| Legend11 said: Would you be happier if Microsoft spent more money buying exclusivity so that even more games were not available on PC or PS3? Would you like the 360 any better if they paid so that Mass Effect 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Bioshock 2, and scores of other games were only on the 360 forcing you to have to buy another console if you wanted to play them? It seems to me like you're bashing Microsoft for not screwing you over and removing your current game choices. Seriously why bitch about having more gaming choices available to you? |
When people say PC, they really mean Microsoft Windows, you're not playing these games on OSX or Linux.
PC is a Microsoft platform just like Xbox is. Most people ignore this fact.
One of the great advantages Windows has over Mac is games. To a certain extent keeping games available on PC is a major help to Microsoft.
Also, if games aren't on PC it's probably not because Microsoft paid them, it's because pirates make it not worth porting to PC. Boxed PC game sales are very low. It's still worth it to do a quick and dirty port in some cases.
Also, often now the PC version is simply delayed, as the publishers know that those people who own a gaming PC and a console will likely pirate it and it will steal some console sales. But if they delay the PC version a few months like in the case of Assasins Creed 2, more of those people will buy it for console rather than wait.
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