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by Alice O'Connor, Aug 16, 2010 5:40am PDTAfter releasing two un-numbered follow-ups to its grim open-world shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Cherynobyl--Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat--developer GSC Game World has announced it is now developing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 for release in 2012.
GSC reveals that "A completely new multi-platform technology developed by GSC will make the core of the game," opening the door for console editions. The series has only been on PC so far, though Call of Pripyat was once due an Xbox 360 release too. No specific mention was made of any platforms for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2.
"After the official sales of the series exceeded 4 million copies worldwide, we had no doubts left to start creating a new big game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe," said GSC Game World CEO Sergiy Grygorovych in the announcement. "This will be the next chapter of the mega-popular game players expect from us."
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And then there is all that modding they'll miss out on....
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I am joe-blow game developer. I release a buggy ass, half assed half finished product, that is half way fieshed out and rely on the modding community to bail out my crappily programmed game. Mods are cool for sure, but if you make the game high quality, add some good DLC, then mods are less of a factor .
And why do modders get nothing in return. They extend the shelf life of an unfinished product and get no pay. But then alot of mods do not run correctly, like the original game, and never leave the "BETA" stage. Yep those console gamers are missing out on some great stuff.....Maybe if cheap-o PC gamer Joe would pay for the mods and alittle more for the games(or how about pay for the games to begin with ; p ) Then we could all get better products and cool-ass mods that make to a polished final state.
I see. Buy a game. Finish game. Then get free mods for said game. Free because the modders get no pay. Then wonder why the developement community jumps ship and goes to the pay to play console community.
PC gamers think, hey I invested a ton of cash into my rig so I deserve some free stuff. Well we don't deserve free stuff. We choose to buy the parts .
And then you should have to pay to play. That is how companies make money to provide a better product. PC gamers just do not get this point. Just because you blow all your cash on hardware does not entitle you to cheaper or free content. Either buy some cheaper stuff or do not play. If the PC hardware and developement community followed the standardized console type system, games would be alittle more, but delivered as promised. They would run out of the box. That is priceless when you want to jump into a new game.
A console gamer "knows" if you want a totally stable platform with games that run each and everytime, without tons of patches and driver updates, then you have to pay. And it is worth it.
So the mod communtiy does great stuff, but they should be compensated also. And why can't we get mods on console games? Be cause nobody has figured how to make it safe and profitable yet.
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