hermits act as if the game sales 5 times more on digital. last time i heard digital made up 60% of sales.

dontshackzmii

So do you think every single PC game that comes out is an even 40/60 split retail to digital?

Activision flies reviewers out to resorts just to let them review the game on site... so yes, they do it, just indirectly. Chances are I'm betting, CoD8 is going to get 9.0 here.foxhound_fox

Yah, and there's been plenty of reported instances of other companies doing similar things, or offering gift packages.

And let's all not forget the reason Giantbomb exists :D

Because I know damn well there are games that exist that have hundreds of hours of playtime, and enjoyment in store for me, and it knocks the 8 hour long games way WAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY down my list of priorities (as far as gaming is concerned).

Honestly why would I want to spend $60 for an 8 hour game that I can beat within a day? Especially when so many (8 hour games) that come out don't have much replayability? My standards aren't THAT low, and $60 is a lot for someone like me. I'll either rent, or borrow a game that fits that description.

As long as it deserves it. For some reason hermits only want to wave around their boring shooter exclusives and ignore the treasure trove of interesting indie games that laptops can max out. I know it's not exclusive, but I was playing Limbo on Steam earlier and it's probably the best game I've played this year.ActionRemix

Go just about anywhere on the internet, and a list of "indie" or "low-budget" PC exclusives will get shot down for being indie, and/or low-budget.

That said PC gamers tend to talk about them ALL THE TIME, but when it comes to comparing libraries sometimes you have to bring out the big guns.

A tower defense game selling poorly on consoles!? what an out rage!!

Seriously though thats like comparing what sells more, Madden on consoles or PC. Anyways back on topic, tried the demo and I've played better tower defense games.

Ballroompirate

The demo for Dungeon Defenders is a very poor representation of the entire game.

You get two maps (there's like 15 I think), you only get to go up to medium difficulty (which is baby mode on those first two maps), you don't get the challenge modes, you don't get two of the c|asses, and you don't get to experience all the different mobs, or boss battles, or anything.

I liked the demo enough to buy the game, but boy have I been surprised by the difficulty increasing even just one or two maps after the demo map you get, and I'm still using medium difficulty! There's still hard, and insane difficulties to choose from eventually, so I can only imagine it'll get extremely hectic, and fun.

All the consoles had a sizeable drop in playtime from me this year. PC is just far too enjoyable nowadays that it's phasing consoles out of my life almost entirely.

I'd say this year it goes as follows:

360 > PSP > Wii > PS3 > NDS (I didn't even touch this)

Last year it would have gone:

Wii > 360 > NDS > PS3 > PSP

Well it would be odd since most publishers pay for good reviews nowadays, and there's not really a huge publisher backing the PC that would stoop to such lows.

Choose not to pay for these passes and they will cease to exist. It's true. But everyone has to do it.LOXO7

If the passes were somehow negatively affecting the sale of new games then sure, but since it's just affecting used games then I doubt it.

Shooter console + no exclusives console Nothing to see here.kuraimen

I like how you try to bash on the 360 even though the numbers for the PC are so wrong.

The PC could very well have the highest amount of purchasers right now after factoring in digital distribution (which I bet accounts for 80-90% of sales for a title like BF3), as well as other retailers, and yet the PC also has the most exclusives of them all.

It's just as easy to get into as console gaming, and some of the games are pretty good, so I'd count it.