You have been clearly blinded by your fanboyism. What are you going to say when they fix these issues via patch? You may be creaming in your pants right now because the PS3 is having problems, but these will probably be fixed via software update. Then what will you have to gloat over?
Do you really want to compare this to the RROD? I didn't bring up the RROD issue but you did so here goes. RROD is much more of a "failure rate" issue than a software problem. If y...
I had to laugh when they included the statement about whether or not someone should return their PS3 copy for a 360 copy. Do you know anyone who would actually ASK Rockstar if they should do so? If someone was so inclined, so mad, etc. I would think they would just do it and not look for Rockstar's opinion on the matter.
Also, the fact that the 360 problems are "not quite the same amount" as the PS3 problems should not give 360 owners cause for glee. Non specific...
What have you got against Iron Man? Are you looking to start a comic book fanboy war?
when I begged my parents to shell out $50.00 for ET for my Atari 2600.
That's the target market for these limp, 3rd string games- little kids who see the movie and want more.
Anyone else out there as old as I? :)
Happy gaming...
I'm out of here, and in doing so will help lower the intelligence quotient of this zone by a factor of 10, back to where it normally is.
If you can't figure out what I'm saying, don't waste your time. Go back to admiring your Pokemon collection and trying to thicken up your pube mustaches.
Do you realize that you just slammed yourself?
QFT: "GrammarPolice all intelligent comment are made over <----------- at the gamer zone"
meaning you just excluded yourself from making intelligent comments. Well, one look at your bubbles explains all. You have one bubble left, use it wisely!
Wow, I expected to hear a lot of hatred over in the Open Zone, but I actually see sensible arguments from all of you. There's a lot of haters in the Gamer Zone. Nintendo's move was brilliant from a business standpoint and a lot of so-called "hardcore gamers" can't seem to deal with it. Too bad for them. Bubbles to all of you. Well, except for the guy right above me.
Companies are in business for one reason: to make money. The Wii is stomping all over the competition in terms of sales. Not tapping into that install base seems a bit shortsighted to me. Even if they put together a small development team or contracted out for one to release a title under their name, they stand to potentially make a whole lot of money. I don't believe this guy, and I expect to see something from them for the Wii in the next year.
Don't forget about the original shady deal, EA paying an obscene amount of money for the NFL license. We all know what happened after that- Madden started to suck and gamers were left with no choice. The games industry has blown up and now we get to witness all the treachery that comes along with big business.
and was about to write the same thing as you. However, Baliw's statement could turn out to actually be correct. It's possible that the failure rate new XBOX 360s being sold could be even higher than 30% which would increase the overall failure rate as more of the "higher failure rate" systems were sold and accounted for in the ratio.
I agreed with you. Just had to humor myself.
to pay for a Dualshock 2 controller for my PS2. I would like to add rumble, but just can't see myself paying the price of an actual game for it. I'm sure the DS3 is great and adds a lot to the gaming experience, but I think I'll wait until my SIXAXIS dies for good before I buy. Hopefully they'll do some game bundles with it to make it a little more palatable. Happy gaming.
I checked the agree box for you because I agree with your logic and comparison (quite funny by the way), but come to different conclusions. Let me extend your movie-related analogy a little. Why did everyone like Happy Gilmore so much? (I'm talking strictly about the movie, not whether or not people like Adam Sandler himself.) He broke the mold, used unorthodox strategies and a demeanor that was directly opposed to "traditional" golf. People got behind they guy because he relat...
It's a throwback and that's a good thing. Back in the day, everyone played their Atari 2600 or Colecovision or Intellivision for fun. There were no fanboys. It could be argued that Wii-only owners are the real gamers, playing to play, without a care in the world about what Sony or MS are doing.
The Wii reminds me of what is good about gaming.
My kill to death ratio is like .8 or something abysmal like that. I just enjoy playing the game. I'm not an FPS guy, more of a Madden guy. But COD4 is FUN. Even if there's some asshat camper picking me off, if I can get that loser jackass just once, it makes my round. I can be like 1 and 22 in a round, but if that one was the jerkoff, in my mind, that was success. I don't need some impressive ratio to feel fulfilled. I have gotten my money's worth and then some with this game, and have...
I expected to hear some folks say "Butt out, Obama" but I was pleasantly surprised to see you guys think parenting is the key. I'm sure some knucklehead will defend their "right" to play video games as much as they want, but it's good to know that there are some sensible folks around here. A breath of fresh air amongst all the fanboy crap. Bubbles to all of you.
A new game called "Hide the Salam-Wii"
You can imagine what gameplay would be like!
I was nodding my head up and down in agreement while reading the customer's letter. That is, until he mentioned the gift card, which is the precise moment he lost all credibility with me. Up to that point, the letter had a Don Quixote tone, looking to make people aware of this unjust action and press for accountability and improvement in the store's treatment of customers. Then it turned into "gimme money."
For all we know, the guy really did act like an asshat in ...
all first-day purchasers of this game for encountering all these problems so that when I buy this thing in a month or so, they will have been fixed.
Seriously, agree that it seems like some software companies are falling back on the patch system to get their product to market sooner. Can't blame them, they need to turn profits to make their investment start to pay off sooner. There's good and bad- software updates are available via the patch system, but consumers may have to ...
...you too can set up a website and write a bunch of doodoo that you can pass off as news.
I'll take him at his word. If he's being honest and their workforce is only so large, it makes business sense to concentrate the effort where they stand to gain the most benefit. Under the right conditions, (as the PS3s install base grows and if their financial status will permit it) it would then make sense for them to venture more into PS3 development. Ho-hum article that states the obvious.