Prince of Persia 'Epilogue' DLC not coming to PC
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Feb 3rd 2009 at 10:54AM }
We've contacted Ubisoft to find out a little more regarding those "business reasons." We'll update if we hear anything.
Update: Ubi confirmed the Epilogue DLC is "slated to release only for consoles on February 26th." Perhaps Ormazd will bless PC users with a Feb. 27 release, but that's unlikely. Our query concerning the "business reasons" behind the decision went unanswered.
Gallery: Prince of Persia 'Epilogue' DLC
[Thanks, Vivienne; Via Big Download]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Nikonov @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:05AM
Well, that's why Youtube exists, right?
Haggard @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:09AM
Ah well, game was repetetive anyway. Although I did think the ending was fantastic. So it's a shame I can't pay to see the 'real' ending.
required @ Feb 3rd 2009 4:46PM
It is painfully repetitive as is the voice actor since he also does Nathan Drake from Uncharted. I have not made it to the ending yet, will some day.
Bouillestfu @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:10AM
Oh come-f***ing-on. Srsly! Ubisoft you bunch of b******s.
I don't get all these not available on PC crap. If you want to protect it, don't put a DRM. Just make it Steam exclusive. If there are no discs out there no one can make an iso out of it and then noone can send it to the PirateBay.
Nithron @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:25AM
Steam is DRM. Also, Steam games turn up on torrent sites all the time.
I don't know what you're talking about, and apparently neither do you.
Roto13 @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:27AM
That's adorable.
You're adorable.
RobLink (Alex Kidd incarnate) @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:31AM
Could be because it doesn't make business sense? I don't know how many copies of the game sold on PC, but it can't have been near the volume on Ps3/360.
Haggard @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:45AM
You literally can't stop games getting pirated. Even CoD4 and TF2 have pirate servers for online play, as does WoW to bypass the subscription.
The best way to ensure people buy your game is either hype it all year, or make sure it's really good and give out free content after it's bought to develop a fanbase/community.
ph15h @ Feb 3rd 2009 12:01PM
@Bouillestfu: The World Has Changed...
@Nithron: A lot of people seem to ignore that fact.
Reuben @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:13AM
This isn't really on topic, but do you guys know the Nintendo tab on top is bonked?
At least on my computer it is.
Maverick Saturn @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:25AM
Fine on my side :S
Reuben @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:30AM
Awww, shucks. Guess it's just me.
Lee @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:15AM
Oh. they won't get my dollars is all.
hunter @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:24AM
well, we all know what those "bussiness" are, they got a truck of money for releasing the ending only for consoles and in addition to that they charge for it??? i still remember when somebody said that we should be paying just to see the end, well looks like ubi is now starting this crazy idea. I just hope nobody buys that thing, it´s completely stupid and unprofessional to do this kind of things, we need to show to this companies that we are not money machines and we refuse to pay for something that they SHOULD have added to the original game in the first place.
Roto13 @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:29AM
This is an EPILOGUE. Do you think the story is going to be resolved at the end? There's going to be another "To Be Continued" cliffhanger.
hunter @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:40AM
agree, but in this case dude this is the ending for THIS game, no mater how many parts they are are going to make the game has an ending it could be a cliffhanger which is another stupid thing that hollywood does to get more money but at the end they are selling you the end of this game, and that´s completely unprofessional, ubi is always complaining about piracy but i wonder... if they sell a game that doesn´t have ending or epilogue whichever name you want to use and they sell it to you apart of the game isn this stealing too??? aren´t they cheating on us ???? wake up guys if we accept this kind of crap then next thing they a re going to sell us the right of using the button b of our gamepad.....
Roto13 @ Feb 3rd 2009 12:35PM
Please look up the word "epilogue." Please. Please do it.
hunter @ Feb 3rd 2009 12:54PM
i can see it the whole day dude, that doesn´t change the fact that I have to pay for it, call it anyway you want at the end you are going to pay for something that should be there in the first place, imagine if yo go to the movies and 10 minutes before the movie ends they tell you: sorry guys but you need to pay 5 bucks to see the ending, which ends being a cliffhanger.... so i paid for suspense??? great right???
Tez @ Feb 3rd 2009 1:06PM
Wow, dude. Please learn how to write a sentence before submitting anything to the internets again.
Roto13 @ Feb 3rd 2009 1:52PM
So do you have just as big of a hissy fit when a DVD of a movie you've already seen comes with alternate endings or deleted scenes?
hunter @ Feb 3rd 2009 4:28PM
of course not, because those things are INCLUDED WITH THE DVD THAT I PAID.... therefore i don´t have any problem, i don´t need to pay in order to see that extra ending or deleted scenes, as they are included in the same dvd that i bought. but if you think it´s cool to keep wasting money on a game just for an epilogue well, then ubi deserves to take your money away man.....
hunter @ Feb 3rd 2009 4:31PM
i think you wanted to say internet, not internets... so yes i guess WE need to learn how to write........dude :D
Omega2k3 @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:13PM
Hunter, it seems like you might need to lurk more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internets_(colloquialism)
Roto13 @ Feb 3rd 2009 7:20PM
What about all those people who saw the movie in a theater months ago? Are they getting screwed out of extra content? No, of course not. Because the movie was complete, even without the extra scenes. Just like Prince of Persia is complete, without the extra epilogue. Sometimes game developers finish a game and release it and then add extra stuff later. I don't know if you're new to this whole gaming thing, but that's something you might want to keep in mind. This isn't like Namco putting an empty space on the character select screen of Soul Calibur IV and withholding Yoda or Darth Vader. This is a FULL GAME that is now getting EXTRAS. There's no need for you to be having this temper tantrum.
hunter @ Feb 3rd 2009 9:12PM
i´ve been playing since the atari 2600 and the only new thing here is that now companies are only looking to get more money from their users no mater what, just like that old and nice idea of charging money for unlocking things that were in the game i think it was call of duty the one who did that, but you know what is more new than this??? is to see people like you who doesn´t mind when companies takes your pants off and say bend over!!... but if that cool with you fine, oh!! and that full game thing sorry but i´m sure it´s going to be something not bigger than a normal level maybe 2 if you are lucky, but as they said the people gets what they paid for....
hunter @ Feb 3rd 2009 9:14PM
this is what appears if you follow your link:
Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name
so two advises, don´t trust in wikipedia and check your links when you want somebody to lurk more :D
see ya!!!!
Roto13 @ Feb 3rd 2009 9:46PM
Are you even trying to understand what's going on here? Prince of Persia is a FULL GAME. I'm not saying the epilogue is a game on its own and I have no idea how you can possibly take that away from my reply. If this game had been released six years ago on the PS2 it would be exactly the same as it is now except uglier, and the epilogue wouldn't exist. What, exactly, is wrong with making bonus content and releasing it after the game is finished? Once again, this is not a case of WITHHOLDING CONTENT and charging for it later. Why are you so incapable of telling the difference between the two scenarios?
hunter @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:11PM
as i said buddy, you want to waste your money go and do it, plain simple if you can be bought with one or 3 bananas fine that´s your price. bonus content is just another excuse to make you pay for something that you don´t need, an epilogue for example which whatever you like it or not it SHOULD be in the game since it was created, this is not bonus content, bonus content is what Bethesda did, they gave us operation anchor a bonus that was a new chapter that is not needed to finish the main game or to see the end of the game or the epilogue. but again if you want it, buy it. it´s your choice, life is a series of choices and it´s results, just don´t complain when suddenly ubi and many others start to make more additional content like forcing you to pay to see the end, and it´s not out of the question that was a suggestion that some company made some months ago and the article was here in joystick but i guess that´s fine with you.
Roto13 @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:16PM
"they gave us operation anchor a bonus that was a new chapter that is not needed to finish the main game or to see the end of the game or the epilogue."
Wh... buh... whuh... are... are you really THAT stupid? So the problem is the fact that it takes place after the game? Really? That's what's crawling up your ass? The fact that it extends the story? So if Operation Anchorage (not anchor, it's not a part of a fucking ship) made references to the ending of Fallout 3, it would suddenly be a giant ripoff? Because that's the only difference here.
My god, you really are an idiot, aren't you?
hunter @ Feb 4th 2009 12:51AM
let me see who is the idiot, who is the one who is willing to pay for a epilogue?? oh yeah you!!!.....operation anchorage (you are right it´s not a ship) is a full bonus that you can pay if you want or not you don´t NEED IT TO KNOW WHAT THE F$%& HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE GAME, and it´s not a gun or a nice item. and just READ how many guys here are complaining about this situation, or maybe we are all idiots. i don´t know why you are defending ubi soft with such energy, but if you invested half of that energy to stop being an idiot who buys crap of ubisoft that you should have in the first place instead of being ubi´s bitch then we wouldn´t have to face this kind of things.
Roto13 @ Feb 4th 2009 11:45AM
And you still can't seem to grasp the fact that this simply wouldn't exist if it wasn't DLC. No, it shouldn't be included with the game originally because there were no plans for it and the game is complete. This is a fucking BONUS. My god, it's like talking to a brick wall with Down syndrome. How exactly does paying for extra content, EXTRA content, again, not withheld content, make me an idiot? It fucking doesn't, because that's exactly what it is. EXTRA. There's the option to pay more to get more.
And yes, everyone who bitches and moans because now there's suddenly more to the story and it's not free is an idiot. The Epilogue isn't going to suddenly tie up all of the loose ends and let the Prince and Elika live happily ever after. What the hell are you people going to do when there's a sequel that cost's $60? Because if you buy it, or any other sequel ever that continues the story of its prequel, you are a giant hypocrite.
hunter @ Feb 4th 2009 12:10PM
and You still can´t accept the fact that charging for an epilogue is crap but it´s okay, as you said i might sound like a brick wall with down syndrome if you want although i don´t see how a wall can have down syndrome but hey, with your amazing level of intelligence guess that´s possible, just go on an pay for it come on!!!! make ubi happy .
oh and it´s goo to see that everybody here is retarded but you, at least this shows that people are not piggy bank and not wiling to pay for an epilogue, but it´s good for ubi that idiots like you that are willing to waste their money on this so go ahead do it, i´m sure ubi´s going to wish there where more "genius" like you.
Roto13 @ Feb 4th 2009 2:07PM
Pro tip: Most of these comments are pissed off that the PC version isn't getting the DLC. Learn to read, and maybe learn to write while you're at it.
And this:
"charging for an epilogue is crap"
still doesn't make any sense.
hunter @ Feb 4th 2009 4:06PM
ahhhh my good old friend roto13 ...you know you are like that little piece of turd that stays at the bottom of the toilet and refuses to leave, no mater how many times you flush it... anyway let´s go.....
pissed off for the DLC that the p.c. is not getting.. maybe, but most of them if you can read and i think you do are complaining for the same reason that we are talking about they are selling you an epilogue with a nice level attach to it....and that´s the name of the expansion and the main selling point as ubi says:Epilogue will further develop the relationship between the main characters and task them with defeating a new enemy .... so at the end they are adding things to the story that some users won´t be able to know, but as i said...waste your money dude, nobody is going to stop you....and you´ll make ubi happier so that´s a good ending after all.
Roto13 @ Feb 4th 2009 5:09PM
"Epilogue will further develop the relationship between the main characters and task them with defeating a new enemy .... so at the end they are adding things to the story that some users won´t be able to know, but as i said...waste your money dude, nobody is going to stop you....and you´ll make ubi happier so that´s a good ending after all."
Surprise! You're confused! People who bought the PC version of the game want access to the Epilogue DLC as much as anyone else. They're not complaining that the Epilogue exists and they have to pay money for it if they want it. If they were agreeing with you, your comments wouldn't be voted down so low.
And here you are, still refusing to come up with a reason why extending a game and continuing the story at a premium is a bad thing, and you still haven't explained why DLC that continues the story is somehow worse than a full sequel that also continues the story. But yeah, keep repeating your idiotic "OMG UBISOFT WANTS TO MAKE MONEY AND THAT'S BAD FOR SOME REASON" bullshit. It doesn't make you sound like more of an idiot every time you say it. No, really, continue.
hunter @ Feb 4th 2009 5:32PM
flushhh........nop you are still here.....
first of all let me see the votes for your comments....mmmm well, guess what??? we have the same amount of votes so at the end our comments are at the same level if we count votes so like you said surprise surprise!!!!!!!! you are wrong..
and as for the "They're not complaining that the Epilogue exists " thing well let me see.....
-Anybody else think it's sad as hell that we actually have to pay for the endings to our games now?
-Now people are getting screwed out of even being able to buy endings
-if you don't buy it, you're not getting the "whole" experience.
-So it's a shame I can't pay to see the 'real' ending.
-You guys don't care about how the game ends, right?
-and the very though of forcing PC-ers into paying $10 for an ending left Ubi with two choices
just to mention a few... and i´m not going to add the ones that you can find at ubi so, yeah i´m an idiot like everybody else who thinks the same of your DLC, and keep saying your idiotic: "ubi is not selling me an ending is selling me an epilogue" crap, it doesn´t make you sound too smart either....
see ya!!!!
oh sorry!!!! i almost forgot.......
flusshhhhh.......
Roto13 @ Feb 4th 2009 6:28PM
"we have the same amount of votes so at the end our comments are at the same level if we count votes so like you said surprise surprise!!!!!!!! "
I guess that's why you have a one heart rating and mine is still at the default 2. Oh, wait, you don't know what you're talking about. Again.
And you still haven't managed to come up with a reason why this is any worse than making a sequel that also continues the story, because you're still full of shit. (And yes, everyone you listed is a drooling idiot like you.)
hunter @ Feb 5th 2009 11:25AM
yawn.....mmm let´s see.....oh my friend roto13!!!!!! how are you man!!! good morning, geez it´s very cold right???.....i hope it doesn´t rain man!!!....ok, eeeemmmmmm ah yeah !!! let´s go to bussiness......just let me check my card.....ok done.
you know you are right!!! oh good im 1 heart lower than you that´s so sad.... oh well, at least i´m helping you to get hearts right??? so if that makes you feel so happy fine i´m glad i can contribute to your happiness, at least you don´t have to pay for this.
the reason why i think this is worst than a sequel is very simple.... it´s not a sequel!!!!!!
as you said it´s an epilogue which BTW you still don´t know how much i´ll have to pay for that if i wanted it of course.... if this thing sells guess what´s next?? epilogue 2,3,4, etc... if you keep paying for that they could sell you the whole second part (in parts of course) if they wanted and you´ll end up paying More for something that is not even a sequel, do you think it´s fair to pay for stupid things like a gun??? you can argue that it makes the life of the original longer but at the end they are NOT giving you a whole new game, it´s just F$% level for Christ!!! sometimes they give you THAT on a demo, but now they are charging you for that... and don´t tell me the selling point is not the word EPILOGUE and to know what´s going to happen or to be more realistic to know what is going to be the new cliffhanger because that´s exactly the selling point that ubi is using...
and of course i´m full of shit, i haven´t gone to the bathroom just for answering your mail, i just hope when i´m done i don´t find another roto in the toilet, man that´d be annoying....
ok, see ya tomorrow buddy!!!!
Roto13 @ Feb 5th 2009 3:15PM
"if you keep paying for that they could sell you the whole second part (in parts of course) if they wanted and you´ll end up paying More for something that is not even a sequel,"
Assuming the DLC costs about $10 like most other similar expansions, and it's 3 hours like the press release says, and the full game is about 10 hours long, how is paying one sixth of the price for one third of the game a bad thing? Hell, it could cost $20 (it won't) and it'd still be more-or-less worth it. You're just looking for a reason to complain. Pathetic.
"the reason why i think this is worst than a sequel is very simple.... it´s not a sequel!!!!!!"
Again, why does that matter? Are you just throwing random words and punctuation together and hitting "Add comment"? Because that's what it looks like.
hunter @ Feb 6th 2009 10:50AM
hi dude!!! good morning.....man, look at that if we keep this we might break the record of the biggest thread in joystick history for a pointless discussion!!! man, let´s keep up the good work ok???
ok, let´s do it..
>Assuming the DLC costs about $10 like most other similar expansions, and it's 3
for a guy who complains about random words you are not doing a good job here....you are assuming that it´s going to cost xxx???? your point is completely useless here because we can´t really argue if it´s worth it or not until a) we know how much and b) we know how many hours of gameplay your epilogue is going to last, 3 hours i don´t know that´s almost a quarter of a full game for 10??? when a full game costs more or less 50??? to be honest i don´t think that´s going to last more than 1 hour but without real numbers there is nothing to argue here....
>Again, why does that matter? Are you just throwing random words and punctuation
are you really reading man?? i know my English is not too good as it´s not my first language but dude!!!!.....i´m not complaining because it doesn´t have the words SEQUEL.... the reason is because they are selling to you a real ending, plain simple...... it´s not a new game (it´s a new level) it´s not additional content just to add some life to the game, the MAIN selling point is because you want to know what really happened. And for me that´s B#!!$it you can make as many sequels as you want but it´s not fair to sell you a cliffhanger attached to 1 new level, and that´s the main selling point ubi is using to sell it. it´s a cliffhanger, but i´m glad must of the people doesn´t think like you otherwise we would have to pay just to see the last 15 minutes of pirates of the Caribbean 2 which ended being a cliffhanger.....
oh and i almost forgot!!! you think that everybody that thinks like me is an idiot?? that´s the cheapest argument you can come with, and if you think that only what you think is the whole true... man i know now why you keep responding, you need to think that you are the ruler of the world, anyone who has a different way of thinking must be destroyed....jesus good thing that there are not a lot of people like you....
and i´m not throwing random words and punctuation together and hitting "Add comment
" if i where doing that you would see the words roto13 before the comment
see ya tomorrow!!!!
Roto13 @ Feb 6th 2009 12:53PM
"the reason is because they are selling to you a real ending, plain simple"
Did your copy of Prince of Persia not end? Because mine did. Maybe you couldn't figure out what to do after beating the four main bosses, but the ending involves the Prince setting Ahriman free. Once again, that is the ending of that chapter of the story. Once again, the epilogue is not going to suddenly stick Ahriman back in his cage and let the Prince and Elika live happily ever after. If the original ending doesn't fit your weird definition of an ending, neither will the Epilogue. The ending you want probably won't come until the third game in the series.
"i´m not complaining because it doesn´t have the words SEQUEL.... the reason is because they are selling to you a real ending, plain simple...... it´s not a new game (it´s a new level) it´s not additional content just to add some life to the game, the MAIN selling point is because you want to know what really happened."
You're still missing the point.
Why. Does. It. Matter. If. You. Need. To. Buy. The. Extra. Content. To. See. What. Happens. Next. When. The. Alternative. Is. To. Buy. The. Sequel. A. Year. Or. Two. From. Now. To. See. What. Happens. Next.
"you are assuming that it´s going to cost xxx????"
Yes, because this isn't the first time a game has had new levels as DLC, and similar things are usually released for about ten to fifteen dollars.
"3 hours i don´t know that´s almost a quarter of a full game for 10??? when a full game costs more or less 50??? to be honest i don´t think that´s going to last more than 1 hour but without real numbers there is nothing to argue here...."
The press release says how much content will be in the epilogue.
hunter @ Feb 7th 2009 11:19AM
good morning dude!!!!
>Did your copy of Prince of Persia not end? Because mine did. Maybe
i didn´t fully read this part because i haven´t played my copy of pop, sorry i´ve been playing dead space. and that´s why i haven´t played pop, so this is another reason why i got more mad when i knew that at the end i won´t be able to see what really happened... unless of course i use youtube right???
>Why. Does. It. Matter. If. You. Need. To. Buy. The. Extra. Content. To. See. What. Happens
It. Matters. Because. I. Paid .Cash. For. The. PC. Version. And. For. A. Full. Story. Cliffhanger. Or. Not. I. Don´t. Have. The. Real. Ending. Whatever. It. Is. Even. Though. I PAid. Cash for. It.
See. Ya. Tomorrow.
Dr. @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:30AM
Well, good to know I can free up some harddrive space, then. Assholes.
Matt @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:32AM
I'd be more pissed about this IF I'd actually paid for it on PC. (which is probably why it isn't coming out on PC lolololol)
carg0 @ Feb 3rd 2009 12:01PM
yea, im sure they're all crestfallen...
(all five of them)
trkorecky @ Feb 3rd 2009 12:03PM
On behalf of other game developers who are following the same trend of backstabbing highway robbery, Ubisoft would like to release this memo to all PC gamers:
We appreciate your dedication to our companies for far longer than home video game consoles existed. In order to repay you with our thanks, please bend right over and grasp your ankles firmly. Don't bother pulling down your pants, we'll rip straight through them in our unjustified quest to brutally sodomize you. We made sure to think of protection as well--each of us will make sure to equip ourselves with 40-grit sandpaper condoms before sticking it to you gamers yet once more. As if you weren't angry enough that our free upgrade to a Collector's Edition applied exclusively to the console editions (any upgrade to a Collector's Edition was exclusively console-bound), we've also decided to restrict the full version of the game itself to just consoles as well. You guys don't care about how the game ends, right?
Neuromancer @ Feb 3rd 2009 12:16PM
"Business reasons"=we don't think it'll make us enough money to turn a profit on the PC. So we're not doing it.
Last time I checked video game companies are not public services designed to make our lives more entertaining. They are there to turn a profit and if Ubi doesn't think they will by releasing DLC on the PC, yeah it sucks but in the end its their choice. On a certain level you have to be mature enough to accept that.
hunter @ Feb 3rd 2009 12:48PM
sorry dude but if for you being mature is accepting that ubi is going to rape you and your money for something that should be in the game that you BOUGHT in the first place then i´m a 5 years old kid, and as i said what´s next?? charge you for each cinema??? for each time that you jump???? how about charging for every extra life??? hey i got it!!! charge for each time that you want to save your game!!!!! and don´t give me that crap of piracy on p.c. i know a lot fo guys with 360 and wii and they all have chips in their consoles not a single original game, i have bought more original games for my p.c. than those guys.
see ya!!!
Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Feb 3rd 2009 12:44PM
It's all about PC gamer being capable of fighting back when pushed against the wall and fucked in the ass.
Stuff like this can and will be pirated/hacked if PC gamers feel somebody is going to far(SPORE!) and the very though of forcing PC-ers into paying $10 for an ending left Ubi with two choices. Release it free or not release it at all.
Given that they're greedy assholes, they opted for the second one.
Baby J Penn (PSN johnnynumber5) @ Feb 3rd 2009 2:41PM
The sad truth is that PC gamers have done this to themselves. It's more important to pirate games for free than pay for them. I'm sure you guys are really teaching them a lesson. Unfortunatley for you guys the lesson is to not release any more games for the platform or make the DRM even more restrictive.
The PSP community has created the same problem for itself. Now, we hardly get new releases because everything gets pirated. From what I have read the PSP 3000 (brite) hasn't been hacked (yet). Hopefully when Sony eventually releases the PSP 2 it will have some serious security features to guarantee the validity of the platform.
As far as I know Blu-Ray hasn't been hacked yet so maybe that's something for computer and software manufacturers to think about. If not Blu-Ray maybe some other new standard to try and eliminate software piracy. I'm not sure what the answer is but the communities that pirate software, movies and music are single handedly ruining those industries.