A message to xbox users concerning TF2

[Nivag the Owl]

It sucks that you're not getting what was promised but your methodology is somewhat insulting to us PC players.

considering how all the PC fanboys cried out that console players were nothing but casual, you have very little room to say this is insulting to you.


OT: Im pretty sure some if not all 360 players already have the PC version, if not for the updates, the community maps [seriously, have you seen the catalog?].

also, this is not /i/, nor are we your personal army.

EDIT: even though I really, REALLY hate TF2 in all forms, seriously just get the PC version, there is tons more room for modifications like Hide-n-seek and dodgeball unlike the console version. just like L4D, the PC version is the one that will keep you playing after weeks 5-30+

I see what you mean. It's just kinda hard for me, because I have nothing against console players, but they're responding to negativities and including me, so, it's like I'm just being dragged into it for no reason. But yeah, I can see where you're coming from.

 

[lacktheknack]

On the bright side, I can now point to this thread next time someone calls me an elitist self-righteous tosser when they find out I don't have an Xbox.

 

[Draxonicar]

Blame microsoft

 

[Tinneh]

No.
No no no no no no no no.[/i]

This won't work. Ever. My theory is that [sub]VALV[/sub]e will release HL2 Ep.3 and the TF2 360 updates when Source 2.0 (or whatever) comes out.

This is a bloody stupid idea. Please stop being such a dumbass N00B and buy the PC version.

EDIT: Sorry if I came off as a bit of a tosser, but, you don't need a incredibly high-end PC to run most [sub]VALV[/sub]e games. Those new Toshiba Satellite lappys run games beautifully and come with about 300[sub]GB[/sub] of memory.

While I as a "betrayed" 360 user am against this, you seem to have missed the point. Valve have never said "We're not giving the 360 users the TF2 content", and it was sais a while back that they would.

Valve completely dropped the ball on this - on not doing it. Sure, it would be a bad thing, but when a game developer admits to a mistake it makes it a bit better. However they actively ignore all 360 users who express interests in this issue - threads on Steam are locked, emails deleted. The fact that an entire userbase can be overlooked is, frankly, appalling.

Players that were promised content, no matter whether or not it gets delivered in the end, should not be left to flounder and they should not have to shell out a great deal more money to buy a new platform to play the game they've already paid for. That's a very bad way of looking at it.

Imagine, if you will, that to get access to some content in some game somewhere, You had to pay $400 and go through the long process of setting up everything and getting to grips with new and unfamiliar technology, just to get some content that was promised to you.

On Valve's part - Leaving us in the dirt was nothing short of despicable. Just give us some closure.

On your part - Players should never have to buy an entirely new platform, the most expensive one at that, just to get some content.

On my part - I too have moved on to TF2 on the PC, since I am a hybrid 360/PC gamer and it was nothing extra for me to play it but the £10 I payed for it, but I do not support this even if I sympathise. It is frustrating, since if you emailed Gabe Newell he would not respond to you, and swamping his inbox until he answers may be the only way to get him to acknowledge the problem.

Another part in the OP - the fact that the PC has been given hats. Not actual content or new gameplay changes - cosmetic, useless, pointless hats. This seems outrageous, that not only has the 360 been left in the dust at the side of the road, but the vehicle driving off is so utterly useless that it is deemed more important than an entire userbase.

Oh. I get it now.

[sub]Sorry about that guys.[/sub]

 

[Tinneh]

If you want to play TF2 properly, play it on the PC. As unfair as console gamers might perceive it to be, it's quite simply a game that was designed for play on the PC and not much else. Fair or not, it's Valve's call, and you can't fault them for that. It's the same reason you can't play Halo 3 on your computer (not that many PC gamers would want to, but that's another issue).

Even if that weren't the case, spamming the people in charge probably wouldn't have the kind of effect you're hoping for. More likely, it'd discourage Valve from ever bringing another of their games to consoles again out of annoyance at the immaturity of console gamers who pitch a fit when they don't get every last thing they want.

About the Halo 3 thing, I've noticed a pattern:

Halo 1 - 2001, 2004 PC release.
Halo 2 - 2004, 2007 PC release
Halo 3 - 2007, (Notice the first two games got a PC port 3 years after release. The year is still young, it could happen.)

 

[Tinneh]

Valve should take this one step further and stop making console games altogether.

I could not agree more.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Same thing for the PS3 version, which I have. I'm getting the PC version from a friend soon but in the mean time I can only jealously watch my friends use the cloak and dagger ability to destroy as a spy... and then I go back home and play TF2 on the PS3 version and swear angrily when the cloak runs out. Really Valve? Would it have been that hard? We wouldn't care if the patches were far and few between as long as we GOT SOME. Valve is just turning its back on the console gaming consumer-base with the decision not to support them.