I will give you Dragon Age II, but Mass Effect 3 was literally 99.6% awesome. It was just unfortunate that the.4% of suck was the last 10 minutes of the game.
I find the Mass Effect 3 argument amusing because in/every/ previous Mass Effect game, you have never been able to significantly change the ending and the ending was always not so clear as to what may end up happening. I felt it was a well executed narrative and I never presumed I'd get more than what I got in the previous Mass Effect games, the fact that people set their expectations higher than what Bioware have ever provided them just seems hilariously stupid.
After seeing what they did to Dragon Age II and Mass Effect 3, it's likely I won't buy another EA game again for a long while. It's really sad seeing these once-great studios killed by the plague that is EA Games.
I thought they did brilliantly with those games, my only annoyance with Mass Effect 3 was the fact I couldn't buy it on Steam.
At one point that becomes fairly difficult. Having been in opensource projects, if I listened to a good chunk of users, I would probably have fallen into a deep depression from all the criticism and not been able to produce anything that satisfies all parties regardless.
Many of his customers, if not most, will be perfectly happy buying games without a MP component
You do realize he said online component, not multiplayer component? He even clarifies this again in a kotaku article again.
IMO games have been getting worse in recent years
I don't know, I find a lot of older games are pretty bad amd haven't really noticed a significant increase in crap being put out, but feel free to prove me wrong.
The interfaces are console crippled and they make design compromises to shoe-horn in MP even when it doesn't make any sense.
I've just not played games, both newer and older ones because the interface sucked. I'm not really seeing a major progression curve in either direction on playability when it comes to my experiences.
The most surprising part to me, though, is (assuming the rumors are valid on the new port) that they didn't go for a micro-USB port. The EU directive aimed at getting rid of electronic waste due to redundant and incompatible chargers will shortly make (already makes?) it or an adapter mandatory, so why bother coming up with yet another type of dock connector?
Apple worked around this by making the power adapter have a 'USB' socket and keeping their proprietary adapter on a cable has a USB plug that goes into that socket.
Wow, your default homepage for over 8 years has been one that only existed for 7 1/2 years? May 2005 + 8 years = May 2013, not "some time before September 2012"
I don't think that single year makes much of a change to his point to be honest.
Serves you right, walled garden sheep. My computers can only be identified with serials that you'll need root access to read, and they never leave the computer.
That's okay, we already know you are 1153867, we don't need computer serials to identify you.
We lived together in that 5th wheel for 3 years, and if we had an argument, there was no avoiding an issue by stomping off to the other end of the house. We pretty much had to deal with it then and there!
You really haven't dealt with many apps that make sound on linux, have you? Its nothing to do with hardware support
To be honest, I've had few issues when ALSA was handling mixing properly - It could mix in pulse, ALSA just fine together. I never had to touch the ALSA configuration on Linux OEM hardware.
multiple incompatible sound systems, hit or miss multichannel support, some apps that lock exclusive use of the audio subsystem, etc.
Pretty sure I could use ESD, Arts and other APIs with pulse audio just fine? But even if I wasn't using pulse audio, I remember some years back when I had both yiff and arts running at the same time, talking to ALSA just fine at the same time with no issues.
Yes, a vendor makes a system specifically for use with Linux, using tech that Linux has drivers for, and sets up Linux on it for the customer so it just works.
Exactly, now, that doesn't always mean though that the next OS version is going to be a 'perfect' upgrade sadly.
Now, try installing Linux on 20 different laptops and tell me how you do.
Speaking as someone who did have to work with volume licensing and mass upgrades of systems.. I would have to guess the experience would be better than mine when I had to install Vista on XP laptops and 7 on Vista laptops. I distinctly get the impression I would have had more 'usable' laptops some how.
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You can use Visual Studio to produce code that runs on the Pi, but not run Visual Studio on the Pi.
I'd give you a million for nothing, but I don't have any. Nor can I justify buying any for more than nothing.
I don't really get why one should even use bitcoin over solidcoin either.
The reason that you believe online components equals multiplayer which is not what the EA exec was saying?
I find the Mass Effect 3 argument amusing because in /every/ previous Mass Effect game, you have never been able to significantly change the ending and the ending was always not so clear as to what may end up happening. I felt it was a well executed narrative and I never presumed I'd get more than what I got in the previous Mass Effect games, the fact that people set their expectations higher than what Bioware have ever provided them just seems hilariously stupid.
I thought they did brilliantly with those games, my only annoyance with Mass Effect 3 was the fact I couldn't buy it on Steam.
I think you're just mad they found a better target audience.
At one point that becomes fairly difficult. Having been in opensource projects, if I listened to a good chunk of users, I would probably have fallen into a deep depression from all the criticism and not been able to produce anything that satisfies all parties regardless.
You do realize he said online component, not multiplayer component? He even clarifies this again in a kotaku article again.
I don't know, I find a lot of older games are pretty bad amd haven't really noticed a significant increase in crap being put out, but feel free to prove me wrong.
I've just not played games, both newer and older ones because the interface sucked. I'm not really seeing a major progression curve in either direction on playability when it comes to my experiences.
What was wrong with Dragon Age II's online components?
CCP?
I assume EA would based off your logic, since they publish games that have single player modes still (see games like Mass Effect 3).
Where is the homebrew scene active these days? I'm not seeing much of it.
Apple worked around this by making the power adapter have a 'USB' socket and keeping their proprietary adapter on a cable has a USB plug that goes into that socket.
He is just a robot overlord.
I don't think that single year makes much of a change to his point to be honest.
It failed? How am I still using it then?
He has a plan, that's why he posted as AC.
That's okay, we already know you are 1153867, we don't need computer serials to identify you.
So, you admit you understand you have taken terrorist actions?
I don't know about Linux from Dell, but on Windows that hasn't always been the case.
PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED!
I don't have a TV and I still get harassed over it.
Some people in the pubs here can drink so much, I can't even drink that many soft drinks trying to keep up.
I like trains.
To be honest, I've had few issues when ALSA was handling mixing properly - It could mix in pulse, ALSA just fine together. I never had to touch the ALSA configuration on Linux OEM hardware.
Pretty sure I could use ESD, Arts and other APIs with pulse audio just fine? But even if I wasn't using pulse audio, I remember some years back when I had both yiff and arts running at the same time, talking to ALSA just fine at the same time with no issues.
Exactly, now, that doesn't always mean though that the next OS version is going to be a 'perfect' upgrade sadly.
Speaking as someone who did have to work with volume licensing and mass upgrades of systems.. I would have to guess the experience would be better than mine when I had to install Vista on XP laptops and 7 on Vista laptops. I distinctly get the impression I would have had more 'usable' laptops some how.
By digit, I mean a digit in the form of a percentage.