Alan Wake Hitting Xbox 360 First, PC Later?

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 3 replies.

• toggle

  Rage is a teen game!? In the year 2525, all games will be console ports and nothing will be rated above ... : spyrext
  • Man, I would not be fucking surprised if that's how it is in 2014. : ETPC1

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.

• toggle

  You should. This is better for gamers. Curbing piracy means increased likelihood of more innovative games... : uncleanmonkey
  • toggle

    <_< ...you do know they pirate xbox 360 like crazy right? : YummiGummi
    • Sadly this is correct. : humbleone
  • Wow. Just, wow. I don't know how to respond to this. : Wisp!

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 4 replies.

• toggle

  LOL @ the troll. Not much going my ass, but what would a PS3 zealot know. : NuMMnUtZ
  • Quite wrong there brotha. My gaming device of choice has been the PC since '93. C64 and Amiga 500 before ... : VisitorQ
• It's kinda funny how M$ touted a few years ago "Games for Windows" then seemingly goes out of their way n... : YummiGummi

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 18 replies.

• toggle

  Gears of War 2 is not first party. Alan Wake is also not first party. : Xulu
  • toggle

    Maybe I should change it to exclusives. As you can plainly see, there is no edit button. : Digital-Hero
    • Or Microsoft Published. : thejay247
• I think Halo 3 will eventually come out on PC. It'll just be like Halo 1 & 2 where it comes out ages afte... : Schnapple
• toggle

  All 4 of those games were not very good : penny_flame
  • toggle

    Maybe for you. : Digital-Hero
    • I maybe would have tried Fable 2, but in all honesty, all the others are barely worth a mention. : Meadows.TR
  • Forza 2 is a great game. : Nighteyes
• toggle

  Those games are designed for consoles. There's just not much of a good reason to port them to the PC. ... : code-e255
  • It's probably only taking this long because they decided to switch to primary console development mid-str... : Pneum0
• toggle

  Gears of War 2 may very well come to PC as well, despite CliffyB saying it never would. : kodt
  • 3 years later? : ajvitaly
• Fable II is the only title I'm remotely interested in but I haven't even bought that for my 360. I watch... : samduhman
• toggle

  Fable 2 is coming, Peter Molyneux said so. I'm pretty sure he said that. 80% sure. Gears of War 2 is bec... : Tchest
  • toggle

    Wait. What I was going to say was none of this applies to Alan Wake, it will come to PC unless MS paid th... : Tchest
    • I think you are right. Remedy won't abandon the PC : humbleone
• Why would they port forza games to PC when we already have a massive sim racing community with games like... : thewindcriesmary

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 7 replies.

• So much for "pc gaming is dead" : Johnnsen
• It's all down to this. Sad. I guess I'll just have to wait for the PC version, since I'd rather not dust ... : Autocrawler
• This is both a "yay Europe!" and "damnit, Europe!" moment in my brain. I am confused. : Zolneirz
• Damnit, being a gamer is such a pain in the ass. : ElArabDeMagnifico
• toggle

  The problem is more that if you release them both at the same time a large chunk of your 360 owners will ... : uncleanmonkey
  • You do understand that consoles have such a thing available as "rental"? PC piracy doesn't affect the 360... : Autocrawler

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 3 replies.

• toggle

  ^ What he said....except for Tiger with motion plus on the Wii ;) Everything else is more fun on the PC. ... : samduhman
  • Tiger woods on the Wii is great!! : Pneum0

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 4 replies.

• If it plays on the 360, looks essentially the same on PC sans higher resolution, but requires a quad core... : ajvitaly
• toggle

  Yeah I trust Remedy; they have earned it. I remain optimistic the PC version will be good : dognose
  • They are a talented studio and the two Max games they've got under their belt prove it. However, at th... : Tech T

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 14 replies.

• toggle

  I don't pirate, I hate the hardcore pirates on pc that scare developers away, but I really wish bad thing... : ajvitaly
  • toggle

    But the *reason* MS makes those decisions is *because* of piracy. : uncleanmonkey
    • Incorrect. The reason Microsoft does this is to garner more console sales. They've said themselves that t... : greasyjohn
    • toggle

      No, the reason MS makes these decisions is because for every xbox 360 that is sold, that ups the number o... : ajvitaly
      • toggle

        OTOH the main reason for windows for many people is gaming so it's not as clear cut as that. What is c... : uncleanmonkey
        • Yes it is that clear cut. Let me lay it down for you like this. You've got a great PC. You've also got... : ajvitaly
    • This piracy thing really pisses me off. If a person has the money to afford high-end gear, then he/she... : Tech T
  • toggle

    if it wasn't for microsoft, this wouldnt be coming to PC at all. the only reason it is is because it's a... : dantastic
    • toggle

      and the reason why more time, money and effort goes into getting the 360 game out is because it's the pla... : dantastic
      • toggle

        What? If it wasn't for Microsoft this would launch on PC simultaneously or earlier. Both of Remedy's M... : greasyjohn
        • microsoft makes money on both versions. Xbox and Games for Windows branded : dantastic
    • toggle

      How the hell do you figure that? : Tchest
      • because they'd just develop the game for consoles and be done with it. instant cash without the hassle o... : dantastic

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 3 replies.

• Actually it wasn't that bad, and I was playing the "gimped" 360 version with the lame controls. Takes ge... : NuMMnUtZ
• If the cards are played right, it'll have the AiTD feel to it (done right), and by that, I mean the games... : NoMessages

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 13 replies.

• Yes please, every twat who thinks he's entitled to a free game for whatever obnoxious whiny reason. : afo
• toggle

  I don't think this is as much pirates as it is Microsoft forcing remedy to make the 360 their priority. : ajvitaly
  • And also pirates. : ETPC1
  • toggle

    But the reason for why they're doing that is that piracy is killing the PC platform. : uncleanmonkey
    • toggle

      NO. Duplicate post, but ... No, the reason MS makes these decisions is because for every xbox 360 t... : ajvitaly
      • It could be both reasons. Why release it simultaneously on the PC when an owner of a PC and the 360 would... : digweed014
• toggle

  yes because its impossible to pirate 360 games. : boobie
  • toggle

    Impossible? No. Nobody is saying that. However, if you think piracy on the 360 is even remotely as conven... : uncleanmonkey
    • toggle

      Not when a game comes with Steamworks, or microsoft's newly touted anti-piracy measures, or stardock's GO... : ajvitaly
      • toggle

        What are you saying? Anti-piracy measures justify piracy? Or that piracy will be stopped by anti-piracy? ... : uncleanmonkey
        • You said, and I'll copy and paste: "Releasing a game on the PC is essentially the same as leaving free co... : ajvitaly

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 6 replies.

• toggle

  Wouldn't a pc version coming at the same time force a port of the game, where giving them more time will ... : SlingBlaze
  • toggle

    Hi! Welcome to 2009! *fucks over the pc version of everything ever* : ETPC1
    • Made me lol, son. : fade2black244
• toggle

  This isn't a port. The 360 version was a port of the PC version, up until now it wasn't even shown on the... : free2game365
  • seriously? Well if everything you say is true then I take back what I said, and I'm even more excited for... : dancingpolkabear