Microsoft: Alan Wake will no longer be coming to the PC

It was previously thought that the PC version of Alan Wake would be worked on after the release of its Xbox 360 version in May, but Microsoft has shattered hopes by confirming to Strategy Informer that Alan Wake will no longer be coming to PC.

"Some games are more suited for the intimacy of the PC, and others are best played from the couch in front of a larger TV screen. We ultimately realised that the most compelling way to experience "Alan Wake" was on the Xbox 360 platform, so we focused on making it an Xbox 360 exclusive. Both Microsoft and Remedy have long histories in PC game development. This decision was about matching this specific game to the right platform." said a Microsoft spokesperson.

[BigKev45]

I guess the PC gets the middle finger again.

[frankymv]

Consoles are the future.

[lelo2play]

This is old news. It was confirmed months ago that it would only come to the X360 and not the PC.

[Perjoss]

@ frank,

its pretty much an endless cycle, the 'giants' move over to consoles, But there are almost infinite smaller dev teams working on PC titles. It just makes things easier for them to sell their games on the PC. The PC has more exclusives than any other platform in history, they are just not from giant well known devs / publishers.

[Kain81]

i like the PC, but what is the point to have a Gaming PC when there is no Game to play, than i can live with all other open source OSs like Unbuntu and the likes.

I hope this Google os brings some fresh wind to the Industry...

M$ digs its own grave...
i see some lost marketshare on M$ side

[Natsu X FairyTail]

your comment isnt making any real sense.

When a Game like ME2 is available on both Vista and xbox people say why MS doesnt have any Exclusives on 360 and when they get a game only on xbox poeple ask why isnt it on PC? c'mon now.

And How is MS digging their own grave by letting 1 game being only on xbox360?

Do you Really think this will have an effect on the world Wide Sales of Windows Computer OS? I guess you think that every windows OS owner play Video games. C'mon now.

[SL1M DADDY]

And they have simply solidified my thoughts of their own idiocity with a single statement. Last I checked, my PC has HDMI out and is connected to a 42" HDTV. Sorry, but to pass up the PC because is does not offer an intimate setting for a game like this? That's sad.

[heroprotagonist]

It sucks for PC gamers but it makes sense why Microsoft would want some of their games on both the PC and 360 and some only on the 360.

I agree with the guy above me that no matter what MS does, some people are going to complain.

[Rush]

The fact people are actually agreeing with your tripe shows how bias this site is.

Your just disappointed you can't call this a non exclusive any more. Even though the PC market and console market have never messed with each others sales.

Its funny how the PS3 fanboy's here like to bring the PC up when talking about exclusives, but totally disregard it when talking about graphics.

[GayASSAdmins]

so true dude.

[SilentNegotiator]

I hope we start seeing game support for other OSes more often, because Microsoft doesn't even want their own OS being used for gaming, at least not so long as they have a fee-rifled console for you to waste money on.

[krisq]

Looks like they're afraid of Sony. They want to push consoles with Alan Wake exclusivity. The game must be pretty good then.

[chak_]

I'd say the whole fist, but that's just my point of view

[Cold 2000]

I'm a PS3 only owner and I just bought a new 900$ rig for this game ! ;)

[A Cupcake for Gabe]

MS would take a loss from Games for Windows just to throw it in Sony's face that this game is really an exclusive...

Got to admire that retarded view of thinking, since they really aren't effecting the PS3 gamers more or less, like MS is screwing over the PC gamers. Sorry PC kronies....You again get the shaft.

BTW the new Alan Wake trailer looks gay...The demo was really impressive until this FIGHT WITH LIGHT crap came out. I just hope it has a lot of puzzles with light and isn't just like the traveling from burning car to oil drum for 10 hours, like the one scene in Gears 1, where you need to stay in the light and that's it. Substance is the key.

[mastiffchild]

Avoiding any of the fanboy nonsense that gets spoken around here the thing that's wrong about Alan Wake(as I predicted way, way back)not making it onto PC is the time frame we've all suffered with AW.

How peeved would 360 only gamers be if it was the other way round? You wait five years for a game, in that time all the footage shown(til recently anyway it was all PC)is from "your" version, you put up with worries over whether the games features are being reduced and then , when it looks like you may finally get to play the game it's whipped out from under your feet! HGaven't PC gamers got every right to be pi55ed off with MS/Remedy here? If it was 360 exclusive from the start noone, noone in the world wuld mind one bit-vconsoles need exclusives, but the way it happened here is really crappy, imo.

Think of the things that wind gamers up the most and thing like this and others where the goalposts get moved are always near the top of the list this gen. If a game is advertised as a multi for years it's wrong to change it last minute, if a game is timed exclusive it's wrng to pretend it's fully exclusive and it's also wrong to take a game and advertise it for years as exclusive, allow people to buy systems on the strength of those ads and THEN change it to multiplat.

This has nothing to do with any platform preference but more to do with us gamers being treeated like crap yet again and only the staunchest of MS supporters could possibly suggest that the way Alan Wake has been handled, with regard to the PC gamer, is anything other than totally unfair. I still get to play what looks to be a very good game as I have a 360 but I really feel for those who were looking forward to this on their PC and if MS wanted, which is fair enough, another true exclusive reason to buy a 360 they should have done it a long, long time ago-that's all there is to it, imo.

What I will say, however, is the "intimacy" argument is the biggest load of bollox I've heard in a while-including what Zipper and T10 say!

[Cold 2000]

I understand your point of view but...it's only a game.

Moreover it's not like it was already commercialized and MS all of a sudden canceled further PC copies. It's not even out yet and didnt even have a release date till E3 2008.

[chak_]

good writing mastiff, though I disagree on your last point.

It's not time to buy a 360 to play an exclusive game, but more hate microsoft for what they did to PC during they greedy rage (which isn't over it seems).

I'll never buy a 360 for one, or more exclusive, there are just so many things to play

[Immortal321]

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I'm sorry but I just saw the God of war3 trailer and, My God! that game is looking out this world.

That alan wake trailer was soo? dull?, I'm sorry again but, that trailer was so lack luster. "ok I'll write!"

I know half the 360clan don't like heavy rain, and to think they would like this game! forget about it.(story wise)

[Christopher]

Yeah, known a while ago. This is Microsoft's way of inflating their exclusive line up while saying FU to the PC users.

[WIIIS1]

PS3 fanboys are suddenly so sympathetic towards PC gamers... I have to wonder why they never criticized Sony for not bringing games to the PC? Maybe they also mistakenly believe that the PC can't handle Sony exclusives lol!

[Immortal321]

a PC cant handle a ps3 exclusive.

ps3 exclusives fills in the screen while pc/360 games stretches to meet standards.

just like mag, take away the eye candy visuals and add a sense of action happening around you.

[D4RkNIKON]

They just lost a sale because this game will not be enough for me to buy a 360.

[starchild]

This is old news. I was upset when I first found out about it, but I feel like I am moving more towards the consoles nowadays anyway. I still love the PC for certain exclusives and some multiplatform games, but I also enjoy what the consoles have to offer.

I think making it completely exclusive to the 360 has allowed them to put more time and effort into the 360 version, which in the end will result in a more polished game for 360 owners.

There are still plenty of good games to look forward to on the PC.

[snp]

PS3 fanboys are suddenly so sympathetic towards PC gamers... I have to wonder why they never criticized Sony for not bringing games to the PC? Maybe they also mistakenly believe that the PC can't handle Sony exclusives lol!
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I think you've conflated a few things in a bit of a muddled way.

This isn't about MS 'not bringing' a game to the PC, it's about them harvesting games 'off of the PC' - that are already destined for and well into development (and publically demoed/announced) on the PC - and then having those versions cut off at the knees before release to benefit the Xbox.

If MS wants to develop/fund games (and some studios) ground up, and give a chance to indies to become second party providers with budgets/conditions they couldn't otherwise enjoy (ie. Sony's situation you've alluded to), then that'd be absolutely great. I for one would be cheering them.

I don't think you'd see any PC user complain either, since that wouldn't be a situation where they're being (cynically and quite publically) exploited and then late in, shafted.

Though i don't think you actually confuse the situation this badly. You're being deliberately dense/obtuse, yeah?

[Anon1974]

That worries me. Alan Wake is a bit of a niche title, not one to light up the sales charts like a Gears of War or Halo. Microsoft knows that. So why would they can the PC version at this stage, especially considering how seamless it is to develop for both the PC and 360 simultaneously. Do they not think that they'll make enough off the PC version to even bother shipping one or is there something else amiss.

I've been hyped about Alan Wake since I first heard about the concept and started seeing the screenshots years ago, and I've never hidden how excited I was for this game but this has me concerned.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

All the Sony fanboys are now coming out in droves with their hatchet since Alan Wake is now a "TRUE" exclusive. I guess the Sony fanboys got what they wanted, a platform exclusive game!

Isn't that what you all were yelling for! Complaining about how the 360 didn't have exclusives because it came out on the PC as well. Well MS answered you!

LOL....

Reality is that I could care less if another platform gets the game even if it is the Wii or PS3 as long as it is on the platform of my choice.

[darthv72]

I was getting tired of ps3 fans saying this game is not exclusive when it was...all along. If you want to play you got to pay (for a 360). I accepted the fact MGS4 was never coming to 360 and got a ps3. Turn about is fair play.

There is a benefit to owning both...you miss out on nothing. HR for ps3...AW for 360. Win win for multiconsole gamers!

[dragunrising]

Too bad the PS3 fanboys can't play Alan Wake on their high end PC's now (sarcasm).

Before anyone gets upset realize that all of PS3's exclusives never come to the PC either. Which company is doing a larger disservice to gamers as a whole?

There are guaranteed to be articles in the future titled: "PC gamers get screwed, blah blah." Why isn't Heavy Rain, Infamous, Killzone 2, etc, etc coming to the PC then?

Perhaps Microsoft has realized they need compelling exclusives to sell their console.

[snp]

I was getting tired of ps3 fans saying this game is not exclusive when it was...all along.
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Even when it was being demonstrated on quad pc's as 'the' game that would show off/take advantage of the newest pc technology?

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If you want to play you got to pay (for a 360). I accepted the fact MGS4 was never coming to 360 and got a ps3. Turn about is fair play.
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'Turn about'? I'm confused. How has MGS4 - which was developed ground up for the PS3 and never anything else - got anything to do with the PC market being exploited, harvested, and then dumped (to no-one but MS's gain)?

I'm trying to imagine the equivalency... There simply is none.

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There is a benefit to owning both...you miss out on nothing. HR for ps3...AW for 360. Win win for multiconsole gamers!
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There's a benefit to owning everything, of course - you're covered whatever happens. But there was no 'gaming' win to anyone today (apart from for a few excitable trolls). The highest speced version of a game with a long development time, and numerous public showings (just about exclusively on that very system) has just been dumped - along with that section of it's audience (which would include a number on non-console owners) for cynical reasons.

[snp]

Before anyone gets upset realize that all of PS3's exclusives never come to the PC either. Which company is doing a larger disservice to gamers as a whole?
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And they're never intended for the PC, are never announced for the PC, and are funded, ground up, by Sony. Without Sony they wouldn't exist... I fail to see the comparison.

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There are guaranteed to be articles in the future titled: "PC gamers get screwed, blah blah." Why isn't Heavy Rain, Infamous, Killzone 2, etc, etc coming to the PC then?
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Simple. Again, they're not intended for the PC, they're not announced for the PC, and they're privately funded in a way that has nothing to do with the PC (or another platform). Funding without which, they wouldn't exist in any form - exclusivity is a lesser evil than nonexistence to 'gamers as a whole', i would have thought.

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Perhaps Microsoft has realized they need compelling exclusives to sell their console.
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I'm absolutely sure of it. Now, hopefully they'll start to go about it the right way - maybe actually open up a few studios, and give some funding to some indies who couldn't pursue their ideas without them. Rather than harvesting other platforms and adding nothing of their own to gaming (with, of course, the odd exception)

Hopefully you and your ilk will figure out the difference by then as well...

[WIIIS1]

Lol! Snp, so a self-serving company that decided never to develop games on a pc in order to protect their own console's sales is less culpable (from a pc gamer's perspective) than a company that has always developed games on both console and pc but now decided that 1 game is not going to the pc? Just get off your high horse there, you're just trying too hard to make your fanboyism sound clever!

[FACTUAL evidence]

can it be....? An actual 360 exclusive!?!

[snp]

Lol! Snp, so a self-serving company that decided never to develop games on a pc in order to protect their own console's sales is less culpable (from a pc gamer's perspective) than a company that has always developed games on both console and pc but now decided that 1 game is not going to the pc? Just get off your high horse there, you're just trying too hard to make your fanboyism sound clever!
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Absolutely.

You know, Pepsi has never made PC games either... But they're also not harvesting existing pc games/development. I don't believe Kraft does, either - but nor are they, to my knowledge, harvesting existing pc games/development...

Games exist to sell systems. You can do it the right way in terms of creating 'more' games overall - and showing you're serious about the medium and not using it as a trojan horse - or you can do it the cynical way.

The right way is opening studios and partnering with companies to get ideas that never were off the ground (doing something with a long term perspective). The cynical way - which adds nothing - is to give big gobs of cash to get delays and prevent dlc on your competitors products, and to gut the markets that you think are vulnerable (PC) swanning in at the late stage.

I never owned a Snes - i had a Megadrive. Didn't resent Mario. Nintendo funded it; wouldn't have existed without them. Always curious about it, but life entails choices.

I never resented a range of PS1/PS2 games - i owned a Dreamcast and Gamecube. As much as i'd have loved to play Ico, it's was Sony's game, ground up, to do what they liked with. My choice.

Likewise a small range of MS products that were funded ground up, not owning a xbox360 so far (though i may well get one if push comes to shove on enough games). And indeed for the PS3 as well, up until purchasing one a bit under year and a half ago (i've owned a Wii/high spec PC/DS 'this gen' much longer than i've had a ps3, point of fact).

As much as you're a troll/brat, you're not stupid mate. I know you know the difference. And this 'it's just 1 game!' bit screams of defensiveness.

[Kazu0 Hirai]

The PC simply cannot match the power of the Xbox 360. Alan Wake will be the best looking game of all time. Suck it PS3 fantards.

[vhero]

Wasn't this like totally old news?? Who cares if Jamie and his magic torch ain't coming to PC? It ain't no Mass Effect is it? @above You really need councilling mate PC can't match power of 360??? I don't think 1 person on here will agree with you. Your totally deluded. PC surpassed 360 and PS3 soon as the technical specs are locked down.

[Moragami]

I'll probably still be playing Bad Company 2 long after this game has been hyped, overhyped, underhyped and then forgotten about. If not, I can always play Bioshock 2, or Assassin's Creed 2, or Borderlands, or Mass Effect 2. Yeah you're right we PC gamers are completely out of options.
What's the real story? Got processor envy? Hate that our games cost $10 less? Hate us because we have no loyalty to a giant corporation? (Most of us use Microsoft products because we have to, not because we're their cheerleaders). Because we're not as enthusiastic about having our wallets raped? Yay Sony! You are my favorite multinational conglomerate corporation! Whoopee! Thanks for allowing me to spend way more than I need to on your awesome products, so I can feel "EXCLUSIVE".

[Old Greg]

will not decide the future of PC gaming.
Until consoles decide to offer everything PCs do, and match the graphic and customization capabilities(essentially making them PCs, irony)---PCs will always be dominate to consoles.
But by allowing certain games to be exclusive to console----it lets consoles secure their futures.

[Darkstorn]

This is B.S.
Then again, I probably wouldn't be able to run it with my mediocre 256mb graphics card...

[-SIXAXIS-]

WIIIS1: PS3 fanboys are suddenly so sympathetic towards PC gamers... I have to wonder why they never criticized Sony for not bringing games to the PC? Maybe they also mistakenly believe that the PC can't handle Sony exclusives lol!

Nobody criticizes Sony for not bringing games to the PC because they never promised it in the first place! Sony was always known for keeping their games to themselves, and they never turned around and changed that policy last minute.

[pixelsword]

1. Am I wrong, or Maybe it was a rumor first, but I thought this was announced already.

2. This is now an exclusive and may properly be called so; if you wanna play Alan Wake, get a 360: that's just the way it is. I just want to know why 360 fanboys (not 360 fans, there's a difference) are gloating that it's now an actual exclusive? You can't have it both ways: either Alan Wake never was or still is an exclusive.

I wanted to wait and see if the graphics on the PC were better than the 360, but given that Mass Effect 2 on the 360 was good enough to get on the 360 or PC without missing very much at all (unlike Gears 1 with the Brumak battle) I think Alan Wake might have fell in the category that it didn't make a difference graphic-wise, so they concentrated on the 360 and dropped or delayed the PC version *(I think they delayed it, but time will tell)

3. How many people think it's a timed exclusive, given the GTA4 DLC announcement?

4. Did this game switch over because it's episodic? Do episodic games even exist on the PC? If so, how do they do sales-wise? Thanks in advance for anyone who can answer.

[IaMs12]

@Slim

You gotta remember that not everybody owns a computer that has a HDMI output connected to a 42" HD TV, let alone a computer can run the game at max settings.

Im not saying it was wise decision but i call hypocrites on tons of people. Like stated above, when a game is coming out on PC and 360 its not exclusive but when it just goes 360 people complain its not on the PC. Make up your minds people... damn

[snp]

Im not saying it was wise decision but i call hypocrites on tons of people. Like stated above, when a game is coming out on PC and 360 its not exclusive but when it just goes 360 people complain its not on the PC. Make up your minds people... damn
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One last, then i'm done... (have another bubble left, but can't be a-ssed).

If a game is coming out on both, it's not exclusive - though it may be called 'console exclusive'. I think MS needs to fund more games that fit the bill of 'exclusive', sans any qualifiers, to attract those who already own PC's (or PC/PS3's). I don't think the most ethical way of going about that, though, is to cancel games that are already being developed (and have been previously announced) for the PC, that have been almost exclusively demonstrated using the PC version, and which have been in development on the PC for four or five years.

And i don't see any hypocrisy - or inconsistency even - in that position (undistorted).

Saying they need exclusives doesn't automatically mean two thumbs up to any and every way they go about getting them.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Games in development get canceled all the time. I was rather disappointed when Starcraft Ghost was cancelled, but it is no different when a PC version of a game get's cancelled.

Maybe the expected sales versus piracy isn't worth continuing development? Maybe it affects development of the more important (to sales) 360 version?

There are a variety of reasons why and if you must blame, then perhaps you should blame MS/Remedy for announcing it too early before a PC product is ready. However, I think they already learned their lesson and now for the most part only announce games that are within 12 months to release.

[MGSR THE HD VERSION]

yawn, yawn, yawn.

it was said exclusive long ago. what they are saying now is "haven't you been listing to the first time it was said?." so i wouldn't be shouting left and right.

and i wouldn't be all innocent and say Ms is the bad guys, cause you know what i would be hearig if sony some how bought the rights to FF13 long ago and scrapped the 360 version completely?

............................. .............................. . ............i think i would be hearing a lot of cheering right about now :)

so don't be poring any of that BS in my drink.

[Sarcasm]

"so we focused on making it an Xbox 360 exclusive"

Straight from the horses mouth. Even MS themselves acknowledges that the PC is a platform. So you 360 folks need to stop beating the bush with that "console exclusive" nonsense. However, with that said Alan Wake is now a TRUE 360 exclusive.

[LIL WAYNE BALD]

@Cold 2000
lol that must be the dumbest move iv'e ever heard of. You spent 900$ when you could've just spent 139$ for a refurbished xbox360 and brought the hard drive separate for 50$. you could have saved over 700$ but instead you want to support a fanboy thesis and play xbox360 games on PC, sad =/

[RedPawn]

I bought my CE of Mass 2, but I don't believe this game is exclusive, just like I don't believe Splinter Cell is exclusive, but I'm not gonna cry. This was announced a while ago, and this game is taking too damn long.

*UPDATE*

I just watched the Reach Vid Doc and I have to say that $hit looks very organic, and cinematic. I'm glad ODST put the emphasis on actually telling more story into the HALO. It also looks like Bungie's time w/ Naughty Dog on Uncharted 2, transistioned very well with the whole stealth kill tech.

[kalebgray92]

LOL

[mephixto]

What's the purpose of Games for Windows? I can't understand Microsoft

[reaferfore20]

It seems to me that they're trying to compete with Heavy Rain in the sense that you can only play these games on their respective console.

[frostypants]

"We ultimately realised that the most compelling way to experience "Alan Wake" was on the Xbox 360 platform"

Translation: We realized that we were getting our asses handed to us on the exclusives front by Sony, so we had to create one artificially by canceling one of the platforms for Alan Wake.

I mean really, does anyone NOT see through this?

[frostypants]

"All the Sony fanboys are now coming out in droves with their hatchet since Alan Wake is now a "TRUE" exclusive."

Except it's NOT a "true" exclusive. It's a multi-platform that had it's legs chopped out from under it for corporate reasons. It stinks of desperation.

I own a 360 AND a PS3 AND a PC, and this is garbage. The PC version would have been the better one graphically, and adventure games are always better on the PC, but now I have to settle for the watered down 360 version just because some Microsoft marketing analyst determined it was a good idea? F*CK THAT.

This is pathetic. Yeah, nice "exclusive", Microsoft. Jesus...

[Karum]

Microsoft won't lose much if any market share because gaming on Windows dies unless start making their games on other operating systems.

Besides, Windows is vastly used in business places around the world, it is the ubiquitous operating system for the majority of office spaces in the world and also for general home users for evedryday tasks.

although I am kinda with you here, if I didn't use my PC for playing games on I'd probably roll with either just a PC running Ubuntu or switch to being a Mac user.

As for MS losing market share because gaming is having a hard time on PC? I highly doubt that, the PC gaming community is still massive.

[sukru]

There goes my bubbles, but finally an exclusive which will not come to other platforms.

MS should've started investing in real exclusives long ago.

[toaster]

Yeah, Xbox360 doesn't get many true exclusives does it. No worries, us PC gamers have our hands full.

I'll still be buying Alan Wake for 360 though. Maybe not first day, it looks promising but I'll wait a little bit and get some feedback from friends.

[Guido]

Instead of claiming multiplatform games as exclusive.

[Kurylo3d]

wow i gotta say microsoft if full of sh*t on this one. You can just as easily plug up a 360 controller to your pc and your pc to an hd television or monitor... hell i do it... They could have had a better lookn version on the pc...kinda sux....

[1nOnly]

Exactly my point! MS has been blindly ignoring that almost every PS3 owner have a gaming PC (just an assumption) and therefore giving them no reason at all to buy a 360. The PC already has MANY exclusives.
Just think of how much the 360 would have sold last month if ME2 went 360 exclusive? Instead of investing in stupid DLC timed exclusive they should have payed EA and Bioware to drop the PC version (from a business point). Many people would pissed (obviously) but in the end it wouldnt matter THAT much, how many people didnt talk about not buying MW2 because of the dedicated servers? and how many did buy the freaking game?

Windows is going to sell as it usually does no matter if games are being released on it or not..most people I know just pirate the damn thing anyway since Windows XP

[vhero]

They shouldn't have invested in 3rd party exclusives at all and instead built more of there own studios and made top AAA games themselves like Sony did.

[pixelsword]

I don't know whether to put this as survival horror or maybe in it's own gene, though.

[Conando]

It's very doubtful that more than 10% of PS3 owners would have a PC capable of running these games as well as the 360. What fantasy world are you living in?

[Omega4]

Well this wont sit well with PS3 owners and their super powered PCs

[buckethead_911]

LOL!

[Hellsvacancy]

Y would PS3 owners give a damn? did u not c the new God Of War trailer?, Alan Wake looks like Alone In The Dark, id rent it IF it was on the PS3, CERTAINLY wouldnt buy it

[-MD-]

Haha.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

Hellsvacancy acting as if some PS3 fanboys here dont pull the I'll buy Alan wake on PC when it comes out card all the time.

how cute.

[xabmol]

Thanks for striking the first match, Omega!! /s

[Shaman]

Yea sure if AW looks like Alone in Dark,then your beloved GOW III looks like Bayonetta...see what i did here?

[Active Reload]

good observation it shows that you care. I'm sorry, but what I said wasn't with a straight face.

Back on topic, can anyone honestly say if they were in MS's shoes that they would release this on the PC. The 360 is were the money is at.

[green]

God of war is my favorite Sony franchise and i will be buying a pS3 next month because of that game.Seriously excited and can't wait to play it but to be honest, in the graphics department God of War 3 is nothing special.Alan Wakes trailer released yesterday showed a game that was graphically superior to that of GOW3 and to top it up Alan Wake has the most impressive lighting system i have ever seen on consoles.

@ Fox01: I was supposed to buy a ps3 a year ago but put it on hold because my flatmates got one.But decided to get one now because he never buys anything good. All he plays day in and day out is MW2 and Fifa 10 so i got to force him to rent Killzone 2,MGS4 and Uncharted 2 so that i could play them.

[Fox01]

What happened to your former PS3, did you sell it?

[heroprotagonist]

I agree, green. I found the Alan Wake trailer more impressive than the God of War 3 trailer.

I love God of War and I have played through both of the previous games on the PS2. I guess that's why I am not overly impressed by things like the scale, because I have seen what large scale SSM did in the previous God of War games on the weak little PS2. Sure, the scale is amped up for the new game, but you would of course expect that. When I look at the basic look of the game during gameplay it doesn't look like that vast of an improvement over the previous amazing God of War games. A big part of what has always made the God of War games so nice to look at was the mythical Greek setting and the art that drives it.

I also agree with you with regard to Alan Wake's lighting. It is truly exceptional.

[LastDays]

Umm...God of war came out before bayonetta. And alone in the dark came out before alan wake. So no I don't really see what you did.

[Guido]

Yeah I see what you did there. You made yourself look like an a$$ by saying GOWIII looks like Bayonetta. Everybody knows Bayonetta looks like butt compared to GOWIII. Your eye's are out of focus.

[Bluemaster77]

LMAO thats exactly what i was thinking , since the not true exclusive argument for this game has been buried i wondered what they will come with next.

[Shaman]

I didnt say it looks like Bayonetta but rather that you kill random enemies with similar weapons and gameplay is very similar,GOW III looks miles better,its not even debatable.

But Alan Wake was in development before Alone in Dark,its also original game,its thriller not horror.And just like GOW III to Bayonetta,AW to Alone in Dark looks miles better.Its common that fanboys say that AW sucks because of having flashlight just like Alone in Dark,so i said GOW III is like Bayonetta killing enemies with similar weapons and in similar style...

[mastiffchild]

That's the comment of a tool Omega-what about people legitmately upset after waiting five years to play th game on their PC? They deserve your scorn I suppose? And then to be told it's because of "intimacy" when most of us(though I, sadly, can't)have our rig connected to our TV is a load of cack, is it not?

Seriously, it may be that MS want more exclusive 360 games which is fine but what they shouldn't do is allow people who game primarily on PC to look forward to a game for so long before taking it exclusive. Maybe MS wanted to take it exclusively to the 360 because of a few PS3 fanboys saying they will play it on PC-I doubt it but they might-but even so it's no reason to tjhink this is anything other than a massively out of order move towards PC gamers. PS3 gamers don't come into the discussion here.

However, to act smug and make this about the PS360 divide when a group of gamers are genuinely bewing treated like crap shows just what a great asset you are to the gaming community. Seriously, mate, grow up and imagine if you'd been looking forward to it for that long , seen your version(the superior one too)running for years to promote the game only to have it pulled out from under you last minute? I suppose you'd enjoy seeing someone trying, feebly, to score fanboy points on the subject wouldn't you? Shhesh.

[snp]

Mixed response.

Smart from MS in one sense - as a PC/PS3 owner they're going to need some genuine exclusives if they want to force me into buying their console. I've had my eye on this for the PC; i'll continue to see how it plays out on the Xbox360, and with a few other games not available elsewhere, it 'might' provide the lure.. (albeit with a kernel of resentment, being that the technically better/preferred version has been deliberately left on the shelf three quarters done).

On the other hand, though, i wish they'd actually start doing something for the 'sum total of gaming'. You know, open up some studios. Bring something of their 'own' to the table that wouldn't be there 'without them', rather than simply harvesting PC games (and in the process disillusioning pc gamers) and throwing money bags to move (traditionally) Sony platform products across (or delay release dates/dlc).

Something actually new. Their 'own', ground up (rather long after this or that game has already begun without them as a multiple platform title, with multiple platform promotion/announcements).

Perhaps Natal might start them on that road. Hope so - though it'd be nice if Natal came in conjunction with actually opening a few studios/starting something up looking at gaming's long term, rather than just seeing the Xbox as a trojan horse.

[Christopher]

Make jokes all you want about PS3 owners buying for the PC, but I own all 3 (PS3, 360, and PC) and I buy for PC over 360 solely for the fact that I know my hardware won't crap out AND, most importantly, it doesn't sound like my disc drive is trying to escape into space based on RPMs alone.

[aaron5829]

alan wake not on pc anymore.. i guess i'll look forward to splinter cell now... that game looks really good.

:)

Splinter cell is till scheduled to release on pc right ?

[vhero]

I never really cared about this game I don't think a lot of people will either as nobody knows what to expect of this game yet with the limited footage from this game and considering how long it has took to make. Lets be fair here are people really looking forward to PLAYING this game are are fanboys just happy because its exclusive? I think its the latter. Only 360 games I would love on my PS3 are gears 2, castle crashers (coming to ps3 at last woohoo) and worms Armageddon. That's an honest fact. Loved Gears 1 on my 360 before my 3rd one smoked on me :(. Refuse to buy another after that.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

... and even more LOL at the OP comment.

[Karum]

Sits well with PS3+Powerful PC owner and I'll tell you why.

I also own a 360.

I'm actually glad MS are making sure that a game is CONSOLE EXCLUSIVE for a change. I'm very glad about that because it helps justify my decision to buy a 360 because I love games that are exclusive to only one specific platform because they tend to take advantage of the machine and result in an overall better game because only 1 set of hardware and player base is being catered to.

More of it please MS, more new IP's that are console exclusive and I'll be a happy 360 owner.

[Akagi]

Ouch.

[azazin]

wow, finally the bots get a exclusive!! Enjoy it whilst it lasts poor bots, I will give it a year before it's announced on PC.

Murder trolls look at

http://news.softpedia.com/n...

Oh wow, no Gears Of War for PC then look a few months down the line:

http://blogs.pcworld.com/ga...

[-MD-]

It's Microsoft's game, and Microsoft is saying it's not coming.

Hold onto that hope little guy.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Poor droids "but but teh Windows ain't Microsoft" or "but but teh shortages" it must suck going from first to last.

[heroprotagonist]

I love how we can play Fable 2, Gears of War 2, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Forza 2, Project Gotham Racing 4 and Forza 3 on the PC too... oh wait.

[nightelfmohawk]

ha, yeah right. Just like Episodes from Liberty City, Dead Space, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, etc.

[hoops]

Thats why Gears 2 is not on the PC or Halo3

[Trebius]

The bots are so happy for all the wrong reasons. They're all pounding their chests saying, "Great! Now the ps3 owners cant play it on their PCs!" lol.

Insecure much cause ALL PS3 exclusives are ACTUALLY exclusive? :)

[LEGENDARY PELON]

you ps3 fangirls!

You guys can still play ME2 on your $5,000 gaming computer!

Oh and you guys still have heavy button!

[AliTheBrit19]

"Oh wow, no Gears Of War for PC then look a few months down the line: "

And no Gears of War 2 for the PC then look, 2 YEARS down the line and still no Gears 2 :)

What's your point?

[EvilBlackCat]

Fnck1ng hypocrites!!!

"If the game is on PC and Xbox 360 is not an exclusive"

now they decide to just release it on Xbox 360 they comment

"I guess PC gamers get the middle finger"

PS3 gamers worst fanboys ever!!! CHECK!!!

[insomnium]

So you actually are happy about MSs 50/50 tactics? There are WAY more "exclusives" that are available for other platforms also than there are true exclusives no matter how much they were not supposed to end up on other platforms. Are you happy about the (usually) blatantly lying "only on x360" sticker? Really?

You tools really never admit anything do you? No matter what.

[quadalupeupe]

Microsoft killed PC gaming, took away game titles, delayed game titles and made it more difficult to game on PC

[Guitarded]

which one of the PS3tards said they just upgraded their PC to play this. Then I would know exactly who to point at and laugh.

I would also like to send a point and laugh out to all the dumbas$es crying about Microsoft killing PC gaming. Like all the PS3tards are so quick to point out, Microsoft makes no money off of games published on PC. Why should they care if it lives or dies? They should buy out all games on PC and make them 360 exclusive. N4G servers would melt from all the droid/PC tears.

[Bigbangbing]

I guess I'll be playing the 720p with no AA version then :( ...

[heroprotagonist]

Look on the bright side. At least it's better than the sub-HD graphics the game in your avatar offered. I'm sure you still enjoyed that game, right?

[Smokzdaizm]

360 has AA the PS2 doesn't see how that works and RROD is not a problem anymore but hey you can keep saying it because I always say the same thing about PS2s... I had 4 PS2 break on me and 1 360 hmmm

[hoops]

Like almost every PS3 and Xbox360 game. Can you name a handful of games on both consoles that game at steady 720p with 4xAA?
Good luck.

[The Meerkat]

Mass Effect 2
Alan Wake
SC Conviction
Crackdown 2
Fable 3
Halo Reach.

Its going to suck to not own a 360 and see all these games score at least 9/10

[digoutyoursoul8]

simples

[pinkyxyz]

I almost agreed with your list until i saw that game, it was good, but not a great game. certainly not worthy of being thought of as a potential 9 when the original was struggling for an 8 IMO.

[snaileri]

MassEffect2 is better on PC.
Splinter Cell Conviction is coming for PC too, but I'm sure the game will suck.
The rest in your list are crappy too.

[xabmol]

STFU!! Crackdown is awsome, and I'll be playin #2 (as soon as my friend buys it xP)

[heroprotagonist]

I agree. Those are all very attractive games. I'm already in love with Mass Effect 2. It's one of the best games I have ever played.

[CrazzyMan]

Metacritic for Mass Effect 2 x360 version does not include one PC/x360 review from Absolute Games, with 74 score, which they added for PC version, BUT not for x360 version. Talk about some bias.

Anyway, GAMER would be stupid to ignore:

Heavy Rain
God of War 3
Gran Turismo 5
The Last Guardian

And probably some other PS3 exclusives, which are yet to be announced for this year.

[Jikla]

decent list but I will only get crackdown 2 on that list since I'm no Halo gamer, Alan Wake doesn't seem to pull me in, I already got ME 2 for the pc. I have never played a Splinter Cell game so it's not on my list of what to buy. But Crackdown 2 is day 1 buy! Isn't the team also working on ATB? That gta online game or something?

[JeffGUNZ]

Didn't you guys say the same thing a few months ago with WKC and MAG on that list too? Everyone needs to stop saying these games will be AAA quality until they a released and reviewed/played. That goes for 360 and PS3 users.

[wicko]

Actually, ME2 is better on PC than 360. The reason the PC score isn't as high is because PC owners have higher standards.

[Conando]

The Absolute Games review is not included for the 360 version of ME2 because it is a PC review. Look at the article and at the bottom it says "Review relevant to PC - Tracked by Metacritic". PS3 fanboys are always calling out bias when there is none.

[Perkel]

good for Ms to get real exclusive :)

[razorpakk]

And bad for every gamer out there <_< (and please note, "gamer", not fan boy)

[Alan-Wake 2]

in ur face sony fan

Good JOP Microsoft

[The real killer]

Be happy you moron, people like you must GTFO here.

[The real killer]

i'm sick with Microsoft, Now they paid Remedy to not release the game.
Fock you Microsoft, if you think i buy the 360 for this game, you focking wrong.

[-MD-]

Then you simply won't be playing it =D

[RedDragan]

Not many ppl will care to be honest, so many other games coming out on other platforms. Nobody will seriously by a 360 for this game when GT5, HR and GOW3 is coming out for PS3.

360's only safe zone is USA, the rest of the world has said "Bye bye Microsoft, Hello Sony". USA is small compared to the rest of the world.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

what a fkn baby.. you need your bottle little fella??

It's a 360 exclusive.. deal with it. I wanted to play Killzone 2 so I got a PS3. It's how it works in the world and you can either spend your time playing or hating.. you want to hate... thas cool.

[terrandragon]

If you liked this game so much, I think you should buy one. That is why I bought a PS3, for Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, and God of War 3.

[The real killer]

Very sad that Microsoft give PC gamers like me a cold douche.
I hate Microsoft, pure the way they handle.

Microsoft has prove they paid Remedy for cancels the PC version, i hope they will fail.
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Shaman and iMad

Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 are develop by SONY FIRST STUDIO, that's is a different story.

Remedy is third party studio, and if Microsoft paid for not coming to the pc than can Microsoft sink in there own s.it.

[Shaman]

Why the f would MS want their exclusives for PC?If its only on 360 people who want AW will buy 360,thats why exclusives are for.Why doesent Sony release their exclusives like UC2 and KZ2 on PC?Ill tell you,so that people who want to play it can must buy ps3.

[iMad]

You must be hate Sony and Nin too.

Haters will hate. What a kid.

[Fox01]

1. Wow your English is just atrocious (and I'm not even a native English speaker).

2. Your tears taste good

3. lol

4. If you really want to play these games get an X360 or STFU. I don't see you complaining about Sony or Nintendo not releasing their games on PC.

[Fox01]

First of all, GG and ND are not the only studios that make games for the PS3.
Second, Level5, From software, Nippon Icchi, Insomniac, Sucker Punch, Quantic Dream... also make games for Sony and If they weren't "moneyhatting" them all their games would be on other platforms as well.

So can we also assume that Sony is "giving PC gamers like [you] the cold douche) by not releasing their games on PC?

[heroprotagonist]

You know why Guerrilla and Naughty Dog are Sony first party studios? BECAUSE SONY BOUGHT THEM.

Why is it ok for Sony to buy studios, but if Microsoft works with an independent studio and funds a game's development it is suddenly bad?
I'm sorry, but your position is untenable and irrational.

@ the guy below me.

Who cares if they canned it? It's their game. It has been their game for years and they have been funding it's development all that time. It's the same thing as Sony making Killzone 2 only available for the PS3, only in this case Microsoft doesn't own the game's developer, but they are the publisher.

Isn't that exactly what Sony are doing with Heavy Rain? They don't own Quantic Dream, but they are publishing the game. Microsoft's situation with Alan Wake is no different. But that's ok, I'm used to the double standards around here.

[Motion]

"Why the f would MS want their exclusives for PC?"

Guess what? This game wasn't an exclusive until Remedy took it off the PC (paid to do so or not). Thats the whole point the real killer is making.

@Herpo-
The main reason its bad is because the game was already developed for other systems and microsoft canned it. Its not like GG or ND made multiplat games, then sony came along, bought them and canned the 360/pc versions. Its good to have your own developers, something Microsoft needs more of. Its bad to pay off a developer when they've already created a good multi plat game, and kill off a version to force exclusivity.

Edit
@Fox
I don't see what I'm "crying" about, Im' just trying to explain people's opinions/comments to some people who don't understand why others are upset about this. And there is a difference between buying a developer, and then having it develop exclusive games, and finding a muliplat game already in development, buying the developer and then canning a version to make an exclusive. If you can't see that you are rather blind. And yes, you are correct, microsoft has done this with other games and tech.

[Fox01]

Same thing with Halo, Natal and etc. But I don't think X360 gamers care since they get to play the games.

And yea, before I forget... cry more, you tears tastes good.

@motion
If Sony didn't buy ND and GG, Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 would be on the X360, so yea, phuck $ony.

see what i did there?
cry more btw.

[fullmetal297]

Microsoft as the publisher funded the development for Alan Wake, but it was Remedy's sole decision to concentrate on the 360 version to make development process faster and easier on them. They left the choice of a PC port to Microsoft, and since the 360 needs all the exclusives it can get, Microsoft declined.

[van-essa]

No dude, I think Microsoft really canned the PC version to make people purchase an X360. which seems completely logical from a business standpoint.

[Corrwin]

Actually, Guerilla games, Naughty Dog and Remedy are all 2nd party studios.

In that they chose to make exclusives.

The difference is that GG, Naughty Dog don't have Sony breathing down their neck every year asking them to start over, as MS have done with Remedy 3 times already.

[mastiffchild]

Don't you guys get it? NOONE minds as long as the goalposts aren't moved on them. Noone minds RReach being 360 exclusive and noone minds GT5 or R&C being PS3 exclusive becausse THEY WERE NEVER pushed for five years as being multiplatform.

I#ll be happily playing Alan Wake on my 360 but it doesn't mean I'm a big enough tool to not accept that this is very tight on people without a 360 who have been watching THEIR version for five years only to have it pulled at the last second like this. ONLY gamers get treated like this and just because it isn't you this time doesn't make it OK.Seriously, if we're ever gonna grow up and get some respect from the industry we have to respect each other and this thread is full of the selfishness that makes gamers get treated the way we do.

Honestly, I despair of the childishness in here sometimes and I've rarely been so puzzled as to why people can't see what's plainly a very tight decision by whoever made it. Noone's crying but this is a bad thing for you if you game on a PVC and were looking forward to the game isn't it? As I say I've got nothing against any game being exclusive to any platform-only when it's pushed for a long time as being on other platforms. Why is that so damn difficult to understand and why would you feel like buying a system just to play a game after you'd been shown it running time and again on the one you already have? Honestly, if you cannot sympathise with PC only gamers over this one then I truly despair.

"your tears taste nice"-not since I was seven ,mate, have I heard anyone say that. Thought it was childish even then, btw.

[hoops]

So real killer if MGS4 and RFOM came out for the PC or Xbox360 would you be crying the same tune?

[snp]

mastiffchild

Well said, but it's a lost cause.

I'll actually even acknowledge (and have in another post), in a Machiavellian way, it's good business sense for MS to block PC users (and may well even have the desired effect of forcing my hand if this game turns out good enough). But the deliberate, obtuse, failure of those who don't see the ethical dodginess of it.. blah. Gotta believe people are just playing stupid; that they can tell the difference between something funded ground up (which didn't/wouldn't exist) and something harvested, late, off another platform - to that other platforms detriment.

No-ones stupid enough to 'not' get why that's ugly (and why comparisons with 'insert random funded ground up game here', whether they be for the ps3/360/wii/ds or the 3do, are totally totally irrelevant.)

[fullmetal297]

I'm not trying to say Microsoft had nothing to do with making Alan Wake only for xbox 360, but Remedy is just as responsible by deciding to work exclusively on the 360. If they had a separate team developing the game for PC along side with Remedy then I would think the situation would be different and Microsoft release it for the PC since the company would also be funding the other team.

I'd give Alan Wake a year maybe two years tops before PC port is release. Microsoft will try to suck up as much revenue as they can with Alan Wake. Since the game is primarily a single player, the replay valve would be short. They'd probably release a few DLC before the public eventually loses interest. Microsoft would then announce a PC port when it is completely forgotten by the media and probably add features like dx11 support and unreleased gameplay to attract the PC gamer.

[Motion]

I think you're missing the point here. Its not that Remedy decided to make it only for 360 and didn't develop it for PC. They had already developed it for PC. The game engine was already in place, all the original in game footage was running on pc. Its fancy lighting was designed to show off new quad core processor capabilities. It was created on pc then ported to 360, and in the process dumbed down a little. True, the final polish is probably only going on the 360 version, but it wouldn't take a lot of extra resources to polish the pc version, but now that pc version won't see the light of day.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Let me guess you hate it when MS has an exclusive but you love it when the PS3 gets one??

Quantic Dream is third party yet they have exclusive Heavy Rain. Funny, I don't see any of the hating or douchebag comments about that. Same with Agent being PS3 exclusive(as of now), it's a smart move and they "owe" Sony(yeah, I laugh at that too)..

MS/Remedy said almost a year ago that it was scraped for the PC but PC gamers aided by their PS3 compadres keep talking like MS is lying(like Gears 2 & Fable 3) and refused to believe it.

Every time a 360 person would list the game it would be "OOOOOHHH NOOOOOO that's on PC tooo! 360 has no exclusives!!! blah blah blah"

It's funny because people hate the 360 because they have no exclusives and then you hate the 360 because they have an exclusive.

Nutters the lot of you!

[snp]

edit: Second thoughts - just repeating myself. And if people choose to ignore 5 pages of pretty specific comments, and revert to straw man 'equivalency' arguments (and contortions) about games and situations that bare no actual resemblance to this one (a game announced for PC, and demonstrated almost exclusively using PC tech for 4/5 years) i doubt a direct comment from me is going to do the trick.

[Corrwin]

They took a promising concept and made Alone in the Dark with a hint of Gears of War.

There are plenty of better alternatives already on PC, I'm sure.

[JeffGUNZ]

I love how any game at night where someone needs a flashlight is considered "Alone in the Dark". Where do you see Gears elements in here? Take it to the open zone nancy, we don't need your bologna.

[Corrwin]

If you can name another western game featuring a guy and a flashlight, running through spooky locals, solving paranormal phenomena, I'd like to hear it!

[SolidSystem]

wrong post

[JeffGUNZ]

Half Life 2, Doom 3, FEAR, Stalker, quake 4....I am talking about someone using a flashlight. Sure, in those cases they may be mounted on the weapon, but a flashlight is used for more suspense and tension. It's a survival-horror type of game, if it didn't have a night atmosphere with a flashlight it wouldn't be as tense.

But, it has elements of creepy activity, well then Resident Evil, Fatal Frame, and Silent Hill say what's up.

You still didn't answer my question. What Gears elements do you possibly see in this game?!

[mcgrawgamer]

As an actual PC gamer who was looking forward to this game on the PC I must say this is some pretty bad news, but I stated a few months back out of all the companies who would react to fanboys, i.e ps3 loyalist and their constant "all 360 games will come to pc" MSFT would be the first to react and actual pc gamers would be the ones affected. Fortunately I have a 360 but I would have preferred to play this game on the pc, now as more and more MSFT published games are made strictly 360 exclusives I anxiously await to see what the ps3 fanatics use as a slander tactic now.

[FinalomegaS]

I second this post.

*agreed*

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Now this is a post I can agree with. You have a right to be disappointed and it's great that you can express it in a constructive way.

I agree that it is very disappointing to the PC gamers who have been teased for a long time and then when we get to the finish line the original platform is dropped. I'm not sure how much the fanboys influences things but it's lame that PC gamers suffer for that.

I have a tough time believing MS whenever they say "exclusive" but this time, unfortunately for PC only gamers, I think they mean it..

Just like Gears 2 and Fable 3.

Have you tried Mass Effect 2? Great RPG if you're into that genre.

[koehler83]

Microsoft has sold out the PC platform in favour of the Xbox. Really not a surprise.

It's time to either stop supporting Xbox or Windows. It appears they are unable to co-exist in gaming. Someone else is going to have to step up and provide a gaming-centric operating system if PC gaming is going to survive longterm. Maybe Google could partner with Valve/Steam.

[mcgrawgamer]

now that my friend would be heaven.

[Shaman]

Why would MS want their exclusive for PC?Why doesent Sony release theirs on PC?Is MS in debt to PC community so it has to release every major exclusive to PC?

If exclusive is released on 360 and PC,you bash MS saying they dont have exclusives,when its released only on 360 you say MS should be boycott,thats not the way to treat PC players...hypocrits...

[Letros]

could have had good graphics, now its just an Xbox game.

If it had been Splinter Cell, I'd be pretty pissed.

[koehler83]

@Shaman

I don't disagree with you, but I'm not a 'PC Player'. However if games aren't coming to PC, then they should never be believed to be coming to PC.

[Motion]

Its fine for 360 to have exclusives, but don't develop a PC version along side then kill it at the last minute. Thats why people are complaining. And people don't complain that the 360 has no exclusives because they are on the PC too, we (pc gamers) just have the stance that you can't call a game an exclusive if it is on more than one platform, since the majority of console gamers don't think the PC counts.

[heroprotagonist]

That's another fallacy. This idea that exclusive means something is only on one platform, when in fact at its root 'exclusive' simply means to exclude.

For example, a club can be exclusive and still allow its members to be white, black, asian or hispanic. This is true because the context defines in which sense the club is exclusive--only for paying members, only for gays, etc.

It's all about how the term is used in context. It makes sense to say a game is exclusive amongst the consoles because consoles are a unique subdivision of the market and a game being exclusive to one console gives that console leverage against its principle competitors in that market segment.

[mastiffchild]

Shaman-this has NOTHING to do with nintendo or Sony-it has very little to do with the 360 in fairness. NOONE mids a game being exclusive as long as it isn't promoted on another platform for a time as well. That's the crux here. no tthat MS have excklusive 360 games(why wouldn't they?)but because for years PC gamers were told about and shown AW runnng on their platform and they changed everything at such a late stage. That's why THIS exclusive is a kick in the teeth to computer based gamers and why KZ2 wasn'tr and why Reach won't be eithe. Christ, it isn't difficult to understand why PC gamers should be annoyed over Alan Wake is it?

I'd probably(almost certainly) have played it on 360 anyway but that doesn't make me blind to the fact PC only gamers have been treated very poorly over this game. Seriously, I don't get why people can't see why people have a right to be a little miffed. Obviously it isn't the end of the world but to think this is a good way to treat people who are your fellow gamers is beyond me.

[Motion]

"It makes sense to say a game is exclusive amongst the consoles because consoles are a unique subdivision of the market"

Well then, using this logic I can say that Modern Warfare 2 is a PC exclusive, because PCs are also an unique subdivision of the market.

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense /S

[venum]

It's not good to be a PC gamers these days.
PC version cancelled or postponed in despite of the PC is the most powerful gaming plateform.

[The real killer]

You know, im a gamer not a fanboy like you and others.

I know, i won't play this game.
My 360 is broken twice, and this game with nice looking pictures go not to the PC, yeah it shame and i'm not buy another 360 for this game.

For me,Microsoft can drop dead.
There are plenty other PC games will come.

[heroprotagonist]

You're not a gamer, you're a fanatic. A frothing-at-the-mouth, rabid, anti-Microsoft, anti-American, fanatic.

[Johandevries]

Indeed, Microsoft can drop dead.

[devilhunterx]

Sorry PC, your retarded younger brother, XB2, needed some real exclusives games of its own too.

[DARK WITNESS]

ya it did...lolololol suckers !

[JeffGUNZ]

Please, I wouldn't talk about 2010 exclusives here pal;

Viva Pinata, released in 2006, scores a metacritic of 84. ( http://www.metacritic.com/g... )

White Knight Chronicles (PS3 exclusive), released 2010, metacritic of 64 ( http://www.metacritic.com/g... )

MAG, Released in 2010 (PS3 Exclusive), scores a metacritic of 76 ( http://www.metacritic.com/g... ).

Your 2 "AAA quality games" that we have been hearing about and seeing on all the fanboy lists of AAA games for 2010 can't even score higher than a 2006, microsoft CHILDRENS exclusive. Yet, in terms of consoles, the 360's first exclusive, Mass Effect 2 comes out in 2010 and scores a metacritic of 96 ( http://www.metacritic.com/g... ).

I think it is clear that Microsoft is doing better in games in 2010. But, I guess I will just have to follow the same droid response of "Just wait till...comes out....and then wait till this!"

[Smkt]

lawl does it burn fanboy? does it?

[Corrwin]

Better comparrison... how many 2009/10 360 exclusives score better than a 2006 game?

[JeffGUNZ]

I am comparing console exclusives from 2010 to Viva Pinata of 2006. PS3 has had WKC and MAG, while 360 has ME2, which scored 96, much higher than all games. I am aware that last year or the year before both systems have had games scored lower than Viva, but I am only comparing them to 2010 exclusives because this moronic fanboy thinks the 360 lacks quality exclusives.

[devilhunterx]

It is really difficult to find real XB2 exclusives.

Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! (2009)
Score: 56
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper (2009)
Score: 60
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Magnacarta 2
Score: 69
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Divinity 2: Ego Draconis (2010)
Score: 62
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

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Resistance: Fall of Man (2006)
Score: 86
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

[table]

I'm not really that bothered about this game anymore to be honest. I would probably have bought it eventually had it come out for PC but there are just so many more games I'd buy before it.

[M1ST4K3]

It's so funny to see people saying stuff like "PC is dead", etc... If it weren't for PC's, with it's evolutions, etc... consoles wouldn't do anything like they do, now... I bet that next gen consoles will be eqquiped with some dual GPU! But wait... wasn't that developed and perfected on PC's? Yeah... Well, tbh, "Heavy Rain" and "Allan Wake" styled games are nothing more than tries to change from an overcharged FPS, MMORPG, etc society... And by forcing that... makes the games not so interesting. I've tried to play Heavy Rain... in 10 mins I was asking myself "Where's the gameplay?"... If there is any console that is able to do what devs are trying to do nowadays it's Wii! I laughed a lot when everybody (include Sony and Microsoft) did turn his backs at Wii because of it's "Lack of Horse Power"... And then they said "Wth! People actually enjoy stuff other than FPS and Adventure games! :|"... with some sparks coming out of their heads followed by smokes + critical errors... ^^. I've got a Wii and my own PC... And at least I manage to finish games in my PC and in Wii... Because we may not have that much games... but at least they're quality stuff... And I'm not a geek to go to bed thinking "OMG... Alan Wake is OUT and I can't play it because I don't own a x360! And Uncharted... And Forza! :|"
But that's just me... But in the other end... I bought Windows 7... And I'm loving to see Microsoft farting in my face :D with "Games for Windows"... LOL... Way to go! (BTW, I'm no console/PC fanboy or else... I just like to play a game or two... In what system? The hell... I just like to play... ^^

[XxDeathDoctorxX]

good jop? haha learn to spell u idiot to bad we gotta deal with u xbots since its the weekend tomorrow go kill ur self already

[Alan-Wake 2]

i dont care at all what sony fan saying =
Bla..Bla..Bla..Bla..Bla..Bla. .Bla..
Bla..Bla..Bla..Bla..Bla..Bla. .Bla..
Bla..Bla..Bla..Bla..Bla..Bla. .Bla..
like a Dog

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi_]

I hope they have some 'BALLS' and do something about this.

Anyway i bet it does come to PC next year. For over a year now everyone was saying that the 'GTA4:DLC' would never come to PS3+PC and it is coming to PS3+PC!!! ;-D

[The real killer]

I hope, but i fear not that will happened.
Microsoft is just afraid that the PC version will higher sell without gimped version like the 360.

But i will wait the mighty GOW3 come out.

[mcnablejr]

phew thats a long time, though they would move on.

[Johandevries]

This is why I bought a PS3. Because Sony doesn't need PC-games to be transfered to Xbox-crap to keep up with the PS3

[The real killer]

"Too easy... 10 minutes before I own you kid"

I already own you little kid, Killzone 2 is made by Sony's first studio the same as Uncharted 2.

Let see the 10 minutes kid.

[Shaman]

Ok...what about insomniac?Or Quantic Dreams?Or Ninja Theory?They are 3rd party and develop exclusivly for ps3...sry but MS has every right to do what they did,they bought rights,they publish it and fund project so if they canceled PC version its their call that I am happy with because more anti aliasing and resolution is not the most important thing in the world...not to say how many would pirate AW on PC,but on 360 it will sell like crazy.

[Smkt]

last time i checked there was piracy on the 360 too... and 360 games end up on torrents waaaay earlier than their release date and the pc versions..

[The real killer]

"Ok...what about insomniac?Or Quantic Dreams?Or Ninja Theory?They are 3rd party and develop exclusively for ps3...sry but MS has every right to do what they did,they bought rights,they publish it and fund project so if they canceled PC version its their call that I am happy with because more anti aliasing and resolution is not the most important thing in the world...not to say how many would pirate AW on PC,but on 360 it will sell like crazy"

This is there own choice, Resistance and Rachet&Clank is a IP FROM Sony, Insomniac don't get paid by Sony for exclusive or prevent to PC version. Also, they have a very good relationship with Sony, second it's the second developer from Sony and not third, Remedy is a third party developer.

Heavy Rain developer has comment that there game will not come to 360 because of it's hardware limitation, so this make automatic exclusive for Sony.

About Ninja Theory i don't know.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Actually Killer MS is taking a play out of Sony's book.

MS usually will help with a title but they never flat out own the IP. Sony on the other hand will almost always own the IP so they can shut everyone out. Then they lend development and marketing support for the game. MS took this approach with Alan Wake.

Now with AW I understand that PC gamers are ticked because it was announced for their platform and then it went to 360 but MS owns the IP and can do what they want.

I'm sure PC gamers are as disappointed as 360 owners in Japan when they want to play FFXIII in their native language but can't thanks to Sony..

It's business and MS wants to have games that drive owners to the console. Which I've been saying since 06..

If you want to play this awesome game buy a 360.. but don't hate the player hate the game.

[Tesselation 360]

Hey bots i think we should calm down a bit cause at this rate we gonna make droids go suicidal in here lol.

[Skynetone]

enjoy alan wake i do thing its 360s best game this year

[chak_]

Look MS, I'm fine with your 360 exclusive, but where are OURS???

I mean, I want a dungeon siege 3 FFS !!

[The real killer]

Dungeonsiege is not from Microsoft it's from Chris Tylor ;)
And Part 3 is coming it's already present it.

[Bluemaster77]

Im still baffled as to how some of you PS fans have so many bubbles ? WTH !

[van-essa]

Easy, here's a tutorial:
1. go to any X360 article and trash it
2. hype up any PS3 exclusive as the, 2nd, 3rd, 4th... coming of Christ
3. dismiss anyone's opinion that doesn't openly support the PS3
4. rince & repeat

[artsaber]

See the comment below you on how to LOSE bubbles. Just make valid points in your comments and add something constructive to a topic... keep Bungie-trolling and stealth trolling to a minimum, and you will be OK.

We still have 360 folks on here say stuff like... the PS3 has no games, the PS3 is doomed, Castle Crashers looks better than Uncharted2... just anythiing ridiculous to stand out. But if you choose to troll, see MaxSpeed and Bungie's guide to trolling and you'll be a Spartan Level 30 Troll in no time. Happy posting.

[Charmers]

Well this doesn't really come as any surprise, most PC gamers had a feeling MS was going to screw PC gamers over when they "suspended" the PC version. I see a few xbox owners screaming "why are you complaining why should MS allow this game on the PC ?"

Well how about for a starters Microsoft are supposedly in the PCGA (PC Gamers Alliance) a body set up to support and promote PC gaming. It doesn't appear to me that the way to go about that is to can a PC version of the game. There is also the fact Alan Wake was show cased on the PC this was the game that was going to put Dx10 on the map. However because the xbox is failing to live up to expectations MS is getting desperate and raping all the resources it has to try and do something about the xbox failing.

Still at least now we can stop fooling ourselves thinking MS actually gives a crap about PC gaming, they know they have the OS market sewn up and they can bleed it dry whilst trying to put Sony out of the console market.

I won't be playing Alan Wake I don't do consoles why buy a bicycle when I have a Ferrari. I hope Remedy realises that a great many PC gamers will remember they sold out to MS and will behave accordingly.

Oh and MS btw I can choose how I want to play a game, if I want to play Alan Wake on my PC whilst sat on the sofa I can do, but then we know MS isn't a big fan of giving people choice are they.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

I could be wrong, but I'm fairly sure MS dropped out of the PC Gamer Alliance..

[bjornbear]

must be desperate to get people to go to 360 if they had to shaft the PC gamers =(

i guess MS have been reading many people play their ME2 on PC and weren't happy...

[rmedtx888]

I'm wondering how much MS had to pay for that.

[leila01]

I'd say $0 since they're the ones publishing the game.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

@6.1: Awesome avatar!!!

oh and...

nice ownage.. lol

[Michael-Jackson]

Micro$haft is ensuring 360 owners that they have a game this year, nice!

[mcnablejr]

=D

[JohnTheBaptist]

Yeah at least the droids have got MAG and WKC.....

HAHAHAHAHA!!

[Solbadguy]

getting this for the PC. I got no problems getting it for my 360 as long as it actually stays "exclusive".

[Armsgraph]

geez this game just keeps getting worse
they get rid of the open world.and now they get rid of the pc version
this game isn't going to do the best as i could.

[Letros]

this type of stuff that MS does would make me want to get a PS3 out of spite, and not a 360.

[Antan]

As we all knew months and months ago. Just means this makes it "even more oficial".

[Ashriel]

Well, that sucks, hope they reconsider :/

[dirthurts]

Now I'll have to play it on my xbox. Which I'm not too excited about (although I love my 360).
I don't understand MS sometimes. Sure, they feel like we'll enjoy it more on the 360, but why do they get to decide what we want to play it on?
Screw exclusives. I want to play my games on the system that I choose. This just became a rental.

[artsaber]

Since there is no PC version, then what in the hell have the developers been doing all this time?! Jesus Christ, this game is like 12 years in the making, the Duke Nukem Forever of consoles.

Hell, it should be good, but with all this time... it better be.

[led1090]

Don't you people see whats going on here. If someone who has a PS3 also has a good PC then there's no point in buying a 360 cause most 360 games end up on the PC. Even better then can "get" the game on free. Heck if i'm paying 60 $ for a game and i buy 10 PS3 games in one year and if theres just that one 360 game that i really want to play and it'll be coming on the PC, then obviously i would be tempted to "download" it. Microsoft realizes this and hence they keep their internally developed games strictly on their console only. And they're not really losing out on much either. They own the PC world with windows which gets them billion of dollars. Of course they will want to put all their attention on their console. Really smart move if you ask me. Am a PC only gamer so it sucks for me. But hey the free MMO's have better quality than you think. Most of my time is wasted on those. So it doesn't bother me much. It'll be nice to have some PS3 games on PC though. GOW3 looks awesome

[The_Nameless_One]

What the hell does that suppose to mean? I am not a pc at all but thats got to be THE most lame excuse I ever heard.

[artsaber]

Most PC gamers hook up their high end rigs to Large HDTVs with better max resolution than a 360 or PS3

[Dance]

360 arcade from Ebay

[Raoh]

F.U. Microsoft...

guess i wont be playing this one.

[Raoh]

LOL, my PC is plugged into my tv

[SolidSystem]

I was on the fence about this game. but after reading it, they just lost my money. even if they were to release it on the PC down the road now. I hate the PC comunity getting the shaft. if anything PC should be easier to make! throw out some specs for it instead of trying to make it work on set hardware.

[The Simple Truth]

wonder, if i'll be able to finish the game before it red rings again...

[Johandevries]

It probably won't last longer than 3 minutes (enough for seeing the Xbox. Jump in logo)

[jjesso1993]

yeah this sucks so bad this could of look so much better 1080p AA better textures and keyboard mouse controls

[maxcer]

i don't see the point of being upset by this news, did you already buy this game for your PC? no? i didn't think so. im fairly sure game developers need to focus on the console market to make any real money this gen. and we all know how MS exclusives go down, AW will probably show up on PC after the 360 version is released a year down the road.

[SolidSystem]

yeap, no money to be made on PC gaming. blizzard will be in the hole after SC2, Vavle never did that well with Half-life 2, you know what I'm pretty sure just having your game on the PC platform means you will be in the red. EA went under from Sims3.

/sarcasm

[PS360PCROCKS]

Bbbbuuuuurrrnnnnnnn!! Well guess this one is a TRUE exclusive.

[Denethor_II]

This looks like a great game and 100% focus needs to go into it instead of worrying about the PC. I played Heavy Rain Demo yesterday and is one of the best games I've ever played!!

[CAPT IRISH]

sucks for pc gamers

[Smokzdaizm]

how everybody is screaming "b-but they said 360/PC first and changed it... I hate Microsoft", but were these same people upset when Heavy Rain was cancelled for the 360 or does that only count when it's in Sonys favor... Hypocrites!!!

http://www.gamegrep.com/new...

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Yup, I guess you can say the same about Metro 2033 for the PS3.

This isn't the first and certainly isn't the last and calling MS out as the only bad guy in gaming is ridiculous.

[Johandevries]

3.1 -
And you will play a dumbed-down piece of sh*t that was originally intended to be a full open world with the latest PC tech, and now you get a strictly linear piece of crap with 1997-tech (also called: Xbox 360).

[hoops]

Here is the irony:

If Alan Wake came out for the PC and Xbox360, SOny fanboys would say:

"It's not a TRUE Exclusive and i am getting the SUPERIOR PC version..."
Yet these are the same ones that will get a multiplatform game on the PS3 that is inferior and more expensive then the PC version. IE: Fallout 3. I can name many others also.

Now that the game is on the Xbox360 only you hear another type of bit**ing from Sony fanboys:

"Gee, MS finally has a TRUE exclusive and it looks crap an gimped..I hate MS for doing this! Buying out games and studios and stuff..." (Like what Sony did mostly in the PS1 and PS2 era.....)

I wonder if those same fanboys would be saying this if KZ2 or RFOM or any other PS3 exclusive went to the PC also.....Well you know the hypocritical answer from a fanboy. They are all the same. Nintendo, Sony or MS fanboys are all the same. They drink all from the Hypocrits table....

Funny irony: Not knowning that all those videos and screen shots they previously said looked great and amazing (when they thought it was the PC version and could NEVER EVER BE THE XBOX360 VERSION) was indeed the Xbox360 version. LOL

In otherwords, no matter what MS does SOny fanboys will hate. The same way MS fanboys hate on anything Sony related. You guys are not gamers. You are 12 year old children.

[fullmetal297]

Well said Hoops. I couldn't put it in better words myself.

[Kyur4ThePain]

You actually typed that with a straight face after your little rant?

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Kids.

[SkolarVisari]

^^ Did Quantic Dream market the game for years as PS3/360? I think that is the problem people have with Alan Wake.

[hoops]

And if Alan Wake did come out for the PC and Xbox360 people would be crying how its nota "true" exclusive.
There are too many babies on this site...we call them fanboys.
Like GOD3, GT5, Zelda...if you want to play Alan Wake, buy a Xbox360. Sucks to be a one system owner.

[MR LOOKINGBILL]

blame piracy as to why Remedy and MS don't want the game on PC

[KilL7roCitY]

Damn you Remedy i was looking for this game on my PC !
Sad..

[kevinx1000]

Excuse me. i'm gonna ROFL a bit more.

[Nike]

Forza, GTA Episodes, Monster Hunter Online, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Halo 3 onwards and Fable say, "Hi".

[Charmers]

You might want to remove GTA episodes from that list of exclusives. It has been confirmed by Rockstar that GTA EFLC will be coming to the PC and PS3 on the 30th March this year.

[silvacrest]

this is why MMO's will rule PC gaming eventually, the amount of non MMO games is getting less and less, multiplats look better on PC but so what? gaming PC's have a running cost while a 360 or ps3 wont need a upgrade

and of course piracy is rampant on PC gaming

[Charmers]

Just like piracy is rampant on the xbox 360 as well.

[silvacrest]

except some knownledge or money is needed for 360 piracy while for a PC its the same as downloading and extracting a large

[JohnTheBaptist]

Only on the Xbox360™.

[edoman20]

Well ....who cares?

There are tons of other games to play

"It only does everyting"

[strickers]

Give it a year.MS lie about exclusives all the time.They like money and also like making the 360 look more important than it actually is.I bet it comes to PC.

[Smokzdaizm]

Yeah keep telling yourself that....

[ktchong]

How many years has it been since Halo 3 come out?

How many years has it been since Gears of War 2 come out?

How many years has it been since Fable 2 come out?

Neither Halo 2, Gears of War 2 nor Fable 2 has a PC version. FYI, all those games were published by Microsoft -- just like Alan Wake will be.

Microsoft has finally learned that it is important to have REAL exclusives for their console.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Missed opertunity.

[TwistedMetal]

If you have a gameing pc you shouldnt own a x360. If you a pc gamer you support the best console and the console who has its own exclusives. What sense does it make to support x360 as a pc gamer at all? That supports downgradeing of pc games.

[tunaks1]

the PC is the best choice for gaming, the mods that come out and the community for games on the PC cant be beat by consoles. F@ck you MS.

[AnotherGamerUser]

This is such an act of desperation by Microsloth... They want people to play their games only on the 360 cutting out a market niche altogether. Oh well I wasn't interested in this game anyway.

[AnotherGamerUser]

This is one of the many knuckleheaded reasons by Microsoft why I bought a Ps3... Dont fall for their dirty tactics any more people!

[KongRudi]

PS3-fans don't complain that 360-games are available on PC, they complain that 360/PC-games gets called 360-exclusives, when they are also available on the PC-platforms.

Microsoft should publish some retail PC-games, they didn't last year.
And I don't think they have any planned this year.

Third-parties do publish PC-games, wich MS-fans calls '360-exclusives' if it isn't on PS3.

Sony publish more PC-games than Microsoft, wich is just plain wrong, in my opinion.
Last PC-game published by a console-manufacturer, were Free Realms, and the next coming is DC Universe, and after that is The Agency.
While MS basically says 'up yours Windows-users!', if you want to play our games, you must buy our console. :-/

I do hope someone makes a new userfriendly OS (Linux isn't userfriendly). Microsoft isn't delivering content..

[Letros]

Hopefully we're all gaming on this sometime in the near future, not likely, but hopefully.

Then MS will say, "oh crap, I guess we should have paid more attention to why our OS sells so well."

[AliTheBrit19]

Interesting development

It's good to see some more real Xbox 360 exclusives, the game is looking really good.

[robotnik]

They would lose a ton of money if the release it on PC too.

[robotnik]

Who cares, Alan Wake is not a system seller, Halo3, GeoW and ... Halo Reach were/are the only system sellers.

I'm a PS3 and Wii gamer, if I were a PC gamer I would be angry right now. . . I'm sorry for you.

Bad move Microsoft, bad move, you will pay for it sooner or later.

[TheDesperadoKING]

Not about to buy a Halobox for one game, especially considering after GTA episodes, Mass Effect is a given for PS3.

[RedheadedStepChild]

I keep hearing this spread around so i did some research. Yes EA said that it is possibility that might bring Mass Effect over to PS3 someday. yet they have been firm that they have no current version for the PS3 in developement.

[Kiriel]

Bloody *beeping* MS. "We have a long history in PC gaming". What you mean to say is "MS is history when it comes to PC gaming".

[EliasAndri]

Isn't this just an opportunity for indie games to shine? ;>

[RedheadedStepChild]

maybe they made it an exclusive 360 title because people keep saying (ps3PO's that is) that 360 games aren't exclusive due to versions on the PC.

[Picnic]

This news could mean that Microsoft think that Alan Wake has turned out very well, for them to want to keep it exclusive (at least for a time because there are never any guarantees) to the Xbox360.

[Kyur4ThePain]

One less reason to get a PC over a Mac, I guess.

Sorry...I couldn't help myself. :)

[dirthurts]

Pc can still play Mass Effect, and upgrade our hardware anyway we want...

[Denethor_II]

"ones that will get a multiplatform game on the PS3 that is inferior and more expensive then the PC version. IE: Fallout 3. I can name many others also"

The reason these are indeed inferior is because they are optimised for the 360 then ported, but imagine that instead they were optimised for the PS3 and then dumbed down for the 360. Oh how M$ holds back the quality of games produced!

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

As a Survival Horror Fan...

This is a reason to buy the Xbox 360 bundle.

[ktchong]

Halo 3. Gears of War II. Fable 2. Sony fanboys used to keep saying they were not "true" exclusives because they would have PC version "soon enough". Well, it's been years, and now it's certain that the PC versions are not coming for Halo 3, Gears of War II and Fable II.

And now add Alan Wake to the list. So now Sony fanboys can't complain that Xbox 360 does not have "true" exclusive, and they can play play Xbox 360 exclusives on the PC as well. They must be really sad. LOL.

[jalen247]

I think this is a good thing. The previous strategy was stupid to begin with. It is counter productive if you are trying to differentiate your console when your so called exclusives are available on another gaming platform.

[mistajeff]

This is old news, but I still don't get it. They made SUCH a big deal about how they were truly tapping into the power of quad-core tech. Then again, it used to be open world, too. I wish we'd gotten to see that.

[ironmonkey]

cant wait to download it

[squeeb]

I would kill for MAG to hit PCs...man if I had M/K support my rank would easily be double what it is right now...

[mfwahwah]

I came into this article to actually discuss something. I just skimmed the first 3 pages and have yet to find anything that isn't a silly internet argument :/.

[jalen247]

I actually like this move by Microsoft. I wasn't really a fan of the so called PC/360 exclusives...to me a game isn't exclusive if the exact same game is available on another gaming platform.

If Alan Wake turns out to be an excellent ground breaking game, people will need an Xbox 360 to play it...and that is a good thing.

If I purchase a 360 it will be for the exclusives, so I welcome this new approach by Microsoft. I need more top notch exclusives like Alan Wake from Microsoft to justify buying a 360 since I already own a PS3.

[dirthurts]

Because you're obviously not a pc gamer.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Ouch. Considering tons of sony fans wanted to play this game since they were always saying they were going to play it on their pc must be a real bummer to them. Sucks for you guys. :(

[Shendow]

You can simple just get the 360 copy an play it off your PC, but its more trouble then just it being for PC.

[Relientk77]

well thats lame

:(

[Sigh]

for gameplay demonstrations at gaming conventions with the 360 controller. That's BS.

[Game13a13y]

does anybody actually care about Alan Wake not going to the PC?

me:
Alan Wake (not cared)
PC gamiing (slightly not cared)

[Kerrby]

Wow. Micro$oft are f*cking pathetic.

[SKUD]

Damn shame. Now we will never know how great Alan Wake could of really been.

[Shortstop]

Well it's official now.

This game went from having a 2% chance of being played in my home to 0%.

Never will I own a 360, piece of crap that it is. I ain't payin' to play online beyond my ISP.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Well that is funny because AW is not a MP game so you don't have to pay any XBL fees to enjoy the game..

But I know that doesn't lend to your little anti-360 rant which is basically all you wanted to do.

[Shortstop]

I don't want a console in my home that requires I pay to play it online. Defeats the purpose of pretty much every game. And I ain't buying a console for one game.

But yeah you're right it's an anti-360 rant. I was courteous enough to put it in the open zone.

I ain't gonna support a system that requires I pay to play online. It's the principle.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

It defeats the purpose of every game?

It didn't defeat Mass Effect or any of the dozens of AAA single player games on the 360 including Alan Wake.

I understand if you are mainly an MP gamer but I enjoy all the SP on the 360 with no Live fees(and play online during open Silver times) and do online gaming on the PS3.

Your rant was far too tame for the open zone. ;)

[Xemnas]

Whats Alan Wake?

[Darkfiber]

PC is dying? Tell that to Blizzard and Valve, not to mention every MMO developer now and forever. PC isn't dying, it's just changing. I still play lots on PC. Games like Fallout 3 on PC are so much better than console. I tried playing it for xbox recently and I just can't do it. It's so bad, I don't see how anyone can play a game like that on console. That goes for Dragon Age as well. Why do people like consoles so much better? Some games are just TERRIBLE to play on console. Hook your PC up to your tv and plug in a 360 controller if you must.

[kewlkat007]

but some of you "closet PS3 *only but I got a Hardcore PC Rig" depending on the Xbox 360/pc game but are never on the PC threads....is meh

[N4BmpS]

Wow swift kick to the balls for PC owners. It's funny someone recently said the PC version will be the "definitive version". Surprise surprise, kinda messed up.

[Toman85]

360 dont have so many true exclusives that end up on a pc. So this is good news for me I have Xbox 360 Elite, PS3 Slim and Wii Black :P
Maybe I will not buy a gamingrig after this news...

And about the exclusive that dont ended up on the pc is only Halo 3, Halo ODST, Lost Odyssey, Gears 2, Crackdown, Forza 2/3 and Fable 2 and the causal games like Lips and so on lol...

Game on gamers like I do!!!

[LIL WAYNE BALD]

lol that must be the dumbest move iv'e ever heard of. You spent 900$ when you could've just spent 139$ for a refurbished xbox360 and brought the hard drive separate for 50$. you could have saved over 700$ but instead you want to support a fanboy thesis and play xbox360 games on PC, sad =/

[xg-ei8ht]

Doesnt suck tbh.

I HAVE PS3/PC/360/WII/DS.

I will try it on 360.

Btw have you guys seen the best looking game so far on any machine.

There you go.

http://www.gamersyde.com/ne...

[Subzero200x]

microsoft and remedy are shi*...i hope this game fails.

"PS3 fanboys are suddenly so sympathetic towards PC gamers... I have to wonder why they never criticized Sony for not bringing games to the PC? Maybe they also mistakenly believe that the PC can't handle Sony exclusives lol!"

your silly little ps3 games are made on a pc you idiot lol.

[dirthurts]

They like to believe a pc can't run ps3 games...for some reason.

[FF7numbaone]

I wonder why their making exclusives, console exclusive only? Guess they realizing people had other consoles and a gaming pc. Maybe another why to try to attract more gamers to xbox360 and compete with Ps3's growing list of exclusives. Makes sense.

[ktchong]

that Xbox 360 is getting another TRUE exclusive that could actually turn out to be really good.

Alan Wake is not the first major Xbox 360 release without a PC port. Halo 3, Gears of War 2 and Fable 2, all three games published by Microsoft have never been ported to the PC, yet some PS3 fanboys are still in denial and say those games are coming to the PC. (Hello? How many years have it been since those games were released?? Two? Three??)

I say it's a good decision on Microsoft's part. Xbox 360 needs more TRUE exclusives, so Sony fanboys will all shut the phuck up about "Xbox 360 has no real exclusive."

[Shendow]

The only company that doesn't like to lose in anyway, this is their way of making PC users buy a 360 (If no one just hacks the game to play on PC), to me it isn't a bad move.

But then again, for PC users -_- well it is a bad move and people think Microsoft cares about their people lol.

[genkis300]

it will be on pc soon or later

[Blow Out Your Brains]

Who cares, just be glad it's coming out and you can play it.

[mittwaffen]

Thats sucks, but i guess i'll dust off the ol' 360.

[DelbertGrady]

Good thing I have a 360 then.

[narked]

only reason why this happened is because the ps3 got more exclusives so microsoft need to have as many exclusives as possible on the xbox... sucks for us pc gamers though.. but it's not like i dont have games to play neways

[s45gr32]

Oh well man PC gamers are getting screwed first they have to deal with the lost of all their major franchises: Half Life, the sequel to crysis, fallout, elder scrolls, etc. They got the horrible version of MW2 and now no Alan Wake. PC gaming went from all these major videogame developers and pretty much handed out to indy game developers. Why the media and Microsoft want PC gaming dead is because the PC gaming community controls it not Microsoft or the media.

[Fatal Blow]

damn i was waiting for this game for my pc so i can max up my pc graphics card out with the new fermi gf100 cards when they come out damn u ms o well no choice but to get it for x360 then

[bursus]

I wish they would just be honest with PC gamers. MS just needs an exclusive to rival UC2 and to push consoles. This move is about as classic as when MS backed up their dumptrucks with cash to Bungie to keep Halo 1 an xbox exclusive and off PC.

I have nothing against the x-box as it is a very economical way to enjoy games, but it is fiver year old tech with a decent CPU but a very weak 6 generation old GPU. I admit I was looking forward to alan wake maxed at 1980 *1080 with cranked DX10 settings. There is jut not much current generation engines to challenge current PC hardware.

Heres to hoping that crysis 2 scales well on PC

(damn I hope someday chrome OS has some viable PC games released on it to give MS a challenge)

[Pumbli]

Doesn't matter much to me... I'm getting Heavy Rain for my PS3 and Bioshock 2 and Mass Effect 2 for my PC.

Never really saw anything remotely interesting in Alan Wake.

Kind of sucks for the people that wanted this game on PC but they'll get over it.

[Babaganoosh27]

bastards