MoonSpook wrote on Feb 12, 2013, 04:08:

Cutter wrote on Feb 12, 2013, 01:33:
I'd love to know what actual WoW subs are these days. I'm amazed they're not giving all the clients away at this point.

There was an investor's report the other week, and as of December 31st 2012, it was 9.6 million players. It's a drop from over ten million, but apparently that's mainly in China, and the EU/US have remained pretty stable.

Redmask wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 18:25:

Dev wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 23:38:

kyleb wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 19:48:
while say 4-8 GB is huge for a single map, it's not terribly hard to get a file of such size hosted these days.

Please tell me where its feasible to get those kinda single file sizes freely hosted for the traffic that a mod is likely to bring.

BitTorrent makes this a non-issue, there's also AWS and many other affordable hosting providers.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 21:15:

Cyant wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 19:18:

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 15:14:
Holy SHEEIIT... people. stop buying Skyrim already. So it can go on sale so I can buy it.

It did went on sale after christmas at 50% off with the DLC's too.

Yeah, I am waiting for the $9.99 sale.

Cutter wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 19:43:

Dev wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 18:57:
that french stuff reminded me of this:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/229600/

WTF is it? Its called Bientôt l'été

I watched the videos and still can't tell wtf valve was thinking (it wasn't greenlit). I'm not even sure if its a game. I think someone was in an arts and crafts mood the day they approved it or something.

Lulz. No idea. Though in Quebec they say 'A beintot' all the time - i.e. see you soon.

xXBatmanXx wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 17:09:
Played Skyrim last night for about 5 hours - only level 26 and it says I have only done 8 core missions in 60 hours. haahahahah I have a lot of fun clearing out stuff, selling, crafting, talking with peeps, exploring....hell, I dont' even need a main storyline! hahahah

Kawlisse wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 10:15:
Dev wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 19:48: ''Please tell me where its feasible to get those kinda single file sizes freely hosted for the traffic that a mod is likely to bring.''


Split the file in multiple smaller files !

Wallshadows wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 15:59:

Quinn wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 13:34:
I feel for all the people who spent their hard earned money on A:CM. I know how it feels when you are 50 bucks lighter on a game that turns out to suck.

Especially when GMG has been rotating 25 - 30% off sales for weeks now.

Drayth wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 13:04:
According to my calculations, everyone in the world now owns Skyrim and ARMA II and are now buying their second set of copies...

Quboid wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 07:13:

kyleb wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 03:05:
See here for example's sake.

Not really the best example, I hope.

Note: FilePlanet is no longer being updated and is in the process of being archived.

Cutter wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 04:49:

Flatline wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 03:00:
Edit: Part of my problem is that these games are working on razor thin budgets, and each update does have an actual, monetary cost associated with it. We've seen 20+ post-kickstarter updates for Star Citizen, and if each took an hour to generate, that's a significant amount of work-hours spent on talking about the game instead of making the game.

If I have a choice, I'll take the devs giving us monthly updates as opposed to weekly ones. Concentrate on the work. Please.

^This. My sentiments exactly.

kyleb wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 19:48:
while say 4-8 GB is huge for a single map, it's not terribly hard to get a file of such size hosted these days.

eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 21:44:

Flatline wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 16:20:
You don't need to do that for Star Citizen. They make sure they email you every 17 hours to let you know that they're still working on it. It actually is getting to be annoying.

It was an request of MANY backers in the Forums to get email updates, most of us can't be arsed to check dozens of sites every day to see what is new. I wish all Kickstarters would do it actually.. or at least give you an option. And the mails come only once every 7 days, hardly every 17 hours ;p

DangerDog wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 19:35:
unity engine looks like a good fit for this game, sort of photo realistic but no need to be ultra-shiny.

John wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 19:30:

ASeven wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 18:14:
Looking pretty good. This is going to be one of the best RPGs next year, I'm sure. Can't wait.

Next year? I thought it was supposed to be out this October unless they pushed the date back. I don't mind because I want them to make it great, but I don't remember them say it was going to be out later than originally planned in the KS.

MajorD wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 19:12:
It is good to see they are holding true to the original style (top down, etc.), but I was hoping for something a la Fallout 3 (1st & 3rd Person). I'll have to wait for Fallout 4 for that I guess. Fallout 3, and soon New Vegas (haven't played it yet), will keep me entertained plenty until then I'm sure.

We’re going back to the original and building from there. No first person shooter, we’re going top down so you get a tactical feel for the situation. And we’re not ditching the party play to turn it into some hack-and-slash bloodfest. It’s turn based, tactical, with a storyline that will be deeper and broader.

We’re determined to keep the gritty, grim and satirical writing. We’re going to pitch those moral dilemmas at you. You’re going to be faced with the consequences of your actions.

kyleb wrote on Feb 9, 2013, 15:54:
That said, with the toolkit released I'm sure some people will make maps with amazing up close texture detail, but even on a small map such texturing will require multiple gigs of data.