Darks wrote on Feb 1, 2013, 00:08:
Damn Dev, did you wet yourself? You were so excited for this game I wasn’t sure if it was Christmas already. lol.

killer_roach wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 22:03:
I think EA hate is largely irrational (since I have no love lost for any of the major publishers), but the fact remains that there's a lot of mismanaged firms in the industry that continue soldiering on.

Beamer wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 21:22:
Yeah, I was saying that whenever people cheered THQ burning.

Kosumo wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 19:27:
I'd guess GTA5 sells over a Billion dollars worth in the first month. GTA is one of the biggest francises in all entertanment, it competes with the likes of COD games and blockbuster movies.

And unlike COD, they don't milk it has much so I'd expect a lot of bites when it's put out there.

Beamer wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 15:26:

jacobvandy wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 15:15:
Exactly. MS/Sony would have to pay Rockstar a Titanic boatload of cash to make GTA V a next-gen launch title, to make up for the opportunity cost.

Yup. Being a launch game makes the most sense for a medium caliber title. It's awesome for them, because it gives them some exclusivity and every single person buying that machine is desperate for games. If you're the only FPS at launch then you're guaranteed 2 million sales or so.

But if you're a game that's going to hit 5 million in your sleep, you don't release for a platform that doesn't even have an installed base of 5 million.

If Microsoft paid Rockstar, say, a billion dollars to make GTA5 an Xbox 3 launch exclusive it would probably happen. And it would probably make the Xbox 3 such an immediate winner that Sony would have trouble to get back. But it's not happening.

nin wrote on Jan 30, 2013, 22:04:
nin's potential GOTY: http://youtu.be/2uPNPSFhheM (greenlight that fucker!)

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Jan 30, 2013, 01:22:
Sands Of Time was the highlight of the modern games.

Beamer wrote on Jan 30, 2013, 08:18:

Fantaz wrote on Jan 30, 2013, 07:22:
Pausing the franchise now is not a good time imo, since the brand is still fresh in peoples heads with the PoP movie and all.

This is sarcasm, right?
Because I don't think more than 5 people remember that movie, including the people in it themselves.

TheEmissary wrote on Jan 28, 2013, 18:51:

Dev wrote on Jan 28, 2013, 17:40:

NegaDeath wrote on Jan 28, 2013, 16:07:
I'm still confident the first Service Pack (or "Blue" or whatever it is they're doing) for 8 will make some course corrections to alleviate customer complaints. They make stupid decisions but they usually reverse course after enough complaints.

Why the heck would you expect a service pack to change things? They ALREADY made it more restrictive even after feedback from the beta. For instance, you used to be able to set a registry key to have it boot to desktop mode early in the beta. Then MS decided (AFTER feedback complaining about metro) that they didn't actually want anyone booting to desktop and disabled that registry key, so you were FORCED to boot to metro first when starting the computer.

We will be LUCKY if ms decides to relent a bit on the next windows.

Microsoft will have to change whether it fits their vision for Windows or not given the reception of Windows 8. Windows 8 kind of hit with a thud and they are blaming everyone but themselves at the moment. They have to sober up and realize it isn't want the consumers, business, or corporate users wanted out of the OS.

I really don't think Microsoft can take another failure or lousy launch again without some permanent damage. Software developers are starting branch out to other platforms to avoid vendor lock.

NegaDeath wrote on Jan 28, 2013, 16:07:
I'm still confident the first Service Pack (or "Blue" or whatever it is they're doing) for 8 will make some course corrections to alleviate customer complaints. They make stupid decisions but they usually reverse course after enough complaints.

InBlack wrote on Jan 28, 2013, 10:29:
Im betting Windows7 will be the last Microsoft OS that will grace my PC.

Snapdad wrote on Jan 27, 2013, 15:51:

Dev wrote on Jan 27, 2013, 12:29:
Why? There's been tons of sales of ARMA 2 with the game only being a mod, and an unfinished one at that. Some people would argue minecraft isn't much of a game either, and its sold millions. There's clearly a proven market out there for those kinda things.

Because Minecraft this is not.

Creston wrote on Jan 27, 2013, 22:53:
Oh, and btw, there is an absolute shitload of mods available.

Parallax Abstraction wrote on Jan 27, 2013, 20:56:
Given the number of buttons and whatnot, I was wondering how well it worked with a gamepad or keyboard/mouse.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 20, 2013, 18:17:
Hehe, I browsed the list, found I know all of the (windows) ones.. how sad. I wish there was a proper (science fiction) space and planetary base simulation. Like.. ehm what was it called... Startopia? Just much larger in scale.

entr0py wrote on Jan 20, 2013, 18:37:
Seems like whoever wrote those terms was afraid of bad publicity caused by exploits before release. And they're right to be; one consequence of making the game online only is that customers will get irritated by cheats and hacks.

But actually following through with a universal ban for screwing around in a beta test would cause far more bad press then it prevents. I think it's an empty threat.

Quinn wrote on Jan 23, 2013, 03:48:
And DAMN that cinematic was fantastic!! It held my full attention the entire time! That wasn't fully CGI was it? Some footage was actually real. I hope. Or technology just got scary...