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LIMBO coming to PSN
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whalleywhat
Member
Seems like indie developers need things like 'Summer of Arcade' to be successful.jling84 said:
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
I assume by this statement of such strong conviction, that you do not buy PS3 exclusives/time exclusives either?jling84 said:
Fernando Rocker
Banned
I can't wait the day you guys buy the game... Some of you guys are going to remember my comment and say: "Well, fuck... Fernando Rocker was right".
Amish_Gramish
Member
Juan29.zapata said:
I always find it annoying when people want a game, like Shadow Complex (where Macro$haft was the publisher) to be ported over to another console, when there is no way that it ever would.
The only reason LA Noire is on the 360 is because Sony dropped it part-way through because it was too damned expensive, and they couldn't make a profit if it was just released on PS3.
NinjaBoiX
Member
That might be a bit of an exaggeration. Don't get me wrong, if you're against the violence in the game, that's completely understandable. But I wouldn't say a silhouetted cartoon kid's head coming off to a tiny spurt of blood classes as "explicit mutilation".Gustav said:
It is undoubtably a violent game, but not gratuitously so.
Appollowexx
Member
It really is an amazing title. There was a rumour it was also coming to PC, as a trailer leaked on Steam. I played through Limbo on my friends 360 and loved it, so I'll definatley be revisiting on either PC or PS3 later this year.-NinjaBoiX- said:
Infamous Chris
Banned
Carl said:
Most PSN exclusives are subpar and never really become popular or generate amazing sales, though. The best ones are the few ones that Sony owns the IP to or are involved in, like Wipeout, Flower, etc, and they still don't hold much against many XBLA exclusives. Microsoft really hit it out of the ball park in regards to their digital library, though, and also advertise it well (it's too bad they don't mention XBLA at E3 or anywhere else. Sad, really). Developers, especially ones starting off, seem to take to XBLA because it generates the most digital sales on consoles by a longshot, ESPECIALLY if it's lucky enough to get into Summer of Arcade or Gamefeast, because Microsoft advertises it then.
I mean, this year already has been very good for XBLA and then there is:
Trenched (released last week, Doublefine dev'd, MS owns IP)
Half Minute Hero (released today..why the fuck isn't this on PSN?)
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Ms. Splosion Man
Fez
Radiant Silvergun
Toy Soldiers 2
Bastion (isn't this also PC? someone clarify)
Trials Evolution
Crimson Alliance
Spelunky HD
fuck, even Minecraft is coming to XBLA 2011.
Guardian Heroes also but not sure if that'll come to PSN depending on sales
Then you have the upcoming MMOs on XBLA like DFO and Class3 (or is it 4?), and the highly likely Torchlight 2.
Well, there's Journey. But Sony needs to step it up IMO.
whalleywhat
Member
None of this really speaks to how good Pub Fund is for developers, though, it's just more examples of Microsoft's aggressive pursuit of exclusives. I wish I could remember why the Joe Danger devs chose to go with Pub Fund.Infamous Chris said:
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
I can't comment on the details of Pub Fund, but somebody posted a chart in another thread, that I can't for the life of me find, that showed the sales of digital games and points cards for all three systems and the Xbox 360 one was so ridiculously above the other two. Even if you over (or under) play Microsoft's actual approach in securing exclusives, it wouldn't be surprising to see these small developers want to focus on XBLA first as that seems to be where the money is. And a lot of them are probably too small to develop multi-platform, so they have to make that choice.whalleywhat said:
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
whalleywhat said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=401038
Mario said:
It's also sad that publishers didn't want this game and a number of them had dumb reasons such as:
Collecting giant coins feels unrealistic to me
We want games that are less about fun right now
Infamous Chris
Banned
whalleywhat said:
I remember it being a stupid reason, though (or something stupid regarding the PR). Also, Sony was fucking retarded to pass up Super Meat Boy while I think Microsoft was fucking retarded to pass up Machinarium.
Amish_Gramish said:
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Amish_Gramish
Occupation:
Business Owner, thatgamecompany Community Manager
Wat.
jling84 said:
So the right decision would be to completely miss last year's summer of arcade promo, which put the game under a huge spotlight, selling ~300K within a month and over time becoming one of the best selling games on all of XBL.
Makes sense to me!
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Oh wow, LOLOL.Infamous Chris said:
Fernando Rocker
Banned
hahaha... nice find!
*cancels Flower purchase*
*cancels Flower purchase*
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Great! I've been looking forward to this.
whalleywhat
Member
Classic. This makes me wonder what Bastion would've done if they couldn't get Warner Bros. to publish.ULTROS! said:
Princess Skittles said:
in the US. it was a NPD article.
WW i'm sure XBLA still leads, but the gap will not be as big as it is in USA.
i disagree, about that subpar thing. About popularity, that is something debatable, as forum hype distorts reality sometimes. As for sales, sure, XBLA has the edge, but i am sure PSN gets the job done too, if it didn't publishers wouldn't have complained about PSN being down or would not make games for the service.
Onion_Relish
Member
You people make it seem like he made a mistake. Isn't it ok to voice one's opinion about the practices of a rival company? Obviously the decorum is lacking but i see no problem with it.
Anyways, on topic. I played limbo at a friends house for about 10 minutes and wasnt particularly impressed. It's a platformer. I've played countless platformers. It's only hook is that it's dark? Why would i play this over super mario or little big planet? Definately not in a big rush to pay full price for it either. Maybe 3 bucks on sale down the road
Anyways, on topic. I played limbo at a friends house for about 10 minutes and wasnt particularly impressed. It's a platformer. I've played countless platformers. It's only hook is that it's dark? Why would i play this over super mario or little big planet? Definately not in a big rush to pay full price for it either. Maybe 3 bucks on sale down the road
Phonomezer
Banned
Infamous Chris said:
Hahaha, how embarrassing.
Infamous Chris
Banned
GABDEG said:
If the devs are anything like their community manager, it will never happen simply due to sheer fanboyism.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Amish_Gramish said:
Thatgamecompany made three games exclusively for PSN, right? Does this mean you guys are ready to go multiplatform now?
whalleywhat
Member
($)cronyAbooie said:
BeeDog said:This game sure looks great, but I pray it doesn't turn out to be some boring artsy-fartsy game like Flower or Braid, two games I didn't find mindblowing.
It's a puzzle game where keeping the boy alive is the goal. Other than replay value (there is none), I had no complaints with LIMBO. Great game, but a little overpriced. Like I said earlier, I'm glad I waited for the 50% off XBL sale.
Infamous Chris said:
:lol How embarrassing.
Onion_Relish said:
You'd hope a Community Manager wouldn't act like a fanboy on Gamespot, but hey, whatcha going to do?