No Gears of War 2 PC

eascarface · 30-September-08, 08:33 AM

Not particularly miffed but it is aggravating. All the more so considering the reason why. What happened to Epic being a bastion of PC support? :<

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	In a discussion with TVG recently, Gears of War 2 designer Cliff Bleszinski said that the reason there was not going to be a PC version of the game was simple; high-end users. "The PC right now is a fair amount different to what it was back in the day, with all the badly integrated video chips," said Cliff. "Here's the problem right now; the person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who is savvy enough to know bit torrent to know all the elements so they can pirate software. Therefore, high-end videogames are suffering very much on the PC." Cliff then went on to confirm that unlike Gears of War 1, which did see an eventual port to the PC, the second game will not be making the same move. Asked if Gears of War 2 PC would be possible once the dust had settled and sales had declined on the Xbox 360 version, Cliff still said no; definitely not.

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Dex · 30-September-08, 01:16 PM

He does have a point...

hazardous · 30-September-08, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dex


	He does have a point...

Really? I can mod an xbox and download the iso just as easily as I can download the game for pc. The difference is I WONT download the pc version. I would actually buy it because I view the pc gaming industry as a diminishing market and I want to do everything I can to help it survive. Don't get me wrong I'm not denying that piracy is a problem, but I think this is a terrible way to try and stop it. If other developers jump on this bandwagon the end of pc gaming wont be far off. It seems like they are so scared of piracy that they will either infest a game with DRM or just not port it over completely.

Master Yunk · 01-October-08, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by hazardous


	Really? I can mod an xbox and download the iso just as easily as I can download the game for pc. The difference is I WONT download the pc version. I would actually buy it because I view the pc gaming industry as a diminishing market and I want to do everything I can to help it survive. Don't get me wrong I'm not denying that piracy is a problem, but I think this is a terrible way to try and stop it. If other developers jump on this bandwagon the end of pc gaming wont be far off. It seems like they are so scared of piracy that they will either infest a game with DRM or just not port it over completely.

Easier, less time consuming, and free downloading a PC game is.

Modding the xbox? Well, not so free.

Cyphre · 03-October-08, 07:52 PM

Sure there is a point, yet another designer falls to paranoia! Nothing new in that respect other than actually admitting it up front.

And hey, if the 360 supported a keyboard and mouse, I would have no qualms about purchasing first person shooters on it rather than PC. Not even sure why they haven't thought of that yet. Or some other ridiculous gamepad peripheral with the proper keys.

Intel P4 · 05-October-08, 05:36 PM

I blame the "Games for Windows" Concept.

SexyPants · 07-October-08, 09:32 AM

wah wah Bittorrent ruined our PC port of Gears of War 1! Nobody bought UT3 too!

I didn't pirate either one. I heard Gears was buggy as anything and the UT3 demo was boring.

30-September-08, 01:16 PM		#2 (permalink)
Dex Retr-hoe Reviewer	Re: No Gears of War 2 PC He does have a point...

03-October-08, 07:52 PM		#5 (permalink)
Cyphre Apex Tech Maniac	Re: No Gears of War 2 PC Sure there is a point, yet another designer falls to paranoia! Nothing new in that respect other than actually admitting it up front. And hey, if the 360 supported a keyboard and mouse, I would have no qualms about purchasing first person shooters on it rather than PC. Not even sure why they haven't thought of that yet. Or some other ridiculous gamepad peripheral with the proper keys.

05-October-08, 05:36 PM		#6 (permalink)
Intel P4 Apex Master Tech	Re: No Gears of War 2 PC I blame the "Games for Windows" Concept.

07-October-08, 09:32 AM		#7 (permalink)
SexyPants 5-Hoe-1 Jeans	Re: No Gears of War 2 PC wah wah Bittorrent ruined our PC port of Gears of War 1! Nobody bought UT3 too! I didn't pirate either one. I heard Gears was buggy as anything and the UT3 demo was boring.

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