Lycett Affirms, Kvetching Ensues
Sumo Digital’s Steve Lycett affirmed yesterday in the middle of all the Sonic 4 leaks that the PC edition of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing will include a four player splitscreen mode, but won’t include online play.
Lycett made the mention while clarifying a statement made on Steam’s page for ASR that the same 8 player online modes for the console editions will also be included in the PC port.
“What is a problem though is it doesn’t support online play,” Lycett said. “So I get to go ask SEGA to get in touch with Steam to put that page right.”
The mention has made for some fans to swear off the PC edition–the only edition expected to hit a constant 60FPS framerate. The inclusion of SecuROM was one blow to PC players’ hopes, this appears to be the knockout punch.
“First the crappy DRM and now this?” said GrandMasterGalvatron on the Sega forums. “Why did you even make a PC version?”
“No online on a PC game = NO REASON TO PAY FOR IT,” added another Sega forumer, suketodara. “That’s as simple as that.”
So, Lycett again went on the defensive, and again, costs were blamed for shutting PC players out of online capabilities.
“Truth is we did look at online support, be it GFW or some other method,” Lycett said. “When we looked into the cost vs the projected sales, the two didn’t add up. So as a result the feature wasn’t added to the game. One of the main reasons is that on PC people will steal it rather than buy it.”
The problem is, now more players appear ready and willing to illegally download ASR to PC without the online features, rather than pay for something that includes it. Ironically, without online, the budget price for PC appears justifiable. But in light of this development, are you more or less willing to shell out money for PC version, and could this move take you out any hope for online play? Tell us in our comments area.
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And i was JUST about to buy it…. I think i’ll pass, and wait to by a PS3 or a Xbox 360….
Men, Sega did Fail hard this time by cutting out the best feature of the game….
My PC stinks at gaming anyways… Viva la 360!
GFW is Games for Windows, just in case anybody here doesn’t get the acronym.
I have something I do not understand, or Sega run a complete idiot?
How, how you can think of to release the game on a PC without an online mode? This simply does not make sense, they’re not sell anything! Without multiplayer, there is no motivation to buy litsuhu, because to play through Inet need litsezionny unique code, for what else? And really given Segui contact with TRIMs, designed for Internet services, make a game without online multiplayer well, too, too stupid, even for Segui. And so you can be satisfied with a pirated version with torrents with a clear conscience, because piratka holders will have the full version of the ASR without any disadvantages. Now I am sure that about 80 percent of people at the Forum will cost piratka. After purchase licensed version really lost its meaning.
Yes, and then they still complain that the game is not for sale. Ugh.
I wont bother. I may just get the wii version or something. Online play is a main point of racing games for me. 4 Players, or more then one on one computer has never worked out well.
@Fullmetal
Chtulhu will eat your soul for dinner for stealing my post from “Sonic CIS” and translating it with stupid google.
What`s the point of getting the PC version if there`s no online play ? I`m sticking to the 360 & Wii versions
yeah, i have a pc and i was going to get it for that, so ill just get it for the wii. if its as big as the mario cart wii community, it should be fun.
I’m only not going to get it, because my computer can’t support it, if it did, I’d still get it, because I don’t have a 360, PS3 or Wii. I’m not all that big on playing online.
Wow, so why even make a PC version, then? It’s like the Wii and DS versions of Superstars Tennis. No reason to buy it when there’s no online play. If it costs more to make a PC port, you just shouldn’t bother at all. Use the time and money to perfect the other versions instead. I’m sticking with the PS3 version. Although something’s compelling me to try the Wii version as well. I dunno what, maybe I”m just curious about version differences.
Pathetic PR tool. This is sheer laziness something SEGA knows very well.
Okay, no online play on the PC version? Yeah, that’s what we like to call a “dealbreaker”, boys and girls. Learn well from this.
Actually what killed it for me was realizing that the system requirements were almost as high as Crysis…for a game with no-where near the graphical intensity of Crysis. They were porting X-box 360 games to the PC 3 years ago with no problem and the X-box hasn’t had an overhaul since then, the only reason newer ports have higher reqs is shoddy porting, which given SaSASR’s unreasonably high reqs is probably available in spades.
Unacceptable and pathetic. Sonic R on PC even has online support.
“One of the main reasons is that on PC people will steal it rather than buy it.”
And what’s the rebuttal for the equally rampant Wii piracy then?
no online on the PC version?!
PC games were always the top of online gaming!
Wii piracy equal to PC piracy? haha while this is pretty bad at least try to be honest.
Fail.
To be honest I would only be buying it for the 360 otherwise anyway, not the Wii. This means that my XBOX Live Silver subscription wouldn’t let me online. I may as well get it for the PC, my laptop is powerful enough and it costs much less. (Which, as I’m a student, is very important)
As for the DRM, as long as it doesn’t have Star-force (which ruined my PC’s DVD drive) it’s fine with me. I’m likely to be connected to the internet most of the time anyway.
Straight from the horse’s ass, folks.
I mean mouth.
I wasn’t going to buy this on steams sale but no online play whats the point.
The game is a Mario Kart clone…. Just like Mario Kart how fun would it be if you can only play by yourself?
God picture Super Smash Brothers Single Player only…
Er Meant to Say Was going to ohwell