I don't get this at all. PC sales are still the largest percentage of game sales, so why would they cancel the PC version? CBA to put together a PC port team? Hoping to release really insignificant DLC? Come to think of it, that seems rather likely--[b]they wouldn't abandon the highest-selling platform unless they already plan to recoup their money some other way[/b]. So, console users: if EA is ditching PC so they can push more (and smaller) DLC on you, this is as bad news for you as it is for PC gamers.
[QUOTE=Sibilantjoe;20137669]I don't get this at all. PC sales are still the largest percentage of game sales, so why would they cancel the PC version? CBA to put together a PC port team? Hoping to release really insignificant DLC? Come to think of it, that seems rather likely--[b]they wouldn't abandon the highest-selling platform unless they already plan to recoup their money some other way[/b]. So, console users: if EA is ditching PC so they can push more (and smaller) DLC on you, this is as bad news for you as it is for PC gamers.[/QUOTE]
I really doubt that PC is the highest percentage now. Maybe ten years ago but since Xbox and Playstation came a round they are supreme.
[QUOTE=Asmaedus;20130966]I didn't even know that dead space was on pc. That's probably why it didn't sell all that well. Bad marketing.[/QUOTE]
:downs:
[QUOTE=Jaehead;20130785]Also, why are they releasing this game on handheld consoles??[/QUOTE]
Because your fear reaches it's maximum only at the local train station.
I won't miss it. They wanted to make it more action based (because "the community wanted it" olo), anyway.
[QUOTE=cheeseman52;20139535]I really doubt that PC is the highest percentage now. Maybe ten years ago but since Xbox and Playstation came a round they are supreme.[/QUOTE]
I'd say so too. If PC was the most selling platform, then all hit games would come on pc, but most of them are either on consoles or exclusive to a single console.
I hate EA...
Killing Command and Conquer and now Dead space...
[QUOTE=Doomish;20135781]Well, that wasn't really what I was saying but y'know.
I think the best thing to do would be to release it for PC and then release a 360 controller that you can hook up to your PC via USB and play all the shittily-controlled ports with.[/QUOTE]
Ever heard of USB controller adapters, they're like 10€.
[QUOTE=Doomish;20135781]Well, that wasn't really what I was saying but y'know.
I think the best thing to do would be to release it for PC and then release a 360 controller that you can hook up to your PC via USB and play all the shittily-controlled ports with.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/productdetails.aspx?pid=091[/url]
But for fuck's sake EA, what are you doing?
[QUOTE=MagnusTacitus;20139754]I hate EA...
Killing Command and Conquer and now Dead space...[/QUOTE]
Don't get me started on C&C4, just thinking about it makes me want to kill something cute and cuddly.
[QUOTE=Keychain;20130931]Gaming companies that aren't Valve always tend to leave the PC under the consoles, which really pisses me off.[/QUOTE]
You mean that Valve that delivered L4D2 as xbox version? shieet
[QUOTE=Keychain;20130931]Gaming companies that aren't Valve always tend to leave the PC under the consoles, which really pisses me off.[/QUOTE]
I'm starting to doubt Valve's fidelity to the PC because of L4D2.
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Also I'm curious about how the handheld versions will be like
Next, BF3 will be console only, and support only 12 players :downs:
I liked Dead Space much better on the PC. The graphics were refined and crisp and the surround sound was some of the best I've experienced. How unfortunate. Fuck you EA.
Gaming is not fun anymore, it has become way to ''casual''. For example; The generic cool kid on your school would never play video games 5 years aggo, but now it's al like: ''OMG LOLZ-RS HAVE YOU SEEN MW2 ITS FUCKING PWNAGE OMGZORS''
[QUOTE=imnotBPX;20142876]Gaming is not fun anymore, it has become way to ''casual''. For example; The generic cool kid on your school would never play video games 5 years aggo, but now it's al like: ''OMG LOLZ-RS HAVE YOU SEEN MW2 ITS FUCKING PWNAGE OMGZORS''[/QUOTE]
The problem with you people is that you act like as if gaming is this holy thing that shouldn't be casual and be friendly to the average person. Nevermind that it is now a million dollar business which needs exactly that. The casual man
I don't mind games being on Consoles, it's understandable why.
[quote]Dead Space 2's cancellation on the PC comes just a month and a half after it was officially announced as coming to the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. However, the move isn't so shocking, considering the fact that the original Dead Space sold under 40,000 copies at retail on the PC domestically, according to NPD Group figures. NPD figures do not, however, include digital distribution, which makes up an increasingly large slice of PC game sales.[/quote]
Hmm I don't know maybe it'd sell better if it wasn't a half-assed port? Although because of the Steam sales I bet the digital sales were waaay more.
[QUOTE=OutOfExile;20143478]Hmm I don't know maybe it'd sell better if it wasn't a half-assed port? Although because of the Steam sales I bet the digital sales were waaay more.[/QUOTE]
I don't think it was half-assed at all. Optimization was fantastic, and the controls were fine on the keyboard. All you had to do was turn off v-sync.
I played and completed Dead Space for the xbox 360, it was good.
My dad decided to get the PC version for it for some reason, his game was terribley bugged, v-sync absolutely destroyed it and he tried walking through a open door at the start of the game to find out it was blocked and if he somehow got past this open door, his computer would crash.
So he gave it to me, funny enough I didn't have the same problems as him (although I had to disable v-sync) but ultimately they screwed up on the PC version and didn't give any patches or support what so ever...It was more of a console port.
[QUOTE=acds;20135243]Uh ok, I just won't buy it then, not like there aren't many other games to buy.
Also this pretty much kills my "Maybe EA really is getting better" hope.
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[URL]http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/11/study-pc-gaming/[/URL][/QUOTE]
so hardware manufacturers are doing well, that's nice
if dead space sold like shit, then there's no reason for EA to even do a port of dead space 2
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[QUOTE=MAspiderface;20141655]Next, BF3 will be console only, and support only 12 players :downs:[/QUOTE]
yeah, a franchise that sells well on the pc is going to not be on the pc, that makes sense
[QUOTE=splitsticks;20133920]I just saw this on the dead space forums. Very, very disappointing. Actually, if you care to read my declaration of protest, here's what I posted on the EA dead space forums when I read about it. I won't tell anyone to boycott the game, but I do ask you consider what greedy decisions like these mean for the game industry.
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I'm very, very disappointed with this news. I won a free copy of Dead Space 1 for 360. Hell, I got first place in NoKnownSurvivors, received the free LE package and a replica isaac clarke helmet. I managed that because I followed dead space from the beginning, hunting down every little piece of information on the game I could find, because I was incredibly excited for the game and the deep universe the team created. A good deal of this excitement came not from the game, but from seeing a game being made for the right reasons, an underdog group of developers making the game they wanted to make, against the odds and breaking the mold. It really seemed they wanted the best for the game and for their fans. That's why I also bought a copy of the game for pc. Sure, compared to playing the 360 on a 10 foot projector and surround sound, playing on the pc really only offered minor graphical improvements and better positional sound, not enough to justify spending another $50. However I had planned since the beginning to play it on my pc and I wanted to support the game, and the team, and cast my dollar vote for them. Combined with that, it was well worth the purchase. And to top it all off, the game was fantastic.
Again, I planned to play Dead Space 2 on pc, and now realize that due to the influences of the greed that is taking over the industry, I cannot. I could still play on the 360, but I find that I simply don't want to. As much as I loved the first game, my opinion of the series has been tainted. With DRM strangling honorable users, small companies being squashed out of existence, and mediocrity taking hold, the integrity of a game has become a huge selling point for me. I don't NEED this game, I don't need any game, but I buy them to enjoy new experiences, and more and more, to support honorable developers.
I won't be buying Dead Space 2, in any form. A part of me wants to buy it, but a larger part of me does not want to support the greed and corruption that results in decisions like these. If Dead Space 2 becomes much more profitable due to eliminating efforts to release on PC, that will set a terrible standard. Everyone had heard warnings that "PC GAMING IS DEAD/DYING", most people knew better than to believe it, at the time. Decisions like these will result in the outright elimination of the PC as a commercially viable gaming platform, if they are found to be profitable. Corrupt minds will follow this example and the scourge will propagate. Then, even the honorable will follow suit, finding it the only way to remain competitive, until no one is left to stand up for the pc.
I don't want that to happen, and perhaps it never will, perhaps I am wildly exaggerating. I know right from wrong though, and I know this is wrong, and I won't support it. I'll give up this game, the sequel to what is possibly my favorite game of all time, to stand up for what I believe in. Dead Space, thank you for the gameplay, the necromorphs, the numerous run-throughs, and the memories, but this is where we part paths. I found you beautiful once, but honey, you got real ugly.[/QUOTE]
Those evil, corrupt people are not selling a game on a certain platform because it will make less money! Damn their evil doings of wanting to become successful game developers!
[QUOTE=Lazor;20144608]so hardware manufacturers are doing well, that's nice
if dead space sold like shit, then there's no reason for EA to even do a port of dead space 2
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yeah, a franchise that sells well on the pc is going to not be on the pc, that makes sense[/QUOTE]
Maybe, but those sales figures didn't include digital distribution, which is probably how most people bought Dead Space.
[QUOTE]yeah, a franchise that sells well on the pc is going to not be on the pc, that makes sense[/QUOTE]
And that was sarcasm. :downs:
[QUOTE=Jaehead;20144779]Maybe, but those sales figures didn't include digital distribution, which is probably how most people bought Dead Space.
And that was sarcasm. :downs:[/QUOTE]
the article doesn't say the only sales figures ea looked at were npd, it just said those don't include digital distribution
pretty sure EA has access to sales figures and knows if a game isn't profiting on a platform better than you would
also, that wasn't sarcasm, that was some retard going "hurr durr slippery slope"
Unfortunately, the biggest reason they do this is because of piracy. Consoles are harder to pirate on than pc, with pc, you just get a cracked game, but for a console, the console needs to be hacked. Also as far as I know, there is no way of playing pirated/backed up PS3 games
By the way I'm not saying that a console is better. I game on PC
Apparently there will possibly be a PC version after all.
Source:[URL="http://twitter.com/Greenspeak/status/8925120492"]http://twitter.com/Greenspeak/status/8925120492[/URL]
It's a twitter page from some EA dude.
Also, the article about this (if you can read dutch):
[URL="http://games.fok.nl/nieuws/370884/1/1/100/dead-space-2-op-pc-in-overweging.html"]http://games.fok.nl/nieuws/370884/1/1/100/dead-space-2-op-pc-in-overweging.html[/URL]
[QUOTE=acds;20141113]Don't get me started on C&C4, just thinking about it makes me want to kill something cute and cuddly.[/QUOTE]
You know i'm getting the beta of that for EXACTLY the same reason you smell an old sock.
Just to see how bas it is.
[QUOTE=Lazor;20144608]so hardware manufacturers are doing well, that's nice
if dead space sold like shit, then there's no reason for EA to even do a port of dead space 2
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You don't buy a condom if you aren't intending to fuck.
In other words, if high-performance GPUs sell a lot, it means someone needs them (and therefore plays the latest PC games, because to run work applications you'd get a workstation card).
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[QUOTE=thisguy123;20157950]You know i'm getting the beta of that for EXACTLY the same reason you smell an old sock.
Just to see how bas it is.[/QUOTE]
I was going to do that too, then I forgot (maybe for the better). I guess I'll read the plot summary whe the game is released, hopefully they won't butcher the story completely.
[QUOTE=acds;20159072]You don't buy a condom if you aren't intending to fuck.
In other words, if high-performance GPUs sell a lot, it means someone needs them (and therefore plays the latest PC games, because to run work applications you'd get a workstation card).
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I was going to do that too, then I forgot (maybe for the better). I guess I'll read the plot summary whe the game is released, hopefully they won't butcher the story completely.[/QUOTE]
it doesn't matter if people have hardware if they aren't buying games
[QUOTE=Lazor;20159224]it doesn't matter if people have hardware if they aren't buying games[/QUOTE]
I know, but I doubt people are going to pay 200€+ for a GPU and then not buy games (I'm talking about PC games in general, not specifically DS1).
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