jaundicejuice
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Scrow said:
I believe Gears of War is supposed to eventually hit PC as well.
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Mass Effect not officially announced for PC
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I believe Gears of War is supposed to eventually hit PC as well.
MightyHedgehog
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Seems likely it'll hit PCs as a Vista-only release after the console edition is out there for a while. Good move and one that's already got some precedent.
mckmas8808
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bee said:
Wow you guys are pretty bad. Hyberbole is thick in this thread.
HocusPocus
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Hey awesome news for those without a 360. 
*yawn*
I refuse to believe anyone would actually come into it thinking that Mass Effect wouldn't be on PC. I can't see how it changes the fact you'll be able to play it on X360 - the platform it was designed for - earlier.
Btw, anyone who clings to the fact that its just a rumour atm really shouldn't. MS has a commitment to the PC and so does Bioware. It happened for KOTOR and Jade Empire and it'll happen here. More people to enjoy great games is always a positive.
I refuse to believe anyone would actually come into it thinking that Mass Effect wouldn't be on PC. I can't see how it changes the fact you'll be able to play it on X360 - the platform it was designed for - earlier.
Btw, anyone who clings to the fact that its just a rumour atm really shouldn't. MS has a commitment to the PC and so does Bioware. It happened for KOTOR and Jade Empire and it'll happen here. More people to enjoy great games is always a positive.
mckmas8808
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Striek said:
Me too. Who wouldn't buy a 360 over this one game going to the PC? Come on guys. One game?
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Topfuel said:
Doubtful, you will buy Vista to play this game, if it ever comes out.
Confidence Man
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I'm sure glad I didn't buy an Xbox, cause soon I can play Jade Empire and Halo 2 on PC!
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Striek said:
It is just a rumor atm.
trancejeremy
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Topfuel said:
Eh, most mid range PCs (and by that, I mean a 3 GHZ or so, with a gig of ram and a $125 or so video card, like a 6600 and up) could run Oblivion better than the 360 - I dunno why Mass Effect would be any more taxing (probably better, considering Bethesda isn't known for their great programming. Though neither is Bioware...)
DreamMachine
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The reason, why this is stupid is becuase..
say customer A wants mass effect and only that game.. he would have to then buy a 360 for it and since he now has the system. he'll buy more games which would then expand the platform.
but now that it's going to pc, that guy doesn't need to buy a 360. he'll just buy the pc version.
With ps2 or ps3 if there exclusives you need to buy the system.
they won't come to pc. which in turn creates more ps2 or ps3 sales.
say customer A wants mass effect and only that game.. he would have to then buy a 360 for it and since he now has the system. he'll buy more games which would then expand the platform.
but now that it's going to pc, that guy doesn't need to buy a 360. he'll just buy the pc version.
With ps2 or ps3 if there exclusives you need to buy the system.
they won't come to pc. which in turn creates more ps2 or ps3 sales.
sugarhigh4242
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one more reason why the 360 can wait.
this game looks awesome.
this game looks awesome.
mckmas8808
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DreamMachine said:
True but you do have to respect MS a little because they do have some interest in seeing games on windows actually surviving.
DreamMachine
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mckmas8808 said:
absolutely.. but if they want to compete in the console arena with sony, they can't really keep doing this to there A+ exclusives.
Spastic Colon
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I like this news...
Hopefully the next move for Microsoft is to get out of the console business altogether.
Then we won't have the XBOX platform taking time/money/talent away from PC development.
Hopefully the next move for Microsoft is to get out of the console business altogether.
Then we won't have the XBOX platform taking time/money/talent away from PC development.
It doesn't really matter though since its going to happen. We have precedent and motive (KOTOR, JE). I don't think anyone could honestly think it isn't coming to PC. Not that it really matters to most, as I said above.SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
Its as much a 'no shit' moment as saying Halo 3 will eventually come to PC.
Guess what, MS is serious about reviving the PC platform. You'll see every first-party title of theirs that they think has an audience on PC being ported over.
Confidence Man
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DreamMachine said:
Of course they can.
Beer Monkey
Member
Oblivion moved like free beer on the 360, and that's with a simultaneous PC release. PC gamers generally want to game on PC, and console gamers generally want to game on consoles.
That's not going to happen though. There isn't a large group of people that upgrades their PCs instead of buying consoles. There isn't even a large group of people that buys PC games, except for a selection of really popular ones that wouldn't work on consoles.
There's just no such dynamic in the gaming industry. It doesn't happen. And more and more, you're going to notice that if PC developers want to make money and their games can be done on consoles, they will.
If MS brings Mass Effect to the PC, PC gamers will get a great game that's already sold a large amount on the 360.
I can't think of another way to say that the PC isn't a viable market replacement for any next generation consoles.
Confidence Man
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Pimpbaa said:
Yeah, that's my setup almost exactly (I have more RAM) and I can't run it anywhere near what it looked like on 360.
trancejeremy said:
Add $160 to the cost of the game for your upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium.
Surely you people don't think you'll be able to run this on Windows XP. Its the perfect opportunity to make you buy their new OS by making the game Vista-only. In fact, I'd expect most of their big games coming to PC to be Vista-only.
Not very interesting news for me, to be honest. I doubt I'll get the PC version whenever I do eventually upgrade my system, just because at that point I'll probably have a 360 already. It's a game I'm looking forward to... but I see no reason to wait years just to play the Vista port unless it comes out vastly superior to the 360 version. And even then, I'd probably just buy the PC version later on and use it as an excuse to replay the game doing something different.
mckmas8808
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DreamMachine said:
I understand but to MS money is money. I agree there has to be some 360 only games and I'm sure there will be some.
mckmas8808 said:
There's only one kind of exclusivity loss that could adversely affect MS, and it's another console (the PS3). Even then, the Xbox platforms have performed extremely well with multiplatform game sales.
What you're seeing in this thread here is a very small group that would forego a console purchase for a PC release. However, I can pretty confidently say that 140 million consoles were sold last generation to people who couldn't care less.
Here's an example.
With the proper upgrade, you could have a PC that potentially runs The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion better than the Xbox 360 version. You could also have mods that weren't available in the 360 version. In addition, the entire Elder Scrolls community was created on the PC. The Xbox 360, at that point, had sold under 5 million units worldwide. So what happened? That's right, the 360 version killed its PC counterpart in sales, outselling even the previous edition (which was released first for the PC). And that's what will happen to every game released for these platforms.
Draft said:
Eh, well count me in the other half...
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Teknopathetic
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"With the proper upgrade, you could have a PC that potentially runs The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion better than the Xbox 360 version. You could also have mods that weren't available in the 360 version. In addition, the entire Elder Scrolls community was created on the PC. The Xbox 360, at that point, had sold under 5 million units worldwide. So what happened? That's right, the 360 version killed its PC counterpart in sales, outselling even the previous edition (which was released first for the PC). And that's what will happen to every game released for these platforms."
What the **** does that have to do with me buying the superior version?
What the **** does that have to do with me buying the superior version?
Haha... unless the game ends up coming out soon after the Xbox 360 version, this will have no impact whatsoever in sales. It will only help serve as more XDF counterattack ammo for ridiculous arguments involving game lists:
XDF: MASS EFFECT!
?DF: Not truly exclusive, coming to PC!!11!
XDF: MASS EFFECT!
?DF: Not truly exclusive, coming to PC!!11!
It would be retarded for it NOT to come to PC.
I don't think my aged computer is better than a 360, but hell if it isn't better than a standard X-Box. KotOR, KotOR2:TSL, and Jade Empire were all far prettier and smoother on my PC (of course, KotOR2 was buggy as hell, but it was buggy even on console >_>).
Honestly, Bioware should release these games concurrently unless Microsoft gives them significant financial incentive to do otherwise, and I wish they would make them concurrent anyway. Things like this are killing the once lucrative and fantastic world of PC gaming.
I don't think my aged computer is better than a 360, but hell if it isn't better than a standard X-Box. KotOR, KotOR2:TSL, and Jade Empire were all far prettier and smoother on my PC (of course, KotOR2 was buggy as hell, but it was buggy even on console >_>).
Honestly, Bioware should release these games concurrently unless Microsoft gives them significant financial incentive to do otherwise, and I wish they would make them concurrent anyway. Things like this are killing the once lucrative and fantastic world of PC gaming.
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ORANGUTAN said:
This is my laptop that I bought last year.
Post that I made about it
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37821
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Case: Area-51m 7700 Case with 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 560J w/ HT Technology 3.6GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Intel® 915P Chipset Supporting PCI-Express
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 4 x 512MB
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Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
vs
360 w/ 65 inch TV
360 w/ 65 inch TV wins. I don't game on my PC anymore. Too tedious, and I like sitting my ass on my couch.