BioWare: Mass Effect 2 likely a timed Xbox 360 exclusive, PC version confirmed [updated]

I couldn't care less what system it comes out on, as long as it's a system I own and I can play it. All this "PS3 confirmed!"/"360 exclusive!" bullshit is a joke really.

I couldn't care less what system it comes out on, as long as it's a system I own and I can play it. All this "PS3 confirmed!"/"360 exclusive!" bullshit is a joke really.

In typical joystiq fashion... You have misread the quote. I read it as "Mass Effect will remain exclusive at least for a short time." Which means ME2 will be exclusive, with potential for PC as the exclusivity deal is gone.

For a proper take:
http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=26088

Its funny, all the while we were hearing about how PS exclusives should be on the 360 because the publishers would make more money, somehow 360 owners not so eager to spread the love. But the case for putting titles on PS3 is stronger than ever, with maybe 60% of the install base, PS3 is selling as many copies of DMC4 and Burnout as 360.
Doesnt really matter anyway, 360 "exclusives" like Mass Effect, Gears and Bioshock always play better on PC anyway than on consoles - I personally would always play shooter / shooter RPGs with kbm rather than analog.

"when we inevitably had to delay the PS3 version to make it work"
Nice sly dig there Joystiq - guess you forgot about the delays in Smash Bros, Super Mario Galaxy on wii and also Too Human, etc. And remember about Halo 3 out in time for PS3?
It’s perfect,’ Gates says, radiant with bloodlust. ‘The day Sony launches [the new PlayStation], and they walk right into Halo 3.'
The quality of first-party titles on PS3 is consistently good (except maybe Lair) and will never have half-finished games like Gears or trash like PDZ or Kameo.

i got reamed the other day cause they had a post about Mass Effect 2 over on X3Fanboy and i politely asked about it's exclusivity and the possibility of it coming to PS3 since the EA/Bioware deal. sure seems like a touchy subject lol. now you know how us Playstation fans felt (considering it does come to PS3) when Microsoft got alot of our exclusives to go multiplatform (im looking at you GTAIV and DMC4).

even if its a timed exclusive, you guys really have nothing to worry about since most will buy on 360 anyway. it does seem like a good series though based on hearsay so i would pick it up if i had a little extra cash and it came to PS3.

and even if it doesnt come to PS3, i could pick it up on PC like most good 360 games. win, win.

If its a timed exclusive for the 360, I'm good... I could care less if the PC gets it down the line.. At the same time EA will try to weasel its way to the PS3, but theres gotta be something that M$ has with M.E. contractually that prevents the PS3 to get it.

Keep crying SDF, and keep fading comments that speak the TRUTH about your fave PS3.. BTW, Pro Evolution Soccer for the PS3 has terrible framerate issues.. The 360/Wii/PS2 versions have not...

just thought I'd throw some more salt on the wound..

Since my 360 crapped out long ago (october) and my PC Lags playing Peggle, I guess this is one series I am just not going to get to play. What I am trying to say is "BRING THIS OUT FOR THE FUCKING PS3"

"Perhaps you need to retake the course in deductive reasoning?"

Hah, I probably do. But in fairness, the article mentions both PS3 and PC and I stand by the gist of my original, mild comment.

Smackbacks like yours and Dale's are appreciated, but I think Fenix needs to chill a bit.

Am I the only 360 owner that seems pleased that Mass Effect happiness will be spread because of EA? Give them a break guys, the game hasn't even came out yet.

Timed Exclusives were the reason GTA 3 and Vice City came to the Xbox, remember?

"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?"

The day developers can flip a switch to port a game, is the day I won't care if a 360 exclusive goes multiplatform. Having multiplatform game after multiplatform game delayed gets old fast. A PC port is no problem, because it will come later, but first and fore most because of how easy it is to port games from the 360 to the PC and vice versa.


Either way, you more then likely won't have to worry about ME going to the ps3. Microsoft atleast owned the rights to the first game. When EA announced the PC port, they mentioned they came to an agreement with Microsoft on the title. A ps3 port announcement was notably absent. If Microsoft had enough imput, that EA had to come to an agreement with them. ME 1 won't reach the ps3.

Therefore ME 2 & 3 won't reach the ps3. For a few reasons.

1. Consumers respond less to sequels to franshises that are foreign to them.

2. Bioware has a longer history with working console exclusive for Microsoft. (ME, Jade Empire, KOTOR).

3. The bioware team has talked a little about ME 2 on their forums. The second game will utilize the save from the first. so you can play ME 2 as your old shepards. So in ME 2 you will get your equipment from ME 1, levels from ME 1, face from ME 1, and paragon/ renegage status from ME 1. Further more, choices made in the first game will affect your game in ME 2 in " unexpected ways".

Examples (spoilers):

- If you saved the Rachni queen, maybe that comes back to bite you on the ass. Or maybe if you save her, the rachni assist you in some way.

- Maybe if you chose to not kill any of the colonies on Feroes, and you spared the Asari the colony will be rebuilt in ME 2.

- If you chose to give the body of the women who served with Ashely back to her husband nothing happens. But if you chose to let the military experiment on the body, anti- synthentic armour begins to appear in the game.

Basically if the ps3 got a ME 2 port, the game would be incomplete. They would probably have to alter their plans for the game, and the end product would be less ambitious. Due to the ps3 owners not having a saved file from the first game.


Anyways, for many reasons, I don't think you will see ME 2 on the ps3. Which simply means we will get the game a good 2-6 months earlier. Sleep a little earlier 360 owners, no GTA style delays for ME. As for players who only own a ps3, buy a 360 or upgrade your computer if you really want to play ME.

Recently, I've contemplated that I've been a lackwit in another aspect my stated opinions: I'd actually favor timed exclusives to a solid exclusive. While it favors the console it comes out on in sales, the follow ups are appreciated. I played Oblivion on my PS3 after all.

So if timed exclusives assist the console masters pride and sales, but grant me access all the cool games then more power to that concept. And though it hurts, by all the power vested in me I grant 360, Wii, and PC owners access to MSG4 and Final Fantasy titles after a suitable delay.

It's funny cuse it's true lol

To Colinbell.

Halo 3 only had one release date, september 25 2007. It made the release date. When bill Gates made that comment, he didn't know jack shit about Halo 3. Internally Bungie didn't even know definitively when the game was going to be released. The launch window for the game was still a moving target. Hence why Bill gates retracted his comments the next day, saying he didn't mean the game would be released the same day. But that the game would end up releasing early in the ps3s life cycle.

And Too Human was originally going to be a PS one game. But the game kept getting delayed, mostly because silicon knights is ambitious and doesn't ship half finished games. And because new generations of consoles kept coming out. Opening up the possibilities to full fill there vision to its fullests potential.

Theres a big difference between delaying a game because your ambitious, or because you want the game to be the best it can. And delaying a game because one of the games versions is falling behind and you want to release all versions at the same time to save money.

Don't fuck this up, EA!

Why would EA's acquisition of Bioware cancel all the deals they made with MS to make this a system exclusive franchise in the first place?

I'm glad sensible posts are getting voted up. Reading some of these posts always makes me fear the intelligence level of our gaming community.

It's awesome that the game will be on PC and 360. Who the fuck cares which platforms you play it on - is it really that big a deal if other people get to play a great game on a different platform? Seriously... stop bitching bout exclusivity. Accept it when it happens, and cherish it when a great game is made available to multiple platforms. Devs do the gaming community a service by making it available to more people.

I don't care what game this comes on. As long as it's 360, I really don't give a fuck if Sony fanboys get this title to. Let them have it, it's a good game. They deserve to play it just as much as us EXBAWKS players do.