Mass Effect confirmed for PC News

Not too long to wait, really looking forward to the definitive version. ;)

Well this came as a shock :p

surprise surprise

Huzzah! at last

Yay!

Happens every time...

Bravo... I love the 360 version, but the PC version should run sweet as pie, plus MODS!!!!!

I have patiently held off buying the 360 version in anticipation of the PC version - great news!

What with better textures and mods too this will be superb - here's hoping it's not a shoddy port...

Tabloid brohaha pt2 before you can say... er... Sexdows. Won't someone think of the, um, office workers?

I'm happy. I might even be able to find the planet I came from.

Wow. Floored by the shockingness of this news story.

Mind you, I hope it stays Xbox/PC exclusive.

Funny, the very last site I hit was Bit-tech, who posted an article today indicating that this would remain XBox 360-exclusive. I guess they're just talking consoles there?

what's a "definitive version" (apart of coming later) ?

Just picked this up on 360 yesterday,and it is an excellent game well recommended to PC or 360 owners.

When is the anounced DLC coming up ?

Woooo! Didn't realise it would be hitting PC so soon!

Picture me shocked! It was the last good reason to buy a 360 for me, I am glad that they finally announced the PC version.

You see, with stuff like gears, viva, mass effect, assasins creed all arriving/arrived on PC at a cheaper price... this is the reason I don't look back with sadness at the death of my 360 and my subsequent selling up of my 360 games to recoup the costs of the £300 piece of shit hardware that kept dying on me (1 light before anyone asks, 3rd returned console - not covered for free by MS so they can kiss my arse if they think they are getting any more 360 cash out of me).

Honestly, great news for PC (I love PC) but more reasons to suggest the honeymoon period for Xbox360 is over. Now if sony can ensure it's exclusives this year remain exclusive (and lets face it stuff like GT5 and wipeout isn't going to be on anything but PS3) then that's another notch in their bedposts in this 'turnaround' year for the console makers.

I'm still underwhelmed by the technical prowess of the PS3's GPU from all the games i've seen thus far but what the heck, at least it doesn't die every few weeks.

Hey Jedi, for this to be the definitive version wouldn't it have to be on the PS3?

Hmmm?

No texture pop up? That might make it worth grabbing this game again. Then the 360 version can go off to a needy third party. Or get traded in.

Mass Effect will be on PC, 360 is doomed.

PS3 has won the "war"..., let's play Lair.

This sort of thing is why i will probally get a PS3. The 360 is a slightly (at the moment) better gaming machine but i have a good PC. A PS3 seems to compliments a PC better than a 360 does.

"You see, with stuff like gears, viva, mass effect, assasins creed all arriving/arrived on PC at a cheaper price"

PC, just like the 360 is a MS platform mainly. They want games on PC... it makes the PC more wanted and hence makes them money. Exclusive 360 is, in almost all cases, a timed exclusive. If you can wait 6-12 month no probs. I prefer to play the games a bit quicker ;)
BTW same could be said of PC... a lot of the PC games eventually walk over to the 360.

Dizzy, don't say that too loud, or some will stop playin PC games too.

On the other hand, it'd odd to see games that don't sell ported to other platforms.

Mass Effect without the frame-rate drops, absurd loading times, and screen tearing? I'm there.

While EA is revealed as the publisher of this version, it appears Microsoft will be doing the honours in the future - suggesting it will remain exclusive to the Xbox 360 console.

I'm not sure you've read that quote correctly - it's reads to me that EA has struck a deal with MS for *EA* to publish and new games within the Mass Effect universe...

Another reason for me not to buy a 360.

Yay! I'm surprised this is coming to PC so soon, I was fully expecting a two-year delay. I guess this means I don't need to buy a 360 afterall... :)

Now that I thought about it it's realy just what I needed to sell my 360s, and publicize it in every thread I see. It's realy the game that ends all games, I don't need any other.

I look forward to the media frenzy caused by a user made mod to make the game more sexually explicit, it's gonna be great :D

Any chance they could patch the god-awful 360 inventory system whilst they're at it?

Hooray! Was holding out for this.

in space, no one can hear you scream... unless you use the Hot Space mod.

@ Dizzy, the difference is I HAVE to own a PC, or rather I always will (and a decent one at that) so whatever comes out for it or doesn't is cool by me. However with the 360 I have to make a continued investment in £40 games on a system that is flaky to say the least, I've already lost enough cash on it thanks to shit quality control over the scaler/ana chip problem so i'f have to buy ANOTHER 360 to continue playing the decent games. Because most of the best ones come out on PC means the temptation to buy ANOTHER 360 just isnt there any more. My 8800gtx system will handle these xbox ports fine so long as they are done right.

Wheras the PS3 does in fact compliment the PC better if you are a big PC gamer (like I am) as you are bound to get more exclusives that are ONLY on that console rather than on both your console and your PC. If MS gets money from me via the PC then fine, I just don't want to spend more money on something that's going to flash red lights at me every time I want to play a game.

This is not ps3 propaganda nor PC elitism it's just common sense. Aside from Project Gotham Racing 4 I can think of NO games that I want to play on 360 that are not already out or will be out on the PC (or the PS3 - which ties in with the 'better compliment' - for ex GTA4 which is worth getting asap on consoles probably).

Wow, miiguel's sarcasm attempts sound hilariously desperate. :)

Oh and factor in that some games are actually timed exclusives on PC/PS3 and later on 360 (UT3 for example) makes the whole issue a lot less clear than it was this time last year.

I know it's hard for some people around hear to believe we are not all fanboys but trust me i'm open minded, i've been banging on about how great the 360 is for the past 2 years and unfortunately it let me down 3 times until it wasn't financially viable to keep on spending on it. I have gamecube, DS, PC etc and I'm now waiting to see if Sony can actually deliver the goods this year and then may go on to buy a (price reduced) PS3. I have no loyalty to any mfctr, I go where the good games are and the good reliable hardware is and while the former may be true of the 360 the latter certainly isn't. I've learned that lesson and because i'm no fanboy of any system can quite easily 'scrap it' and move on to better built systems.

If those games I listed hadn't made it onto PC at all then I wouldn't even have commented and would still say that 360 is the best all round system of the 3 current gen for games but only if you don't own a GOOD pc and are interested in Sony's exclusives like GT5 and wipeout etc.

Seriously step out of the narrow view for a while and take an unbiased look at things, it makes sense.

And 'miiiguel' you sound just like a fanboy, putting words into people's mouths and assuming you know their view on things. I have stated more than once that my 360 died on me and I felt cheated out of nearly £1k (games + add ons etc) but that's up to me, when you get shafted for £1k and all you can do is chuck it in the bin then i'm sure you'll be a bit vocal about it also, if it stops just one person getting fucked over by MS on this 360 sham then it was worth it. :)

Have a nice day!

Doh this was the game I bought my 360 for. Still my PC would've creaked badly under the strain running this no harm done.

"PC, just like the 360 is a MS platform mainly. They want games on PC... it makes the PC more wanted and hence makes them money. Exclusive 360 is, in almost all cases, a timed exclusive. If you can wait 6-12 month no probs. I prefer to play the games a bit quicker ;)
BTW same could be said of PC... a lot of the PC games eventually walk over to the 360."

No Starcraft 2 or Empire Total War on the 360, just that in my opinion makes the PC a better choice.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, now I have no need to shell out for a 360 in the near future.

Finally there's a way to view porn on a computer.

sharpfish, I didn't put anything in anyone's mouth, I believe...

Uncle, I never understood that "desperate" thing, but I'm portuguese, care to clarify? I'm desperate for what? So PC's don't get games? why? To play PS3 games? why? If I ever want that I'll buy another one (you don't know me, but believe me, If there's one thing I don't have is "money issues")

I just find funny why are so many threads saying "I don't need to buy a 360"; "I sold my 360 tomorrow".

Anyway, what does this matter after all, my "desperation", your "skin problems" towards MS, the fanboysm to 360 or Sony? Nothing..., the train'll keep rolling. I don't see PS3's GT5 prologue fading away, not 360's GTA IV special content disapearing...

And I wasn't beeing sarcastic, I'll switch to PC (I was just waiting for this anouncement), but just because one needs Windows to play those, and I want to give money to Microsoft, I must admit.

Are there any developers left that don't lie to their customers?

Good news. And yes, for me too it's one less reason to think about buying a 360, since I'm pretty much set on upgrading my PC in the not too distant future anyway.

Timed exclusives like this actually make a lot of sense - Microsoft get the benefit of using these releases to sell their console than once sales have started to tail off, they get a load more revenue from the PC release (well, not so much in this case since EA are doing the publishing, but for MS published games that definitely stands).

"So tell me what the 360 is for again?"
Nothing..., I just wish MS never released a console. we could've still be friends (kool, kool thing). All we ever do nowdays is talk about 360.
Whata demoniac device.

I'm going to sell all my 360s, I promise. I'll just play Lost Odyssey for a bit, I swear.

As much as I've been a die hard PC gamer in the past (my first console was a PS2 bought in late 2006 if I recall correctly), there's just no way I'm going back to PC gaming again (a few racing sims with my G25 wheel being the exception).
Sitting in a comfortable chair in front of large HDTV is just so much better than sitting in a somewhat less comfortable office chair in front of a small 22" widescreen monitor - especially if you've already spent most of the day working in front of a PC.
I've also rather taken a liking to using a gamepad rather than torturing my wrists and fingers with yet more mouse and keyboard work.

Of course hooking up a PC to that same HDTV and sitting in that same comfortable chair is an option these days (with mouse and keyboard possibly making it a tad awkward), but if you're going that route you may as well just get a console anyway.

Now we only need someone to point out how he thinks console gaming is so much more comfortable because he has only a shitty office chair and is working on PCs all day.


Oh wait, already done. Mouse/keyboard debate now, then?

In a nutshell:

- MS get the heck out of planet Earth!
- That's not possible, at this stage...
- So use as litle as you can, and whine about evilness, and shit. Be particularly verbose whenever they lauch a new product (because Office and OS and shit is pretty useless by now. Put all your strengths in demonizing Zune and 360, and in a near future Yahoo)

edit: great, not only my gf calls be a geek, now she laughs of my incredible bad english.

Mass Effect but without the texture pop-in and awful framerate, ta very much. I'm glad I waited.

sharpfish wrote: "this is the reason I don't look back with sadness at the death of my 360 and my subsequent selling up of my 360 games to recoup the costs of the £300 piece of shit hardware...blah blah blah"

Oh pease, this really is getting silly now! For the past month or so, almost every topic you appear in you're telling the same tale of how 3 of your 360s died and therefore you now hate MS and you now hate the 360.

Look, I can sympathise if someone says "Sorry guys, I liked the 360, it has some great games, but I'm disappointed after my 3rd 360 died, and so I've decided to sell it and I'm going to get a PS3 instead", and that's it, they move on. But to whinge and whine at EVERY opportunity is boring, pointless, and rather pathetic really.

The 360 didn't work out for you, that's a shame but it IS time to forget it and move on. It's a games console, remember? :) The vast majority of 360 gamers have not had the level of problems you've had, and out of those that have, many are still enjoying their console because of the games.

If you have your PS3 now, that's great, enjoy it and start talking about your experiences with it, but please, go on the Jerry Springer Show if you want to tell the whole world how the 360 ruined your life. ;)