he is absolutely on the money. We have Sony and MS about to release new consoles, that come with online play subscriptions, DLC costs, and spam, on top. Oh and games at $60. Are they insane? A fun game on the iPad costs pennies, a good one the price of a good coffee. And you only get ad spam with the ones that cost nothing. If both Sony and MS don't wake up fast, they are going down. It is already too late for Nintendo, we are just waiting for the corpse to stop waving its arms and legs and lay still.
"because of the flexibility of the digital distribution scheme, we can have more small games that might be free or available for a couple of dollars, or different services like free-to-play or subscription models."
Please please will the fat lazy accountants in charge of xbox live gold, and the awful pricing policies of its content, take note of this........
I hope everyone remembers that optical discs take second attempts at reading data blocks partially concealed by dirt and grease, which effects load times....
well done Gamespot, despite the hilarious delivery, we are still getting journalism here. Can anyone imagine Edge magazine having the integrity to abandon it's Sony ass licking and describe Playstation controller triggers as utter bollocks?
@Sefrix I think that was mistranslated, what he really means is plagiarism trumps sales, seeing as he lifted Michael Bein complete with outfit out of Aliens without what I would describe as due credit.
you know, if this was in the main game as major choice, along with that nonsense that passed off as the main game, I would have bought it. This man did own slaves, and did oversee the persecution and ethnic cleansing of the eastern seaboard of native americans. A saint he most certainly was not. The 5th of July 1776 was not a great day to have anything but white skin.
"An environment where no second-hand games exist, where developers and publishers get a slice every time someone buys their title, is game industry nirvana."
No it isn't. Game industry insiders are narrow focus genius's. They know how to make wonderful product but wouldnt know Keynesian economics if it landed in their hair. If you strip out second hand games in an oppressed global economy, you lose revenue stream for second wave purchases. Without cash from trade ins, that next game remains unsold in the digital store front. Sales will be constrained and fingers pointed, but their egos wont accept the truth
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