Why is it going to be xbox exclusive... Why not make it for all platforms that you have released the game for?

It will only be a exclusive for the first few months.

Microsoft pays money to have it Xbox exclusive.

The FIRST DLC will be xbox exclusive. They haven't said anything else.

@Reaper: If that were the case then why isn't it on the PC?

Yeah, With the money we pay for Gold.

They need to give something first to the platform with the most bugs.

I really hope your right

Microsoft does not own computers. They own the operating system on computers. If I am correct steam is releasing the DLC on PC's. I dont know if that is true or not.

oops double post

Microsoft is upset because Obsidian decided to use Steam instead of GFWL. So this is Microsoft's consolation prize.

I have no idea

I don't understand these things, and generally think that all they do is upset whichever player group is not getting the exclusive that time around.

I'm figuring it's just time exclusive, so it should be released via Steam for PC and via PSN for PS3 eventually.

You do realise the unequivocal irony of that statement.

Reno

Well that's what is annoying because that what it often tends to be.

They call it an "exclusive" to drum up interest and they don't announce it for other platforms or whatever.

Then whenever it gets released to everyone, turns out it was only a time(d) exclusive.

Same thing happens with pre-order "exclusives" sometimes.

(Edited: I had some funky quote here that was from a locked thread somewhere else... really... weird...)

Microsoft owns XBox Live and lets its prices.

Microsoft does not own Steam.

Thusly, DLC bought through Steam will not profit Microsoft. By making a deal for "exclusive" DLC, and announcing it as early as the game's launch date, they are essentially trying to 1.) Corner profits, and 2.) Encourage people to buy the XBox version of the game, so that later on down the line, they profit even more.

Or essentially take over the world down the road.

I'm not an sure if I am correct, but I would think that MS wrote a big fat check and they get the DLC exclusively for 'X' amount of time. Then it will trickle down to the rest of use, there was another game the same thing happened with it, I cannot recall it.

Happened to a lot of games.

This makes no sence at all, or I do not understand what you are trying to say. For anyone who bought the 360 version, they wouldn't go through Steam at all. You still have to go to Xbox Live if you want the DLC for your 360. So if the released it at the same time, they wouldn't loose any sales because of Steam or what ever the PS3 version of Xbox Live is called.

I believe it is 360 exclusive is, for people who who can't wait for the DLC will have no other choice to play it on the 360. So you want New Vegas DLC, play on the 360. How many more sales they get, I have no idea, but it must work, since they did it 2 times before that I know of. For Oblivion and Fallout 3. So there must be a huge market of people who can't wait for DLC and must be getting the 360 version for it. Otherwise Microsoft is just wasting money for exclusive rights. Since they are doing it again, it must not have failed for Oblivion or Fallout 3, other wise why would they do it a third time?

Because Bethesda loves their money.

I belive it was stated early on that it was to be a timed exclusive, not a full exclusive. In the meantime XBOX 360 and PS3 users will stand there with their long noses while PC users get so much more out of the game due to mods.

To be fair, free quick updates for PC gotta beat the hell outta that buggy xbox 360 version, not to mention I payed ￡25 for the PC version while xbox/ps3 costs ￡35.

Gotta give the consoles some reason why to buy the console version

Or just buy both.

ehhh the 360 version is not too bad with the bugs really. It's more of the POS 360 can't handle such an awesome game so it freezes.

They already have the advantage of paying $400 less.

Timed Release

As with most major titles these days

Oh and this :whistling: