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Braid may eventually come to PSN, but WiiWare is out of the question photo

There probably aren’t very many gamers in my boat: out of the three current-gen consoles, I only own a PlayStation 3 -- and I have no plans to purchase an Xbox 360, let alone a Wii, anytime in the near future. Lest we descend into fanboy wars, let’s just say that my console situation is what it is, and regrettably, I currently have no means to play 360-exclusive games like Jonathan Blow’s exquisite puzzle platforming masterpiece Braid.

After reading testimonials of all kinds -- including Destructoid’s review of the game -- touting the game’s gorgeous visuals, incredibly well told story, and stupefying puzzles, I really want to play it. But sadly, I have no means to do so at the moment. Enter Canadian gaming Web site GameFocus, who recently interviewed Jonathan Blow, Braid's lead designer.

Blow revealed that Microsoft holds a timed exclusive on the game; that deal that will be up “sometime in the future” (gee, thanks for the specificity there, Mr. Blow). Once that happens, the game may make its way to the PlayStation Network, but there’s nothing definitive yet -- surely, the exclusive deal prevents all talk of that nature. I’ve certainly got my fingers crossed, though.

In addition, Blow noted that bringing Braid to WiiWare simply isn’t doable; the game is larger than the 512 MB of flash memory that makes up the console’s internal storage. Sorry, geeks and otaku -- for now, you’re just going to have to buy a 360 if you want to play Braid.

[Via GameFocus -- thanks, Jonathan!]


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Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 21:15
Tubatic
::thinks about how great Braid is::

::looks at his Wii::

::thinks about Nintendo at E3 '08::

::sighs::
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 21:15
KamikazeTutor
Common Samit, you weren't really expecting him to say when timed exclusivity ends, were you? :P
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 21:19
The-Excel
"In addition, Blow noted that bringing Braid to WiiWare simply isn’t doable; the game is larger than the 512 MB of flash memory that makes up the console’s internal storage. Sorry, geeks and otaku -- for now, you’re just going to have to buy a 360 if you want to play Braid."
I think you mean non-geeks and non-otaku.
Polish Hill's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 21:21
Polish Hill
Samit clearly you just need to get a hold of your brothers 360 immediately. Haven't there been other instances in the past where you've lamented not having a 360?
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 21:22
Samit Sarkar
@The-Excel: I can see where you're coming from, but I don't think you're necessarily right. Saying "geeks and otaku" implies that someone already owns a Wii, but they want more storage for it.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 21:25
Dan CiTi
@william6

Tiffany is cool girl
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 21:25
HarassmentPanda
I agree with wiliam6, this post could use more handcrafted Tiffany jewelry.

Samit, why don't you suck it up and buy a 360? Call it a business expense.
bVork's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 21:45
bVork
Isn't Braid also apparently coming to Steam at some point?
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 21:50
pedrovay2003
Yeah, this is coming to the PC this year also. Trust me, I won't buy a 360, either.
Gantz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 22:00
Gantz
Y'know , I literally just heard about this game on the weekend. I really can't understand why theres so much talk about it. Isn't it just like that time controlling cat game but in 2D?
GrayFox's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 22:15
GrayFox
I really hope it makes it over to PSN, and I see no reason why it wouldn't once the exclusivity agreement is up.
Kinji's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 22:28
Kinji
Awesome, I'd much rather play this on PS3 rather than PC, this is great news!

Wonder if Sony or Steam would price the game at $10 instead of forcing it to $15? I got no problem paying $15 though.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 22:28
Cheeburga
I hope everyone gets a chance to play this.
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 22:51
NihonTiger90
Dammit, Nintendo, fix the memory issue! I want Braid on Wii!
kevinski's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 23:04
kevinski
I realize that it probably still won't come to Wii, but it sounds as though nobody understands the fact that porting a game to a console that doesn't support the resolutions that Xbox 360 is capable of would result in smaller artwork, resulting in drastically smaller file sizes.
DanlHaas's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 23:04
DanlHaas
GUYS. There is still a PC version coming. The website even says so! Don't take that away from me. It is my only hope for this game.
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 23:05
A New Challenger
How about putting it on a disc! Eh? EH?!

Looking forward to the PC version.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2008 23:11
Samit Sarkar
@Polish Hill: Unfortunately, my brother's 360 is inaccessible. He was taking summer classes at college, so it's with him there.
Toad's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 00:00
Toad
"There probably aren’t very many gamers in my boat: out of the three current-gen consoles, I only own a PlayStation 3"

Hey! That's my boat! Get your own~!

But seriously, what more can you ask for?
Aurain's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 00:29
Aurain
I'm also on that boat. But I'm also glad that my boat doesn't decide to sink every 6 months for no reason.
necrozen's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 00:44
necrozen
I may be in your boat soon cause I'm about to sell my Wii while they are worth something. I keep waiting for games, but I'm getting tired of wasting my time.
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 01:54
ParaParaKing
It would be nice to see this ambitious product on as many places as possible.
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 05:33
Face
I was always getting the PC version. I want it on my laptop so I can take it everywhere. Unless some 1337 haxor wants to get it running on a DS.
hardwareguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 07:05
hardwareguy
When I downloaded Braid on XBLA it said it was 140MB. How is that bigger than 512MB? I understand it's compressed for the download, but that seems pretty big after unpacking.
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 07:18
Professor Pew
So can we expect the PC version to suffer from the same kind of exclusivity deal?
Drakonikarma's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 07:54
Drakonikarma
"There probably aren’t very many gamers in my boat: out of the three current-gen consoles, I only own a PlayStation 3"

You and I, we are the same. However there is a chance my laptop may be able to run the PC version of Braid.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 08:46
Necros
@ Pew

It already has. It's called "no one puts games out on Macs in any capacity."
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 09:25
PappaDukes
I own a PS3 and a Wii. And I wouldn't want to play Braid on the Wii anyways (or PC), so that only leaves one option. *OH PLEASE**OH PLEASE**OH PLEASE**OH PLEASE**OH PLEASE**OH PLEASE**OH PLEASE**OH PLEASE**OH PLEASE**OH PLEASE*
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 10:18
TheStripe
@Necros - This is true, unless you're talking about Activision, EA, or Blizzard (which I guess is Activision, sadly.)

@Samit - Seriously. Either buy a 360, or just be comfortable with the fact that you're not able to play XBL and 360 exclusives. I hate these posts where you're like "Well, I don't want this to be a fanboy flame war, but I refuse to take the necessary step to play this game because of my own righteous indignation." Suck it up, or Shut it up.
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