I know you're right but it's a little ridiculous. That's like saying a lot of great cops started out as criminals.
Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo say hi.
MS was lagging behind Sony worldwide for most of last year until the holiday season surge that put Xbox over the top.
And where did that surge come from?
North America.
That loss comes from Sony's other departments that aren't doing as well as the gaming division. I think Playstation is the only thing keeping Sony afloat right now.
The PS3 needs better bundles. $250 for the system is great but add a decent game, a downloadable title, and few months of Playstation Plus to sweeten the deal.
We sell this game where I work and it is the only title I have ever seen that is marked "Non Returnable" on the receipt. Keep in mind a opened computer is returnable within 15 days but if you buy Kinect Star Wars and open it, you're stuck with it.
That should tell you something.
The 2011 holiday season is what put MS over the top. Sony was beating them before that. The Black Friday bundles and offers MS put out gave them their 2011 victory by 900,000 units. A victory but an ugly one.
I don't see how the PSN breach proved any wrongdoing on Sony's part since we still don't know who did this and why. Some say it was an inside job or retaliation for Geohot's (laughably predictable) court case or whatever. It's all conjecture, at best.
What we do know is the resulting Sony website hacks were performed by hackers going after bragging rights and the "lulz". A network of sad children hiding behind the skirt of Anonymous, wasting thei...
YOU'RE GOING DOWN FOR THIS, CODY! YOU'RE A LOOSE CANNON!
(Bonus points for anyone who gets the reference)
The ending has holes but I kind of knew there was going to be more. Every huge game has DLC and, if ME3 is anything like ME2, there will have to be more. It wouldn't surprise me if they ended the game where they did in response to the script leak and they always planned to change things.
That being said, EA is going to have to give away any ending-related DLC to shut up the naysayers.
Nintendo doesn't resist change; they are trying to shift the market to play to their strengths. Bright, familiar, family-oriented gaming while Sony and Microsoft are more targeted to teens and adults who want more mature games.
Nintendo is like Disney: you are either a lifelong fan or you grow out of them like I did and never look back
Everyone steals ideas from everyone.
How can someone expect to sell a product and make money when said product is traded in, resold countless times, and the creator receives no compensation for anything but the 1st sale? If you make Call of Duty, you're fine (for now). But every other company is thinking about the bottom line and how used ganes cut into it.
This is why gaming is being pushed toward mobile devices. They're cheap to make, easily accessible to anyone, and no used market. Soon AAA titles wil...
Did you seriously just compare a $60 game to a vehicle that costs thousands of dollars?
And think of the industries that are guaranteed to make loafs of money off your car purchase. You have to get it registered, you have to get insurance, pay for gas, upkeep, etc.
Meanwhile, there are no hidden costs to a game except for optional DLC.
IW was done once the creative minds behind the studio quit or got fired.
Infinity Ward is dead. Long live Respawn.
You would have to bring your console with you.
You would need to buy more than one game.
You couldn't play all of the features without buying a pass.
Same as above.
Yes.
The used market represents lost revenue to publishers. If you controlled a publisher and you found out that used games are the difference between making five billion dollars instead of six, you might be persuaded to do something about that. If not, your shareholders may want to replace you with someone who will.
Hence, the Online Pass.
I believe the people that agree are more focused on the intent of the post rather than obsessing over the price drop amount being off by at least $20. Mistakes happen.
3DS has a horrible launch and had to drop price (over $100) immediately to get the sales they are getting now.
I still don't see the controversy over locked DLC. Is it justified if I hack a demo so I can unlock the full game? I pay monthly for a cable box and I'm not mad that there are channels that I have to pay extra to access. Plus, this outrage is mostly coming from people who hate DLC and were never going to buy it to begin with. Oh well. If people want to spend as much time as possible downloading every piece of DLC a game has to offer then so be it.