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Impulsivity on 01 September 2008

Gears 2 won't even be exclusive, just like gears one wasn't. It will be out for the PC in early to mid 09 with better graphics, more levels the 360 couldn't handle and WAY better controls just like with Gears of War one.

360 exclusivity is a myth if you have a PC thats worth more then 600 dollars (see the how to build a computer better then a console for 500 dollars elsewhere on the forum).

Most of the PS3 big hitters will remain just that, PS3 games. You don't see a lot of playstations best sinking into the PC market in any generation while the Xbox or 360 to PC conversions are almost guaranteed.

As a quick caveat, its guaranteed if they're good. Some games like Kameo and Lost Odyssey aren't worth converting to the PC/PS3 due to lack of goodness. Those that are (mass Effect, Gears of War, Bioshock ect.) make the trip off the 360 to other superior gaming grounds. I think Halo 3 is the only good game for the 360 (as in high ratings) that hasn't made the jump to the PC or PS3, and given Halo 1 and 2s presence on the PC I would bet PC Halo 3 is a forgone conclusion.




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JaggedSac on 01 September 2008
Impulsivity said:
Gears 2 won't even be exclusive, just like gears one wasn't. It will be out for the PC in early to mid 09 with better graphics, more levels the 360 couldn't handle and WAY better controls just like with Gears of War one.

360 exclusivity is a myth if you have a PC thats worth more then 600 dollars (see the how to build a computer better then a console for 500 dollars elsewhere on the forum).

Most of the PS3 big hitters will remain just that, PS3 games. You don't see a lot of playstations best sinking into the PC market in any generation while the Xbox or 360 to PC conversions are almost guaranteed.

As a quick caveat, its guaranteed if they're good. Some games like Kameo and Lost Odyssey aren't worth converting to the PC/PS3 due to lack of goodness. Those that are (mass Effect, Gears of War, Bioshock ect.) make the trip off the 360 to other superior gaming grounds. I think Halo 3 is the only good game for the 360 (as in high ratings) that hasn't made the jump to the PC or PS3, and given Halo 1 and 2s presence on the PC I would bet PC Halo 3 is a forgone conclusion.

 

LOL.  I love all of your posts.  As for PC/360 games, they tend to do better on 360.  Just look at CoD4.  Gears on pc sold a fraction of the amount that Gears on 360 did, so the game coming for pc is obviously not a big deal as not everyone is a graphics whore.  As for graphics, the game had minimal graphical improvements, with added glitches and poor optimizations and control on keyboard/mouse was worse.  The added level was decent but nothing great.

And if you can make a pc that can play Gears 2 for $199, I will be all for it.

The Halo 2 port was rubbish.



bbsin on 01 September 2008
Ronster316 said:
bbsin said:
Ronster316 said:
In an interview not long before E3 someone asked cliffy b about the possibility of gears 3 been multiplatform, he pretty much said that the gears trilogy is locked down to microsoft, gears 3 on ps3? not a chance

While I think Gears3 will be 360 exclusive, I'll point out that what you just said is bulls%!t . Reports have the Microsoft/Gears deal at 2 games (N'gai/patcher reported), that interview you're mentioning never existed. You might be confused with MassEffect and what Bioware said before they became EA.

Either give us a link with the quote, or admit you're using false information that you cannot backup.

 

How many interviews has cliffy b given recently? you think im gonna hunt down every interview he has done..... im sure others have heard the interview were he says that gears 3 is pretty much locked down, ok, so pretty much doesn't mean its a gaurantee, but it makes it highly unlikely your ever gonna see it on ps3

 

Also..... what on earth does mass effect have to do with this? it was a cliffy b interview...... talk about clutching at straws

 

Hows about this ronster. If you find that interview where he says that Microsoft has a deal locked down for three games within one week, I'll give you avatar and sig control for 6 months. If you cannot , i get to control your avatar and sig control for 4 months. is that enough incentive for you? I'm pretty certain Gears3 will be 360 exclusive, all I'm saying is that CliffyB or Mark Rein never said anything about a 3 game deal, so you cannot base it off of that. Now admit you pulled that 3 game deal interview out of your ass, ADMIT IT.

And Mass Effect was in that post because Bioware originally had a deal in place with Microsoft to do a trilogy, you were confusing Bioware with Epic. All the reports up to now, says Microsoft has a TWO game deal for the Gears IP.



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BMaker11 on 01 September 2008
mrstickball said:
Unlikely, but not impossible.

Gears of War 2 will sell very, very well (7-8m I think). That would give Epic enough of a financial incentive to stick with the MS machine...Especially since they haven't had much work on the PS3.

I'd agree there is a laundry list of other games X360 exclusive, and PS3 exclusive games, that have a higher probability of going multi-plat than Gears at the moment.

but, but, but.....Recouping dev costs, install bases.....uhhhh all games should be multiplatform. What happened to that argument? Gears isn't an exeption just because it's on a M$ platform....NOW

 

 



halogamer1989 on 01 September 2008

MSFT will never allow for it. They own the IP if I'm not mistaken.



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Str8knox on 01 September 2008

We should boycott all of Gearbox's threads.....and post while we are at it. :/



11ht11 on 01 September 2008

wow gearbox almost all your threads fail



Smash_Brother on 01 September 2008
CGI-Quality said:
Tbone said:
Think Microsoft will do anything to keep it exclusvie.

 

And that's funny how they are ALWAYS chasing after PS3 exclusives but they wouldn't DARE let Sony touch Gears - IMO that's pretty twisted and greedy.

 

"Twisted and greedy" is the definition of microsoft.

Have you seen how badly they've just started screwing developers making XBLA content? They slashed the dev's percentage from 75% to 30%, and right as Wiiware was showing up on the horizon, too (which offers developers 65%).

And Gears 3 will stay exclusive because MS is moneyhatting the fuck out of Epic. Is that even in question?

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krimoz911 on 01 September 2008

that can only happen if m$ wasn't paying epic for exclusivity, and m$ will never let this one slip.
The only way gow3 will be multiplat is that gow2 fails and sells very low, and I mean low as below 500k,that M$ will see that paying for gow3 is pointless,
see, it's impossible.



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BMaker11 on 01 September 2008
JaggedSac said:
Impulsivity said:

 

LOL.  I love all of your posts.  As for PC/360 games, they tend to do better on 360.  Just look at CoD4.  Gears on pc sold a fraction of the amount that Gears on 360 did, so the game coming for pc is obviously not a big deal as not everyone is a graphics whore.  As for graphics, the game had minimal graphical improvements, with added glitches and poor optimizations and control on keyboard/mouse was worse.  The added level was decent but nothing great.

 

And if you can make a pc that can play Gears 2 for $199, I will be all for it.

The Halo 2 port was rubbish.

I doesn't matter if the sales of certain games aren't as great as their 360 counterparts. The fact of the matter is that all those "big titles that make the 360 have the best lineup" can be played without owning a 360. Whereas the likes of say Resistance, you can only play on a PS3 or Mario, only on a Nintendo console.

2007. "The 360 has the best fall lineup of games" How many of those games could be played by me, a PS3 only owner? All of them except Halo 3, which will be on PC soon enough.