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| News Comments > THQ Refocuses - Open Letter |
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Re: THQ Refocuses - Open Letter |
Jan 26, 2012, 06:26 |
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Again the rich already pay more than anyone else, we have a progressive tax system in the US. Taxing them more won't do a damn thing. It's just class warfare to distract from the actual issues facing the US. Yes, if the "rich" are stupid. And hire stupid accountants. Any "rich" person with half a brain cell, who's hired an accountant with half a brain cell is going to have numerous tax loopholes to work with. Not to mention the cap-gains tax rate is substantially lower than income tax rates. The "average" person can't afford to invest that much, while the super-wealthy can, giving them a substantial tax break.
What you don't seem to understand is that the people who are making the rules are either super-wealthy themselves, or getting "campaign contributions" from those that are. They have no incentive to make things better for the middle class, and every incentive to make things better for the rich. This isn't a party issue - Republicans AND Democrats fall into this category (with one or two exceptions).
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
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| News Comments > Quoteworthy - Paradox on DRM |
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Re: Quoteworthy - Paradox on DRM |
Jan 25, 2012, 16:20 |
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It doesn't matter. Without region locking, those products wouldn't be sold in those regions Totally missing the point. I'm not arguing about what is happening (or would happen), I'm arguing about what should happen. Why should people who happen to be making $10K in a "poor region" be able to buy a game for substantially less than someone making $10K in a "rich region"?
"Me me me me me me me me me me me me." Ah, yes, you've taken dodging the question to new heights. Of course, such stupidity is your stock-in-trade. |
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| News Comments > Quoteworthy - Paradox on DRM |
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Re: Quoteworthy - Paradox on DRM |
Jan 25, 2012, 15:39 |
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In many of these countries $10k is more than enough to live comfortably. $10k translates to $40k here.. That does nothing but dodge the question. If they can't afford to pay the $60 for the game, why should they get it for less? If someone is making $10K here, why shouldn't they have the same ability to buy the game at a discounted price?
The cost of most goods scale with the local economy, as do goods sold internationally. Do you know how expensive a box of Pringles is in China? Much cheaper than here. Or how expensive diapers are in Thailand? Again, much cheaper, for the exact same product. And yet there are no region locks on a can of Pringles or diapers. The original poster bought a physical product, just like the chips or diapers, but only it was prevented from being used by region locks. |
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| News Comments > Quoteworthy - Paradox on DRM |
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Re: Quoteworthy - Paradox on DRM |
Jan 25, 2012, 15:09 |
Bhruic |
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So what you're saying is that countries with an average income of under $10k shouldn't be allowed to play games, eh? Why should they? Or, to better frame the question, why should someone's ability to purchase a game be decided by their geophysical location, rather than income? When people have brought up in the past that some people pirate games/movies/whatever because they can't afford to buy them, you, and others, have responded with the "if you can't afford it, you shouldn't be playing it" line.
It's not like we are talking about medicine, food and water, or other such necessities here, we are talking about entertainment products. |
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| News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs |
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Re: Morning Legal Briefs |
Jan 24, 2012, 11:28 |
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SOPA sponsor has another Internet bill that records you 24/7. Wow, talk about a massive overreaction. All the bill does is mandate that ISPs store who they assign IPs to. That's it. It's not "spying" on you, nor is it stealing your credit card info. |
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| News Comments > Blizzard to Korea: Diablo III "Is Nearing" |
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Re: Blizzard to Korea: Diablo III "Is Nearing" |
Jan 24, 2012, 05:37 |
Bhruic |
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Again, those are all gameplay balance issues. They don't have to change the game engine. They don't have to redo the combat mechanics. They might have to modify the UI a bit, but they don't have to do a complete change.
The changes they've proposed definitely are going to add time, and it's likely to be extra months, rather than weeks. But it's not going to be years, as some people are implying. |
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| News Comments > Blizzard to Korea: Diablo III "Is Nearing" |
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Re: Blizzard to Korea: Diablo III |
Jan 24, 2012, 01:43 |
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We're dropping Defense, Attack, and Precision as attributes, Armor is taking over for what Defense used to provide, +Physical Resist will take over for Armor, and +Chance to Crit will fill in for Precision. Obviously these stat changes are one of the bigger systems changes we're currently working on as they have far reaching requirements to re-itemize and balance the game.
Ok, sure, large amounts of item changes. But they aren't changing the core game mechanics at all. All they are doing is rebalancing the items. That'll take some time, certainly, but it doesn't require that they fundamentally change gameplay. |
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| News Comments > Steam Top 10 |
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Re: Steam Top 10 |
Jan 23, 2012, 17:15 |
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Krovven was talking about Steam's player stats, and in the case of Steamwork games like Skyrim, everyone shows up on those stats regardless of if they bought the game directly from Steam or elsewhere.
Not true. You only show up if you are running in online mode, and launch via Steam. |
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| News Comments > Blizzard to Korea: Diablo III "Is Nearing" |
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Re: Blizzard to Korea: Diablo III |
Jan 23, 2012, 17:09 |
Bhruic |
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I keep hearing about these so-called "core" changes, but where are they? The only changes I've seen announced are all simply balance changes. Removing ID scrolls? Hardly core. Can't use "normal" items for crafting mats? Balance change. Etc, etc.
Sure, the changes need to be tested, but it's not like they are going to have to make significant code changes for any of them. A few weeks (or "months" as Blizzard calls them ) of extra testing, and they are good to go. |
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| News Comments > Steam Top 10 |
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Re: Steam Top 10 |
Jan 23, 2012, 01:38 |
Bhruic |
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Skyrim is a Steamworks game, so pretty much everyone who bought it shows up on the Steam count. The AC games aren't Steamworks games, so only the people who bought the games through Steam show up on the Steam count. Granted, I've little doubt Skyrim has far more people playing than all the AC games combined anyway, but using Steams numbers isn't a fair comparison. Considering we are having a discussion about Steam sales, I think using Steam numbers would be an entirely fair comparison. If people buy their games somewhere other than Steam, they aren't going to show up on Steam's top ten list, now are they? |
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| News Comments > Ubisoft Changes Anno 2070 DRM |
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Re: Ubisoft Changes Anno 2070 DRM |
Jan 20, 2012, 21:52 |
Bhruic |
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Hell, if they don't believe the huge amount of people in gaming forums (including the hundreds on their own forums) who proclaim the DRM cost them a sale, I doubt a letter will make a difference Actually, a letter is something that would likely make a significant difference. Making a post on a forum is quick, easy and painless - as well as anonymous - so forum posts tend to be ignored. Writing a letter, on the other hand, shows that you actually care enough to put in the effort and be identified. I forget what the letter writing to irate customer ratio is, but it's pretty high. |
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| News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs |
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Re: Morning Legal Briefs |
Jan 20, 2012, 14:01 |
Bhruic |
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He's being extradited to the US and the US was the primary instigator that pushed for his arrest. Ok, so the comments here weren't with regards to bail being denied, just the general situation. |
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| News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs |
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Re: Morning Legal Briefs |
Jan 20, 2012, 13:00 |
Bhruic |
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| I'm confused over what we are discussing... Were there than many NZ bankers get bailouts, or are people thinking that this took place in the US? |
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| News Comments > Ubisoft Changes Anno 2070 DRM |
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Re: Ubisoft Changes Anno 2070 DRM |
Jan 20, 2012, 12:56 |
Bhruic |
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This is one of the areas that annoys me more in theory than it does in practise. I mean, I guess it decreases game longevity, and there are some quite older games that I still play, but in general, I might do a single graphics card switch during the period I'm playing a game, but that'd be it. Doing 3 would be unheard of, and even then, you can call in to get more activations.
Not that it doesn't annoy me regardless, since having to jump through hoops to play a game I paid for is damn irritating, but I have a hard time getting too worked up over this particular problem. Their online requirement is an order of magnitude worse in that regard. |
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| News Comments > Diablo III Systems Changes |
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Re: Diablo III Systems Changes |
Jan 19, 2012, 17:30 |
Bhruic |
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No announcements, no news, not even big fat previews or hype. There's been plenty of news, just not of the "major" variety. They've also released at least one trailer, although it was less a gameplay one and more their typical "movie" style. But they've mentioned quite a few of the new units in the game, for example. |
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| News Comments > BioWare on Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer |
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Re: BioWare on Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer |
Jan 19, 2012, 12:12 |
Bhruic |
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Any resources that could go into making ME3 a longer, more complete singleplayer game should not be diverted into multiplayer. SXO has a good point, but again, I don't agree with this one. You could have said the same thing about BGII, that they shouldn't have put resources into multiplayer because they could have used them for singleplayer. But that's just speculation. My criteria is having a great singleplayer experience. BGII had that, so speculation over whether it could have been "better" if they forgoed any multiplayer is moot. If they can do that with ME3, than I'm not worried about how they allocated their resources. If the game is released and the singleplayer is deficient, at that point we can speculate about whether the multiplayer component dragged it down. |
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| News Comments > Mass Effect Demo for Valentine's |
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Re: Mass Effect Demo for Valentine's |
Jan 19, 2012, 12:09 |
Bhruic |
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I think even calling it another DD service is generous, there isn't much of an actual service aspect to Origin. It's a very barebones client front end without much in the way of comparative features to Steam. My biggest problem with Origin is how lazy EA has been with it when they had a real opportunity to innovate. Now that I agree with. EA has a lot of resources behind it, and they could have made Origin a lot better than it is. Had they tried to compete with Steam on features, rather than simply locking their games to it, I think they could have done so - Steam falls down in quite a few areas. Unfortunately, they haven't chosen to do so.
Although, really, comparing it to other DDs, I'm not sure it's really that much worse. I haven't used Impulse recently, but last time I did, it was pretty poor too. Steam certainly is far from perfect, but they're still head-and-shoulders above most of them. |
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| News Comments > Mass Effect Demo for Valentine's |
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Re: Mass Effect Demo for Valentine's |
Jan 19, 2012, 12:06 |
Bhruic |
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I love people who will buy ME3 but just not with Origin even tho you still have to use it to play and your still supporting this pathetic service and company.
Damned hypocrites. Really like to know where the hypocrisy supposedly is. Sure, to the extent that I'm buying a game from EA, I'm "supporting" EA, but I've done that with plenty of games in the past, so why is it somehow different just because they have Origin? I'm not buying it directly from them, so they aren't getting the 100% of the sale price they are after. Am I forced to run Origin? Yup, but as I'm not using it for anything but launching the game, I'm not "supporting" them with that either.
And that's assuming that I think Origin/EA are some sort of evil combination, which I don't. I'm already using Origin for BF3, and haven't had any problems with it. While I'm not a fan of having to have multiple launch platforms running, it's really no more intruisive or annoying than Steam is once it's running. |
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| News Comments > Metaverse |
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Re: Metaverse |
Jan 19, 2012, 00:47 |
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| Wikipedia even did it fairly well, in that they only seemed to block the site for US users. At least, up here, I could access the site all day fine, so I'm assuming they must not have blocked it globally. |
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