It's Becoming the Norm, because its MORE PROFITABLE for the "INDUSTRY", plus it EQUALS more CONTROL over your Hobby. With Everything effectively running off of Server's of some kind, Your always DEPENDANT on them(Industry), on a INTERNET CONNECTION, to Enjoy your Hobby. You HAVE TO , pay a fee(MORE $$$) to even enjoy an OFF-line, or Single Player Experience, if you will, that used to be free, kinda like MAKING YOU PAY$$$ 4 The "Air that YOU BREATHE". LOL, "The...
Yes They Do, the Entire "INDUSTRY" (STEAM=DRM, XBOX-LIVE Gold, ON-LIVE, The Publishers, The Developers, Etc.)does, Its ALL in the Timing.......Stay Tuned Sheeple, you'll See Soon Enough.
So in other words, Kotick is saying, We need to focus on CONTROL More, The online focus MEANS, that Your ALWAYS PAYING A FEE TO GAME. That's what these Sick Control Freaks are Really After, Control of your Gaming Hobby, ToTally.
Yes, and Ive chosen My Side, You See, "Its Appointed unto Everyone to Die, and then "The Judgement". I chosen to side with Christ, the Anointed One, "Yeshua! Jesus!", God in the Flesh. I reject the Lies of a Fallen Angel(the Devil,Satan), you can follow this Worlds Messiah, The Prince of the Power of the Air, The Prince of Darkness, if you want, but You MUST AlSO Bear the Weight of Your Choice as WELL, my friend....IE:.Its Makes No Sense , Practically or Logically, le...
I don't believe a word of this Crock. The Truth is, American's are NO MORE FREE than any other "Socialist Country" you can name. There's NO REAL FREEDOM of Speech here, if you say something the "Political/Social/Economi cal" forces Don't agree with Online, then your Labeled a "Troll". The Label is "Ambiguous" at best, and is a tool to "Stifle Freedom of Speech". For Instance, if You understood the REAL REASONS behind why Valve ...
The Next Gen Consoles are gonna to ,even more, try to Blend PC( with Consoles and Online, together, that's what there after, CONSOLIDATION, more Control. That's the goal in gaming, merging of all aspects of gaming, PC, consoles, casual, hardcore(whatever that's is now, cause i haven't seen much of it, honestly these days).....Its to the point now where reviews are no longer trustworthy, "Articles are carefully disguised Polls, to see if the propaganda is working,the Marke...
I wish some Billionare would decide to make a Console only for hardcore Gamers, No window dressing, no ads, just gaming, thats it, big games for Multi player only AND for single player exp, big games, nothing more, ...what a dream, that will never be. lol
News Flash: Do you think Nintendo Figured out the "Shortcomings " of the Wii, b4? or after, its was designed, created and Released? LOL, I'm checking your Gamer IQ here now...... ok, I'll just give you the Answer!, It would Be rather EMBARRASSING, if someone got this one WRONG, LOL.....Answer: BEFORE!!! of course. So then, it was DESIGNED that way for a Reason, hmmmm. Nuff Said.
And yet , This entire Generation, from start has been about this: "Appealing to the Larger Market", by design , By The "Industry"(STEAM,ON- LIVE, MICROSOFT, SONY, NINTENDO, ALL PUBLISHERS, and DEVELOPERS, Plus the Media, the Retail, and Marketing Partners, included.), A concerted joint effort. Are Gamers Happy? or Frustrate by this "CHANGE?"(oh!no!, there's that "Infamous word!, lol)?....that too, is by Design. LOL......Wake up and Smell the Ashes (G-Man...
LOL, Exactly, I never bought into Fallout: Vegas, I never FORGOT "Obsidian's track Record", if you will, with releasing "Buggy/Glitchy"(see: KOTOR: 2, etc) games, so i knew from that moment the "Industry" was releasing, a "Half-Bake" product, LOL, Fallout 1.2, but then "Technically Worst" than the Original Fallout:3, lol, so I think its quite Hilarious, that so many other gamers, didn't see this coming, and became part of the "Tot...
Look kid, you must'a just joined "gaming" as a hobby yesterday. When has there EVER been a game that is "Marketed and Promoted" predominately, with its Multi-Player Exp, That turned in a "Unique and Worth while", single player exp?, Outside of Halo and Gears of War, I Havent seen ONE.... #2, how different do you expect the Single player Exp to be from the Multi-Player Exp?,Hmmm lol. I'm willing to Bet that, there AINT much of a difference.LOL SOoooo!, If ...
LOL LOL, good article, thats a pretty funny, yet valid perspective on it, LOL
AH!, here we go , some of the 1st steps(publicly seen) in the Grand Master Plan, to Get the "Internet Laws" ultimately changed. you'll see sheeple,...lol, marks my words, /Big Brother is on the march, and crushing all in his path.
I only play single player games, but yes, they aren't very good much, this "Generation" due to the heavy Lean by the Industry as a whole, on Casual-itist(Wii,Move,Kinect), along with a heavy focus on Multi-player online games, and chopped down single player exp and selling the rest of the game as DLC. That's an Industry decision to change the way we game. By watering down the exp's of things such as; single player games through excessive, sometimes too short, sometimes o...
LOL, pretty funny.
yah right, this game is a 3, lol. the Mind Control is for the Sheeple, not the Critical thinkers who know the Agenda...Nuff Said
I think all these ONline only type shooters should be worried. Ive tried to like this game, but i cant make myself, lol, its ok, but nothing really new or special. But the more important thing for me, is i wont buy into this approach in gaming, im not a social gamer as much as i am just a gamer, ONLINE Multiplayer to me is a side show, and ends up being more frustrating than fun. People play alot for the 1st several months, and then its on to the Next $60dollar DLC Blood sucking game. No than...
I think this is a good decision, Bioware's Reputation has taken some hits this year, and They need to deliver in a big way with Mass Efect3, so I say take all the time you need to get it right the 1st time out on this title.
I dont understand why you have to make a game thats online only, could this be an attempt to force me to pay to play? hmmm could it be a power move by the Industry to Focus on ONLINE GAMING? hmmmm, either way, i dont care, i wont pay for online, my internet bill alone is $60plus every month, and i refuse to pay for Online, STEAM can kiss it, Xbox live Gold can kiss it, Onlive and Floating Point Tech can Kiss it, im not buying into the SCAM to put EVERYTHING ONLINE, you dont Control me, PERIOD...
LOL, just like "Clock Work Orange", the Media Hype was Crazy Weird , and twisted as always, Devoid of Truth, LOL, The single Player is Glorified Training for Multi-Player. To me , this game was a Epic Fail, b4 even being Released, The Marketing Mind Control, that consumes the SHEEPLE, has no effect on Me, lol