Midway is ignorant and arrogant

[Iron Draggon]

I just got banned from their boards for posting this on their boards for Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe:

Why no Wii or PC version?

The XBOX360 isn't worth buying because it constantly malfunctions, and the PS3 still isn't worth buying if you already own a high-end PC. So why is there no PC or Wii version of this game? I shouldn't have to buy an unreliable system or a cheap Blu-Ray player just to play this game when I already own a system that should be able to run it better than an XBOX360 or a PS3. You want to know why Midway is losing money? It's because of stupid decisions like this to limit the market for games with massive sales potential to the few who own one or the other of the two worst values in video game systems. Thanks for being so interested in earning some of my hard-earned money. Now I'll never get to play this game, just because you can't be bothered to support the PC or the Wii in addition to the XBOX360 and the PS3.

WTF? Obviously, they don't want to hear any criticism of their business decisions... so let them tiwst in the dust when they end up going bankrupt!

[Hardcore]

You flamed the company on their own forum. And you are complaining?

/me sets mode +fail iron_draggon

[Iron Draggon]

if that's considered flaming, they deserve to burn... and if they can't take the heat on their own forums, they deserve to go down in flames... COWARDS

me sets Midway on = FAIL

it's not like they don't KNOW they're operating in the red... EVERYONE KNOWS

[Hardcore]

I think 4chan is right up your alley.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

While I don't agree with your assessment of gaming hardware - you can probably enjoy a bit of personal retribution knowing that Midway is likely going to go away (or have their best properties gutted and sold on the chopping block) based on their current multi-million-dollar-debt financial situation.

It's a damned shame considering the very decent legacy that the company has.

[Garry Silljo]

I wouldn't think posting on their boards would have any effect on them, so I'm not sure why you did. For what it's worth though I agree with you. If MK vs. DC was on Wii I would have payed full price before it was even released and picked it up on launch day. Now I will most likely never play it. I refuse to by a 360 with it's ridiculous failure rate and the PS3 isn't even the cheapest Blu-ray anymore making it even less appealing than before.

[Zap!]

It's a damned shame considering the very decent legacy that the company has.

More than decent. They actually have been making games before Computer space (see sig). While it's not a true video game, it is still the same idea and cabinet.

[Arcade Antics]

I just got banned from their boards for posting this on their boards for Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe:

Why no Wii or PC version?

The XBOX360 isn't worth buying because it constantly malfunctions, and the PS3 still isn't worth buying if you already own a high-end PC. So why is there no PC or Wii version of this game? I shouldn't have to buy an unreliable system or a cheap Blu-Ray player just to play this game when I already own a system that should be able to run it better than an XBOX360 or a PS3. You want to know why Midway is losing money? It's because of stupid decisions like this to limit the market for games with massive sales potential to the few who own one or the other of the two worst values in video game systems. Thanks for being so interested in earning some of my hard-earned money. Now I'll never get to play this game, just because you can't be bothered to support the PC or the Wii in addition to the XBOX360 and the PS3.

WTF? Obviously, they don't want to hear any criticism of their business decisions... so let them tiwst in the dust when they end up going bankrupt!

Your post sounds like you don't want an answer - you're just looking to bash them in their own neighborhood so they probably figured, "the hell with this."

If you really wanted to know why there wasn't a Wii or PC version, why not just keep it to:

Why no Wii or PC version?

...and give them a chance to respond?

[alxbly]

You want to know why Midway is losing money? It's because of stupid decisions like this to limit the market for games with massive sales potential to the few who own one or the other of the two worst values in video game systems.

Classic stuff. A few people have already mentioned that the companies dire financial situation may be related to why there isn't a Wii version. Perhaps they simply couldn't finance it?

Remember that Midway did release the last Mortal Kombat game (Armageddon) on the Wii, and it got similar scores to this game. If that title didn't sell well on the Wii then that's one very significant factor that Mr. Finance Director and/or Mr. Bank Manager would been considering when asked to fund a Wii version of the current game.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

"Hardcore" is my favorite type of pornography.

[Sudo]

Your comments were the things that were ignorant and arrogant. The majority of my PS3 and 360 games aren't on the PC, so to say that they aren't worth owning if you have a high-end PC is both laughable and incorrect. The game would tank on Wii, anyway.

[Icarus Moonsight]

I often wonder why certain less tech dependent games that are 360/PS3 releases don't get a Wii release. Soul Calibur IV, SFIV and SF Turbo HD Remix (just scale it to 480p? what's the big deal?) among others. They would take a hit in the sparklies department but these games are completely realizable on the Wii hardware. With the classic controller, it's not as if the waggle stick is a huge obsticle. Does the classic controller have that poor of a sell through?

They released MK on the original Gameboy for Pete's sake. I know it comes down to internal decisions, but it doesn't make much sense to me.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I think it's pretty simple and it's already been eluded to multiple times in this thread -

This isn't about Midway "hating" Nintendo users or PC owners, this is about the fact Midway is financailly FUCKED.

These games probably went into development on PS3 and 360 dev kits LONG before the shit really hit the fan in the money department, and after the fact they couldn't very well allocate the resources to do scaled-down ports for the Wii or hardware scaleable versions for PC.

[Sudo]

I often wonder why certain less tech dependent games that are 360/PS3 releases don't get a Wii release. Soul Calibur IV, SFIV and SF Turbo HD Remix (just scale it to 480p? what's the big deal?) among others. They would take a hit in the sparklies department but these games are completely realizable on the Wii hardware. With the classic controller, it's not as if the waggle stick is a huge obsticle. Does the classic controller have that poor of a sell through?

They released MK on the original Gameboy for Pete's sake. I know it comes down to internal decisions, but it doesn't make much sense to me.

...Because it would defeat the purpose of the game. It would be SD Remix. I don't know why people think it's so easy to just make the graphics worse and do a quick Wii port for all the PS3/360 games that come out. The process is more complicated than that, and it often isn't worth it when you consider the sales of third party games on the Wii.

[Zap!]

I just got banned from their boards for posting this on their boards for Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe:

Why no Wii or PC version?

The XBOX360 isn't worth buying because it constantly malfunctions, and the PS3 still isn't worth buying if you already own a high-end PC. So why is there no PC or Wii version of this game? I shouldn't have to buy an unreliable system or a cheap Blu-Ray player just to play this game when I already own a system that should be able to run it better than an XBOX360 or a PS3. You want to know why Midway is losing money? It's because of stupid decisions like this to limit the market for games with massive sales potential to the few who own one or the other of the two worst values in video game systems. Thanks for being so interested in earning some of my hard-earned money. Now I'll never get to play this game, just because you can't be bothered to support the PC or the Wii in addition to the XBOX360 and the PS3.

WTF? Obviously, they don't want to hear any criticism of their business decisions... so let them tiwst in the dust when they end up going bankrupt!

If you would have just asked politely why there was no Wii version, you would not have been banned. There was no need to put down the XBox 360 ("constantly malfunctions") or the PS3 ("cheap Blu-Ray player"). The final nail in the coffin was when you mentioned Midway's (the forum you were on no less!) money problems and quote "stupid decisions." That's just wrong. Critisizing is fine. Putting people down is just wrong.

[Solertia]

The XBOX360 isn't worth buying because it constantly malfunctions, and the PS3 still isn't worth buying if you already own a high-end PC.

Alright, for one thing, the Xbox360 does not "constantly" malfunction. People need to stop using the RROD as an excuse to bash 360. If you get an RROD, you send it back, they give you a new one that is less likely to break, and it doesn't cost you a penny! How terrible! Seriously, the only downside is the you don't get to play Xbox 360 games for the week-or-two it takes to get the new one, and if that's such a problem, then you should probably get outside more or find something else to do.

Second, what does owning a PS3 have to do with owning a high-end PC? I own a high-end PC, but I also own a PS3, because I have friends who own PS3's that don't own Xbox360's or they don't game on PC, and as far as I know, there aren't any PC versions of MGS4, LittleBigPlanet, or the Resistance games (or other upcoming PS3 exclusives).

/rant

[Garry Silljo]

Alright, for one thing, the Xbox360 does not "constantly" malfunction. People need to stop using the RROD as an excuse to bash 360. If you get an RROD, you send it back, they give you a new one that is less likely to break, and it doesn't cost you a penny! How terrible!

Or they could sell one that works in the first place. That's just me being irrational though.

[bangtango]

... so let them tiwst in the dust when they end up going bankrupt!

So I assume this also means all of the people who work at Midway but have nothing to do with the decision making and are just there trying to put food on their families tables?

I suppose it is all right if they "twist in the dust" when they get laid off, if they haven't already.

If you ask me, Midway would have went under a long time ago if they bent over backwards trying to put every console game onto the PC.

[kainemaxwell]

I just got banned from their boards for posting this on their boards for Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe:

Why no Wii or PC version?

The XBOX360 isn't worth buying because it constantly malfunctions, and the PS3 still isn't worth buying if you already own a high-end PC. So why is there no PC or Wii version of this game? I shouldn't have to buy an unreliable system or a cheap Blu-Ray player just to play this game when I already own a system that should be able to run it better than an XBOX360 or a PS3. You want to know why Midway is losing money? It's because of stupid decisions like this to limit the market for games with massive sales potential to the few who own one or the other of the two worst values in video game systems. Thanks for being so interested in earning some of my hard-earned money. Now I'll never get to play this game, just because you can't be bothered to support the PC or the Wii in addition to the XBOX360 and the PS3.

WTF? Obviously, they don't want to hear any criticism of their business decisions... so let them tiwst in the dust when they end up going bankrupt!

Enjoy your banhammer over there then.