Crackdown 3 proved popular on an access service while floundering at retail because it's crap. I wouldn't buy it; but if I had the Xbox Game Pass, I'd try it out, maybe even play it for a while. In that case, I would have already paid for whatever comes down the pipe--whether it's good or whether it's crap.
Don't put out buggy, crappy games?
The games listed below the headline tell me I shouldn't even click on this story. So I won't.
That's the correct approach, even before sweating one drop over who may find what offensive.
If average people immediately saw the inevitable SAD acronym, it makes me wonder who is minding the store over at Microsoft. How could they miss this?
You missed Phil's point entirely. The console business model has always been to sell the hardware as cheaply as possible in order to create a large userbase, which will then buy highly profitable games. Even selling the console at a modest loss can work, if the result is tens of millions of players buying games and related content on a regular basis.
After reading the piece, it becomes clear that review score is more a reflection of the author's attitude toward the concept of the game than its implementation. He just doesn't like T&E. If he had to replay the Genesis original now, he'd hate it too.
Depends on what country you live/work in. If the USA, then yeah, that would seem like fantasy to you. This country has gone far downhill in how it treats employees and employment. They call the justification for long hours, poor pay and poor job security "productivity".
If that average includes top executives, then it isn't at all valid. (The variance/SD would be ridiculous.) I doubt your scenario applies here. I can't say for certain, though.
The game allows it? Then it's fair. Devs don't like it? Patch the game. Anything else is complete horsecrap. People don't go around reading rule books when they play videogames. The games themselves teach us the rules. BioWare can go take a flying leap into a dark, smelly place.
No system can handle code so poor that it causes serious overheating.
All modern systems will shut down as a last resort when serious overheating occurs. The alternative is fried chips. Bring the barbecue sauce.
I wasn't going to click on the story link until I read your comment.
"It’s more serious than that, though: turns out that Overwatch players in China are baiting other players to mention Winnie the Pooh, which appears to be prompting insta-bans from the game."
That by itself doesn't clarify. But in context with what follows, I think the repression is only in China:
By way of Chinese social media site Wiebo (via ComicBo...
The press loves to bandy the word "controversy" about. It's butter for their bread. Yet it seldom honestly applies, since more often than not, it's clear to us what's right and what's wrong. A controversy can't exist unless two or more conflicting positions have validity.
That's because a fertile woman is over a hundred times more important than any fertile man for the survival of the species. (How many children can a man sire in a year? How many children can a woman have in a year?) Protecting young women is baked in our genes.
We can't ever have nice things for very long, can we? GOG is the only legit place left where you can get PC games without added encumbrances like DRM and intrusive software clients. I'd really hate to see it go.
Heh. No. Personal attacks are not allowed. But your post made me chuckle.
The question has already been answered in the previous judicial decision. I predict this case will go nowhere.
I just realized I'm wasting time scrolling down and reading this list of comments. Back to my games . . .
I wouldn't be so sure. I agree that retail sales won't vanish; but they could get marginalized to the point where some of the big players in the business won't even offer them as an option. I can see a sad future where, if you want to play the latest big game, you won't be able to buy it; you'll need to get it through an access service, and you can play only as long as you continue paying for the service.