wmat said:
But how awesome would it be if we all worried like crazy about a new SWAT being consolized and then it turns out extremely well, trumping the predecessors and all?
That would be nice, but amazingly unlikely if it's also seeing a console release. No elitism there, just reality. Simply from a functional standpoint, gamepads are extremely limited relative to kb/m, which is why so many multiplats are streamlined (Bioshock). When devs want to tap into the console mainstream with a former PC series, we always see a distinct reduction in gameplay depth.
SWAT 4 would have been a very different game had it also been a console release. There's no denying that.
This is why after further consideration, I actually hope it's a new IP. I can't envision them resurrecting a series, bringing it to consoles, and having it be at the level it once was.