Bodhesatva said:
Absolutely; I think the logic is simply that it would be really weird to develop the game originally on the PC then never release it on the PC. It's possible they won't, however, simply because of piracy. And if that does indeed occur, I would like to point out how patently absurd the current gaming environment is that developers are developing games on the PC first because the PS3 (and to a lesser extent the 360) are too messy and assymetrical, and then porting the games to the PS3/360 and never releasing them on the PC because piracy is too much of a problem. |
In this months PC Gamer they quote a letter from someone at NPD saying that more games are bought online that in stores when it comes to PC games. So even though there is a lot of piracy, there is also a lot of sales. They sell it through their digital distribution system they set up with FF11 they can make good money. I think a lot of developers look at the piracy numbers and think that is 100% lost sales, when I think that it would be hard to find a game where 10% of the people stealing the game would have bought it if they couldn't steal it. Also, for every million sold on PC is an extra $10+ million because of no royalties to the console manufacturers. If they are going to make a 360 version for extra money, that extra money on PC would be way to appealing.
