Leaked Microsoft Video Reveals Horrible Future for PC Gaming
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I watched the vid a week ago, and it still haunts me. The eerie avatars, the cheerful colors, the sexist idea about women and their love of bejeweled, it was all so bad.
Wait, what? I'm confused. I'm sorry, but that didn't seem that horrifying to me. Just...odd. They are selling the shit out of that, thing gotta say. Yeah, the only horrifying thing I can see is the whole micro-transaction thing... (shudder). Other that that it actually looked cool....BUT that is only because they sold the fuck out of it, like I said.
Is it just me or does the face of the guy who's slacking off at work look suspiciously similar to the inhuman emotionless surgeon from the Theme Hospital opening cutscenes?
Ahh, sometimes I can't help but think MS is just digging a hole with all this casual stuff, they barely know what they're doing.
Nintendo's approach to casual gaming; make an easily accessible console with some genuinely well made casual games.
Microsofts approach; integrate everything with Facebook, bombard everyone with microtransations, make some mediocre games then give your marketing team a call and hope for the best.
Nintendo's approach to casual gaming; make an easily accessible console with some genuinely well made casual games.
Microsofts approach; integrate everything with Facebook, bombard everyone with microtransations, make some mediocre games then give your marketing team a call and hope for the best.
Pretty much. The problem is that they'll put so much advertisement and money behind it that people will buy it in spite of themselves, and then regret it. I.e., it works once, and then they have to do something completely different the next time.Dexiro said:
Big surprise. Microsoft misses the point. I'm not concerned, they are not the people i turn to to set standards for PC gaming. All i expect is for those bastards to provide me with a computer so i can play them. I'd buy Mac, if those pieces of shit weren't so expensive.
this is pathetic. microtransactions are a stupid way to cash in on stupid people. all this bullshit we're expected to buy nowadays used to be included with games that cost $10 less.
besides, casual games can be easily found for free on tons of sources, so why microsoft expects people to pay for what they can already find is beyond me
i lol'ddbmountain said:
besides, casual games can be easily found for free on tons of sources, so why microsoft expects people to pay for what they can already find is beyond me
i'm building a bunker with my Half Life, first C&C, Civ 2, Civ 4, Orange Box, Zeus Master of Oylmpus and Duke Nukem 3d Atomic Edition. anyone who wants to join me feel free.
No microsoft, please dont change the world like that. Change =/= good. If this is the future of gaming, I am no longer a gamer.
That didn't exactly reach out to me either. I'm surprised how brazenly it was put there as well! It should have read - "Buying things enhances Microsoft's spending power, hopefully leading to a larger market share and the eventual destruction of Apple".AnythingOutstanding said:
The integration side of the video makes sense to me. Not only is technology moving toward a single multi-function device but software is trying to be globally integrated with all other software. Just finished that edit? - As soon as the final render is complete Premier immediately updates your professional network across all mediums. Not a bad thing - until of course we have no reason to go outside as all out interactions occur through a screen and keyboard.
It really does seem like the writing is on the wall. AAA PC titles must cost so much more than AAA console titles only for the developers to see diminished returns due to the limited number of people with rigs good enough to make the most of them and our friend piracy. It looks like I won't be needing to upgrade my rig for quite some time.
I felt a great disturbance in the Internet...as if millions of PC gamers suddenly cried out in terror...and were suddenly silenced...I fear something terrible has happened.
Am I not the first one to type that in this here thread? ...Darn.
Am I not the first one to type that in this here thread? ...Darn.