Quote of the year right here, folks.
Video Game News and Miscellany
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It would never happen, but just imagine if EA suddenly went down ala THQ. Imagine all the studios that would suddenly be free of their tyranny.
Maxis alone would be amazing if they fell into the right hands.
Maxis alone would be amazing if they fell into the right hands.
If EA loses more of it's sports licenses, it would essentially become a shell of it's former self. Without those yearly releases to finance everything they couldn't do half of what they do.
Fifa, dude
Meaningless to me.Fifa, dude
You'd think you'd remember the name after hearing it 25,000,000 times over our phone conversations
Friday should bring a new Nintendo Direct. I expect:
- Iwata will hope we're all enjoying Pokemon.
- Reminder about the new Zelda game.
- Make some kind of note about the new 3DS Mario Party, because I feel like I've heard nothing about it outside of Amazon.com
- Mention new Wii U bundles: the Mario Bros bundle and Skylanders Swap Force bundle.
Things I would like to hear about, but expect to see nothing of:
- Super Smash Bros 4 release date.
- Some semblance of a hint about Sega 3D Classics coming to North America/Europe 3DS--we've heard nothing since fucking June.
- Iwata will hope we're all enjoying Pokemon.
- Reminder about the new Zelda game.
- Make some kind of note about the new 3DS Mario Party, because I feel like I've heard nothing about it outside of Amazon.com
- Mention new Wii U bundles: the Mario Bros bundle and Skylanders Swap Force bundle.
Things I would like to hear about, but expect to see nothing of:
- Super Smash Bros 4 release date.
- Some semblance of a hint about Sega 3D Classics coming to North America/Europe 3DS--we've heard nothing since fucking June.
I'm not Iwata, but I can help you.
http://blogs.sega.com/2013/10/30/an...tes-for-sega-3d-classics-on-nintendo-3ds/?0=1
http://blogs.sega.com/2013/10/30/an...tes-for-sega-3d-classics-on-nintendo-3ds/?0=1
Treat your costumers good and they will reward you. Gamers in particular can be a very loyal group. I dont understand why
the large Corporations dont get that.
the large Corporations dont get that.
Steam hits the 65 million user milestone.
Steam hits 65 million users - GameSpot
And just to copy and paste my comment from there:
I hated Steam at first because I couldn't sell my copy of Half-Life 2 when I was done with it. I don't have a very large income, so selling or trading in games is a big thing for me. So that HL2 sat on my shelf or in a drawer for years.
I don't remember when Steam won me over, but I think it was around the time of the Orange Box (the HL2: Episode 2 collection that include HL2, Ep 1, Ep 2, and Portal) and that I could just download the again instead of digging out the disc. I was also allowed to give my copy of HL2 away (the one previously mentioned) to a friend.
And then the sales. OH the sales. Their first big Christmas holiday sale, I think I bought 10 or more games for around $20. It was insane.
The one thing I like about Steam the most is that I can carry over my games from computer to computer. Since I've started using it more, I've gone through about three or four computers (for various reasons, not just to upgrade). I've been able to carry over my Steam account to each one, keeping all my digital games.
And yet, Sony won't allow me to do the same when I move from the PS3 to the PS4. This bothers me because I do have a great deal of digital games through PSN, such as anything by Telltale and Double Fine or an assortment of other indie games. Honestly, I thought about pre-ordering a PS4, but when it was announced that I couldn't carry those digital games over? I didn't.
I love digital games on PC not just for the fact I can carry it over from PC to PC. There are a LOT of other options than Steam, like GoG, that offer their own sales and advantages (like no DRM in GoG's case). I think that lack of competition is part of the reason PSN and XBox Live have struggled with their digital sales - at least in comparison with Steams' success.
Steam hits 65 million users - GameSpot
And just to copy and paste my comment from there:
I hated Steam at first because I couldn't sell my copy of Half-Life 2 when I was done with it. I don't have a very large income, so selling or trading in games is a big thing for me. So that HL2 sat on my shelf or in a drawer for years.
I don't remember when Steam won me over, but I think it was around the time of the Orange Box (the HL2: Episode 2 collection that include HL2, Ep 1, Ep 2, and Portal) and that I could just download the again instead of digging out the disc. I was also allowed to give my copy of HL2 away (the one previously mentioned) to a friend.
And then the sales. OH the sales. Their first big Christmas holiday sale, I think I bought 10 or more games for around $20. It was insane.
The one thing I like about Steam the most is that I can carry over my games from computer to computer. Since I've started using it more, I've gone through about three or four computers (for various reasons, not just to upgrade). I've been able to carry over my Steam account to each one, keeping all my digital games.
And yet, Sony won't allow me to do the same when I move from the PS3 to the PS4. This bothers me because I do have a great deal of digital games through PSN, such as anything by Telltale and Double Fine or an assortment of other indie games. Honestly, I thought about pre-ordering a PS4, but when it was announced that I couldn't carry those digital games over? I didn't.
I love digital games on PC not just for the fact I can carry it over from PC to PC. There are a LOT of other options than Steam, like GoG, that offer their own sales and advantages (like no DRM in GoG's case). I think that lack of competition is part of the reason PSN and XBox Live have struggled with their digital sales - at least in comparison with Steams' success.
GasBandit
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I remember the reason my family didn't get a SNES was because it had no backwards compatibility with NES games. That was the dealbreaker for my folks - that all my NES games would not work on it (and I had quite a collection at the time). I guess that's why I became a PC gamer almost exclusively pretty soon after that.
Thanks, man. Hmm, I'm kind of sad I'll have to wait until mid-December for Ecco the Dolphin, but at least I know. And $5.99 is just fine with me.
I think it's funny that Nintendo of all companies has been doing this just fine with DSi to 3DS and Wii to Wii U, but Sony is struggling.
I want to own a PS4 someday, but it's going to have to be long after I get tired of my PS3, and I don't know when that will be. We play and re-play the games on there, both disc and digital, so often, I don't know when we'll feel like letting them be put in the closet or in storage.
I'm not an electronics expert, so it's stuff I don't understand.
Okay, I'll bite. If the Telltale games are cross-platform anyway, meaning PC, Xbox, and PS3, why can't they run on PS4? I know about the coding difference for PS3 and PS4 games that are geared for the PS3, but why the difference for downloadable cross-platform stuff?
Also, why have the Vita work with PSN and then change it all up for the new console? Why not start the new thing with the Vita? It's not like it's going to hurt sales.
Also, why have the Vita work with PSN and then change it all up for the new console? Why not start the new thing with the Vita? It's not like it's going to hurt sales.
Those games were made for those platforms, those teams are doing other things now. You want them to go back and code new versions of their game, for free, so you can transfer your game to a new console? That doesn't benefit them at all.
Good customer service and PR?
I'd say this except I sold mine a year ago.
Among the items, I sold Earthbound for over $180.
And now I can buy it for $10
.A: It would be up to the individual publishers, not Sony to do this.
B: The PR would not outweigh the cost of having to totally convert software to a new platform.
C: As I've stated multiple times, backwards compatibility is a relatively new concept that gets harder and harder as consoles advance because the sheer amount of code grows with each new system.
D: The comparison to PC is a non-issue because PC games are coded the same no matter what PC you're using it on, you're still using a Windows based system.
Fuck, after reading everything I have in the last couple of days, I've come to this conclusion:
You're God damn nuts if you buy either of the new consoles at launch. If you do, you deserve the buggy software, lack of features, faulty hardware (both of em are guilty of this in the past) and the drought of games in the next year. All I can say is thanks for being an early adopter and giving those companies a reason for making those consoles worth my time and money in the future.
You're God damn nuts if you buy either of the new consoles at launch. If you do, you deserve the buggy software, lack of features, faulty hardware (both of em are guilty of this in the past) and the drought of games in the next year. All I can say is thanks for being an early adopter and giving those companies a reason for making those consoles worth my time and money in the future.
PS4 doesn't support external storage - GameSpot
So I can no longer take a USB key and use it to watch movies or play music? Cripes, that's one of the few things I even do with my PS3 these days. Hell, I actually liked that I could upload my own entrance music in the WWE games. No more of that, either, huh?
Fuck it. Not getting one anymore. I was going to wait a few years to get a PS4, anyway (like a Slim or whatever). Not going to bother at all, anymore.
So I can no longer take a USB key and use it to watch movies or play music? Cripes, that's one of the few things I even do with my PS3 these days. Hell, I actually liked that I could upload my own entrance music in the WWE games. No more of that, either, huh?
Fuck it. Not getting one anymore. I was going to wait a few years to get a PS4, anyway (like a Slim or whatever). Not going to bother at all, anymore.
You know it will after launch right? Neither console is shipping with a ton of features. That's all crap they'll patch in eventually. Hence my last comment. Wait a year. You'll miss the shitty launch titles, stuff will be better and there might actually be a game worth playing on it.
The Playstation boss tweeted about adding in MP3, DLNA and such after launch.
The Playstation boss tweeted about adding in MP3, DLNA and such after launch.
figmentPez
Staff member
Sticking with PC (or going with a Steam box) just keeps sounding better and better to me.
PS4: The Ultimate FAQ – North America – PlayStation.Blog
Welp, I'm out of the PS4 race.
Going to wait a solid year before making a choice. Sony is clearly ahead of Microsoft but their media blockade took me straight out. FFS, Sega CD played Audio CDs... why the fuck can the PS4 not?
No MP3? Music by subscription? No streaming from PC?
Fuck off.
I thought they learned their lesson the first 2 years of the PS3's product life cycle.
Unacceptable.
Welp, I'm out of the PS4 race.
Going to wait a solid year before making a choice. Sony is clearly ahead of Microsoft but their media blockade took me straight out. FFS, Sega CD played Audio CDs... why the fuck can the PS4 not?
No MP3? Music by subscription? No streaming from PC?
Fuck off.
I thought they learned their lesson the first 2 years of the PS3's product life cycle.
Unacceptable.
That's where I'm leaning right now.[DOUBLEPOST=1383183226,1383183162][/DOUBLEPOST]Someone on Gamespot suggested I get an X-Box. I told them that would assume I'm interested in getting anything X-Box related, which I'm not. I've never owned an X-Box and none of their exclusive titles outside of Dead Rising remotely interest me.
Gamers: We don't care about tv integration, or phone calls, or any of that shit, stop trying to force all that in and just make a box that PLAYS GAMES! Where are the games?
Sony: Ok, we've made a console that plays games, and doesn't have that other stuff.
Gamers: WTF ARE YOU DOING? PUT THAT STUFF BACK IN!
Sony: ...
*Poe now goes back to streaming twitch on one monitor and playing games on the other, feeling the proper smugness of a PC gamer*
Sony: Ok, we've made a console that plays games, and doesn't have that other stuff.
Gamers: WTF ARE YOU DOING? PUT THAT STUFF BACK IN!
Sony: ...
*Poe now goes back to streaming twitch on one monitor and playing games on the other, feeling the proper smugness of a PC gamer*
