Ryse: Son of Rome is going PC

[Something Amyss]

So you don't want to support Insomniac/MS (MS helped fund them since SOny wanted to keep the IP all for themselves) while at the same time for just a fiver?

I think you accidentally a word or two. If I get your gist, then yes, you are correct.

doesn't sound really supportive at all, I mean if you'll pay big for anything in the future or the past why not for Sunset Overdrive since you're showing interest and overall kneen to get if it ever decided to come to PC?.

The reason it doesn't sound supportive is because it's not supportive. If I sound "keen" on it to you, you haven't been paying much attention.

ALso when has Insomniac ported to PC frequently if at all, I know Ryse is coming to PC but somehow that doesn't automatically make it a fact every single XB1 game is just gonna jump to PC all within a year if at all, but fair enough for people who are somehow allowed to make such an assumption that for anything else would be berated for.

And if that was at all relevant, you'd have something. However, since you're responding to someone saying "hopefully," it is completely irrelevant.

I have literally no reason to support Insomniac and no reason to support Microsoft. I have no reason to have faith in this game, and it looks like another LOLSOZANY game. Something I might pay budget money for, but not something I would pay MSRP for and certainly not something I would buy an Xbone for. As "terrible" as it might sound to you or anyone else, the alternative is they get zero money from me.

And for the record, there are games I will buy at launch. There are games I will pay full price for. There are devs I will fully support. This is not one of those games nor is Insomniac one of those devs. Sorry that was unclear.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Well that cracked me up.

OT: So has this confirmed that only Nintendo sticks to the idea of console exclusive games for the long term? Ryse seems to be just another example of a publisher promising exclusivity for a console in order to secure more money only to abandon it later.

 

[Rozalia1]

OT: So has this confirmed that only Nintendo sticks to the idea of console exclusive games for the long term? Ryse seems to be just another example of a publisher promising exclusivity for a console in order to secure more money only to abandon it later.

Microsoft have always done this. I still remember those Japanese titles they brought for the Xbox original, and the 360 and...nope Japan isn't important for the Xbone (perhaps an actual valid good business move) so no bought Japanese titles this time around.

Anyway Sony/Nintendo has had strong diverse 1st party support for generations now, and their third party exclusives from Japan are pretty much guaranteed to remain exclusives.
Microsoft needs to learn to produce more first party games so they can brush this phony exclusive business under the rug, they'll have to grin and bare it with the third party though as the companies they are dealing with are Western (which means they'll port it at the first opportunity) but there is a simple solution...stop promoting them over your own first party games, and paying them to make you look like a chump.

 

[Eve Charm]

It's not bad porting things over, But your going to make it harder to buy a Xb1 over a PS4 when their are no more "Exclusives" to be had. Garden warfare is making it's way over to Ps4 and Ps3, Dead rising already left, Hell the only thing left is Forza 5. Hell That's only probably a matter of time from pc.

 

[William Fleming]

In all honesty, the same kind of thing happened to previous Xbox iterations where a number of exclusives were only exclusive for a short while (e.g. Halo 1 and 2, Bioshock, Eternal Sonata, Enchanted Arms (I know that last one isn't exactly great but those are coming from the top of my head coming from the top of my head)). I wouldn't say that the Xbox division is abandoning ship just yet but Microsoft investors are not too pleased with the Xbox division from what I hear:

http://www.eteknix.com/microsoft-investor-wants-to-fire-ballmer-and-sell-xbox-division/

The article is really old so some things may have changed since then.

 

[Asclepion]

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Console-tan comics are always wonderful.

My favorite is this one:

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

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Console Tan comics are always wonderful.

My favorite is this one:

my god thats hilarious

 

[Evonisia]

Ohhhh shit...if sunset overdrive and Masterchief collection could just come to PC...i'd FINALLY not have a huge rageing hard-on for an xbox one. Those 2 are the absolute only reason I want the console, fuck it elsewise.

If the Halo bundle gets ported, expect what always happens with Halo ports to PC. They'll find a way to force you into buying their extra product (for the Halo bundle it would be Windows 9) or delay it for so long that's it not really worth it (like they did with Halo: CE) because it's dirt cheap on the console equivalent.

 

[Strelok]

If the Halo bundle gets ported, expect what always happens with Halo ports to PC. They'll find a way to force you into buying their extra product (for the Halo bundle it would be Windows 9) or delay it for so long that's it not really worth it (like they did with Halo: CE) because it's dirt cheap on the console equivalent.

Always? It happened once, and modders fixed Microsoft's poor judgement for them. As for Windows 9, well XP, Vista, 7 and 8 users may not have to worry about that, as it could be a free upgrade.

http://www.winbeta.org/news/windows-9-be-free-windows-7-and-windows-8-users
http://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/08/04/windows-9-rumored-as-free-upgrade.aspx

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

Well it's a very pretty looking game, but I can't help but think the creators of 300 should have just made a movie out of it instead. So many quick time events, and the actual combat seems pretty average at best (looks flashy enough, but eh, movies do that better anyway). Not sure what kind of demand this would have on the PC and I can't imagine it will sell very well, so if they're doing a port to make some quick $$$, I don't think it will pay off.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

...No. Microsoft's bad business in no way reflects on the others. Where is Killzone's PC port? Knacks? Marios? Zeldas? Last of Us? God of War? Uncharted? Gran Turismo? Yakuza? Atelier? Infamous? Metroid? Demon Souls? Persona? And so on you get the point.

I shall play this game too!

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Crackdown, Fable, Forza, Gears of war, Halo, Ninety-Nine Nights, Perfect Dark Zero, and lots of xbox live arcade games never went multiplatform. I can provide a list if you want.

But then demon souls when multiplatform with dark souls, then resident evil, then final fantasy, then metal gear solid, then of course no mans sky is going to the PC eventually.

Then of course many games from the PC came to consoles. I'd make a list but it's 2 in the morning. I think you get the point.

 

[RedDeadFred]

I don't know why people would care about the exclusivity of this game anyway. It's pretty mediocre apart from its nice visuals. Even then, I'm sure you can find plenty of games on PC with even better visuals.

 

[Rozalia1]

I shall play this game too!

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Crackdown, Fable, Forza, Gears of war, Halo, Ninety-Nine Nights, Perfect Dark Zero, and lots of xbox live arcade games never went multiplatform. I can provide a list if you want.

But then demon souls when multiplatform with dark souls, then resident evil, then final fantasy, then metal gear solid, then of course no mans sky is going to the PC eventually.

Then of course many games from the PC came to consoles. I'd make a list but it's 2 in the morning. I think you get the point.

Fable was not an exclusive, Fable 2 was but the others weren't. Forza, Halo, and Gears are good IPs Microsoft have been smart to keep exclusive especially as they go head to head with Gran Turismo and Killzone (no idea what Gears opposite would be). The rest are good, but they don't have the quantity (I'll leave quality away as its all subjective) that their competitors have.
Additionally the big gripe that makes people see them weak on exclusives is when they pull crap like making TitanFall of all things their "centrepiece" when its not even an exclusive, Sony making Knack their centrepiece would make more sense honestly. Ryse was another big hitter that will no longer be exclusive while their competitors big hitters are all wrapped up.

Easy mistake to make but Demon Souls does not actually equal Dark Souls. The reason they didn't make Demon Souls 2 was because they'd be forced to make it exclusive due to Sony making sure they had the IP on lockdown.

Resident Evil has never been a Sony exclusive... so yeah you're making a big mistake there. If they were exclusive you wouldn't have had Veronica as a Dreamcast exclusive, and 4 as a Gamecube exclusive among others.

Final Fantasy started and had a large amount of games on Nintendo consoles before going solo on the Sony Platform, and while Sony owned a percentage of them for a while there was no lockdown from what I recall, I believe it was more an issue Enix had with Nintendo at the time.

Metal Gear started on Nintendo originally and had games on Nintendo after Metal Gear Solid 1 so there was no deal as far as I'm aware. Metal Gear Solid 4 was hyped up as the consoles big blockbuster exclusive and it didn't find itself on the 360 a year later, heck even with the release of a collection on the 360 had MGS4 absent.

No mans sky is an indie title for PC, it was never an exclusive to start with as far as I know. I do remember reading it might well release on the PS4 first with a PC version coming later due to some problems they are having but regardless they don't help your point.

 

[synobal]

I told everyone with the new consoles being X64 architecture we would not see exclusives like we saw last generation. They didn't believe me they said "surely microsoft and sony will want exclusives" Ya you might have one exclusives to a particular console platform but the PC market is just too big to ignore these days. So now we are getting timed exclusives, which is fine I don't generally care enough to jump on a game at day 1 anyways.