Alan Wake Not Coming to PC
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It will come out later for the PC Microsoft probably made it a "timed" exclusive haha. But yeah that is a very poor excuse, I thought it was gonna be a PC first kind of game and be ported to the 360. If you look at the earlier videos they show the game on a high end (at the time) computer.
Lame, all I have to geme on is my PC. It already doesn't get enough games without them holding back some that would work well for it.
"Some games are more suited for the intimacy of the PC, and others are best played from the couch in front of a larger TV screen," said a Microsoft spokesperson. "We ultimately realized that the most compelling way to experience Alan Wake was on the Xbox 360 platform, so we focused on making it an Xbox 360 exclusive."
Now THAT is what you call "Bullshit-ing", I mean guys come on, sure a bafflingly large number of people may belive that, but the majority knows the real reason would be something like "We will not waste money making a game that we know dosen't look that great and then facing the problem of it getting pirated beacuse we know marketing like a dog knows the national anthem of Kiribati".
But still, guys, game developers, we all know how big a problem piracy is but the steps you've taken against it have been, out of lack of any other term, fucking stupid. The common counter-piracy mesures we see today are one of the following: DRM(wich only brings pain to consumers and thus sales while only humoring pirates), delay it for months(wich only makes potential buyers lose interest because other stuff comes out in that time, I'm looking at you Ubisoft) or just don't make the game at all(death of the platform inssues).THIS PEOPLE IS NOT THE WAY.
Now THAT is what you call "Bullshit-ing", I mean guys come on, sure a bafflingly large number of people may belive that, but the majority knows the real reason would be something like "We will not waste money making a game that we know dosen't look that great and then facing the problem of it getting pirated beacuse we know marketing like a dog knows the national anthem of Kiribati".
But still, guys, game developers, we all know how big a problem piracy is but the steps you've taken against it have been, out of lack of any other term, fucking stupid. The common counter-piracy mesures we see today are one of the following: DRM(wich only brings pain to consumers and thus sales while only humoring pirates), delay it for months(wich only makes potential buyers lose interest because other stuff comes out in that time, I'm looking at you Ubisoft) or just don't make the game at all(death of the platform inssues).THIS PEOPLE IS NOT THE WAY.
"Some games are more suited for the intimacy of the PC, and others are best played from the couch in front of a larger TV screen," said a Microsoft spokesperson. "We ultimately realized that the most compelling way to experience Alan Wake was on the Xbox 360 platform, so we focused on making it an Xbox 360 exclusive."
Funny, because according to that logic, intense story driven games would be perfect on the PC, while action oriented games that you can simply pick up and play would be better suited on the xbox 360.
Funny, because according to that logic, intense story driven games would be perfect on the PC, while action oriented games that you can simply pick up and play would be better suited on the xbox 360.
It was Xbox exclusive from the start. I don't know why this is considered news now. It is annoying though, as I loved the Max Payne series and it'll be a cold day in hell before I own a 360.
I'd be very surprised if FPS games ever leave the PC. But I see your point to a degree. There may be a time when only the most famous franchises only reach the PC.Xrysthos said:
Bullshit.
This is how i see it:
Intimacy of the PC = More immersion
Played from the couch in front of a larger TV screen = Better View and Graphics
Psychological action thriller need more immersion right? It sounds like a story driven game...
This is how i see it:
Intimacy of the PC = More immersion
Played from the couch in front of a larger TV screen = Better View and Graphics
Psychological action thriller need more immersion right? It sounds like a story driven game...
And if they genuinely don't care?SantoUno said:
I've seen a few videos of the game and meh, it seems to me like another Alone in the Dark and we all know how that last game flopped.
Ubisoft's response to the bad controls were ruining the game, that they were surprised that people wanted good, tight controls never ceases to make me smile.
But yeah, I don't really care, never cared to begin with and still don't care.
They're right.
If ONLY there was a way to connect our PCs (if we so wished) to our TVs, perhaps plug in a gamepad if it was more comfortable, and sit back to play it "in the best way possible".
Ah well... maybe someone, somewhere, will begin to develop these technological advancements - the likes of which my brain can hardly comprehend!
You sound like you've got some issues.
If ONLY there was a way to connect our PCs (if we so wished) to our TVs, perhaps plug in a gamepad if it was more comfortable, and sit back to play it "in the best way possible".
Ah well... maybe someone, somewhere, will begin to develop these technological advancements - the likes of which my brain can hardly comprehend!
Were you violated by a computer at a young age?SantoUno said:
You sound like you've got some issues.
I can't honestly think of anything Microsoft quarantined onto the 360 that I actually cared about, or was even good. Fable 2? Halo 3? Are you kidding me? If that's the "quality" and "experience" that Microsoft wants to keep on the console, then I don't see what the fuss is. The fact that Microsoft feels that it'd be "best played on the couch" and that it's not a game "intimate" (they're words) for the PC probably means "yeah...we dropped the ball and this game will only be liked by consoletards that just don't know better.jasoncyrus said:
Even Microsoft can't denny what shit Vista was and how underwhelming and pointless Games for Windows still is. But let's do like MIcrosoft and forget Vista ever happened.DarkSaber said:
I would think that a psychological thriller would be MORE suited to the PC than the 360 due to the more "Intimate nature".
Radeonx" post="7.175046.4949361 said:
Yes the reason for why is a bit silly, but come on. I would rather have a 360 exclusive than a half-assed PC port and you know that it would have been just a half-assed PC port had it been on PC. It's not much to get upset about. Well, to me at least because I have a 360.