BioWare: Mass Effect 2 likely a timed Xbox 360 exclusive, PC version confirmed [updated]
by Justin McElroy 
{ Mar 14th 2008 at 9:10AM }
There's plenty of wiggle room here, of course, because there's no telling how long a "short period" is. But it's not like we blame them. Heck, if we had a game company, we'd promise Microsoft a "short period" of exclusivity on everything. That way, when we inevitably had to delay the PS3 version to make it work, we'd make some free coin on the deal. Everybody wins! ... Well, we'd win.
Update: Atwood continued to elaborate with Videogamer.com, confirming a PC version, saying "We haven't announced plans for timing on Mass Effect 2, period, so at this point we're not really ready to talk about it, but because we've got a really great PC fan base we think it's really important to deliver the PC experience as quickly as possible."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
BorgDroNeZ @ Mar 14th 2008 9:20AM
Hey look, Bioware has learned to speak EA bullshit very quickly!
Anonim @ Mar 14th 2008 11:45AM
Multiplatform for Microsoft= X360 + PC (and maybe also DS).
Anyway Mass Effect is Microsoft published game so...
", the Microsoft-published RPG would take a multi-platform route with its two announced sequels.
Atwood's words seem to be the first indication that Microsoft isn't yet willing to let its front-running action-RPG drift to the competition (if, indeed, it has handed over cash for the sequel).
And after the exclusivity deal ends on 360, it looks like it's (expectedly) onward to PC for Mass Effect 2: "I think you'll see a PC version not too far away," said Atwood, confirming that the sequel will also be making its way to mouse and keyboard users."
Namssorg @ Mar 14th 2008 9:24AM
Hey look! Someone on the internet using sarcasm!
xFenixKnightx @ Mar 14th 2008 9:28AM
Anybody surprised? No? Exactly. As long as 360 peeps get it first then its all 2 thee good.
borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Mar 14th 2008 9:39AM
"As long as 360 peeps get it first then its all 2 thee good."
Why's that perchance? It wouldn't be a PS3 system seller (non-exclusive game), but it'd let others onto this franchise. I'm not quite getting this sentiment unless it's of the "neener, neener, twhippp!" variety.
xFenixKnightx @ Mar 14th 2008 9:43AM
Thats funny, I dont remember saying anything about the PS3 in my post, yet you just HAD come shit on it. Why are all you PS3 fanboys so defensive? Sheesh!
Boostjunkie @ Mar 14th 2008 9:45AM
Are you an idiot, just because you didn't use the word "PS3", sure doesn't mean you weren't talking about the PS3. I can afford both systems so I could care less.
borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Mar 14th 2008 9:50AM
"Why are all you PS3 fanboys so defensive? Sheesh!"
Ah, I see. So your post was a bait n' pounce job eh? But let's pretend your outrage is genuine:
Exhibit A: "As long as 360 peeps get it *first*"
You don't need to have aced a course in deductive reasoning to pick up the meaning from the context of your sentence. I'm not outraged at you by the by, I'll probably play Mass Effect 1&2 on the PC.
Dale @ Mar 14th 2008 9:54AM
I have to agree, where did you get this anti-PS3 nonsense from? The article mentions Xbox 360 and PC, so by "get it first", I assumed he meant "before the PC".
But then, English is my first language.
the Brayn @ Mar 14th 2008 10:00AM
I thought it was pretty obvious the "first" was referring to 360 players getting the game prior to PC players. Perhaps you need to retake the course in deductive reasoning?
xFenixKnightx @ Mar 14th 2008 10:03AM
OMFG!!!!
Once again your proving me right. I have all 3 consoles, I couldnt care less either.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING IT B4 THE PC YOU DICKHEAD!
So...would ya kindly STFU!! There was no "bait" here, idiot!
Nigeria: Cody ChesnuTT Defense Force @ Mar 14th 2008 10:20AM
Why would you own both a PS3 and a 360?
They both have similar games and the graphical detail is minimal at best - at the moment. They both have strengths and weaknesses, but not enough to splurge such an amounts of money on both. It seems like empty consumerism and a real waste of money - without becoming too judgemental.
Anyway, it's clear that Fenix's statement was vague and those who own whatever system have read it in their fanboy way. I hope the PC requirements aren't to heavy, but they probably will be.
xFenixKnightx @ Mar 14th 2008 10:27AM
"Why would you own both a PS3 and a 360?"
Bluray first and foremost
Tekken 6
Wipeout HD
Uncharted DF
Ratchet & Clank
Resistance FoM 1 and 2
UTIII
MGS4 and MG Online
But yeah mostly for Bluray
bloatedfish @ Mar 14th 2008 10:56AM
Boostjunkie :
"I can afford both systems so I could care less."
It's I couldn't care less for Christ's sake! I'm so fed up of reading I could care less when it should be couldn't
If you type could care less it implies you could care less about it meaning that you do care somewhat for it.
So if you want to tell someone you COULDN'T care less guess what you should type?!
deaftly (Brawl - 1075-0467-4222) @ Mar 14th 2008 11:29AM
I own all 3 also, therefore I am awesome.
lwelyk @ Mar 14th 2008 12:12PM
"It's I couldn't care less for Christ's sake! I'm so fed up of reading I could care less when it should be couldn't"
Bless you. Someone else finally gets it.
borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Mar 14th 2008 12:17PM
"I have to agree, where did you get this anti-PS3 nonsense from?"
Anti-PS3 or Anti-PC, it's celebrating the folly of timed exclusivity. So if I'm wrong on the target, my bad, but Fenix is still doing a silly little dance, only it's PC/Console.
At any rate, I didn't think my comment worthy of a fit of rage. Even my cocky follow-up was pretty mild.
borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Mar 14th 2008 12:35PM
"I own all 3 also, therefore I am awesome."
Indeed you are. It would be nice to own all three, not to mention the rest you're looking to acquire. If you ever fire up Star Control II on the 3D0, I think a little tremor of awesome will travel through the force.
CGamble20 @ Mar 14th 2008 1:11PM
Wow. Its all good guys. So he thought you were attacking PS3, and you thought...well you weren't.
No big deal. We're all friends on joystiq. :D
deaftly (Brawl - 1075-0467-4222) @ Mar 14th 2008 1:18PM
yeah borland, getting a new place soon and it would just be so kick ass to have a game room with a couple of older tv's and all the consoles from back in the day I never owned. 3D0 and Saturn are def gonna have a place in there.
Microswirl @ Mar 14th 2008 3:05PM
As long as it never comes out for that CRAPPY OVERPRICED Blu-Ray PLAYER then it's all to thee good.
I'm referring of course to the Panasonic DMP-BD30K 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player, currently priced at $749.99, so stop jumping to conclusions!
Mike @ Mar 14th 2008 9:38AM
Whatever. I love Bioware and appreciate there insistence on sustaining their PC fan base. I play games on PC exclusively and it's refreshing to see the things being done by devs like Bioware and Valve.
Mike @ Mar 14th 2008 9:39AM
Please excuse my spell-check double-posting idiocy.
Mike @ Mar 14th 2008 9:37AM
Whatever. I love Bioware and appreciate their insistence on sustaining their PC fan base. I play games on PC exclusively and it's refreshing to see the things being done by devs like Bioware and Valve.
kbomb1upc @ Mar 14th 2008 9:35AM
I thought EA said a while back that they only make multiplatform games?
Mike @ Mar 14th 2008 9:37AM
It would be multi-platform. Xbox360 and PC.
ExMcloud @ Mar 14th 2008 1:36PM
Yep 360 and Pc .....Plus it would be wrong to give SOny owners te game without the first one....Cuz its supposed to be a continuation of the first game right? That would be unfair to us because we dont have the first one..lol
riggs @ Mar 14th 2008 9:35AM
im looking but i dont see anything but words
TheEnlightened @ Mar 14th 2008 9:47AM
We all know that Bioware own the Mass Effect IP so would it not be logically that Microsoft would get a first publishing dips on the sequel/series?
As no publisher would hype a franchise that much knowing that they're seeding profits for someone else. And any first deal that was struck before Bioware was bought would still be in (mass) effect, like the LucasArts deal.
I might be wrong but it makes the most logical sense, at least to me.
ThePremierAssassin @ Mar 14th 2008 9:51AM
The ps3 had better not get this game...
God I'm starting to hate EA so much right now...
Pro-Truth League @ Mar 14th 2008 9:56AM
What the flipping hell is wrong with the PS3 having this game too?
If you like the series, wouldn't you simply want as many people to play it as possible?
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ Mar 14th 2008 10:12AM
yea seriously. i dont get the "oh its not an exclusive!" deal from 360 guys. i could see if you only had a couple big exclusives but the 360 is not hurting in that department by any means. plus the first one is already coming to PC as well so basically anyone who wants to play it already can provided they have a halfway decent PC, 360 owner or not.
ThePremierAssassin @ Mar 14th 2008 10:15AM
Quite simply you don't deserve this game...
There I said it...and more importantly I mean every single word.
Enjoy 3rd Place this generation btw...
samfish @ Mar 14th 2008 10:47AM
"What the flipping hell is wrong with the PS3 having this game too?"
Probably the same thing that's wrong with the 360 having DMC4.
Personally, I just can't wait for Wii owners to be told they don't deserve Kingdom Hearts 3. Oh MAN is the whine ever going to flow when that happens!
riggs @ Mar 14th 2008 10:51AM
its people like you that makes me regret switching from a ps3 to a 360.
name123 @ Mar 14th 2008 10:55AM
"Quite simply you don't deserve this game..."
^^ Take note everyone. ^^
This is why PC gaming and the Xbox 360 will never be mainstream. PC/360 gamers are all hardcore, stupid, worthless, low-life, hostile trash who all have this pathetic "l33t" attitude towards gaming. They take games way too seriously because becoming a Class 7 Zorzon is all those losers will ever accomplish in life. Their crusade against Sony is just another Columbine: Pathetic, envious, angry losers attacking the popular kids.
ThePremierAssassin @ Mar 14th 2008 11:03AM
Lol maybe you didn't get the memo but when you have the most popular system for gaming you're not exactly a loser...
Lets see...which system has more owners? The 360. Which system has a better and BIGGER online system/community? The 360? And don't forget the option of turning off those annoying lil babies who like scream cusswords or some ignorant diatribe once in a while.
Which system has better exclusives? The 360? Which system has the better controller? The 360 according to most folks.
Sorry but sony, the pos3, and psTRIPLE owners are the only losers here.
Lol you're right about PC gaming not being "mainstream" but you're ridiculous and flat out wrong when you say the 360 isn't mainstream.
Take a long around...everywhere you go people have 360's. Everytime you see a videogame commercial for a game thats mulitplat its shown on the 360. The 360 version is the highlighted/highly focused on version. Most people have 360s.
If thats not mainstream when compared to the ps3 I don't know what is...and I'm leaving the Wii out of this convo since its obviously mainstream and Mass Effect wouldn't even be considered for the Wii (much as I love my Wii).
In short its the sony fanboys who are bitter and angry and liable to shoot someone. Just because their overpriced pos machine is losing out on some of its exclusives to the better system.
samfish @ Mar 14th 2008 11:04AM
"PC/360 gamers are all hardcore, stupid, worthless, low-life, hostile trash who all have this pathetic "l33t" attitude towards gaming."
Again, Sherlock, it was Sony fanboys who were shreiking at the top of their lungs that 360 owners shouldn't be allowed to have Devil May Cry 4.
They were SO incensed about it, I recall, that some crappy internet petition actually gathered a reasonable amount of signatures.
...for an internet petition, at least.
Keep throwing those stones, though.
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 14th 2008 11:38AM
I see the PrimierAssassin is in the running for worst joystiq troll since godisakenkutaragimariebus
kbomb1upc @ Mar 14th 2008 11:49AM
@ThePremierAssassin
Hey assassin... your fanboy is showing.
xFenixKnightx @ Mar 14th 2008 11:57AM
kbomb1upc
The thing is, I dont think he gives a crap if his fanboyness is showing. A lot of you guys wish you could do the same sometimes I bet, but for some reason you dont. Why? Because your gonna get voted down? Thats funny. It's rather entertaining to me
+1 PremierAssassin
kbomb1upc @ Mar 14th 2008 12:16PM
@xFenixKnightx
I don't give a damn about getting voted down. This ain't high school; I'm not trying to be popular. But what I won’t do is say stupid and ignorant stuff like a have diarrhea of the mouth just because I think my system is better. Please for give me if I like to make sense in my comments and try not to sound like a total a-hole because I’m arguing about video games. Give me a break. You spend entirely too much time talking about video game than playing them. You need a check of reality if you’re really think your opinion matters to me.
Zoesch @ Mar 14th 2008 12:29PM
I didn't know the douchebag club had convened to assembly on joystiq today.
ThePremierAssasin, put a cork on it... the system with the most buyers is the PS2, followed by the Wii. End of discussion.
Samfish, if you were more of a hypocrite we'd have to start calling you Harvey Dent.
Ryan, a double standard is a double standard:
"Hazo or MGS on the 360 will sell much more, we don't want exclusive games on the PS3"
"The PS3 should never get Gears or Mass Effect"
Either you support non-exclusivity or you do, you don't support it only when it's convenient for you.
And me thinking that a new age of enlightened comments was ushered yesterday with all the civility shown on the NPD thread... smoke and mirrors.
NATO_Duke @ Mar 14th 2008 12:34PM
"PC/360 gamers are all hardcore, stupid, worthless, low-life, hostile trash who all have this pathetic "l33t" attitude towards gaming."
Name, did you seriously just say that? You do know that saying that makes you the exact same thing you claim all those others to be.
I'm a PC/360/Wii/PS3 gamer and I think that you're a total fucking tool for that comment. YOU are, not all PS3 users, just you.
That being said, ThePremierAssassin's comment about the PS3 and that console not deserving a game makes no sense to me at all. What makes a console deserve a game? I think a market economy dictates - not fanboy anger.
xFenixKnightx @ Mar 14th 2008 12:44PM
kbomb1upc
I wasnt referring specifically to you so dont get your pannies in a bunch. Also, I only post on here while Im at work so your "You spend entirely too much time talking about video game than playing them." is incorrect.
kbomb1upc @ Mar 14th 2008 12:53PM
@xFenixKnightx
Oh I'm sorry. I thought when you put my name in your post you were talking to me. My apologies... So I guess I’m not really talking to you.
borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Mar 14th 2008 12:53PM
@Duke: "What makes a console deserve a game? I think a market economy dictates - not fanboy anger."
Good thought to keep in mind. I have only one console and a PC due to disposable income and time: So I picked out the console I liked best. I'd have all three if I could.
@Fenix: "A lot of you guys wish you could do the same sometimes I bet, but for some reason you dont. Why? Because your gonna get voted down? Thats funny. It's rather entertaining to me"
Unless the fanboy-tinged comment is directed at you eh? You seemed...less than entertained earlier.
samfish @ Mar 14th 2008 2:01PM
"Samfish, if you were more of a hypocrite we'd have to start calling you Harvey Dent."
'Eh? How am I a hypocrite? I don't give a damn about game exclusivity. Just so long as it comes to a system that I have so I can play it, I'm happy.
I've certainly never said that a certain console does or doesn't "deserve" a game, though.
Geoff900 @ Mar 15th 2008 8:33AM
GTA IV on the DS confirmed.
Organic_Shadow @ Mar 14th 2008 10:04AM
It's EA, regardless of what Bioware wants they will outsource another team to go whip up a PS3 port.
Expect ME1 on PS3 around the time ME2 is on 360...