Some random blogger goes out of his way to get an argument and have his five minutes of fame and now a developer withdraws from engaging the consumer, yeah thats a great result. I really hope that week of extra hits to the bloggers site was worth it.
I'd just like to add that this problem becomes bigger when places like GAME and Gamestation here in the UK and presumably Gamestop in the US actively encourage users to buy second hand because they have a bigger profit margin on that used copy. I've lost count of the times I've bought a game in the local Gamestation and been asked if I want to save two or three pounds on a used copy when I've taken a brand new copy to the counter to pay.
While I can't condone everything he said and the language used I can understand his frustration. I'm not a fan of David Jaffe, never played the God of War games but I did like to tune in occasionally to his video blogs. He's tried to make a point which generally I agree with that used games are going to hurt the industry as a whole in the long term unless something changes. Along comes an internet blogger seeking his fives minutes of fame and sets up an argument with David Jaffe and in doing ...
I love the new look of the PSP Go but I have the original PSP 1000 and a few games. Give me a way to get digital copies of those games and I think you have a buyer here. The 2nd analogue would only serve to alienate existing PSP owners so while it would have been a nice addition I can understand why they didn't do it.
<Edit> Its not worth wasting our time on this I had prepared something longer but for your information this is not some 'David vs Goliath' battle because the Guardian also faces the same action.
You've brought this upon yourself Bruce, no good squealing now to the masses trying to find some support.
I was actually thinking about a mail-in system as I opened the article, the UMD drive would be a disaster as the article says kids would take their UMD's to school and have rip-fests. An expensive option would be to have kiosk's in shops like a cash machine, you insert your UMD and it gives you a coupon to redeem on the PSN store. The UMD then falls into a bin and is retained by the machine and the boxes sent back to Sony. The shops take a cut of the 'transfer' from physical to digital medium...
I hope that if they are indeed keeping a black SKU they intend to support it better with more black accessories such as the chatpad, wireless headset, wireless adaptor etc.
I agree with your point about the spread of information which is why I touched upon the subject, I remember the days when I was a ZX Spectrum owner and we'd argue with Commodore 64 users over whose system was better especially when there were the same games coming out on both formats. Magazines like Crash and Your Sinclair would sometimes feed the fans but generally it was all about the games and even the rivaly between users was friendly and it was about gaming. I can't remember a single ins...
Good article, I agree with the points made about sites out there making headlines to grab hita. At least thats what they are doing at best and at worst I do believe some more mainstream sites are propogating bad news about a console because they are either in the pay of or are taking a back hander from one of the platform holders. I have really only noticed this happening since Microsoft entered the market and more so since the release of the 360. Microsoft's odious business tactics are well ...
What I liked about the Motorstorm games was that usually when buying a sequel you often trade in the previous one but with Motorstorm it didn't feel that way to me, the terrains were different enough to make the games feel different enough to keep both.
I'd really love to see a 360 or PS3 version as well though.
I'll buy one if they come up with a way for me to transfer my UMD games to the PSP Go, love the look of the device but I don't want to have to re-buy all my games digitally
Well said! Now lets see them take Apple to court to remove Safari. Does anyone think Google will do things differently when they release an OS? They already do all that they can to pack your computer with their branded tools.
I also find some of Microsoft's business actions unsavoury but this European ruling is a joke. If they do this to Microsoft why not demand Apple remove Safari? Users are free to download and install any browser they want.
If an iTunes update stops me syncing with my Blackberry Storm then I stop buying from iTunes and go to Amazon.
I would like them to get more games working through the game launching option in HOME but yes there are plenty of social games to be played there and also clubs to organise meetings etc. I see the phantom disagree's are out, despite also owning a 360 I guess you are not allowed to say anything good about the PS3 here.
Sony are not going anywhere. They took a hit this generation to establish Blu-Ray as the chosen format for HD films and they suceeded. They put in a complex CPU which now developers are understanding and is surely to be used in future generations of the Playstation brand so development becomes easier. The Playstation network gets better with each new update and they have a social networing app in the form of HOME which again improves with each release and generates revenue for them while also...
@ 1.2 Bubbles for you, completely agreed. What ever happened to professional journalism. Sadly its all too easy to grab yourself a domain name a webhost and become a critic, Destructoid is a waste of anybody's bandwidth.
Yes I did read the original exchange and followed some of the other links around the story. To me it just looked like a blogger drawing Jaffe in to an argument and earning himself some hits for his web-site in the ensuing melee. I'm not a fan of Jaffe but he was pretty candid with his views on gaming, design and the industry in general which was in its own way refreshing and I think we've lost that now because a blogger wanted his five minutes in the sun.