I for one have usually cared more about things like the GDC than E3, because it's more interesting to hear theory from the brains of the industry than the flash and tech demos of E3. Now, with E3 gone, I have a feeling stuff like this will get a lot more press coverage, which I see as a very good thing. At the very least, the GDC looks more professional than E3, which might help kick off some of our stereotypes as just a bunch of kids messing around.
The biggest problem I've ever had with ads in games is repetition. After seeing the same ad for the same product about 15,000,000,000 times in one level, I start to really get sick of it. But if you can get a bunch of different brands and such involved, it becomes a LOT more bearable IMO
I agree that the number of games released in a buggy state is getting way out of hand. When I buy a game, especially for $50, I should be able to take it home and play it. Since that never happens, I just play the waiting game. I almost never buy a game when it releases; instead waiting a few months. The price goes down, and patches come out, so I pay less for a game that plays better than at launch. Sure, I don't get to be the first guy on the block to play, but that's not a big deal when I'm saving $10-20 bucks a game. And it's not like the game is any less fun if you wait. Hearts of Iron II is just as fun when it came out as it is now. Plus it runs smoother thanks to patches. And cost about $30. Seems like a win/win scenario to me.
While it sounds like a decent idea, I'm really all for the whole uncensored and unregulated internet. It's more interesting to me to see what people do with the total freedom granted to them. The more stuff like this that's get passed, the closer we move to real censorship. Okay, so I know I probably sound like I just put a fresh bit of tinfoil on this morning, but I really like my internet the way it is.
X-play is only good as a comedy show. They know very little about good games IMO. They're funny as hell when they rip apart a bad game, but when they get a good game, all they can do is come up with those totally off-topic and retarted sketches to try to force some laughs. But they're never funny. I watch the show when I need a laugh, but I would never trust it for a serious game review.
Finally someone figures out the real problem here. Kudos. I mean, back in the day people went off saying Jazz music made people violent killers. It's just society attacking the newest form of entertainment. It always happens.
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Wonderful post, I agree with most of it, but why are games the special case? What makes them okay to pirate but all other software not?
You kinda fail at google. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6167864.html?sid=6167 864&action=convert
Its all over the web if you look for it.
Yes they have. http://www.ps3center.net/story-394.html
I for one have usually cared more about things like the GDC than E3, because it's more interesting to hear theory from the brains of the industry than the flash and tech demos of E3. Now, with E3 gone, I have a feeling stuff like this will get a lot more press coverage, which I see as a very good thing. At the very least, the GDC looks more professional than E3, which might help kick off some of our stereotypes as just a bunch of kids messing around.
The biggest problem I've ever had with ads in games is repetition. After seeing the same ad for the same product about 15,000,000,000 times in one level, I start to really get sick of it. But if you can get a bunch of different brands and such involved, it becomes a LOT more bearable IMO
I agree that the number of games released in a buggy state is getting way out of hand. When I buy a game, especially for $50, I should be able to take it home and play it. Since that never happens, I just play the waiting game. I almost never buy a game when it releases; instead waiting a few months. The price goes down, and patches come out, so I pay less for a game that plays better than at launch. Sure, I don't get to be the first guy on the block to play, but that's not a big deal when I'm saving $10-20 bucks a game. And it's not like the game is any less fun if you wait. Hearts of Iron II is just as fun when it came out as it is now. Plus it runs smoother thanks to patches. And cost about $30. Seems like a win/win scenario to me.
While it sounds like a decent idea, I'm really all for the whole uncensored and unregulated internet. It's more interesting to me to see what people do with the total freedom granted to them. The more stuff like this that's get passed, the closer we move to real censorship. Okay, so I know I probably sound like I just put a fresh bit of tinfoil on this morning, but I really like my internet the way it is.
X-play is only good as a comedy show. They know very little about good games IMO. They're funny as hell when they rip apart a bad game, but when they get a good game, all they can do is come up with those totally off-topic and retarted sketches to try to force some laughs. But they're never funny. I watch the show when I need a laugh, but I would never trust it for a serious game review.
Finally someone figures out the real problem here. Kudos. I mean, back in the day people went off saying Jazz music made people violent killers. It's just society attacking the newest form of entertainment. It always happens.
Wow, I didn't realize there would be this many people feeling the same way I did.