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Petition to get Oddworld on the 360.

This was just tweeted by JAW: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/g..._the_xbox_360/
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Many fans of oddworld are disheartened to know that it is unlikley that Microsoft will allow Oddworld games to be released on the Xbox 360.Us as fans have decided to start a petition and let Microsoft know just how much we want Oddworld to be released on the Xbox 360!Please help us get a much loved game on to a much loved console by signing this petition.

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Sounds like they’re getting desperate with their talks with Microsoft.

e: Not sure if this is made by JAW or not, but it must be important if they’re tweeting it directly.
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09-18-2011, 10:41 AM
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Are we talking about the whole series or just the Abe games? I don't have a 360 but I wouldn't mind.

Improved graphics is always a plus.
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09-18-2011, 10:42 AM
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Wow Microsoft are being unnecessarily harsh seeing as there are much worse game out there.
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Well there's always Wii, PSV, 3DS, iPhone, Android, Tablet, etc
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Not the wii, Gill hates the wii.
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Are we talking about the whole series or just the Abe games? I don't have a 360 but I wouldn't mind.

Improved graphics is always a plus.
Pretty sure this relates to Stranger specifically, as it’s been known for months that JAW is having trouble convincing Microsoft to allow them to publish it on their marketplace.
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Still would like this, I doubt it will happen though. Crysis is getting a GoD release though, perhaps if disc release on PC counts, then disc release on Xbox 1 counts?
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09-18-2011, 11:24 AM
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Well there's always Wii, PSV, 3DS, iPhone, Android, Tablet, etc
If it comes to anything to do with Android or iPhone I will be furious.
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Microsoft hates Steam. Just saying. There's a war coming, and as far as Microsoft are concerned OWI have already picked a side.

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Wow! what about Limbo then?
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Yeah, what I just said was pretty much bullshit. Things are heading that way, though.

Microsoft likes to get ballbreaking exclusivity on anything that looks like a moneyspinner. Limbo was a little game with little profits.

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$7.5 million doesn't sound very little to me.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...enues-in-2010/
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Like I said, bullshit. I can't help it. I do genuinely worry about myself sometimes. I think I can guess the flaws in my psychology that lead me to do this, but I'm not going to go into that.

I'd just like to take this oppurtunity to say that I rarely know what I'm talking about, but would rather make something up on the off-chance of it being accurate than stay out of the discussion.


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I thought OWI pretty much burned their bridges with Microsoft after the departure of Ed Fries.
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Its not really good business to burn a bridge with one of the main platform holders.
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Here’s hoping Microsoft lets them publish, otherwise we’re screwed.
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I see the policy from one point of view, so that they make sure most games are never exclusive on PSN, but at the same time, that very policy makes sure PSN gets free exclusives.
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Signed. I'm #119. This should get so many more signatories.
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Yeah, someone called Craig Slinsby made the petition, but JAW are supporting apparently. I'm going to sign it too.
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I thought OWI pretty much burned their bridges with Microsoft after the departure of Ed Fries.
More like Microsoft burned the bridges, given that they dropped OWI and not the other way round. And given that OWI continued to make SW for the Xbox, clearly the canyon wasn't impassable.
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Signed (#140). More platforms mean more availability. So long as future OWI games don't become Microsoft exclusive if MS lets them publish their games on their consoles.
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Microsoft has the second Worse library out of all 7th generation and they're being picky about Oddworld which is a game of the year game. Seems very excessive.
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More like Microsoft burned the bridges, given that they dropped OWI and not the other way round. And given that OWI continued to make SW for the Xbox, clearly the canyon wasn't impassable.
The game was already more than half made by the time Ed left. It wouldn't have been financially sensible to stop production dead just because they got a new boss. I thought the animosity took place some time after SW was published.
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The game was already more than half made by the time Ed left. It wouldn't have been financially sensible to stop production dead just because they got a new boss. I thought the animosity took place some time after SW was published.
I don't know about percentages, but Microsoft dropped all the slightly quirky and interesting games because they considered them risky compared to mass market, mass produced crap like sports games, racers and FPSes. Psychonauts was another victim of that cull.
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I don't know about percentages, but Microsoft dropped all the slightly quirky and interesting games because they considered them risky compared to mass market, mass produced crap like sports games, racers and FPSes. Psychonauts was another victim of that cull.
I thought Psychonauts did badly because Majesco fumbled the marketing?
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I thought Psychonauts did badly because Majesco fumbled the marketing?
If wouldn't even have been in Majesco's buttery fingers had Microsoft not dropped it.
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I thought Psychonauts did badly because Majesco fumbled the marketing?
Much like how EA fumbled Stranger’s marketing?
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I thought Psychonauts did badly because Majesco fumbled the marketing?
Yeah, what Daxter said. Microsoft dropped Psychonauts, Majesco picked it up and then screwed it over.
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Good lord, the amount of petition signatures has doubled overnight.
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