You may remember that not too long ago Alone in the Dark developer Eden Studios said that they would bring the Xbox 360 version of the game up to the same standards of the PlayStation 3 version. The PS3 version is supposedly bereft of all that minor stuff like the clunky inventory, terrible driving and camera system. Apparently, the patch for the Xbox 360 version of the game is only coming if people buy the PS3 version of the game.
MTVMultiplayer is carrying this quote from Eden Studios’ designer, Emile Morel:
We can’t promise it because it is still early. We are finishing this [PS3] version first. I guess it also depends on the success of this version. If people review it again and said it’s not worth it…[laughs]
Whoa, that hurts. As you may know, Alone in the Dark for the Xbox 360 didn’t exactly reach that level of critical acclaim that one would associate with success. It’s too bad that console players are being forced into this PC mentality where admittedly broken games are released with the promise of patches. And in this scenario, who knows if the patch will ever come?
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3:55 PM on 09.13.2008
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This news sucks for those 360 early adopters.....
Classy.
I think that it's great that PS3 owners will get a version of this game that doesn't suck balls, or at least not go at them as ravenously as the original 360 version did, but on the other hand, why the shit should people who've already payed for this steaming pile on the 360 not be treated to a version of the game that might actually justify the sixty bucks that they spent on it? Furthermore, why the fuck should the promise of a patch hinge on whether or not the PS3 version sells?
I get that they don't want to waste the time on it if it's all for nothing, but at the same time, I think that they should have done things right the first time around. They released a broken-ass game, and so they may as well suck it up and throw a bone to the unfortunate souls who bought it. A patch to bring it up to speed with the PS3 version couldn't possibly make the game suck any more than it already does, could it?
Fucking idiots.
Isn't that looking at it like the glass is half empty? I've always saw it this way: bad, buggy PC games that were released (whether or not they should have been) weren't destined to always be so - while in the past a crappy console game stayed exactly that crappy forever.
Just one tidbit that I picked out of this - since I really don't care about Alone in the Dark on any platform.
I'll bet it's people like him that are the first in line to pick up their copy of the "Blame Piracy" handbook. Developers who release games with glaring flaws and refuse to fix them unless it's going to help sell a new version can burn in hell. It should be their responsibility to sort their mess out, not some kind of favour.
Oh well, maybe he'll take comfort in knowing they've developed the best DRM known to man - it really says something for a game when I don't even feel like wasting the bandwidth to download it and see its turgid failure for myself.
That's the mentality that continues to bury Atari six feet under!
But they probably don't care anyway.