So it's like Second Life, except...
No wait, it's just like Second Life.
A developer has something positive to say about his own game? Crazy.
At least we can trust he has a completely unbias opinion of Halo 3.
You are really king of Off-Topic Theatre in this thread, aren't you?
Did your little brain see "Ooo, a XBox topic, I can go inside and post my random anti-360 rants and get lots of agrees from people who click 'agree' on any post that includes 'RRoD'"?
I probably shouldn't even reply to this fanboy droll, since it's in the wrong zone, but it's a slow day at work.
"Paying for Online framework.. So your paying for Live to crash???"
Live didn't "crash". It had a month or so of instability due to an influx of new users. Should Microsoft have seen it coming? Sure, but they've hardly proved to be a bastion of foresight.
"Or your paying yearly for a console to RROD on you.....
I've explained it before, and I'll explain it again -
When you pay for XBox Live, you are essentially funding the development of future multiplayer games for the 360. You aren't just paying to play online. You're paying to support the entire online framework that developers can take into when they make games for the 360.
That's why nearly every game for the 360 - from intern-written XBLA games to huge multi-million dollar blockbusters - have some sort of onl...
I really could care less about having Second Life built into the online functionality of my console, but whatever.
I realize I'm not everyone though, and some people certainly do care. I just think XBox Live has most of the functionality I'd want it an online service already, and I don't care what sort 3D window dressing they give it.
And yes, I know Home is a bit more than that, and it's awesome that it's free, it's just something I don't think I need for the 3...
I've always loved the delicious irony that came from Nintendo snubbing Sony regarding the SNES-CD add-on, and then Sony coming back and slaughtering Nintendo for 2 console generations in a row.
Must've been especially painful when Squaresoft left Nintendo almost entirely because the PS1 used CD's and the Nintendo 64 didn't, in perhaps one of the stupidest decisions, ever.
"Why would we use CD's?! We have media that holds less and costs significantly more to...
EA bid for Take-Two timed not to "screw with GTA", but is designed to screw with anyone and everyone else involved with the gaming industry.
Wrong headline.
"EA's $2 billion bid for Take Two bad news for sports gaming"
Should read:
"EA's $2 billion bid for Take Two bad news for anyone and everyone who cares about gaming or owns any sort of gaming system."
Blizzard would be insane not to make a World of Starcraft at some point.
I mean granted, they already have a license to print money, but padding your mattresses full of CASH MONEY with CASH MONEY-filled pillows never hurt anyone.
Now that Blu-ray has won, all those formerly-HD-DVD-exclusives movie will show up on Blu-ray. Just have patience.
"I wouldn't change a line of code in BioShock nor would I in GTA or Max Payne... what we would do is sell more of it"
Reads as:
"We would take your successful, well-designed franchises and - completely ignorant to the fact that the thought and craftsmanship that goes into each release is what makes them successes in the first place - mass produce those little b*tches until the only thing left of these once-admirable game franchies is the rotting hu...
Whenever I see an "EA" article, I hear the Imperial March in my head.
Dear Lord this game looks awesome.
I just hope they don't Shadows of the Empire-us.
And hey, finally a Star Wars game without a damn Hoth battle.
Yeah, the 360 will upscale DVDs but only over VGA or HDMI.
Hm, maybe. Does it have Blu-ray?
Oh, wait.
What's a game magazine? Is that like when someone prints out a webpage or something?
Strange.
Also, I've heard rumors of something called a Hint Book...is that like an off-line GameFAQs?
All this new technology confuses me.
Trust me, you aren't alone in that feeling.
Here's what I don't understand -
FREE, small-in-size MP3 downloads didn't kill the music CD. Why on Earth would huge pay-to-download MOVIES kill DVD/Blu-ray?
The creators of Sins of a Solar Empire had some great things to say about why certain PC games don't sell:
"I saw an article at IGN about how PC developers are blaming piracy as the reason some high profile games aren't selling in the quantities they should. As some of you know, Stardock's "main" business is in the PC software realm so we have a bit different outlook on market dynamics. Here's the deal: Piracy is a problem, no doubt about it. It does cost sales...
"Live through events such as:
Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb 1945"
I'm not an easily offended person, but does that seem wrong to anyone else?
A game about surviving natural disasters is one thing, but a game about surviving a man-made disaster seems to be in bad taste...
A little bit of research and I found that this game also includes 9/11. REALLY now? Come on.