Willy Wanka
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If this is true then I'm guessing it will come out on the PC when the planned Mass Effect 1.5 downloadable content comes out on the 360.
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Mass Effect not officially announced for PC
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Teknopathetic
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"Because people don't buy PC games instead of consoles, or PC versions instead of console versions. It's a phenomenon that, based on sales numbers, seems to be limited to message boards."
Didn't answer my question one bit and really only panders to sales chart wanking tards that troll GAF. Thanks for being part of the problem.
Didn't answer my question one bit and really only panders to sales chart wanking tards that troll GAF. Thanks for being part of the problem.
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didn't the metal gear, devil may cry, meteos, and countless other "console" franchises get released on the PC eventually too? Did Sony lose anything from that?
99.99999% of gamers out there don't give a damn if any console game is ported to the PC for a quick cash in a year or more after it's released on the consoles. Did many people really care about Halo and Jade Empire PC years after their Xbox counterparts? Did their PC releases hurt Xbox console sales? hmmmm....
99.99999% of gamers out there don't give a damn if any console game is ported to the PC for a quick cash in a year or more after it's released on the consoles. Did many people really care about Halo and Jade Empire PC years after their Xbox counterparts? Did their PC releases hurt Xbox console sales? hmmmm....
Teknopathetic
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"I wasn't trying to make you feel better about your gaming purchases. I only wished to analyze this from a perspective that would be relevant to MS."
The correct and relevant perspective is "Hey, we make money on both!" Not your retarded 360 whoring perspective.
The correct and relevant perspective is "Hey, we make money on both!" Not your retarded 360 whoring perspective.
Interestingly, when it comes to choosing between PC or console versions of games, I find myself choosing console versions more and more (unless there are significant differences that could hinder gameplay.) I played both PC and X360 versions of Oblivion and just couldn't get into the PC version after playing the X360 version, as the 'couch gaming' comfort factor was so important for me when playing that game. That said, I can't conceive games like NWN2 being played with a console, mainly because their control scheme is so interface driven (highly customized for kb+m.) On the other hand, I'm hoping Dark Messiah of Might and Magic finds its way to the X360, as I'd like to play it there. 
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JayDubya said:
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Teknopathetic
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"I think my comments were more in line with how MS could make money on the 360 version and the PC version. No need for insults."
I just think it's amusing when GAF's Armchair Analysts pretend they know "The Biz."
I just think it's amusing when GAF's Armchair Analysts pretend they know "The Biz."
Agent Icebeezy said:
So pretty.... but I could never bring myself to buy something so expensive. If $4000 magically fell out of the sky the same day my current computer spontaneously combusted, I'd probably buy the best desktop I could for $1000-1500 bucks and invest the rest.
It's total blasphemy that you don't use that more than your 360 though.
Speevy said:
So there are newer numbers than the 1.7 million copies shipped? By those numbers, the Xbox 360 had outsold the PC version, but not by much. It was still under a million, and the PC version was far above 500,000 copies sold last I read. I fail to see where you're getting "killed it's PC counterpart" from.
Chris Priestly mentioned awhile back that, at the moment, they had NO plans to bring Mass Effect to the PC and that IF they even decided to work on such a project, it wouldn't even begin until at some point in the future after the 360 version had been on store shelves for awhile.ORANGUTAN said:
So, I take that to mean two things. Going by Bioware's track record, a PC version of Mass Effect is inevitable. It's also inevitable that the soonest you'll see it is sometime late 2008 or early 2009.
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xhadoukenx said:
If anything there the ones buying 360's because its close to a PC and I know thats why I got one. I just couldnt wait to play GRAW which IMO ended up being better on the 360. Also alot of games that were once traditionaly PC only games that would then be ported to consoles months later are instead ending up on it first.
But to tell the truth, the 360 is the system I have been dreaming of for years. Sucks it came about 4 years to late and after I got caught up in buildng and upgrading my system every year. PC gaming for me awhile back was the Holy Grail of gaming and it still is for many. I use to dream I would someday have a PC capable of running games like Grim Fandango, Quake, NOLF, Medal of Honor etc which even looking at picturs of on the internet restarted my system. The XBox has spoiled many and brought consoles along way.
Blackbeard
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HunterD, they probably won't handle the porting themselves but hand it out to Obsidian or something (KotOR 2 dev's) or LTI (the guys handling JE on PC)
It's bioware, they're not gonna ditch their base for good. Besides, it's still money goin to MS in a round about way (royalties for a program running on windows ). I believe Jade Empire was never confirmed either for PC near launch, yet it's right around the corner now.
Maybe it will be beefed up like the PC version of Jade Empire is gonna be ^_^.
I predict the same or slightly longer turn around that Jade Empire had. THat's certainly long enough for the console to get just about every sale out of a game that it's gonna get, and introducing it to the PC market squeezes that many more sales out of (mostly) the same work.
It's bioware, they're not gonna ditch their base for good
. Besides, it's still money goin to MS in a round about way (royalties for a program running on windows ). I believe Jade Empire was never confirmed either for PC near launch, yet it's right around the corner now.Maybe it will be beefed up like the PC version of Jade Empire is gonna be ^_^.
I predict the same or slightly longer turn around that Jade Empire had. THat's certainly long enough for the console to get just about every sale out of a game that it's gonna get, and introducing it to the PC market squeezes that many more sales out of (mostly) the same work.
Chris Remo
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I can't believe all the people in this thread complaining about Bioware games coming out on PC as well as 360. Good lord, the company has far reaching PC roots. Also, in case you haven't noticed, Microsoft is making a concerted effort to push PC gaming. After all, Windows is essentially their platform too, it's not like they only have Xbox 360.
Plus, as gamers, why would you not want that option? It's not like there's anything intrinsic about the PC that makes it an inferior platform for these games.
Plus, as gamers, why would you not want that option? It's not like there's anything intrinsic about the PC that makes it an inferior platform for these games.
Vista PC with Media Center + 360 Controller + HDTV + VGA Connection > 360
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There's also one hell of a price difference there too though, so...
*TV Fom: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77604
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There's also one hell of a price difference there too though, so...
*TV Fom: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77604
Speevy said:
You never ****ing learn do you?
And about Doom 3, because you don't have a slightest cue - it sold around 1/6th of what it did on PC on Xbox.
As was mentioned by some people above - another reason NOT to buy an Xbox 360. I think you should understand and not flame me cause you didn't buy one also.
GreekWolf said:
By systematically eliminating all exclusives for the platform, I don't see much of a reason to keep it. And who cares if I play a game a year earlier? That to me is not worth owning a 400 euro platform for.
hadareud said:
Most of Europe, and no, but it would definitely have helped.
Microsoft isn't getting anywhere here without exclusives.
Well, it's just my opinion, but I think anyone who wants to find a reason to get rid of their game system will certainly find one. It's possible that at some point in the future, both Gears of War and Mass Effect will show up on the PC in one form or another. If those are the only two games you purchased an Xbox 360 for, then I would strongly encourage you to pack it up in the box and hurry down to Gamestop for a decent trade-in value before the system recieves a price drop.Kabouter said:
There will be many more exclusives on the system that won't be appearing anywhere else. If you don't give a flip about titles like Banjo Threeie, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Eternal Sonata, Halo 3, PGR4 and Lost Planet... then there's really no reason to own a 360. It's as simple as that.
Speevy said:
Wow, that's beyond pathetic.
So people who don't want to shell out $460 to play Mass Effect on your beloved Xbox 360 are "mean-spirited"?
I guess that makes you "mean-spirited" also cause you didn't spend a ****ing DIME on your Xbox 360.
Wow, why are you trolling this PC game thread anyway? I know it hurts you but this is ridiculous.
"So people who don't want to shell out $460 to play Mass Effect on your beloved Xbox 360 are "mean-spirited"?"
Shouldn't they be happy about being able to play Mass Effect on their PC? Gaming = fun? But instead...it gives them reasons to bash Microsoft....and post how the sky is falling and Microsoft is losing so many potential consumers....because on a message board Mass Effect is potentially coming out to the pc at some undisclosed timeframe.
Shouldn't they be happy about being able to play Mass Effect on their PC? Gaming = fun? But instead...it gives them reasons to bash Microsoft....and post how the sky is falling and Microsoft is losing so many potential consumers....because on a message board Mass Effect is potentially coming out to the pc at some undisclosed timeframe.
XSamu said:I don't see why it should come to the PC. Neither do I get the point where it's "logic that it comes to the PC". I mean, neither the KOTOR games, nor Jade Empire where release for the PC, so why should Mass Effect be? Anyway, as long as it isn't released for the PS3 I'm happy
Ehm.
Dude.
KotOR and it's sequel are on PC.
Jade Empire will be released on PC before the end of the year.
sillymonkey321 said:
Dude, it's PC Gamer. They don't preview console exclusive games like PD:0, PGR3, FF12, Disgaea or Gran Turismo.
You want to act like Speevy did in all those "OBLIVION IS COMING TO PS3!" threads? Total & sad denial?
Besides wait till Vista launches. Then the "Games for Windows" marketing campaign will start.
I wonder how will MS cope with marketing TWO different yet similiar gaming platforms (X360 and the PC).
Both KOTOR games were released on PC...XSamu said:I don't see why it should come to the PC. Neither do I get the point where it's "logic that it comes to the PC". I mean, neither the KOTOR games, nor Jade Empire where release for the PC, so why should Mass Effect be? Anyway, as long as it isn't released for the PS3 I'm happy
Edit: Beaten.