Poll: Which Of These Is The Downfall Of Gaming This Generation?

None of those.I'm just fine with gaming this gen.As for the downfall of gaming,hardcore gamers will be the cause if they get their wish of annihilating anything casual from the world of gaming.

789shadow

you say this because you cant see the big picture. nonstop-madness' post was correct. gaming is doomed

the SP definetely needs to be extended,not drawn out,or adding "extra missions" but like,progress the story,or something like seperate wasys in RE4,in which u discover and see the story from a different perspective

the only profitable side for 3rd parties is the so called shovelware Zaistev_basic

Basically a combination of all five.

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None of those.I'm just fine with gaming this gen.As for the downfall of gaming,hardcore gamers will be the cause if they get their wish of annihilating anything casual from the world of gaming.

you say this because you cant see the big picture. nonstop-madness' post was correct. gaming is doomed

This gen is great unless you just own a PS3 or a Wii

[QUOTE="Zaistev_basic"] the only profitable side for 3rd parties is the so called shovelware IronBass

This gen is great unless you just own a PS3 or a Wii

FFXIII360

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="Zaistev_basic"] the only profitable side for 3rd parties is the so called shovelware Zaistev_basic

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[QUOTE="Zaistev_basic"] So to burst your agrument, despite these games are selling, other HD games that these developer are creating are lossing or the profit margin is low. Wii Play selling 7 million sales has a higher profit margin (due to low cost of production) compare to Halo 3 more than 7 million sales due to huge development costs. No wonder why Nintendo is having huge profit.Zaistev_basic

They cannot afford to take a loss -- as the games industry is their primary source of profit, sony and microsoft have other areas to regain losses.

[QUOTE="Zaistev_basic"][QUOTE="IronBass"] Who told you that?IronBass

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="Zaistev_basic"] Did you look at the top sales of software like Wii Play, Warioware, etc... Also, these shovelware games does NOT need to be top 10 to earn huge margin as the development cost for it is way lower than the HD counterparts. Even some games that are semi-HD (not really HD) like Rockband or Guitar Hero, Mariop Galaxy, etc... are evidences that despite non HD game, is successful with huge profit margins.Zaistev_basic

[QUOTE="Zaistev_basic"][QUOTE="IronBass"] WiiPlay was never on the top of the Wii software chart. Actually, it sold kinda low. WiiWare is, by any means, shovelware. Actually it's a pretty good game.IronBass

[QUOTE="lolfaqs"]It's true though. Saying the 360 is cheaper is the equivalent of saying an apartment is cheaper because it has a $1 rent for the first month followed by $500 rent for every subsequent month compared to another apartment with no move-in special and a monthly rent of $400.IronBass

That's like saying electricity and water aren't mandatory for housing.

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="lolfaqs"]It's true though. Saying the 360 is cheaper is the equivalent of saying an apartment is cheaper because it has a $1 rent for the first month followed by $500 rent for every subsequent month compared to another apartment with no move-in special and a monthly rent of $400.lolfaqs

That's like saying electricity and water aren't mandatory for housing.

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="lolfaqs"]It's true though. Saying the 360 is cheaper is the equivalent of saying an apartment is cheaper because it has a $1 rent for the first month followed by $500 rent for every subsequent month compared to another apartment with no move-in special and a monthly rent of $400.lolfaqs

That's like saying electricity and water aren't mandatory for housing.

because it's not.

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[QUOTE="IronBass"] The only failure in your analogy is that none of the 360 "extra costs" are mandatory.wartutheshid

That's like saying electricity and water aren't mandatory for housing.

because it's not.

implied warranty of habitability says otherwise.

The slow death of local co op

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[QUOTE="IronBass"] The only failure in your analogy is that none of the 360 "extra costs" are mandatory.IronBass

That's like saying electricity and water aren't mandatory for housing.

90% of games nowadays has an online component so he has a point. youre missing a big chunk of a game if you dont play online and 360 isnt online out of the box

I'd probably go with short single-player campaigns. It's a pity some of these games aren't very long, for instance Resident Evil 5. RE4 was like 20 hours or so your first playthrough.

WHAT THE HELL!!! All of those things are distroying gaming, how am I supposed to choose one???????

RTUUMM

I'd probably go with short single-player campaigns. It's a pity some of these games aren't very long, for instance Resident Evil 5. RE4 was like 20 hours or so your first playthrough.

vibrantdesign

resident evil 5 was ridiculously short

I've been mainly a PC player post 16-bit era, but I've always bought most of the consoles long enough to give them a shot, I just didn't bother keeping them out of disinterest. This is the first console generation I haven't bought any.

The Wii doesn't interest me and the PS3 and 360 would require too much payout up front, what with me having an old CRT TV that only has coaxel. I have no other reason to upgrade my TV situation because I rarely use the TV anyway, I'm just not a big TV fan. There's a few shows I watch from time to time but not enough to justify the expenditure.

And considering I haven't really fallen in love with the consoles I have owned post 16-bit (PSX, PS2, Xbox, Gameboy Advance) all failed to meet my expectations, I can't justify both upgrading my TV $$$ and buying a console $$$ it's necessary HD cables $$$ extra controllers $$$ a decent speaker system $$$ and paying more per game $$$ when chances are it's going to be just like last generation: I'll buy a bunch of the 'top rated' games and get let down because it doesn't match the experience I'm used to on the PC (slow analog turning being my main gripe).

If the cost of entry were more reasonable, I'd probably pick up one or the other at some point and give it a go. Even if I had an HDTV, the PS3 is priced right out of the question. I'm not willing to spend that much on something I may not like. The Xbox360 arcade is the right price, but buying an Xbox360 without a hard drive is just silly.

Maybe when the PS3 and Xbox360 'slim' revisions come around they'll be cheap enough for me to try. If I've found a reason to upgrade to HDTV by then.

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WHAT THE HELL!!! All of those things are distroying gaming, how am I supposed to choose one???????

killa4lyfe

[QUOTE="killa4lyfe"][QUOTE="RTUUMM"]

WHAT THE HELL!!! All of those things are distroying gaming, how am I supposed to choose one???????

mitu123

Too many shooters, 60$ gamesAgentA-Mi6

These are mine.

I'll go with single player getting shorter, because paying for DLC gives you a choice at least. That, and the fact that every game nowadays is picking up the cover system + regenerative health combo. It was intuitive and interesting at first, but now I'm just really sick of it.

everything is generic now

DLC is the worst out of that list, but none are the downfall of gaming this gen.

Console price and games focusing on online is a major set back for me also.

People blame the graphics for all the price issues this gen.LOXO7

1. Development costs
2. DLC
3. SP games getting shorter

Don't know why people insist the Wii is killing gaming by EXPANDING the market. If anything, the current trend of the PS3/360 (expensive tech/higher end everything PS4/720) would isolate the medium completely.

well since casual been around since ps2 that cant be it, so , ,

im going with short single player campaigne, and no split screen

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]Tough choice between DLC and Single Player campaigns being short. but I went with DLC -- it really drives me nuts.metalisticpain

i hate when developers hold back levels that were supposed to be on the disc in the first place as dlc (see tombraider). the whole dlc is just a scam anyway, most of it is not worth buying

The shooter focus.

I have to say the last option describes it pretty well. It seems like most devs these days think we'll be content with 8-10 hours of forgettable offline gameplay and a crappy story. It's especially insulting if the multiplayer is just as mediocre as the single-player.

(It's funny how many people voted for DLC. Something tells me the cows have a new favorite grievance)

I have to say the last option describes it pretty well. It seems like most devs these days think we'll be content with 8-10 hours of forgettable offline gameplay and a crappy story. It's especially insulting if the multiplayer is just as mediocre as the single-player.Cherokee_Jack

It's a combination of all you mentioned.

If there were an option for "Japanese devs. not stepping up to the current gen plate" I would have voted for that

Defintely DLC.

DLC wouldn't be that big of a problem to me if they weren't usually so console exclusive with no physical copies.

fanboys are, and always will be the downfall of gaming.

i dislike games like wiifit making so much money when it isnt even really a game at all. has to make you wonder how it makes the actual game developers feel when they spend millions of dollars and a whole load of time making a nice polished title which gets outsold by wiifit... it would certainly annoy me.