It's stated in the article that the very definition of gamer has changed because more and more people have found this casual games that they can play for mere minutes at a time. If the "gamer" base is expanding because of these casual games it doesn't necessarily mean that consoles are in trouble:
For the sake of argument there is only one console manufacturer in this example.
If we have a gamer base made up of 20 people and they all consider themselves &qu...
My parents owned the Genesis and had a golf game that they turned into a drinking game whenever their friends came over... I actually became a Sega fanboy not long after.
Oddly enough I never owned an NES... went straight from the Atari to a SNES
I'm personally not a huge fan of spending money on games for phones - I'd rather just take my DS or PSP with me - but I do like the price point of most of these games, $2 for 60 levels is such a selling point.
My favorite part about these articles is the relationship video game lessons are having with real life. I think this is how video games were meant to be - a parallel with real life, like a good book or movie you should be able to look at a game and see how to apply things to real life. Even if the game itself doesn't have any lessons to teach about real life, the way we interact with others based on it sure does.
Yeah, even my wife got excited for this game after the last trailer.
No mention of his dangerous driving record...
Hilarious all the same :)
"It’s a fun game and from the sounds of it there is going to be a strong multiplayer community for several months"
That's one of the things I miss about the days when consoles were just testing the online multiplayer waters - the well done games would have a community for years *cough* Halo 2 *cough*. Now it's a selling point if a game has several months worth of community value.
I think you're missing the point. If there were snapshots of the decisions made in your save game then even if you're save file got corrupted or somehow deleted it would still be able to be used in sequels.
@Kran Sad but true
It warms my heart to see four player local co-op in a game these days
I still haven't played the first one all the way through. But every time I read about something else they put out in the universe I really want to get into the series.
My favorite part was the NGP :P
Man, I hate battery operated devices. Wireless 360 controllers are the worst, well maybe not as bad as this battery eating sensor bar.
No local co-op? :(
Pretty sweet looking though.
Played the demo of this ages ago. Loved the first game. I should probably just pick this one up too...
Never played Kartia but I am a HUGE fan of Atlus and am going to find this now
I've been interested in this one for a while but never pulled the trigger. I personally like their attitude towards new content and look forward to seeing what else they come up with.
Sounds a great incentive.
I definitely dig Pokemon but when will they decide to do something drastically different with the series? Seriously, I don't want a new 150 monsters each game, I want something groundbreaking that sets the newest Pokemon game apart from the same game we've been getting for the past 15 years or so.