Zero Punctuation: Next Gen Buyer's Guide

[The Enquirer]

I wonder what sort of LPs Yahtzee watches.

Wouldn't be sure. I thought he was referring to him making LP's.

 

[qeinar]

i'm just going to upgrade my pc again i guess.. if i have to. there's not really anything it can't play atm.

 

[nevarran]

Sadly, some exclusive would probably convince to buy the crap.
I'll do my best to resist tho.

 

[arex778]

it really sucks when the thing i use as an outlet to not get angry (video games) is making me angry because of all the bull from the makers of them.

 

[Trueflame]

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. Out of the three next gen consoles, I might, *might* get a PS4. Eventually. But I see absolutely no reason to even entertain the thought of getting the other two, and have no incentive for getting any next gen console this year, or even next year. Most of the games I've played lately are all ones that lend themselves much better to a PC environment. Games likes Fallout: NV, Skyrim, Morrowind, Civilization 4, and so on. Games that benefit from great mod support, and are much cheaper and financially viable on the PC than any console anyway. I'm content with waiting several years for a next-gen system to amass enough quality exclusives to be truly worthwhile.

And this is coming from someone that only got into PC gaming a couple of years ago, and who is an avid fan and owner of a PS1, PS2, Xbox 360, and most recently, a PS3.

 

[TWEWYFan]

I'm with you on the whole "exclusives held hostage" thing. Well put Yahtzee.

 

[RanceJustice]

I am. It comes at the cost of every problem devs have been stamping onto consoles lately being applied to the PC now. No thank you.

Also you're not helping my views on PC gamers being pretentious with your evangelist style ramblings.

What problems are you referring to? Everything that I list above would put an end toward "Console style problems", not simply transpose them to PC. We don't have to put up with those problems at all if we make it clear that we simply won't tolerate them.

I don't mind if you think I'm pretentious; it bothers me even less as you don't offer anything in opposition to the points I've made. I'm just sick of the progression of the industry, the negative effect the latest console generation has on gaming as a whole, and that the next generation is looking even worse. Things won't improve unless we do something about them. Otherwise, if we're complacent the industry has proven it will simply keep pushing farther.

 

[TRex22]

I know what everyone is doing. Because there was a worry that pc gaming would die everyone has made crap consoles so that PC gaming may live on. Even though PCs are needed to make games.

 

[Zulnam]

When the next gen comes out, Im'ma get an Xbox 360 and a 3DS. Already have a PS3. Can't wait.

 

[w00tage]

(quote yahtzee: what will they do next? yada)

ooorrrrr... the manufacturers will institute an aggressive retirement of games for old consoles and simultaneously squeeze as hard as they can on the used games market. Y'know, so they can force you to buy a new console just to play anything at all.

...nah, that'll never happen. I mean, they'd have to be a bunch of evil manipulative spunkgargleweeweeheads to do something like that.

 

[ServebotFrank]

Nintendo probably would be doing a much better job if they could get some good third party support going. It's pretty much the only thing they need to do at this point in order to be worth a purchase. Get a bunch of exclusives and it's set.

I know nothing about the PS4 besides that it has a controller.

Xbone is not looking to be worth a purchase so ignore this thing at all costs.

 

[Yahtzee Croshaw]

I was secretly hoping this video would begin with "WAR" and end with "In the Navy"


Sigh...

 

[isbjorn]

the more i learn about the next gen the more i love my ps2. Those were the good old days when only being able to play games and watch dvds was enough. time to build my new pc

I second, only I have a PS3 (80 gig so it's backwards compatible) though it is currently refusing to play blurays and has begun to question my PS3 game choices. le sigh.....

I think for my next gaming system, I'm investing in a great PC. Time to learn keyboard controls! Just wish I had the knowledge to build my own.

 

[Deadcyde]

The real shame of it is Yahtzee isn't just nit picking in his usual hilarious manner. He's bang on..

oh well, maybe there's hope in the microconsoles.

 

[E-Penguin]

I wonder what sort of LPs Yahtzee watches.

In case noone has answered this yet - Something Awful-type LPs.
The superior kind, in other words, albeit not always as entertaining, to most people, at least.

If you wish to know more, just google "Something Awful" in combination with "Let's Play".
A lot of fairly interesting stuff, I have to say.

I know about Yahtzee's appreciation of SA let's plays, but I was thinking about specific ones, other than the ones already mentioned in this article: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/8703-Lets-Talk-About-Lets-Play.

 

[Smurf McSmurfington]

I wonder what sort of LPs Yahtzee watches.

In case noone has answered this yet - Something Awful-type LPs.
The superior kind, in other words, albeit not always as entertaining, to most people, at least.

If you wish to know more, just google "Something Awful" in combination with "Let's Play".
A lot of fairly interesting stuff, I have to say.

I know about Yahtzee's appreciation of SA let's plays, but I was thinking about specific ones, other than the ones already mentioned in this article: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/8703-Lets-Talk-About-Lets-Play.

Ah, my bad then.

 

[DataSnake]

I think for my next gaming system, I'm investing in a great PC. Time to learn keyboard controls! Just wish I had the knowledge to build my own.

A couple handy tips:
1. If you don't want to learn keyboard-and-mouse controls, you could just get a 360 controller, those work with PCs.
2. If you want to build your own PC, this guide [http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-your-own-pc,2601.html] should tell you everything you need to make it happen.
3. If you're not sure you're up to that, these guys [http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/] are the next best thing; you can pick what parts you want and they'll build it for you.

 

[taltamir]

Time to look back through the archive and see how this episode compares with his last evaluation of 'next-gen' consoles goes. I'm guessing it's almost identical in feel if not in details.

That said, the cynicism has a certain appeal. Maybe it's because I'm older and more jaded, or maybe this is the first step on the road to Video Game Apocalypse.

cynicism? this was not an over the top parody of a review, but a regular run of the mill review for next gen consoles, because they are really that bad.

 

[SilverUchiha]

It occurs to me that Yahtzee might have even more reason to *****. He's imported games before to get around fucked up Australian release dates, but it suddenly occurs to me that used games shenanigans may prevent imports altogether...

I actually recall reading something about the XboxOne being region locked... so probably.

 

[13]

Yahtzee, you make me wish I could hibernate for an entire year 'till the next E3.