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Why is Shadow Complex not on PC yet?
- Thread starter Portugeezer
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Bony Manifesto
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Well, he certainly isn't PC...
Doctor Decimate
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PC has quite a few exclusives, PSN has quite a few exclusives, most of XBLA's got ported. not that difficult to understand.
Baconsammy
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Doctor Decimate
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when a great deal of the appeal was exclusivity, yes. yes it does. XBLA is a shadow of its former self.
Baconsammy
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The appeal of XBLA has never been that it's exclusive. It's that it has a constant stream of great games. Who gives a shit if those games end up elsewhere? Does it help a PS3 user without a gaming PC that Trials, Minecraft etc etc are available on a platform they can't get them on? Calling XBLA a "complete joke" is idiotic.
Doctor Decimate
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if i can get so many of its games elsewhere to the point where actually using the platform becomes borderline pointless, then yeah i'm gonna call it a joke, just like i'd call a system that trades almost entirely in multiplatform titles a joke. exclusives make the world go 'round, and the number XBLA has is getting smaller and smaller. Microsoft's approach to these games is the same as it is to DLC. what makes XBLA worthwhile if i can get the bulk of its games elsewhere, in places that actually maintain exclusive titles?
ambientmystic
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Off topic:- Holy crap Baconsammy, you're actually back, I thought we'd lost you forever with that ban. Gonna liven up the Nintendo threads again?
On topic:- Makes no sense not to have this on the PC. Like many others that eventually got ported in the end, it will come, it's just a matter of time. Heck even PC hating Fish brought FEZ to the PC, a platform he once derisively referred to as "only for making spreadsheets"
PoweredBySoy
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Durango XBLA launch title. Believe
quickwhips
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I don't understand why every game that shows up on xbox has to also come to pc? I thought port begging wasn't allowed? Oh well.
KillerTravis
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Love Shadow Complex, one of the few Metroidvanias that are actually good. MS should try to keep great exclusives like that one on their platform.
Doctor Decimate
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however, Fez was fairly recent. i think the window for a Shadow Complex port has long gone. the most to hope for is probably it gets included with a sequel.
then again, Brutal Legend.
Rodney McKay
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I think it's even stranger that Fable 2 isn't on PC.
Fable 1? Yup
Fable 3? Unfortunately, yes.
What makes it worse is that 2 is my favorite of the series.
They should have just ported both 2 and 3 at the same time and bundled them together or something.
Fable 1? Yup
Fable 3? Unfortunately, yes.
What makes it worse is that 2 is my favorite of the series.
They should have just ported both 2 and 3 at the same time and bundled them together or something.
Baconsammy
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Off topic:- Holy crap Baconsammy, you're actually back, I thought we'd lost you forever with that ban. Gonna liven up the Nintendo threads again?
On topic:- Makes no sense not to have this on the PC. Like many others that eventually got ported in the end, it will come, it's just a matter of time. Heck even PC hating Fish brought FEZ to the PC, a platform he once derisively referred to as "only for making spreadsheets"
Sold my Wii U, so won't be livening up those threads, no. =) I love my 3DS, though. Agreed that it makes no sense to port it. Let as many people as possible experience the greatness that is SC. I've given up hope for a sequel, unfortunately.
There's a lot of shared, but a lot of those are ports from formerly 360-only games. Steams library of exclusive downloadable-level games completely dwarfs that of XBLA.
Rinj von Scoot
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I loved Shadow Complex so much! It really needs a port, especially if Durango isn't backward-compatible--it would be a shame to essentially "lose" such a great game whenever XBL for the 360 shuts off for good.
TheRedSnifit
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Probably because they haven't ported it.
partyphone
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Whine? The guy is a massive asshole.
ChosenPredator
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people say microsoft has nothing then they want the games to go on the PC , lol.
when they say nothing, they mean nothing that would actually sell a system besides more halo.
This is most assuredly not the reason.
Night_Trekker
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I can separate his political views from my enjoyment of his novels, and I can enjoy a game he had some hand in, too. You're free to whine ineffectually about how everyone should boycott his output, but it won't happen.
outunderthestars
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Seriously this. It seems to have gotten a bit out of hand.