Will Amnesia be available for consoles? No!

[Mjarr]

Running away is a non-issue because like PC's, console joysticks also make it easier to transition through the "Run backward while turning then run forward" move.

Yes it's not that big issue until you take console FoV into account which might complicate things to a whole new level. Now if someone is too scared to read that one holywalloftext I wrote some time ago, depending on the game and some other things usually if a console game has been ported to PC that retains its console FoV it's usually atleast console FoV + 15 to make it so your eyes does not hurt while watching your PC screen, in some cases as much as 20.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8098/defaultfov.png <--- that is the default Amnesia FoV.

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9030/...d55fov.png <--- Amnesia default FoV -15.

Now considering you'll see less on 52¨ TV that is 2m (or even 3m) away than you'll see on 19¨ screen in front of your face, Amnesia's lowish lightning and plenty of places with tight corridors, combination of several factors would require major redesign to the game and it could easily mean the loss of the original 'vision' and experience of Amnesia. Sure it's meant to be a horror game but the fact the enviroment is highly immersive (kinda like that very steep spiral staircase in that one place, I've been into few old houses with those) is one thing that enhances the experience.

Sure it would be nice thing for Frictional Games to gain more money, but considering that console media is more important than PC is when it comes to news coverage and other things (while not directly part of media, including word of mouth etc), if a PC game is great but the console port\version is not as great, it's gonna get big stick for it. That's one very big risk Amnesia would be facing if it were released in its current state, yet if they were to do major redesign they would face plethora of other issues and possibly even borderline the point is it really worth it.