And for every patch, there is a hack/work around. Why, you ask? Because technology, no matter the platform, is limited to the programming that controls it. If you can reverse engineer that, you can constantly one up the one up. Everybody is crying out that a patch will cure all ills, but that simply isn't 100% true.
But, that's just it. They still charge full retail price for direct download products. What happens if the industry decides to simply keep them all at 50 or 60 bucks? Will they still be complaining about lost revenue and trying to get us to spend on micro transactions? Will DLC become even more virulent and petty? As their cost to get the product out to you the consumer dramatically falls, will they keep that extra profit or lower the price?
If anybody thinks pirati...
From a consumer point of view Metacritic can be totally not important. But, to a publisher/developer, it can mean a lot. Employees who work on a game might get bonuses based on how high the metacritic score gets. Plus, the score can determine how a sequel or if a sequel gets made, as-well-as how much money the publisher is willing to invest in future marketing, ect.
Are you joking? They could only make it illegal in like one country, for retailers to sell... Not only that, but there are all kinds of other brands and models out there. I didn't even know how many choices there were until I went to that Oz site to check out the guys business. That lawsuit was a hollow victory.
It seems to me that back in the days of DOS or even pre-DOS, piracy was huge. Your argument is false. It is propaganda. Look up the word propaganda and disinformation. Some of you guys put too much stock in sound bites and tag lines. This is why the same dirt-bag politicians get elected. This is why they have marketing campaigns that study the human condition and what motivates us to buy bullshit and think it's sunshine and unicorns.
Sure, people make something, the...
Removing alternative OS support is one thing, removing USB support is another thing entirely. A lot of people use that feature of the PS3. Removing that would be moronic. Also, they use that port when they service the machine.
You are not including the fact that of that '80 million', a certain (large) percentage already have or will have a computer that can play the game when it comes out.
Honestly, most of the console players that would want to play the game probably have computers that will be able to play the game, too. Blizzard is well known for making their games work on systems that use hardware that is 5 or even 7 years old.
Simply patching it probably won't make it go away. The way they claim the hack works, means... well... a patch would only be a temporary solution, because they can't simply get rid of the debuging aspect of the machine that they are using as the exploit.
If this does what it says it does, in the way it claims, it's not simply going to be patched away. Look at this from an objective standpoint, not from the standpoint that Sony is all powerful and can do anythi...
Hard like trigonometry, I am.
Don't get me wrong jakethesnake, I thought it was an okay game and a great first effort, but I just thought it could use some spit and polish. I'm a big fan of the ARPG genre, but I do enjoy a good and engrossing story in them. I think that's why Diablo 1/2 did so well. It had a equal parts of everything and it worked.
Story and gameplay are both equally important to me and always have been.
I look forward to playing Torchlight 2 and seeing...
It really doesn't matter... the only thing I'll say is, if you have a character that has one face and then has a different one... you should really be able to back that up with some kind of explanation in the story.
Either way, I'm sure the game will be fine.
That looks pretty promising. I actually wasn't all that into the first one, because I didn't feel the story was that great and the playable characters were not interesting to me. I hold out hope that this one will be better in those ways.
I have mixed feelings about DLC in general, but making the PC an afterthought is a stupid, stupid thing.
Personally, I feel it's a waste of resources to keep the person alive for 50+ years in prison. What if the guy lives to be 100+? Think about the 3 meals a day, the bed, the facilities, the utilities, the staff. I would say all it takes is one bullet in trade for all that, but really, if you have a spare rock lying around, that should do just fine.
If you think that the average American carries guns or even owns a gun, you would be wrong. Fewer people own firearms when you look at percentages adjusted for population, then ever before.
However, I think that gun ownership is a perfectly sound and reasonable thing.
When you look at the reality of life across the world, our levels of violent crime are not much different than anywhere else. In some cases, it's much less. So, you figure it out. ...
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How is a video game, not a tangible thing? Digital media is stored on a disk. If it's not stored on a disk, it's stored on a hard drive. Once that program and all its assets are stored there, it's now incorporated into that physical device. In that way, it is clearly a tangible good. Not only that, but your really stretching reality and practicallity to try and make a counter argument.
I also used a service as an example, as well. So, not every thing I list...
Single player is the truth, everything else is lies and gorilla dust.