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#1 Posted by crcruz3 (235 posts) -

@jimbo said:

The comparisons to Steam are false, because it would never be like that on a closed platform. The absence of competition would make it wide open to being abused -ie. the exact opposite of how the PC market operates.

You can go buy a DRM free copy of The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition right now for $6, bypassing Steam entirely and getting it direct from the creators. None of the restrictions Microsoft were proposing have been remotely necessary in order to make that happen. Steam's sales (and overall quality) exist because they have to compete in an open market where anything can happen, not despite it.


#2 Edited by crcruz3 (235 posts) -

@gnatsol said:

can't wait to see who takes M$'s spot in the console wars....

I also see it like this..... If MS fails, even if they probably had it coming to them, it'll suck. Xbox was a great console.... But this might all end up being the thing that keeps Nintendo alive. AND, I hope to god we can all agree that Nintendo should never die and should continue to be a thing. IT's the only gaming console made by a completely gaming company. You might not like their current console but they should continue to be a boss. They shouldn't receive the Sega card imo.

I've been playing on PS3, Xbox and PC for years and completely ignoring Nintendo, but last Saturday I bought a Wii for my daughter and we had a great weekend playing New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Those games are great.

Long live Nintendo!

#3 Posted by crcruz3 (235 posts) -
#4 Posted by crcruz3 (235 posts) -

@zlimness said:

@9cupsoftea said:

No poland or ukraine - the witcher 3 devs won't even be able to play their own game!

Well, there's still a way to play Witcher 3... *cough* PC. Still that's just messed up.

Crazy stuff is you ask me.

#5 Edited by crcruz3 (235 posts) -

PS4 -> Day 1. Can't wait!

Xbone -> Maybe next year after playing the shit out of the PS4...

#6 Edited by crcruz3 (235 posts) -

@milkman said:

It's been very interesting talking to some of my friends who aren't as "hardcore" or whatever. Despite all this stuff, a lot of them still say they're getting an Xbox One, just because they all had 360s instead of PS3s.

Ok. The PS3 and Xbox sold almost the same:,

If loyalist buy the same console as the last generation it's a tie, but them you have pissed off Xbox fans, people that have lousy internet connection and people who will choose to buy the cheaper one. I don't think that the Xbone is boned, however I do think it will sell less than the PS4...

#7 Edited by crcruz3 (235 posts) -

You can play with dolphin using an Xbox gamepad...

#8 Edited by crcruz3 (235 posts) -

So no one actually answered the question? Just a bunch of people insulting each other. I guess I can give it a try:

  • Microsoft hits it out of the park with its exclusives. High praise and high sales drive sales of the console despite the current policies.
  • The massive install base moves over to the Xone because it's what they know best and don't want to switch to the main competitor/PC
  • Microsoft cuts the price before launch or shortly after. It sort of worked for the 3DS right?
  • Their servers and "cloud" shit is so good that people are willing to deal with the DRM (super fast downloads, massive and cheap game library that renders the used market useless, etc)
  • Microsoft straight up changes their policies to match Sony (is anything ever really set in stone?)

Those are some of the ways I can think of. Then again I'm no industry expert, I just like playing vidya gaems.

The massive install base?

Sony has the same install base...

And about the exclusives, Sony has some exclusives too.

I have a PS3, an Xbox and a gaming PC and I'm going to buy both the XBone and the PS4, but I don't see the hitting out of the park that you see. Maybe you like it more?

#9 Posted by crcruz3 (235 posts) -

Too many people really believe what companies such as EA, Ubisoft and Activision are saying at face value without thinking... Hmmm is there an alternate motive behind this statement?

Used games have been common place in the game industry since the cartridge days and they've only just discovered that they are hurting the industry during this generation? Do you not possibly think that since this is the first widely online generation, the first generation where it has been possible to lock out content depending on whether you enter a code. Do you think companies might not be burning the straw man of used gaming, not because it's a legitimate threat, but because they can?

Publishers have spied a way of squeezing extra pennies out of players (or so they think) by blocking and they have to make reasonable excuses as to why they are taking away a consumer right. The right to sell your own property. Yes, the publisher may own the IP and thats not what I'm selling, I'm selling access to it, which, at this time, is physical.

If the used game industry was such a blight on the entire thing, companies such as EA, wouldn't be going to store such as Gamestop, and making deals for content which can only be bought from Gamestop. Also when I do delve into the used game market at certain points, the cashier will try and sell me on an upcoming product.

"Hey here's a list of games coming out in the next few months. Any of them interest you?"

And I ended up pre-ordering a copy of Deadpool.

Also destroying the used game market will not improve anything. If a person can't afford to buy a game new, then they still can't when the cheaper alternative is gone. They will wait for sales, and as far as I know when games go on sale, most major retailers have money back clauses in the event they have to drop the price to shift some units.

I don't quite understand how people think people passing on games is a continuous process either. It's not like there is going to be this endless chain of people waiting to get this one single copy. Besides if after ten people have completed the game, ten people pass it on, it's probably not worth the money is it?

Which brings me to my final point for the time being. Worth my money. In the end game companies are out to make money. This is not a free pass to getting my money. They have to earn it from me. If they haven't done enough to make me part from my hard earned cash then that is their failing, not mine.

It's becoming harder and harder to decipher what games are worth it anymore. The lack of demos, misleading footage and overall poor PR from these companies don't fill me with the confidence and optimism I used to have when buying new games.

Right I'm getting off my soapbox..... now.


#10 Edited by crcruz3 (235 posts) -

I didn't play the first one, but man, this game is good. The aesthetic and story are goofy and crazy, however the combat is just great. It's the best First Person Melee I've ever player. By far.