Really interesting. I'm surprised at how varried their opinions were on the subject, and I had never considered the War Profiteering angle.
I've been replaying Halo 1-3 in anticipation.
Nice to see the industry has balanced some now, where everyone can get strong sales.
I really need Reach now. I've been on a huge Halo kick in anticipation (Wars, 3, and ODST. About to replay 1 and 2).
Gotta love people who troll what they don't understand.
Guess the Wii is starting to lose a little ground. It's great to see all consoles doing well though.
I want Reach now. ;_;
Oooh I'd love to go sometime.
He's trolling. That's not true. Report him though.
Such a great game, marred by the horrible Battle.net 2.0.
So many memories... I just replayed SMB3 the other day, actually.
Man Inazuma almost at 700K. That franchise is HUGE in Japan.
Way better than I expected.
Interesting list. I didn't play much of it myself, but that was before my time.
It's not 6 hours. I love the game, I really do, but you cannot possibly make a single playthrough 6 hours. As with any puzzle game, much depends on your cleverness, but 3 hours should be normal for most people. A second playthrough can be done in about an hour though, and people who are good at puzzles should easily pull off 3 or less on a first playthrough. No one should take 6. Ever.
It's an awesome Summer of Arcade yeah.
I agree with ShadyDevil. Got the same email, and it's also worth noting Hydro Thunder is also embargoed till 9AM Pacific the Monday before release, so it's likely this is a Microsoft-enforced embargo, and thus not bendable.
Odds are about 99:1 it's the latter. Pretty annoying when people break embargoes for extra hits.
Great article, though I don't agree with all points, it's solid food for thought. Sony's new PSP ads really are atrocious.
Too bad Sonic never really returned to form... there's still hope for Sonic 4 though.