Anyone, Will you hire me? There really is no other question that I need answering more then that.
I don't know anything about the DA2 end of that, but I'm pretty sure that both the ME2 and ME3 decision were fundamentally ours. We'd investigated multiplayer during ME 1's development but shelved it at the time for a number of reasons that aren't my business to disclose.believer258 said:Bioware - Did you decide to streamline ME2, put multiplayer in ME3, and push DA2 out the door to quickly, or was that EA's decision?
Because I think it's entirely possible that either one did it, or maybe both are partners in crime. Nobody ever seems to think about the possibility of Bioware being a bunch of evil bastards.
Don't you have work to do?RollForInitiative said:I don't know anything about the DA2 end of that, but I'm pretty sure that both the ME2 and ME3 decision were fundamentally ours. We'd investigated multiplayer during ME 1's development but shelved it at the time for a number of reasons that aren't my business to disclose.
Well, if that's who I think it is, I can confirm his identity.believer258 said:I won't say that there's no way you actually work at Bioware. That's entirely possible. Still, this is the internet, and there's really no way to determine whether you do or don't. Forgive me if you really do work at Bioware, but I just can't be certain.
Because they either can't play the game on heir current computer and/or can't afford a better one or maybe it's just because they like to play with their friends online? What a stupid question although I'm guessing you're a thick one since you went straight for the horse-armor joke there.mindlesspuppet said:Valve is actually pretty damn good at the DLC thing. Also, it's all free. BioWare and Infinity Ward/Treyarch release content which should have been in the game to begin with as DLC, and Bethesda horse-armor, nuff said. The big question is, why would anyone buy a Valve game for the 360?Gorilla Gunk said:Hey Valve, why do you suck so much at the whole DLC thing? Every other company I know can release sizable DLC in a timely manner. Bethesda, Bioware, Infinity Ward/Treyarch. I mean, how long have you been working on that Cold Stream pack? Eight months? Eight months to finish off an already partially completed community map and port the rest of the L4D1 maps over to L4D2? Really? Seriously, you can only use the "Microsoft won't let us" excuse for so long before people start realizing you guys have no idea what you're doing.
Valve has used the Source engine for a long time now, if you've bought a PC in the past decade that has any sort of graphics card, odds are you can run Valve games just fine. More over, if you can afford a 360, the price of Xbox live, and a $60 price tag on games then you could likely afford a decent gaming PC.Gorilla Gunk said:Because they either can't play the game on heir current computer and/or can't afford a better one or maybe it's just because they like to play with their friends online? What a stupid question although I'm guessing you're a thick one since you went straight for the horse-armor joke there.mindlesspuppet said:Valve is actually pretty damn good at the DLC thing. Also, it's all free. BioWare and Infinity Ward/Treyarch release content which should have been in the game to begin with as DLC, and Bethesda horse-armor, nuff said. The big question is, why would anyone buy a Valve game for the 360?Gorilla Gunk said:Hey Valve, why do you suck so much at the whole DLC thing? Every other company I know can release sizable DLC in a timely manner. Bethesda, Bioware, Infinity Ward/Treyarch. I mean, how long have you been working on that Cold Stream pack? Eight months? Eight months to finish off an already partially completed community map and port the rest of the L4D1 maps over to L4D2? Really? Seriously, you can only use the "Microsoft won't let us" excuse for so long before people start realizing you guys have no idea what you're doing.
Valve doesn't just develop for PC. They have a whole other fanbase that they just neglect and every time someone points this out to them they just go "Oh... um... Wait! Microsoft won't let us! Yeah that's it, it's Microsofts fault!" And then they turn around and make more hats.
No actually, I can't afford a decent gaming PC. Got my 360 second-hand and buy 90% of my games from the bargain bin. I'd like to have a good gaming computer but unfortunately I got bills and other things that are a bit higher priority.mindlesspuppet said:Valve has used the Source engine for a long time now, if you've bought a PC in the past decade that has any sort of graphics card, odds are you can run Valve games just fine. More over, if you can afford a 360, the price of Xbox live, and a $60 price tag on games then you could likely afford a decent gaming PC.Gorilla Gunk said:Because they either can't play the game on heir current computer and/or can't afford a better one or maybe it's just because they like to play with their friends online? What a stupid question although I'm guessing you're a thick one since you went straight for the horse-armor joke there.mindlesspuppet said:Valve is actually pretty damn good at the DLC thing. Also, it's all free. BioWare and Infinity Ward/Treyarch release content which should have been in the game to begin with as DLC, and Bethesda horse-armor, nuff said. The big question is, why would anyone buy a Valve game for the 360?Gorilla Gunk said:Hey Valve, why do you suck so much at the whole DLC thing? Every other company I know can release sizable DLC in a timely manner. Bethesda, Bioware, Infinity Ward/Treyarch. I mean, how long have you been working on that Cold Stream pack? Eight months? Eight months to finish off an already partially completed community map and port the rest of the L4D1 maps over to L4D2? Really? Seriously, you can only use the "Microsoft won't let us" excuse for so long before people start realizing you guys have no idea what you're doing.
Valve doesn't just develop for PC. They have a whole other fanbase that they just neglect and every time someone points this out to them they just go "Oh... um... Wait! Microsoft won't let us! Yeah that's it, it's Microsofts fault!" And then they turn around and make more hats.
That aside, the question I posed "why would anyone buy a Valve game for the 360?" (the word 'anyone' would imply "their friends" as well) still stands. Everyone knows Valve neglects the 360, so why buy their games for the system? But I guess you're a "thick one" since you didn't catch that.
And putting that aside as well, Valve's 'excuse' is a valid one, one that other developers have echoed, but for some reason Xbox kids can't seem to accept it.