Or they just started making more of them, perhaps? The Wii still tops the sales charts in the UK, at least, and according to this site, sold more in the US in Feb 2009 than the 360 and PS3 COMBINED.
Man, you are so wrong. I think you just over-levelled and made it too easy which is a design flaw inherent in all RPGs (well, maybe not Oblivion, but look how well its levelling system went down). I loved the battle system in FF12. I can see that it did expose more than usual the diry secret of RPGs in that all you do is the same moves over and over to win fights but that is not the gambit system at fault, it is the same in other FF's where you select "Attack" or "Firaga" from the menu every single turn.
This is nonsense, the C64 died naturally along with all the rest of the 8-bits, and the Amiga could have been where the PC is now were it not for Commodore's colossal management blunders. Piracy had zero to do with it.
I noticed that too about FM Live, and it is pretty bonkers. However, HMV were selling boxed copies in-store for the same price as Amazon, so maybe it speaks more about FM Live's pricing policies than anything else.
If the "justice system" can't be trusted to correctly hand down minor sentences, why on earth do you think they would be able to adminster the death penalty appropriately?
The PS3 system updates are for the f*cking DRM on Bluray that they keep changing.
Nonsense. Regardless of whether it is slow or not, this claim is just not correct. The last PS3 update added a photo viewer application for example. Another added trophy support. Another added in-game XMB. In fact, if you look at the list of what changed in the firmware update, Blu-rays are only rarely mentioned, and that is for non-DRM matters.
What I am getting at is - PS3 firmware updates are a GOOD thing.
Like in so many other areas of life, the games industry are condemned to repeat their mistakes. The industry managed to wean itself off expansion packs a few years ago when they realised that instead of an audience of all potential gamers, they were limiting themselves solely to gamers who bought the original game, which led to much diminishing returns. So they launched into the standalone yearly sequel with gusto, but now digital distribution makes the costs of expansion packs seem attractive again. Plus it allows them the possibiltiy of a bit of sleight of hand and charging money to unlock stuff that is already in the original download (e.g. Megaman 9)
People say it is very expensive because it is. If the only feature you care about is the ability to play the latest games, then it is hard to recommend the PS3 over the 360. And I'm saying this as a PS3 owner. I love my PS3, but Sony need to bite the bullet and drop the price or MS are going to eat their lunch.
This troll always amuses me when I see it. The idea that an OS evangelist WOULDN'T EVEN WANT their OS to be popular. I guess it's like the people who were into bands "before they were famous".
I dunno what Braben is moaning about. His current game, Lost Winds, is Wii-ware only and as such not a part of this retail cycle at all. As for claiming that the quality of games ain't what they used to be, this is the man who released Frontier:First Encounters, which was so bugged some shops refused to sell it. Arguably not his fault, as the publisher forced his hand - but it shows his rose tinted glasses.
I was visting a friends and as they were off making a cup of coffee I noticed that their widescreen TV was in letterbox mode, unused black borders top and bottom! So, thinking I am doing them a favour, I dig through all their freeview menus and set the display to 16:9. All is good now, right? Well, the next time I visit - they have SET IT BACK to letterbox! For some bizarre reason, they prefer that. Guess it looks "cinematic" or something.
According to a recent Guardian article, an early edition of Dr. Spock advised mothers to relax during breastfeeding "perhaps with a beer or cigarette". I would try to find a cite, but as a Star Trek fan, the thought of typing "Spock beer cigarette breastfeeding" into Google terrifies me.
Yeah, kind of like Dogme for films. From Wiki - "The goal of the Dogme collective is to purify filmmaking by refusing expensive and spectacular special effects, postproduction modifications and other gimmicks"
It would be an intriguing experiment to set down similar rules for video games.
Why? Because their business model to date has been "what we did last time, only with better graphics". Now they can't do that and they are shit out of ideas.
When I was 18, I used to work with a guy in his 30s, born again. With a solemn face he would tell me about his "sins" and how he had lived a live of debauchery for years but now he had seen the light and was a Christian now, and how I shouldn't make the same mistake he did and repent now. I'm thinking "Nuts to you pal, so you get your 10 years of hedonism 'til your good and done with it and then turn round and try to deny me the same?"
Nothing like saving other people from YOUR temptations.
Impressive though this is, could someone not, well, just look in the same direction as you to see what you were looking at? Get back to me when it can tell what you are thinking about!
She packed my bags last night pre-flight Zero hour nine a.m. And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then I miss the earth so much I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight
And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids In fact it's cold as hell And there's no one there to raise them if you did And all this science I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A rocket man, a rocket man
I forgot about that noise too! And the "fdooiiinnng" when you degaussed it. And they made some interesting clicks and pops too when you changed resolution, sometimes to the extent that you wondered if you were about to be showered in exploding glass.
Must be the Family Guy episode where she drove into the town's transmitter and knocked out TV reception for the whole town (well, actually Peter did it and bribed her to take the blame)
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Or they just started making more of them, perhaps? The Wii still tops the sales charts in the UK, at least, and according to this site, sold more in the US in Feb 2009 than the 360 and PS3 COMBINED.
http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=11067
Looks like you're gonna need a new theory!
Man, you are so wrong. I think you just over-levelled and made it too easy which is a design flaw inherent in all RPGs (well, maybe not Oblivion, but look how well its levelling system went down). I loved the battle system in FF12. I can see that it did expose more than usual the diry secret of RPGs in that all you do is the same moves over and over to win fights but that is not the gambit system at fault, it is the same in other FF's where you select "Attack" or "Firaga" from the menu every single turn.
This is nonsense, the C64 died naturally along with all the rest of the 8-bits, and the Amiga could have been where the PC is now were it not for Commodore's colossal management blunders. Piracy had zero to do with it.
I noticed that too about FM Live, and it is pretty bonkers. However, HMV were selling boxed copies in-store for the same price as Amazon, so maybe it speaks more about FM Live's pricing policies than anything else.
Tetris was originally created in 1985. So in fact, yes, every falling block based game was influenced by it.
If the "justice system" can't be trusted to correctly hand down minor sentences, why on earth do you think they would be able to adminster the death penalty appropriately?
The PS3 system updates are for the f*cking DRM on Bluray that they keep changing.
Nonsense. Regardless of whether it is slow or not, this claim is just not correct. The last PS3 update added a photo viewer application for example. Another added trophy support. Another added in-game XMB. In fact, if you look at the list of what changed in the firmware update, Blu-rays are only rarely mentioned, and that is for non-DRM matters.
What I am getting at is - PS3 firmware updates are a GOOD thing.
Like in so many other areas of life, the games industry are condemned to repeat their mistakes. The industry managed to wean itself off expansion packs a few years ago when they realised that instead of an audience of all potential gamers, they were limiting themselves solely to gamers who bought the original game, which led to much diminishing returns.
So they launched into the standalone yearly sequel with gusto, but now digital distribution makes the costs of expansion packs seem attractive again. Plus it allows them the possibiltiy of a bit of sleight of hand and charging money to unlock stuff that is already in the original download (e.g. Megaman 9)
They'll grow out of it. Again.
People say it is very expensive because it is. If the only feature you care about is the ability to play the latest games, then it is hard to recommend the PS3 over the 360. And I'm saying this as a PS3 owner. I love my PS3, but Sony need to bite the bullet and drop the price or MS are going to eat their lunch.
This troll always amuses me when I see it. The idea that an OS evangelist WOULDN'T EVEN WANT their OS to be popular. I guess it's like the people who were into bands "before they were famous".
According to this legislation, minors are born corrupt.
Well, Christianity has been saying that for hundreds of years now.
That's ok then, they will all get re-hired the next day.
I dunno what Braben is moaning about. His current game, Lost Winds, is Wii-ware only and as such not a part of this retail cycle at all. As for claiming that the quality of games ain't what they used to be, this is the man who released Frontier:First Encounters, which was so bugged some shops refused to sell it. Arguably not his fault, as the publisher forced his hand - but it shows his rose tinted glasses.
And, dammit, when is someone gonna make a new, *good*, squad-based, tactical turn-based game like X-COM or Jagged Alliance again?
Check out Valkyria Chronicles, if you have a PS3. It could be exactly what you want.
I was visting a friends and as they were off making a cup of coffee I noticed that their widescreen TV was in letterbox mode, unused black borders top and bottom! So, thinking I am doing them a favour, I dig through all their freeview menus and set the display to 16:9. All is good now, right? Well, the next time I visit - they have SET IT BACK to letterbox! For some bizarre reason, they prefer that. Guess it looks "cinematic" or something.
According to a recent Guardian article, an early edition of Dr. Spock advised mothers to relax during breastfeeding "perhaps with a beer or cigarette". I would try to find a cite, but as a Star Trek fan, the thought of typing "Spock beer cigarette breastfeeding" into Google terrifies me.
Yeah, kind of like Dogme for films. From Wiki - "The goal of the Dogme collective is to purify filmmaking by refusing expensive and spectacular special effects, postproduction modifications and other gimmicks"
It would be an intriguing experiment to set down similar rules for video games.
Why? Because their business model to date has been "what we did last time, only with better graphics". Now they can't do that and they are shit out of ideas.
When I was 18, I used to work with a guy in his 30s, born again. With a solemn face he would tell me about his "sins" and how he had lived a live of debauchery for years but now he had seen the light and was a Christian now, and how I shouldn't make the same mistake he did and repent now. I'm thinking "Nuts to you pal, so you get your 10 years of hedonism 'til your good and done with it and then turn round and try to deny me the same?"
Nothing like saving other people from YOUR temptations.
Yes, we should avoid the use of such double plus ungood words!
Impressive though this is, could someone not, well, just look in the same direction as you to see what you were looking at?
Get back to me when it can tell what you are thinking about!
(Shatner version, obviously)
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man
I forgot about that noise too! And the "fdooiiinnng" when you degaussed it.
And they made some interesting clicks and pops too when you changed resolution, sometimes to the extent that you wondered if you were about to be showered in exploding glass.
Well, given their adventures to date in the games console arena, perhaps this is a lesson they haven't quite learned yet.
Must be the Family Guy episode where she drove into the town's transmitter and knocked out TV reception for the whole town (well, actually Peter did it and bribed her to take the blame)