nin wrote on Feb 7, 2013, 13:16:

It's fun to just chill for an hour and casually drive from Poland to France hauling some human-devouring acid for whatever evil plot the French Socialist government has come up with that time. (I find it helps to come up with background stories for the cargo. )

Role playing a truck sim - I love it!

Redmask wrote on Feb 6, 2013, 17:27:
I know people who would buy a lot less console games if they weren't able to trade in the duds so this would only hurt them in the long run. I doubt Gamestop would take that lying down, they would penalize any system that doesn't allow used sales by denying floor space and like them or not, they're a major presence in the videogame industry.

Verno wrote on Feb 6, 2013, 13:46:
That's what makes me a bit dubious about this, there isn't much of an up side for Microsoft here other than favor with publishers.

Beamer wrote on Feb 6, 2013, 13:55:
This is one of those things neither Microsoft or Sony can really do first. They either both do it or neither do it.


Odds on both doing it?

Creston wrote on Feb 6, 2013, 13:48:

Dev wrote on Feb 6, 2013, 12:39:
EA getting it makes me wonder if its just because of their sheer size they are likely to have some good stuff, or because they have the juice to get a lot of good reviews. More probably a mix of both.

If by "juice" you mean "Advertisement dollars", then yes.

Beamer wrote on Feb 6, 2013, 12:16:
Your post had me so confused. Timestamp, words that weren't mine, phrases that I'd never use... I had no clue what was going on.

Cutter wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 22:27:
And they could have made another 100 mil with a solid PC RDR port! Fucking fuckers!

nin wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 21:32:

Smellfinger wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 21:25:
If 18 million dollars is a 'reasonable' figure, this industry deserves to be crushed under its own corpulence.

True, but it's also what we as gamers are spoiled to. We need to lower our standards a bit, also.

Beamer wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 08:32:

Dev wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 22:55:
Yes, I'm sure they didn't make any compromises at all to get it to run on smartphones. Just like MS didn't make any compromises in dumbing down win 8 to be the same on all platforms.
Oh wait...

You know better than this, Dev. It's as easy as clicking the link. You definitely know better than this. What you're doing is essentially what all those crappy game blogs do with the "OMG OVEREXAGGERATION FOR PAGE CLICKS?" headlines.

Right in Steam:
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Cloud Gate - For notebooks and home PCs

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Ice Storm - For tablets and entry-level PCs

Use Ice Storm to test the performance of your Windows tablet, ultra-portable notebook or entry-level PC. Ice Storm uses a DirectX 11 engine limited to Direct3D feature level 9, making it the ideal benchmark for modern portable devices targeting that feature level. You can compare Ice Storm scores from Windows, Windows RT, Android and iOS devices at futuremark.com.

Arithon wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 07:01:
I see little value in recent benchmarks, since most are now "on this weeks cards / hardware"

I want to see how much bang-for-buck I get for my money compared to the 2010 video card I have in my PC right now.

There are some sites that give you "HD5870 vs GTX660Ti" for example, but they are the exception.

The problem with new benchmark software is it removes the ability to compare with previous hardware. i.e. 3Dmark06 (from 2010) gives my card "23611" but 3Dmark11 (from last year) gives the 660 Ti "9027". That's no help to anyone. Both cards will run in my PC, so I want a meaningful comparison.

If 3DMark have a database of comparable test results for hardware going back some time that they share with purchasers of the software, then I'd be interested to know more, otherwise not.

Cutter wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 12:04:
I'd dearly LOVE to see how DF breaks down this 18 mil.

Panickd wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 10:19:
Wow. Given the number and types of games being made on meager budgets from Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sites