In a
conversation regarding Gears 1 achievements (360 & PC) unlocking content in Gears 2; Cliff Bleszinski revealed that unlike Gears 1, Gears 2 will
not be getting a PC version later.
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Cliff: You can unlock these characters in Gears 2 if you earn the Achievements in Gears 1 through Xbox 360 or PC, provided you are using the same Gamertag.
Does this mean you are planning a Windows version of "Gears of War 2"?
Cliff: Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We've decided we're not going to do a PC version this time around."
I'm disappointed & yet relieved at the same time. Disappointed in that I'll never be able to see what it would look like running on a high end PC at some insane resolution.
But relieved in that buying the collectors edition on launch will net me the maximum experience including all updates. (Gears 1 PC had some exclusive content not found on 360)
This make any of you more or less likely to buy Gears of War 2? Or no effect whatsoever?
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Why invest the time and money if nobody's going to buy it?
The Halo 1 port for PC sold extrememly well because the multiplayer was very fun, infact you can still find a far amount of people playing it now. The reason Halo 2 and GOW1 didn't sell very well was because:
a) they required windows Vista
b) they required Games for windows live
c) you had to pay extra for all the multiplayer features
Basically it was Microsofts fault by introducing these artificial limits.
@JKH13 - you're right about all that, but Halo 2 was also bad port. The mouse control was pretty nasty, and it didnt run nearly well enough for what it required. Gears is a lot better (as you'd expect from Epic) but its still definitely a 360 game, feeling out of place on pc. Take all those limits away and i still dont think it would have done that well in the end.
And Im with pedrovay.
Just because THEY wont bring it to PC, doesn't mean Micro$oft wont.
You can wait if you want, but I've never seen EPIC say there would be no PC version for Gears 1. In fact they hinted pretty heavily there would be. Which is a stark contrast to this comment. I don't see it as a trend.