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shio on 12 May 2009
S.T.A.G.E. said:
ssj12 said:
haxxiy said:
Halo... I could not give a shit...
But Fable II and Gears definitely should be on PC =/ they are like the only games that keep the X360 to have extra >'s on my sig.

 

Gears of War is. Gears of War 2 is not. But this is not Microsoft's decision, It is Epic Game's decision to release a PC version in the future.

Fable is. Fable 2 might be released in the future.

Halo 1 + 2 are. Halo 3 will probably be out after the first DX11 GPUs are released.

Fable 2 will not be released to PC and neither will Halo 3. They sold horribly on PC, not to mention the fact that last gen it hurt the sales of Xbox consoles. PC gamers just want a free ride, when they should know full well, Microsoft wants to make the 360 as profitable as possible. Buy a 360 if you want the games Microsoft is no longer allowing on PC. As for gears of war, it's obvious that since Microsoft published Gears of War on the 360 and PC that they do have a choice in the matter. They decided not to publish Gears 2 for PC, because Xbox 360 games need to stay there.

 

Halo 1 sold great on PC, what are you talking about?

As for Fable and Halo 2 I don't know how it sold, but it's understandable if Halo 2 did poorly since it was Vista only.

 



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TheTruthHurts! on 12 May 2009
rover said:


Oh, and Blizzard calls and says hello.

 

         This ^^

         11+ million WoW players.

         2 of the most anticipated upcoming games on PC........wait for it.......StarCraft 2, Diablo 3.



ssj12 on 12 May 2009
S.T.A.G.E. said:
ssj12 said:
haxxiy said:
Halo... I could not give a shit...
But Fable II and Gears definitely should be on PC =/ they are like the only games that keep the X360 to have extra >'s on my sig.

 

Gears of War is. Gears of War 2 is not. But this is not Microsoft's decision, It is Epic Game's decision to release a PC version in the future.

Fable is. Fable 2 might be released in the future.

Halo 1 + 2 are. Halo 3 will probably be out after the first DX11 GPUs are released.

Fable 2 will not be released to PC and neither will Halo 3. They sold horribly on PC, not to mention the fact that last gen it hurt the sales of Xbox consoles. PC gamers just want a free ride, when they should know full well, Microsoft wants to make the 360 as profitable as possible. Buy a 360 if you want the games Microsoft is no longer allowing on PC. As for gears of war, it's obvious that since Microsoft published Gears of War on the 360 and PC that they do have a choice in the matter. They decided not to publish Gears 2 for PC, because Xbox 360 games need to stay there.

 

NO THEY DO NOT.

Epic Games licensed Microsoft the rights to publish Gears of War. It is the same as how Valve licensed The Orange Box and the Half-Life franchise to EA to publish retail copies. They own 100% of all rights to the games. They are just allowing a publisher to distribute their software. Basically Epic Games is using Microsoft to advertise their game, distribute their game, etc so they dont have to. Epic Games is big enough to publish their software but the choose to have others do it for them so that they don't have to fork out the money. If Epic wants Gears of War 2 on the PC they can always license it to another publisher.

 



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S.T.A.G.E. on 12 May 2009
shio said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
ssj12 said:
haxxiy said:
Halo... I could not give a shit...
But Fable II and Gears definitely should be on PC =/ they are like the only games that keep the X360 to have extra >'s on my sig.

 

Gears of War is. Gears of War 2 is not. But this is not Microsoft's decision, It is Epic Game's decision to release a PC version in the future.

Fable is. Fable 2 might be released in the future.

Halo 1 + 2 are. Halo 3 will probably be out after the first DX11 GPUs are released.

Fable 2 will not be released to PC and neither will Halo 3. They sold horribly on PC, not to mention the fact that last gen it hurt the sales of Xbox consoles. PC gamers just want a free ride, when they should know full well, Microsoft wants to make the 360 as profitable as possible. Buy a 360 if you want the games Microsoft is no longer allowing on PC. As for gears of war, it's obvious that since Microsoft published Gears of War on the 360 and PC that they do have a choice in the matter. They decided not to publish Gears 2 for PC, because Xbox 360 games need to stay there.

 

Halo 1 sold great on PC, what are you talking about?

As for Fable and Halo 2 I don't know how it sold, but it's understandable if Halo 2 did poorly since it was Vista only.

 

 

 

A little over a million copies sold. Thats really amazing man.



ssj12 on 12 May 2009
S.T.A.G.E. said:
shio said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
ssj12 said:
haxxiy said:
Halo... I could not give a shit...
But Fable II and Gears definitely should be on PC =/ they are like the only games that keep the X360 to have extra >'s on my sig.

 

Gears of War is. Gears of War 2 is not. But this is not Microsoft's decision, It is Epic Game's decision to release a PC version in the future.

Fable is. Fable 2 might be released in the future.

Halo 1 + 2 are. Halo 3 will probably be out after the first DX11 GPUs are released.

Fable 2 will not be released to PC and neither will Halo 3. They sold horribly on PC, not to mention the fact that last gen it hurt the sales of Xbox consoles. PC gamers just want a free ride, when they should know full well, Microsoft wants to make the 360 as profitable as possible. Buy a 360 if you want the games Microsoft is no longer allowing on PC. As for gears of war, it's obvious that since Microsoft published Gears of War on the 360 and PC that they do have a choice in the matter. They decided not to publish Gears 2 for PC, because Xbox 360 games need to stay there.

 

Halo 1 sold great on PC, what are you talking about?

As for Fable and Halo 2 I don't know how it sold, but it's understandable if Halo 2 did poorly since it was Vista only.

 

 

 

A little over a million copies sold. Thats really amazing man.

 

err... you do know games on PC earn profit faster than console right?



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alephnull on 12 May 2009
richardhutnik said:
Megadude said:

@ STAGE: Get over what? I have a Wii, PS3 AAANND a gaming PC plus I just picked up a PS2 I am in gaming heaven. I actually hope people are right that the 360 will match the PS3 pricecut so I can get a 360 for less then a DS soon.


But is it smart to keep shafting PC gamers? I never said they never pay for games, I said ONLINE GAMING FEES, only 360 users pay for online gaming.

And THERE we have it.  The dude is one of these Playstation fanboys, who is a Power PC gamer and resents that he can't get games on his power PC that is on Microsoft's console.

Megadude, get over it!  If you like these XBox console exclusives, get yourself an 360.  It isn't hard.  There are reasons why the XBox line is becoming a place for Microsoft to focus on gaming.  The reason is that they face less piracy and greater sales revenue and profits on there.  Console gaming is a lot easier to get into, and appeals to more people.  You don't have to be a power user to get the fullness out of it.  Deep down in your heart, because you are Playstation fan, and a Power PC user, you want the XBox line to DIE and Microsoft to get out of console gaming completely.  Own up to it and admit it.

 

 

Hate to break it to ya, but the xbox 360 gamer is a PPC gamer.

 



S.T.A.G.E. on 12 May 2009
ssj12 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
ssj12 said:
haxxiy said:
Halo... I could not give a shit...
But Fable II and Gears definitely should be on PC =/ they are like the only games that keep the X360 to have extra >'s on my sig.

 

Gears of War is. Gears of War 2 is not. But this is not Microsoft's decision, It is Epic Game's decision to release a PC version in the future.

Fable is. Fable 2 might be released in the future.

Halo 1 + 2 are. Halo 3 will probably be out after the first DX11 GPUs are released.

Fable 2 will not be released to PC and neither will Halo 3. They sold horribly on PC, not to mention the fact that last gen it hurt the sales of Xbox consoles. PC gamers just want a free ride, when they should know full well, Microsoft wants to make the 360 as profitable as possible. Buy a 360 if you want the games Microsoft is no longer allowing on PC. As for gears of war, it's obvious that since Microsoft published Gears of War on the 360 and PC that they do have a choice in the matter. They decided not to publish Gears 2 for PC, because Xbox 360 games need to stay there.

 

NO THEY DO NOT.

Epic Games licensed Microsoft the rights to publish Gears of War. It is the same as how Valve licensed The Orange Box and the Half-Life franchise to EA to publish retail copies. They own 100% of all rights to the games. They are just allowing a publisher to distribute their software. Basically Epic Games is using Microsoft to advertise their game, distribute their game, etc so they dont have to. Epic Games is big enough to publish their software but the choose to have others do it for them so that they don't have to fork out the money. If Epic wants Gears of War 2 on the PC they can always license it to another publisher.

 

What does Epic games have to lose then SSJ? All they have to gain is profit. I know they own 100% rights to all the games, because as I said they own the IP (just a shorter way of saying it). The publisher doesn't just help distribute software, they help fund the creation of the game itself. Publishers market, fund, manage and distribute games, while Devs create the IP itself. Epic wont put Gears of War 2 on PC because it was made for the 360. If they renew the contract for Gears 3 with Microsoft or sell them the IP, I will laugh, because you know the reason why Gears 2 went exclusive. Didn't it seem eeriely weird to you that the top 360 exclusives to come out in the past 2 years stayed off of PC? Put two and two together man. 



Pyro as Bill on 12 May 2009

MS has other priorities. Simple as that. When MS needs PC gamers again I'm sure they'll throw us a bone.

GoW2 isn't coming because Cliffy B got upset that no-one really cared about the extra Brumak fight in the PC version of GoW. When GoW2 sales slow down I'm sure Cliffy will give PC gamers another chance to show their appreciation (and not buy it).

I'd be suprised if Fable 2 isn't announced this year.

Halo 3, either when Windows Live gets a reboot or when DX11 starts as already stated.

As for any other games, when sales come to a crawl on 360 expect a PC announcement.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 12 May 2009
ssj12 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
shio said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
ssj12 said:
haxxiy said:
Halo... I could not give a shit...
But Fable II and Gears definitely should be on PC =/ they are like the only games that keep the X360 to have extra >'s on my sig.

 

Gears of War is. Gears of War 2 is not. But this is not Microsoft's decision, It is Epic Game's decision to release a PC version in the future.

Fable is. Fable 2 might be released in the future.

Halo 1 + 2 are. Halo 3 will probably be out after the first DX11 GPUs are released.

Fable 2 will not be released to PC and neither will Halo 3. They sold horribly on PC, not to mention the fact that last gen it hurt the sales of Xbox consoles. PC gamers just want a free ride, when they should know full well, Microsoft wants to make the 360 as profitable as possible. Buy a 360 if you want the games Microsoft is no longer allowing on PC. As for gears of war, it's obvious that since Microsoft published Gears of War on the 360 and PC that they do have a choice in the matter. They decided not to publish Gears 2 for PC, because Xbox 360 games need to stay there.

 

Halo 1 sold great on PC, what are you talking about?

As for Fable and Halo 2 I don't know how it sold, but it's understandable if Halo 2 did poorly since it was Vista only.

 

 

 

A little over a million copies sold. Thats really amazing man.

 

err... you do know games on PC earn profit faster than console right?

Yes....especially with piracy issues. Do you know how many people are pirating Dead Space right now for PC? I don't either, but I've seen it. The console market is the safer for profit than PC as long as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo understand they need to switch up their formats. Eventually Digital downloads will take over.



S.T.A.G.E. on 12 May 2009
Pyro as Bill said:
MS has other priorities. Simple as that. When MS needs PC gamers again I'm sure they'll throw us a bone.

GoW2 isn't coming because Cliffy B got upset that no-one really cared about the extra Brumak fight in the PC version of GoW. When GoW2 sales slow down I'm sure Cliffy will give PC gamers another chance to show their appreciation (and not buy it).

I'd be suprised if Fable 2 isn't announced this year.

Halo 3, either when Windows Live gets a reboot or when DX11 starts as already stated.

As for any other games, when sales come to a crawl on 360 expect a PC announcement.

 

 

Get ready to be surprised, because none of those games are coming to PC. I'm just trying to help you get ready. Do you actually think Microsoft is dumb enough to ruin the value of their current console by continuing to dish out the hottest titles to PC again? :)