"I'm a Brit myself, and I thought most people over here thought these views were outdated and lacked substance. None of my close friends give any credit to creationism or ID.
Quite frankly this BBC study is bollocks!
No-one believes in that religious crap over here. It's only the Americans that still do that.
"When I visited the store in London in Regent Street there were hardly any customers anyway."
Hmm..."hardly any" seems a bit high to me. Everytime i've gone past it, there have been none. In fact, i might just have a walk down there in a minute... just to laugh of course!
Heh, ok. So not *all* RPG's need cutscenes. But Final Fantasy definatley does, it wouldn't be the same without them.:)
Admittedly, i have played other RPG's where all the cutscenes have just been in-game graphics, and were totally boring and it wouldn't let me skip them. Those types are definately annoying!
P.S. Square-Enix haven't been called Squaresoft for years now;)
I live in the UK, and i've never seen it advertised. Unless crap reviews in gaming magazine's counts as "advertising"?
Altough, i did walk past the Gizmondo shop in Regents Street in London a few weeks back..... i noticed rather a lot of staff standing around doing nothing... pleanty of people walking past outside the shop, no-one actually inside.
I counted 195 shows (TV, OVA's and films), how many of those are getting a release over here? About 25 roughly? That leaves 170 shows that would otherwise never be seen if it weren't for fansubs.
While i might have heard about quite a lot of series without fansubs, that doesn't mean i would have bought them without seeing some of it first (and no, a 2 minute trailer isn't enough to make a decent decision).
I'd heard pleanty about Evangelion, but i wouldn't have bought it on DVD if i hadn't seen any of it, because usually mecha type stuff doesn't interest me. But after watching the fansubs, i instantly went out and bought it.
The same can probably said about Bleach (if someone ever decides to release an uncut version over here.... lets hope ADV license it!), i would have heard about it, but there's no way i would have bought it based on peoples descriptions, because i usually really hate shonen type action stuff, but after watching the fansubs i will probably buy if it gets released on DVD over here (so long as it doesn't get cut up, or get dubbed crappily).
And to further expand on your point, what about shows that were popular in Japan, e.g. Kochikame, and Yawara! that have never been fanusbbed, and so haven't seen the light of day over here? How do you explain that?
I don't remember saying they were hurting the industry.
A question for you: Have you ever watched a fansub, then a few years later the series gets released on DVD, but you don't buy the DVD because you didn't like the show? If fansubs didn't exist, you would have had to buy (or rent) that DVD to make a decision about whether you liked that particular show or not. That was the point i was making.
I must admit *a lot* (if not all) of my anime DVD purchases have been because i've seen the fansub, and liked it, and wanted to buy the DVD. But there have also been a few DVD's that i have avoided buying because i've seen the fansub, and didn't like it.
P.S. Someone seriously needs to license Densha Otoko, lol. That show rocks!! It *needs* to be released on DVD over here!
I think that the general opinion is that it can be good, and bad.
For a good series, a fansub will generate a lot of interest, and mostly people (well... at lease most of the people i know) will go and buy it on DVD when it comes out. Because it is a "must have" in their collection.
But, for an average series, the opposite tends to happen, people will watch the fansub, then they probably won't bother to buy it on DVD when it comes out because they've already seen it, and it wasn't good enough for them to spend money on.
Don't they offer downloading updates from their website and burning it onto a CD? I know they do this for the backwards compatability things you need to download.
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"My taste in music is my business and I don't want other people knowing that my most listened to album is Tom Dooley and Other Hits by The Kingston Trio."
Posting that on Slashdot probably wasn't the best idea then.;)
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"The video game police"
Wow... isn't the U.S. going a bit far with their whole anti-game thing now?
"I'm a Brit myself, and I thought most people over here thought these views were outdated and lacked substance. None of my close friends give any credit to creationism or ID.
Quite frankly this BBC study is bollocks!
No-one believes in that religious crap over here. It's only the Americans that still do that.
"** REPORT RESULTS: Bayesian Query = 'STOCK WINNERS' **
George W. Bush Dick Cheney Darl McBride"
You seem to have mis-spelled "WIENERS".
Do Americans pronounce it "jizz" then? Everyone i knew pronounced it with a "G" sound (e.g the first letter of Game), and then "iz".
"When I visited the store in London in Regent Street there were hardly any customers anyway."
Hmm..."hardly any" seems a bit high to me. Everytime i've gone past it, there have been none. In fact, i might just have a walk down there in a minute... just to laugh of course!
Your plan seems so foolproof!! It's just that damn step 3 that never seems to work! :(
"a kitten in every pot?"
Maybe they should buy out www.bonsaikitten.com?
What maths skills do you need to work out how much you're gonna leave as a tip? I stick to the good old £0 ...no maths required!
I mean it's not as if we're required by law to leave a tip.
Heh, ok. So not *all* RPG's need cutscenes. But Final Fantasy definatley does, it wouldn't be the same without them. :)
;)
Admittedly, i have played other RPG's where all the cutscenes have just been in-game graphics, and were totally boring and it wouldn't let me skip them. Those types are definately annoying!
P.S. Square-Enix haven't been called Squaresoft for years now
RPG's *do* need cut scenes... Final Fantasy wouldn't be what it is today *without* cutscenes.
I always enjoyed watching the cutscenes in Final Fantasy games, and i'm sure any one else would agree.... so beautiful.
But there's an even better solution:
Kick them out of the country, and let someone else deal with them...... if anyone complains, kick them out too!
I live in the UK, and i've never seen it advertised. Unless crap reviews in gaming magazine's counts as "advertising"?
Altough, i did walk past the Gizmondo shop in Regents Street in London a few weeks back..... i noticed rather a lot of staff standing around doing nothing... pleanty of people walking past outside the shop, no-one actually inside.
Yeah... surely everyone knows you need pictures to prove anything on the internet!
We demand pictures of this so called "girlfriend"!!!
Yes, i'll admit that most shows over here would probably still sell well without fansubs.
But, you've got to admit, there's a hell of a lot of anime that will only ever be available on fansubs, take last year for example:
Anime Releases in 2005 (it's sorted by month)
I counted 195 shows (TV, OVA's and films), how many of those are getting a release over here? About 25 roughly? That leaves 170 shows that would otherwise never be seen if it weren't for fansubs.
While i might have heard about quite a lot of series without fansubs, that doesn't mean i would have bought them without seeing some of it first (and no, a 2 minute trailer isn't enough to make a decent decision).
I'd heard pleanty about Evangelion, but i wouldn't have bought it on DVD if i hadn't seen any of it, because usually mecha type stuff doesn't interest me. But after watching the fansubs, i instantly went out and bought it.
The same can probably said about Bleach (if someone ever decides to release an uncut version over here.... lets hope ADV license it!), i would have heard about it, but there's no way i would have bought it based on peoples descriptions, because i usually really hate shonen type action stuff, but after watching the fansubs i will probably buy if it gets released on DVD over here (so long as it doesn't get cut up, or get dubbed crappily).
And to further expand on your point, what about shows that were popular in Japan, e.g. Kochikame, and Yawara! that have never been fanusbbed, and so haven't seen the light of day over here? How do you explain that?
I don't remember saying they were hurting the industry.
A question for you: Have you ever watched a fansub, then a few years later the series gets released on DVD, but you don't buy the DVD because you didn't like the show? If fansubs didn't exist, you would have had to buy (or rent) that DVD to make a decision about whether you liked that particular show or not. That was the point i was making.
I must admit *a lot* (if not all) of my anime DVD purchases have been because i've seen the fansub, and liked it, and wanted to buy the DVD. But there have also been a few DVD's that i have avoided buying because i've seen the fansub, and didn't like it.
P.S. Someone seriously needs to license Densha Otoko, lol. That show rocks!! It *needs* to be released on DVD over here!
I think that the general opinion is that it can be good, and bad.
For a good series, a fansub will generate a lot of interest, and mostly people (well... at lease most of the people i know) will go and buy it on DVD when it comes out. Because it is a "must have" in their collection.
But, for an average series, the opposite tends to happen, people will watch the fansub, then they probably won't bother to buy it on DVD when it comes out because they've already seen it, and it wasn't good enough for them to spend money on.
There's nothing wrong with geometry wars... in fact, it's the only game for the 360 i've bought so far!
;)
Altough, i do consider £284.99 *slightly* expensive for what can only be described as Asteroids on crack.
My 40GB iRiver (H340) was cheaper per GB than a 30GB iPod.
If you think the pacifism achievemnt is hard... just wait until you start trying to get the survive 1,000,000! >_
You do realise that there are achievements awarded for online play too?
"Besides, you're going to fix a bug that screws up memory card data with... memory card data. I don't see that working very well."
How else do you propose they fix it then? Magical fairy dust?
Don't they offer downloading updates from their website and burning it onto a CD? I know they do this for the backwards compatability things you need to download.
"My taste in music is my business and I don't want other people knowing that my most listened to album is Tom Dooley and Other Hits by The Kingston Trio."
;)
Posting that on Slashdot probably wasn't the best idea then.
Aww... damn. After reading the title, i was expecting news about a new game called Tetris Guild Wars. :(