21st June 2010, 1:42 PM
http://kotaku.com/5567711/fable-iii-real...-this-time
Interesting... At the very least, they are clearly aware they've been neglecting the platform (and considering how much work they've put into DX10 and the upcoming DX11, that's really lame). They are "committed" but that's not really an answer. ABF, you were right. E3's now over and there's been almost nothing announced for the PC. There's Fable 3's announcement of a PC port, sure, but that's a token gesture. In fact I've no reason to bother with it, as I really doubt it'll be designed with modding in mind anyway. In the end, there's still plenty of PC games coming along, it's just that Microsoft isn't being a part of that.
What I'd do in their shoes is design "The 360 Platform Experience". Aside from making "Games for Windows Live" (Just rename it, call it "Live Games"), I'd see what work it would take to make ALL 360 games playable on Windows 7. The 360's hardware seems to have a lot of stuff that the PC shares, so the emulation wouldn't need to do too much I'd think. If pulled off well, people with high quality PCs wouldn't need to shell out for a 360 and could instead simply buy 360 games. Microsoft alone is in a good position to do this, and it'd give them a big advantage.
Interesting... At the very least, they are clearly aware they've been neglecting the platform (and considering how much work they've put into DX10 and the upcoming DX11, that's really lame). They are "committed" but that's not really an answer. ABF, you were right. E3's now over and there's been almost nothing announced for the PC. There's Fable 3's announcement of a PC port, sure, but that's a token gesture. In fact I've no reason to bother with it, as I really doubt it'll be designed with modding in mind anyway. In the end, there's still plenty of PC games coming along, it's just that Microsoft isn't being a part of that.
What I'd do in their shoes is design "The 360 Platform Experience". Aside from making "Games for Windows Live" (Just rename it, call it "Live Games"), I'd see what work it would take to make ALL 360 games playable on Windows 7. The 360's hardware seems to have a lot of stuff that the PC shares, so the emulation wouldn't need to do too much I'd think. If pulled off well, people with high quality PCs wouldn't need to shell out for a 360 and could instead simply buy 360 games. Microsoft alone is in a good position to do this, and it'd give them a big advantage.
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