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Official: Stealth Inc 2 coming to X1/PS3/PS4/Vita/PC next month.
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Hellraider
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Betrayalton!
Miles Quaritch
Member
Why is it lame? Stealth Inc 2 is great...
He's probably talking about the change in name from "Stealth Bastard".
Spider_Jerusalem
Member
Great news! And they were amongst the greatest critics of the parity clause; looks like they managed to do it after all.
Maneauleau
Member
Personally I am happy Wii U got these games to begin with so I really don't mind how soon they land on other platforms. Actually the more people get to enjoy these games the better.
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Definitely looking forward to this.
It's already a big of a deal if you got those games exclusive in the first place. Exclusivity is a rare thing among indie games.
Definitely looking forward to this.
It's already a big of a deal if you got those games exclusive in the first place. Exclusivity is a rare thing among indie games.
That is the right attitude to have! I greatly enjoyed the game on Wii U so its going to be even better that I can discuss with some of my friends who only have PCs and PS4s.
RadarScope1
Member
So I guess this game was one that got an exception from MS's infamous parity clause?
Noisepurge
Member
great, will grab it for Vita!
statham
Member
Its releasing at the same time, no exception needed.
Chobel
Member
It was released on Wii U last year.
Maybe they have enough money for releasing game on all platforms at once.
LiquidSolid
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I don't think Wii U counts, just PS4 does.
So wait, some people thought this was going to stay exclusive? lol. This was always in the cards, most people predicted it when they first announced the game.
Anyway, good for them. Taking a moneyhat from Nintendo for timed exclusivity isn't a common approach but I hope it pays off for them.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I'm so happy. Bought on PSN and PC. This game is absolutely perfect on the Vita.
indies generally want to be on everything, even if sales were good. actually the fact that they're appearing on other consoles so soon might be a testament to their sales on Wii U. I know Shovel Knight did really well on Wii U and I only saw numbers for North America.
They actually said it was a timed exclusive when they announced the game so no one should be suprised. They didnt hide anything and were very open with the reasons it was coming to the Wii U first and they were all valid.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Does the game have online co op?
unlikely to have been a moneyhat
First one was only ok but people said the sequel is better so I am mildly interested.
Why is it always unlikely when Nintendo is involved?
Would make even less sense that it wasn't released on the platforms with the established fanbase at first.
Why is it always unlikely when Nintendo is involved?
Would make even less sense that it wasn't released on the platforms with the established fanbase at first.
LiquidSolid
Member
You're right, I must've forgotten about that.
Yeah, I'm sure it's a complete coincidence that it's coming out on other platforms 6 months after the Wii U version. That happens all the time!
ricen-beans
Member
This'll be perfect for vita! Just like the first one. Can't wait.
Nintendo seems to prefer helping indies through marketing and events, opposed to paying them off for exclusivity. the devs for this stated their reasoning for wiiu timed exclusivity and you are welcome to look it up
Ok so I dont really know. but my guessing is give the wiiu breathing room to try maximise sales, then you're into that nov/dec busy period with lots coming out and busy press. you arent releasing in january. then I guess itll have bells and whistles, which maybe shoved it through delays to febuary (along with testing/certification taking time too, and porting)
TheMoon
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No. It has an extensive local co-op mode involving the touch screen where the GamePad player can move around the map independently and draw on it to mark stuff for the other player or just be an ass. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLS6cSCPFaE
It's never a moneyhat because Nintendo doesn't believe in paying for indie exclusivity, for better or worse. They often cherrypick games to give extra exposure or to take to press events or whatever but that's a more direct inducement that all platform holders and big publishers do (and should be expected to do) and they don't discriminate between exclusives and non-exclusives in that regard.
Curve is a studio that was already making a lot of money on a niche platform (Vita) so they felt there was an opportunity to do the same on Wii U, it's not rocket science. They've made two Nintendo-published games, so it's not like it came out of nowhere, either.
TheMoon
Member
Plus the game was tailored to the platform, allowing for lots of cool new ideas.
Why is it always assumed when Nintendo is involved? Posts like these always have this weird "they took our games!" undercurrent to them. Third parties are allowed to put games on Nintendo systems without being bribed into doing so.
LiquidSolid
Member
If they agreed to timed exclusivity in exchange for marketing/events then that's a moneyhat, dude. Sony does the same thing via Pub Fund sometimes.
I didnt say it was in exchange for, but thatd be pretty hard to prove either way. my belief is that nintendo would have helped in that regard, regardless.
Yeah...
Because it's business and some of you act like Nintendo would never do moneyhats like the other platform holders.
April 3rd on Xbox One
April 7th on PC, PS4, PS3 and Vita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiUlGfFj6PU
April 7th on PC, PS4, PS3 and Vita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiUlGfFj6PU
So possibly Plus on one of the PS formats?
Its possible, yeah.
dugdug
Banned
It's weird to see them backtracking on this, considering the parity clause hasn't really changed.
Or has it, and, I'm just ignorant to it?