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So it has to be asked, should Bulletstorm have been a 360 exclusive?

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makingmusic476 on 07 March 2011

I'd say changing the release date would be a better idea than straight up canceling one version of the game.

But really, if you want to make it an exclusive, and feed on the hype that can come from that (and yes, I do believe certain games can benefit considerably from this), you'd probably have to cancel both the PC and PS3 versions, and I'm sure the PC version did pretty well.  Better than PS3 at least.  It's a matter of whether those lost sales would've been made up for by an increase in sales of the 360 version, and I'm not so sure that would be the case.

I disagree with the idea that the PC and console markets have "little" overlap.  I'm sure the percentage of those who own a PC and one or more consoles is similar to that of people who own multiple console and don't game on PC.  Not including PC in this discussion would be tantamount to not including any other platform.  Plus, it's the hardcore gamers who are more likely to own multiple platforms, and they are more likely to game on PCs than your average consumer.



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darkknightkryta on 07 March 2011

Yes and no.  The yes, aggressive advertising from Microsoft probably would have made more people buy it on the 360.  The no, Epic havn't updated the Unreal engine on the PS3 since Unreal 3.  They have yet to implement the enhancements from Gears of War 2 to the PS3 Unreal engine and if Bulletstorm didn't come out the engine would still be out of date.  Even if the PS3 version only sells a few hundred thousand it would pay off the engine upgrades the team had to do.



oldschoolfool on 07 March 2011

hell no,I'm going to get it for the ps3 at some point in the future.



Pristine20 on 07 March 2011

Epic was definitely better off forming a deal with MS for this one but I guess that route would've  probably hurt them more in the long run if they ever think of going MP. I'm willing to bet that even a port of gears 1/2 this late wouldnt sell 0.5 mil on ps3. People move on.



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oldschoolfool on 07 March 2011
Pristine20 said:

Epic was definitely better off forming a deal with MS for this one but I guess that route would've  probably hurt them more in the long run if they ever think of going MP. I'm willing to bet that even a port of gears 1/2 this late wouldnt sell 0.5 mil on ps3. People move on.


I'd buy gears on the ps3. 



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justinian on 07 March 2011

Maybe, maybe not. Longer hindsight is required and a week's sales is not good enough.

The way I see it it Bulletstorm can noesdive after a week and be a flop on the x360.

Then you and Epic would have other questions to ask.



osamanobama on 07 March 2011
AussieGecko said:
osamanobama said:


they should do some thing that is relevant, not something no one would understand.

they could make fun of it $599 US  Dollars some how, a lot lot lot more people would get that..

ylod has always been a non issue


Dont get defensive, it was an issue to some people. RROD wasnt an issue for me so should I say that it wasnt an issue? No, because it was a pain in the arse to some people. Deal with it.

not defensive, just saying if they were going to put a ps3 joke into the game, they should do one that was/is relevant.

nearly every ps3 owner would get the $599 US dollar joke, not to many would get the ylod one, not even me (unless of course i was informed of it ahead of time)



Iveyboi on 07 March 2011

This is a good thread, but not the direction that us users have taken it. Even as a Sony fanboy I am going to have to say yes, that it should have been a 360 exclusive. This game appeals to 360 fans the same way Last Guardian, Demon's Souls, etc. appeals to the PS3 fan base. It could have been made better and recieved more hype.

I would not have been bitter not recieving it.



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osamanobama on 07 March 2011
AussieGecko said:
thismeintiel said:

I don't think he was getting defensive.  Besides which would gamers get more?  A joke about a problem that occurred to more than 30-40% of early 360 adopters and was HIGHLY publicised, or something that happened to ~ 8-10% of early PS3 adopters and really only had one or 2 major stories about it?  I'm going to go with the first one.  His suggestion of making a joke about the $599 price tag is valid, though, as that was a big topic of ridicule when the PS3 first hit the scene.


You know what I am not having this conversation, too many ps3 fans will come and support your point of view. Even if I bring a valid point of view it will be slammed. 

Thus exiting now. I was simply putting a joke up, anytime anything even jokingly is negative about ps3 and positive for 360 or in this case negative for both Osamaobama chimes in and that seems to occur quite frequently to the point of annoyance.

And 30-40 percent bring stats up for that, and 2 major stories, I could find 10 with a simple search... come on man dont down play something that happened with about 8-10percent of consoles (your own percentage)

You know what don't bother, I am over these conversations

these arent his numbers there real gameinformer said >54% of xbox owner got RROD

comparred to 10.3% for ps3.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/17/game-informer-xbox-360-at-54-2-percent-failure-rate/

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1014486p1.html



MonstaMack on 07 March 2011

Amazon just cut it to $39.99 on ALL systems and nots just a deal of the day but a flat out price drop. Before they were giving $20 credit with all purchases.

Looks like the title is VERY frontloaded and probably would have been a good idea to stay 360 exclusive as I said.



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