Escapist News Network: Got to Catch Them All
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Well done. Well done indeed. The monks of St. Pokedexius will be singing of this feature for all eternity.Lady Kathleen said:
Now get on my horse, I'll take you 'round the universe, and all the other places too.
I DEMAND an MP3 of that "You pwned his noob face through half of the level" because it was pure awesomeness.
Whole episode was great as always.
Only weird thing is that I think something in the camera was set wrong while recording the "studio" part of the show, because your faces were just glowing yellow.
Whole episode was great as always.
Only weird thing is that I think something in the camera was set wrong while recording the "studio" part of the show, because your faces were just glowing yellow.
macs are more than shit for gaming ... bridge the gap on that one.
I'm sure they were busting a gut after they got the singing section finished.
Final note: at least the illuminated work on the back of the mac would cover one of those ever-so-important apples.
I'm sure they were busting a gut after they got the singing section finished.
Final note: at least the illuminated work on the back of the mac would cover one of those ever-so-important apples.
Oh please. Just because this is the first time they are complaining and trying to counter used game sales doesn't mean it hasn't been hurting them throughout gaming history. But when you consider how much games for PS3, 360, and high end PCs cost to develop these days and the state of the economy in many place of the world today, it's pretty obvious why publishers choose now to try and combat the used game market with online passes for multiplayer and stuff like EA's Project Ten Dollar (which is NOT the same as the "you can't play MP if you buy used unless you buy a code" thing). No matter the real reason they are losing money and where they are losing it, trying to combat used sales is one way to tighten the belt and of course they're going to try.ewhac said:
Anyway I can only hope that the Virtual Boy comeback kills 3D gaming. So sick of hearing about it, especially from Sony (I think MS is right when they say Sony pushes so hard because Sony also sells 3DTVs). I don't care how awesome it might make playing the game, as long as you want me to wear goggles you can take your 3D and shove it.
And let it be known by the holy order of gaming monks that Macs are shit for gaming.
Good heavens. The man himself:
Point being: Citing development costs as justification for squelching the used games market doesn't really fly, as AAA title development has always been costly in one way or another. Yet we didn't hear much noise about sales of used Nintento carts, or used Sega carts, or used Playstation discs...
Well, of course it affects them (to unknowable degrees), just as used car sales affects car manufacturers, just as used book stores affect book publishers. My issue is their raising a stink about it in the apocalyptic terms they have.GrahamS said:
We are in violent agreement. If you were looking for a poster child on how to construct a used game sale and rental business in the most dickish way possible, you'd be hard pressed to exceed GameStop. I never spend money there.
Perhaps not so odd for me. I shop at Fry's. They put non-defective customer returns back on the shelf, marked down slightly.
Not really relevant. Nintendo carts in the 1980's had a BOM cost of about $15-$20 each -- most of which was Nintendo's "because we can" charge. Sega carts weren't much better. This is what spurred EA to successfully crack Sega's platform locks (thereby forcing a more equitable deal), and eventually drove Trip Hawkins to launch 3DO...mjc0961 said:
Point being: Citing development costs as justification for squelching the used games market doesn't really fly, as AAA title development has always been costly in one way or another. Yet we didn't hear much noise about sales of used Nintento carts, or used Sega carts, or used Playstation discs...
It's a market abnormality that GameStop is able to build so much profit into used games. Competitors in are exactly the cure. (As for why they invite reselling, games are high-expense, minimally-degrading items with a limited personal lifetime. If movie theaters disappeared and BlueRays were the only way to experience new films, reselling those would vastly outpace used games.)GrahamS said:
ENN you reached a new milestone! Good acting, great humour and brilliantly orriginal.
You have outdone yourselfs.
You have outdone yourselfs.
