Exclusive features such as benchmarking tools and a HUD designed for the platform it's on!?!?
 
SOLD!

Then I'm getting it on Steam.  Awesome!

Steam ftw.

"Exclusive features such as benchmarking tools and a HUD designed for the platform it's on!?!?  SOLD! "

I'm still ticked off that the PC version will be better than the console versions. Sure, punish those who aren't willing to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on getting a good gaming PC and upgrading it when necessary.

UP YOURS, CONSOLE PEOPLE !!

" I'm still ticked off that the PC version will be better than the console versions. Sure, punish those who aren't willing to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on getting a good gaming PC and upgrading it when necessary. "

So, does that mean more alert AI with all those extra flops?

" @Jimbo: True, but I don't understand why they would make the PC version run better. Better framerate, better visuals. Doesn't make sense. "

But but... why doesnt the console version get mouse support for the menus?

im still getting it on the xbox .

And those features a big deal why? I don't mind not having high end visuals as the PC version will have, that's to be expected. But a benchmarking tool and making picture cards out of weapons, that doesn't seem like features that will sell the game.

" @Jimbo: True, but I don't understand why they would make the PC version run better. Better framerate, better visuals. Doesn't make sense. "

Yay!
 
I was waiting for this announcement.

" @natetodamax: I'm totally with you on this, games like Borderlands, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress. I completely end up skipping on because of the awkward way they deal with consoles. "

" @Crixaliz said:

" @natetodamax: I'm totally with you on this, games like Borderlands, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress. I completely end up skipping on because of the awkward way they deal with consoles. "

You mean the "thumbstick"? I agree. FPS do feel very awkward with a thumbstick. Hopefully future motion controls will fix this issue, but the current ones don't seem up to the task. "

Those Steam 'exclusive features' are a joke. "

" I'm still ticked off that the PC version will be better than the console versions. Sure, punish those who aren't willing to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on getting a good gaming PC and upgrading it when necessary. "

I was going to get it on pc anyway.

Any publisher that doesn't put their game on Steam is just fucking stupid. 
 
Glad to see it on there, even if I may not buy it.

2 words : 
 
steam
achievements

YES! 

" @Jimbo: True, but I don't understand why they would make the PC version run better. Better framerate, better visuals. Doesn't make sense. "

OMG THE PC VERSION IS GOING TO LOOK BETTER THAN THE CONSOLE VERSIONS WILL!! 
 
How is this new? And why is it a reason to be pissed off.. There is a reason why PC gamers spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on their system. If they wanted console-like graphics they would buy, you know, a console.

" And those features a big deal why? I don't mind not having high end visuals as the PC version will have, that's to be expected. But a benchmarking tool and making picture cards out of weapons, that doesn't seem like features that will sell the game. "

" @pornstorestiffi said:

" And those features a big deal why? I don't mind not having high end visuals as the PC version will have, that's to be expected. But a benchmarking tool and making picture cards out of weapons, that doesn't seem like features that will sell the game. "

Go play Saints Row 2 on PC, then come back and see why this is a big deal. "

" @Jimbo said:

Those Steam 'exclusive features' are a joke. "

They aren't Steam exclusive features. They are just PC features which, when it comes to multiplatform games of today, are pretty good. "

You're telling me the PC version will look better than the consoles? Since when?

Since console games are capped at 30 fps? (with the exception of a certain upcoming release)

I was getting this on PC anyway, but hey, I like icing.

" I'm still ticked off that the PC version will be better than the console versions. Sure, punish those who aren't willing to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on getting a good gaming PC and upgrading it when necessary. "

" @Jimbo: True, but I don't understand why they would make the PC version run better. Better framerate, better visuals. Doesn't make sense. "

" @natetodamax said:

" @Jimbo: True, but I don't understand why they would make the PC version run better. Better framerate, better visuals. Doesn't make sense. "

This post made me laugh. 
 
They don't make the games run poorly on consoles.  That just happens because consoles suck.  The visuals are better on PC because a high-end PC can do things that a PS3 or 360 could only dream of doing.  They aren't discriminating against console users, they're just taking advantage of the best available gaming setup - The PC.  Also, if anyone didn't catch that the entire news post was a joke...  Wow. "

Also, if anyone didn't catch that the entire news post was a joke...  Wow. "

" @TheGremp said:

Also, if anyone didn't catch that the entire news post was a joke...  Wow. "

The Co-optimus article?  Which part makes you think it was intended as a joke? "

 it's unclear as to whether or not the game has built in voice chat    

I think the main point ,and the reason I made the post, was to let people know BL will available on Steam, which I think is awesome since I was going to get the PC version in the first place.

very cool, will get it on steam

" @Jimbo said:

" @TheGremp said:

Also, if anyone didn't catch that the entire news post was a joke...  Wow. "

The Co-optimus article?  Which part makes you think it was intended as a joke? "

All the features they posted (except for the JPG cards, which are useless enough to be a joke themselves) are pretty much expected from PC games.  The benchmark is a cool feature, but modified menus and such are the kind of thing that if they aren't there, people freak out. (See RE5) 
  

I don't like it but it's a fair deal for the PC gamers.  How many times do the consoles get the better version only for the pc to be either left out or just the game on it's own with no dlc.  I will still buy on the xbox cause my friends will have it on theirs.

" @natetodamax said:

" @Jimbo: True, but I don't understand why they would make the PC version run better. Better framerate, better visuals. Doesn't make sense. "

Of course it makes sense. It's allowing the PC version to take advantages of the abilities that only the PC has. Limiting those features would be a dick move on their part. It's kind of expected for the PC versions of multiplats to be superior in a lot of ways on the PC, that's how it's been for awhile. "

Gearbox always seems to favor the PC versions of their multiplatform games.  I guess they're trying to make up for their horrible port of Halo 1 to PC all those years ago.
 
But seriously, even more than Valve or many other companies, Gearbox will still favor the PC version highly over others.  That's just my own experience with their games and the people (to the extent I know them).
 
edit - It's far from a natural development process or natural focus on the advantages of PC.  They will FOCUS on making the PC version better, even if their other versions suffer.

" edit - It's far from a natural development process or natural focus on the advantages of PC.  They will FOCUS on making the PC version better, even if their other versions suffer. "

" @CowMuffins said:

" @pornstorestiffi said:

" And those features a big deal why? I don't mind not having high end visuals as the PC version will have, that's to be expected. But a benchmarking tool and making picture cards out of weapons, that doesn't seem like features that will sell the game. "

Go play Saints Row 2 on PC, then come back and see why this is a big deal. "

That did't answer my question. Why is a benchmark tool and JPG cards of weapons a big deal. Your comment didn't even make sense to me, i wrote that the PC has better graphics and that is to be expected, seems logic to me. And i also wrote i didn't mind the dump down in graphics on the console version.  So please let me know, what's so cool about Saints Row 2 again? did that also have a benchmark tool, and a useless JPG feature? since you mentioned it. "

" @Diamond said:

" edit - It's far from a natural development process or natural focus on the advantages of PC.  They will FOCUS on making the PC version better, even if their other versions suffer. "

Well, yeah, Gearbox would as would a few other companies. But, usually, if the company doesn't have a history of favoring one end of the spectrum or the other, things such as better visuals tend to come out naturally on the PC largely because of the balancing act that is optimization. "

Cool. But I will probably never buy anything again ever on Steam. 50 euros for a game that costs between 30 and 40 is not an acceptable price. Fuck Steam. 
 
I say this as a huge Valve fan. I've just hated Steam since they decided it was a good time to completely rape their european customers, thats all.

" Exclusive features such as benchmarking tools and a HUD designed for the platform it's on!?!?  SOLD! "