Quality over quantity is definitely valid, I concur. But my kids' better quality toys are books (My 8 year old asks for books for Xmas, bless his heart), so I don't feel guilty cheaping out on the 'knock-off' blocks which aren't taken care of nearly as well. Hope that helps justify my position - that, and Lego must be more expensive in Canada then the US, since I seem to be the only one mentioning the obscenely high price.:D
No offense meant at all, but my kids are 8 and 2, and aren't anal-retentive collectors that keep everything pristine - they're rough on their stuff, like normal kids, and lose pieces frequently, and I'm more willing to pay Mega Blok prices to replenish the stocks than Lego prices.
Still cheaper to buy Mega Bloks and refresh/replace them every year when they start to get worn inside. We usually have to buy a new bucket full once a year or so anyways, due to the inevitable 'shrinkage' - vacuum cleaner, swept up with other detritus when cleaning, spread around the house, or the Bermuda Triangle Effect (they just seem to disappear slowly after a time, just like all the forks in our house - frickin' weird).
My kids have been playing with Mega Bloks for years. When you can buy big buckets of them for $20 when Lego costs $100 or more for the bigger sets, well, the choice is obvious.
Are you kidding? My wife (yes, a mom of two) is foaming at the mouth to get Nintendogs, and that new 'Cooking Mama' game... and up until a year ago, I couldn't get her to play a game for more than ten minutes, other than playing Chrono Trigger halfway through (with level 99 characters on my New Game+, back in 1996) when she was laid up sick for a week.
I really don't think I'm going to be able to hang on to them until Xmas; she's about ready to go out and buy them on her own...
I'm a beta tester. There is no DRM, just an authentication key. Plug it in to the demo, and it becomes the full game. All authentication is done through Introversion's metaserver.
Some people got the game from somewhere other than retail (Say, a 14 day trial they threw their credit card number into, for example), so those sales don't count in the 1.4 million. Retail sales only. Again, RTFA.
It'd be nice to pay for the first half of a game to see if I like it before shelling out the rest....I refuse to pay for demos, and that's essentially what it would be.
It's kind of strange how last week, I had thought that season ten had been going a bit down hill, but now after watching '200' yesterday, and reading the headline this morning, I want nothing more than to have the show go on another ten years...
...The reason they're giving specific release dates now, is probably because they're actually all ready for release, but in Microsoft's wisdom they're just staggering the releases, rationing out the new (old) content rather than dumping it all on Live Arcade at once, and then going without anything new for a few weeks (or months).
How are the dumbasses supposed to know that they're dumbasses if someone doesn't tell them? It's not like any dumbass would come to the conclusion that he's a dumbass on his own!
You point it at the screen, and can aim at objects within the game and perform an action with regards to said objects by pushing a button. That's what lightguns do. That says lightgun-or-equivalent to me.
Nintendo has a new version of Duck Hunt slated form the Wii. That says lightgun-or-equivalent to me.
Yeah, sure, it has positional gyroscopes, a speaker, can double as an 8-bit era-esque controller turned on its side, that's great - but in essence, it's still really a fancy lightgun (or equivalent).
Other than Guild Wars, an arkanoid clone, and some of the PopCap games (all on the PC), she's never played a game for more than an hour or two total before declaring it boring. (The exception being Chrono Trigger one week when she was sick, and only because she could use the game+ feature to start with level 99 characters - once she was better, the game was forgotten. That was like nine years ago.)
I'm a fairly good judge of what she'll find boring, and how long it'll be before she gets bored with it - after all, we've been together 10 years now. We could both probably fly to Europe for a week with the money spent on games she's played for ten minutes, or less, all in my attempts to get her to game with me. Not an insult either; she'd tell you the same thing if she had an account here.
Now, Super Mario Galaxy is something she'd play. She's seen the E3 footage. It's cute, and it uses the lightgun-esque nature of the Wiimote. Wii Sports is something she'd play with our son, or when company was over. Metroid Prime 3 is something she'd curl up on the couch and watch me play. Those three games should be enough for me to finally convert her over to console gaming.
And I'll bet that's basically what Nintendo had in mind all along. Not my wife specifically, but hundreds, thousands of people like her. People not adverse to gaming, just needing something fun and unique to push them over the edge.
why have these two things never been combined? Seems like a no brainer.
Probably because there's never really been a mass marketed system released that came with a light gun (or equivalent) standard (and I don't mean just in 'deluxe' packages). Since the Wii now has a light gun equivalent packed in with it, you'll actually see more than a handful of games that use the feature.
This is one of the reasons I might actually be able to finally get the wife interested in console gaming - she likes playing light gun games in the arcade, and always nagged me to get one for the ps2. Lack of really good ps2 light gun games kept me from wasting money on it (no, I didn't care for the Time Crisis games).
How many people want both a DVD player and a Wii on their entertainment unit?
I do.
I look at it this way - electronic devices have a finite lifespan, yes? The device used once or twice a week will usually last longer before wearing out/breaking down (on average) than the one used 12 hours a day, every day? So, I'd rather buy a much cheaper (some might say almost disposable these days) stand-alone DVD player and replace that several times, rather than wearing out my ~$300 (Canadian dollars) console watching movies.
Now, this may be a silly way to look at it from some people's point of view, but it's the way I, and others I know, see it. YMMV.
A.Net is trying to force everyone into PvP, and they seem to be of the mindset that everyone wants to PvP, they just don't know it yet. That's why they made so many of the changes they did. They were honestly surprised that many people only wanted to play PvE-style, and did not care for fighting other people. They could have reacted by creating a more PvE-friendly game, but their PvP short-sightedness (along with not caring about the character slot or storage issues) has turned myself, and several friends off from the game.
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Quality over quantity is definitely valid, I concur. But my kids' better quality toys are books (My 8 year old asks for books for Xmas, bless his heart), so I don't feel guilty cheaping out on the 'knock-off' blocks which aren't taken care of nearly as well. Hope that helps justify my position - that, and Lego must be more expensive in Canada then the US, since I seem to be the only one mentioning the obscenely high price. :D
No offense meant at all, but my kids are 8 and 2, and aren't anal-retentive collectors that keep everything pristine - they're rough on their stuff, like normal kids, and lose pieces frequently, and I'm more willing to pay Mega Blok prices to replenish the stocks than Lego prices.
Still cheaper to buy Mega Bloks and refresh/replace them every year when they start to get worn inside. We usually have to buy a new bucket full once a year or so anyways, due to the inevitable 'shrinkage' - vacuum cleaner, swept up with other detritus when cleaning, spread around the house, or the Bermuda Triangle Effect (they just seem to disappear slowly after a time, just like all the forks in our house - frickin' weird).
My kids have been playing with Mega Bloks for years. When you can buy big buckets of them for $20 when Lego costs $100 or more for the bigger sets, well, the choice is obvious.
Once again - the USA is not the whole world. You must be a USAian.
http://www.hddvdfreak.com/2008/01/hd-dvd-group-pu.html
"there are now more than 400 titles available in the US and more than 1,000 titles available worldwide"
And don't forget - no region coding on HD DVDs. Can we say 'import'?
Oh boy, more military shooters! There certainly aren't enough of those out on the market!
...Is this page part of an ARG?
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Are you kidding? My wife (yes, a mom of two) is foaming at the mouth to get Nintendogs, and that new 'Cooking Mama' game... and up until a year ago, I couldn't get her to play a game for more than ten minutes, other than playing Chrono Trigger halfway through (with level 99 characters on my New Game+, back in 1996) when she was laid up sick for a week.
I really don't think I'm going to be able to hang on to them until Xmas; she's about ready to go out and buy them on her own...
I'm a beta tester. There is no DRM, just an authentication key. Plug it in to the demo, and it becomes the full game. All authentication is done through Introversion's metaserver.
Analogy time:
Buying a PC game doesn't always entitle you to a copy of the Mac version of the game as well.
Buying a PS2 game doesn't entitle you to a copy of the GameCube version of the game as well.
Why should this be any different?
Suck it up, or just use Opera on your PC. *shrug*
(FYI - No intention of buying it myself, I have a PC for that kind of thing)
Truly dedicated != money to burn.
I'm a dedicated gamer, but with a second kid on the way, I'm not spending a month's rent on a PS3 without even bring a game to the sales counter.
US figures only, not world wide. RTFA.
Some people got the game from somewhere other than retail (Say, a 14 day trial they threw their credit card number into, for example), so those sales don't count in the 1.4 million. Retail sales only. Again, RTFA.
It'd be nice to pay for the first half of a game to see if I like it before shelling out the rest. ...I refuse to pay for demos, and that's essentially what it would be.
It's kind of strange how last week, I had thought that season ten had been going a bit down hill, but now after watching '200' yesterday, and reading the headline this morning, I want nothing more than to have the show go on another ten years...
...The reason they're giving specific release dates now, is probably because they're actually all ready for release, but in Microsoft's wisdom they're just staggering the releases, rationing out the new (old) content rather than dumping it all on Live Arcade at once, and then going without anything new for a few weeks (or months).
How are the dumbasses supposed to know that they're dumbasses if someone doesn't tell them? It's not like any dumbass would come to the conclusion that he's a dumbass on his own!
(Burn, karma, burn! Karma Inferno!)
You point it at the screen, and can aim at objects within the game and perform an action with regards to said objects by pushing a button. That's what lightguns do. That says lightgun-or-equivalent to me.
Nintendo has a new version of Duck Hunt slated form the Wii. That says lightgun-or-equivalent to me.
Yeah, sure, it has positional gyroscopes, a speaker, can double as an 8-bit era-esque controller turned on its side, that's great - but in essence, it's still really a fancy lightgun (or equivalent).
I shouldn't be feeding the trolls, but here goes.
Other than Guild Wars, an arkanoid clone, and some of the PopCap games (all on the PC), she's never played a game for more than an hour or two total before declaring it boring. (The exception being Chrono Trigger one week when she was sick, and only because she could use the game+ feature to start with level 99 characters - once she was better, the game was forgotten. That was like nine years ago.)
I'm a fairly good judge of what she'll find boring, and how long it'll be before she gets bored with it - after all, we've been together 10 years now. We could both probably fly to Europe for a week with the money spent on games she's played for ten minutes, or less, all in my attempts to get her to game with me. Not an insult either; she'd tell you the same thing if she had an account here.
Now, Super Mario Galaxy is something she'd play. She's seen the E3 footage. It's cute, and it uses the lightgun-esque nature of the Wiimote. Wii Sports is something she'd play with our son, or when company was over. Metroid Prime 3 is something she'd curl up on the couch and watch me play. Those three games should be enough for me to finally convert her over to console gaming.
And I'll bet that's basically what Nintendo had in mind all along. Not my wife specifically, but hundreds, thousands of people like her. People not adverse to gaming, just needing something fun and unique to push them over the edge.
why have these two things never been combined? Seems like a no brainer.
Probably because there's never really been a mass marketed system released that came with a light gun (or equivalent) standard (and I don't mean just in 'deluxe' packages). Since the Wii now has a light gun equivalent packed in with it, you'll actually see more than a handful of games that use the feature.
This is one of the reasons I might actually be able to finally get the wife interested in console gaming - she likes playing light gun games in the arcade, and always nagged me to get one for the ps2. Lack of really good ps2 light gun games kept me from wasting money on it (no, I didn't care for the Time Crisis games).
How many people want both a DVD player and a Wii on their entertainment unit?
I do.
I look at it this way - electronic devices have a finite lifespan, yes? The device used once or twice a week will usually last longer before wearing out/breaking down (on average) than the one used 12 hours a day, every day? So, I'd rather buy a much cheaper (some might say almost disposable these days) stand-alone DVD player and replace that several times, rather than wearing out my ~$300 (Canadian dollars) console watching movies.
Now, this may be a silly way to look at it from some people's point of view, but it's the way I, and others I know, see it. YMMV.
...If I had mod points, you'd get them.
A.Net is trying to force everyone into PvP, and they seem to be of the mindset that everyone wants to PvP, they just don't know it yet. That's why they made so many of the changes they did. They were honestly surprised that many people only wanted to play PvE-style, and did not care for fighting other people. They could have reacted by creating a more PvE-friendly game, but their PvP short-sightedness (along with not caring about the character slot or storage issues) has turned myself, and several friends off from the game.