thats a lie! what about the mouce pad setup ps3 controler?Logan Westbrook said:Alan Wake Not Coming to PC
It's official, you won't be playing Alan Wake with a mouse and keyboard.
Alan Wake Not Coming to PC
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So, Microsoft... Was that whole "Games For Windows" thing just a half-hearted attempt to make the X-Box 360 controller more accepted as a universal control scheme, or what? Because quite frankly, this kind of thing makes it really hard to buy the idea that you have any respect for the PC as a gaming platform at all. Despite, y'know, your freaking near-monopoly on the OS market... You would think you could show the people who provide your bread and butter a little bit more care. Instead of forcing us to buy Vista to get DirectX 10, aborting Halo after a half-assed port of the second game, requiring us to install your stupid social network to play GTA 4, retreating when Shadowrun was a massive failure... I mean, seriously, guys. Is there a Public Relations team working on this segment of the operation at all? Or did those guys all dowse themselves in gasoline and set themselves on fire when they realized it was an unsupported kamikaze mission?
And... it's been said, but it bears repeating... Who the hell are you guys to tell the consumer how and where the game is "best played"? The RIAA thinks music is "best played" off a CD purchased from a store, and so have moved on legal digital distribution options like molasses, to their detriment. The MPAA thinks movies are "best played" on shoebox-sized megaplex theater screens at $10 a pop, and started to be astonished when some movies do better when people can own them for about the same price and watch them at home on plasma TVs and 5.1 speaker systems, or pirate them off the Internet to watch on computer monitors.
You don't have to shower PC gamers with riches. But it would be nice if you wouldn't kick them. I don't know if I would have played Alan Wake one way or another, but Remedy used to be a pretty good PC dev team, and it's a shame to see them walk away.
And... it's been said, but it bears repeating... Who the hell are you guys to tell the consumer how and where the game is "best played"? The RIAA thinks music is "best played" off a CD purchased from a store, and so have moved on legal digital distribution options like molasses, to their detriment. The MPAA thinks movies are "best played" on shoebox-sized megaplex theater screens at $10 a pop, and started to be astonished when some movies do better when people can own them for about the same price and watch them at home on plasma TVs and 5.1 speaker systems, or pirate them off the Internet to watch on computer monitors.
You don't have to shower PC gamers with riches. But it would be nice if you wouldn't kick them. I don't know if I would have played Alan Wake one way or another, but Remedy used to be a pretty good PC dev team, and it's a shame to see them walk away.
There are a couple of genres that work best on the consoles... racing, fighting games, platformers, that sort of thing. Psychological thrillers and adventure games aren't among them. I'd rather play a game like this is shaping up to be in the privacy of my computer room, not in the middle of my living room where any of my family might be. I'm just not comfortable playing most games in that environment. This is probably going to get a pass unless the game gets some seriously great reviews (I'm talking consistent 9 or 9.5 out of 10 scores). As a PC game, it was a sure buy.
If people think the uproar here is bad then they should look everywhere else on the internet.
Anyway, the writing on the wall here was crystal "insult your damn intelligence" clear. Microsoft has stated many times that they have made many games timed 360 exclusive, and 360 exclusive because gamers in Europe would buy a PC version over the 360 version 9 times out of 10, which resulted in less profits because the PC versions of the games aren't overpriced.
So that is why the first Mass Effect was on the 360 first (unlike Mass Effect 2, which was a sequel to a popular game so sales numbers weren't an issue) and that is why Alan Wake is not coming to PC.
As for their crap reason...who cares? They are obviously very self aware, and realize that no matter what reason they give us, we will still be mad because Alan Wake won't be on the PC anymore. They could have said "We didn't release Alan Wake on PC because we realized so many better games were coming out at that time and we didn't want you to waste money on this trash" and we would still be infuriated because this fucking game was marketed as a reason to upgrade to vista for Direct X10 and as a reason to buy a quad core CPU, and is now only coming to the 360.
Anyway, the writing on the wall here was crystal "insult your damn intelligence" clear. Microsoft has stated many times that they have made many games timed 360 exclusive, and 360 exclusive because gamers in Europe would buy a PC version over the 360 version 9 times out of 10, which resulted in less profits because the PC versions of the games aren't overpriced.
So that is why the first Mass Effect was on the 360 first (unlike Mass Effect 2, which was a sequel to a popular game so sales numbers weren't an issue) and that is why Alan Wake is not coming to PC.
As for their crap reason...who cares? They are obviously very self aware, and realize that no matter what reason they give us, we will still be mad because Alan Wake won't be on the PC anymore. They could have said "We didn't release Alan Wake on PC because we realized so many better games were coming out at that time and we didn't want you to waste money on this trash" and we would still be infuriated because this fucking game was marketed as a reason to upgrade to vista for Direct X10 and as a reason to buy a quad core CPU, and is now only coming to the 360.
Luckily this game looks like it will suck. It'll look great sure. I'll only be sad after I see a review. I'm not buying another console.
Unfortunately when I reformatted my computer, I lost my bookmarks as well, but I use to have it bookmarked. I'm sure searching "Microsoft PC version 9 times out of 10" will net you the result. You don't have to just "take my word for it", I don't expect you to, that would be stupid, but I know MS has said that.Amnestic said:
The most compelling way to experience Alan Wake is on the 360? I dunno, I saw lots of aiming that looks like it would be more "compelling" to use a mouse. My eyes are rollin, they's a rollin!
This was a marketing decision to keep the shape of x360 exclusives, and its completely .
How many Xboxes are expected to sale? It has been selling for years.
It just came to a point where no game will improve sales. How many people are left, or expected to buy it?
Maybe Alan Wake can reach PCs next year, so as "gta liberty city episodes" did.
How many Xboxes are expected to sale? It has been selling for years.
It just came to a point where no game will improve sales. How many people are left, or expected to buy it?
Maybe Alan Wake can reach PCs next year, so as "gta liberty city episodes" did.