DryvBy
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Sunset Overdrive Coming To PC?
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Like unlimited roguelike-clones and survival games from indie devs. There's enough of that junk. No thanks.
AHA-Lambda
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why the etc. like there's been more than those two? lol.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Fizzie has potential.
They probably want more control over the sequel and porting opportunities. Owning the IP gives them more leeway when it comes to signing any new exclusive deal with MS.
Come to think of it, this could be their Gears of War, which must have made Epic some epic bank. Can't have been at all cheap for MS to keep that game locked down for the entire generation.
Not having the IP rights would also restrict their options with a sequel I guess. We'd probably have got Metropolis Street Racer 2 and Demon's Souls 2 instead of Project Gotham and Dark Souls if the studios owned the rights to the IP. In those two situations, it all worked out well... in others such as Call of Duty versus Titanfall, not having the original name can create an uphill battle to attract your previous audience.
Plus, I think we'd all have preferred a new Megaman, than Mighty No. 9
Yeah that makes sense. I guess I was focused on that one poster saying it's about merchandise. But having the rights to the IP wouldn't be just for that.
Really? I don't know, maybe the trend will continue- we'll leave it open.
An etcetera attack!
Miles Quaritch
Member
State of Decay is 'big' in the sense that it broke XBLA records and is getting a retail release on Xbox One in Spring 2015...
I wouldn't be surprised if it continues, really. people last gen kept saying they wished MS focused more on bringing exclusives to PC and they might get their wish this gen.
Yeah there are always circumstances around it, shit happens.
SerTapTap
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Uh look at Ratchet and Clank and Spyro. If SO becomes a series they do not want to
A) Be forced to work with Platform Holder each time to make a new game
B) actually lose the game entirely and never be able to work on it again, ever
Whether they can or will release SO 1 multiplat is a mystery, but it seems obvious that they want to keep the IP for the long run not only because of a single entry.
Muskieratboi
Member
Insta-buy if true. Insomniac on PC would be amazeballs.
We shall see indeed! (I kind of hope it continues, I've been enjoying the DR3 port even if it isn't the most optimized).
I'm happy for Insomniac, I'm really excited about their launch of this game. This ad is just confusing us all! They've been pretty definitive about shooting it down, but only time will tell.
http://www.destructoid.com/state-of-decay-hits-one-million-in-sales-263209.phtml
It did a million, best selling new IP on XBLA, it's getting an X1 release and of course a sequel is in planning.
Pretty big, yeah.
Dictator93
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Dont forget the FPS-Coop in star Citizen. Easy to forget abou htat.Wow, 2015 is going to be the year of the co-op shooter. Grab some friends and your alcoholic beverage of choice.
Killing Floor 2
Evolve
The Division
Rumors
Sunset Overdrive
Destiny
L4D3
bigboss370
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Mugatu
Member
All those games interest me but L4D3 gets me more excited than all the rest put together.
terrible example lol, as Gears 1 came to PC with some extras
Totally off-topic but i think 2015 would be a great time to re-release the first gears and port the other 3 to PC, wouldn't require a huge amount of effort me thinks.
Nothing going on with Gears at that time and then BAM, want to get Gears 5? Buy an Xbox.
Hmmm... Receipts? In TF's case they helped in funding the project which in turn got them the initial 13 months of exclusivity, In Ryse's case I don't think there has been any mention on who funded it after it was retooled from being a kinect game. Most of these cases where it has happened it seems they get an exclusivity window for funding the project.
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I mean, this doesn't say much either way because they'd say the same thing if it was truly never coming to PC or if it was going to come but announced early and they're doing damage control.
Depends on whether you take stuff like this at face value, and we've seen multiple examples of MS PR being shady about exclusivity or later reneging on exclusivity, so it's not super hard to disbelieve this.
Miles Quaritch
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terrible example lol, as Gears 1 came to PC with some extras
Not really a terrible example. This could be their GoW in the general sense of successful IP they retain control of while charging MS more and more money to keep it exclusive and then sell it off as the popularity begins to wane.
Could be a big W for Insomniac in the long run. They have more money to start funding some of their own IP and won't need to keep looking to the big players who increasingly want to retain the IP in exchange for funding.
They used a template.
SEGAvangelist
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MS will do an exclusive Gears Collection instead is my guess.
I think the game is going to be good, but I just don't see this franchise taking off. I hope I'm wrong.
So MS are happy to put a few of their big titles on to the PC after a time, contrary to one of the posters. I suppose the future of that sort of thing is more dependant on MS's purview of the Xbox one games in question.
Same as Halo for me, just fix up the existing PC version for a Steam release. Let the console players have the HD collection.
A Steam release would be huge for them too. The platform is growing at an unprecedented clip with a genre that is well supported by the demographic.
BruiserBear
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Because by owning the IP they have the opportunity to make the most money in the long run. Let's say Sunset Overdrive blows up. Microsoft wants to make a Sunset Overdrive movie. Insomniac could make 50-100 million if that were to happen.
In terms of XB1 exclusivity, my bet is that these deals are set up something like this. "The game launches exclusively on XB1, and after 3 months we get to decide to write a check for X dollars to make it permanent. If we decline you're allowed to release a PC version 9 months after the XB1 launch."
In the case of Ryse and Dead Rising they realized neither was worthy of paying for a sequel, so they let it go PC.
That wouldn't make any sense at all. How would you propose they rework the technology for Xbox 360? It's an ambitious open world game designed on an engine that is likely not particularly compatible with such ancient hardware.
This isn't like Titanfall which was built on the aging Source engine (where PS3 and 360 were original targets). There's no way they could pull off a decent version of this game on 360 without massive compromises.
Dat Killing Floor 2 though... so pumped.
Yeah, but what if it simply doesn't catch on? I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft decided to drop networking support for the game if there aren't enough players.
bigboss370
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oh i know what you meant, i was being kind of sarcastic lol
Easy - the P and C are close to the O and X respectively, so you get xbpc one. Then they had a few accidents with a few of the other keyboard keys and the mouse several times
If you're talking about the kdramastars rumor it's fake btw. The claim that a user called Cyberland on neogaf posted the steamdb info is fake because that user doesn't exist
Lazy marketing team.
serenewarfare
Banned
It's good they are addressing it, but really nothing they could say would solve anything. People who have convinced themselves it's coming to PC will continue to think that and believe the statements are lies, while the people who take the statements at face value will believe it's not. Really a no-win situation for them now.
Miles Quaritch
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It won't be for a lack of marketing. The game is literally plastered over TV and cinema screens. You can't go an hour without at least seeing two TV ads.
It's complete televisual saturation. Wesker would be proud...
MS are schizophrenic in which games of their first party games make it to PC.
People can say that about every game on PS4/XB1 if you want to play at the highest resolution/fps. I've seem Battlefield 4 at 2560 x 1440 and it was incredible. The explosions, particles, it just looked like a whole other game compared to what I saw on their respective console versions.
If you're talking about the kdramastars rumor it's fake btw. The claim that a user called Cyberland on neogaf posted the steamdb info is fake because that user doesn't exist
There was never any SteamDB information on Destiny, always knew that rumor was unsubstantiated from the start.
Just referencing Bungie's responses to a potential PC version and Activision's desire for money. Though, to be fair, the publisher may be growing tired of Call of Duty's declining reception on the platform.
If you're talking about the kdramastars rumor it's fake btw. The claim that a user called Cyberland on neogaf posted the steamdb info is fake because that user doesn't exist
Nah I think he is referring to the Activision response, that they think Destiny is a "natural fit" for PC
Shame the game is a bit of an empty shell
SmokedMeat
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Ambitious open world game? I'm not seeing anything going on that couldn't be pulled off on a last gen system, albeit a little less good looking, and maybe a few less enemies at a time.
Hell, most games are cross gen, so I don't see how this particular game would be impossible.
Noted... Even though COD is declining as you say am sure they won't past up the opportunity of making more money
Instead of just saying things like this without any proof, how about actually pointing out people who were saying bad things about the game before and then became interested in it due to the possibility of it coming out on PC.
It seems to me that the assets were created to a level of quality that would make porting to 360 difficult. Cross-gen games are built that way from the beginning but this title doesn't take that into consideration.
I doubt Sunset Overdrive was designed with scalability in mind. The speed at which you move through the world combined with the asset quality makes it seem like it would be a huge challenge on 360. Let's be clear here as well, most other open world games on 360 ran like garbage. GTAV, Saints Row (all of them), Assassin's Creed, etc were all choppy experiences that never came close to achieving a stable 30 fps.
ChosenPredator
Banned
very true it's a lose/lose situation for them at the end of the day the mistake has lasting consequences of eternity
How many games has MS ever done this for?
Excluding killing XBL on the OG Xbox, or taking stuff like Gotham TV offline, I can't really think of any examples.
Miles Quaritch
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Every game, apart for those they didn't.
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