• Hit Console Games that Bombed on the PC - I

    Hit Console Games that Bombed on the PC - I

    Jayesh Limaye, Feb 09, 2010 1722 hrs IST

    Some games are better off only on consoles

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There has always been some sort of competition and rivalry between PC and console gamers and games. But there are quite a few multiplatform games, which are available on the PC as well as console. Many of these are designed with the console in mind, and then simply ported to PC. While some do well, many other don't. Here are a few games that did not do so well on the PC as they did on the console versions.

Gears of War



The sci-fi shooter Gears of War was a mega success on the Xbox 360. Epic Games therefore hoped that a PC version would be just as successful, if not more. Even though the original console game was marketed as an Xbox 360 exclusive title, it was eventually released for Windows with enhanced graphics, and running at a higher resolution. The use of mouse and keyboard greatly enhanced the aiming capabilities and the gaming experience. It also featured new multiplayer maps and modes along with a new mini single player campaign. However, the sales figures of the PC version never got anywhere close to that of the console version.



In a video interview with MundoRare, Epic president Mike Capps states, "I think its bullshit. What we did was take a great game, Gears of War 1 for Xbox 360, made it run at higher resolutions and added three new hours of really good gameplay and it got lower reviews. I think that's bullshit, and I don't understand it. I can't figure out what it is."



One of the reasons given for the game not doing as well as expected was Microsoft's Games for Windows Live, which forced people to pay for certain multiplayer features during the few months after the release (note that Games for Windows Live is completely free now). The other probable reason could be that many gamers had already bought the original version and would not have felt like buying it one more time, thus underscoring the fact that the PC port was in fact a technically excellent version. Epic has since said that they do not plan to bring a PC port of Gears of War 2, which is probably due to their bad experiences with the earlier version.

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Aniket Deole
,Pune, on Feb 11, 2010 09:45 PM
Gears Of War was PHENOMENAL !!!!!
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dude
,kochi, on Feb 10, 2010 09:36 PM
Bully was a gr8 console game but the PC port stank. Lazy porting job that one. You can find more bugs in that PC port than in any lab.
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nik
,mum, on Feb 10, 2010 04:46 PM
hey i say port the damn games...they were great..GOW, Fable, Jade Empire, I enjoyed em all!!!! I don't care if it comes late...but come nevertheless. Infact all thanks to Microsoft for the ports and the new take on the console business.
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satyanjoy
,chennai, on Feb 10, 2010 01:03 PM
The lesson is clear & simple , you can't sell age old stuff to PC gamer -as most of the pc gamers are hardcore gamer-not like couse-potato-console gamers.So if publisher/developer want to do business in PC platform ,they need to make parallel release or atleast release within 6months of the original release
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