Alan Wake Canned for Pc

[destroyer2k]

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Thin air? Look up that most of the cash they get is from windows and office department (witch is pc oriented).

I am saying that MS depends on us regular users to teach our kids windows is the best if we wouldn't do that, new establish firms wouldn't use windows maybe even office and there goes all MS money that they could have. I really don't care if MS goes down as long as apple won't get more than 30% market share I am fine.

 

[D_987]

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Thin air? Look up that most of the cash they get is from windows and office department (witch is pc oriented).

I am saying that MS depends on us regular users to teach our kids windows is the best if we wouldn't do that, new establish firms wouldn't use windows maybe even office and there goes all MS money that they could have. I really don't care if MS goes down as long as apple won't get more than 30% market share I am fine.

You honestly think that people will stop using Windows because they put a few video-games as 360 exclusive? Are you stupid?

You just said they gain the majority of their money from "Windows and Office" - a few gamers (I guarantee the majority of Windows users will not use Windows simply to play Windows Live games on) switching to another Operating system because a game like Alan Wake is not on the PC is not going to loose them a whole host of money any-time soon...I fail to see your point - we are talking about game development here, and the developers decision (although you're right in that Microsoft will have had a large say in things too) to turn the game into a 360 exclusive. This decision is not going to suddenly disenchant a large number of Windows users...

 

[aPod]

Oh my god, you guys are all a bunch of fucking hypocrites, and it's hilarious.

When a 360 game is released for PC/360, Microsoft are stupid for releasing it on PC as well. When Microsoft release a game for 360 only and not PC, they are stupid for NOT releasing it on PC. Fuck every single one of you hypocrites, while you sit here and whine about nothing, I'm going to play Alan Wake.

Haha... You just never can please anyone anymore ^^

I could careless if it comes out on xbox360 or PC if i have an xbox therefore it doesnt matter to me and i'll buy it for my 360 and play it on my 360.

The non-360 crowd will either get a 360 or pass on it... so is the fate of the exclusive.

 

[johnman]

Oh well, no big loss.

I find it confusing since this game was one of the showcases for Dx-10 and vista,

There's why, it's so far behind that DX10 and vista are old news, bringing out a 'showcase' for them would be like showcasing the very best PS2 can offer. The cost of upgrading it to make use of DX11 and W7 is probably enormous.

Certainly too much to spend on a project that's alreay so far behind schedule and increasingly sounding like directionless vaporware.

I wouldn't be too surprised if Alan Wake got canned period. It looks less and less interesting with every set of 'leaked' screen shots.

I am a PC only gamer and I still use dx 9....

Oh my god, you guys are all a bunch of fucking hypocrites, and it's hilarious.

When a 360 game is released for PC/360, Microsoft are stupid for releasing it on PC as well. When Microsoft release a game for 360 only and not PC, they are stupid for NOT releasing it on PC. Fuck every single one of you hypocrites, while you sit here and whine about nothing, I'm going to play Alan Wake.

ITs one thing about a game that was only ever ment to be for 360 to be released for 360, but when a game made by dev's with a history of great Pc games, used as a showcase for the power of a new DX and operating system, then canned with such a shite excuse is an entirely different kettle of kippers.
The same apllies to bad ports.

 

[Hiphophippo]

This honestly just makes it easier to decide how to buy it. Obviously, now it's a 360 purchase leaving my PC full of great PC exclusives.

 

[destroyer2k]

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Well tell me a reason why should some use windows if they don't play games and are not depended on some programs? Like with me if no more good games would come out for pc I would switch to linux. Why would I pay for OS if I can have one for free (except for work because I need photoshop, illustrator and some other programs).

But you to don't the point. First it is a few exclusive games but in a while there will be less and less windows only game. This isn't in short term I am saying in long term. Like with IBM 20 years ago they were like microsoft today, but look at them today because they didn't think right (yes they have huge money, but they aren't powerful as much they were in the old days).

If you still don't get my point just answer this question would you pay 100-200$ for OS, while the free OS has the same programs and function. Witch OS would you use the free one or the one you have to pay for (both have the same program, hardware support)?

 

[BloodSquirrel]

"and others are best played from the couch in front of a larger TV screen"

Gee I didn't realise that most modern HDTVs didn't have VGA inputs, and 360 controllers don't work on PC now?

Man... they have such a good point!

I used to have my PC hooked up to my big screen HDTV. Now that I have my own house, it has been put in it's own room where it will stay.

Playing some PC games on the big screen was nice, but using the computer for almost anything else was a bit of a pain in the ass. It's harder to read text on it. It's harder to get a mouse/keyboard setup that doesn't suck if you don't have a desk to work off of. It means getting up and walking across the room if you have to access the tower, router, modem, or anything else hooked to the TV.

And this is assuming that you live alone and never have to worry about somebody wanting to use the computer while somebody else wants to watch TV.

Bottom line: having your main computer attached to the TV isn't a solution for everybody. For a game that I don't feel I need the keyboard/mouse for, getting a 360 is just an all-around better way.

Well tell me a reason why should some use windows if they don't play games and are not depended on some programs? Like with me if no more good games would come out for pc I would switch to linux. Why would I pay for OS if I can have one for free (except for work because I need photoshop, illustrator and some other programs).

Linux for desktops is a joke. After all of this time, they still haven't even come up with a real GUI for it yet; it's still just a minimalist shell for the most basic operations, where any real configuration or troubleshoot still needs to be done from the command line. The software repositories for it are full of half-functional garbage that don't do half of what Windows does out of the box. It's considerably less stable that Windows 7, regularly breaks in ways that require a lot of know how to fix (Warning: never plug an ethernet cable into a linux machine; your wireless will cease to function. Forever.), and has no support from major software developers, mostly because the linux community refuses to work together and standardize anything.

 

[Woodsey]

If the game is "no big deal" when then why act so outraged?

At the end of the day the cost of creating the game for the PC was probably too high considering the sheer amount of time spent developing the game, period (Bearing in mind developing for the PC requires a far greater time spent testing. Especially a game as old as this that may need vastly updating since the last PC screens shown). Coupled with the fact the game won't sell well on the PC in comparison to the 360 (and Microsoft want an exclusive comparable to Heavy Rain) the developers probably thought poor sales (and higher levels of piracy) would bring down profit for a title they have obviously spent a great deal of money developing.

Of course this is just speculation - it's not exactly something they can just come out and say something like that, so they make this bullshit excuse up. Regardless the game looks great and I'll still buy it...

Exclusivity to match Heavy Rain isn't a reason (mostly agree with what else you said though) - 360 exclusives are normally actually MS exclusives, so PCs as well.

You're not going to block a platform that is "owned" by you, and can't do any harm to your actual-owned platform.

My money's on the dev's having trouble, and I foresee a port.

It began life to showcase DX10 for the PC after all.

EDIT: Sorry for 2 posts, meant to edit the other one in.

 

[Woodsey]

HAHAHAHA!

Actually, I believe it's:

MUAHAHAHAHA!

Anyway, what about PC exclusives? Unless you're calling a PC a console, which would be a severe mistake indeed...

 

[TelHybrid]

"and others are best played from the couch in front of a larger TV screen"

Gee I didn't realise that most modern HDTVs didn't have VGA inputs, and 360 controllers don't work on PC now?

Man... they have such a good point!

I used to have my PC hooked up to my big screen HDTV. Now that I have my own house, it has been put in it's own room where it will stay.

1. Playing some PC games on the big screen was nice, but using the computer for almost anything else was a bit of a pain in the ass. It's harder to read text on it. It's harder to get a mouse/keyboard setup that doesn't suck if you don't have a desk to work off of. It means getting up and walking across the room if you have to access the tower, router, modem, or anything else hooked to the TV.

2. And this is assuming that you live alone and never have to worry about somebody wanting to use the computer while somebody else wants to watch TV.

3. Bottom line: having your main computer attached to the TV isn't a solution for everybody. For a game that I don't feel I need the keyboard/mouse for, getting a 360 is just an all-around better way.

1. People can use 360 controllers on PC.

2. People may want to watch TV while you're gaming on a console.

3. It's a more convenient option for you.

None of these reasons are good reasons for development on the PC to be cancelled. This is purely a case of Microsoft wanting to draw the PC gaming market to consoles and using cheap marketing tactics and ploys like this to do so.

I have a 360 and rather enjoy it, I just refuse to fall for corporate bullshit.

 

[Irridium]

HAHAHAHA!

Actually, I believe it's:

MUAHAHAHAHA!

Anyway, what about PC exclusives? Unless you're calling a PC a console, which would be a severe mistake indeed...

Oh, I have a beefy PC as well. Its 2 years old and still going strong! (50 years by PC standards...)

It can play most games these days on medium settings and up.

I just don't usually say it because its just easier to say "I own eveything!"

 

[BloodSquirrel]

1. People can use 360 controllers on PC.

2. People may want to watch TV while you're gaming on a console.

3. It's a more convenient option for you.

None of these reasons are good reasons for development on the PC to be cancelled. This is purely a case of Microsoft wanting to draw the PC gaming market to consoles and using cheap marketing tactics and ploys like this to do so.

I have a 360 and rather enjoy it, I just refuse to fall for corporate bullshit.

1. Try surfing the internet or word processing with a controller.

2. They may also want to use the computer. No matter how you slice it, you're still tying up two resources (the TV and the computer) instead of just one.

3. The fact that it's a more convenient option for me indicates that there are probably other people for whom it is a more convenient option as well, especially considering as I have actually given good reasons why. In fact, most people don't have their PCs hooked to their TVs. Not even most PC gamers.

4. Thinking that the game will do better if they devote all of their resources to the console version rather than spending time and money on a PC version as well is a perfectly good reason. It's hardly just Microsoft-controlled developers who have been switching focus to consoles nowadays.

 

[SendMeNoodz84]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=234693

Title says it all really.
I find it confusing since this game was one of the showcases for Dx-10 and vista, but now it will be a 360 exclusive?
Plus the reason they give for it is completely lame, they think it will be best on 360 so you have to play on that?

The PS3 shows promise of having a pretty good year (that and a couple secret titles Sony has only teased the market with) so Microsoft is trying to one up it.

So what else is new?

I don't know, the game seemed interesting at first but the more I look at it the more it looks like Silent Hill: Homecoming mixed with Alone in the Dark.

In the ways Yahtzee mention in his reviews of those two games....-_-

Another words, it's no Silent Hill 2 or Resident Evil 4.

*sigh*

It's not like I was planning on playing this game on PC, but the fact that they're not releasing this on the platform really bothers me. Wasn't the original demo of the game on a PC in order to show the power of the platform and game?

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

Barely even heard of the game, so this really doesn't affect me.

 

[Green Tentacle]

I find it hillarious how people compare this to Heavy Rain. Heavy Rain is a interactive murder mystery drama while Alan Wake is a psychological thriller action game.

And it's also hillarious when people ***** how Microsoft puts their games on the PC, but when they don't everyone is always angry at them.

 

[Summerstorm]

Bah... it is not that this game doesn't come to PC... the PC's are too good for this. BAH... We didn't want to have your game anyways, right guys? Guys? Damn, i am lonely *g*

 

[BloodSquirrel]

It might not be Linux but they're walking a thin line, gaming was always one of the main reasons for using Windows for me, imagine if Google or NVIDIA or whoever suddenly decided to develop (or furtherly develop, there's already a "Google Chrome OS" in the making) a user-friendly alternative that you can play games on/have support for most of them and they also have support/alternatives for Apps like Photoshop or Word.

And its not like "Alan Wake" is the first or only title, there's lots of them like the Halo Series, Gears of War, Dante's Inferno, Dead Space 2, Fable Series and others

You're underestimating what it will take to actually create an OS that can compete with Windows. "Google Chrome OS" is basically a really fancy browser sitting on top of Linux, designed for netbooks where the use does little but surf the net. Since the rise of MS, Apple, and the retarded little brother Linux, nobody has really even tried to break into the OS market.

Macs, meanwhile, aren't going anywhere in the business world as long as they cost twice what an equivalent Windows machine does and maintain a closed system.

 

[RobCoxxy]

Ah well, I'll get it on 360 then. Simple. I'm no elitist. Especially when I have both.

 

[HT_Black]

Congratulations Microsoft-- you just neutered my interest in this game, completely and totally. If it's all the same to you, I'll be playing Heavy Rain and making this graphics designer I know cry himself to sleep.

I mean, seriously. Why would they do something like this?

 

[masakoz]

here's a crazy idea pc fanboys!buy a fuckin 360 !