@ Scoobes
1. Alan Wake is being completely published by Microsoft, so they have a right to cut off the PC version. Usually the reason for doing this is because they want the game to be synonymous with the Xbox 360.
2. Gears of War 2, Halo 3 and Fable 2 are the same as follows with number one, either by Publishing, Epic Games own accord or by exclusivity contract. To block off a game from PC and have it exclusive is to be wholly exclusive. When it is Xbox 360/PC exclusive, it is a console exclusive and not wholly exclusive.
3. Of course PC versions affect the sales of the 360. It isn't much of an effect but still one nonetheless. Microsoft profits off of the software anyway, no matter which platform you get it for. If they withdraw the game from PC could also be that the platform is not getting the proper sales to be supported.
4. Final Fantasy VII was a console/PC exclusive. As I said before, it wasn't wholly exclusive.
5. The reason Microsoft tends to have Xbox 360/PC exclusive (Like Mass Effect 2) is because they tend to acquire the services of PC devs more than Sony (because Microsoft before they entered the console arena used to work with and publish PC games). The devs in turn make games with the 360 in mind instead of the PC. Valve is the same. Microsoft has been publishing PC games since the 80's. When they make a game sometimes the game is wholly exclusive and sometimes it is a console/ PC exclusive.
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