That sounds about right. It all comes full circle with the whole, "you don't HAVE to" argument Yahtzee himself stated. Sure, you CAN do it, but most people aren't going to go out of their ways to record Let's Plays just because it's there.Fappy said:
Bull crap. You buy video games to play them. I've seen one of my friends play through the whole metal gear series (the ps2 ones anyway) several times and it looked fun so I bought it later for ps3. If watching a game is enough to experience its content, then the developer clearly wasn't doing their job. Besides, why did I watch my friend play through the series instead of doing it myself? Because it was fun to hang out and joke and talk. If he gave me a recording of the whole game on vhs I wouldn't have touched that thing because the enjoyable part was experiencing the games with him. Its the same thing for let's players. I watch game grumps play through 8 different Mario Party games not because "I want to experience Mario Party's content and judge whether or not to buy it" but because egorapter and jontron freaking hilariousmedv4380 said:
Because I wasmedv4380 said:
Okay, first you chery pick his post, and second you ignore his overall point: He never would have bought into the MGS series at all if he hadn't seen those LPs. There are plenty of games that I bought after seeing an LP of them. You are being willfully dense.medv4380 said:
Totally agreed, nothing about the next console generation has me stoked and while everyone is clapping each other on the back and laughing at how Sony rules and MS drools, I am just thinking. The PS4 STILL looks shit. Everyone was shitting on the PS4 on reveal and saying they were holding out for the now unfolded xbone. Now that the xbone is the runt of the litter, all of a sudden wii-u and ps4 are looking great.MooShoo said:
I am sorry but that is just too stupid. You think someone wouldn't buy a game because they had WATCHED it several times? There are several games I have ONLY bought because I watched them online. Your logic is soooo flawed. Do you play games?medv4380 said:
I'm sorry but your logic is completely missing. I have a wife who's a gamer who doesn't want to watch me play certain games because seeing the story played out removes the incentive to actually play the game herself. You're going to need to have better logic then a simple ad hom if you want to prove your point.Amir Kondori said:
No, you realize your argument is weak and so focused on only the barely ad hominem instead of the real argument. Which is that I have bought several games, like Minecraft, Waking Earth, and others only after seeing them played on Youtube yet I have never decided not to purchase a game because I had already seen it on Youtube. I will grant you that a very, very few games can be "ruined" by watching the whole thing through but nearly all games are enjoyed through playing them, not watching them. It is the defining difference between games and movies or TV. This seems so obvious to me. Do you really believe that is not true or do have some other axe to grind?medv4380 said:
