Not sure why you got the disagrees either. That aside, games like Ni No Kuni are almost always going to come in under mainstream titles. We're the few that actually care about them; or for that matter, even know about them.
@Shadow Flare can I imagine it? Sure I can, every third party game on 360 that had an online pass already did this.
@TheGamerDood but you are talking about two very different cultures. The problem stems from the majority of console sales still coming from retail though. PC was able to go that route because the people that played PC games were better equipped to do so. That’s not wholly the case with console gamers. Unless Sony is willing to take a hit on the amount of units they sell they can’t afford to bypass retail the same way as the PC industry did. Also you have to remember that most retailers make l...
@TheGamerDood sure going digital would help curb sales but since most console sales are still coming from the retail space if they go down this road they are asking for trouble. They are going to have to walk a very fine line with all approaches to curbing used sales so as not to offend their users or their sales partners.
In the end I think we're going to set screwed from both sides. I'd wager to guess that come next gen, we will see Sony's PSN take a similar approach to XBL, while Microsoft's XBL takes a similar approach to PS+ but we'll all be paying for services and features that should have or had been free the previous gen.
Dragon's Dogma didn't even make my personal top five list of RPGs.
Thank you.
@guitarded77 You remember partially correctly. The game was supposed to come out October 2009 after having been in development for three years but Obsidian wasn't finished with it so SEGA gave them an extra six months to fix it and in turn cut the overall financing. Obsidian still wasn't able to get the game up and running at a high level of quality and so SEGA chose to recoup their losses by pusghing the game out the door. Hoenstly you can't blame SEGA for Obsidian's failure ...
@knowyourstuff the same can be said of Sony gamers as well.
Not disagreeing with the majority of your points but this one boggles my mind.
"-Once they show 2 Gamepad supported games next year, what you gonna do? Buy 2 vitas"
Everyone will need to buy a second Gamepad as well and considering the price point, which in Japan is roughly $170, I'm not sure many will be doing that anyway.
Somewhere around $1500. Provided of course you have all the consoles and handhelds not called the Wii U. :)
I think my wallet is going to hurt a lot this year.
I am so tired of crazy people continuously getting publicity for doing stupid things.
For how long? A hot minute?
While yes 32GB would be better, flash memory isn't cheap. 12 probably makes sense for whatever price point they are going to put on it.
Probably because publishing through EA and the Partners program offers a better deal for them.
You don't play many games do you?
I don't necessarily agree that strategy games give a better narrative than other games, just a different type. While I enjoy creating my own story, I think narrative quality depends on what you are looking for out of a game. A lot of the times I am looking for a more driven narrative with a strong focus, ala Uncharted 2 over say... Just Cause 2. Or to do it in terms of strategy games, Starcraft II over say.... Civ IV.
Different strokes for different folks.
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Looks that way on everything right now.
I refuse to admit anything. You can't make me.
And then we have to remember that Sony is the company that created Marcus, the obnoxious 12 year old PSP pitchman. So... anything is possible.