Got a friend who lives near NYC, attended Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, took his laptop, used it for Remote Play. Got another friend who managed it using his phone as a Wifi hot spot on his Vita.
It's doable.
Well thank God there are plenty of games that aren't those then, eh?
OR, and hear me out on this one:
They could take all that money and invest it into First Party Studios and revive their OWN IPs?
Crimson Skies reboot, anyone? Contract with Insomniac to make a new Blinx game? Revive Lost Odyssey, scale back the budget a bit, but have a viable JRPG series to diversify their lineup?
Or I can do Remote Play on my laptop or Vita
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Yeeeeah, these "Points" reek of premium currency.
And what happened with the loot box infestation everyone mentioned from the beta?
oh god it's gonna be rushed isn't it
Which benefits them... how? Do they say what goes on Steam? What doesn't? Do they set its prices? Do they reap its profits?
The answer to all the above is: It doesn't, and no.
@TFJWM
Well Japan is reconsidering where we'll be allowed to go when we visit their country, for one.
Steam runs on Windows 10. It also runs on Mac, Linux, every other version of Windows...
MS wants to essentially turn Steam INTO their Windows 10 store. They'd have dang near a monopoly on PC gaming.
And loot boxes for ammo, I'm sure.
"autistic Asperger xbotism"
Are you 14?
Old news, this stuff was found in character spots and even trailers themselves.
And it's done for a lot more than just these few.
No, but Apple lead the way there and made it so it darn near WAS the only option.
Apple*
I can go out and buy physical games for $20 at retail that are still being sold at $40 minimum on digital storefronts.
Why?
Because demand is why. If a store has an excess of a title they'll sell it at a lower price. There's no chance of supply being greater than demand with digital: it's always there and they will always be able to charge whatever they want with it. Conversely, they can also choose to remove an item and, if it's digital-o...
Nielsen Ratings aren't exactly the same as a sales count.
@Septic
You know there are more retailers than just GameStop, right?
We have a small game retailer here in my town. Locally owned. This can very likely kill their business. In fact, Gamestop is the one retailer most likely to be able to partner up and survive this.
Movies are a significantly different bag from games.
That game has a ton of soul.