You could always put your unused Wii on eBay. :)
I kid, I kid.
@greyishfox - True. You could also go back to some of the massive RPG's like Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, etc.
There's no question that people will have to cut spending habits, and hobbies such as gaming usually tend to be the first to go. Great points here on how to keep gaming fresh during tough economic times!
Does this mean that the kid who can 100% Through the Fire and Flames on Expert has absolutely no chance of lasting for more than 4 seconds? They should rename that achievement to "Two Pump Chump"
You could probably even take the blame back to the Atari 2600, even though the industry crashed between that and the NES. That ET game got everyone's juices flowing
Guess it lives up to its name then. Haha. This is pretty cool, though
Yeah it was very disappointing that for almost 3 weeks after release, I was unable to play the game on my normal PSN profile (I have around 65 friends)
I think because of the storage issues and the fact that the Wii doesn't have a strong online component, we won't really see any betas there
With the high success of the open betas for everything that's been out this year, do you think more third parties are going to jump into the foray and start putting out multiplayer betas in 2009?
Yeah, that's a very good point. Really trusting reviews from OXM or PSM for first party titles for their platforms isn't the best idea. You know they're going to give terrific scores regardless
@taz8080 - Yeah, that's a good point. It's really the only industry where people actively want to beta test the product. People want the bragging rights to say they were among the first to play whatever the next big game will be
Yeah, there are a ton of betas going on. Socom and LittleBigPlanet just ended, Resistance 2 is starting, Killzone 2 will be expanding. You don't really see too many third party betas, other than CoD5 and SSFIIHDTR.
I think in the case of Socom, it's not so much a game problem is they didn't have enough server infrastructure in place.
For testing the waters, I think the developers should offer demos. The gaming industry needs to start using Beta testing for what it is intended for... finding and fixing bugs.
Yeah it's a gimmick that Marketing is using. People are using Beta testing as glorified demos instead of actual beta testing for the games.
I honestly don't see much point of getting print magazines anymore for gaming news. The same reviews of those magazines are all available online, as are most of their editorials. For me, most print media has become obsolete
Yeah, fanboyism is a problem. Just look at most of the comments here, sadly
Nice to have new blood join the podcast this week. Hopefully more of the new writers at Loot Ninja will join in next week.
Yeah I've gone from laughing at the game to being fairly intrigued. Nintendo doesn't do things like this without thinking of mass market appeal.
Considering G4 wasn't mentioned in the article, I'm going to have to say no