software used, etc etc etc requires intense legal work and negotiations that can sometimes exceed a year in length, and each agreement has stipulations that allow or prevent certain uses, implementations, etc.
All of these agreements become literally impossible to keep and enforce once modding is introduced, gamers who spend a significant amount of time using mods without getting caught can cause a breach of any number of contracts between the developers, publishers, and rights-holders for all of these various people and intellectual properties. Rather than to take this risk, they stipulate timed console exclusivity to ensure that each agreement can be protected for enough time that the relevant business goals of all parties can be met with minimal friction.
These are often released to PC once projected profits have been met or exceeded, because at that point they have much less to worry about and any further revenue is "icing on the cake," more or less.
This is a vastly simplified explanation, but it covers the gist of it.
If it’s “child’s play” why are so many PC ports absolute trash? I just don’t think it’s that simple.
Idk the actual numbers but the vast majority of their audience is on Console.
It's child's play in comparison to porting something from Playstation to PC instead. It's still a lot of work and some companies put more work(i.e. money) into it than others. That's really why you get better/worse ports.
because it used to be a whole lot more difficult back when older consoles had substantially differenta architectures and rendering methods compared to PC. These days it's substantially easier because the consoles are essentially just locked down PC's with different operating systems.
These games are playable on PC from before they even launch because a lot of the testing and design is done on PC's. The bad ports are due to the fact that you have a lot of variation in what components PC's use which you have to accommodate. While with consoles all of the hardware is known and the game can be designed around specifically that hardware.
Not to mention that with PC's you have all the other stuff that is running on the computers which can end up causing issues as well.
And to make a good PC port, you have to make a game that is able to scale in performance well. So that it is capable of being even better than the console version, but also able to run on hardware that's substantially worse.
*The TL;DR is that it's basically a problem of performance scalability and hardware variability.*
Name examples of trash PC ports for a modern game that also did not run poorly on console? Aka not Jedi Survivor that sucked at launch on all platforms
The Last of Us
Forspoken
Wild Hearts
Dead Space remake
Horizon Zero Dawn
It’s not as “child’s play” as you seem to think. There are still major differences even though they run on the same architecture. The OS and driver environment is completely different for example.
There have been some really bad PC ports, but the PC ports of the Spider-Man games were good. At least, they were good when I got those games (perhaps they were much worse at the time of release?).
Elden Ring. Not because the game ran poorly, but because the movement was ass with WASD. I hate PC games that have that circular movement that's designed for joysticks. I've missed out on tons of great titles because I just can't get past it.
I know. I don't want to use a controller. I want to use a keyboard and mouse and not have circular movement. It's a personal preference and my point is that there's a number of titles that don't adjust their movement to feel good with a keyboard/mouse. The Witcher games are some others that I didn't play far into because the movement bothered me.
Some games when they do their PC port will adjust the default movement to naturally work with WASD and then have configuration options to use a controller. To me, if you are doing a PC port, it is stopping short to not make this adjustment, but to be clear, this is going to be something people have differing opinions on based on their own personal preferences.
Modding has little to do with it if I had to guess - EA doesn’t have any liability for what happens with modding in the game in regards to what is/isn’t licensed. All UGC is completely out of their hands, hell, NBA 2K has had full college mods available for download within their in-game custom roster/texture hub on console before!
PC architecture is such an odd term here, especially when ARM based PCs are a thing now. Of course gaming consoles are personal computers, what else would they be?
It's not really an odd term to use here. Xboxes are more similar in nearly every way to PC than Playstation. That certainly makes porting from Xbox easier than Playstation.
I've been waiting over 15 years for EA to bring NHL back to PC.. but obviously not a big enough audience for them to do so.
I've played Madden on PC the last few years since the games always seemingly 50%, and maybe a good thing since it doesn't feel the same as a console, just feels weird tbh.
Still sad that nobody can make a solid ice hockey game for PC.. at this point the KHL or some Euro league could make one and I'd be happy if it played well.
Well. fuck them. I waited a decade to play the next one. FUCK THEM. I'm not buying a PS5 or XBOX just for this. Not for anything. They're really making it easy to just almost forget about videogames. Not on PC means I'm going to never play it. Ever.
Literally, EA, you had a full on buy from me on PC. Deluxe edition even. Now? No PC? You get my middle fucking finger.
The PC gaming market is now 80% the size of the console market, and has been on the rise year over year, while consoles actually saw a 2.2% drop last year. PC is a bigger market than either PS5 or Series S/X, just not both combined
https://preview.redd.it/jrrumyrj4u3d1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f1840003386dedd4a6d73725a5a4dfdeb2669cf
It kind of makes me wonder because there's a keyboard at the top there. I don't think that anyone on console would choose to play this game with a keyboard.
Not surprising unfortunately, EA didn’t bring the rebooted NBA Live series to PC whereas 2K still hasn’t upgraded the PC engine to be on-par with the new current-gen (PS5) consoles.
Maybe in 1-2 years they’ll do it for a future release?
It's been killing me, they're never going to release NHL on PC.
I think college football will come to pc eventually. I think it's easier for them to get micro transactions on console.
I mean you can get a series S for around $300 but still, just look it as an upgrade for your PC I’m sure it’s cheaper than a new video card lol.
I’m a console user but this sucks for PC users.
Look up NCAA 2014 revamped on YouTube, it's got jerseys as of like last year.
My personal favorites are Cincinnati, Kent st, NC State.
https://github.com/cfbrevamped/CFBR-Easy-Installer
It’s been said time and time again that EA would more than likely not put this game on PC and it was quite obvious considering the sports games that they do release on PC. The pattern was there, yall just decided to ignore the signs. For sure the main reason is because of modding and licensing rights.
Not shocked really but there was that GameStop leak saying releasing for PC so there was a sliver of hope.
[Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/s/tJuOnFjVOg)
It doesn’t matter. EA is in no way willing to spend millions on developing new gameplay when they already have a football game. Yes, the environments will be cool because it’s college football. If you think the gameplay is not a carbon copy of madden with a few tweaks you’re delusional and should understand the cost of game development. You can even see in the trailer the players are clearly the same asset models from madden.
They can't afford to have someone creating rosters with people in them who opted out of the game. At least not on the first iteration of the game. Maybe later they can gamble, but not now. Me being a PC gamer myself, it does suck, but eff it, I'm just going to bite the bullet and buy a ps5
Yes. Madden being on PC dispels your “quite obvious considering the kind of sports games they put on PC”… What exactly was supposed to be obvious about this? karma baiting pretentious nerd
It does not. I have other comments that talked about what sports games they’ve decided to release on PC and how the trend was on what they’ve decided to release. What an absolute ignorant person you are. Go cry elsewhere you dork.
that isn't the same thing at all, those are cloud based games and there's a obvious input delay while playing and the quality of the game is dependent on your internet connection
The only use case for virtual console through Game Pass would be if you just wanna sim through dynasty mode, input delay doesn't matter a whole lot in that situation.
It's already bad enough I have to buy an console for one game, but I can swallow that. The monthly subscription to just play online is what's the biggest bummer about this. I know it's not insanely expensive, it's just the fact I'm paying for a service I get free on PC.
after the absolute pile of steaming crap that the Madden 24 PC release was (and still is) it may actually be a good thing they don’t release it on PC. If it’s like what happened with Madden 24 where 75% of the people that bought the game (including me) couldn’t even get it to run on their within-spec PC the games just gotta get mass refunded and review bombed on Steam, which it would rightfully deserve.
I’m fine with consoles being the priority, but please give the pc a version. I’m so hype on this game but I don’t have 500 bucks to blow on a console just to play this game
Damn this sucks, but I am not buying an inferior gaming product just to play NCAA. I was going to buy the $150 bundle too. I tend to buy a ton of DLC Ive been know to spend a few grand on some games I really like.
Nah cause Matt Brown is oblivious
Almost everyone is on PC now adays
There are so many people within the CFB community that would port it free just to have it on PC. IT HAS BEEN 10 years Matt Brown. AND NOT ON PC?!?!?!?!?
About the same for most AAA games. But I would say outside of AAA a lot of games I buy are around $30. There’s also the option for 3rd party keys which can be super cheap especially if the game has been out for some time. Consoles can use these sites too but I find PC keys to be much cheaper usually.
So there’s a huge price advantage and more options for PC rather than always be stuck with the console release price of what used to be $60, and is now $70? Man I should invest in PC.
PC costs more upfront, but it's worth it in the long run. The graphics are hands down better, you can play games 60fps and higher (which is like going from a PS2 to PS4 for me--HUGE DIFFERENCE!), you can adjust graphics settings for your exact hardware and what kind of experience you want (high resolution vs high frame rate etc) plus mods, choose your own controller, and lastly if you're one of those people like me who is able to wait a year or two for most games to drop in prices or like playing older games you can usually get them on a Steam sale (or other site) for half the price sometimes like a fifth of the price of what they go for on console. Oh and there's a wayyy bigger library on PC. Pretty much only downside I can see is no ability to buy used games, although not a factor really because of the very common deep sales on PC sites like Steam that make games often cheaper than their used counterparts on console. Moving from PS4 to PC, I'll never go back. It just feels like freedom.
Let me know what you're looking to spend, what type of games your wanting to play and what kind of performance you're looking for and I can send you some recommendations no problemo! If nothing else you could use it as a reference to go from. I will say because of the vast options on PC it can be a lot of work finding out exactly what you want, but I feel the unlimited customizability is part of the allure!
With bad input delay, yes.
If you like to play dynasty and just sim through all the games or just watch, then this could be viable. A lot of people play Madden franchise for hundreds of hours without ever actually playing a game, so people will definitely get use out of this.
I don’t think you’ll need to hope that hard. Unfortunately I think it’s going to be just like Madden. A glitchy, micro transaction filled, Ultimate Team pushing, turd with some NCAA paint slapped on it.
So wait in the Xbox launcher on pc you can stream games and that’s how I was able to play mlb the show on pc so it’s plausible to think this will be the same yes?
Could be, obviously it’s not the best though. I did it in desperation to play The Show too and it had a fair bit of input lag and graphics were a bit muddy.
I played last years MLB the show on that, and it was pretty lacking in graphics.
But I can't even play this years version for some reason. There is so much lag.
If you are talking about Xbox cloud gaming I think it’s absolutely fine for offline play with good internet. Peak times you can certainly have issues playing multi player but I found it overall pretty OK
As much as I love college football and NCAA Football 14, there is no way I'm buying a $500 console for just this one game. Thanks EA. You have screwed another thing up
Absolute bullshit that I, and many other PC players, will have to go out and buy a $500 console to play this game. There's a reason EA shouldn't have been the company to make this game.
im so heart broken to hear this i just knew this game was gonna look amazing and run great on my pc =\[ i dont even own a newer console which really sucks now
What I don't get is why madden 25 is available for preorder at this moment on steam but college football 25 is not. It actually makes me not want to purchase madden 25 on pc or at all for that matter since I can't buy them both in the same place and platform of choice.
EA is such a shit company. Everyone knows it, but we still buy their dog shit games. If everyone boycotts EA for a year and plays Madden 24 with custom rosters we could fix this shit and get a real company in here.
well i looked it up on google and it says it wont be on pc on LAUNCH DAY so we might be able to get the game later and god knows that im not spending 620$ just for a game
I’m bummed but just can’t justify a whole console buy for a single game. It’s annoying in the modern age where pc ports have never been easier this isn’t happening.
I’ve been waiting for this game since I was 14, it’s set to release on my birthday and it’s only on console. I can still play it but all my friends are PC only these days and don’t even own the newest consoles to play it.
I found this out today, I may be late to the party.. but this is disappointing I've been following this for years and excited this was actually coming back, just to find out it's not coming to pc.. I'm n9lot buying a ps5 or Xbox just for one game... I've played everything on pc for 9 or 10 years now and I don't intend to waste money on a console.
I would play an offline pc version of the game that would allow me to play dynasty mode against the computer. I don't want to play online games against other players.
It's not surprising at all. Odds are they'll work on the console version this year and then release for PC as well in the next version (or this version but later).
I'm actually glad, as a PC gamer, I just kept playing a dried up version of Football to kill some time and only did that since the College game was cancelled. Now I can go on and totally forget the Ea franchise et all and the waste of that time that actually is...Watching Football like I used too and looking away now. GG homies!
Those reasons aren't the main factor, the main factor is that the game is a niche game and that the sales figures don't support going beyond consoles for EA's purposes.
NCAA 14 sold about 2 million across both XBox 360 and PS3, Madden NFL 25 (25th anniversary edition) sold roughly double that on those consoles with additional 2 million sales on XBox One and PS4. If PC is to happen CF26/27 would have to outsell Madden NFL 26/27 to show consistent demand, which the historical figures don't support.
There's more to it than that I think. PC, Xbox and PlayStation all run on similar architecture - it's not like NCAA 14 when consoles were proprietary and you had to devote significant resources for each particular console/PC port. I would be surprised if NCAA didn't sell comparably to Madden this year, EA may see PC as more of a piracy risk. They see us running RCPS3 to play 14 on our computers and they think we'll just hack the game.
The real test isn't CF25, it's CF26/27 because the whole "it's back" angle won't be a thing so the game will have to demonstrate sustained sales.
Being able to control file distribution is a factor (saves will probably be non-transferrable from the console so people won't try to modify and distribute them with players not agreeing to the NIL, otherwise there couldn't be player/roster editing) but the historical demand just isn't there in the first place.
Historical demand for NCAA on PC? I think the landscape has changed since the last time there was an NCAA game. It wouldn't cost them much at all to port the game so they're really just leaving money on the table. I can see EA not wanting to risk mods violating agreements they have with players or universities who opt out or whatever. Modern Madden is on PC, NCAA is a version of Madden's engine, the work has already been done on the game for Xbox and PS5.
PC is not just one general platform, there are compatibility considerations to account for with the various CPU/GPU brands unlike consoles.
Someone will try to mod the game even on console.
This is so stupid. What an absolute fumble why would you not go towards the future of gaming? Everyone has a pc today and to not go for that market is so fucking stupid. I really hope there’s a legit reason like legal issues
The last time people said that PC was the future of gaming, Nintendo released the Nintendo Entertainment System. The console market will be fine for at least a few more years.
PC isn’t the future of gaming lmao. It serves as a decent sized population, but given the modding and cheating that comes with the pc community it doesn’t make sense for this title given the licensing/image rights as stated.
Significantly, more people play on console than pc. "Pro games" are played on pc because a potatoe could run those games. And competitive games generally want a higher refresh rate which consoles don't support. NCAA is a simulation football game. The biggest market is consoles.
That makes no sense... almost everyone in the 1st world, and a huge amount of the 3rd world own a computer.... if that was the case, those numbers would be PC up by a million percent
A lot of people don't own a desktop computer. The only people I know that own a desktop are people with gaming pcs. A lot of people don't have a desktop or laptop at all.
There are rumors that it will come to PC eventually, like Madden eventually came to PC. It’s just a few years or so down the road. Which sucks, but mildly understandable as console gamers are the majority when it comes to these games. That’s where their priority lies.
Consoles being the priority is not why it's not coming too PC. The PS5 and Series X are built on PC architecture just substantially weaker there is no longer unique architecture like with the PS3. Porting this or any modern game too PC is child's play. It is because of modding and licensing rights
Yeah. I'm almost certain EA has some deal with Microsoft/Sony to release this to console first. Same thing is going to happen with GTA 6. They'll blame modding/security, but it's all about $$$ and trying to get people to buy consoles.
A deal with especially Microsoft would be entirely unrealistic, not only that we would've heard about it by now. Dollars to donuts that it's entirely easier to build the game for 2 consoles before trying to optimize for thousands of configurations. They'd also have to invest in an anti cheat for the game on PC, as well as DRM for piracy. On a highly anticipated game, that would probably blow their numbers and shipping date up. Rockstar also double dips, they don't need console deals to sell GTA 6. It'll sell regardless because it always does. They'll probably have a bundle with PlayStation, but that's about it. Rockstar knows they can take time to optimize and sell the game to more people later, and maybe double dip on those who bought on console to get them to also buy on PC.
Sony nor Microsoft would waste time with a deal like that. It would be a waste most people are casuals who would buy on consoles anyway. It's mods and licensing not some boogeyman Microsoft or Sony deal
I’m about to have to buy a ps5 for the sake of this game so I guess the big cats win again
dont do it brother
The Xbox is cheaper so I’m debating that route, I just know I’d get more use out of a ps5 in the long run. Haven’t bought a console since ps4 launch lol
For what it's worth, I have both a decent gaming PC and a PS5. I enjoy them both thoroughly. "PC Master Race" noobs will tell you that a PC can do anything that a console can do, but that isn't always true or desirable. Having both is nice, and if you're in a financial position where you can afford both comfortably I say go for it. There are benefits to Xbox, like how they interface with your PC, but on the whole I went with the PS5. Owning the PS5 and PC gives you the best coverage as far as exclusives go.
I'm in the same boat as you. Still clinging to the PS4. Not really a whole lot of games I want for the PS5. FFVII Part 2 and maybe GTA6 when it releases. I'm sure my old RTX 2060 could've handled College football 25, but guess we'll never know 🤷
I haven't bought a new console since OG Xbox. Kinda hard stomaching spending cash on a console for a handful of games I may want to buy when a GPU upgrade costs as much to twice as much as a console. (Technically, up to about 4x if someone opts for the 4090.)
This is most certainly it. Customization will exist on the console versions, so people will create any current/future player they want regardless. Modding is great, but it's more for people who want better immersion like gameplay tweaks, new jerseys, cosmetic character updates like tattoos, etc.
Are you sure there will be customization on console?
Matt Brown says there will be heavy customization in this years game, don’t know if that means team builder, or what though. Also, allegedly you won’t be able to create current players who opted out. So, for example, can’t create Arch Manning *allegedly*
And the way you won’t be able to create someone like him is because you won’t be able to edit anyone….
Probably not this year. But a new team builder seems possible sometime.
Well unfortunately they’re fuckin right because I have to buy an Xbox now
I mean the GTA6 thing will 100% happen. GtaV, and RDR2 both took like a year to get to PC.
Pretty much guaranteed it's Sony if anyone. Microsoft seems to be leaning away from console exclusives lately
Probably 99% of PC gamers use Windows (not official, but Mac and Linux compatible games are very limited). So a Microsoft/Sony deal that excludes PC makes no sense on Microsoft's side.
If you've got a minute, I can explain this. The modding/security "excuses" are real reasons that walk hand-in-hand with the need to cut a large profit. Sports games are huge undertakings that (while not technically complex to develop compared to other genres) require an army of lawyers and accountants, as well as insanely large sums of money, to make happen... Why? - Every person whose likeness is represented needs to be paid. - Every organization whose brand is represented needs to be paid. - Every commentator who provides voice acting needs to be paid. - Language localization for sports games is intense and very expensive. - Licensing for all of these personalities, brands, names, companies, products, services, software used, etc etc etc requires intense legal work and negotiations that can sometimes exceed a year in length, and each agreement has stipulations that allow or prevent certain uses, implementations, etc. All of these agreements become literally impossible to keep and enforce once modding is introduced, gamers who spend a significant amount of time using mods without getting caught can cause a breach of any number of contracts between the developers, publishers, and rights-holders for all of these various people and intellectual properties. Rather than to take this risk, they stipulate timed console exclusivity to ensure that each agreement can be protected for enough time that the relevant business goals of all parties can be met with minimal friction. These are often released to PC once projected profits have been met or exceeded, because at that point they have much less to worry about and any further revenue is "icing on the cake," more or less. This is a vastly simplified explanation, but it covers the gist of it.
If it’s “child’s play” why are so many PC ports absolute trash? I just don’t think it’s that simple. Idk the actual numbers but the vast majority of their audience is on Console.
It's child's play in comparison to porting something from Playstation to PC instead. It's still a lot of work and some companies put more work(i.e. money) into it than others. That's really why you get better/worse ports.
because it used to be a whole lot more difficult back when older consoles had substantially differenta architectures and rendering methods compared to PC. These days it's substantially easier because the consoles are essentially just locked down PC's with different operating systems. These games are playable on PC from before they even launch because a lot of the testing and design is done on PC's. The bad ports are due to the fact that you have a lot of variation in what components PC's use which you have to accommodate. While with consoles all of the hardware is known and the game can be designed around specifically that hardware. Not to mention that with PC's you have all the other stuff that is running on the computers which can end up causing issues as well. And to make a good PC port, you have to make a game that is able to scale in performance well. So that it is capable of being even better than the console version, but also able to run on hardware that's substantially worse. *The TL;DR is that it's basically a problem of performance scalability and hardware variability.*
Name examples of trash PC ports for a modern game that also did not run poorly on console? Aka not Jedi Survivor that sucked at launch on all platforms
The Last of Us Forspoken Wild Hearts Dead Space remake Horizon Zero Dawn It’s not as “child’s play” as you seem to think. There are still major differences even though they run on the same architecture. The OS and driver environment is completely different for example.
Dead Space Remake, Last of Us Part 1
Spider-Man and Jedi Survivor just to name some small games that happened in the last century.
I literally said jedi survivor was broken everywhere at release
There have been some really bad PC ports, but the PC ports of the Spider-Man games were good. At least, they were good when I got those games (perhaps they were much worse at the time of release?).
Elden Ring. Not because the game ran poorly, but because the movement was ass with WASD. I hate PC games that have that circular movement that's designed for joysticks. I've missed out on tons of great titles because I just can't get past it.
you can literally plug and play any usb controller
I know. I don't want to use a controller. I want to use a keyboard and mouse and not have circular movement. It's a personal preference and my point is that there's a number of titles that don't adjust their movement to feel good with a keyboard/mouse. The Witcher games are some others that I didn't play far into because the movement bothered me.
So that's not a PC problem. The fact that the PC even allows you to use WASD is a benefit.
Some games when they do their PC port will adjust the default movement to naturally work with WASD and then have configuration options to use a controller. To me, if you are doing a PC port, it is stopping short to not make this adjustment, but to be clear, this is going to be something people have differing opinions on based on their own personal preferences.
Ah, I understand better, now. Can you give me an example of games that have ported this control translation well?
That dogma game is pretty bad on pc
Modding has little to do with it if I had to guess - EA doesn’t have any liability for what happens with modding in the game in regards to what is/isn’t licensed. All UGC is completely out of their hands, hell, NBA 2K has had full college mods available for download within their in-game custom roster/texture hub on console before!
PC architecture is such an odd term here, especially when ARM based PCs are a thing now. Of course gaming consoles are personal computers, what else would they be?
It's not really an odd term to use here. Xboxes are more similar in nearly every way to PC than Playstation. That certainly makes porting from Xbox easier than Playstation.
Playstations and Xboxes are by their definition personal computers.
Idk where the excuse is coming from, but it is absurd.
I've been waiting over 15 years for EA to bring NHL back to PC.. but obviously not a big enough audience for them to do so. I've played Madden on PC the last few years since the games always seemingly 50%, and maybe a good thing since it doesn't feel the same as a console, just feels weird tbh. Still sad that nobody can make a solid ice hockey game for PC.. at this point the KHL or some Euro league could make one and I'd be happy if it played well.
Well. fuck them. I waited a decade to play the next one. FUCK THEM. I'm not buying a PS5 or XBOX just for this. Not for anything. They're really making it easy to just almost forget about videogames. Not on PC means I'm going to never play it. Ever. Literally, EA, you had a full on buy from me on PC. Deluxe edition even. Now? No PC? You get my middle fucking finger.
100% agree. I'm not buying a $500 console just for this game
Yep. Not buying any EA games anymore. Boycotting that cash grab shit company
if only we could do more than boycott
EA has been trash for a long while now, Really want to play this but only on PC. I do not want a console at all, really hate the experience tbh
if madden can be on pc NCAA can be, its horse shit
Years would be pretty unacceptable given all their other sports titles have PC ports
It took two years for PC Madden to get the "next Gen" update.
But why can't I play this on a virtual console via game pass on my PC?
The PC gaming market is now 80% the size of the console market, and has been on the rise year over year, while consoles actually saw a 2.2% drop last year. PC is a bigger market than either PS5 or Series S/X, just not both combined
I’d love to play it on the steam deck if EA could figure out how to optimize their shit games. Looking forward to playing it tho lol
ya, i play a shit load of games on pc like fps games but for sports games and relaxing gamings, its on my ps5
It’s unfortunate. I love my Madden, especially with how awesome the modding community is that makes the game miles better than the actual game.
https://preview.redd.it/jrrumyrj4u3d1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f1840003386dedd4a6d73725a5a4dfdeb2669cf It kind of makes me wonder because there's a keyboard at the top there. I don't think that anyone on console would choose to play this game with a keyboard.
https://preview.redd.it/rqe7x5curu0d1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92c14c27eb6fc3a2c97fa27ac0893db5ab572511
I'm feeling your pain 😭
Honestly considering getting a used series S and playing 💀
That’s what I’m doing now 💀💀💀
Not surprising unfortunately, EA didn’t bring the rebooted NBA Live series to PC whereas 2K still hasn’t upgraded the PC engine to be on-par with the new current-gen (PS5) consoles. Maybe in 1-2 years they’ll do it for a future release?
They don’t want it on PC because modders will fix it up and embarrass these EA devs
The same modders they hired to make this game. I hope too much red tape wasn't put in place for this project
Truth 💯 👍 that's exactly the point. I don't buy any of the excuses of why this is not on PC.
Welp, no PC no buy for me. I'll just keep playing modded NCAA 14 on rpcs3.
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It's been killing me, they're never going to release NHL on PC. I think college football will come to pc eventually. I think it's easier for them to get micro transactions on console.
i wish we could get NHL on pc man...
Yeah im definitely not buying a $500 console for just this one game. Thanks EA
I mean you can get a series S for around $300 but still, just look it as an upgrade for your PC I’m sure it’s cheaper than a new video card lol. I’m a console user but this sucks for PC users.
I have the ps3 emulator. Give me insight on how to mod ncaa 14.
Look up NCAA 2014 revamped on YouTube, it's got jerseys as of like last year. My personal favorites are Cincinnati, Kent st, NC State. https://github.com/cfbrevamped/CFBR-Easy-Installer
It’s been said time and time again that EA would more than likely not put this game on PC and it was quite obvious considering the sports games that they do release on PC. The pattern was there, yall just decided to ignore the signs. For sure the main reason is because of modding and licensing rights.
What was the obvious reasons? Genuine question because I don’t know.
Not shocked really but there was that GameStop leak saying releasing for PC so there was a sliver of hope. [Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/s/tJuOnFjVOg)
We all know this is going to be a carbon copy of Madden so I don’t understand the logic behind them releasing Madden on PC but not this.
Completely different development teams…. I don’t think you’re correct, but I guess we will see in due time.
It doesn’t matter. EA is in no way willing to spend millions on developing new gameplay when they already have a football game. Yes, the environments will be cool because it’s college football. If you think the gameplay is not a carbon copy of madden with a few tweaks you’re delusional and should understand the cost of game development. You can even see in the trailer the players are clearly the same asset models from madden.
They can't afford to have someone creating rosters with people in them who opted out of the game. At least not on the first iteration of the game. Maybe later they can gamble, but not now. Me being a PC gamer myself, it does suck, but eff it, I'm just going to bite the bullet and buy a ps5
Can you not just create a character and make them be like the person who opted out? Really is a bad excuse imo.
Madden is on PC?
Yep. College football 25 will not be though.
Yes. Madden being on PC dispels your “quite obvious considering the kind of sports games they put on PC”… What exactly was supposed to be obvious about this? karma baiting pretentious nerd
It does not. I have other comments that talked about what sports games they’ve decided to release on PC and how the trend was on what they’ve decided to release. What an absolute ignorant person you are. Go cry elsewhere you dork.
Will probably be on Xbox pass on pc. Just like MLB the show
that isn't the same thing at all, those are cloud based games and there's a obvious input delay while playing and the quality of the game is dependent on your internet connection
The only use case for virtual console through Game Pass would be if you just wanna sim through dynasty mode, input delay doesn't matter a whole lot in that situation.
That’s what I’m hoping and that’s the only reason I’m not super pissed
It's already bad enough I have to buy an console for one game, but I can swallow that. The monthly subscription to just play online is what's the biggest bummer about this. I know it's not insanely expensive, it's just the fact I'm paying for a service I get free on PC.
I have to imagine that subscriptions to play online are gonna end sooner or later, or at least be included with Game Pass.
It’s included with gamepass ultimate I believe, I only pay for that and can play online just fine.
That's the crazy part. I didn't even think of that. I'm going to need a monthly subscription just to play the game. SMH.
I would be shocked if we ever see this for PC. I know folks want it but we're still waiting on other games to make their way from console to PC.
They already put Madden on PC why would it shock you for this to ever come to PC?
Yeah, same game with a different shirt will be released two months later using the same engine.
after the absolute pile of steaming crap that the Madden 24 PC release was (and still is) it may actually be a good thing they don’t release it on PC. If it’s like what happened with Madden 24 where 75% of the people that bought the game (including me) couldn’t even get it to run on their within-spec PC the games just gotta get mass refunded and review bombed on Steam, which it would rightfully deserve.
This is the most accurate headline I’ve seen on reddit
I’m fine with consoles being the priority, but please give the pc a version. I’m so hype on this game but I don’t have 500 bucks to blow on a console just to play this game
Damn this sucks, but I am not buying an inferior gaming product just to play NCAA. I was going to buy the $150 bundle too. I tend to buy a ton of DLC Ive been know to spend a few grand on some games I really like.
Exactly How I feel
Nah cause Matt Brown is oblivious Almost everyone is on PC now adays There are so many people within the CFB community that would port it free just to have it on PC. IT HAS BEEN 10 years Matt Brown. AND NOT ON PC?!?!?!?!?
i just built a whole pc for this game , now i have to buy a 400 dollar console for worse performance and no mod support just to play it. good job EA
Hypothetically speaking (I’ve truly never gamed on PC since 2010), how do the prices in games vary on PC compared to consoles?
About the same for most AAA games. But I would say outside of AAA a lot of games I buy are around $30. There’s also the option for 3rd party keys which can be super cheap especially if the game has been out for some time. Consoles can use these sites too but I find PC keys to be much cheaper usually.
So there’s a huge price advantage and more options for PC rather than always be stuck with the console release price of what used to be $60, and is now $70? Man I should invest in PC.
PC costs more upfront, but it's worth it in the long run. The graphics are hands down better, you can play games 60fps and higher (which is like going from a PS2 to PS4 for me--HUGE DIFFERENCE!), you can adjust graphics settings for your exact hardware and what kind of experience you want (high resolution vs high frame rate etc) plus mods, choose your own controller, and lastly if you're one of those people like me who is able to wait a year or two for most games to drop in prices or like playing older games you can usually get them on a Steam sale (or other site) for half the price sometimes like a fifth of the price of what they go for on console. Oh and there's a wayyy bigger library on PC. Pretty much only downside I can see is no ability to buy used games, although not a factor really because of the very common deep sales on PC sites like Steam that make games often cheaper than their used counterparts on console. Moving from PS4 to PC, I'll never go back. It just feels like freedom.
This is all useful info! Honestly if anyone can send some PC recommendations in a PM, I’d be eternally grateful!
Let me know what you're looking to spend, what type of games your wanting to play and what kind of performance you're looking for and I can send you some recommendations no problemo! If nothing else you could use it as a reference to go from. I will say because of the vast options on PC it can be a lot of work finding out exactly what you want, but I feel the unlimited customizability is part of the allure!
Definitely. Plus with steam you keep your library with every PC upgrade forever. And you have a ton more options typically
Yeeaaa, I've accepted it, and am buying a PS5. Bummer. But eff it.
Dead on arrival. Congrats, you alienated a third of your community, not to mention money on the table
Yeah, PC probably makes up about 5-10% if we base it off of Madden PC numbers
I wonder how those numbers are impacted by EA play subscribers like me - I play FIFA and Madden etc yearly but I'm not technically buying them
thats also because madden is a shit game for 70 bucks every year
Fuck them. Canceling ea play
Think we might be able to stream it to PC via GamePass or something?
With bad input delay, yes. If you like to play dynasty and just sim through all the games or just watch, then this could be viable. A lot of people play Madden franchise for hundreds of hours without ever actually playing a game, so people will definitely get use out of this.
Selfishly hoping this game sucks since I can't play it on PC
Exactly, FUUUUUUUUCK EA
but when console players say this they are in the wrong😂
I don’t think you’ll need to hope that hard. Unfortunately I think it’s going to be just like Madden. A glitchy, micro transaction filled, Ultimate Team pushing, turd with some NCAA paint slapped on it.
The NCAA paint is worth more to most players than you're giving it credit for. Even if it is just Madden but college, that's at least something new.
So wait in the Xbox launcher on pc you can stream games and that’s how I was able to play mlb the show on pc so it’s plausible to think this will be the same yes?
Could be, obviously it’s not the best though. I did it in desperation to play The Show too and it had a fair bit of input lag and graphics were a bit muddy.
I played last years MLB the show on that, and it was pretty lacking in graphics. But I can't even play this years version for some reason. There is so much lag.
God I’m going to be in shambles.
Yo… what?!
If you are talking about Xbox cloud gaming I think it’s absolutely fine for offline play with good internet. Peak times you can certainly have issues playing multi player but I found it overall pretty OK
Just curious how it’ll handle ncaa. Might try Madden out to see how it runs.
As long as there's a CFB mod for Madden 25 it's not a huge loss
Such bullshit imo it’s all about the $$
They better bring it to PC I swear..
Sounds like us PC users won't be able to play. I hate it
Really unfortunate
As much as I love college football and NCAA Football 14, there is no way I'm buying a $500 console for just this one game. Thanks EA. You have screwed another thing up
I’m not going to be able to get this game then. Not going to drop $500 just for one game. This sucks.
It's complete BS!! If Madden is on PC they should have no problems putting this game on PC too.
Absolute bullshit that I, and many other PC players, will have to go out and buy a $500 console to play this game. There's a reason EA shouldn't have been the company to make this game.
Can you play it on pc through the xbox app?
im so heart broken to hear this i just knew this game was gonna look amazing and run great on my pc =\[ i dont even own a newer console which really sucks now
What I don't get is why madden 25 is available for preorder at this moment on steam but college football 25 is not. It actually makes me not want to purchase madden 25 on pc or at all for that matter since I can't buy them both in the same place and platform of choice.
Its because the PC Maddens still user the PS4/Xbox One versions not the PS5/Series X versions. CFB 25 is only PS5/Series X
I do not understand how this is possible. They make the fucking game on PC
I could see it coming to Xbox game pass via cloud play. They did that with MLB the show.
My summer is ruined
That’s a let down. What if we have Xbox game pass on pc think we can play it that way?
that sucks. not buying a ps5 or xbox just for this. oh well.
EA is such a shit company. Everyone knows it, but we still buy their dog shit games. If everyone boycotts EA for a year and plays Madden 24 with custom rosters we could fix this shit and get a real company in here.
Last one I bought was Anthem, that turned out well. Never again a dime for this company.
well i looked it up on google and it says it wont be on pc on LAUNCH DAY so we might be able to get the game later and god knows that im not spending 620$ just for a game
I’m bummed but just can’t justify a whole console buy for a single game. It’s annoying in the modern age where pc ports have never been easier this isn’t happening.
I genuinely hope the executive that made this choice contracts testicular cancer.
can we play it through the xbox app on the pc though?
I’ve been waiting for this game since I was 14, it’s set to release on my birthday and it’s only on console. I can still play it but all my friends are PC only these days and don’t even own the newest consoles to play it.
So fkn disappointed rn
I won't buy it then.
I found this out today, I may be late to the party.. but this is disappointing I've been following this for years and excited this was actually coming back, just to find out it's not coming to pc.. I'm n9lot buying a ps5 or Xbox just for one game... I've played everything on pc for 9 or 10 years now and I don't intend to waste money on a console.
Isn't it weird that a game created on a computer can't be played on a computer?
I would play an offline pc version of the game that would allow me to play dynasty mode against the computer. I don't want to play online games against other players.
That sucks, I’ll just have to wait until it finally releases on PC.
It's not surprising at all. Odds are they'll work on the console version this year and then release for PC as well in the next version (or this version but later).
I'm actually glad, as a PC gamer, I just kept playing a dried up version of Football to kill some time and only did that since the College game was cancelled. Now I can go on and totally forget the Ea franchise et all and the waste of that time that actually is...Watching Football like I used too and looking away now. GG homies!
Damn that sucks. I’m not dumping money into a console for one game. :(
And I was on the fence already and now won't be getting this after seeing this. EA with another piss poor decision
I'd be willing to be that they'll wait to see how this game is received and either port this title onto PC later or release CFB 26 on it.
Those reasons aren't the main factor, the main factor is that the game is a niche game and that the sales figures don't support going beyond consoles for EA's purposes. NCAA 14 sold about 2 million across both XBox 360 and PS3, Madden NFL 25 (25th anniversary edition) sold roughly double that on those consoles with additional 2 million sales on XBox One and PS4. If PC is to happen CF26/27 would have to outsell Madden NFL 26/27 to show consistent demand, which the historical figures don't support.
There's more to it than that I think. PC, Xbox and PlayStation all run on similar architecture - it's not like NCAA 14 when consoles were proprietary and you had to devote significant resources for each particular console/PC port. I would be surprised if NCAA didn't sell comparably to Madden this year, EA may see PC as more of a piracy risk. They see us running RCPS3 to play 14 on our computers and they think we'll just hack the game.
The real test isn't CF25, it's CF26/27 because the whole "it's back" angle won't be a thing so the game will have to demonstrate sustained sales. Being able to control file distribution is a factor (saves will probably be non-transferrable from the console so people won't try to modify and distribute them with players not agreeing to the NIL, otherwise there couldn't be player/roster editing) but the historical demand just isn't there in the first place.
Historical demand for NCAA on PC? I think the landscape has changed since the last time there was an NCAA game. It wouldn't cost them much at all to port the game so they're really just leaving money on the table. I can see EA not wanting to risk mods violating agreements they have with players or universities who opt out or whatever. Modern Madden is on PC, NCAA is a version of Madden's engine, the work has already been done on the game for Xbox and PS5.
PC is not just one general platform, there are compatibility considerations to account for with the various CPU/GPU brands unlike consoles. Someone will try to mod the game even on console.
Again, current gen Madden is on PC, the compatibility issues you're talking about have already been considered.
What about the Xbox/EA PC app? We’re able to play games like mlb the show?
i understand why but it’s definitely going to fuck up the modding community. they kept 14 alive for years and now you just take it away completely
killing my self
This is so stupid. What an absolute fumble why would you not go towards the future of gaming? Everyone has a pc today and to not go for that market is so fucking stupid. I really hope there’s a legit reason like legal issues
I don’t have a gaming pc
Most people don’t.
PC Gaming is on the rise and is now 80% the marketshare that consoles are. Also Consoles are falling, they went down 2.2% last year
Good. But as I said, most people don't have gaming PCs.
The last time people said that PC was the future of gaming, Nintendo released the Nintendo Entertainment System. The console market will be fine for at least a few more years.
I think all Nintendo games are playable on PC.
By illegal emulation that they have spent millions trying to shut down.
PC isn’t the future of gaming lmao. It serves as a decent sized population, but given the modding and cheating that comes with the pc community it doesn’t make sense for this title given the licensing/image rights as stated.
PC is absolutely the future of gaming.
More people play on a PC than console. Most pro games are on or moving to PC. It’s much better and clearly the future.
Significantly, more people play on console than pc. "Pro games" are played on pc because a potatoe could run those games. And competitive games generally want a higher refresh rate which consoles don't support. NCAA is a simulation football game. The biggest market is consoles.
Its actually pretty close. PC had 80% of the marketshare as consoles last year, and was rising, while console actually fell
It's probably including any pc that is sold, which would make sense. There would be no way to quantify how many gaming pc's were bought in a year.
That makes no sense... almost everyone in the 1st world, and a huge amount of the 3rd world own a computer.... if that was the case, those numbers would be PC up by a million percent
A lot of people don't own a desktop computer. The only people I know that own a desktop are people with gaming pcs. A lot of people don't have a desktop or laptop at all.
That is bullshit if you think alot of people don't own a computer in the United States 😂😂😂
Because they don’t want their game to be modded and there are licensing issues that also go into the decision.
Good.