Regardless of whether or not we agree that the interface is created with the consoles in mind, we need to give credit for a PC only release being followed by a console version later.

It sure beats playing crappy ports of last years console versions.

I agree about the "consoleitis" of the game , but its hard to fault a developer for trying to make more money.

At least CDP is showing pc gamers more respect than the majority of other Devs.

Scrolling a list is not inherently not PC. When I go to bookmarks in Firefox there isn't a grid, there is a list, for example. I don't know why people are so hung-up on the list thing, I think the menus and interface on The Witcher 2 are great (other than no junk filter).

I played the game for about an hour using my 360 pad to see how it played and honestly I thought the menus sucked with the pad. Having to scroll through the filters with the bumpers and slowly move down lists one item at a time... blah! With a mouse the menus are fast and simple to use by just clicking what you want to go to, or dragging items, or scrolling quickly with the scroll wheel.

I do agree the original Witcher's menu was better, but it was handling less items at once and was designed for an entirely different combat style.

Yes! It doesn't get much easier than scrolling and dragging and dropping items. People have a nasty desire to complain about everything no matter how insignificant.

OMG CONSOLE INVENTORY...smfh.

CDP made a profit from the PC exclusive The Witcher, you know? TW2 sold 400k+ copies in first week so it surely looks like CDP will make a profit from it too.

TW and TW2 are such great games because CDP always puts quality first. Unlike EA that puts PROFIT!!! first and delivers DA2. Are you suggesting that CDP should lower the bar and do the same? Then maybe CDP should lower the bar and deliver games that are more appealing to masses instead of sophisticated RPGs for whiny spoiled brats? Or even better, sell their souls to EA like BioWare did?

All in the name of paying bills and feeding mouths? Blah!

Yes, I agree. It is all about having the best possible experience on each platform.

@tha dude who called me a brat..

get over ya self dude ya big fkin hero.. they made there money u not read well ?400,000 + sold in first week ALONE for this game..thats a success story anything more than that is just a given.. games HOPE they sell that amount.. u can go around sucking the companies **** if u want..but i know they definetly got profits from the sales so far..they did good..so any more pimping there product out to the consoles is just greed.

i was one of the guys telling everyone to buy this cd and support the pc exclusive community/drm free movement < i had tha shit up on a few websites... i wont be giving my high praise anymore cause history states every company that goes to console turns to shit. If history didnt show us this over n over than i wouldve give a fuck but sadly Good PC game and console just dont fit together. And unless they spend alllllllooottt of money making 2 seperate games than any new games from them will be a game built with lead purpose to run on a console..

argue all u like but u only have to be able to see all other developers who did it and know the chances are high < im not the one forcing bioware to sell there souls to cater to the useless console owners or forcing crytek to give up there entire fanbase to cater to consoles. dont blame me for history with the other developers.

i pray and hope witcher series isnt now ruined thanks to greed cause i love the story and the game. And so far was impressed with the PC version of this game but with ""History"" in mind the chances of this brilliant game series not being ruined because of the "Current" consoles are slim. We all know how much more expensive it is to build a PC game aswell as a console game.

Sad but true.

Well-said, both of you.

This. It's just business sense to release on multiple platforms.

Though your last sentence is why you do have people up in arms, because they fear CDP will go the same route.

He contradicts himself a bit, doesn't he? :)

LOL @ that guy saying dont go all etc etc etc on your loyal fans..

you basically listed every big developer.. history does speak very loudly doesnt it..

u forgot EA Games..

I don't understand what all the fuss is about. I play TW2 on my PC with an Xbox 360 controller and it doesn't feel like a console game. I have no problem with console games, I play console games sometimes and I own several consoles, but TW2 is not a console game. If CDP can make more money selling it on consoles and bringing some class to them while they're at it, more power to them.

people who are console players will not understand the differences with ports and other problems PC gamers face..its not your fault its the companies who are making the games specially for the extremely outdated console that u play.. so to you nothing is different its all the same for you..

but when u put that console game on a computer thats using todays hardware all the problems are instantly seen..

theres a huge list of things..but thats the main one...

When the next gen consoles come out in 2 years than this problem will be alot different it wont be so bad... so until then we are basically screwed with only a small amount of developers even caring..thats why its such bad news this is happening..cause CDP was really the lead PC developer we had..now they turned to greed aswell..

What is the problem here? Why can't the console players get to enjoy this game?

@thekingcasper:
You do realize that W2 is a PC-game, that is being ported to the consoles. Do you think that the possible sequel would be made to consoles first and ported then to the PC? That's highly unlikely.

And let's not compare CDProjekt to the current Bioware, since CDPR is not bought by a big and greedy "organization".

So, take it easy, relax and enjoy the greatest rpg in recent history :)

Whatevs buddy. Seriously all it takes for you to take the piss out of them is having ambition? This is why I made the comment about the haters being a bunch of whiny spoiled brats. Either bring some reason to ther table or bugger off.