Verno wrote on Jun 13, 2013, 12:28:

"You cannot have game and marketing budgets this high while also having used and rental games existing," he said via Twitter. "The numbers do NOT work people."

CliffyB's latest troll rant against used games is up and he predictably backs Microsoft, claiming that modern game development and marketing is too expensive to support a used game market. Of course one might wonder why the marketing and game budgets need to be this high in the first place when people will spend millions on something like Terraria and Minecraft, surely there is a middle ground to be found there.

Destructoid absolutely decimates his argument, thought people might want to take a gander.

Creston wrote on Jun 7, 2013, 14:40:
The NeoGAF article is interesting (IF TRUE). It makes me smirk when I think back to that interview with DipShit Harrison two weeks ago, and the interviewer flatout asked "So, the Xbox 360 was a giant piece of shit where reliability was concerned. How badly do we need to be worried about the TVRemoteBox's reliability?"

And Harrison replied "Blablabla Microsoft is Teh Awesome BlaBLABLABLa I have no concerns about reliability."

Interviewer "Yeah that's nice, but come on, of course you'd say that. How badly is your box going to break?"

Harrison "I have no concerns about reliability."


Prepare for the first wave of TVRemoteBoxes to fail spectacularly, as Microsoft's (Mexican?) factory apparently still can't figure out how to produce decent components.

Creston

HoSpanky wrote on Jun 7, 2013, 11:51:
Here's hoping they put in some co-op options. If I'm playing a tightly scripted game, sp-only is fine but these games are begging for co-op and completely ignore it.

nin wrote on Jun 5, 2013, 22:01:

Creston wrote on Jun 5, 2013, 21:34:

nin wrote on Jun 5, 2013, 08:43:
It's raining here...hope the book isn't waterlogged. Creston, was your sealed in plastic or anything?

Yeah, it was. Standard Amazon packaging, but there's a plastic shrink-wrap around the book.

Creston

Mine was sealed as well. Great looking book - the only way it could look any better would be with a slipcase.

Beamer wrote on Jun 5, 2013, 14:12:

NeOCidE wrote on Jun 5, 2013, 12:38:
Could anyone here please enlighten me?
Wasn't Deus Ex:HR considered a success across all platforms?
If so...why the hell wouldn't a company capitalise on that success and continue with said franchise?

What makes you think they're not planning to capitalize.
Just because there's a mobile game in the works doesn't mean a true core game isn't.

InBlack wrote on Jun 4, 2013, 10:23:
Please dont lynch me, but Im thinking about getting a windows8 smartphone. They are dirt cheap, and look pretty & functional. (The OS makes sense on a mobile phone, who would have thought...) Should I rather go Android? This is my first smartphone and I dont really look forward to it but my old phone is dying as we speak.

Quboid wrote on Jun 3, 2013, 10:51:
One of the best corridor shooters I've played, and very beautiful. This is what Doom 4 should have been.

Kawlisse wrote on Jun 2, 2013, 17:41:

NeOCidE wrote on Jun 2, 2013, 16:21:
The 2nd hand market is no longer a deal breaker for me. I've learned to be patient. I'll wait for a product that in most cases gets a "game of the year" edition, all patched up and in a sale.

I simply can no longer afford £50 per game anymore. So I'll await for a complete product in a sale.

I'm also only opting for a single console solution coupled with my PC. That console will be PS4.. MS marketing really outdid themselves this time. Harness TEH POWUR OF TEH CLOUD

Could'nt agree more, I usually get all consoles for their exclusives! but for the first time, I think I will pass on Microsoft and it's xbox one, What they have done for the past couples of years and most notably with this ''next gen console'' is a total disregard for PC Gamers. So I will most probably get the PS4 but not at launch !