2017 has been a ridiculously sturdy yr for videogames, and the truth that Nier: Automata, which was launched again in February, nonetheless holds up as among the finest is a testomony to its high quality. And, it seems, it might have been all ours, PC-playing reader. All ours.
In an interview with WowJapan, Nier: Automata’s producer Yosuke Saito reveals that it was initially solely popping out on PC.
“We had planned to release the game only for PC,” Saito says. “However, following input from the publishers the decision was made for the game to be released on the PlayStation 4 as well. The game was created on Platinum game’s engine, which was geared towards the PC. So ultimately the platform choice had no bearing on the way the game was designed. […] Most of the development process is done on the PC anyway, we ran with it.”
Of course, we don’t begrudge our console brethren this shared pleasure… a lot.
Source
