I swear I thought this would be a HipHopGamer article. But a free blogspot blog? I didn't even expect something that low from N4G. Surprises me all the time.
To be clear, I know that this story has already appeared on N4G (although it hasn't hit the front page.) This one, however, is actually in English, for all those non-polish speakers who don't want to rely on Google's iffy translations.
Actually, Cookie, Vesperia and PS3 exclusive Valkyria Chronicles sold about the same (over 300,000). Looks like neither console is selling RPGs like hotcakes, but they have respectably sized fanbases
You're seriously missing the point. I never said anything about the quality of games that only have single player (or, as I continue in the article, games that have bad multiplayer or just mediocre replay value). I JUST said that it's a more wallet-friendly idea to rent these games instead of buying. Admittedly, games like Fallout 3 have awesome replay value, but I do mention in the article that games with high replay value don't fall into the "rent" category. Chill out.
yeah I'm sure that God of War 3 will be worth full price, but for many people, a cheap rental will just make more sense.
It's like you didn't even read it. every point you argued about was addressed in the article. Allow me to copy paste some of it, since you're too lazy to do anything but read the title.
With services like GameFly, and even old-school, slightly disease-infected brick and mortar rental stores, single-player games like Bioshock can be simply rented and completed over the course of a week, all for less than $5. Is Bioshock worth $60? Absolutely.
My point is that games wi...
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er... but haven't games only been available for download on 360 for 3 months? And how are we to know that none of them are good? Surely some must be good. That's why we need reviewers.
maybe?
I've never even heard of this game.
Yeah at least there are free demos for all games. That way, if you have the time, you can just queue up a bunch that look interesting and test them out.
Microsoft could also let the community review games ala the iTunes store.
Yeah that site is mentioned in the article, but they don't provide scores, which for short-form games like XNA community games is pretty lame.
Seems kind of early for an article like this, especially when new Fable 2 DLC just got announced. Interesting piece, though.
since you didn't explain your reasoning at all, I'm going to do my darndest to take away your last bubble.
You seriously just read that whole article.
And then you just accused me of being "teh bias."
lolwut? Read the first part of that sentence "FOR NO REASON and..."
Ha yeah now they just have a mild following of people who hope the next game isn't as terrible as the last.
... that's related...
Yeah it's not perfect but it's probably the best in-browser one out there.
Hopefully this will come out in the meantime. It'll be good for hyping myself up ;D