InsaneTiger
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WB doesn't give two fucks for anything PC.
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Mortal Kombat X on PC (500,000 SOLD) not getting Kombat Pack 2 or XL version
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nailbombxx
Member
That port must be really fucked if they aren't even making the effort to give you the option to buy upcoming DLC.
Evolution of Metal
Member
You are tricking yourself into thinking that AK has any major problems left. + PC version is 13 dollars.
MKX is less than 10 dollars. It spins between 1000 and 350 concurrent users every day. It works fine, but they aren't going to make money on that DLC even if it hit PC version.
I would buy that pack for a discounted price, I believe it is unfair to PC players. BUT I understand that there is no financial incentive to do PC DLC. They haven't even reset'ed leaderboards, there are people who glitched into top 10 spots with millions of wins and 0 defeats.
Jawmuncher
Member
At least Techlan,Monolith Productions, and Avalanche put out good ports under Warner Bros. Just sucks that essentially WB's biggest games are the one's getting the worst ports.
It's a matter of foresight. They've been working on the new netcode for 8 months, so that's since last April/May at this point. They've basically ditched the PC version since then if they aren't putting new content on there.
Kind of like the polar opposite of what capcom did with Ultra, the change over to from GFWL to steamworks, really screwed up the netcode, but rather than abandon the game and the people who gave them money for it, they actually worked on it to fix their screwups.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
You guys know you can refund games that came out before refunds right? Especially if you haven't played them much. Never hurts to try and if you actually fill out the reason form they'll have feedback as to why you're trying to get a refund.
SliChillax
Member
I feel proud for not buying the game.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
When it comes to game preorders, then yeah sure refunds can get you your money back if shit's whack, but dropping support on a game later on, especially a fighting game (which I imagine would kill the community for that platform) is really shitty... like Arkham Origins kind of shitty.
lol, that mug...
Still can't hate Boon now. I just can't! I just really dislike WB even more.
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Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
What a bullet I dodged there. MK is dead to me.
Well you're not supporting that since you didn't buy the shitty pc port.
I think this is a direct response to the ports quality and hopefully their next batch of games won't be handled by a small dev.
Interfectum
Member
WB exec will see this post and say "cool, see you on console then!"
SpiceMelange
Member
It was a single lifetime courtesy back then.
Arkham Knight on PC is still a shit show what are you talking about? , secondly it's 13 dollars because a) WB flooded the market with keys to resellers prior to launch and b) the launch, like Arkham, was a nightmare. There are 350 players because it's a lazy shit show of a port with their net code.
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
Not surprising honestly..if they don't think it's worth the effort WB won't go the extra mile.For example MK9 was running off the GameSpy servers but when the GameSpy servers shutdown they migrated MK9's servers to a new service on Consoles but they didn't bother to migrate the PS Vita version of MK9 to the new servers so now the PS Vita version doesn't have Online Mode anymore.
TetraxShards
Member
I'm so angry right now, but Boon's face is just priceless.
Mad Max was an awesome port, but it was Avalanche, who are a PC-focused dev.
thehillissilent
Member
I hope it is worth it, WB and NR. You are going to lose a lot of customers from this stunt.
I'm not tricking myself into seeing AK on PC still suffering from stutters caused by memory leaks, even on the last patch. I gave that thing every possible chance. Has never been not fucked. That sad thing is that it's a fun game, and I pretty much played it to the end in its fucked status.
My PC is the only gaming machine I got, so I guess I won't be seeing them anywhere.
Yes I'm sure you meant the new steam feature of talking to steams shitty support for hours not the other new feature of refunds right?
Not for everyone. My friend and I played the game this month and it didn't have any major problem (both of us have a GTX 970).
Demoskinos
Member
Not going to defend the port job High Voltage did but what would you expect boon to say there? He can't sit there and bury the product his company is pushing even if he was aware of just how rough the PC build was.
Yeah that seems likely. From what I think people worked out, it seems that High Voltage were given the boot and they had QLOC take the reigns and attempt to clean up some of the issues, but they seem to have decided the cost doesn't benefit them enough so they'd rather bale on supporting the PC version. It's atrocious to cut support for a game that soon while it still has support else where.
UnrealEck
Member
Are any of you guys going to keep buying their games on other platforms?
SpiceMelange
Member
Refer to my other post down the line.
AcceptableGhost
Member
In this worst case scenario I don't understand why they don't just wait till it is 100% done and do a port at that point. Hell, make the XL version a new listing on Steam as well (to get rid of the mixed reviews rating, show up as a new release, etc) and give all previous owners the XL version (or a heavy loyalty discount). It is hard to believe it wouldn't be worth it.
They should have just had NRS do the PC version from the get go - a consistently updated game + outsourced release sounds like a recipe for disaster. As it is this is basically a huge fuck you to everyone who bought it on PC.
They should have just had NRS do the PC version from the get go - a consistently updated game + outsourced release sounds like a recipe for disaster. As it is this is basically a huge fuck you to everyone who bought it on PC.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Hilarious!! I remember this interview, I was so hyped for it!
already started with batman...
abracadaver
Member
What the fuck is this shit? I bought the PC version day one and I demand the new DLC!
If you want a boycott to have an effect at all you need to boycott them period, not just on one platform.
You go and buy their shit on PS4 or whatever then you aren't accomplishing anything.
flaxknuckles
Member
A lot of people have said they are just going to buy it on consoles from now on like Warner is supposed to give a shit when they still get their money lol.
And I'm not buying anything from Warner on PC again until the GOTY edition is out and isn't buggy as shit from now on (good thing I dodged Arkham Knight and MKX). I'm not going to risk them not putting the season pass content on PC after I bought the game, not even for a Superman game man I'll fucking wait.
Evolution of Metal
Member
Had to restart the game once on 770 because it started to stutter, probably due to the memory leak. I have beaten the game in November, 25 hour ingame. There are plenty of people in that 30FPS Darkness thread who would agree with me when I say that all the major problems are ironed out. Clearly I am not being a pedant and I can tolerate an odd dip from 50 to 30 here and there, but the game never drops into anything unplayable. If you cannot tolerate that, then perhaps the game is fucked for you.