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Grim Fandango Update Also Coming to PC, Mac, Linux

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It's another "console" exclusive that's not really exclusive at all. Hooray!

The celebrated adventure game Grim Fandango is getting a new coat of polish, and besides showing up on PlayStation 4 and Vita, Tim Schafer's classic is also coming to PC, Mac, and Linux.

Double Fine confirmed the unsurprising news on Twitter yesterday, but it's always good to know for sure.

The rise of the "console" exclusive is one of the stranger video game marketing terms in 2014. Microsoft and Sony don't consider the PC to be a competing platform, so the companies often announce games as a "console" exclusive, even if it's coming to other platforms--i.e. PC, Mac, Linux--at roughly the same time.

Now, we wait.

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@kerikxi:

We are on Giantbomb, anything is worth getting snarky over in this place. I'm fairly sure this game was listed right from the get go to be also on other platforms....in fact I'm almost positive. The term "Console" exclusive is so brain dead straightforward I have a tough time believing anyone has an issue with it. It's obvious, console exclusive means it will be on ONE console; This leaves them open to release the game on any other platform which is obviously the trio of PC OS's Windows/Linux/Mac.

Guys seriously calm your shit, I once loved the taste of your salty tears of rage. Now it's just gotten bland and boring.

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How does a skeleton smoke!? It has no lungs!

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@ddiggler said:

I don't understand why Sony and Microsoft don't view the PC as a competing platform. I'm not complaining at all either, because I have a great gaming PC and a Wii U, which right now is sort of the optimal combination in my opinion. What has prevented me from buying an Xbox One or PS4 is the fact I have just about everything I want. Sure sounds like a platform that is competing directly with the consoles.

Not if it's two different audiences. I play on consoles, not on PC, so whatever comes out on PC is almost no concern to me.