BoosterDuck
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He said no plans right now, that means PC version due out in a year.
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Sunset Overdrive: no plans for a PC version right now, says developer
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Why do you people always make me laugh when I'm drinking! I say, goddamn! XD
Fuz
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Krusenstern
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Because there is this recent trend of Xbone exclusives coming to PC. So it saves me a whole lot of money. Don't need to buy that box.
And of course I want to play them. I'll grab Ryse aswell if it goes on a decent sale. For Sunset Overdrive I even promised SteamGAF to gift them 5 copies.
Cause we deserve it.
Steverulez
Member
I highly doubt MS signed a deal that doesn't give them options on sequels. They originally signed 2 game deals for Gears and Mass Effect, and MS are intending to own more IPs (Phil Spencer referred to this as "an exception" because he really wanted to work with Insomniac).
Considering MS are obviously bringing funding, marketing etc to the table I suspect they have options on future stuff
Jackbooted
Member
Is this one of those stealth PC port begging threads?
Lol at the people wanting Bloodborne on PC, keep dreaming.
Anyways, Poor Xbox One, whats the point of getting one when all it's "exclusives" ends up on PC? Well Microsoft win's both ways.
Seems like it.
Anyways, Poor Xbox One, whats the point of getting one when all it's "exclusives" ends up on PC? Well Microsoft win's both ways.
Seems like it.
Correct.
Wasn't Bloodborne co-developed by a Sony studio?
For the typical console owner it doesn't really. As we can see on GAF, tens of reasons are listed for why users prefer a console apart from exclusives. So you get that + playing the game first so you don't care about year-later version for a platform that is another segment that isn't on your radar for playing games.
ANuclearError
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Bloodborne does have Sony Japan working on it too though, which is the main issue. I imagine Sony own the IP too.
If the console manufacturers do not own the studio creating the game or the IP, then it's better for us for the game to be multiplatform.
ProvenDeadly
Member
I guess we will see SO on PC around the same time that Halo MCC co releases alongside Red Dead Redemption on PC
Can't wait!
Can't wait!
Well, from my eyes no one is playing these games anyway, so you might as well share your toys with us.
jk
-MD-
Member
Does Microsoft make money from games sold on Steam?
That sounds pretty great actually.
viveks86
Member
They are bringing funding and marketing to the next Tomb Raider as well. It's really difficult to speculate what the nature of the deal is without insider knowledge. Could go one way or the other.
Steverulez
Member
MS have people working on games too, they just don't give them their own studio name.
MaximusPayne
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OrlanisWorks
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Console exclusives are understandable (gotta sell those consoles, ya know), but that does not mean they don't goddamn suck for being exclusives.
Here's hoping.
Here's hoping.
Krusenstern
Banned
Only if they publish it.
PanicFreak
Member
The point is that under a non-IP ownership model, you get paid to create the game and bonuses. Under an IP-ownership model, you get paid to create the game, bonuses and a cut of the revenue.
Why do people act like there's no precedent for this to happen.
SkeptiMism
Member
I really don't mean to thread whine, but these kind of interviews are always kind of pointless.
I mean, he's obviously not gonna announce a PC version right now.
But he also isn't gonna say that it's definitely not coming.
So we're kind of back in the start and don't know anything new. I guess though that it gives a place to say our opinion. So sure I'd like to see it on PC. I think it looks like a very fresh and exciting game in its genre and I'd probably try it out at some point, but I'm not getting a console for it unfortunately.
I mean, he's obviously not gonna announce a PC version right now.
But he also isn't gonna say that it's definitely not coming.
So we're kind of back in the start and don't know anything new. I guess though that it gives a place to say our opinion. So sure I'd like to see it on PC. I think it looks like a very fresh and exciting game in its genre and I'd probably try it out at some point, but I'm not getting a console for it unfortunately.
TouchMyBox
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If it weren't for the sarcasm, I'd say that you hit the nail on its head.
Coffee Dog
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Depends on its sales, I'd imagine.
Herpes Reasons
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Except this isn't a port begging thread. This is a thread about a comment from the developer who pretty much confirmed the gaming is coming to the PC.
Far from it.
Exactly my thoughts! Game looks great, looking forward to playing on my X1.
MaximusPayne
Member
"But there’s no plans. We aren’t planning a PC version or anything like that"
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
This is true, and even if he had just flatly denied it, it still wouldn't mean much because that happened with both Ryse and DR3.
Alcoholikaust
Member
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No we can't. We can only wait for Steam sales of Sunset Overdrive after it takes a year to release.
Totally. Well said. There's nothing to read into this comment. Its expected PR speak, no matter if its the truth or not.
A lot of people are misunderstanding me.
Do I want these games to come to PC? Fuck yeah. Playing Bloodborne in 60FPS and others would be amazing.
But there has to be a reason these consoles should exist and I think because of how close they are to PCs anyways, exclusive software is the best bet for their relevance to stay intact.
viveks86
Member
Don't bother. Nothing stands a chance against confirmation bias.
No plans right now(<- the important words), but the question is how long this right now is.
ProvenDeadly
Member
These threads are basically grasping at straws and spinning it into confirmed pc release dates.
Steverulez
Member
I don't think SO/Insomniac deal is that similar to the one for Tomb Raider.
Insomniac are an independent developer looking to produce a new IP and needed a publisher and funding to do that (for it to release in its current form anyway)
TR developed by Crystal Dynamics is an IP and developer owned by Square Enix who are a publisher themselves and have enough money to make it, presumably MS either offered them a lot of money or they went to MS and gave them a price.
I can't imagine a world where Microsoft offered a deal to Insomniac to help create this new IP and got no rights to possible sequels or anything if its successful, Microsoft aren't stupid.
The TR deal, given the ownership of the studio/IP you'd expect to be multi platform, the same doesn't apply to Insomniac who can (and seemingly will) make deals on a series basis to do whats right at the time for exclusivity or otherwise.
Now, we don't know what the deal is, but as I said, Microsoft aren't stupid, they won't have made a deal that gives them nothing beyond the first game
Not every exclusive, just the ones Microsoft doesn't own so they really don't decide about that.
Nobody asks about Forza coming to PC because that's not going to happen. Nobody would ask about Halo if there wasn't some old precedents but people know that they should keep their expectations low.
Not so much want them, just its expected to happen... eventually.
So the question isn't IF it will happen but WHEN it will happen.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
No plans right now...
Ryse and Dead Rising 3 didn't have any plans...
Dictator93
Member
Well to be fair, other games of a similar development nature came to PC (Ryse, Dead Rising)
Could be, could not be. But if it came to PC. why would it matter? It would be better for... well... everyone!
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