WHY?

[alf's brother's mate]

WHY ISN'T MUNCH'S ODDYSEE FOR PC?????!!!!!!!!!!

[Nate]

Because OWI made a decision that it would be more practical to only code it for the Xbox and thus got a nice exclusivity deal. End of story.

[Paul]

because m$ had xbox exclusive deal with OWI

[Nemo]

Because the controls would suck on the PC.

[alf's brother's mate]

yes, but surely more people have PC's than x box's, so more would sell?

[Xavier]

heh it's too late to do something about it anyway

[Jordan]

A BETTER QUESTION WOULD BE WHY DO YOU POST IN CAPITALS?

Because OWI didn't want to do it.

[Zerox]

Even though that exclusivity deal is weird, surely Microsoft would be making or whatever the PC's anyway? Stupid Microsoft.

[skillya_glowi]

Also most likely because in that day, the standards that OWI had set for Munch's Oddysee simply would not work on a PC. Even the Xbox barely pulled it.

[Wil]

Even the Xbox barely pulled it.

By Lorne’s own admission, MO used only about a quarter of Xbox’s capabilities.

[Jordan]

By Lorne’s own admission, MO used only about a quarter of Xbox’s capabilities.

Would that mean MO could pull off a lot more features, like better graphics, and longer gameplay?

[skillya_glowi]

Would that mean MO could pull off a lot more features, like better graphics, and longer gameplay?

It COULD but it didn't. That's what I meant...

[Nate]

Would that mean MO could pull off a lot more features, like better graphics, and longer gameplay?

The game engine was a gaffer-taped hack of their original PS2 one. If they'd had the time to start it from scratch (as they did with SW) it would have been much, much better.

[alf's brother's mate]

okay, thanks

[DarkHoodness]

MO's probably the reason why OWI eventaully stopped making games. . . The X-Box exclusive thing was a bad decision IMO. MO was rushed because of this. Patched together concept. . . :S

Yes I've played it now, finally. :P (Thanks to Alector) I mean, even a real concept looked better, and I sat there thinking "WTF?! Is this an Oddworld game?!". But at least OW Stranger was 100% better.

Lemme just say that you're not missing much with MO not being on the PC. But you're definately missing a lot with SW not being on the PC. . . I really wish it was. OWI could've made a lot more profit and had more fans if they ported thier games to more platforms. . . I don't care what you guys think. Putting games on one console exclusively isn't a good idea.

[Zerox]

MO's probably the reason why OWI eventaully stopped making games. . . The X-Box exclusive thing was a bad decision IMO. MO was rushed because of this. Patched together concept. . . :S

Yes I've played it now, finally. :P (Thanks to Alector) I mean, even a real concept looked better, and I sat there thinking "WTF?! Is this an Oddworld game?!". But at least OW Stranger was 100% better.

Lemme just say that you're not missing much with MO not being on the PC. But you're definately missing a lot with SW not being on the PC. . . I really wish it was. OWI could've made a lot more profit and had more fans if they ported thier games to more platforms. . . I don't care what you guys think. Putting games on one console exclusively isn't a good idea.

The concept was/is there, just not the time for it to be implemented properly.

SW could work great on PC...online multiplayer, too. It's an FPS, and I play Halo on line all the time...that would be sweet, no?

[Xavier]

I realy can't see SW in a multiplayer mode at all, I don't think it would work

And I agree, stop the exclusivities, multiplatform is much much better.

[Jordan]

I also agree. Stop with the exclusives, and stop with the freaking Xbox 360/PS3 only stuff.
When will the Wii get something good? By then I'd probably have a 360 so I'm happy.

[LIJI]

http://microsuck.com - This will answer all your questions.