It's not over-entitlement to request and complain not to be wallet-raped every other big budget release.
Remember when Tie-Fighter released back in the early 90s and it made SNES and Sega games look like crap by comparison? There were no hidden fees, no VIP passes, no DRM, no ridiculous BS. You bought the game and had fun. If you were really into it you could join a modding community and download and share some great player-made content.
Nowadays it's...
Yeah because Flower needed the VIP pass to stay afloat...and so did Wii Fit, and Mario Galaxy, and Red Orchestra 2, and Forza Motorsport.
Ugh, you guys need to learn to troll better.
There was a time when gaming was popular because gamers supported companies who made fun games without ANY of the BS. By the way, piracy was about 1000% easier back in the 90s than it is today (you didn't even need cracks, you'd just goto Altavista and type in "War...
It'll probably sell enough for Activision to buy that $10 billion dollar mind control device they always wanted so that next year even people who didn't like MW3 or previous COD games will still go out and buy Black Ops 2 for $70.
I'd ask you why we're delusional for questioning why we should pay $60 for a game on PC that wasn't optimized for PC?
I'd also ask you why it's "ignorant" or "delusional" to find out that another system (less powerful I might add) has better optimization and was used as the lead platform for clearly next-gen software?
I'd go on to ask why consumers shouldn't be picky, why we shouldn't complain in compariso...
Nah, they marketed the game as running on next-gen middleware (id Tech 5) but the game was developed on the Xbox 360 as the lead and was poorly ported over to PC. To add insult to injury the digital PC version of RAGE costs $60 and has poor optimization.
This is coming from a company who was put on the map ONLY because of PC gamers. So what does that tell you?
He means the source material that was used. The textures were obviously designed primarily for the Xbox 360 as lead, they didn't even bother for HQ alternatives for PC. It just goes to show where they spent most of their time optimizing the game.
PC gamers should revolt by not buying the game, especially considering that had PC been lead platform it could have really made id Software look relevant in today's generation of gaming. All I see with RAGE is a prettier but...
Steamworks > piracy.
They want to avoid piracy? How about make the game digital download only. Yeah there's still a way around Steam just like there are still ways to pirate Xbox 360/PS3 games, but if they really wanted to win back PC gamers they would stop treating the community like $2 hoes and instead start treating the community like $1000 escorts.
Just saying.
@bumnut
That's the problem with today's generation of games. Quite sad really.
At least Deux Ex, Heavy Rain the original BioShock, GTA and Saints Row sort of steer away from the norm. The problem is that we don't get enough games like that.
What a louse. I'm sorry you're a moron.
Name one game under $10 this gen that's equivalent to Soldier of Fortune? Name one game remotely similar to Omikron? Name one game under $10 this gen that's equivalent or better than Codename: Eagle? Name one game this gen remotely similar to Hidden & Dangerous or Whiplash?
You can't name one game BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST.
Gosh, grow up first before making idiotic comments, o...
Spot on.
I bet Modern Warfare 3 will score a bunch of 9s and 10s even though it's the same thing over.
You know what's crazy though? All during the PS2 era we rarely had any game, franchise or genre that was milked. It seemed like each and every year we got something grand fantastic that pushed the limits one way or another.
It's been the complete opposite this generation.
"Have never been so good..."
For 14 year old retards and people with ADD. Not everyone enjoys pretty looking mundane games like Rage.
What's worse is that games like System Shock, Soldier of Fortune and Hidden & Dangerous run circles around these newer games when it comes to gameplay options, immersion and playability. But most gamers wouldn't know anything about that since they're only used to playing whatever is force-fed in thei...
Nah, it's dying when it comes to creativity, originality, immersion and uniqueness.
I agree that the tech has gotten waaaaay cheaper and any Joe-Nobody can make a game for free that looks like it's worth $1 million bucks.
The problem is that all the fancy-schmancy tech is being under-utilized on some of the most brain-dead games I've ever played. Most games have a 5 minute learning curve and the pinnacle of the gameplay experience is climaxed at...
Total fail argument you have dude.
SwitchGames gives a percentage of used game proceeds DIRECTLY back to the developers if the devs sign up to receive royalties from used game sales. So, yeah, your argument fails.
Publishers are complaining (and continue to do so) because they just want more money.
90% of big budget games aren't worth $60 and if everyone waited for these games to drop to $20 to purchase them most companies would go ban...
Yeah because waiting for L.A. Noire to drop to $20 really helped out Team Bondi.
I bet Activision would prefer if 10 million people waited for Modern Warfare 3 to drop to $20 instead of buying it day-one?
Please, don't kid yourself. Publishers are greedy dastards and they don't care about consumer spending habits they just want their freaking money, PERIOD.
BS dude and you know it.
Devs don't even get a lot of money from the profits which is why Activision fired the heads of Infinity Ward because Greedivision wasn't paying out royalties. You can take that "Used games are hurting the industry" and keep that logic in your butt.
We all know devs aren't complaining as much about used games as publishers. All proceeds from Switchgames goes back to the DEVS not the publishers, so the used game ...
So you buy EVERY game brand new? Yeah, I'm shocked you're not homeless.
Um yeah their older titles are like Heavy Rain, just not as polished.
So far, Quantic Dream has yet to outdo their pinnacle achievement of Omikron, which was an interactive adventure, role-playing, open-world, fighting, driving, FPS, multi-character, spiritually-oriented, multi-dimensional sci-fi game. There hasn't been any game on any platform like it since.
Did you see the 11 minute trailer, dude? What universe are living in where you didn't see Brink + Deus Ex? No, sir...you'll have to explain to me what WASN'T Brink + Deus Ex because that's all I seen.
Was AVP, Bodycount, Operation Flashpoint, Hard Reset, Duke Nukem Forever, Resistance 3, KillZone 3, the upcoming Battlefield 3 and Modern Warefare 3 not enough to satisfy you shooter fans, really?
Next year is loaded with even more forgettabl...
That's because...
1: Fallout's FPS/TPS treatment stayed entirely true to the original game's universe. Open-worlds, RPG leveling, crafting, exploration, itneractivity. Before talking about the FPS treatment Fallout received please get informed about WHY people didn't object as much to the change. Basically they just changed the perspective and removed the turn-based elements, but the concept primarily stayed the same.
2: The new Syndicate ...
Dude, don't even give me that.
UDK is free.
Gamespy cross-platform multiplayer API is free.
Unity is free.
There are all sorts of video compression, animation suites and audio studio programs available for free.
A game only costs a ridiculous amount of money because of poor business management and a lack of resource outsourcing. If a company throws $100 million down the drain to a make a game that originally would have only cost ...