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11/10/09
I'm still not holding out for the PS3 DLC... don't think it's coming soon. Even if it does come, I probably won't purchase it unless they release the Episodes from Liberty City on Disc. :| I'm not rebuying GTAIV again. Or a GTAIV Complete Edition is released on the PS3. #grandtheftautothelostanddamned
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Anyway, hell yes if this turns out to be true. Hopefully GTA IV runs well on my hardware, seeing the time it's had to be patched and the fact that it sells for less than $20. #grandtheftautothelostanddamned
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However, hopefully, down the line, both episodes will get to the PS3 and PC. #grandtheftautothelostanddamned
11/10/09
Seeing the DLCs on PC 6 months after their release on 360 was sure to happen since Microsoft also have Windows. You are going to hear about Gay Tony on PC in May next year, mark my word on this.
However, thinking about a possible release of these DLC on PS3, it is impossible. It is like if the next iPod would run a Windows OS or if New Super Mario Bros was released on PSP.
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Knowing that GTAIV cost around 100M$ to make and that Microsoft paid 50M$ for exclusivity for the first 2 episodic contents on 360 (since some people are saying that 2 more DLCs might be on the way) I think they would need a very good reason to break that contract. I don't think that Microsoft's army or lawyers would have negotiated a deal for a year of exclusivity at this price.
Anyway, I think that Microsoft didn't really win in the long run with this strategy. GTAIV didn't have the expected reception from gamers and total revenues from the sales for the first DLC didn't cover the 25M$ yet. I don't think that BoGT will be able to beat that nether. And people doesn't look like they bought more XBox with this deal since most of the people around thinks that the 2 DLCs might be coming to PS3 eventually. #grandtheftautothelostanddamned
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I don't understand the exclusive deals anyway. Wouldn't a company want to maximize their profits and release content across multiple platforms? #grandtheftautothelostanddamned
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GFWL is pretty much a Microsoft platform as well, so the exclusivity isn't really being broken, per se. #grandtheftautothelostanddamned
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Unless Microsoft paid $50 million for the development of the DLC, thus giving them exclusive rights to-it. #grandtheftautothelostanddamned
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Besides, isn't the PC version of GTA4 an unholy mess that requires almost a Crysis-level system just to run properly?
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Wouldn't something like that technically make the PS3 version a "different" game?
I bet we'll see some news on this once again in the spring, and these Episodes -- one way or another -- are coming to the PS3. #grandtheftautothelostanddamned
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10/19/09
Games Explorer - A PIECE OF SHIT. I never used it. Had no reason to use it, and will not use it. Ever. I am already set in my ways of going to the icon in the folder I set up for shortcuts and go there with no hassle. Games Explorer doesn't do anything for me that I can't already handle and seemingly is there to insult the computer user's intelligence.
Games For Windows - WHO CARES? Sure, there's parental control and crap, but almost NONE OF IT IS USED. Even the article admits this. It looks more like a bad marketing ploy that got fouled up big time.
Games of Windows LIVE - AGAIN, WHAT THE HELL?!? I don't need "achievements" on my laptop or desktop to let me know that I just slaughtered a bunch of gamers halfway across the world that don't even know how to pronunciate the curse words that they are practicing on a microphone somewhere! They should've just left it well the hell alone, but no, they didn't, now did they? Frickin' tools...
And that is just on the Microsoft side of things. I'm not even going into the SecuRom crap (Sony, don't walk away when I have th machete in my hand, damn you!), the other inconsistent DRM factors, the umpteenth number of server closings and lack of any real clarity from MS HQ on how they are going to actually help PC Gaming back to the dominate state that it once were in.
Then again, maybe it's all a wash, in that Microsoft is secretly trying to kill PC gaming in lieu of their XBox line, the same way that some Buckeye fans believe that Terrelle Pryor possibly threw the game against Purdue on Saturday?
Still... This is what I see wrong with PC Gaming today. It's a shame too, since we're generally the ones with the money to buy the best gamin gear and put together tha best gaming rigs that money can buy. #windows7
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As a Michigan fan, I like this idea and would like to hear more of your theories. #windows7
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No "achievement" need remind me of this. #windows7
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Hurting the industry - GfW might have done so, since it potentially caused confusion, as if it were REQUIRED, instead of IMPLIED. I remember this as the Vista era were rolling in and also remembered when GameDevs were complaining about it, along with the usual counterfeiting concerns.
The simplest solution appeared to be simply to stop making as many games, or stop altogether, as some companies have done. #windows7
10/20/09
If you are expecting an answer, please confer with others here about my request that you use logical approaches to your inquiry, and not "logical fallacy". #windows7
10/20/09
(Off topic) Tate Forcier has talent, but does not have the line that he will need to beat us.
He does have an arm, and I am impressed by his mobile accuracy, but he has to worry about a vibrant LB/Secondary if he wants to win. He'll have a better chance at us if they run.
Wolverine Defense - Has to get past our ailing Offensive ine if they want to get Pryor, who is stubborn in his ways, and doesn't follow the QB Coaches advice, which is killing him.
However, that doesn't always stop the ailing Pryor from reaching a talented Sanezenbacher, Posey, Duron Carter (who will amaze by "the rivalry" game), and Smalls, who better get his head out of his ass, come return time(!) #windows7
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1. Illibuck - It's a time-honored tradition.
2. Remember where you got the name "Fighting Illini". You won it against us in the "Earle Bruce" era of The Ohio State.
3. The Big Ten has been in a minor slump the past three years, and often as a result of new coaches and new development. The national media would have you believe that it is a result of other conferences getting better.
Tell that to Mack Brown (Who I respect) and Colt McCoy (Who I believe deserves the Heisman this year) who have played people in MOST conferences. They'll tell you that every conference has ups and downs, even the SEC, WHO I KNOW FOR A FACT HAS TEAMS THAT ILLINOIS CAN BEAT. #windows7
10/20/09
While gamers can get upset about game company's interest in Facebook games they need to realize it is not a new trend. People play games like checkers online on Yahoo, and other sites, for a decade now and game companies are just starting to see the money in that. Also, NPD sales show a game like The Sims, and even Nancy Drew, easily outdoes major releases in retail. Steam and Direct 2 Drive look a little different, but they are visited by far fewer people than Wal Mart, Best Buy, and other physical reatail stores.
Hardcore PC games are a niche market and should not expect the same treatment they received in the 90s still today. Game companies can make more money on consoles with traditional games or experiment with the emerging market of casual PC gamers. While that doesn't mean PC gaming as we know it will go away entirely, game makers will adjust their products to get the most market penetration and generate the most profit. Also, while it might not seem ideal to some, there are still plenty of great games coming to PC (just maybe not exclusively). #windows7
10/20/09
Still, while one could argue that it's a niche, potentially fueled by the umpeenth number of (dare I say) HORRIBLE Intel GMA Graphics Processors, as opposed to the number of CUDA/SLI combos out there, the PC Gaming community can dare to say with confidence that it were (emphasizing the past) emphasized on those of us who are willing to spend that good money and go so far as to trick out our rigs to be as efficient as possible under the most punishing of usage, from some of us adding GPUs and as many CPU Cores with as high a cache as we're able to use, to some of us within the PC gaming consortium using Liquid Nitrogen(!) to cool down our rigs.
Games, like Crysis, cater to this niche, as Doom3 had done earlier a decade ago. Many other games being published are also leaning toward those of us dedicated ATi and nVidia users that pay more for those better GPUs. or better multicore chips, like "Clarksfield".
While the "Diner Dash" games are still there for the ten dollar consumer to purchase (twenty if you go to Wal-Mart), it is not necessarilly represented of the "dedicated" PC -gamer, as it only represents the "integrated" PC-Gamer instead. Those "integrateds" represent some of the users, and I admit that I have bought a few myself (Peggle is addicting!), yet it doesn't mean that even the "integrateds" don't want to play games that now are pushing the envelope a bit, like "The Sims 3", that works well with nVidia. #windows7
10/19/09
After investing so much in the X-Box, what interest do they have in promoting PC gaming? They'd be shooting themselves in the foot. Again.
Why do I say again?
Because Microsoft's initial introduction into the console wars was, in fact, an act of foot-shooting.
The PC world has suffered considerably due to the console domination of gaming, thanks in part to the X-box.
So people spent less in upgrading their PCs, which meant less copies of Windows OSs and other apps sold.
I seriously doubt Microsoft would now turn around and once again push PC gaming. It's sad, but true. #windows7
10/19/09
Trying to make PC gaming compete along the lines of easy to use, shiny, friendly, quick, etc is putting it up squarely up against the console market which does all that stuff way better.
You have to emphasize what makes PC gaming great and that's a lot of open source, community supported, highly flexible, frontier-expanding stuff that's the exact _opposite_ of any corporation's motives. #windows7
10/19/09
Also, I lol'ed so hard at "easy installation" as a criteria for Games for Windows. I've never had remotely as difficult a time installing games as I had with GTA 4. #windows7
10/19/09
aion on win7 ultimate edition: all high 22-31 FPS.
Thats a pretty big difference for me personally. #windows7
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If so you can get Windows 7 Pro for free(And Vista n XP too) And a few other programs. #windows7