bhcompy wrote on Dec 31, 2012, 16:58:
Do you have any doubt that they will sunset the SC5 servers when the user threshold drops too low to effectively monetize the base through downloadable content?

D_K_night wrote on Dec 31, 2012, 15:42:
my expectation is that 40 years from now, I dust off an EA game, and I expect to be able to play it.

I paid good money for that, and that expectation is neither whiny, entitled, nor misguided.

My Pong, Atari 2600, Odyssey, and Vectrex consoles TO THIS DAY still function.

AND NO I don't care if some of you think I won't be alive. What if I still am in 40 years.

bhcompy wrote on Dec 31, 2012, 12:58:
Maybe it's just you. I still pull out Sim City 2000 every once in a while to have some fun, or because I want to show my son a game that's better than Minecraft.

And, of course, the problem isn't multiplayer, the problem is that you have to play on their servers for singleplayer.

ASeven wrote on Dec 31, 2012, 11:24:
And people still want to buy SC5 knowing EA pulls this shit every year.

jacobvandy wrote on Dec 30, 2012, 21:36:
Dark Souls is one of those games that are best played with a controller, period. Like Assassin's Creed, Batman: AA/AC

killer_roach wrote on Dec 29, 2012, 22:03:

Axis wrote on Dec 29, 2012, 20:39:
Game manufacturers already label minimum requirements.

In all seriousness, though, a lot of system requirements are especially confusing to people who aren't familiar with PC hardware.

PropheT wrote on Dec 28, 2012, 21:02:

HorrorScope wrote on Dec 28, 2012, 15:59:
Since we are talking Smart TV, we are talking living room. Remember the big thing... "Winning the living room"? Wow that was a total fizzle for companies like MS and Sony. They thought a game box would win them the living room and make them swim in dollars. Both companies stock go nowhere, one's seemingly hanging on by a thread. You take those two consoles today and break them from their companies, they couldn't stand on their own. Winning the living room was a lie. This isn't the 50's.

PS3 Is Most Used Netflix Streaming Device

Closed Betas wrote on Dec 27, 2012, 22:22:
Amazon most satisfying?

Lol, I guess satisfying is because amazon sells items at cost for growth, which is what exactly is killing this generation of middleclass... Can't make a dime off minimum wage, non profit run businesses, built to put the rest of the world in slavery.

But I guess when you complain, the fact amazon gives you anything you want, from free packages to free refunds, you get to earn satisfying opinions...

But be warned, they are in the red, and will sell their mothers to be the walmart of online wholesale.. and as the porn industry has shown... it will collapse faster than it was built...

Creston wrote on Dec 25, 2012, 23:14:
Yeah, God forbid a company with a billion dollars in revenue put some of that money back into the company, right?

Creston

RollinThundr wrote on Dec 25, 2012, 14:06:

Creston wrote on Dec 25, 2012, 14:02:
As usual, Valve ignores the massive load during Xmas sales and lets everyone try to connect to their hideously overloaded servers...

I guess making a billion+ dollars in revenues isn't enough for anyone to wheel their desk over and put some extra capacity in place, Gabe?

Creston

Having a infrastructure backbone beefy enough to handle holiday sale loads just isn't an interesting enough project for Valve to work on.

Dades wrote on Dec 23, 2012, 14:39:
Your reality isn't the same as everyone else, people posted several different examples you have ignored.

Suppa7 wrote on Dec 23, 2012, 12:27:
All HUGE companies DRIVEN BY WALL STREET want to turn games into platforms or "markets" for digital goods and services, this is going to suck. No thanks to the people who bought diablo 3 and starcraft 2 as well as STEAM based games.

They voted for this future so they have no grounds to complain.

avianflu wrote on Dec 23, 2012, 09:04:
lots of good points made here.

One thing I dont believe anyone has said is that EA may be setting up an online store for simcity digital "items" that gamers can buy. Another reason to keep the game on-line at all times.

Honestly I have zero interest in this game, just as with Diablo 3. Easy to pass on both of them.

Dades wrote on Dec 22, 2012, 21:53:
Ugh enough with the EA defense already.