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    Trials HD for PC ?

    Will Trials HD at some point be available for pc?
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    Re: Trials HD for PC ?

    There has been no word, but we can hope that at some point it may make it over... unfortunately it seems unlikely.
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    Re: Trials HD for PC ?

    Originally Posted by Godmil
    There has been no word, but we can hope that at some point it may make it over... unfortunately it seems unlikely.
    I saw other questions like this but Redlynx said that they won´t bring it out for PC!
    I do not know if their decission has change yet but for you guys I hope so
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    Re: Trials HD for PC ?

    Trials HD is a pretty graphics-heavy game so it doesn't sound like something that would be even operable on most gaming PCs. Maybe if you had something that was really high-end then maybe you could run it but otherwise it wouldn't be worth the effort. On top of that, they would also need a new server for the leaderboards since the Xbox-operated server doesn't (as far as I know) branch off to PC games and they would need to rework the track-sharing system to work on the PC.

    All in all, it just wouldn't be a good investment. I'm sure that they might possibly maybe try to release a multi-console Trials game in the future... I hope
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    Re: Trials HD for PC ?

    hehe you can tell your a console lover, you do know that the xbox 360 is a tiny squished pc thats 4 years behind current gen gaming pcs. The pc is just a small market these days for games, only the really big publishers/developers can afford to release a game onto the pc format, and its usually an MMorpg, rts or fps. Might see some market in digital downloads through steam but its tough these days ^^, the money is all in the console market.
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    Re: Trials HD for PC ?

    Originally Posted by AkatsukiUK
    hehe you can tell your a console lover, you do know that the xbox 360 is a tiny squished pc thats 4 years behind current gen gaming pcs. The pc is just a small market these days for games, only the really big publishers/developers can afford to release a game onto the pc format, and its usually an MMorpg, rts or fps. Might see some market in digital downloads through steam but its tough these days ^^, the money is all in the console market.
    just because pc gamers copy everytthing from the internet......
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    Re: Trials HD for PC ?

    Yeah, that's true.
    I'm almost a PC fanboy, but it's impossible to deny that Piracy has almost killed the platform. Thankfully we've still got Steam as a little ray of hope.
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    Re: Trials HD for PC ?

    Steam is a wonderful thing, however I'm having a heck of a time trying to convince my console-loving friends to give PC gaming a chance. None of them are willing to pitch the money for a rocking compy. Either way, I'm satisfied with Trials HD on XBLA, although custom tracks would run much cleaner on my Core i5!! lol
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    Re: Trials HD for PC ?

    As I said elsewhere I really can't understand why RedLynx isn't porting this. To PC & PS3 both preferrably. Maybe a dev can shed some light on the hurdles and the situation in general?

    I imagine there'd be a guaranteed couple hundred thousands in sales, on both platforms that is. And you wouldn't even have to to much porting for PC, since the game uses the same engine as Trials 2 SE 'm correct here, right?). And it would definitely run on almost any 3 or even 4 year old machine. My PC is now about 30 months old, cost arround 1000€ back then, and it still runs (and will always run) everything in better quality and higher resolution than any 360 or PS3 (except ****ty ports maybe... GTA4, I'm looking at you).

    How do the Trials 2 SE sales compare to the Trials HD sales exactly? Where they really that tiny that you wouldn't even consider bringing the game to PC? If so, why not PS3?
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    Re: Trials HD for PC ?

    There was an interview I saw recently which mentioned that Trials HD came about because Microsoft liked Trials 2 and so stepped in as publisher for the development of Trials HD... which pretty much rules out a PS3 port. Microsoft also has less interest in releasing PC versions of XBox games, so I can't see them being interested in getting RedLynx to port it.

    For sales figues, Trials 2 seems to be about 110,000+ while I'm sure Trials HD is around 700,000 - 800,000 (?) in a fraction of the time. So I can't see RedLynx doing another game that is a PC exclusive - but we can hope for a dual platform release.

    As for the engine, I'm not sure about this but I'd imagine it's a complete rewrite betwen 2 and HD.

    I have a wee theory that has no bases in reality, that games which Microsoft put a lot of promotion into (such as with TrialsHD in 'the summer of arcade') are tied down to at least a 1 year exclusivity deal. so I'm still holding a little hope that TrialsHD could eventually come to pc, but it's unlikely.
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