A vaporware shouldn't be allowed to be on Steam store

[Monterossa]

They just have it on the store to advertise that the game is actually on mobile phones. Steam should remove it.

[D]

I suspect milking sales of the mobile version plays a more significant factor in how long the PC version is taking to release than many on this board seem to care to admit.

[Seattlehockeyfan84]

This isn't vapoware. Good greif. Developing for pc is very very Difficult. And we are going going into month 4 since announcement. Some Games for pc when announced are 6-8 months or even a year away from release. LIke i said FF3 for pc between announcement and release was 5 months. We are into month 4.

You ever consider that they are actually fixing bugs found in the mobile release that would also impact the pc release.

[Monterossa]

Originally posted by gstommylee001:

Developing for pc is very very Difficult.

All the mobile and console games are developed on computers.

[Monterossa]

And it is a vaporware, according to Wikipedia:

"In the computer industry, vaporware (also spelt vapourware) is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never actually manufactured nor officially cancelled."

[Salaundre]

They said they were going to release it in Spring we are only on Day 7 of Spring. So they still have at least 3 more months before we should get mad because they said they would release it in Spring of 2016.

[Bluebeak]

The game's android port was just released.

I'd easily speculate making the game run on mobile ports was harder than making a PC port for it would be. There's no reason to be paranoid it'll come out at some point.

[D]

Originally posted by Monterossa:

And it is a vaporware, according to Wikipedia:

"In the computer industry, vaporware (also spelt vapourware) is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never actually manufactured nor officially cancelled."

By this definition it isn't vaporware yet.

If it never comes out (i.e. we get an official announcement that it will never come out/production has been cancelled) THEN it becomes vaporware.

[Jacktuar]

Ignore monterossa, he's not even trolling he's just not that bright.

[gabo988]

Originally posted by donniesmithers:

I suspect milking sales of the mobile version plays a more significant factor in how long the PC version is taking to release than many on this board seem to care to admit.

I've known it all along, even when it wasn't fair to suspect it.

[Monterossa]

Originally posted by donniesmithers:

Originally posted by Monterossa:

And it is a vaporware, according to Wikipedia:

"In the computer industry, vaporware (also spelt vapourware) is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never actually manufactured nor officially cancelled."

By this definition it isn't vaporware yet.

If it never comes out (i.e. we get an official announcement that it will never come out/production has been cancelled) THEN it becomes vaporware.

If they announce the cancellation it wouldn't be a vaporware. Reread the last part of that wikipedia info again. As it is right now, it's a vaporware, until it actually come out or get an official cancellation announcement.

[The Horror Network]

Originally posted by Monterossa:

Originally posted by gstommylee001:

Developing for pc is very very Difficult.

All the mobile and console games are developed on computers.

No ♥♥♥♥ Sherlock, really? Because you can make code on pen and paper and then just POOF, it turns into a game/a program/etc.

Yeah, the mobile and console games are developed on PC. However, the code and programming is designed to be functional on said mobile device and/or console. This is how demo discs and demo flashdrives are born. It is loaded onto the mobile device/console, not ran on the PC.

[An Irate Walrus]

Originally posted by Monterossa:

And it is a vaporware, according to Wikipedia:

"In the computer industry, vaporware (also spelt vapourware) is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never actually manufactured nor officially cancelled."

This definition doesn't apply to the PC version of FF IX yet, because Squeenix hasn't set a concrete release date. Say what you will about the purposefully vague "Early 2016" window--the fact is that we do not have a static day or month to refer to yet--so the release cannot be late.

The only way this game would pass into "vaporware" status is if Squeenix sets a date, misses it, and says absolutely nothing over a protracted period of time in terms of confirming a delay or cancellation.

[Lich]

Paranoia intensifies. The "not officially cancelled" part is correct, there's been no such announcement but it's too early for you to conclude that it is not being manufactured. Although I do find the next sentence on that Wiki page to match a certain game we all been talking about so much: "Vaporware is often announced months or years before its purported release, with development details lacking". Development details lacking indeed and SE's silence has shown that.

[Croy]

3 months is now vaporware? Some of you are too young to have had real vaporware in your short lifespan. Just because you've heard a word on the internet doesn't mean you should use it.

[An Irate Walrus]

Originally posted by cROY:

3 months is now vaporware? Some of you are too young to have had real vaporware in your short lifespan. Just because you've heard a word on the internet doesn't mean you should use it.

Kinda wondering how the OP feels about Starcraft: Ghost or Robotech: Crystal Dreams.

Or, heck, even Duke Nukem Forever up until a few years ago.