kwyjibo

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CRank: 8Score: 45410

Of all the universes I'd like a long form TV show to explore, Halo (and every other shooter universe outside of Half-Life) is pretty much bottom of the list.

The Halo universe is what happens when you force a lot of money into a franchise in the hope of turning kitsch into high art.

4686d ago 1 agree3 disagreeView comment

VGChartz was bullshit before, and it's bullshit now.

4686d ago 7 agree0 disagreeView comment

Not concerned at all about Xbox One's (or possibly PS4's) used game limitations.

So the platform holder and publishers take a percentage cut. Gamestop will eat some of that in their margins, and pass on some of that to consumers - I don't think it'll cripple the second hand market.

4686d ago 3 agree4 disagreeView comment

But weirdly, they love Baseball.

4687d ago 2 agree0 disagreeView comment

The controller is pretty much the only thing the reveal did right. Better Dpad, finally. Fine tuned rumble triggers, sounds cool.

4687d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

@cyguration - there's actually very few.

When anyone mentions homebrew though, you get an enormous throng decrying how you shouldn't even be allowed to breath on your hardware unless the platform holder agrees.

4688d ago 7 agree7 disagreeView comment

When IGN gives you less than 8.0/10, you know you've failed.

4689d ago 9 agree1 disagreeView comment

GTX Titan - 7 billion transistors.

Mentioning transistor counts is fairly meaningless, but given that Microsoft thought it relevant, here's the riposte.

4690d ago 2 agree1 disagreeView comment

He's right. The PS4 and X1 are based on next-generation mid range PC technology!

4690d ago 6 agree3 disagreeView comment

I think it was a bad move saving everything to try and "win" E3. It'll just get lost in the noise.

For the reveal, they've got the press all to themselves, and they chose to ignore their core audience. You need to energise the gamers first, they're going to be the ones evangelising your system, they're the early adopters.

4691d ago 6 agree3 disagreeView comment

Yeah, it wins the launch wars if you're completely disinterested in games.

From the article, "I’m not a hardcore gamer", no shit.

4692d ago 2 agree1 disagreeView comment

@Aery

What?! You don't buy a system because of "ratio". And the numbers you post show there are more good games on the 3DS.

4693d ago 2 agree3 disagreeView comment

Aery's right. I've not seen Into Darkness yet, but Abrams clearly isn't a Star Trek fan. Hence his movies are all space lasers, pew pew, and not space diplomacy.

I'm not a Trekkie, so I prefer this direction, but can understand why fans of the show don't like it.

4693d ago 3 agree1 disagreeView comment

I guess it's better than Blizzard games, where the economy crashes after launch.

4694d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

The Origin rumour is the invention of internet imbeciles.

4696d ago 1 agree2 disagreeView comment

Grinding for XI years. It's great if you like watching numbers go up.

4697d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Hi Feds, next time, start off with the fucking warrant if you want a conviction.

4699d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Congratulations for supporting the retailers, and not the developers by buying used.

Sure, it was the retailers who mandated the inclusion of pre-order bonus DLC. But let's give them all our money anyway.

The sooner the retailers die, the better.

4700d ago 1 agree2 disagreeView comment

Valve is actively looking into VR, since before the Oculus Rift. Check out Mike Abrash's blog for more detail - http://blogs.valvesoftware....

But I do empathise with the author, just release Half-Life 3 already.

4702d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

I don't think Steam were the ones mandating pre-order incentives, or you'd see Steam-exclusive DLCs like Gamestop-exclusive DLCs.

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