TotalBiscuit says Microsoft won E3
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I'd say PC's are more consumer friendly, given they are more flexible, and provide the user more freedom to do things like they want to do, rather than how the dev wanted. And I'm not even talking about mods, but peripherals.inu-kun said:
I'd say that, so long as that percentage is above zero, it's worth it to actually provide that freedom.inu-kun said:
And openly antagonizing people who want that freedom (by making products always online, or otherwise blocking off mods and possible peripheral control inputs) is definitively anti-consumer.
As for "do things like they want to do, rather than how the dev wanted".
If I buy a product, what right does the dev have to dictate how I choose to modify it?
Ace Combat is a pretty good example.
It's a mostly console exclusive Flight Game, which means if I want to play it, I'm basically forced to play it with a gamepad, and the dev may indeed have intended for me to play it with a gamepad, but what if I wanted to play it with a proper flight stick?
On a PC, that'd be as simple as plugging in my Logitech Extreme 3D stick, fiddle a bit with some control settings, and that's it. But Ace Combat is on consoles which doesn't give me that freedom. This example was why I generally ranked Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. higher than Ace Combat, because H.A.W.X. didn't force me to play with a gamepad or a keyboard. I could play that with a stick. Not to mention, I could mod it to include any aircraft which the devs may have neglected, provided that another aeronautics nut like me with greater 3D modelling skills had made a mod like that.
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Who says you need top of the line gear?inu-kun said:
You just need gear that can do the job (which instantly causes the price to drop drastically).
I go along with the popular opinion on this one - both Msoft and Sony had good "conferences", but Sony's was leaner, meaner, and classier, even if only by a small margin.
Which are already more powerful than the one in a PS4 (cards with the same power are cheaper), which gives them a longer lifespan than the later. And when time comes to buy the next gen console, you have to keep your old one or you'll never be able to play your old games again. Meanwhile, even PCs with top of the line components can run easily games that are decades old (except if they have a shitty DRM like Microsoft's past attempt of making PC games more console-like: Games for Windows Live).inu-kun said:
Yes, but GameFAQs has a pro-Johnny Novgorod said:That doesn't seem to be the prevailing opinion...
...sorry, couldn't resist. Posted there for years and saw years of people complaining that the site had a bias for [person/group/company/game that won]. Never gets old.
I've found it pretty balanced for the most part. Because then you have this.Something Amyss said:Yes, but GameFAQs has a pro-Johnny Novgorod said:That doesn't seem to be the prevailing opinion...
NintendoSony bias, obv.
...sorry, couldn't resist. Posted there for years and saw years of people complaining that the site had a bias for [person/group/company/game that won]. Never gets old.
I find the internet personality in question to be largely pro-corporate unless it impacts him or he can use it to attack a personal bugbear. But even that aside, he spends a lot of time telling his audience how policies that seem anti-consumer are really totes pro-consumer.Fox12 said:
Because somehow, monopolies and mega-conglomorates are going to get us better games...hey, I hear EA now owns all the rights to make Star Wars games! I'm sure nothing bad could come of that...
...well, I hear Overwatch is fun, at least.
Yes, but you see, that's because the site has a pro-Johnny Novgorod said:I've found it pretty balanced for the most part. Because then you have this.
No, actually, that was a pretty good example of what I meant. One day, Mario might win a poll and people would be outraged at the Nintendo bias. Then maybe the PS1 would win the "best library" thing and suddenly GameFAQs is teh bias towards sony. Then maybe the next Halo would be the most anticipated exclusive FPS and the site was full of Xbots!
...probably had to be there. >.>
(TBH, actually a little surprised the numbers are that low on Battlefield 1. Not that I think Zelda deserves to lose, but after the internet did a slow clap for the trailer, I'd have thought more people would be HYPED)
I'm lost. What exactly did Sony not answer?Michael Prymula said:
That makes sense. I was a little put off when Microsoft was described as pro-consumer. I can get how someone would think that if they only paid attention to the surface details, but if you look a little deeper then you realize that Microsoft is still Microsoft. Microsoft is supporting cross platform play, and wants to support PC gaming? Great! Until you realize that they're obsessed with DRM, want an anti-consumer PC monopoly, and have zero interest in improving their customer service in the PC market. Why be pro-consumer when you can just strong arm everyone? Thanks, but I'll take... Literally anyone else in the gaming market.Something Amyss said:I find the internet personality in question to be largely pro-corporate unless it impacts him or he can use it to attack a personal bugbear. But even that aside, he spends a lot of time telling his audience how policies that seem anti-consumer are really totes pro-consumer.Fox12 said:
Because somehow, monopolies and mega-conglomorates are going to get us better games...hey, I hear EA now owns all the rights to make Star Wars games! I'm sure nothing bad could come of that...
...well, I hear Overwatch is fun, at least.
Yes, but you see, that's because the site has a pro-Johnny Novgorod said:I've found it pretty balanced for the most part. Because then you have this.
SonyNintendo bias.
No, actually, that was a pretty good example of what I meant. One day, Mario might win a poll and people would be outraged at the Nintendo bias. Then maybe the PS1 would win the "best library" thing and suddenly GameFAQs is teh bias towards sony. Then maybe the next Halo would be the most anticipated exclusive FPS and the site was full of Xbots!
...probably had to be there. >.>
(TBH, actually a little surprised the numbers are that low on Battlefield 1. Not that I think Zelda deserves to lose, but after the internet did a slow clap for the trailer, I'd have thought more people would be HYPED)
between Microsoft and Sony conferences i say this yearE3 unfair for Sony because Microsoft got 2 hours conference and Sony only get 1 hours
There's a running joke that I hear about E3 (to the point there's drinking games and my friend makes a bingo card - it filled out this year) where it'll be everything BUT games.
I dunno about other people, but when they get up on stage and start showing social stuff or streaming or movies or whatever my eyes glaze over. That or they announce a game and it's all pre-rendered cinematics.
I can't even tell you my surprise when I saw Sony's conference begin and end with gameplay footage. Perhaps very safe, very deliberate gameplay footage, but we still got gameplay and quite a bit of it.
For a brief glimmer of a moment it felt like it was about video games, that's why I enjoyed the Sony conference, even if none of the new games excited me.
I dunno about other people, but when they get up on stage and start showing social stuff or streaming or movies or whatever my eyes glaze over. That or they announce a game and it's all pre-rendered cinematics.
I can't even tell you my surprise when I saw Sony's conference begin and end with gameplay footage. Perhaps very safe, very deliberate gameplay footage, but we still got gameplay and quite a bit of it.
For a brief glimmer of a moment it felt like it was about video games, that's why I enjoyed the Sony conference, even if none of the new games excited me.
Happy we got a Last Guardian release date though