Good news for XBOX users
 

JAW is in the works, with Microsoft, on Stranger's. Everyone is winning...except Wii. Oh well.



http://twitter.com/jawltd/status/42895300733566976

Great news.

Cool hopefully it wont burn too many m$ points :)

Wait, I forgot already, is this about the HD remake of SW or the original SW brought to Xbox Live marketplace?

I'm assuming it's the HD remake. Would be a little late in the game to announce the original when the PS3 gets the HD version. Wouldn't be a smart business move either.

Since it's about the 2GB limit, it's the remake. The original is forgotten by MS.

I just came.

This is also great news, today has been good.

This is good news for OWI and JAW as well, I bet. Means more customers for them. :)

Only thing Im skeptical of is MS usually only works with devs if they get something in return, like exclusivity. Perhaps just PS3 not having this as an exclusive was enough for them, I dunno.

Hmmm - I really hope OWI don't go down that road again, we've all seen what that did to Munch mid-way through production.

I Agree man. Microsoft tend to only have the game for an extra month or more than Playstation users but that would be one very long month or so for me ha. PSN are poor with their exclusive downloadable things. Still getting to the point. Even though exclusivity would give the game that extra kick for fanboys etc, but still that has proven in the past rather deadly to OWI

Isn't SW on the backwards compatible list of the 360 or is that just MO?

Just MO. In any case, that is a moot point given that he's talking about downloadable games.

I heard that both MO and SW are shit in 360.Could be wrong, though.

MO is - most of the sounds are very, very quiet and muffled, but every so often there will be a really loud sound. One time it was that fucking shaman. Scared the shit out of me, because I had my volume turned up really loud.

I've never played SW, so I'm looking forward to this.

Oh my fucking God YES.

I'm sorry for ever doubting you JAW. Maybe.

Nice to hear the remastered version is coming on Xbox360 :D

Am I the only one that can’t interpret that tweet as a definite confirmation of SWHD on Xbox?

Why are you skeptical?

Because I can’t interpret that tweet as a definite confirmation of SWHD on Xbox.

No, I too think that tweet is not a confirmation of the project to 360, BUT rather a confirmation that is very possible that SW's coming to 360.

Its a confirmation I think, JAW had previous stated the only reason they couldn't get it on the 360 was the 2GB limit and MS not working with them, both of those have been resolved. MS is also really good with working with devs for XBLA.

I meant that if SW was on the backwards compatible list it would be kind of redundant to release it on the market and charge people money for a game they can get second hand for less then a buck.

Awesome stuff!

Still, it's going to be the remastered version, otherwise they could easily have gone trough the games on demand system.

If they could get it. I haven't seen a copy of SW (my own excepted, of course) for years.

I'm still getting it on PS3. But good for xbox users indeed.

Wow this is amazing news! I haven't played SW in years. Does this mean Abe HD is also coming to xbox 360?

They are planning on releasing Abe HD on 4 major platforms.

(Xbox 360, PS3, Steam (PC) and NGP/PSP2. (Possibly.))

Man the oddworld folks sure don't like nintendo huh, any business reason behind that?

Nintendo has a terrible download policy, Super Meat Boy couldn't fit under their constrictions, no way Stranger would.

Also, the Wii is just too underpowered to keep up with the 360 and the PS3. It's not like they're the only game publisher to give up on 3-way console cross-platform development.

Fair enough, it's just a shame that nintendo, which is known for having "innovative and fresh games" won't be able to give wii only users a slice of the pie.

Innovative and fresh? Tell me, how many Mario games have they released in the last year?

(The answer is 'Four', by the way. In one year. And four the year before that, five in 2008 and fucking ten in 2007)

10 mario games in 2007? I cant even name 10 mario games

PFAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!


...right...

Anyway, I just hope we get the 4 games this year, to be equal or better than the old ones. I'm playing Munch for the past few days, and I gotta say, it's way to different from Abe's and Stranger's vibes. Can't say exactly what, but I will. In the future.

I think I messed up my wording.

Whether they nintendo actually is innovative is opinion, i'm talking more on how the general public views the company.

you know, not a forum of nerds

like us

we're nerds

this doesn't even affect me cause i don't even have a wii anymore what do i care

Four projects. Not necessarily games.

Correct, my mistake, I was actually thinking projects, but instead write games, sorry for the typo.

Well there has been three Oddworld games released on Nintendo's handhelds, albeit shabby.