Immortal...that's the truth. Doesn't matter if the console is good or not, the average Joe probably will buy the cheaper console that can play most the same games (360) over the expensive one. For them it won't be about fanboyism...it will be about what they can afford.
On the other hand, people during a financial crisis sometimes tend to stop going out for costly entertainment and get 'at home' entertainment like pay tv or consoles instead...that long term can be cheaper.
Yeah nobody is immune...I wonder how Nintendo is going?
I hope game developers don't go all 'safety first' and only make sequels and stop innovating.
How is Take Two going with this...they were having troubles before GTAIV came along...
This game is a really great arcade racer/ stunt game but it is CRIMINAL that there is no split screen. This game is PERFECT for it.
C'mon are you guys blind? I found it no problem despite not knowing the language...it's the little box with a volume dial and a green play button...
Catchy pop song. Hope the game is good.
So anyone brave enough to call GAME of the YEAR? Too many, I know!
Wow...I've only seen a bit of Fable 2 so far but that's a big call.
Do you mean Uncharted?
Yeah I've heard the save system is not so good. Looking forward to trying this one out soon hopefully. Too much from now until Christmas!!
I would have thought that too...but 82% apparently like the product more, according to the survey quoted in the article.
Yeah but when you watch some of those movies and they linger WAY too long on a product it pulls you out of the film with a "look at this"! That actually makes me not want to buy the product for being way too obvious and prominant.
On the other hand some movies (eg. James Bond cars etc.) do seem to fit well with product placement properly integrated into the movie.
This is what I'm personally worried about: how it will be done and if it will influence how so...
Would be nice to see it filter through as a reduction in cost, but I doubt that will happen. People will just get used to them and consider it normal.
I don't want to see the scope of advertisement increase to filter through to such things as in-game buildings etc. but I can see that no limits will probably end up being set up. While destroying a Mcdonald's with a tank sounds fun, all the in-game advertising could pull you out of the game's intended 'feel' if it goes too far. ...
I didn't mind too much when there was the occasional billboard but if this really catches on it could really intrude if they push it furthur.
Or if the advertisers start having influence over the games' content so they can advertise better. We all know what advertisers trying to push their agenda leads to, right Gamespot?
I find it hard to believe 82% or whatever of gamers really think it makes them like the brand better!
Wow...Saints Row more fun that GTAIV according to the author!
I really was turned off by some of the seemingly silly juvenile ideas in this game like the 'poo spray' but this game really has been getting some great reviews! Too many games for me to play at the moment so it'll have to wait....
Out of curiosity...have you even used Live?
What's scary is that some deranged individuals might actually find the way to do something crazy and actually follow through. Last straw in their sanity or something...
Or when they call Australians Brits? The whole sledging aspect of Live isn't social, it's anti-social. Sure with mates it's okay, but with strangers? Just not fun. Or funny.
Well there are problems with some games sometimes but look at the SOCOM fiasco....
No Metal Gear Solid will be okay because its coming to Xbox remember? (Yes I know it probably isn't...)
No the new words are Resistance, Killzone, Little, Big, and Planet.
That site often reports on the industry at large and even had a PS3 review of MGS4.