This goes to the opposite extreme. Is it somewhat overhyped because it is a Nintendo exclusive? Sure. If it had come out with a different title and different names for all the characters, etc on all three platforms, would it have gotten a lower score on average? Obviously. However, it's still a really good game, and obviously not the most overrated game of all time.
I don't really understand why devs don't downgrade visuals as much as necessary prior to release to hit a locked frame rate of 30 (or 60, depending on the game). I'd at least like it as an option. At this point, all games look good enough that I'd rather just take the resolution/detail hit to have a solid frame rate.
I definitely agree with you about GT from a numbers perspective (GT3 sold crazy numbers on PS2, especially, but most games in the series have sold well), but it didn't start a culture of sustained first party success in the same way Uncharted 2 arguably did.
Lol yeah and in the two years before it came out, about every few months there would be an article on here from some low tier site claiming that an insider had leaked an Xbox 360 version of the game, and my Xbox friends would gloat about it (though they naturally never touched Japanese games anyway) and then the article would get debunked a day or two later by Kojima.
Yeah, why people continue to fall into the trap of ditching numbered sequels is beyond me. A proper GT7 in about 2015-2016 would have been huge.
I think they are just designed for a certain audience: that is, people who like difficult combat and want to sink tons of time into a specific game. If you are not in that group, you are probably just going to find them frustrating. I always said that I wished Demon's Souls had come out a few years earlier; if it had been a PS3 launch title (when I had lots of time, few games to play, limited money, and mediocre internet for gaming purposes) I would have played it to death. I'm just n...
I looked at GBA as a disappointment, because I was an idiot kid when I had it and I had no idea how to pick out good games. It's crazy to think how much more fun I would have had with my early consoles and handhelds if I'd have known what to get. I did a little better with Game Boy pocket and PS1, but that was mostly luck or recommendations from friends.
It's not going to hurt games like TLOU 2, which is big enough to be immune, and has a significant buffer period anyway. I could see it hurting a PS4 exclusive that comes out post-PS5 launch. BC should mitigate that effect some, but people still aren't going be as excited for an older system's game, even if they can still play it.
God of War 2 is probably the best argument against this impact, but we have to remember that it came out on PS2 well before PS3 really...
Google can keep it going as a money-losing side enterprise as long as they want. This is not an Onlive scenario where the company depends on execution of the terrible idea. Heck, even with a limited player base, the user data they get may be worth it to them for advertising purposes.
@gangsta_red
What MasterCornholio is saying is that, though he hasn't actually used Stadia, he has used other streaming setups that involve input lag, and that input lag will inevitably be a part of a streaming service, and that this alone negates Google's statement here.
Since we are doing analogies, it's as if Google has announced a car using an engine with a measurable max speed, and told everyone that this car will be faster than anything ...
Faster off the market, maybe. More responsive to the lack of consumer interest. Seriously, this is going to flop. Stupid ideas usually result in apathy, but this one has actually managed to generate antipathy.
Yeah I'm hoping they do a few $199 bundles for the fall/winter, just because I want to see how those do at this stage in the console's life cycle.
Yeah, but I like seeing this story because it confirms that to people. Like anytime you see a "xx number shipped" of a game or console, someone feeling extremely clever will inevitably argue "well this is just shipped, many of those units are sitting unsold on store shelves." This story is a great example of the fact that, at least as far as consoles go, shipped numbers turn into sold to consumer numbers reasonably quickly.
Because Sony hadn't figured out how to market their exclusives yet. Plus at that time COD craze was at its peak. So "generic high school bro #7," who was the primary purchaser of FPSs at that time (or at least represented a crowd necessary to sustain a playerbase), if he even had a PS3, would have just seen a game like MAG as a "copycat of Black Ops, man."
Not to mention MAG was pretty terribly uninviting for new people after awhile, because it was m...
Hmmm I guess these devs enjoyed Hotline: Miami.
I think you are definitely right in certain respects. I think about ten years ago, GS felt like they had established themselves as the premiere gaming retailer, and they assumed that they could just keep doing what they were doing without consequences. I think they seriously underestimated how many people would be willing to switch to digital so quickly, because the shift was slow in the PS3 and 360 period. I know not everyone has switched, but the share of digital game sales grows every year...
You have to respect them for trying something. Unfortunately, at least in mall locations, I'm afraid parents are going to see those tvs and consoles as a place to ditch their kids while they shop elsewhere (although some kids may be pushed away by many of the stations having old systems) which is not really going to lead to too many people also buying something while they are there (which is and must be the point), and in fact will alienate the target market. This should be less of an iss...
Seriously. These are not specifically-trained factory workers who have been in the same job for twenty-five years and have few options or transferable skills when "the local plant" closes down. Good service industry employees can find new jobs.
@rainslacker
I understand the concept of an upsell where it makes sense (hence the distinction of a "forced" upsell). If I order a burger, fries are a complementary item-it is well understood that people frequently eat side items with the main course of a meal, and fries are a quintessential side item for a burger. In other stores, an upsell can put me on notice of a legitimately useful product.
This is a poor analogy to GS though, because as yo...
Price drops+exclusives+handheld factor that can't be replicated on Sony/Microsoft consoles. It's surprising to me how many people on here are so invested in hating on switch in comparison to those systems when it clearly is doing a completely different thing.