I don't really see what's so new and different about this. It's a big, clunky headset. That's the big obstacle for this sort of thing, not the actual technology going into it. No one wants to wear big, clunky tech on their head. Even the 3D glasses you need to wear with the new 3D TVs are irritating to people, and they're not nearly as clunky.

It's a fundamental design problem. I've worn VR headsets before. The experience was pretty cool, even ten years ago with lower-resolution tech and visual distortion. That's not the issue. It's design implementation. They ought to be trying to figure out how to get this tech into something less physically obtrusive. Until then, it's a dead end.

It looks good. Now it's up to developers to give us something worth looking at.

If SimCity didn't have extensive online features, then maybe I could takes some of the complaints about the DRM seriously. But it does have extensive online features, so ... sorry guys, your whining about EA is a bit boring. What this guy is saying is that the online features weren't designed specifically with DRM in mind. Having played SimCity, I tend to agree with this--the game works best when it's played online. Can you play it offline? Sure, if you mod it.

But here is someone from EA finally saying what everyone has wanted EA to be saying for years now, and still he's getting pummeled. It's just another example of the irrational anger and entitlement that makes gamers some of the most impossible to please consumers out there. Grow up, people. Seriously.

Well, I suppose by definition at least half of game developers are below average :P

@nic1357 I completely agree. Especially about the price point (Nvidia products are not more expensive than AMD products), but just about everything else is completely off as well.

I can hardly blame Nvidia for not wanting to get sucked into consoles at the moment. The market is hardly great for consoles, and neither Sony nor Microsoft seem interested in putting a cutting edge processor in their next-gen consoles. Margins on the chips are going to be tight, and as they said, it's manufacturing capacity that's probably better spent on PC and workstation graphics where the margins are better. They'd know, having had console experience this gen, what would work for them and what wouldn't. My only concern is that AMD is in such a weak position at this point that it might not be able to deliver on quantity.

@cbxero I think people are still talking about it in part because inside this mess, there actually is the shadow of a good game lurking about. If only EA/Maxis would get their head out of their ass, they could still salvage all this by *giving us what we want.*

That, and because it's a fucking train wreck and everyone wants to sit and watch it. As far as train wrecks go, this is pretty damned amusing. In part because Bradshaw and EA keep making it worse.

So, for months it's "no, it's not an MMO! We swear, it's not an MMO!" and now it's, "Yeah, we built an MMO, because that way we can justify delivering a broken product." Straight answers my ass. Someone needs to go up to Bradshaw and tell her that we're all laughing at the attempts by her and the PR department to smooth this over. It's like fucking Baghdad Bob over there.

Loved Dishonored--but for some reason I'm just not interested in DLC for it, even story-based DLC. I would rather have a sequel with a more balanced, full-length campaign.

@Saketume There's already been a Monkey Island 3. And a Monkey Island 4.