wtf_man wrote on Apr 9, 2013, 10:48:
Well... I'm not sure what you all are expecting from EA... looks like business as usual to me.

Maybe things will change when they get a new CEO... but I kind of doubt it.

BitWraith wrote on Apr 9, 2013, 10:18:
Here's the real deal with Square -

They projected huge profits back when they released Final Fantasy 14. That game has been dragging the company down ever since. It's such a drag on their profit projections, that they have to make up the numbers elsewhere. So, they spread the love across all their franchises in an attempt to pull the wool over their investor's eyes. Then they act shocked when they don't perform to expectations.

Has a Tomb Raider game ever sold Halo 4 type numbers? Diablo 3 was a huge, huge release, and I think it only sold 6 mil out of the gate. They thought Tomb Raider was a game franchise on the level of Diablo? Yeah, their marketing team is smoking something.

FF13 was a complete bomb too, and after seeing hat game in action I can promise you they spent a butt-load of money making that game.

eRe4s3r wrote on Apr 9, 2013, 09:17:
Did I read this right? They expected 5 million sold for HITMAN ABSOLUTION?

Last I checked selling 5 Million games is a huge thing that only the biggest franchises on the planet can manage. Hitman wasn't big when it was a good game, and it certainly isn't big now.

And 5 to 6 million for Tomb Raider? Is that a joke? The game series was never extremely popular anywhere. It was not unknown, but 6 million units sold? Holy crap....

Projections should have been, 2m for Sleeping dogs, 3m for Hitman, and 3m for Tomb-Raider. And that would have been an relatively optimistic approach without knowing the current numbers.

Julio wrote on Apr 9, 2013, 05:14:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Apr 9, 2013, 03:30:
I doubt it - I am sure they will have a similar/same setup. Always on, always connected, no resale of discs, or download only games is the wave of the future. Consumers allowed it.

I believe Sony is smarter than that. They've already indicated that used games are fine on PS4. Sony will easily win this console generation if they stay away from MS mistakes.

StreetPreacher wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 15:11:

The last one gave us The Ball and Antichamber as runners up, amongst others that I don't believe have had commercial releases yet.

Weren't Red Orchestra and Killing Floor also MSU competitors?

deqer wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 13:58:

Verno wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 13:26:
This is a really dumb, antiquated view that outs you as permanently single.

I guess you have a wife, and both of you play games? I'm sorry.

BTW, there's nothing antiquated about it. It's just common sense, really. If you're spending all your time gaming, then obviously you aren't spending your time being productive in other areas of life, not to mention spending time dealing with the things in life in general--that take up all the remaining time anyways--, such as full-time jobs, handling of kids, and the short evenings to prepare dinners and such. etc. etc.

Anything you've done to fit gaming into your schedule, is really, things not you've done but rather things you've sacrificed for gaming. Heh.

Arithon wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 11:56:
I met all the developers last Thursday - it was great to see such a enthusiastic and creative bunch.

My sons had a play of all the games being developed and the Shark guys were a bit further along than some of the others.

I think we haven't seen the last of the "runners up" either.

With things like Sim City leaving a bitter taste, it's nice to see a better side of the gaming industry.

HorrorScope wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 11:38:
Yeah the next time I call MS for support... Will be the first.

Axis wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 11:41:

Beamer wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 11:38:

Axis wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 11:36:
I've yet to find any adults who think/thought kinect party games was anything other than annoying. My kids had fun with kinect the first day and that was it, maybe 10 minutes here and there over it's lifetime in my home.

Dude, talk to any girl in her 20s that has played a Dance Central game.

Are you a girl in your 20s playing dance central? That's pretty specific, and off by a few years they are 12 year olds...

know plenty of girls in their teens to 20s who don't make a habit playing those games... not saying it doesn't happen, but it's sure not often.

Axis wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 11:36:
I've yet to find any adults who think/thought kinect party games was anything other than annoying. My kids had fun with kinect the first day and that was it, maybe 10 minutes here and there over it's lifetime in my home.

InBlack wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 10:13:

Beamer wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 09:36:
Yup, I'd expect the monthly-payment-subsidized version, too. Not just XBL subsidized. That would actually be good for someone like me, as I will get XBL. It'll be just a subsidized. $200 down, $10 per month on top of XBL.

For $500 the Xbox needs to do something new. Every console since the NES has done something new:
1) SNES. Drastically improved graphics, tripled the number of buttons, all allowing for much more intricate games
2) N64/PS. 3D, again, allowing for more intricate games
3) GC/Xbox/PS2. Dual analog sticks, making 3D games more playable
4) 360/PS3. Big jump in RAM, plus online connectivity, allowing for huge hits like Oblivion or COD4

Not sure what will happen next. We already have enough RAM for huge worlds - yeah, it could be better but the development costs become unreasonable. I don't see them fixing most of the online issues because, often, they're design choices.
Of course more power and more RAM will make games more interesting, but more expensive to develop, and will they really be $500 more interesting?

Im not sure how more ram equates to games being more expensive. If you are talking about HR costs, 3d artists always work with High Poly models, texture artists always do max quality versions first, so the manhours are the same. Shit is usually scaled down afterwards because of RAM/performance limitations. If anything working with more ram/power is a boom to most game designers/developers/programmers whatever, because it makes everything easier, not more difficult.

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 10:08:
That banner ad story is pretty interesting and troubling. Let's hope that's an idea and practice that can be beaten down...

Creston wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 17:25:

Beamer wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 13:09:
Yup.

And I trust that Microsoft, with their billion servers, will have fantastic uptime.

Oh yeah, you can absolutely trust that Microsoft's servers will always be up. I mean, how else could it be? They're Microsoft!

They never have issues with their shit breaking, ever.

I mean, just NEVER.



Creston

Kawlisse wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 16:56:

Beamer wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 13:55:
Again, people sitting around swearing they'll never give up their tower are as absurd as people that swore they preferred closet-sized computers. Just because you're too much of a Luddite to embrace change doesn't mean the market won't force you to.

I don't know if people that fight this are stupid, don't look at history, think that there are more people like them that actually are, or are just so short-sighted that they fail to understand that the technology and usefulness of one form factor will eventually equal that of others.

I have a PC, the xbox360 the PS3 I also have a laptop and a smartphone, nothing comes even close to the gaming and general experience of my PC. and as long has it stays that way I will never give up my PC, on the consoles I only play exclusives, on the smartphone I only play cheap ass game while I take a dump, on my laptop I use it while on the move. and my PC can do all this just way better, way faster and way cheaper (than a comparable laptop) I would'nt want to write an Essay on a smartphone neither does the consoles can allow that.

real gaming, works on a laptop but can't top a high end PC, Consoles games are dumbed down, graphically inferior to pc's standards. and I could continue for a while.

But now of course if they stop making them ... I wont have any choice!!! but as long as they make PC's better stronger and faster than other devices i'm sticking to my PC !!!