redrain85 on 8/9/2008 at 16:15
Yeah, I just saw that. And I actually sent the ad in to RPS, for a laugh.
LucasArts is denying it. But then, Rockstar denied GTA IV on the PC as well, for a long time.
The_Raven on 8/9/2008 at 18:09
Yes, but there is a difference between "no comment" and "hell, no."
Zygoptera on 8/9/2008 at 22:08
BioWare was giving 'hell no' responses about Mass Effect PC, right up to the point they announced it.
EvaUnit02 on 9/9/2008 at 01:00
Honestly, you aren't missing out on much. FU is just a weak Devil May Cry clone with a lot of gimmicks. A bargain bin game at best.
The_Raven on 9/9/2008 at 02:30
Quote Posted by Zygoptera
BioWare was giving 'hell no' responses about Mass Effect PC, right up to the point they announced it.
Cite source, please; it really isn't that I don't believe you, but I am skeptical.
gunsmoke on 9/9/2008 at 04:00
Damn, just look around on GameSpot in their Mass Effect section. They archive ALL of the related news and previews.
Zygoptera on 9/9/2008 at 06:26
Quote Posted by The_Raven
Cite source, please; it really isn't that I don't believe you, but I am skeptical.
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http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=616356&forum=104) Feb 5th. That's a week prior.
PS. While fair enough that you did ask, I hate you for that, not just because I had to venture into the intellectual ebola which is the BioBoards but because those evil bastards turn the search function for their forums off for posts more than 6 months old so I had the great joy of trying to find a suitable post using google's site function and the phrase "February 2008". I did not enjoy the experience.
The_Raven on 9/9/2008 at 14:41
Quote Posted by Don Moar
Hey, Mass Effect is currently an Xbox 360 exclusive.
That really isn't a "hell, no" response, though. It has been known for years now that developers and publishers do not consider the PC to be a "next gen platform"; so when they say it's an exclusive, they mean that it is exclusive within the realm of consoles. I know it is counterintuitive, but this has been standard practice since the release of the original Halo in 2001. That's the first case where I can remember that all sorts of FAQs had to be made in order to clear up all the exclusive talk coming out of marketing.
Zygoptera on 9/9/2008 at 21:49
Quote Posted by Don "Gimme" Moar
Hey, Mass Effect is currently an Xbox 360 exclusive.
YMMV of course, but in context (being asked about the possibility of a PC port a week prior to said port's announcement, with it being locked as with every other thread asking about a PC version) that's a whole lot closer to a "hell no" from LA than a "no comment", and the more verbose version from their resident PR monkey which was in the FAQ..
Quote Posted by Chris Preistly
Mass Effect is planned as an Xbox 360 exclusive title.
This means we are not working on a PC version and have no plans to start making one...versus
Quote Posted by LA
..I can tell you definitively that there is no PC version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed planned..
..uses almost exactly the same wording as the LA statement
and knocks the exclusivity argument on the head.
Digital Nightfall on 10/9/2008 at 03:36
It's assumed that if there is no PC version, PC gamers will buy it on the console of their choice. If a PC version comes out later, everyone who bought the console version will also buy the PC version. The "will wait for the PC version" demographic is not supposed to exist. That's the assumption.
Whereas consoles are seen as rivals with a loyal fanbase, PC users are not seen that way. Not like Mac users are.
Those are my observations. I do not agree that any of the above is right.
