Jimquisition: Better Does Not Mean Good
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You said the poor in America are living better than the richest people in your country.Strazdas said:
If you honestly think that it true you are absolutely delusional.
We have plenty of people who are poor who live on the streets, don't have food, and don't have homes so please take your bigotry and hate for America and plug it somewhere else.
Hm, actually I've noticed that nowadays I buy more games on a later date, with a discount, although I have money. And that is directly tied to the way publishers sell it. For example, I have no problem buying Dark Souls or Shadows of The Damned day 1 at full price. You pay, you get the whole game, maybe there will be DLC, maybe not. However I've also wanted to buy Prototype 2 day 1 (liked the original) but now it comes with this Radnet pass, and not only that - CE comes with a code for DLC... In this case I just feel like waiting until I can buy the full game. Same with Asura Wraith - BTW I don't know if they released all episodes already or not? And it happens more and more often. In 2008-2009 I got almost all PS3 games day 1, but now...
Yeah, it could be worse, at least some games are sold complete. But it will get worse as major publishers try to milk as much as they can from consumers.
Yeah, it could be worse, at least some games are sold complete. But it will get worse as major publishers try to milk as much as they can from consumers.
Prices are relevant to your country's economy, your 1000 a month most likely carries much more weight in your country than it would in America, but that doesn't make you magically worse off than people who say make double that amount in the US, their relative buying power locally would be far less.Strazdas said:
Hell look at Australia their average minimum wage is double that of the U.S., why aren't you hating on them?
"It could be worse."
Response: "Of course it could be worse! That's why I'm complaining! To make sure it doesn't become worse!"
Response: "Of course it could be worse! That's why I'm complaining! To make sure it doesn't become worse!"
You know I can handle extreme arrogance and a monumental god complex when the man spouting such words knows what he's talking about. Bravo Jim Sterling, may your god-like reign continue ever more.
Again with the "pick random forum post with weak argument, slay weak argument" routine. Between that and reflecting common gamer attitude towards exploitative business practices, there's not much else, is there?
Also, I know where your name is from and I'm not sure that's a good thing...though I'm gonna go listen to Chase the Morning again.
Oh come on, most obvious joke in the world, I was just waiting for which product it wasZydrate said:
Also, I know where your name is from and I'm not sure that's a good thing...though I'm gonna go listen to Chase the Morning again.
Laughed my ass off at the cereal box. And you're absolutely right. Jim Sterling 2012! Thank God for you!
From my experience, "It could be worse" is the clearest indicator of someone who thinks they're acting mature and even-handed, when in fact they're just lazy and apathetic but still feel the need to say SOMETHING.Adam Jensen said:
I'd argue that the phrase is a modern platitude.
Of course, the real danger of that attitude en-masse, is that with mass-apathy comes a lack of resistance to change; including change for the worse.
When the Horse Armor DLC was revealed to be on the Oblivion's disc, people would legitimately outraged. Now, it's part-and-parcel for the business. Few fought against it and so it became legitimized not through mass-approval, but through minority approval and mass-apathy.
...which now that I think about it, mirrors voter turnout and the general public attitude in real life. Scary.
Teehee!deth2munkies said:Oh come on, most obvious joke in the world, I was just waiting for which product it wasZydrate said:
Also, I know where your name is from and I'm not sure that's a good thing...though I'm gonna go listen to Chase the Morning again.
It did honestly catch me off guard. I'm not sure why.
I'm surprised your not outraged that the publishers are nickel and diming us Australians by jacking up the prices far beyond the profit point simply because it's "the norm" (And thus not newsworthy).
Well... Guess I'll just stick to ozgameshop.com
Well... Guess I'll just stick to ozgameshop.com
That was a french accent. Please don't confuse the two; my accent is better than the french.daxterx2005 said:
Pretty sure that was the point....Gather said:
He was doing a crappy job and it was hilarious.
Just had to pipe up about Extra Credits / Jimquisition
I fundamentally like both shows, but I've begun to realise that EC is probably
always going to go down the 'properly educational' route whereas J tends to be
more free to vent and pour scorn on the really nasty parts of the industry. (and
press, and communities...)
That's fine, and there's a place for them both. I can just see that EC has the
benefit of hordes of wannabe game developers (no shame in that) as their audience;
J is more likely to take the view of the consumer - again - only a complete chump
would ignore one at the expense of the other. I find game dev interesting but have
no plans to do it as a career, so J is generally more entertaining for me: if only
because he doesn't take the softly softly approach of EC that feels like you're
being lightly lectured to sometimes - probably intentional, and fair enough!
It hurts my academic brain to suggest it, but sometimes outright scorn is more effective than objective criticism. The more I watch of J the more I see what kinds of dirty tricks
the industry gets up to and gets away with! Things that have never personally affected me
like day one DLC, but I still get narked about. For game devs I guess J is usually 'what not to do' and EC is more 'what to do better'.
I fundamentally like both shows, but I've begun to realise that EC is probably
always going to go down the 'properly educational' route whereas J tends to be
more free to vent and pour scorn on the really nasty parts of the industry. (and
press, and communities...)
That's fine, and there's a place for them both. I can just see that EC has the
benefit of hordes of wannabe game developers (no shame in that) as their audience;
J is more likely to take the view of the consumer - again - only a complete chump
would ignore one at the expense of the other. I find game dev interesting but have
no plans to do it as a career, so J is generally more entertaining for me: if only
because he doesn't take the softly softly approach of EC that feels like you're
being lightly lectured to sometimes - probably intentional, and fair enough!
It hurts my academic brain to suggest it, but sometimes outright scorn is more effective than objective criticism. The more I watch of J the more I see what kinds of dirty tricks
the industry gets up to and gets away with! Things that have never personally affected me
like day one DLC, but I still get narked about. For game devs I guess J is usually 'what not to do' and EC is more 'what to do better'.