We want TOMI on XBL !!!!!

[Milamputechture]

I waited for TMI on xbox at first... then snapped outta it and bought it straight away.
(I think the achievement insanity had got to me by then..)

[Bloody Eugene]

I bet TT doesn't do XBOX because of the languages. Microsoft requires multilanguage for his platform, but TT isn't capable to do internal tranlations. In fact, the only xbox games they released are the translated ones.
It seems that they prefer not having the game on XBOX than translate the game...

Translations are the weakest point of the instead great TT adventure company.
It seems to me they're working in a complete disorganization about that, with confusion and problem about their products placements.

[Tybee]

Originally Posted by Bloody Eugene

I bet TT doesn't do XBOX because of the languages. Microsoft requires multilanguage for his platform, but TT isn't capable to do internal tranlations. In fact, the only xbox games they released are the translated ones.
It seems that they prefer not having the game on XBOX than translate the game...

Translations are the weakest point of the instead great TT adventure company.
It seems to me they're working in a complete disorganization about that, with confusion and problem about their products placements.

Not sure what you're saying exactly, but it would seem to be contradicted by the fact that two Sam & Max seasons, Wallace & Gromit, and similarly, The Secret of Monkey Island: SE are on XBLA.

My feeling is that ToMI WILL be released on XBLA eventually. I think people suggesting that TT wanted to give PSN a little love are correct, as are people noting that the company has a lot of other priorities at the moment. But I have not doubt it'll come sooner or later. It's easy money.

[SHODANFreeman]

Originally Posted by Tybee

Not sure what you're saying exactly, but it would seem to be contradicted by the fact that two Sam & Max seasons, Wallace & Gromit, and similarly, The Secret of Monkey Island: SE are on XBLA.

MI:SE was developed by LucasArts, not Telltale.

[Fliter]

@Tybee

You center the point... TOMI on XBL it wuold be EASY MONEY for TT !!!

I am not a "PC gamer" anymore (and I suspect that I am not the only one...) and I will never buy TOMI on PC...

As I said I can live with that... MI2 SE, Ron'DeathSpank, MI3 by Ron Gilbert...

As it is TT seems a good adventure company... but a true mess as a business company!

[Didero]

Originally Posted by Fliter

You center the point... TOMI on XBL it wuold be EASY MONEY for TT !!!

Not really, they would still have to port the game to the Xbox, and that's not too easy, especially not with all the games they're already making.

Originally Posted by Fliter

As it is TT seems a good adventure company... but a true mess as a business company!

Because they don't cater to your preferred platform?

[Fliter]

[QUOTE=Because they don't cater to your preferred platform?[/QUOTE]

No, as I said in previous posts, just because they made wrong / silly business/strategic decisions...!

[SHODANFreeman]

Originally Posted by Fliter

No, as I said in previous posts, just because they made wrong / silly business/strategic decisions...!

It's not wrong or silly to exclude Xbox 360 as a launch platform. Hundreds of games are never ported beyond their primary platform, does that mean their developers are silly morons with no idea what they're doing?

[jaden551]

I wouldn't mind if it WAS released on 360 but if it isn't oh well.

[Fliter]

Originally Posted by SHODANFreeman

It's not wrong or silly to exclude Xbox 360 as a launch platform. Hundreds of games are never ported beyond their primary platform, does that mean their developers are silly morons with no idea what they're doing?

Oh well no, expecially If they have an exclusive deal with the platform holder (MS or Sony) and it is an AAA game!
Maybe you know that usually exclusives sell very very well (less timed-exclusives), for a lot of reasons...I am more than sure that you are well aware of it.
But an exclusive deal for a niche game... Mmmm I really have a lot of doubts about it!
And I really hope that this is not the case, for TT sake!

The point here is that this game is ONE year OLD now.
The porting of a Windows game over the Xbox platform (especially a game like TOMI that it is not a technical masterpiece) it is not expensive and it is not time consuming as doing it for the PS3.

After a year, all the initial hype, the shared marketing effort with LA (x MI SE), the buzz for an all new MI game etc.. have gone lost! And potentially this also mean a lot of money lost!


To me it is silly not to release a multiplat game over XBL, because XBL is a huge (and maybe the best) platform for doing money with downloadable games!


But maybe the idea of not releasing TOMI on XBL after ONE YEAR for you and TT is a great strategic move!
All is possible on this earth!!!

In any case it is just my humble opinion.

[SHODANFreeman]

Maybe they're prepping TMI for a simultaneous XBLA release with MI:SE 2, and haven't announced it yet? I guarantee they are working on an XBLA version, and it's just a matter of time before it comes out. They didn't just throw their 360 dev kit in the garbage when they got a PS3 one.

[Fliter]

Originally Posted by SHODANFreeman

Maybe they're prepping TMI for a simultaneous XBLA release with MI:SE 2, and haven't announced it yet? I guarantee they are working on an XBLA version, and it's just a matter of time before it comes out. They didn't just throw their 360 dev kit in the garbage when they got a PS3 one.

MI:SE 2 is set to be released next July 7th...

So I really do not think that your prediction will come true...

[Gman5852]

Originally Posted by Fliter

@Gman5852

It is not bad to have TOMI on PS3....
It is a really really really a bad move not to have TOMI on Xbox360 after a year!!!

Without any doubt a worldwide & all platforms simultaneous release would have mean a higher sales results. Shared marketing efforts&costs, SHARE the buzz&the hype train, the first new game of Monkey Franchise in years, the release of the MI1 SE, etc...

Now maybe they will release TOMI on XBL after more than an year&half ...and maybe they will not be satisfied by the sales results....

Bad move really TELLTALE, bad move!!!

Still i would like to say it is not a bad move to not port something to another console. Sbcg4ap has yet to be ported on PS3/XBLA, was that a bad move?
Sam and max seasons 1-2 has yet to be ported to PS3, was that a bad move.
Bone has yet to be ported at all(and probably never will) was that a bad move?

[Neumi]

Well ... if a game is exclusive to one platform ... that usually means that the platform owner payed the company.
Or that the other platform is too expensive.
Or that they try to find the best market with lower costs.

Either Sony payed something or Microsoft is too expensive or Telltale has not the resources to pay for both localisations. Maybe they just test which market works better for the future.

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by Gman5852

Still i would like to say it is not a bad move to not port something to another console. Sbcg4ap has yet to be ported on PS3/Wii, was that a bad move?

Mmh? Strong Bad is on Wii.

[jaden551]

I think he meant 360.

[Fliter]

Originally Posted by Gman5852

Still i would like to say it is not a bad move to not port something to another console. Sbcg4ap has yet to be ported on PS3/Wii, was that a bad move?
Sam and max seasons 1-2 has yet to be ported to PS3, was that a bad move.
Bone has yet to be ported at all(and probably never will) was that a bad move?

Even if is now clear that the porting of a windows game over the PS3 is much more difficult (i.e: more expensive) than an Xbox one; and even if is it clear that, as a marketplace, PSN is far inferior to XBL (in terms of sales performances), yes, it was a bad move not to release such a popular franchise as S&M to PSN.

But this choice is quite easy understandable because at the time of the release of S&M1, the PSN was pratically at its early stages. And the porting costs too much high.

But not to have TOMI on XBL after a year is really a BAD BAD BAD MOVE!

[Fliter]

Originally Posted by Neumi

Well ... if a game is exclusive to one platform ... that usually means that the platform owner payed the company.
Or that the other platform is too expensive.
Or that they try to find the best market with lower costs.

Either Sony payed something or Microsoft is too expensive or Telltale has not the resources to pay for both localisations. Maybe they just test which market works better for the future.

Maybe you are right but a franchise like MI deserve better!!! MI means GRAPHIC ADVENTURE and cannot be managed as Tell Tale has done!!!!!

We are talking about THE most important brand of the golden age of the adventure games and Tell Tale was not even capable of world wide/all platform release! For one of the most anticipated title ever! Maybe it will be the most important TT game ever and...
Here I see also a huge fault from LucasArts...

[Ash735]

Originally Posted by Fliter

Even if is now clear that the porting of a windows game over the PS3 is much more difficult (i.e: more expensive) than an Xbox one; and even if is it clear that, as a marketplace, PSN is far inferior to XBL (in terms of sales performances), yes, it was a bad move not to release such a popular franchise as S&M to PSN.

But this choice is quite easy understandable because at the time of the release of S&M1, the PSN was pratically at its early stages. And the porting costs too much high.

But not to have TOMI on XBL after a year is really a BAD BAD BAD MOVE!

Calm down there sir, you seem to have it in for the PSN but the shocking thing is, Adventure games sell BETTER on the PSN compared to Xbox Live Arcade, especially in Europe. We know from the sales of Sam & Max on the Xbox is that sales declined drastically. Same went for Wallace & Gromit until they bundled it.

TellTale had a choice, either port Sam & Max Season 3 (and ToMI) to a platform where their sales were getting lower and lower each time, or port it to a new platform where Adventure games were doing well in other countries. The choice was clear really and gave them a chance to try something new, the production of their PS3 games have been pretty good so far!

[SHODANFreeman]

Originally Posted by Fliter

But not to have TOMI on XBL after a year is really a BAD BAD BAD MOVE!

It took well over a year to have Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space on XBL, was that a "BAD BAD BAD MOVE"?

It took over TWO years to have Sam and Max Save the World on XBL, was that a "BAD BAD BAD MOVE" too?

Basically, what I get out of your messages is "anything that doesn't cater perfectly to what I personally want = BAD BAD BAD MOVE".