Cutter wrote on Apr 28, 2013, 17:14:
Cameras are obvious GG are not. Believe me, they'll be held liable too.

jdreyer wrote on Apr 16, 2013, 15:26:

The publishing people all watch and then make passive, aesthetic appraisals of active, functional aspects of a game. This is because the bulk of execs can’t and don’t want to play or understand how games work. They don’t want to play. This would be akin to editors in literary publishing being unable to read or write.

I think this is a poor analogy. It's not at all like having editors who can't read or write, rather it is more akin to having someone read a passage of a book to an editor, rather than the editor reading the book themselves.

Panickd wrote on Apr 13, 2013, 10:41:
Consoles (and TVs, cable boxes, tablets, PCs, and pretty much everything else needed for a modern life) are moving towards an "always online" future whether some people want it that way or not. Benefits? Always having the latest updates which add new functionality and stability to whatever the product is and cloud capabilities like Apple's Siri or Google's Now functionality just to name a couple. It's coming even if you don't want it and it's coming even if you will never use it. Why? Because companies don't care what you, as an individual, want. They're aiming for the masses and the masses want to always be online, no matter what they're doing, even if it makes absolutely no sense. By making products that have the features and functionality that most of the population wants companies will sell more products. If that doesn't appeal to you then you aren't their market and they don't give a flying cowchip about what you want. And yes that means some people in rural markets will be left behind, but most people don't live in rural markets, do they?

tl;dr: Suck it up, Buttercup. It's happening.

Golwar wrote on Apr 11, 2013, 19:36:
Oh well. At least we shouldn't be surprised then why employees of bigger companies tend to the "no comment" solution.
I'd side any day with free opinion & speech option, but it seems that the majority prefers the alternative. What for do we communicate if we only want to hear what we like to hear? All you get that way is PR bullshit.

Creston wrote on Apr 11, 2013, 11:30:
Yeah, it's pretty fucking terrible. Tried to find a no-CD key for my old Battle for Middle Earth CDs awhile ago (they wouldn't play because of whatever horseshit DRM was on it), and each and every single one of them had the kind of malware in it that made my scanner go "NO.FUCKING.WAY" and delete it as soon as it downloaded.

Creston

wallace321 wrote on Mar 19, 2013, 14:40:
What makes no sense at all is why is the gov't 'protecting' corporations in such specific ways like this? Who exactly is in charge here? This should be front and center in the interests of the "limited government" party but they've had their constituents too stuck on guns and gays for the last 50 years to care enough about anything else.

Planned obsolescence is in nobody's best interest except the people who sell new crap to replace old crap that can't be fixed; and people who run landfills. Copywriting service manuals!? Insanity. Mark my words - the internet as we have known it is doomed when we allow things like this to continue.

Dmitri_M wrote on Mar 16, 2013, 10:26:
I think it's sort of sad. If you're going to invest time creating content like this why not do it in a CG application or some other dedicated content creation software where you're not limited.

Jensen wrote on Jan 10, 2013, 23:18:
When are they doing this with books?

Quboid wrote on Jan 2, 2013, 12:46:
Being on the run through a jungle and having my pursuers get pounced by a tiger is very satisfying.

eRe4s3r wrote on Dec 26, 2012, 03:57:
What about international releases though. Game of Thrones is watched in Europe too (I would say, 50% of viewers are not US citizens) probably more even.

We would gladly pay 1 to 3 € per episode to get it in full HD and on air-date in English. It's like time Warner doesn't want to expand its business. I don't get why....