Dades wrote on Feb 12, 2012, 19:48:

Creston wrote on Feb 12, 2012, 19:30:
So, any verdicts on Kingdoms of Amalur?

Creston

Wait for it to be cheap because it's not going to give you a lot of mileage.

xXBatmanXx wrote on Feb 12, 2012, 19:05:

Cannabis drivers 'twice as likely to cause car crash'.

Duh. Which is why it is treated the same as DWI.

Kajetan wrote on Feb 10, 2012, 04:12:

Agent.X7 wrote on Feb 10, 2012, 02:34:
Derp. What did you release in January, again? Isn't that traditionally when you expect sales to slump? Ya know, because of the glut of spending on that holiday that just occurred?

They are NOT comparing sales from January to December. They compare sales from January 2011 to January 2010. As they always do with these comparisons. Always the same month of the last year, NOT the month before.

Verno wrote on Feb 8, 2012, 09:16:

Wolfox wrote on Feb 8, 2012, 08:56:

Jerykk wrote on Feb 8, 2012, 03:46:
Are the guards still psychic and can you still get caught stealing from a chest you've already unlocked?

If there's no one watching, you can't be caught. So, if you go into stealth mode, and make sure no one is seeing you, you should have a 0% chance of getting caught. At least that's how it worked in the Totalbiscuit live stream I watched yesterday. (I haven't played the game yet - it only unlocks on Friday for me - but even if I did, I wouldn't have stolen anything, so I wouldn't be able to tell you how it works)

Nah, the stealing behavior is the exact same in the full game as it is in the demo. Even if no one is watching there's a chance to be caught which is really really stupid.

Watter wrote on Jan 30, 2012, 16:36:

Beamer wrote on Jan 30, 2012, 14:53:
GameStop is really the only part of used game sales people care about. It's the only part that seems unfair; they rip everyone off. Everyone.

Really? I've never once been ripped off by Gamestop. Hell, I'm thankful they exist. No one, NO ONE, else is offering me a red cent for these used games doing nothing but cluttering up my shelves. Not one penny. But Gamestop does. I'm quite surprised sometimes by how much they do offer me for the games I bring in since, with so little competition, I'd probably accept far less.

Also, where else can I go and buy a console game (used but still "like" new) and then return it for full price if I play it for an hour and hate it? Hmmm?

The bitching and moaning about Gamestop is tedious. Gamestop is a fantastic example of a market at work. If there was more competition, then the prices they pay for used games would be higher, but don't blame Gamestop for that. There's no competition because the media companies are so close to their wet dream of us "leasing" instead of "owning" our games and no one wants to enter a market that may disappear at the drop of a hat.

They also know a huge group of people couldn't afford any car without buying a used car.
This isn't true of games.

DarkCntry wrote on Jan 27, 2012, 18:29:
So tell me, how would the console detect "used" and not something like "rented"?

nin wrote on Jan 27, 2012, 18:00:

All Sony would have to do to grab a majority share of the market would be to NOT do this.

Aren't they already shipping games with one time use codes?

Why yes, yes they are. I doubt they're going to magically give that up, out of the kindness of their hearts.