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Do MMORPG's Cause People to Buy Fewer Games at Retail?
Grimwell writes NPD reports that the video games industry isn't doing so hot in 2006. Information on a report found at GameSpot indicates that consoles are down, but PC titles are up, led by MMORPG sales. From the article:
"Do MMORPG's benefit the industry by bringing in more actively involved gamers? Or do they bleed money away from other companies in the industry as MMORPG players spend their money on subscriptions and skip out on trying other games that hit the shelf because they already have something to go home to?"
Yes, very true, fully agree. I recently broke the MMORPG addiction, for the 3rd time, and haven't bought many new games since. I am enjoying talking with people and going out of doors (although the sun did hurt for the first few weeks of trying to go out in it).
Yeah, that's another reason why it needs to be rethought.
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... but other things as well, like food, rent, beer. I'm saving thousands!
The Sun? Never heard of it, what weird world do you live in with your fantasy realms called "out of doors". Man, Slashdot really does attract crazy people.
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i think these guys can explain the the sun. and 'out of doors' is what happens when places like home depot do not adequately track their sales of Disney Smooth 6 Panel 30 x 80 In. PH LH IS W/Tinkerbell 2 Theme doors.
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You are so right on top of it. The game companies are releasing CRAP. I bought "The Bard's Tale" (2005 remake) for $50 only because I *knew* it also had the three original Bard's Tale games bundled with it. It's sad, it's true ... but the "new" version of Bard's Tale gameplay is terrible, quirky and the dialog is a mess. I installed the original three 1980's releases of The Bards Tale and played each one for about 20-30 hours and was like WOW! I had forgotten how much fun those were for their time. I showed the games to my kids and they laughed at me it was really cute. My kids did to me what I did to my parents when they reminisced on the Atari 2600 ;)
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You should have gone to Zul'Furrak. It's sunny there.
I've heard that "SUN" is something that attracts people out of their computerized office. I am not sure exactly how it works but some say it casts "rays" of "sunshine" (I call it buzzword!) that are supposed to make you feel better. My educated guess is that it probably works by attracting people like lightbulbs do for insects at night.
It also has been reported that a few 'female' of the non-geek specy actually enjoy "sunshine" because it is supposed to make them prettier by a process they call "sun tan".
Crazy stuff if you ask me!
d make it worth it to be a gamer in the way that Lost and 24 makes it worth it to buy a TV and put up with advertising.
They still have advertising on TV?
Yea, last time I checked..... I don;t see much of it either...
*pats Philips PVR on head*
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