cb4g- "Bottomline is, unless it's a rental or resale, the publishers and developers deserve revenue from their hard earned work. "
Lol, why don't the developers deserve revenue for a rental or resale? To a developer, that's the exact same as piracy in a financial sense. You get to play the game either way, and the developer doesn't see a dime either way.
You can't assume a pirated game is a potential sale. The pirate may be gaining something, but the developer isn't necessarily losing something.
Well, I've only purchased Crysis and Warhead once. But I've installed and downloaded the patches many times. Patch downloads don't equal sales.
Lol, yup. "arguably having as good graphics as the consoles"
Saw that and decided to stay away.
Stealing a game (not paying the developer for its work), we can all agree on as being bad. However, when buying a used game, or renting a game, or even borrowing one, how is this any different? I borrowed Uncharted from a coworker. I then I gave it back to him. Is that stealing? I don't see how it would be any different than if I just downloaded it, played it, than uninstalled it. Again, I'm not promoting game piracy, but I doubt everyone shunning it has purchased every game the...
I'm not going to disagree with you, as I do think you're right-but according to your definition, then people who buy used games and/or rent and borrow games are not true fans either ;)
Shouldn't this always be a target when making a game? Seems kinda asinine to actually make it a bullet point.
If you're looking for ASUS lappy's, probably just go to Newegg.com
@Kon,
Lol, I don't know who's disagreeing with you. Its a simple fact that downgrading an MMO wouldn't be cool. I wonder why some people disagree with that?
Edit:
Hmm. Seems some people do like downgraded games. To the disagrees- anyone care to shed some light on why they think its good to downgrade a MMO?
I really think it matters on how the game is designed. If the focus is on single player, then that's where the meat of the game should be. If the focus is on multiplayer, then it should be deep enough to warrant the weight of the purchase of the title. The problem is, that there are many single player franchises that are trying to tack on a multiplayer for longevity, and that's exactly how it feels- tacked on. Too many developers are trying to give players both, and in turn, end u...
Ah yes, the "I could care less" statement.
I have here a handy chart to explain it to people.
http://incompetech.com/Imag...
Well, in regards to PC (I didn't play DAO on consoles), while similar games, DAO was more tactical while the Witcher has more of an action RPG combat system. I think both systems are good in their own right, but I still prefer the Witcher.
Based on graphics, gameplay and story I'd assume :)
I mean, that is the general way to look at a game's overall worth. What would you base it on? Sales? :p
Yeah, I do believe this statement entirely. The first Witcher looks much better than DAO, from what I remember. The second doing the same is no surprise to me.
Lol @ Sarcasm
I'll agree with the DX9, but I don't see why you're pointing out 32bit color. That's as far as win7 even supports at this point :p
Edit: This just brought up a question for me. 32bit color is as good as it gets currently, but do any console games actually drop it down to 16bit to squeeze out an extra couple fps?
@Ravenor
HAHA, yeah, wow- didnt' quite put that together. Thanks for pointing that out...
I live in the states, and yes, a lot of people use "could give a ____" instead of "couldn't give a ____" . It's not because it's an adaptation of the saying, it's because they are mostly idiots.
Diablo 3 and DCU are in no ways the same type of game...I fail to see your point.
True 4G doesn't exist in the real world (unless in an incredibly small test segment area). It was originally defined as having a theoretical 100mbps d/l rate, which yes, would be faster than most peoples wireless. However, all the wireless network companies started advertising that they had 4G networks, because they had upgraded what they currently had (In their minds, it was their 4th generation). These are still 3G networks, or more precisely, 3G+ or 3.75G. They have average downloa...
Ditto.
You know, the majority of pirated game ISO's are made off of purchased disks, so in your eyes, that's fine then? Those disks have "already been purchased once". The price paid is for the time and effort put into creating the game, you are paying for content -not because a dvd or bluray disk costs tens of dollars to make.
If a person spends $54 on a used new release, vs spending the extra $5 on a brand new copy, (or even picks a game up for a huge discount)...