I hope a lot of people could actually READ your post before modding it, but this is slashdot, so...
Anyway I completely agree on the N-fanboy thing, however I disagree in some of your points: Mario64 and wind waker did had good elements of gameplay that made them fun. However it is true that most N games are ridden with gameplay cliches.
"find X coins or items" to get X "save the princess" "go to alternate world by doing X" (which is suposed to be surprising.) "collect coins" Seriously is there any platform game in which you DONT collect coins? (at least in zelda you can buy stuff) (zelda)"talk to everyone" "find the weak point in X enemy"
Theres a good point though the whole "easy to learn difficult to master" technique which is pretty good (although cliche as well) it means a newb can come in play some levels and win at a steady rate. however it takes an experienced player to find all the secrets and extra challenges in a level. Thats a good design idea. And most N games have it.
However yes. being a "true gamer" doesnt mean you have to eat up everything X company roots out, you are not better than anyone else just because you are 25-30 and you subdue yourself to play a game that looks designed for kindergarten kids based on a 15 year old franchise.
Maybe because it was meant for DEVELOPERS
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Theres a key difference between the keynotes, sony took the slide show aproach (which is quite useful, but boring) MS talked about the benefits of their new dashboard for _DEVELOPERS_ which is a lot, because the new xbox handles a bit like windows (so is complex but at least you get a lot of work done for you) and the "HD era" (whatever they think that means) they actually dropped some interesting marketting data that DEVELOPERS can use. And gave away their XNA beta (which is not a bad tool) and some HDTVs which is good because they want you to DEVELOP your games for it. (and yes they were trying to bribe us quite a bit.)
Nintendo keynote was emotional and all but as a DEVELOPER I can tell you this, it was completely USELESS 2 hours show, out of of their new games.(?) "look my game has voice recognition" yeah it says so right here in the SDK you sold me "Look you can make music and a dog hear you!" thanks N I wouldnt have figured out how to use a mic for that "Look we can play mario kart wirelessly!" Yeah N is called wireless networking my laptop has it too. "CHECK OUT OUR NEW ZELDA GAME!" gee, thanks I would never find that one at www.gametrailers.com, then we get the "good games come from good gameplay not good graphics" speech, in case you are new to this, we get that speech each generation for the last 15 years if you have a copy of Nintendo Power magazine, you probably will find the speech right there.
"Our new graphics chip is called HORYWOOD! and we have one called BROADWAY too! our new console is going to be VERY GOOD" thats the best piece of technical information Ive ever got! my game is going to be 200% better thanks to that!
Seriously guys the reason why everybody liked N keynote better is because it was meant for E3 not GDC it was an ad show not a developers keynote.
We needed specs on the new system, whats the situation with networking (probably the only valuable piece of info was that they support wi-fi now) and what benefits we get for working with them (they have already stated their console is not going to be pretty compatible so most games are going to be exclusive, what benefit do _I_ as a developer get with that?) also whats the deal with the DS and their new GBA? when is going to be released? how are they going to handle 2 handhelds, etc. etc. they didnt even care to mention it.
Anyway for me the best of the show, was the "amy heckerling" design contest. not only you got to see some of the best game designers at work you actually discovered the obvious route is not always the best, and that fun ideas are always a good aproach, (at least good for a laugh and some impulse buys) that was pretty educational And the engine Mollineux showed off was just _sweet_
Jack Thompson must be saying "damn! why the heck he didnt used a gun or a car! I mean is the 21st century for crying out loud!" he must be writting an anonymous petition to Rockstar right now demanding more knives so he can keep making a living out of suing them.
Crap.. Im being tempted by the evil forces to acquire a ps2!!!! argh!... must remove hand... from Wallet!!!
Oh crap! they have Tekken 5 too! no hand! put that Credit Card away no! NOOOO!!!
Klatu- Varada- Nictu!
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er... like double welding and having each trigger shoot each weapon? which is now being copied by every shooter game and their cousin? or like the idea of only carrying two weapons at a time so you actually have to strategize which weapons to use? which has also been copied by several games?
Halo is not over rated, is the best fps for consoles, simplified to extremes yet fun and "movielike", dont compare it to tribes, ut2004, or battlefield is something very different.
Actually this was their comic after seing the PSP
http://i.domaindlx.com/GermanCons/nds.jpg
Just kidding! sorry I couldnt help it.
You are right, penny arcade actually is quite straight forward about this things. Im looking forward to their friday comic.
This is just My opinion, but.. are you aware that there IS a new game boy in the works? that the lifetime of the DS could be seriously affected by it? Even the article said it:
"Is not fair to compare the DS vs the PSP it should be compared to the GBA 2."
The posibilities for getting a good lineup for the DS will sink like a rock the minute the gba 2 gets announced. If they actually release it this year the DS pretty much would have finished before starting, No decent third party developer would even think to launch a title in a device that has competition by a newer one from the same company. (launch a psx title? when theres a ps2 available no way) the GBA however has a good shot because it has a huge market penetration world wide (unlike the DS)
That would mean the DS lifetime is basically.. well a bit less than a year (unless the DS and the GBA2 are compatible) Nintendo will keep throwing some DS titles to keep their fans calm , but not the size or quality that fans may have expected, unavoidably Nintendo will turn their attention to the new device sooner or later.
I really hope this is not true, it will hurt all DS users and Nintendo fans alike. If it is true, then the rumors than the DS was just a PSP Place holder and The DS users where tricked by Nintendo into buying it just to keep their holliday sales up (for one holliday) is pretty much confirmed.
Even if you are an N-fan will you go running to buy one if this is true?
[i] I dont beleive they have any sorta case. You can't copyright cel shading. And the main character is the player's work of art. End of story.[/i]
Not correct. The actual problem is that they are using the EXACT same Type of cell shading the EXACT same proportions on the eyes/mouth, the same proportions in the hairstyles and even the same COLOR PALETTE. there are hundreds perhaps thousands of ways to do cell shading and anime but these guys are using EXACTLY the same one! (example at hand: check the style of the late "true fantasy online" is similar but not quite the same)
Believe me these guys worked and worked hard to get exactly the same graphics style than Wind Waker. Trademarks are valid in Character likeness, caricatures and imitated work. These guys carbon copied these characteristics from WW and then from the logo font and style to add insult to injury.
Nintendo HAS a case and a very strong one. Is sadly obvious that the gamemakers planned to use these likeness as a game feature and profit from it which is a huge copyright violation (basically the same than using a pirated version).
Besides thats not just some player character thats the game promotional screens! You dont see a spiderman "look alike" in the cover of City of heroes do you?
My 8 ball sees this game getting sued, and quickly dismantled shortly after.
Im the only feeling slapped in the face, by this? seriously I had no idea.
I knew that square was going to release FF for xbox2 (FF has never been console exclusive) but this? ouch this is 10 times worst than when RARE went to MS. next thing we know Konami,Namco and Capcom get exclusive contracts.
"I predict than in 3 years earth will be hit by an asteroid, half of the USA will be lost forcing MS and most US companies to emigrate to Japan. In the meantime Linux becomes the most used OS in the world.
However 1 1/2 year later the rest of the giant asteroid hits Japan without warning, most of Japan is destroyed forcing Japaneses to move to France, most companies get bought by EA (since France is EA's property now) and most Japanese become employees as soon as they land. Sony president dies and Nintendo's president is seriously wounded, in his dying breathe he gets a visit by Bill Gates (who is now his neighbour and an emigrated japanese) who promises he will never allow Nintendo to be acquired by a Gaijin, in his dying breathe he agrees and exactly 5 years from now Nintendo is acquired by MS (which is the last japanese company in earth), Meanwhile a revolution explodes in France due to the high overpopulation of overworked citizens, and deadlines are missed so nobody cares about MS releasing the Xcube."
The USA (the half of it currently sinking) is ran by a monkey due to a major bug in the ballot computer. "Is not the first time something like this happens!" comments the office spokesman, while JOJO elected president efusively nods. "He may not be the best er.. critter to ran the country, but he is white, male, Religious and against gay marriage!" JOJO applauds vigorously, while the USA slowly sinks and most Americans have to move to Canada.
Several analysts have mentioned the same before. There are several benefits from a merger between nintendo and MS in the console market.
MS has a good cover of the adult/young adult target, has a strong online service and the hardware is probably the most featured rich in the market however it has failed to penetrate the japanese market and (with certain huge exceptions) doesnt have good 1st party titles.
Nintendo is completely in the other side of the spectre, his target centers in the children/family target (with some succesful attempts at the teen/adult) is ripe with 1st party titles and has great penetration in Japan (its homeland) however his hardware is pretty much basic and lacks third party support plus they turned their backs to online gaming (which now becomes a problem for the next generation)
If you simply add A+B a console created by both companies would join the best of both worlds And probably tear the domain of the console market right out of Sony hands. However THIS is NEVER going to happen.
The reason is simple, while MS has smiled and the prospect of getting their hands in nintendo (mostly due to their Japanese penetration which is the goal for their next console) Nintendo simply is not interested. Their business model is simple, create a console as less expensive as possible and then populate it with their well stablished franchises focusing in gameplay (in some cases) and family games, since this are the ones that statiscally sell the most. So sticking to family games (and known franchises) is a proven formula for better profits.
The profits will simply not be the same if a third party dominated their own market or a partner company was able to take a piece of them. So nintendo has announced several times if they (for whatever reason) stopped producing consoles they wouldnt become a third party developer (unlike sega) since the benefits wouldnt be as good as the ones they are receiving now.
And while some have predicted that the PSP would dominate the handheld market (which is the prime income of nintendo at the moment) most analysts agree that Nintendo And sony will simply SHARE it with the teen/adult base on Sony's side and the rest using nintendo handhelds. Besides Nintendo is already working in the actual Succesor of the GBA, of which we know to little of, but can expect to be similar to the psp in several aspects. Also they are preparing their next generation console as well so they arent out of the console war either.
Trip Hawkins is probably basing his conclusion in pure industry especulation and daydreaming. so is unlikely to take him as a trustful source.
"What is the prefered method of typing for someone with that disorder?"
a:Dictation software
The guy MIGHT have the condition and still be able to "talk" using voice dictation software, Dragon natural speaking per example. surprinsingly enough it does work. (after quite a bit of training)
Im not saying that proves this guy is for real. But at least "typing" doesnt prove otherwise.
Hmm... sorry I think I have a point and is not idiotic at all, Multiplayer in these kind of games (fps) IS a big deal. How do you think Splinter cell 2 or Halo 2 would have fared without any Multiplayer? Ask around and most people will agree they wouldnt be playing these games now if the multiplayer wasnt so good. How do you think Doom3 would do in xbox without co-op multiplayer mode?
When a feature becomes standard, non having it means you have substandard quality. Weither you like or not. (try to name 5 top fps games that have no multiplayer at all?)
However now that you mention it, maybe people believed it was as bad as the movie and there wasnt enough advertisement for the game itself.I have a friend who was looking forward to the PC release and completely lost interest after seing the movie in DVD.
I agree Riddick is a GREAT game. (too dark and too violent maybe) but absolutely great.
Well.. yes, but unfortunately the producers decided that they had to release the game as a "tie in" with "chronicles of riddick" (which wasnt only bad it also had nothing to do with the game) so they released it without a multiplayer component and that turned the game from an excellent buy to "good".
Or perhaps Hollywood just realized that Halo 2, GTA SA, Metroid Prime 2, made quite a few million bucks, and their best "tie ins" "spiderman , ridick" barely reached the top 20 most sold games of the year?
Heres a hint: 1 year development time with zero creative freedom an unexperienced team and copycat techniques, cant lead to more than a regular game, never will, never has. No matter how "cool" it looks on paper.
Probably the most succesful licensed game is Kotor (1) which took almost 3 years in development. Complete creative control (since is barely tied with the star wars universe) and a team of rpg experts leading it. Take a note hollywood producers.
Heres an idea. Grab an experienced team who actually admires your franchise and grant them the license and resources to do a game about it. Forget about "tying it" to the release of a movie. Leave them do their work. If everything works you will make almost as much money as you did with the movie.
Hmm.. Actually The printed manual for Halo 2 and mechassault 2 (the one that comes with the game case) are available free online for printing in the xbox.com site (I was surprised too) they are both published by MS.
The walkthrough and cheats for those and the games you mentioned are available in www.gamefaqs.com and in a ton of websites aroudn the net where were you looking them anyways?
Im not so sure Doom 3 is actually going to be released for the xbox _ever_.
As anyone who has _tried_ to play it knows. Doom 3 needs more than a regular machine to run properly so the xbox version has been drastically severed, models have lost half their polycount, some of the lighting tricks had been cut off, the levels have been reduced, etc. (which strikes me as odd since RIDDICK uses similar technology and runs without a hitch in the console) some fans may be dissapointed with the result. (not to mention those who just dont get the "Alone in the dark" motif)
Aparently Vicarious held the Xbox version of Doom 3 so it wouldnt hurt PC sales (after all a xbox with doom 3 costs less than several 3d cards for a PC), but at the end that probably wasnt such a bright idea, the console is cramped with current and incoming quality FPS's (Unreal Championship 2, conker, Snowblind and that game with an "H") most of them featuring much better xlive capabilities than doom 3, so it just may be just may be "too little too late." With the graphics not being "avant garde" anymore, all that fans can look forward is the co-op experience. (which is probably more of a hack since doom3 was not designed as a coop game)
In light of all this I believe there is a good chance we see doom3 release date pushed all the way to the xbox2 release somewhere in 2006. (After all it has been for quite a few months times, why not an extra year?) the xbox 2 sounds like a machine in which doom 3 graphics could literally shine (no pun intended) a good way to expent time in between halo 2.5 blasts (or while waiting for halo3) and mostly a great launch title to prove the console is not meant for kiddies (or the faint of heart).
Lets just wait and see. (provided we have the lightlamp equiped) but I wouldnt hold my breathe though, after all they have kept us in the dark before...
Easy. It's due to the number of possible buyers, The number 1 country with electronic consummers is Japan, the rest follow. More or less the table is set like this.
1.-Japan (Asia)
2.-US
3.-Europe (UK, spain, france, etc)
4.-Latin America (we've got a pretty good share of consumers)
5.-Rest of the world
This is the reason why the PS2 beats the Xbox in sales by about 13 million (instead of a small margin in the US), because the Xbox is (barely) number 3 in sales in Japan and the Japanese market is huge.
From the article:The Big N is still trying to decide on information to reveal on the e3
Translation: They are weighting if they should let their fans know about the GBA Evolution so they dont buy PSP's OR let the sales for the DS rise a bit more first (they're aparently taking option b).
p.s. Please notice no new titles for the DS other than those already produced (metroid, puppies) were mentioned. The talk immediately went to the new rehash for the GBA instead.
If the PSP pricing has dissapointed you (or at least has confirmed that you cant afford it) I suggest to wait for E3 before taking any decisions.
Theres a big rumor about a new GBA coming our way,GBA Evolution using technology similar to the PSP (bad for PSP users AND mostly DS users due to a possible shortenned lifetime), talk about a price drop for the DS and/or a bundle with metroid Hunters (in order to compete with the PSP release!) and the posibility of a surprise/bundle title for the PSP: GTA PSP no less!
Some of these rumors look very pausible so no matter what side you are on. It might be a very sensible thing to just wait and see what happens first.
People are buying PSPs all over the world for $400 and $500 is it that surprising that some sony executive decided to price it at $250 instead of the rumored $150?
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I hope a lot of people could actually READ your post before modding it, but this is slashdot, so...
Anyway I completely agree on the N-fanboy thing, however I disagree in some of your points: Mario64 and wind waker did had good elements of gameplay that made them fun. However it is true that most N games are ridden with gameplay cliches.
"find X coins or items" to get X
"save the princess"
"go to alternate world by doing X" (which is suposed to be surprising.)
"collect coins" Seriously is there any platform game in which you DONT collect coins? (at least in zelda you can buy stuff)
(zelda)"talk to everyone"
"find the weak point in X enemy"
Theres a good point though the whole "easy to learn difficult to master" technique which is pretty good (although cliche as well) it means a newb can come in play some levels and win at a steady rate. however it takes an experienced player to find all the secrets and extra challenges in a level. Thats a good design idea. And most N games have it.
However yes. being a "true gamer" doesnt mean you have to eat up everything X company roots out, you are not better than anyone else just because you are 25-30 and you subdue yourself to play a game that looks designed for kindergarten kids based on a 15 year old franchise.
Theres a key difference between the keynotes, sony took the slide show aproach (which is quite useful, but boring) MS talked about the benefits of their new dashboard for _DEVELOPERS_ which is a lot, because the new xbox handles a bit like windows (so is complex but at least you get a lot of work done for you) and the "HD era" (whatever they think that means) they actually dropped some interesting marketting data that DEVELOPERS can use. And gave away their XNA beta (which is not a bad tool) and some HDTVs which is good because they want you to DEVELOP your games for it. (and yes they were trying to bribe us quite a bit.)
Nintendo keynote was emotional and all but as a DEVELOPER I can tell you this, it was completely USELESS 2 hours show, out of of their new games.(?) "look my game has voice recognition" yeah it says so right here in the SDK you sold me "Look you can make music and a dog hear you!" thanks N I wouldnt have figured out how to use a mic for that "Look we can play mario kart wirelessly!" Yeah N is called wireless networking my laptop has it too. "CHECK OUT OUR NEW ZELDA GAME!" gee, thanks I would never find that one at www.gametrailers.com, then we get the "good games come from good gameplay not good graphics" speech, in case you are new to this, we get that speech each generation for the last 15 years if you have a copy of Nintendo Power magazine, you probably will find the speech right there.
"Our new graphics chip is called HORYWOOD! and we have one called BROADWAY too! our new console is going to be VERY GOOD" thats the best piece of technical information Ive ever got! my game is going to be 200% better thanks to that!
Seriously guys the reason why everybody liked N keynote better is because it was meant for E3 not GDC it was an ad show not a developers keynote.
We needed specs on the new system, whats the situation with networking (probably the only valuable piece of info was that they support wi-fi now) and what benefits we get for working with them (they have already stated their console is not going to be pretty compatible so most games are going to be exclusive, what benefit do _I_ as a developer get with that?) also whats the deal with the DS and their new GBA? when is going to be released? how are they going to handle 2 handhelds, etc. etc. they didnt even care to mention it.
Anyway for me the best of the show, was the "amy heckerling" design contest. not only you got to see some of the best game designers at work you actually discovered the obvious route is not always the best, and that fun ideas are always a good aproach, (at least good for a laugh and some impulse buys) that was pretty educational And the engine Mollineux showed off was just _sweet_
Jack Thompson must be saying "damn! why the heck he didnt used a gun or a car! I mean is the 21st century for crying out loud!" he must be writting an anonymous petition to Rockstar right now demanding more knives so he can keep making a living out of suing them.
Crap.. Im being tempted by the evil forces to acquire a ps2!!!! argh!... must remove hand ... from Wallet!!!
Oh crap! they have Tekken 5 too! no hand! put that Credit Card away no! NOOOO!!!
Klatu- Varada- Nictu!
er... like double welding and having each trigger shoot each weapon? which is now being copied by every shooter game and their cousin? or like the idea of only carrying two weapons at a time so you actually have to strategize which weapons to use? which has also been copied by several games?
Halo is not over rated, is the best fps for consoles, simplified to extremes yet fun and "movielike", dont compare it to tribes, ut2004, or battlefield is something very different.
Actually this was their comic after seing the PSP http://i.domaindlx.com/GermanCons/nds.jpg Just kidding! sorry I couldnt help it. You are right, penny arcade actually is quite straight forward about this things. Im looking forward to their friday comic.
This is just My opinion, but.. are you aware that there IS a new game boy in the works? that the lifetime of the DS could be seriously affected by it? Even the article said it:
"Is not fair to compare the DS vs the PSP it should be compared to the GBA 2."
Imo: This explains it quite well I believe:
Oh yes, mod me down as much as possible. I still wouldnt buy a DS or recommend anyone to buy one, at least not now.
Why do you have to buy a handheld now anyway? just because is new? Ill sit and wait for a price drop (and the news) to make a decission.
The posibilities for getting a good lineup for the DS will sink like a rock the minute the gba 2 gets announced. If they actually release it this year the DS pretty much would have finished before starting, No decent third party developer would even think to launch a title in a device that has competition by a newer one from the same company. (launch a psx title? when theres a ps2 available no way) the GBA however has a good shot because it has a huge market penetration world wide (unlike the DS)
.. well a bit less than a year (unless the DS and the GBA2 are compatible) Nintendo will keep throwing some DS titles to keep their fans calm , but not the size or quality that fans may have expected, unavoidably Nintendo will turn their attention to the new device sooner or later.
That would mean the DS lifetime is basically
I really hope this is not true, it will hurt all DS users and Nintendo fans alike. If it is true, then the rumors than the DS was just a PSP Place holder and The DS users where tricked by Nintendo into buying it just to keep their holliday sales up (for one holliday) is pretty much confirmed.
Even if you are an N-fan will you go running to buy one if this is true?
[i] I dont beleive they have any sorta case. You can't copyright cel shading. And the main character is the player's work of art. End of story.[/i]
Not correct. The actual problem is that they are using the EXACT same Type of cell shading the EXACT same proportions on the eyes/mouth, the same proportions in the hairstyles and even the same COLOR PALETTE. there are hundreds perhaps thousands of ways to do cell shading and anime but these guys are using EXACTLY the same one! (example at hand: check the style of the late "true fantasy online" is similar but not quite the same)
Believe me these guys worked and worked hard to get exactly the same graphics style than Wind Waker. Trademarks are valid in Character likeness, caricatures and imitated work. These guys carbon copied these characteristics from WW and then from the logo font and style to add insult to injury.
Nintendo HAS a case and a very strong one. Is sadly obvious that the gamemakers planned to use these likeness as a game feature and profit from it which is a huge copyright violation (basically the same than using a pirated version).
Besides thats not just some player character thats the game promotional screens! You dont see a spiderman "look alike" in the cover of City of heroes do you?
My 8 ball sees this game getting sued, and quickly dismantled shortly after.
Im the only feeling slapped in the face, by this? seriously I had no idea.
I knew that square was going to release FF for xbox2 (FF has never been console exclusive) but this? ouch this is 10 times worst than when RARE went to MS. next thing we know Konami,Namco and Capcom get exclusive contracts.
"I predict than in 3 years earth will be hit by an asteroid, half of the USA will be lost forcing MS and most US companies to emigrate to Japan. In the meantime Linux becomes the most used OS in the world.
However 1 1/2 year later the rest of the giant asteroid hits Japan without warning, most of Japan is destroyed forcing Japaneses to move to France, most companies get bought by EA (since France is EA's property now) and most Japanese become employees as soon as they land. Sony president dies and Nintendo's president is seriously wounded, in his dying breathe he gets a visit by Bill Gates (who is now his neighbour and an emigrated japanese) who promises he will never allow Nintendo to be acquired by a Gaijin, in his dying breathe he agrees and exactly 5 years from now Nintendo is acquired by MS (which is the last japanese company in earth), Meanwhile a revolution explodes in France due to the high overpopulation of overworked citizens, and deadlines are missed so nobody cares about MS releasing the Xcube."
The USA (the half of it currently sinking) is ran by a monkey due to a major bug in the ballot computer. "Is not the first time something like this happens!" comments the office spokesman, while JOJO elected president efusively nods. "He may not be the best er.. critter to ran the country, but he is white, male, Religious and against gay marriage!" JOJO applauds vigorously, while the USA slowly sinks and most Americans have to move to Canada.
Oh that zany 8-ball! what a card!
Several analysts have mentioned the same before. There are several benefits from a merger between nintendo and MS in the console market.
MS has a good cover of the adult/young adult target, has a strong online service and the hardware is probably the most featured rich in the market however it has failed to penetrate the japanese market and (with certain huge exceptions) doesnt have good 1st party titles.
Nintendo is completely in the other side of the spectre, his target centers in the children/family target (with some succesful attempts at the teen/adult) is ripe with 1st party titles and has great penetration in Japan (its homeland) however his hardware is pretty much basic and lacks third party support plus they turned their backs to online gaming (which now becomes a problem for the next generation)
If you simply add A+B a console created by both companies would join the best of both worlds And probably tear the domain of the console market right out of Sony hands. However THIS is NEVER going to happen.
The reason is simple, while MS has smiled and the prospect of getting their hands in nintendo (mostly due to their Japanese penetration which is the goal for their next console) Nintendo simply is not interested. Their business model is simple, create a console as less expensive as possible and then populate it with their well stablished franchises focusing in gameplay (in some cases) and family games, since this are the ones that statiscally sell the most. So sticking to family games (and known franchises) is a proven formula for better profits.
The profits will simply not be the same if a third party dominated their own market or a partner company was able to take a piece of them. So nintendo has announced several times if they (for whatever reason) stopped producing consoles they wouldnt become a third party developer (unlike sega) since the benefits wouldnt be as good as the ones they are receiving now.
And while some have predicted that the PSP would dominate the handheld market (which is the prime income of nintendo at the moment) most analysts agree that Nintendo And sony will simply SHARE it with the teen/adult base on Sony's side and the rest using nintendo handhelds. Besides Nintendo is already working in the actual Succesor of the GBA, of which we know to little of, but can expect to be similar to the psp in several aspects. Also they are preparing their next generation console as well so they arent out of the console war either.
Trip Hawkins is probably basing his conclusion in pure industry especulation and daydreaming. so is unlikely to take him as a trustful source.
"What is the prefered method of typing for someone with that disorder?"
a:Dictation software
The guy MIGHT have the condition and still be able to "talk" using voice dictation software, Dragon natural speaking per example. surprinsingly enough it does work. (after quite a bit of training)
Im not saying that proves this guy is for real. But at least "typing" doesnt prove otherwise.
Theres another great idea. Is there someone even remotely interested in buying that game? (lets not even mention scarface)
No wonder why the studios are dissapointed.
Hmm ... sorry I think I have a point and is not idiotic at all, Multiplayer in these kind of games (fps) IS a big deal. How do you think Splinter cell 2 or Halo 2 would have fared without any Multiplayer? Ask around and most people will agree they wouldnt be playing these games now if the multiplayer wasnt so good. How do you think Doom3 would do in xbox without co-op multiplayer mode?
When a feature becomes standard, non having it means you have substandard quality. Weither you like or not. (try to name 5 top fps games that have no multiplayer at all?)
However now that you mention it, maybe people believed it was as bad as the movie and there wasnt enough advertisement for the game itself.I have a friend who was looking forward to the PC release and completely lost interest after seing the movie in DVD.
I agree Riddick is a GREAT game. (too dark and too violent maybe) but absolutely great.
Well.. yes, but unfortunately the producers decided that they had to release the game as a "tie in" with "chronicles of riddick" (which wasnt only bad it also had nothing to do with the game) so they released it without a multiplayer component and that turned the game from an excellent buy to "good".
Or perhaps Hollywood just realized that Halo 2, GTA SA, Metroid Prime 2, made quite a few million bucks, and their best "tie ins" "spiderman , ridick" barely reached the top 20 most sold games of the year?
Heres a hint: 1 year development time with zero creative freedom an unexperienced team and copycat techniques, cant lead to more than a regular game, never will, never has. No matter how "cool" it looks on paper.
Probably the most succesful licensed game is Kotor (1) which took almost 3 years in development. Complete creative control (since is barely tied with the star wars universe) and a team of rpg experts leading it. Take a note hollywood producers.
Heres an idea. Grab an experienced team who actually admires your franchise and grant them the license and resources to do a game about it. Forget about "tying it" to the release of a movie. Leave them do their work. If everything works you will make almost as much money as you did with the movie.
Hmm.. Actually The printed manual for Halo 2 and mechassault 2 (the one that comes with the game case) are available free online for printing in the xbox.com site (I was surprised too) they are both published by MS.
The walkthrough and cheats for those and the games you mentioned are available in www.gamefaqs.com and in a ton of websites aroudn the net where were you looking them anyways?
Im not so sure Doom 3 is actually going to be released for the xbox _ever_.
As anyone who has _tried_ to play it knows. Doom 3 needs more than a regular machine to run properly so the xbox version has been drastically severed, models have lost half their polycount, some of the lighting tricks had been cut off, the levels have been reduced, etc. (which strikes me as odd since RIDDICK uses similar technology and runs without a hitch in the console) some fans may be dissapointed with the result. (not to mention those who just dont get the "Alone in the dark" motif)
Aparently Vicarious held the Xbox version of Doom 3 so it wouldnt hurt PC sales (after all a xbox with doom 3 costs less than several 3d cards for a PC), but at the end that probably wasnt such a bright idea, the console is cramped with current and incoming quality FPS's (Unreal Championship 2, conker, Snowblind and that game with an "H") most of them featuring much better xlive capabilities than doom 3, so it just may be just may be "too little too late." With the graphics not being "avant garde" anymore, all that fans can look forward is the co-op experience. (which is probably more of a hack since doom3 was not designed as a coop game)
In light of all this I believe there is a good chance we see doom3 release date pushed all the way to the xbox2 release somewhere in 2006. (After all it has been for quite a few months times, why not an extra year?) the xbox 2 sounds like a machine in which doom 3 graphics could literally shine (no pun intended) a good way to expent time in between halo 2.5 blasts (or while waiting for halo3) and mostly a great launch title to prove the console is not meant for kiddies (or the faint of heart).
Lets just wait and see. (provided we have the lightlamp equiped) but I wouldnt hold my breathe though, after all they have kept us in the dark before...
After thinking about it a bit more. I think this has to be a joke or a fake of somekind.
360 is a revolution (obviously), so it means: Xbox revolution pun intended no the Nintendo revolution console.
Xbox360.com is already registered to someone with a yahoo mail address so all this theory seems pretty unlikely.
I think X2, XNXT or Xenon seems like more possible choices.
(lucky you) 3=E 6=G 0=0
360=EGO
XBOX: EGO
Doesnt sound so bad actually..
Now we can start with the "leggo my xbox ego" jokes!
Anyway Im not buying this is the actual name, looks more like a marketting campaign (a la "who are you"?) to me.
p.s. You have to remember XBOX2 is suposed to be made with the japanese market in mind, does 360 mean something in japanese culture?
- 1.-Japan (Asia)
- 2.-US
- 3.-Europe (UK, spain, france, etc)
- 4.-Latin America (we've got a pretty good share of consumers)
- 5.-Rest of the world
This is the reason why the PS2 beats the Xbox in sales by about 13 million (instead of a small margin in the US), because the Xbox is (barely) number 3 in sales in Japan and the Japanese market is huge.From the article:The Big N is still trying to decide on information to reveal on the e3
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Translation: They are weighting if they should let their fans know about the GBA Evolution so they dont buy PSP's OR let the sales for the DS rise a bit more first (they're aparently taking option b)
p.s. Please notice no new titles for the DS other than those already produced (metroid, puppies) were mentioned. The talk immediately went to the new rehash for the GBA instead.
If the PSP pricing has dissapointed you (or at least has confirmed that you cant afford it) I suggest to wait for E3 before taking any decisions.
Theres a big rumor about a new GBA coming our way,GBA Evolution using technology similar to the PSP (bad for PSP users AND mostly DS users due to a possible shortenned lifetime), talk about a price drop for the DS and/or a bundle with metroid Hunters (in order to compete with the PSP release!) and the posibility of a surprise/bundle title for the PSP: GTA PSP no less!
Some of these rumors look very pausible so no matter what side you are on. It might be a very sensible thing to just wait and see what happens first.
People are buying PSPs all over the world for $400 and $500 is it that surprising that some sony executive decided to price it at $250 instead of the rumored $150?
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