PS3/360/Wii Downloadable Games Should Count in the SW metagame

Uh-oh...Journey scoring a 9 here on GS has really shaken up SW.

Uh-oh...Journey scoring a 9 here on GS has really shaken up SW.

ispeakfact

Uh-oh...Journey scoring a 9 here on GS has really shaken up SW.

ispeakfact

I would take stuff like Braid or Super Meat Boy over a lot of 60 dollar games. So I never understood why the smaller games didn't count. Hell the best part about PC gaming is the indie scene. Don't know much about Wiiware/DSware stuff. jg4xchamp

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Uh-oh...Journey scoring a 9 here on GS has really shaken up SW.

BPoole96

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]I would take stuff like Braid or Super Meat Boy over a lot of 60 dollar games. So I never understood why the smaller games didn't count. Hell the best part about PC gaming is the indie scene. Don't know much about Wiiware/DSware stuff. 1PMrFister

They should.

I don't see why they shouldn't.They're games.

The whole gen they didn't count and now that lems have no games they should count!? No way! let them suffer.kuraimen

I have a PC and a PS3 so I don't really see how I would be shaken up."BPoole96

[QUOTE="kuraimen"]The whole gen they didn't count and now that lems have no games they should count!? No way! let them suffer.jg4xchamp

I have a PC and a PS3 so I don't really see how I would be shaken up."BPoole96

Undercover one.

I don't get why they're not counted either. So many of them are better than the regular releases. I say, screw the morons that don't count them. A good game's a good game no matter how it's released.

I thought it was agreed they did count, just not as much as retail exclusives in most cases. Hence the later inclusion of XBLA, PSN, and WiiWare games into the spreadsheet (I'm sure it used to be just the consoles and PC with no downloadable titles)

I always thought they did...

Shows how much attention I pay to this place. >_>

I agree.

Personally, I couldn't care less. Still, this won't make Cows happy.

I would take stuff like Braid or Super Meat Boy over a lot of 60 dollar games. So I never understood why the smaller games didn't count. Hell the best part about PC gaming is the indie scene. Don't know much about Wiiware/DSware stuff. jg4xchamp

I feel they should be seperated, sort of like a short films category. THe problemi s when PC gets these downloadable games(Terraria, Hector) they end up counting. There dosen't seem to be any consistantcy.

They should count on ALL systems, even handhelds. There's no reason at all for them not to count.

They should count on ALL systems, even handhelds. There's no reason at all for them not to count.

Bigboi500

Personally, I couldn't care less. Still, this won't make Cows happy.

lundy86_4

So?

They're separated because they're held to different standards. A $5 or $15 game just isn't held to the same level of scrutiny as a $60 title. That's not to say you can't enjoy the former more than the latter though.

On PC they're counted just because it's a hassle to separate them given the nature of the platform. Not the best reason, but that is why.

Slashkice

They're separated because they're held to different standards. A $5 or $15 game just isn't held to the same level of scrutiny as a $60 title. That's not to say you can't enjoy the former more than the latter though.

On PC they're counted just because it's a hassle to separate them given the nature of the platform. Not the best reason, but that is why.

Slashkice

Why do "standards" really matter though? A quality game is a quality game.

I don't see how price point really makes it that much harder to count something in an overall metagame.

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They're separated because they're held to different standards. A $5 or $15 game just isn't held to the same level of scrutiny as a $60 title. That's not to say you can't enjoy the former more than the latter though.

On PC they're counted just because it's a hassle to separate them given the nature of the platform. Not the best reason, but that is why.

DJ-Lafleur

Why do "standards" really matter though? A quality game is a quality game.

They're separated because they're held to different standards. A $5 or $15 game just isn't held to the same level of scrutiny as a $60 title. That's not to say you can't enjoy the former more than the latter though.

On PC they're counted just because it's a hassle to separate them given the nature of the platform. Not the best reason, but that is why.

Slashkice

They're separated because they're held to different standards. A $5 or $15 game just isn't held to the same level of scrutiny as a $60 title. That's not to say you can't enjoy the former more than the latter though.

On PC they're counted just because it's a hassle to separate them given the nature of the platform. Not the best reason, but that is why.

Slashkice

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Personally, I couldn't care less. Still, this won't make Cows happy.

DJ-Lafleur

So?

So nothing. They'll just be unhappy because of how good XBLA is. I don't care though :o

Agreed. They're games, they're exclusive, they got a good score, should count

Don't care if they do or do not though.

Na, different standards. Sure games like Journey and Bastion are so amazing they make us feel that way, but there are a lot of decent arcade titles that score around the AA mark that are lightyears behind regular 60 buck retail AA games. It's just different standards.

Count them, but in a different category.

Just an example, Outland for the 360 is AAA, is it really equal in caliber to something like Gears of War 3 or Forza 4? No, not even close. It's a diferent category. If the game cost 60 bucks it would never have scored that high.

Na, different standards. Sure games like Journey are so amazing they make us feel that wayEddie-Vedder

I wasn't under the impression that Journey was out yet for anyone to formulate that opinion.

Except blind cows of course.

Eh, i don't care, console wars are SOOOOO last year. Now its all about the handheld wars :Pbbkkristian

Hell no, I prefer console wars..

nah

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Na, different standards. Sure games like Journey are so amazing they make us feel that waySlashless

I wasn't under the impression that Journey was out yet for anyone to formulate that opinion.

Except blind cows of course.

nah

themajormayor

They are typically very limited gameplay-wise, short, and are held to different standards than retail games. Since the standards are different, it's difficult to just lump them all together and still get a clear picture of what's going on.

Poor Slashless always so mad. Also TC, those games shouldn't count on the PC list, someone messed up. Arcade games have never counted, for any platform, that whole SW spreadsheet is meaningless nowadays, it's been tampered with too much. Eddie-Vedder

The Admins should really Wordfilter the word Mad so it turns out as "I'm a poor troll and should stop posting" Because, that's really what's showing right now.

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nah

BPoole96

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Na, different standards. Sure games like Journey are so amazing they make us feel that wayEddie-Vedder

I wasn't under the impression that Journey was out yet for anyone to formulate that opinion.

Except blind cows of course.

I think they should count,even though it´s a lot harder to diferentiate them on the PC,since DD is for many devs the main publishing method and it doesn´t mean they´re somehow "inferior" games just because they´re DD.

The market is just like that on the PC these days.

In general,I think it´s easier to make everything count,it´s much less confusing if you ask me,not to mention a lot of those games are just as good or better than other "big releases".

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I wasn't under the impression that Journey was out yet for anyone to formulate that opinion.

Except blind cows of course.

BPoole96

[QUOTE="BPoole96"][QUOTE="Eddie-Vedder"] Poor Slashless always so mad. Also TC, those games shouldn't count on the PC list, someone messed up. Arcade games have never counted, for any platform, that whole SW spreadsheet is meaningless nowadays, it's been tampered with too much. themajormayor