In my case, I was waiting in line 2 hours before the store opened, with 11 people in front of me (the first few people had been there all night). When the manager got to the store an hour before it opened, he told us all right up front that he could only do 14 preorders, and like 5 people decided to leave, not including ones that came later and had to turn right back around. No fighting or anything, we were all pretty friendly and understanding with each other.
Note: putting any spin on something, whether it be liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican, left or right, etc., is just asking for a mod down.
Sorry to disappoint, but the learning curve for today's generation of games, especially if you hadn't been keeping up with the gradual build-up (each generation having more action buttons than the last), is too much for your typical mom. They're more likely to throw the controller down in frustration because they can't grasp how to use it. I know many smart older people who said they tried playing an Xbox, only to give up because of all the buttons.
That's where the Wii will come in. Hardly any buttons to worry about there. I wager you'll see moms slashing and swiping at television screens with the wii-mote more than you'll see them playing a sports game on either the 360 or PS3.
I'm not saying that all moms won't be able to play the 360, but the majority of them have no love for gaming, or any interest to start gaming. If anything changes that, it'll be the Wii, not the 360.
Eventually, the WoW bubble will pop. People are reaching end-game and running out of things to do. They stay for their community or guild, and create new characters and eventually get them to endgame too.
I think you'll be seeing a lot of WoW people begin to search for greener pastures. Maybe not anytime soon, but in the next year or two the numbers will begin to drop.
Super Smash Brothers Melee became a greatest hits game, and only dropped to $30 as opposed to $20. I believe it has now dropped to $20, but for a while, though considered a "Player's Choice" game by Nintendo, they kept the price up because they knew (most) people with gamecubes would buy it.
I think in more developed countries, game-playing women are perceived as nerds, hence reducing their chances of finding mates.
No. Because game-playing women are going to want a mate that shares their interest. There are more than enough "nerdy" men who would date a "nerdy" girl in a heartbeat. How do you think I met my wife? We've been gaming together for years now.
By around here, I meant south-eastern Oklahoma, a very rural area. I think parents around here don't like video games because they see it as a form of laziness. Granted, they don't think sitting around watching movies or sports for hours is lazy, but... whatever.
...around here, video games carry a stigma with them. I'm a resident of Oklahoma and for the most part video games have this negative aura around them. My in-laws all use the word "video game" and "computer" in a negative fashion, and they are pretty typical Okies.
So, if this came up as a vote for the Oklahoma people to decide... well, I'm sure it would pass by an overwhelming majority, a majority who wouldn't have even bothered to read the law. They would see "no violent video games" and check "Yes!"
City of Heroes/Villains has TERRIBLE mapserver disconnects... it was far worse than any problems I ever had with WoW. I'm talking being disconnected every 20-30 minutes for seemingly no reason, though I suspect the game didn't like my ping (I've heard cable modems have comparably high latency).
The most stable game I've played has been FFXI. Honestly though, and this is coming from someone who played WoW about 5-6 months ago, I didn't really have much trouble with it. Sure, there were a few times, but (for me) the vast majority of the time was smooth sailing. Maybe it's because I was in a low-population server or I didn't play at the right times, but WoW didn't give me problems.
A PS3 port for FFXI is necessary because, while the PS3 can play PS2 games, the PS2 version has severe graphical limitations. With the PS3, you could put the graphics back on par with the 360 and PC versions, and actually make it look nice on an HDTV (FFXI on PS2 on my HD looks really blocky).
It might interest some people who think that this game is "dying" to know that the new expansion has (in my area) completely sold out in every store, forcing me to possibly buy it online and wait to get it shipped. Hundreds of copies of this game vanished the first day it was available. Do people buy expansions to dying games? No.
No. The only Final Fantasy games to be released on PC were 7 and 8, and they were released much, much later than the original PS versions. Oblivion was simultaneously released for 360 and PC. If I want to play Oblivion, I'll buy the PC version.
Take it easy, fanboy. Oblivion doesn't count because it's for PC too. I'm referring to console-only games. Geez, you'd think I insulted your mother or something =)
Everyone complains about the console wars one way or the other: M$ is greedy, $ony $ucks, Revolution controller is dumb, etc. But as for myself and a few other people I know, we've already made our decision.
Whatever console has the best games, we're going to buy.
I've made this statement before, and I'll make it again: whichever console has the best/most RPGs wins. That single statement has been true for the past 4 console wars (NES won, SNES won, PS won, PS2 won. All of them had more RPGs than the competing systems; granted, that's not to say that the other systems didn't have good games or good RPGs, but the opposing system simply had more). I'm willing to bet that the 360 has no RPGs to speak of (Oblivion doesn't count), and therefore I'm not going to buy it. Now, that of course is my own opinion and personal experience, but I'm not the only one who feels this way. Mark my words: whichever console has the most and/or best RPGs WILL win. Four other systems can't be wrong.
And just as an after-thought, 360s are currently sitting on my local Wal-Mart and Hastings shelves gathering dust.
It is entirely feasible to have not just many games, but many good games. Because if you flood the market with nothing but crap, that's how consumers are going to remember you: "Oh yeah, that console has nothing but crummy sports games."
What Nintendo really needs is to get strong 3rd party support. They had a lot of problems with that in the past and if they want to survive the next-gen war, cool controller or not, they NEED more 3rd party developers working with them.
The Sega Genesis had a much faster CPU than the SNES (the CPU could do 3.78 MHz, that's half of what the Genesis could do), but in terms of graphics and sound, the SNES could mop the floor with the Genesis. Not to mention that all the really good games (RPGs) came out for SNES.* Also, when a game would come out for both systems, the SNES one almost always looked better.
That being said, Genesis did extremely well, and I while I prefer the SNES to the Genesis, I cannot argue their success.
* - I'm not counting the Sega CD, which released some of my favorite RPGs of all time, just the core Genesis system.
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Agreed. If I had mod-points I'd mod you up.
Two words... IE Tab. You may (possibly) never have to open IE again. I haven't had to use IE in a very long time.
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In my case, I was waiting in line 2 hours before the store opened, with 11 people in front of me (the first few people had been there all night). When the manager got to the store an hour before it opened, he told us all right up front that he could only do 14 preorders, and like 5 people decided to leave, not including ones that came later and had to turn right back around. No fighting or anything, we were all pretty friendly and understanding with each other.
As far as I know, an unlicensed FM radio station is allowed to broadcast at 1 watt. My old college did this, and it appeared to be legal.
Nooooooooooo!!!!
Whoever modded parent a troll, please don't ever use your mod points again. Thank you.
... because they have RIIIIIIIIDGE Raaaaacerrrrr!!!!
If you're talking about that retarded 9/11 conspiracy theory, "Loose Change," I think Maddox has the best argument against that load of crap.
Note: putting any spin on something, whether it be liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican, left or right, etc., is just asking for a mod down.
The more you know...
Sorry to disappoint, but the learning curve for today's generation of games, especially if you hadn't been keeping up with the gradual build-up (each generation having more action buttons than the last), is too much for your typical mom. They're more likely to throw the controller down in frustration because they can't grasp how to use it. I know many smart older people who said they tried playing an Xbox, only to give up because of all the buttons.
That's where the Wii will come in. Hardly any buttons to worry about there. I wager you'll see moms slashing and swiping at television screens with the wii-mote more than you'll see them playing a sports game on either the 360 or PS3.
I'm not saying that all moms won't be able to play the 360, but the majority of them have no love for gaming, or any interest to start gaming. If anything changes that, it'll be the Wii, not the 360.
Eventually, the WoW bubble will pop. People are reaching end-game and running out of things to do. They stay for their community or guild, and create new characters and eventually get them to endgame too. I think you'll be seeing a lot of WoW people begin to search for greener pastures. Maybe not anytime soon, but in the next year or two the numbers will begin to drop.
Super Smash Brothers Melee became a greatest hits game, and only dropped to $30 as opposed to $20. I believe it has now dropped to $20, but for a while, though considered a "Player's Choice" game by Nintendo, they kept the price up because they knew (most) people with gamecubes would buy it.
I think in more developed countries, game-playing women are perceived as nerds, hence reducing their chances of finding mates.
No. Because game-playing women are going to want a mate that shares their interest. There are more than enough "nerdy" men who would date a "nerdy" girl in a heartbeat. How do you think I met my wife? We've been gaming together for years now.
Yes, it was an over-generalization on my part.
By around here, I meant south-eastern Oklahoma, a very rural area. I think parents around here don't like video games because they see it as a form of laziness. Granted, they don't think sitting around watching movies or sports for hours is lazy, but... whatever.
...around here, video games carry a stigma with them. I'm a resident of Oklahoma and for the most part video games have this negative aura around them. My in-laws all use the word "video game" and "computer" in a negative fashion, and they are pretty typical Okies.
So, if this came up as a vote for the Oklahoma people to decide... well, I'm sure it would pass by an overwhelming majority, a majority who wouldn't have even bothered to read the law. They would see "no violent video games" and check "Yes!"
City of Heroes/Villains has TERRIBLE mapserver disconnects... it was far worse than any problems I ever had with WoW. I'm talking being disconnected every 20-30 minutes for seemingly no reason, though I suspect the game didn't like my ping (I've heard cable modems have comparably high latency). The most stable game I've played has been FFXI. Honestly though, and this is coming from someone who played WoW about 5-6 months ago, I didn't really have much trouble with it. Sure, there were a few times, but (for me) the vast majority of the time was smooth sailing. Maybe it's because I was in a low-population server or I didn't play at the right times, but WoW didn't give me problems.
A PS3 port for FFXI is necessary because, while the PS3 can play PS2 games, the PS2 version has severe graphical limitations. With the PS3, you could put the graphics back on par with the 360 and PC versions, and actually make it look nice on an HDTV (FFXI on PS2 on my HD looks really blocky).
Thank you for being intelligent.
It might interest some people who think that this game is "dying" to know that the new expansion has (in my area) completely sold out in every store, forcing me to possibly buy it online and wait to get it shipped. Hundreds of copies of this game vanished the first day it was available. Do people buy expansions to dying games? No.
No. The only Final Fantasy games to be released on PC were 7 and 8, and they were released much, much later than the original PS versions. Oblivion was simultaneously released for 360 and PC. If I want to play Oblivion, I'll buy the PC version.
Take it easy, fanboy. Oblivion doesn't count because it's for PC too. I'm referring to console-only games. Geez, you'd think I insulted your mother or something =)
Everyone complains about the console wars one way or the other: M$ is greedy, $ony $ucks, Revolution controller is dumb, etc. But as for myself and a few other people I know, we've already made our decision.
Whatever console has the best games, we're going to buy.
I've made this statement before, and I'll make it again: whichever console has the best/most RPGs wins. That single statement has been true for the past 4 console wars (NES won, SNES won, PS won, PS2 won. All of them had more RPGs than the competing systems; granted, that's not to say that the other systems didn't have good games or good RPGs, but the opposing system simply had more). I'm willing to bet that the 360 has no RPGs to speak of (Oblivion doesn't count), and therefore I'm not going to buy it. Now, that of course is my own opinion and personal experience, but I'm not the only one who feels this way. Mark my words: whichever console has the most and/or best RPGs WILL win. Four other systems can't be wrong.
And just as an after-thought, 360s are currently sitting on my local Wal-Mart and Hastings shelves gathering dust.
It is entirely feasible to have not just many games, but many good games. Because if you flood the market with nothing but crap, that's how consumers are going to remember you: "Oh yeah, that console has nothing but crummy sports games."
What Nintendo really needs is to get strong 3rd party support. They had a lot of problems with that in the past and if they want to survive the next-gen war, cool controller or not, they NEED more 3rd party developers working with them.
...No, they will continue to fail, because the Japanese do not like American game companies. MS cannot succeed in Japan, period, end of story.
The Sega Genesis had a much faster CPU than the SNES (the CPU could do 3.78 MHz, that's half of what the Genesis could do), but in terms of graphics and sound, the SNES could mop the floor with the Genesis. Not to mention that all the really good games (RPGs) came out for SNES.* Also, when a game would come out for both systems, the SNES one almost always looked better.
That being said, Genesis did extremely well, and I while I prefer the SNES to the Genesis, I cannot argue their success.
* - I'm not counting the Sega CD, which released some of my favorite RPGs of all time, just the core Genesis system.