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If you think consoles don't have the same crashing, freezing, and technical issues as PC you really haven't played many console games this gen. Especially HD ones. Hell, Star Ocean 4 crashes, freezes, slows down, AND has screen tearing all in one freaking game. I've never come across a PC game that had all those issues built into the software.

It used to be the case, that console games were more likely to not have these issues. That's not the case now. If anything it's more likely. They also have all the other classic hangups of PC gaming anymore. Installation, hard drive limitations, incompatibility between platform models, etc.

These days with conveniences like Steam if you have a PC that can handle the games you're in for much less stress than you are on consoles.



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naznatips said:
If you think consoles don't have the same crashing, freezing, and technical issues as PC you really haven't played many console games this gen. Especially HD ones. Hell, Star Ocean 4 crashes, freezes, slows down, AND has screen tearing all in one freaking game. I've never come across a PC game that had all those issues built into the software.

It used to be the case, that console games were more likely to not have these issues. That's not the case now. If anything it's more likely. They also have all the other classic hangups of PC gaming anymore. Installation, hard drive limitations, incompatibility between platform models, etc.

These days with conveniences like Steam if you have a PC that can handle the games you're in for much less stress than you are on consoles.

Where did I say that? I was mentioning that in a console, you don't have to locate the problem to get it to work. Also you are discussing issues HD Consoles have. We are talking about the Wii. I have yet to find many Wii games that have what you describe. Even the low-budgeted games seem to be reliable to the point where the worst you get is a glitch. We are discussing two very different things. Console games usually work from the get go. PC games, not always. I remember having troubles with Bioshock's sound not working from the get-go. It wasn't because Bioshock was poorly coded, it was because I had a certain setting enabled that I had to disable. In a console you don't have to worry about that. If a game has a problem it is because of the game's coding, not because you have a confliction. Btw I'm mainly take pride in Handheld gaming, THEN PC gaming, and FINALLY Console gaming, just so you see where my bias is coming from. I find the HD Consoles to be poor replicates of PC gaming, and really only have them for wanted exclusives such as a few JRPGs, and 1st party games. I do not like what they are doing with the HD Consoles as much as you, but it doesn't make my point moot. With PC you need a learning curve to get things to work. Steam helps a little, but it isn't full proof yet.

Edit: I think you are bringing the discussion out of context. Can we keep things relevant to the discussion at hand. This is even if it is off topic from the start.



great idea, but not my type of game.



Now that I think of it, could they be making another game? Maybe thinking of a price for it, and what the average user would pay for it? This seems like they are gathering information on how much they should price games at.



^I doubt that, most people probably payed less than $10. I payed a few dollars, what was left in my paypal account >_>.



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Ari_Gold said:
great idea, but not my type of game.

Perhaps you should still give it a try anyway, you're never going to get a better chance and haven't got much to lose.  I would pay a few bucks just for the music in this game alone, it is awesome.



If I were to pay what I think it's worth, that'd be much more than the RRP.

I have it on Wii and it's incredible, and it gives many hours of gameplay - more than most $50 retail games



I bought this game for $5 from steam a few months back, Excellent game it has a Metascore of 90



"I envy you. You North Americans are very lucky. You are fighting the most important fight of all- you live in the heart of the beast." 

Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

Bought it for $2 last night



 

zexen_lowe said:
sc94597 said:
You guys do realize that every PC is different right? Maybe his computer has software that conflicts with many games and it "stutters" and "crashes". I enjoy PC gaming a lot, but I'm not in denial about it's problems. That being the previous mention of "stutters" and "crashes". It doesn't always have to be hardware that causes it either. Anyway I will be buying the PC version right now just because I like the Wii game and it is probably one of the best deals as of late.

Maybe, but he never said that he played it on PC, he seemed to be more like making an uninformed comment. And to be honest, I really doubt World of Goo could stutter on ANY PC that can run, say, XP, we're not talking about GTA4, we're talking about World of Goo...And, even if it did stutter, it would be a problem of the PC, not of the game

i dont have a pc .. i have a mac...never stutters... :D



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