Im just playing "what if" here, so dont take it too seriously (or flame) but.. what about if he HAS been tempted by the cash and he IS rushing the game? (although maybe a little later than december to keep a low profile) wouldnt be the first thing to say "Hey dont worry we are not rushing it... it was almost finished when this hit"? I mean, some fans have been waiting for DNF for ages, they probably wouldnt be too amused if all it took to get the game out the door were $500k!
Anyway, considering the source, I wouldnt hold my breathe on that theory.
Counter strike, pokemon, wario, super mario 2, gauntlet, dead or alive and a whole bunch of others were initially indie projects, the thing is in videogames HIT indie projects ussually dont stay that way too long. (although they are some exceptions like popcap, gish, alien hominid, etc) the same can be said about the movies you mentioned though.
Is a lot more possible for Duke Nukem Forever to show up, BEFORE any release date for the phantom is at hand.
at least apparently:
From wikipedia:
2006
* February: In an interview Broussard had this to say about Duke Nukem Forever[15]:
Duke Nukem Forever
It's definitely going well now. Things are together; we're in full production. We're basically just pulling all the pieces together and making the game out of it. There's a lot that's finished. All the guns are finished. Most of the creatures are finished. And as I said, we're just basically pulling it all together and trying to make it fun. We've kind of got all these disassociated elements that make up a game, and you put them together and things happen. And then you just tweak it and polish it until it's fun, and that's kind of the phase we're in now, just trying to make something that is really fun to play and interesting.
Duke Nukem Forever
* March: Scott Miller, CEO of 3D Realms, announced that the company intends on developing a sequel to Duke Nukem Forever. [16]
* April: In an interview with Computer Game Magazine George Broussard made the following statement.
Duke Nukem Forever
The problem is that when we show it, people are going to be like, 'Yeah, whatever'. Honestly, at this point we just want to finish it.
Duke Nukem Forever
Broussard also demonstrated samples of the game, including an early level, a vehicle sequence, and a few test rooms [17]
So apparently they are working on it, and actually theres a strong humor it could be released THIS xmas. (check the www.gamasutra.com article)
The Wii price is: $600 bucks! (no wonder why it hasnt been revealed!)
-suddenly!
Nintendo Fanboys statements (after being resurrected via CPR):
"The PS3 price is not that bad after all, it is a good price." "$600, well a blu ray player costs $900" "Is not that a big difference I mean the 360 was $500 on release" "They are doing it to prevent shortages" "Is worth every penny I mean you can play 20 years of nintendo games on it" "The Wii controller alone is worth that price" "Uh.. got $400 to spare? do you know if they still buy human hair at the wig factory?"
Just kidding guys;) It probably will only cost $300.
What the heck is wrong with this guy? first everyone was all buffed up against any article considering Nintendo was a goner due to the Gamecube since is ridiculous for a large company to dissapear over some failed product. Now you everybody is saying "YAY! thats so true!" to any pseudo article claiming SONY is going to die? do you realize SONY is a company that spans through Electronics, Movies, Web, TV? and that is big enough to buy Nintendo and (in a good week) Microsoft? Sony is HUGE (think IBM/Intel meets Warner Brothers, WbTV kind of large), you think is going away due to a non-yet released claim to be failed product? grow up kids!
Also please take off the fanboy hat for a second, the Wii controller is great heres a few questions for you about the Wii CONSOLE and the PS3.
Does the Wii console can use actual Next generation titles (ut2007, oblivion, Quake wars) NO. Does it have huge franchises from Japan (Final Fantasy, Metal Gear solid, Gran turismo, Tekken, Devil may cry) NO. Huge M rated American Franchises (GTA, HALO) No. HD, HD-DVD, Blu ray Support? NO. MMORPGs, MMOFPS ? No. DOes Nintendo even care about winning the console war? NO. (they make a profit either way)
Have you realized the only argument for the PS3 "demise" is that "its really expensive"?
Will the HD and blu ray thing take off is US? Who cares? the PS3 can read regular DVD's and play on regular tvs (and PC monitors)
Does the cheaper "smaller HDD unwired controller edition" be doomed? Probably NOT, if its any indication the xbox 360 core did sold well, and even if sony does not have "upgrades" third party manufacturers could take the niche. (not to mention they have til november to change that)
But didnt sony copied the Wii controller!?(those bastards!) er.. is not illegal to copy a controller scheme (if it were only one company could do FPS's or fighting games... or consoles) it only is if they copy the parented method. And if the "unwired sensor" is the next "big thing", they pretty much HAVE TO try.
Has the Japanese, American and european Market bought the Sony consoles at the Overinflated launch prices in the Past? YES (Ps2 $300-$400, PSX $700, PSP $400-$500 all Sold out in release week)
But didnt Nintendo Wii already "WON" at the E3? Hmm.. no a lot of people wanted to try the Wii controller for the first time, however not everyone left pleased, theres a lot of negative comments on both the console, the library and the controller. (specially the controller and the library)
But hasnt Nintendo already won the console wars? Hmm you are counting your counting chicken before they hatch, The PS3 and Wii are not even out yet, in order for Nintendo to "win" they would have to have more sales than both Xbox 360 and PS3. If people buy a Wii and a 360 or a PS3 then they are not "beating" they are "sharing" (and thats what will most probably happen) Nintendo Fanboys aside I havent heard anyone saying they would buy the Wii alone.
Because Wii graphics suck and you cant play Oblivion, Halo 3, GTA4 or UT 2007 on it?
Gooodbye Karma!
Seriously guys, the Wii controller is great but you are totally overhyped about the console itself. The graphics and the gameplay they've shown so far is nothing you havent seen on gamecube already. Actually Mario Galaxy copied some effects from Psychonauts.
I think having a Wii and a Xbox 360 (for when you get tired of looking at last generation graphics) is really a Great idea.
(And if the games arent that expensive I dont see any trouble in doing so)
"We would love geeks throwing money at us for releasing this title (or titles) I mean, we love money as much as the next guy, but seriously we have so much money here we simply dont know what do to with it, we have used it to lit the boiler, as toilet paper, eating it, these days we are just giving it away, by the way heres a bag of money for interviewing us take it, please! Nothing works! Money just appears every day at the door, we are literally swimming in it and when we release the Star Wars Special DVD set later this year... well, Im afraid for our very own lives, you can't breathe money you know? we've tried."
Anyway, yes I have to admit the bigger splash will come from seing the Nintendo Revolution controller at play, it will be a blast! however the second splash will be from non -fans non-geeks hearing how stupid the "Wiiii!" name sounds for the first time. Other than that, the first batch of games (with the sole exception of Red Steel) sound as terribly non-interesting sequels and ports. Admit it, It will be a while before really cool games (zelda) that use the wii (god, I hate that name!) controller finally show up.
However you CAN NOT just out-game the PS3, there will be demos of real Gameplay (some leaked on web actually) and the results will be mixed. Some fans will scream they definetily look like the promised "next gen" graphics while some will see no resemblance at all. Damn! Ive got to admit Im curious about seing those games myself. not to mention the final price and release date will be revealed. Oh yeah! and God Of war 2:Kratos "bad hair day" will be shown too. (p.s. Theres a rumor of a next gen GTA game showing up)
Is too soon to diss the xbox360, remember what we have seen (before oblivion) was first generation crap, the next generation Sony-counterstrike ERA may prove a eye opener (actually any second generation has to be better than the first: but lets keep on topic) AAA Quality Japan Made exclusive titles like Blue Dragon( a first for xbox! outside of "Otogi", "Phantom dust" and Tecmo) Capcoms "Lost planet", "Dead Rising", "Too human" (god of war on esteroids), "Barbie Horse Adventures 2: the wrath of Ken" and the slightly awaited title: Halo 3. Actually if the rumors of Bungie going the way of the MMOFPS Halo 3 could actually be the show stealer. That is unless we get a blue screen of death when Gates tries to connect to play Halo. ( or he gets shots in the face 20/0 ratio in 5 seconds) that would be embarrassing.
It changes the male bare chest texture for the female bare chest (which has a bra)
Theres no "hot coffee" no hidden sex scenes, games, or anything, just some kid who realized in our culture is ok to show male breasts not female breasts you can do this "MOD" in ANY game.
Case closed.
Is there a way to send this info to ALL the talk shows this moron is presenting hilself on? (seriously)
p.s. IMO Oblivion does desserve an M rating theres quite a bit of blood, realistic violence, you can create an "evil" character, and theres some innuendo here and there, worst of all Oblivion (the land) does look a lot like hell. I have no idea why the ESRB didnt rated it "M" in the first place. My guess is they didnt played it at all. ( in which case is the ESRB the one who should be sued)
Other unusual, and silly names, such as Google, Yahoo, and Ipod have all ended up being attached to very succesful companies/services/products. You'll have to admit Wii is very similar to Yahoo.
Except google and Yahoo are not synonimous to "Penis" and "Urine". not that Im aware of.
Lets just admit it, they took the name decission without giving a shit on American markets. If that was the case they should have named it "Whee!" not "Wii" (Wee)
It turns out the first Revolution Title not only its cool, uses the gun and sword/fps combo we really wanted to see its MATURE oriented (a GREAT sign for Nintendo titles to come) its so freakingly neat it could turn Nintendo haters into fans and if this is a sign of things to come, it could turn the tides and make Revolution the winner of the console wars...
And instead of celebrating and braking the champagne you guys write 300+ comments bashing on an article THATS fake and meant as a joke. (pointless waste of time anyone? thats what that guys write.. 100% flamebait)
Actually for those following the "PS3 saga!" this one is no surprise, even with Sony eating part of the costs, due to the "Cool!" (tm.) expensive components the PS3 uses, like BLU-RAY, 1080p capable 3d card, more USB ports you could shake a stick at and Blue tooth wireless net support, The PS3 is easily going to be the most advanced and most expensive next generation console . (sort of like the PSP of consoles)
The big problem though, is that even with those expensive changes, the PS3 titles havent managed to look all that different from those of their competitors (specially without a HDTV) and I can almost bet most (if not all) first generation titles will be released in regular Dvd's not blu-ray's.
This is the real reason why Sony decided to delay the launch until the costs could be reduced and more interesting launch titles were available, unfortunately the console launch can only be delayed for a time and although the price has dropped quite a bit (From $700 to ($600-$500)) it still manages to top the rest, additionally first generation titles still dont seem to use the PS3 hardware properly. (check out the gameplay videos at youtube.com) and I specially dont expect EA titles to do any different.
To make things worst Sony PR has been bombing fans with "target renders" and "realtime demos" of suposedly "possible" images for the PS3 (they even carried the tradition in the GDC with Motorstorm and a clearly prerrendered Ratchet and clank "preview") far, far beyond the capabilities of the earlier generations titles (KZ2, Motorstorm and maybe even MGS4 itself, etc.) IMO Big mistake, eventually all fans will realize the PS3 is not capable of delivering at THAT level at the time, they probably wont be very amussed.
High price, fraudulent imagery and advetising, no Killer apps (unless MGS4 is ready for deploy of course) and dissapointing First generation titles? the PS3 has a lot of work cut out in front of it. Lets see how the final launch goes in November (my birth month!).
A lot of people (like Warren Spector aparently) have the impression that "independent developers" is by definition a "small team doing a garage game on their own" This is not exactly correct, an "independent" group is NOT necesarily small, is just about any company or group (no matter the size) that works on their own budget with no obligations to a parent company, Using self publishing or a distributor to release their own products, "Blizzard" and "3dRealms" could be considered "independent" according to those terms.
Meanwhile there are really "small" groups doing casual games and extra work for cell phones, nintendo DS,gameboy, etc. that are not "independent" (since they are attached to Nokia, Nintendo, Sony) but they may have a tiny staff of 5-10 people placed in a small office downtown. (maybe not a garage, but their companies certainly wont fill a city block like Blizzard).
Oh and btw, most ussually small yet succesful indie development teams, dont stay "independent" too long, eventually they get "hired" by larger companies. (like the CS team who know works at Valve, or the Naughty Dog, DOA or Strange Critters (Pokemon) teams, who now work for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo respectively)
So exactly what is the point of this message? Small teams shouldn't pursue larger games? they cant, independent or not, they have to hire more people and get more budget for a larger game and therefore they wouldnt be small anymore, should Small budget casual games stop being produced? they are in a all time High Rank right now! (how many people have bought Geometry Wars and PopCap Games?) Should Blizzard stop publishing large "independent" games, er... let me talk with their bank account about it.
Independent films are going bye, bye anytime soon I mean is not like "brokeback mountain" and "crash" won an academy award a golden globe or something getting amazing earnings due to the low cost/income ratio while big budget noisy projects like "King Kong", "Narnia" and "War of the worlds" get the critical and audience boot and rotten tomatoes, not getting enough income to cover their own gigantic expenses, nope Not at all.
I mean is not like games such as "DEUS EX 2" by Warren Espector who got critically and fan BASHED (due to poor AI and uninteristing gameplay) or "Enter the matrix" the game that basically ruined Atari along with the "driv3r" series did a lot worse and had a lot less quality that small independent projects such as "katamari damacy", "luminees", "disgaea" etc OR that several huge franchises that exist today started as small independent projects, silly games nobody knows like "Pokemon", "Metroid", "Prince of persia", "Doom" and that silly little project that was originally a small mac game RTS what was its name?.. oh yeah "HALO" have you heard of that one? really unknown.
Yeah, Spector having a few Million bucks backing up is what guarantees a great game or movie, talent, resourcefulness or innovation have nothing to do with it.
Look guys I was going to moderate this, but I think is "reality check time"
I have a PC (I dont have a Xbox 360) I know Oblivion for PC costs less than the 360 version and I would LOVE to play it, but I CANT you know why?
Because I dont have the Cash to upgrade to a 3.0 HT CPU with a 7200 rpm 120 gb Speed Drive, ATI xt 9800 (or whatever $200+ 3d card) and 2.0 gb of RAM _recommended_ to play the game, THATS WHY! (I have a crappy 1.5, 80 gb (almost FULL), 512 ram and a 9600 ati card )
I can buy the entire xbox 360 and the game with a lot less than the cost of that upgrade! (Even though I wont.)
You think you are getting the cheap side of the deal because you are getting FREE _user made_ (with several degrees of quality) mods and updates, instead of expending $2.50 on each?
Puhleazeeee!!
I still think a PC is far more entertaining than a console. But cheaper!? Come ON!
And Xbox live is not free, YES but last time I checked WOW wasn't free either (and thats the best reason to play online on a pc anyway)
Look guys I was going to moderate this, but I think is "reality check time"
I have a PC (I dont have a Xbox 360) I know Oblivion for PC costs less than the 360 version and I would LOVE to play it, but I CANT you know why?
Because I dont have the Cash to upgrade to a 3.0 HT CPU with a 7200 rpm 120 gb Speed Drive, ATI xt 9800 (or whatever $200+ 3d card) and 2.0 gb of RAM _recommended_ to play the game, THATS WHY! (I have a crappy 1.5, 80 gb (almost FULL), 512 ram and a 9600 ati card )
I can buy the entire xbox 360 and the game with a lot less than the cost of that upgrade! (Even though I wont.)
You think you are getting the cheap side of the deal because you are getting FREE _user made_ (with several degrees of quality) mods and updates, instead of expending $2.50 on each?
Puhleazeeee!!
I still think a PC is far more entertaining than a console.
But cheaper!? Come ON!
And Xbox live is not free, YES but last time I checked WOW wasn't free either (and thats the best reason to play online on a pc anyway)
1.-Blizzard IS NOT coding SC:Ghost, Nihilist (or something like that) is. they are probably the ones who pulled the plug on the project NOT blizzard.
2.-SC:Ghost was built for LAST generation consoles, they are changing that, SC:Ghost will be built for NEXT generation consoles.
what sword peripheral? I do hope you aren't refering to that craptastic photoshop
Oh come on! you KNOW they are going to make a sword and shield peripheral for Zelda, it's a slam dunk! if not Nintendo some other company will (and maybe a lightsaber, harry potter wand, etc.)
Anyway the point was: Nintendo loves to build gadgets for their consoles and then manage to FORCE fans into buying them: Final Fantasy Chronicles, Zelda 4 swords? the rumble pack?, the memory expansion? that thing you need for the revolution "nunchuck", Im not sure thats comes with the package (and you are going to need it for the all the cool games p.e. Zelda!).
Besides I was expecting Nintendo to say their NEW games would be "CHEAP" and at least some of their old games would be "FREE" it almost turned the other way around.
Translation to english: "Dont worry about the $50 tag our console will have 10-20 year old games at reasonable prices ($5), of course our NEW games will be $50-$60 also you will need to buy some extra controller to play the best of them (like zelda and the sword peripheral)"
Seriously, they are not going to say they are not revealing anything important about the most hyped and eagerly awaited consoles coming, however historically the GDC hasnt revealed info about new consoles, You have to realize the GDC is aimed at developers NOT general public and developers already now target release dates under NDA's so that info has absolutely no use to them.
You want to know more about those consoles? wait for the E3.
Rockstar has become the lead target for "moralists" to attack get a sensacionalist note, blame for societies ills and even get an extra buck from, I mean even prostitutes went forth and law sued these guys for making totally legal MATURE themed games! is it so much of a surprise they had totally abandoned that venture now? I wouldnt count on a "next generation GTA" or "Bully" ever seing the light of day now.
Good luck on this next game Rockstar, it does sound interesting, you can be sure I will be checking it out. -(hey who knows? maybe this will be the next big thing)
Halo 2 sold around 5-7 million copies, the PS3 is aparently not showing up this year, so considering Halo 3 is "maybe" coming this year and the hype is going to be huge for it, we can expect around 6-8 million world wide sales (12 is quite optimistic but not totally impossible)
Next year, with the PS3 and the revolution in the scene, is not so safe to predict good numbers.
Now 1 BILLION xbox live users this year (the estimated in E3) thats totally farfetched.
Maybe is just me, but I think a possible reason is also the competition (xbox 360) Think about it, if the PS3 was released in spring at around $600-$700 bucks and just some launch titles (not even MGS4 AFAIK) while the xbox 360 is sitting in the shelf at $300-$400 (half the price) even devoted fans could start to consider the cheap alternative, MS is also aparently holding their Killer titles for that exact moment (Halo 3, gears of war, 99 nights, Enchant arm, blue dragon, lost planet, dead rising) those could do a nice dent even in Japan.
You also have to consider the PS3 right now is totally over hyped, some people still expect the console games to look like Killzone 2 or motorstorm they are set to be completely dissapointed with the actual games (that look A LOT like xbox 360 titles specially those from EA, SEGA and Ubisoft) They need to "de-hype" fans, show them what the games actually look like and convince them they are still cool and worth the cash nonetheless. (thats going to take time and franchise use)
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Im just playing "what if" here, so dont take it too seriously (or flame) but.. what about if he HAS been tempted by the cash and he IS rushing the game? (although maybe a little later than december to keep a low profile) wouldnt be the first thing to say "Hey dont worry we are not rushing it... it was almost finished when this hit"?
I mean, some fans have been waiting for DNF for ages, they probably wouldnt be too amused if all it took to get the game out the door were $500k!
Anyway, considering the source, I wouldnt hold my breathe on that theory.
Counter strike, pokemon, wario, super mario 2, gauntlet, dead or alive and a whole bunch of others were initially indie projects, the thing is in videogames HIT indie projects ussually dont stay that way too long. (although they are some exceptions like popcap, gish, alien hominid, etc) the same can be said about the movies you mentioned though.
Is a lot more possible for Duke Nukem Forever to show up, BEFORE any release date for the phantom is at hand.
at least apparently:
From wikipedia:
2006
* February: In an interview Broussard had this to say about Duke Nukem Forever[15]:
Duke Nukem Forever
It's definitely going well now. Things are together; we're in full production. We're basically just pulling all the pieces together and making the game out of it. There's a lot that's finished. All the guns are finished. Most of the creatures are finished. And as I said, we're just basically pulling it all together and trying to make it fun. We've kind of got all these disassociated elements that make up a game, and you put them together and things happen. And then you just tweak it and polish it until it's fun, and that's kind of the phase we're in now, just trying to make something that is really fun to play and interesting.
Duke Nukem Forever
* March: Scott Miller, CEO of 3D Realms, announced that the company intends on developing a sequel to Duke Nukem Forever. [16]
* April: In an interview with Computer Game Magazine George Broussard made the following statement.
Duke Nukem Forever
The problem is that when we show it, people are going to be like, 'Yeah, whatever'. Honestly, at this point we just want to finish it.
Duke Nukem Forever
Broussard also demonstrated samples of the game, including an early level, a vehicle sequence, and a few test rooms [17]
So apparently they are working on it, and actually theres a strong humor it could be released THIS xmas. (check the www.gamasutra.com article)
Just playing what if with the fanboys...
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;) It probably will only cost $300.
What if...
The Wii price is: $600 bucks! (no wonder why it hasnt been revealed!)
-suddenly!
Nintendo Fanboys statements (after being resurrected via CPR):
"The PS3 price is not that bad after all, it is a good price
"$600, well a blu ray player costs $900"
"Is not that a big difference I mean the 360 was $500 on release"
"They are doing it to prevent shortages"
"Is worth every penny I mean you can play 20 years of nintendo games on it"
"The Wii controller alone is worth that price"
"Uh.. got $400 to spare? do you know if they still buy human hair at the wig factory?"
Just kidding guys
What the heck is wrong with this guy? first everyone was all buffed up against any article considering Nintendo was a goner due to the Gamecube since is ridiculous for a large company to dissapear over some failed product.
Now you everybody is saying "YAY! thats so true!" to any pseudo article claiming SONY is going to die? do you realize SONY is a company that spans through Electronics, Movies, Web, TV? and that is big enough to buy Nintendo and (in a good week) Microsoft? Sony is HUGE (think IBM/Intel meets Warner Brothers, WbTV kind of large), you think is going away due to a non-yet released claim to be failed product? grow up kids!
Also please take off the fanboy hat for a second, the Wii controller is great heres a few questions for you about the Wii CONSOLE and the PS3.
Does the Wii console can use actual Next generation titles (ut2007, oblivion, Quake wars) NO.
Does it have huge franchises from Japan (Final Fantasy, Metal Gear solid, Gran turismo, Tekken, Devil may cry) NO.
Huge M rated American Franchises (GTA, HALO) No.
HD, HD-DVD, Blu ray Support? NO.
MMORPGs, MMOFPS ? No.
DOes Nintendo even care about winning the console war? NO. (they make a profit either way)
Have you realized the only argument for the PS3 "demise" is that "its really expensive"?
Will the HD and blu ray thing take off is US? Who cares? the PS3 can read regular DVD's and play on regular tvs (and PC monitors)
Does the cheaper "smaller HDD unwired controller edition" be doomed? Probably NOT, if its any indication the xbox 360 core did sold well, and even if sony does not have "upgrades" third party manufacturers could take the niche. (not to mention they have til november to change that)
But didnt sony copied the Wii controller!?(those bastards!) er.. is not illegal to copy a controller scheme (if it were only one company could do FPS's or fighting games... or consoles) it only is if they copy the parented method. And if the "unwired sensor" is the next "big thing", they pretty much HAVE TO try.
Has the Japanese, American and european Market bought the Sony consoles at the Overinflated launch prices in the Past? YES
(Ps2 $300-$400, PSX $700, PSP $400-$500 all Sold out in release week)
But didnt Nintendo Wii already "WON" at the E3? Hmm.. no a lot of people wanted to try the Wii controller for the first time, however not everyone left pleased, theres a lot of negative comments on both the console, the library and the controller. (specially the controller and the library)
But hasnt Nintendo already won the console wars? Hmm you are counting your counting chicken before they hatch, The PS3 and Wii are not even out yet, in order for Nintendo to "win" they would have to have more sales than both Xbox 360 and PS3. If people buy a Wii and a 360 or a PS3 then they are not "beating" they are "sharing" (and thats what will most probably happen) Nintendo Fanboys aside I havent heard anyone saying they would buy the Wii alone.
"Re:Why you'll want to buy an Xbox 360 and a Wii"
Because Wii graphics suck and you cant play Oblivion, Halo 3, GTA4 or UT 2007 on it?
Gooodbye Karma!
Seriously guys, the Wii controller is great but you are totally overhyped about the console itself. The graphics and the gameplay they've shown so far is nothing you havent seen on gamecube already. Actually Mario Galaxy copied some effects from Psychonauts.
I think having a Wii and a Xbox 360 (for when you get tired of looking at last generation graphics) is really a Great idea.
(And if the games arent that expensive I dont see any trouble in doing so)
"We would love geeks throwing money at us for releasing this title (or titles) I mean, we love money as much as the next guy, but seriously we have so much money here we simply dont know what do to with it, we have used it to lit the boiler, as toilet paper, eating it, these days we are just giving it away, by the way heres a bag of money for interviewing us take it, please! Nothing works! Money just appears every day at the door, we are literally swimming in it and when we release the Star Wars Special DVD set later this year... well, Im afraid for our very own lives, you can't breathe money you know? we've tried."
Anyway, yes I have to admit the bigger splash will come from seing the Nintendo Revolution controller at play, it will be a blast! however the second splash will be from non -fans non-geeks hearing how stupid the "Wiiii!" name sounds for the first time. Other than that, the first batch of games (with the sole exception of Red Steel) sound as terribly non-interesting sequels and ports. Admit it, It will be a while before really cool games (zelda) that use the wii (god, I hate that name!) controller finally show up. However you CAN NOT just out-game the PS3, there will be demos of real Gameplay (some leaked on web actually) and the results will be mixed. Some fans will scream they definetily look like the promised "next gen" graphics while some will see no resemblance at all. Damn! Ive got to admit Im curious about seing those games myself. not to mention the final price and release date will be revealed. Oh yeah! and God Of war 2:Kratos "bad hair day" will be shown too. (p.s. Theres a rumor of a next gen GTA game showing up) Is too soon to diss the xbox360, remember what we have seen (before oblivion) was first generation crap, the next generation Sony-counterstrike ERA may prove a eye opener (actually any second generation has to be better than the first: but lets keep on topic) AAA Quality Japan Made exclusive titles like Blue Dragon( a first for xbox! outside of "Otogi", "Phantom dust" and Tecmo) Capcoms "Lost planet", "Dead Rising", "Too human" (god of war on esteroids), "Barbie Horse Adventures 2: the wrath of Ken" and the slightly awaited title: Halo 3. Actually if the rumors of Bungie going the way of the MMOFPS Halo 3 could actually be the show stealer. That is unless we get a blue screen of death when Gates tries to connect to play Halo. ( or he gets shots in the face 20/0 ratio in 5 seconds) that would be embarrassing.
For those who dont know, all the Mod did is:
It changes the male bare chest texture for the female bare chest (which has a bra)
Theres no "hot coffee" no hidden sex scenes, games, or anything, just some kid who realized in our culture is ok to show male breasts not female breasts you can do this "MOD" in ANY game.
Case closed.
Is there a way to send this info to ALL the talk shows this moron is presenting hilself on? (seriously)
p.s. IMO Oblivion does desserve an M rating theres quite a bit of blood, realistic violence, you can create an "evil" character, and theres some innuendo here and there, worst of all Oblivion (the land) does look a lot like hell. I have no idea why the ESRB didnt rated it "M" in the first place. My guess is they didnt played it at all. ( in which case is the ESRB the one who should be sued)
Other unusual, and silly names, such as Google, Yahoo, and Ipod have all ended up being attached to very succesful companies/services/products. You'll have to admit Wii is very similar to Yahoo.
Except google and Yahoo are not synonimous to "Penis" and "Urine". not that Im aware of.
Lets just admit it, they took the name decission without giving a shit on American markets. If that was the case they should have named it "Whee!" not "Wii" (Wee)
Go ahead! touch my Wii!
It turns out the first Revolution Title not only its cool, uses the gun and sword /fps combo we really wanted to see its MATURE oriented (a GREAT sign for Nintendo titles to come) its so freakingly neat it could turn Nintendo haters into fans and if this is a sign of things to come, it could turn the tides and make Revolution the winner of the console wars...
And instead of celebrating and braking the champagne you guys write 300+ comments bashing on an article THATS fake and meant as a joke. (pointless waste of time anyone? thats what that guys write.. 100% flamebait)
Anyway lets just celebrate instead shall we?
Actually for those following the "PS3 saga!" this one is no surprise, even with Sony eating part of the costs, due to the "Cool!" (tm.) expensive components the PS3 uses, like BLU-RAY, 1080p capable 3d card, more USB ports you could shake a stick at and Blue tooth wireless net support, The PS3 is easily going to be the most advanced and most expensive next generation console . (sort of like the PSP of consoles)
The big problem though, is that even with those expensive changes, the PS3 titles havent managed to look all that different from those of their competitors (specially without a HDTV) and I can almost bet most (if not all) first generation titles will be released in regular Dvd's not blu-ray's.
This is the real reason why Sony decided to delay the launch until the costs could be reduced and more interesting launch titles were available, unfortunately the console launch can only be delayed for a time and although the price has dropped quite a bit (From $700 to ($600-$500)) it still manages to top the rest, additionally first generation titles still dont seem to use the PS3 hardware properly. (check out the gameplay videos at youtube.com) and I specially dont expect EA titles to do any different.
To make things worst Sony PR has been bombing fans with "target renders" and "realtime demos" of suposedly "possible" images for the PS3 (they even carried the tradition in the GDC with Motorstorm and a clearly prerrendered Ratchet and clank "preview") far, far beyond the capabilities of the earlier generations titles (KZ2, Motorstorm and maybe even MGS4 itself, etc.) IMO Big mistake, eventually all fans will realize the PS3 is not capable of delivering at THAT level at the time, they probably wont be very amussed.
High price, fraudulent imagery and advetising, no Killer apps (unless MGS4 is ready for deploy of course) and dissapointing First generation titles? the PS3 has a lot of work cut out in front of it. Lets see how the final launch goes in November (my birth month!).
A lot of people (like Warren Spector aparently) have the impression that "independent developers" is by definition a "small team doing a garage game on their own" This is not exactly correct, an "independent" group is NOT necesarily small, is just about any company or group (no matter the size) that works on their own budget with no obligations to a parent company, Using self publishing or a distributor to release their own products, "Blizzard" and "3dRealms" could be considered "independent" according to those terms.
,gameboy, etc. that are not "independent" (since they are attached to Nokia, Nintendo, Sony) but they may have a tiny staff of 5-10 people placed in a small office downtown. (maybe not a garage, but their companies certainly wont fill a city block like Blizzard).
Meanwhile there are really "small" groups doing casual games and extra work for cell phones, nintendo DS
Oh and btw, most ussually small yet succesful indie development teams, dont stay "independent" too long, eventually they get "hired" by larger companies. (like the CS team who know works at Valve, or the Naughty Dog, DOA or Strange Critters (Pokemon) teams, who now work for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo respectively)
So exactly what is the point of this message? Small teams shouldn't pursue larger games? they cant, independent or not, they have to hire more people and get more budget for a larger game and therefore they wouldnt be small anymore, should Small budget casual games stop being produced? they are in a all time High Rank right now! (how many people have bought Geometry Wars and PopCap Games?) Should Blizzard stop publishing large "independent" games, er... let me talk with their bank account about it.
Independent films are going bye, bye anytime soon I mean is not like "brokeback mountain" and "crash" won an academy award a golden globe or something getting amazing earnings due to the low cost/income ratio while big budget noisy projects like "King Kong", "Narnia" and "War of the worlds" get the critical and audience boot and rotten tomatoes, not getting enough income to cover their own gigantic expenses, nope Not at all.
I mean is not like games such as "DEUS EX 2" by Warren Espector who got critically and fan BASHED (due to poor AI and uninteristing gameplay) or "Enter the matrix" the game that basically ruined Atari along with the "driv3r" series did a lot worse and had a lot less quality that small independent projects such as "katamari damacy", "luminees", "disgaea" etc OR that several huge franchises that exist today started as small independent projects, silly games nobody knows like "Pokemon", "Metroid", "Prince of persia", "Doom" and that silly little project that was originally a small mac game RTS what was its name?.. oh yeah "HALO" have you heard of that one? really unknown.
Yeah, Spector having a few Million bucks backing up is what guarantees a great game or movie, talent, resourcefulness or innovation have nothing to do with it.
Look guys I was going to moderate this, but I think is "reality check time"
I have a PC (I dont have a Xbox 360) I know Oblivion for PC costs less than the 360 version and I would LOVE to play it, but I CANT you know why?
Because I dont have the Cash to upgrade to a 3.0 HT CPU with a 7200 rpm 120 gb Speed Drive, ATI xt 9800 (or whatever $200+ 3d card) and 2.0 gb of RAM _recommended_ to play the game, THATS WHY! (I have a crappy 1.5, 80 gb (almost FULL), 512 ram and a 9600 ati card )
I can buy the entire xbox 360 and the game with a lot less than the cost of that upgrade! (Even though I wont.)
You think you are getting the cheap side of the deal because you are getting FREE _user made_ (with several degrees of quality) mods and updates, instead of expending $2.50 on each?
Puhleazeeee!!
I still think a PC is far more entertaining than a console.
But cheaper!? Come ON!
And Xbox live is not free, YES but last time I checked WOW wasn't free either (and thats the best reason to play online on a pc anyway)
Look guys I was going to moderate this, but I think is "reality check time" I have a PC (I dont have a Xbox 360) I know Oblivion for PC costs less than the 360 version and I would LOVE to play it, but I CANT you know why? Because I dont have the Cash to upgrade to a 3.0 HT CPU with a 7200 rpm 120 gb Speed Drive, ATI xt 9800 (or whatever $200+ 3d card) and 2.0 gb of RAM _recommended_ to play the game, THATS WHY! (I have a crappy 1.5, 80 gb (almost FULL), 512 ram and a 9600 ati card ) I can buy the entire xbox 360 and the game with a lot less than the cost of that upgrade! (Even though I wont.) You think you are getting the cheap side of the deal because you are getting FREE _user made_ (with several degrees of quality) mods and updates, instead of expending $2.50 on each? Puhleazeeee!! I still think a PC is far more entertaining than a console. But cheaper!? Come ON! And Xbox live is not free, YES but last time I checked WOW wasn't free either (and thats the best reason to play online on a pc anyway)
1.-Blizzard IS NOT coding SC:Ghost, Nihilist (or something like that) is. they are probably the ones who pulled the plug on the project NOT blizzard. 2.-SC:Ghost was built for LAST generation consoles, they are changing that, SC:Ghost will be built for NEXT generation consoles.
what sword peripheral? I do hope you aren't refering to that craptastic photoshop
Oh come on! you KNOW they are going to make a sword and shield peripheral for Zelda, it's a slam dunk! if not Nintendo some other company will (and maybe a lightsaber, harry potter wand, etc.)
Anyway the point was: Nintendo loves to build gadgets for their consoles and then manage to FORCE fans into buying them: Final Fantasy Chronicles, Zelda 4 swords? the rumble pack?, the memory expansion? that thing you need for the revolution "nunchuck", Im not sure thats comes with the package (and you are going to need it for the all the cool games p.e. Zelda!).
Besides I was expecting Nintendo to say their NEW games would be "CHEAP" and at least some of their old games would be "FREE" it almost turned the other way around.
Translation to english: "Dont worry about the $50 tag our console will have 10-20 year old games at reasonable prices ($5), of course our NEW games will be $50-$60 also you will need to buy some extra controller to play the best of them (like zelda and the sword peripheral)"
Seriously, they are not going to say they are not revealing anything important about the most hyped and eagerly awaited consoles coming, however historically the GDC hasnt revealed info about new consoles, You have to realize the GDC is aimed at developers NOT general public and developers already now target release dates under NDA's so that info has absolutely no use to them.
You want to know more about those consoles? wait for the E3.
Rockstar has become the lead target for "moralists" to attack get a sensacionalist note, blame for societies ills and even get an extra buck from, I mean even prostitutes went forth and law sued these guys for making totally legal MATURE themed games! is it so much of a surprise they had totally abandoned that venture now? I wouldnt count on a "next generation GTA" or "Bully" ever seing the light of day now.
Good luck on this next game Rockstar, it does sound interesting, you can be sure I will be checking it out. -(hey who knows? maybe this will be the next big thing)
Halo 2 sold around 5-7 million copies, the PS3 is aparently not showing up this year, so considering Halo 3 is "maybe" coming this year and the hype is going to be huge for it, we can expect around 6-8 million world wide sales (12 is quite optimistic but not totally impossible) Next year, with the PS3 and the revolution in the scene, is not so safe to predict good numbers. Now 1 BILLION xbox live users this year (the estimated in E3) thats totally farfetched.
Maybe is just me, but I think a possible reason is also the competition (xbox 360) Think about it, if the PS3 was released in spring at around $600-$700 bucks and just some launch titles (not even MGS4 AFAIK) while the xbox 360 is sitting in the shelf at $300-$400 (half the price) even devoted fans could start to consider the cheap alternative, MS is also aparently holding their Killer titles for that exact moment (Halo 3, gears of war, 99 nights, Enchant arm, blue dragon, lost planet, dead rising) those could do a nice dent even in Japan.
You also have to consider the PS3 right now is totally over hyped, some people still expect the console games to look like Killzone 2 or motorstorm they are set to be completely dissapointed with the actual games (that look A LOT like xbox 360 titles specially those from EA, SEGA and Ubisoft) They need to "de-hype" fans, show them what the games actually look like and convince them they are still cool and worth the cash nonetheless. (thats going to take time and franchise use)
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