RobbieNick
Junior Member
I went ahead and got the PS4 version. I only paid $25 for the PC version and not only is this one currently superior by a wide mile, it comes with a ton of free DLC you'd normally only get through pre-order.
Warner Brothers suspends [new] purchases for PC version of Batman Arkham Knight
- Thread starter Mad Season
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That's bad.
They won't do that to Lang.
OK, maybe.
This game is now a shoe in for Hottest Mess in the Giant Bomb 2015 GOTY awards
At least it will win something
They won't do that to Lang.
OK, maybe.
SwiftDeath
Member
Yes by all accounts on the PC version of course
XB1 and PS4 versions seem pretty good. Best description of the PC port right now is probably hot mess. Awful port
This post really pumped me up.
No way certain AAA games will stop releasing on PC. If anything this will make developers and publishers realise that they can't cut corners and release broken shit, and if they do there'll be consequences. If that means they have to delay PC versions to get them right so we have a better experience, I'm all for it.
Obliterator
Member
Honestly could be months before its back. This thing blew up hugely in their face. You bet when they bring this back it will have all the graphics features as console and run waaaay better than what was released. WB cant afford for this port not to launch fantastic next time so I expect they will take their time with it
I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see Rocksteady fix the port now they are done with the console version.
Great post.
This game is now a shoe in for Hottest Mess in the Giant Bomb 2015 GOTY awards
At least it will win something
I dunno, Dan's been saying the port seems fine and that he's enjoying it.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Wow, this is a first right?
I'm actually kinda impressed :/
I'm actually kinda impressed :/
Best news I could wake up to, shows that WB takes this seriously. Let's hope they get this up and running in a satisfying way swiftly now, but I'm guessing it's at least a week away.
And who knows, maybe there's some sort of compensation (free season pass?) for those of us who have had that unoptimized and disappointing game in our library through all of this.
And who knows, maybe there's some sort of compensation (free season pass?) for those of us who have had that unoptimized and disappointing game in our library through all of this.
This game is now a shoe in for Hottest Mess in the Giant Bomb 2015 GOTY awards
At least it will win something
I think that award will go to WB games on PC in general, throw MKX into that mix.
I was planning on saving this game until after I finish witcher 3, Dark souls 1 and Sleeping Dogs so I can wait. Such a shock that they let the PC port suck ass like that, hope everything gets fixed and ironed out, I dont want anything compromising my experience with this game.
Japanmanx3
Member
Ballsy.
That's what I suspect too. They want to make sure it's a much better in the re-release and that could take months, I am guessing?
I just might play the game as it is, since my experience a couple of hours in, is smooth 30fps so far, no dips yet. Just missing stuff like AO.
This game is now a shoe in for Hottest Mess in the Giant Bomb 2015 GOTY awards
At least it will win something
after this they might name the award after iorn galaxy.
The 2015 Iron Galaxy Hit Mess Award for one of the worst PC ports ever.
Teleporter
Junior Member
... more to unfold tomorrow... maybe a patch? Nice dreams GAF
Top tier post.
The reality is you may get some fixes in the short term, but this may turn out to be months of work.
Winter sale it is then.
How is it ballsy to do the right thing?
Mortal Kombat still isn't fixed. And that's been months after they fired High Voltage and put a new port developer on it.
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Deleted member 1159
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Wow. I mean, shitty of them to fuck it up so bad in the first place, but good on them to take some drastic measures to get this shit resolved.
GrantDaNasty
Member
As someone who's been keeping up with Dave Lang and Co, mainly thanks to Giant Bomb, I feel bad that this thing is going to slap 'em real hard and I don't know what the conditions they were working with were.....
...but I'm glad WB decided to respond the way they did. It shows that this matters to them. Whether it be this bleeding into all current Arkham Knight discussion on social media, or Steam's Refund policy, they've seen reason to step in and say "hold up hold up hold up, we will fix this, like ACTUALLY fix this". I really hope they take this as a learning experience.
...but I'm glad WB decided to respond the way they did. It shows that this matters to them. Whether it be this bleeding into all current Arkham Knight discussion on social media, or Steam's Refund policy, they've seen reason to step in and say "hold up hold up hold up, we will fix this, like ACTUALLY fix this". I really hope they take this as a learning experience.
I always wonder how much profit is being made when the game is sold for $10 or so during a sale.
Caayn
Member
I wouldn't be surprised to see Rocksteady choosing to work on DLC again instead of fixing the PC version.
It's honestly pretty good. Selling on Steam cuts out manufacturing, retailers, and sometimes the publisher, plus the added visibility that comes from a sale can even make up for the discount.
Bright-Light
Member
I wonder where this leaves Green Man Gamings refund policy, if we were waiting for a patch,to me it sounds like this patch ain't coming soon, so wonder if they wil refund.
GrantDaNasty
Member
Probably not that much (after everyone gets their cut), but I imagine it probably has a ripple effect where once sales are done, people who bought it tell people they know and that has the possibility of getting them to keep the game fresh in everyone's mind or inspire new purchases.
Because in the PC landscape until about a month ago if a broken port was released in general nothing could be done about it. Now people are getting refunds en mass.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Well you can work it out yourself on a basic level.
100,000 copies @ 10 dollars - 30% cut = 700,000 to whomever the cheques are being sent.
If there's a developer/publisher split then it's more complicated. But this sort of deep discounting on the PC provides a long tail of modest sales as a bunch of people who may not have wanted the game decide that at 75% off, maybe they will buy it after all.
Are you confusing Rocksteady with WB Montreal?
WB is the publisher, if they tell Rocksteady they need to fix the PC version that is what they will do.
Xplatformer
Member
Maybe this.
Getting my gpu in 3 weeks. We'll see if I get a well running Batman, or if I pick up Witcher 3.
Mmmmm....sex > poor PC version
Edit: Hey, can someone step on the backs of Visual Concepts. They tend to try and pull the same shit with the NBA 2k series on PC. If a developer is going to take the time to put out a PC product it should at the very least, on comparable hardware, be indistinguishable from the PS4/XOne version. EVERY TIME!
More than what they would get for a used game being sold. But to really answer your question, they are making 70% profit so $7 out of $10.
Sounds good to me. I'd rather have a constant stream of cash than a big pay day at the start and much much less a year later.
It was WB Montreal who worked on Arkham Origins, not Rocksteady.
Especially when you continually sell hundreds of thousands to millions of copies every year. Nice to have that annuity to fall back on.
Played a little less than 2 hours of Arkham Knight. Even after they fix the port, Witcher 3 is gonna be the better game.
Caayn
Member
Ah yes, good morning.
Souldestroyer Reborn
Banned
Props to WB for taking this seriously.
They're basically cockblocking themselves from making money by doing so.
Hopefully a fix is implemented soon.
They're basically cockblocking themselves from making money by doing so.
Hopefully a fix is implemented soon.
Wow. I didn't think they do this. This sounds promising they'll really fix it (and hopefully add the missing features from the PS4 version).
Namco Bandai still haven't took down DS1 for sale, and that's one of the worst, if not the worst, port I've seen for PC, and still selling for £20 too last time I checked.
Hopefully they can fix it pretty soon...
Namco Bandai still haven't took down DS1 for sale, and that's one of the worst, if not the worst, port I've seen for PC, and still selling for £20 too last time I checked.
Hopefully they can fix it pretty soon...