Still doesn't mean it's right and I really do hope nobody does buy into it. The whole industry needs to know that despite EA declaring that gamers have embraced this business model, in truth the majority have not.
Instead of looking for new and devious ways to fleece their consumers, publishers should be striving to produce a desirable product or there needs to be a solution to eradicate the need for publishers entirely.
Really!!!!? You really think EA are going to use the money from micro transactions to create more and better games. For the love of all that is good and pure wake up will you this is EA you are talking about.
There'll be making the same below expected quality games and chopping them into little bits to drip feed later, no more, no less. All the extra cash will be lining the pockets of shareholders who have zero creative input into any part of producing the games.
Publishers whinge about a downward spiral in the industry now, imagine if they are successful in convincing the console manufacturers to introduce used game blocking. It'll be a complete disaster.
The obvious problem I see with this, which will be true for me at least is that gamers will become extremely careful with their purchases as reselling unwanted games will be a thing of the past. This will mean that only those publishers with money to throw at the very best marke...
Well aren't you a bundle joy!
Hmm! Going on the realisation that PS4 has generated more hype and news in one week than Wii U has in eighteen months I'm gonna go with no.
We'll have to wait and see after the inevitable shower of doom articles start to arrive.
Sounds like a steaming load to me. I've never known a BD or DVD player that won't play CDs.
£399.99 pre-order price has already started to roll out in the uk. If anything this should go down.
Yes, I'm well aware how easy it is to update drivers, for some not so much. What I do mean is that odd title now and then that for whatever reason refuses to boot up or crashes straight after the first cut scene. Those faults that can be fixed by simply changing a setting in a text file or downloading a custom patch.
Many would simply give up, return the game and think twice about buying games in future on the PC.
Personally I'm ok with the PC althoug...
If PCs were foolproof then consoles wouldn't get as much attention and would become almost irrelevant. Unfortunately they are not and your average console gamer doesn't want to spend time trying to get their latest purchase to run because it not compatible with the latest drivers. They don't have the time, patience and/or know-how.
Personally I believe PC gamers need to be directing their anger at the PC industry, not the console industry.
I think for the most part the problem is not that mobile games seem to sell in substantial numbers, it's that every brain dead journalist sees it as the arrival of the four horsemen for dedicated consoles.
Unfortunately while the internet is awash with uninformed journalists who only look at numbers instead of the whole picture, a hornets nest of passionate and sometimes irrational gamers will speak out.
Fox news needs to get laid, or at least to get out more.
@decrypt
My PS3 isn't going to spontaneously combust the very nanosecond the PS4 is released. So I think all my past games will be fine.
Oh wow! More smartphone drivel.
They even have the audacity to suggest powerful smartphones are cheaper to buy than consoles. It appears that investigative journalism is dead.
Not a practice exclusive to Sony, every hardware manufacturer, gaming or otherwise, are no stranger to stretching the truth.
A disappointment obviously.
These Police had better find a different career, because clearly detective work is not for them..... Imbeciles.
How was the delay an absolute bombshell? Rockstar always do it.
On topic, I personally prefer GTA so it'll be a day one. Depending on reception I may pick up Saint's Row later.
I don't know if we've both misinterpreted things here.
I was suggesting there are Xbox fans out there that wouldn't buy a Playstation if that was their only choice because they have an unusual hatred for Sony, regardless of Microsoft's similarity of being a huge business centric corporation. Wanting an Xbox to succeed is irrelevant if it no longer offers an up to par gaming experience, so I'm confused by the meaning behind your comment.
Not even remotely surprised.