For a while there, I was a PC gamer only. I had purchased a 360 during my senior year of college and sold it a couple years later because I just wasn’t using it. Between then and about the time I started writing for this blog I had to do something I’m not great at doing when it came to console exclusive games: wait. Games like Mass Effect didn’t release for PC and 360 simultaneously, which was really painful for the major releases.
BioWare has said no more. According to VG247, BioWare’s Jesse Houston let them know that Mass Effect 2 would be shipping for both console and PC at the same time.
This time round, doing it at the same time for a sim-ship, we can control the differences much more smoothly because it’s the same team building it now. Because of this, differences between the two versions of the game should also be minimised, as it’s now the same game appearing on two systems, not a port.
As you all know, games can be delayed, for either one of those systems, for really any reason, and without a whole lot of warning. It’s nice that Houston claims they’ll be launched at the same time, but really, I’m not expecting it.
