With the very first sentence being wide of the mark, I'm not even going to entertain clicking on this article.
Cheap phone games don't do anything for me, even as an avid gamer. If I do find myself with some free time and my phone, I'm usually browsing the internet.
In tomorrows news, Anonymous threatens Netflix via Youtube.
It is not an 'unfortunate reality'. What you are saying then is that it can't be helped? Utter bollocks.
You can't treat customers as though they are mentally challenged, even though some do act as though they are.
Cliff, you are not the superstar you believe you are, so saying things like this don't automatically make them true or believable. All you are doing is biting the hand that feeds you.
Those videos did not qualify for your argument. The PC videos were from modded versions and the console video from multiplayer(always downgraded from single player).
If you believe your own comment, why rig the evidence?
So if I've understood this correctly, Sony & Microsoft could introduce used game restrictions due to publisher pressure. If that's the case then we could well be witnessing the beginning of the end to the games industry.
As I've commented before in more detail, restricting used sales is going to have a negative effect on sales of new titles and dlc. When the greedy publishers eventually realise this, then what? They hold too much power now, what happens when t...
I asked the same thing a few months ago and got my ass chewed off. The comments here seem to be a lot more sensible so far.
I find it difficult to trust any review whether good, bad or indifferent due to the complete lack of accuracy with reviews recently.
It's clear that a number of reviewers aren't playing these games long enough just so they can be amongst the first to release a review. This is a massive disservice to the gaming public just for the pursuit of extra cash. Personally I think it's a disgusting practice and one of the major issues that's bringing down the gaming in...
Always quick to take the credit, but never the blame.
Of course they are not the worst, it would be ludicrous to genuinely believe otherwise. But, they are amongst the worst in the games industry.
It's update 2.04 on PS3 not 1.5. I'm in central England and the update turned up on mine last night.
What they don't tell you is where these reports were conducted. A biased report is easy to gather.
The world is in a sorry state if Apple is considered a threat to the console industry. They might be able to fool people into needing overpriced phones and mp3 players, but a console would have to be something extraordinary and at a reasonable price to attract a good market share. Apple don't do reasonable prices and I'm personally not impressed with their technology.
You may have misread that in the first example the customer had bought new to start with, then by trading that game it becomes used.
I just wanted to make a point that the games market will struggle to sustain itself as it is without a used market even if publishers think otherwise. Used games have been around for almost thirty years, I know, I used to buy used Sinclair Spectrum games as a child. It clearly is not a new phenomenon.
Another example that has ju...
Surely they must realise that without the used market the gaming industry as it is now will implode?
Think about this, customer buys a new game and soon realises that the reviews were talking cobblers and it's actually a steaming pile of guano. If the used market is non existent he or she is stuck with a game he or she can't sell or trade to fund another new purchase. Not only that he or she is now extremely cautious of buying new at full price so will likely wait for...
I don't think I can watch the Jabba's palace scenes in ROTJ ever again. It just made my skin crawl.
We all get annoyed by journalism but we don't have a tantrum over it, well, not all of us anyway.
My first game was a pong clone, don't recall the name of the console though.
The Atari 2600 came after that (still got it now), played River Raid for hours on end.
They've certainly gone way down in my estimation over the last few years. Shame, they were starting to redeem themselves.
Love it, I forgot how naff the old box art was. Although at the time my teenage mind appreciated the Barbarian offering, the game wasn't bad either if my memory serves me correctly.
What would these journalists prefer we do?
If we keep quiet we are doing the industry a disservice by not letting it know what we do and do not prefer. Thereby leaving it to make mistakes that lead to less and less sales, ultimately leading to loss of jobs.
Or we can make our dissatisfaction known, mistakes can be rectified or avoided and everybody wins.
Either way, we are probably wrong to these journalists.