surf dtoid with 
Rising (10+)
People you follow
I hope it's selling well enough on PC to warrant the rollout of 3 and 4. If it has to stop mid-way it would be pretty dissappointing.
@Magnalon: Why would how well it sells on the PC have anything to do with whether or not it continues on XBLA? Seems to me that its up to how well it does on XBLA is what would determine if it continues on XBLA.
@John B
Because of what Telltale said themselves on the matter
If the series cannot survive on the PC, what's the use of continuing to release a non-money making franchise on a separate platform, and pay development costs/Microsoft?
Because of what Telltale said themselves on the matter
If the series cannot survive on the PC, what's the use of continuing to release a non-money making franchise on a separate platform, and pay development costs/Microsoft?
@Magnalon: You're joking, right? I read the article and that segment Telltale did not say anything of the sort. In fact, they made absolutely no link at all between PC sales and availability on other platforms.
All they said is that they do it on the PC and one other console and that they bounce between the Wii and XBLA. That's it. They even said that they're looking at PSN, but they "just haven't gotten there yet. Ultimately, we would like to be on every downloadable channel there is. We think that's the perfect place for our stuff to be"
How you derived frmo that segment that XBLA title availability is linked with PC sales is beyond me.
Any business with any business sense will continue to sell to a platform if that platform makes significant enough sales to continue warranting delivering to that platform. If their Wii sales go through the roof, but PC sales crumble, they would continue to make games for the Wii. Same thing with XBLA.
So, the only thing that would decide the destiny of Telltale's XBLA titles would be XBLA sales.
All they said is that they do it on the PC and one other console and that they bounce between the Wii and XBLA. That's it. They even said that they're looking at PSN, but they "just haven't gotten there yet. Ultimately, we would like to be on every downloadable channel there is. We think that's the perfect place for our stuff to be"
How you derived frmo that segment that XBLA title availability is linked with PC sales is beyond me.
Any business with any business sense will continue to sell to a platform if that platform makes significant enough sales to continue warranting delivering to that platform. If their Wii sales go through the roof, but PC sales crumble, they would continue to make games for the Wii. Same thing with XBLA.
So, the only thing that would decide the destiny of Telltale's XBLA titles would be XBLA sales.
The series is over on PC I believe... it was only 4 episodes, rather than the normal 5.
And I don't know what Telltale promised, but it does seem to me if they are not making any money on the 360, they would stop paying the porting and license costs and quit porting the episodes.
It takes like a computer from 1995 to run these anyway.
And I don't know what Telltale promised, but it does seem to me if they are not making any money on the 360, they would stop paying the porting and license costs and quit porting the episodes.
It takes like a computer from 1995 to run these anyway.
Wow, odd response.
It's simple business. If the series doesn't even sell well on it's target audience (PC adventure folk), then yes, they would pull the plug: because, what's the use of spending the money translating PC code to XBLA if it's not going to make any money?
It's simple business. If the series doesn't even sell well on it's target audience (PC adventure folk), then yes, they would pull the plug: because, what's the use of spending the money translating PC code to XBLA if it's not going to make any money?
follow
