Wed, Nov 23, 2011 | 16:12 GMT
Ubisoft: I Am Alive unlikely to hit PC, sales “not worth it”
Ubisoft has seemingly killed off hope that I Am Alive will come to PC.
Stanislas Mettra, creative director at Ubisoft, said he’s heard “loud and clear that PC gamers are bitching” over the fact the game hasn’t had a formal announce for the platform in an interview with IncGamers.
He said: “Are these people just making noise just because there’s no version or because it’s a game they actually want to play? Would they buy it if we made it?”
Even if the demand’s there, there’s still one thing holding back any PC release: the threat of piracy.
“It’s hard because there’s so much piracy and so few people are paying for PC games that we have to precisely weigh it up against the cost of making it,” said Mettra.
“Perhaps it will only take 12 guys three months to port the game to PC; it’s not a massive cost but it’s still a cost. If only 50,000 people buy the game then it’s not worth it.”
I Am Alive launches this winter for PSN and Xbox Live Arcade. New shots are here.
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#51
GrimRita
24/11/11, 9:45 pm
@50 what a load of bull.
The reason why pirating isnt so wide spread on the console is because you need a PC to download and burn the game to disc – not every console owner has a PC to do this.
If they did, I think the outcome would be alot different.
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DSB
25/11/11, 12:50 am
The PC isn’t a DRM platform like the consoles are. I think one thing that people appreciate about PC gaming is the diversity it allows. Obviously “piracy is far more rampant”, because it isn’t a DRM box, and people can do whatever they like on it, but it obviously hasn’t made the games market smaller for anyone.
The fact is that publishers have and continue to make good business on the PC, but it is an extra expense if you want to use it to it’s full extent. Consoles are far less demanding, and it’s easier to blame piracy for simply wanting to save a buck on everything that’s involved with a PC release, than simply admitting that you’re cheap.
Even if IL DUCE wants to believe their unfounded accusations, their own earnings reports will easily dismiss any notion of the PC as somehow being less viable than either console from a business perspective. Ubisoft are the only ones that are failing to make money. For obvious reasons to any PC gamer.
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