Every time somebody tells me they bought HL2 I laugh my ass off.. and go play one of my games that runs!
There's no way I'd ever buy HL2 with all this Steam business. "Nobody can play today.. the server's down." And you know this will happen during the next Saturday 500-Man-LAN.
EA just announced they are trying to double in size every 5 years while Microsoft is cutting back on game dev? What does Mr. Kim have to say about EA's direction?
So Microsoft is saying that it wants to produce quality games -- so it wants to only create million-selling items? Yet by cutting out all its sports titles they have left the field to be owned by EA in an areana where quality versions guarantee return of the faithful on an annual basis.
The MMORPG market is flooded -- so killing Mythica kind of made sense. Except for the fact that then leaves them holding AC which has to compete with the next generation from other companies. Mythica would have been the "quality" replacement they're claiming they want to produce. Very sad.
All this just seams to point to the reality that Microsoft doesn't have the stomach for a protracted building of a franchise that has more potential than Gate's Dreamworks (see http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,61358,00.ht ml).
If Microsoft is truely about producing quality games, then it must realize that it could easilly cut down on marketing budget since allowing Mods, level editors, and online play all build community and word of mouth that buys you far better sales than an add in any Nothing-Gets-Less-Than-4-Out-Of-5-Stars game "review" magazine.
Sigh.
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And that's when Patrick realized that the majority of his customers were college drop-outs living in their parent's basements...
Every time somebody tells me they bought HL2 I laugh my ass off.. and go play one of my games that runs!
There's no way I'd ever buy HL2 with all this Steam business. "Nobody can play today.. the server's down." And you know this will happen during the next Saturday 500-Man-LAN.
SUCKERS!
China has 700,000 computers.
Yes, when my Ford pick-up is having engine trouble, I always drive it to the nearest Harley Davidson to get it fixed.
In the same way, Microsoft should be responsible for code written by everybody else on the planet.
EA just announced they are trying to double in size every 5 years while Microsoft is cutting back on game dev? What does Mr. Kim have to say about EA's direction? So Microsoft is saying that it wants to produce quality games -- so it wants to only create million-selling items? Yet by cutting out all its sports titles they have left the field to be owned by EA in an areana where quality versions guarantee return of the faithful on an annual basis. The MMORPG market is flooded -- so killing Mythica kind of made sense. Except for the fact that then leaves them holding AC which has to compete with the next generation from other companies. Mythica would have been the "quality" replacement they're claiming they want to produce. Very sad. All this just seams to point to the reality that Microsoft doesn't have the stomach for a protracted building of a franchise that has more potential than Gate's Dreamworks (see http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,61358,00.ht ml).
If Microsoft is truely about producing quality games, then it must realize that it could easilly cut down on marketing budget since allowing Mods, level editors, and online play all build community and word of mouth that buys you far better sales than an add in any Nothing-Gets-Less-Than-4-Out-Of-5-Stars game "review" magazine.
Sigh.