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#1 chaoz-king
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buy Microsoft exclusive games Like: L4D, Mass effect, Splinter Cell ect..?

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#2 Next-Gen-Tec
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From what I've seen a lot of them do. But they also want Mass Effect 2 to go to PS3, which doesn't make sense.
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#3 wooooode
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Well the latter is not out but I checked out L4D and Mass Effect does not interest me.
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#4 danish-death
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From what I've seen a lot of them do. But they also want Mass Effect 2 to go to PS3, which doesn't make sense.Next-Gen-Tec
I've played and finished ME1 on the Xbox 360 when I owned the consoles, now I'd like to play ME2 since it's one of the greatest game this gen. But since I dont have either a gaming rig og an Xbox 360 I'll be missing ME2 =/ that's why I would like ME2 to come for the PS3. However I can see your point, why play a game when you havent played the first one?
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#5 zarshack
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i have a rig, and mass effect.

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#6 jwsoul
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buy Microsoft exclusive games Like: L4D, Mass effect, Splinter Cell ect..?

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I do and it is one of the main reasons i do not own a 360 :) Secret tho.... SHHHHHH Im such a damn Nerd lol anyhow, i play my mates 360 WAY MORE and for way longer than i have ever played my PS3!!!! I am an old school Split screen social player :) as well as a huge PC gamer. The PS3 i own is for general good console game play. I see nothing wrong with buying games like Mass Effect L4D for the PC instead of the 360, i owned this PC before i owned my 360. When i realized that a lot of 360 games would be on my PC as well i exchanged it for a PS3.
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#7 rogerjak
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I own a gaming rig and a PS3. Next purchase? 360 "exclusives" :P

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#8 Jono789
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Wait.... whats a rig?

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#9 rogerjak
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Wait.... whats a rig?

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Powerful PC that can play games.

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#10 Midnightshade29
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I own a gaming rig, was a hermit until GTA4/MGS4 came out last year(well since ps1 days anyway).... and Now I own all the consoles except xbox and 360... I have PS2, PS3, Wii (included GC), PSPslim, DSlite, and core 2 duo 8800gts gaming rig. Although my ps3 gets the most use for gaming anymore. I will never buy an xbox, i just don't agree with how ms does gaming! Massive milkage, rip-off accessories, lack of options, rrod , e-74, disk read errors, and the biggest gripe...PAy to play online and ads...no thanks. Plus i can't stand Halo! As i have both on my pc and they are average at best. But to each there own. I won't deny that both PS3 and 360 share a lot of grat multiplats.
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#11 chaoz-king
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Wait.... whats a rig?

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It's like slag for PC.
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#12 thejakel11225
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I do, why do you want to know?

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#13 jwsoul
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[QUOTE="Jono789"]

Wait.... whats a rig?

chaoz-king
It's like slag for PC.

I think you mean Slang.
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#14 chaoz-king
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I own a gaming rig, was a hermit until GTA4/MGS4 came out last year(well since ps1 days anyway).... and Now I own all the consoles except xbox and 360... I have PS2, PS3, Wii (included GC), PSPslim, DSlite, and core 2 duo 8800gts gaming rig. Although my ps3 gets the most use for gaming anymore. I will never buy an xbox, i just don't agree with how ms does gaming! Massive milkage, rip-off accessories, lack of options, rrod , e-74, disk read errors, and the biggest gripe...PAy to play online and ads...no thanks. Plus i can't stand Halo! As i have both on my pc and they are average at best. But to each there own. I won't deny that both PS3 and 360 share a lot of grat multiplats.Midnightshade29
Yeah I was a PS1 PS2 gamer back in the day. But got an Xbox 360 this gen because of halo 3 and oblivion [ at the time oblivion was 360 only ] I've only had two 360 die Both from rrod but both were fixed for free for some time. After my 2nd 360 died I got a jasper 360 and have had no problams since. I don't mind the PaP because it's pretty cheep for the fetures I get, and I also used to play WoW. But anyway something funny is I got the xbox mainly for halo but I ended up playing CoD 4 wayyy more.

edit: @jwsoul -lol yeah sorry about spelling errors its 5am.

edit: @thejackel - Just wanted to know.

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#15 xpose85
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none of the games you mentioned interest me at all
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#16 aflakian
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buy Microsoft exclusive games Like: L4D, Mass effect, Splinter Cell ect..?

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None of those are "Microsoft-exclusive"...

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#17 chaoz-king
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Mass effect, SPc, and L4D are all on the 360 and PC. So MS owns both.

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#18 Spartan8907
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I bought a PS3 first. Then a gaming PC. I recently sold my PS3. A lot of stuff regarding consoles is BS that I just wont put up with. PC suits me much better.
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#19 Mr_Versipellis
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I have a PS3 and a rig, but I never play the PS3, only the PC.
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#20 Mr_Versipellis
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I bought a PS3 first. Then a gaming PC. I recently sold my PS3. A lot of stuff regarding consoles is BS that I just wont put up with. PC suits me much better.Spartan8907
I second this.
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#21 PTY-LTD
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I have a Gaming rig, a PS3 and a XBOX360 but that RRD x3 so its in a cupboard somewhere now. I had the PS3 and 360 from launch date and its a shame that the xbox was made out of chewing gum, sticky tape and plastic bits.
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#22 clembo1990
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Here. And I have a 360 :? There doesn't seem like much of a point if it wasn't for Halo
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#23 Floppy_Jim
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Approximately 16% of PS3 owners also have a gaming rig. I'll be happy to answer any more of your questions.
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#24 X360PS3AMD05
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Mass Effect, the others no.
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#25 navstar29
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I plan too after Windows 7 comes out. But L4D doesn't interest me in the slightest. ME/ME2 and Conviction should be AWESOME though!
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#26 daveg1
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alot of them kinda makes them fakeboys ha..
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#27 deactivated-5d6e91f5c147a
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No I have a laptop that can run some recent games, other than that I have a 360 to do the rest.
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#28 -Snooze-
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I don't have a rig. I just don't feel likeusheringon the Terminator age to be honest.

The Xbox will do me fine though.

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#29 -Feath-
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Mass effect, SPc, and L4D are all on the 360 and PC. So MS owns both.

chaoz-king

This would be correct if microsoft actually owned "pc gaming". But it does not, it only makes the most popular operating system. And even in some people's cases (myself included - Linux) they do not game on microsoft products.

If you wanted a more accuracte description of who owned pc gaming, in my case atleast, it would be Intel, ATI, ASUS, Saitek, LG, Roccat, Western Digital, OCZ, Antec, and so on.

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#30 Danm_999
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Mass effect, SPc, and L4D are all on the 360 and PC. So MS owns both.

chaoz-king
Microsoft does not own PC gaming.
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#31 Flamestos
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Since when are those Microsoft games? Just wondering.
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#32 bleehum
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Have a gaming rid, and there's no such thing as "microsoft exclusive."
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#33 sikanderahmed
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all cows have gaming rigs

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#34 coltsfan4ever
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I own a PS3 and if its a game I really want to play that's on the 360 more then likely it's on the pc too. I have an Acer Aspire 6930 Blu Ray equipped laptop. It has an Nvidia GeForce 9600m GS grphics card. Im not a big pc guy but my laptop can play alot of modern games fairly well. Grid,Fear,etc...

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#35 Danm_999
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buy Microsoft exclusive games Like: L4D, Mass effect, Splinter Cell ect..?

chaoz-king
There's no such thing as a Microsoft exclusive.
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#36 Brainkiller05
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Yes I have both a PS3 and gaming computer, though I don't have mass effect or splinter cell.
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#37 lhughey
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Probably about 5% of the PS3 owning population. The number here at GS is probably about 15%.
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#38 Brainhunter
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I don't like Left4Dead, I hate Microsoft's Games for Windows Live Service. Among Microsoft Exclusives,I have Mass Effect and Gears of War, and a Quad-Core 2 PC with a 9600GT Superclocked at the BIOS level, and can play all multiplatform games at 1650x1050 or higher resolution with maximum settings. Many multiplatform titles have a higher fidelity on PC, and I usually stick to exclusives with the PS3. I see no need for a 360, since many of its exclusives leak unto other platforms, especially the PC platform.
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firist of all what do you mean by "buy Microsoft exclusive games Like: L4D, Mass effect, Splinter Cell ect..?"

I don't get it those games aren't exclusive. That would be the same as saying every game on the xbox360 is a sony exclusive because it can be played on a Sony HDTV.

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firist of all what do you mean by "buy Microsoft exclusive games Like: L4D, Mass effect, Splinter Cell ect..?"

I don't get it those games aren't exclusive. That would belike the same as saying every gameon thexbox360 is a sony exclusivebecauseit'splays on a Sony HDTV.

gaboi09

He means by "Games For Windows and XBox 360" -- platforms that Microsoft have a stake in. You can't play a GFW without a copy of Microsoft's OS.

The games arn't exlcusive -- they're multiplatform. It's just a brand thing, sort of like how the cows call MLB 2009 the Show a "Sony exclusive" because it's only available on Sony platforms.

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#41 clyde46
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Mass effect, SPc, and L4D are all on the 360 and PC. So MS owns both.

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EA now owns the ME name, EA brought ME 1 to the PC, L4D is owned by Valve. The just happen to be on the 360.
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#42 gaboi09
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[QUOTE="gaboi09"]

firist of all what do you mean by "buy Microsoft exclusive games Like: L4D, Mass effect, Splinter Cell ect..?"

I don't get it those games aren't exclusive. That would belike the same as saying every gameon thexbox360 is a sony exclusivebecauseit'splays on a Sony HDTV.

Stevo_the_gamer

He means by "Games For Windows and XBox 360" -- platforms that Microsoft have a stake in. You can't play a GFW without a copy of Microsoft's OS.

The games arn't exlcusive -- they're multiplatform. It's just a brand thing, sort of like how the cows call MLB 2009 the Show a "Sony exclusive" because it's only available on Sony platforms.

:? oh...k

But if you already have MS's OS (many people have this already installed on their computer) and I want to play game on my PC, how dose this translate into that game being a MS exclusive just because I'm on their OS? I don't have to buy their OS again, that was purchased seperate from game...just like a Sony HDTV or computer moniter I might be playing "on".

So again would that make it a Sony exclusive also because every game I play would be on a sony screen? Do you see what I mean?

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#43 Danm_999
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[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]

[QUOTE="gaboi09"]

firist of all what do you mean by "buy Microsoft exclusive games Like: L4D, Mass effect, Splinter Cell ect..?"

I don't get it those games aren't exclusive. That would belike the same as saying every gameon thexbox360 is a sony exclusivebecauseit'splays on a Sony HDTV.

gaboi09

He means by "Games For Windows and XBox 360" -- platforms that Microsoft have a stake in. You can't play a GFW without a copy of Microsoft's OS.

The games arn't exlcusive -- they're multiplatform. It's just a brand thing, sort of like how the cows call MLB 2009 the Show a "Sony exclusive" because it's only available on Sony platforms.

:? oh...k

But if you already have MS's OS (many people have this already installed on their computer) and I want to play game on my PC, how dose this translate into that game being a MS exclusive just because I'm on their OS? I don't have to buy their OS again, that was purchased seperate from game...just like a Sony HDTV or computer moniter I might be playing "on".

So again would that make it a Sony exclusive also because every game I play would be on a sony screen? Do you see what I mean?

It doesn't actually mean anything significant. When you see it brought up, it's usually by fanboys who have to cope with the problem that many of 360's games are also on the PC.
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buy Microsoft exclusive games Like: L4D, Mass effect, Splinter Cell ect..?

chaoz-king
Well, i have a ps3, gaming rig and 360 so it really depends whether i get it on 360 or on my PC
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:? oh...k

But if you already have MS's OS (many people have this already installed on their computer) and I want to play game on my PC, how dose this translate into that game being a MS exclusive just because I'm on their OS? I don't have to buy their OS again, that was purchased seperate from game...just like a Sony HDTV or computer moniter I might be playing "on".

So again would that make it a Sony exclusive also because every game I play would be on a sony screen? Do you see what I mean?

gaboi09

Either way, Microsoft still benefits to some degree when you buy a GFW game. And without that OS, you have wasted money purchasing that game. Though you can try wasting your time with Linex and Wine... but it's so broken that the odds of you even playing a game through and through are dismal at best. But that's a different tangeant entirely.

But you don't "need" that Sony HDTV. You don't "need" that Sony Computer. What you do NEED in order to play those games is a Microsoft OS. Nevertheless, like a user said above... this is onyl broguht up as a knee jerk reaction. Yeah, the games exist and yeah they're mutliplatform. Nothing more. There's no such thing as brand exclusives in SystemWars.

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#46 Vandalvideo
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[QUOTE="gaboi09"]

:? oh...k

But if you already have MS's OS (many people have this already installed on their computer) and I want to play game on my PC, how dose this translate into that game being a MS exclusive just because I'm on their OS? I don't have to buy their OS again, that was purchased seperate from game...just like a Sony HDTV or computer moniter I might be playing "on".

So again would that make it a Sony exclusive also because every game I play would be on a sony screen? Do you see what I mean?

Stevo_the_gamer

Either way, Microsoft still benefits to some degree when you buy a GFW game. And without that OS, you have wasted money purchasing that game. Though you can try wasting your time with Linex and Wine... but it's so broken that the odds of you even playing a game through and through are dismal at best. But that's a different tangeant entirely.

But you don't "need" that Sony HDTV. You don't "need" that Sony Computer. What you do NEED in order to play those games is a Microsoft OS. Nevertheless, like a user said above... this is onyl broguht up as a knee jerk reaction. Yeah, the games exist and yeah they're mutliplatform. Nothing more. There's no such thing as brand exclusives in SystemWars.

If by benefit you mean lose money. GFW is a viral marketing campaign paid for by Microsoft. Unless the game is published by Microsoft, they don't get a dime. Those games not published by Microsoft and are GFW require Microsoft to pay the publisher for that logo on the box.
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#47 clyde46
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[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]

[QUOTE="gaboi09"]

:? oh...k

But if you already have MS's OS (many people have this already installed on their computer) and I want to play game on my PC, how dose this translate into that game being a MS exclusive just because I'm on their OS? I don't have to buy their OS again, that was purchased seperate from game...just like a Sony HDTV or computer moniter I might be playing "on".

So again would that make it a Sony exclusive also because every game I play would be on a sony screen? Do you see what I mean?

Vandalvideo

Either way, Microsoft still benefits to some degree when you buy a GFW game. And without that OS, you have wasted money purchasing that game. Though you can try wasting your time with Linex and Wine... but it's so broken that the odds of you even playing a game through and through are dismal at best. But that's a different tangeant entirely.

But you don't "need" that Sony HDTV. You don't "need" that Sony Computer. What you do NEED in order to play those games is a Microsoft OS. Nevertheless, like a user said above... this is onyl broguht up as a knee jerk reaction. Yeah, the games exist and yeah they're mutliplatform. Nothing more. There's no such thing as brand exclusives in SystemWars.

If by benefit you mean lose money. GFW is a viral marketing campaign paid for by Microsoft. Unless the game is published by Microsoft, they don't get a dime. Those games not published by Microsoft and are GFW require Microsoft to pay the publisher for that logo on the box.

So like Crysis then. That has a GFWL logo on the box. Yet has none of the GFWL features.
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If by benefit you mean lose money. GFW is a viral marketing campaign paid for by Microsoft. Unless the game is published by Microsoft, they don't get a dime. Those games not published by Microsoft and are GFW require Microsoft to pay the publisher for that logo on the box.Vandalvideo
Benefit via publicity, and more interest into PC gaming which is good for them in the long run. I'm not so sure about that last part though, I haven't heard such a thing -- I do know that Microsoft does not charge developers or publishers a royalty fee for the brand.

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I don't own a gaming rig. That's why i intend to get a 360 at some point.
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#50 Vandalvideo
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[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]If by benefit you mean lose money. GFW is a viral marketing campaign paid for by Microsoft. Unless the game is published by Microsoft, they don't get a dime. Those games not published by Microsoft and are GFW require Microsoft to pay the publisher for that logo on the box.Stevo_the_gamer

Benefit via publicity, and more interest into PC gaming which is good for them in the long run. I'm not so sure about that last part though, I haven't heard such a thing -- I do know that Microsoft does not charge developers or publishers a royalty fee for the brand.

Microsoft has been really cheeky about calling it a marketing program, but if you look around the interwebs you can find a few articles which refer to it as such. I'm pretty sure at one point I read a breakdown which said that Microsoft pays publishers.