They really need to stop making these crappy "new ip's" and get to bring back a bigger and better Breath of Fire! Damn you Capcom for shelving one of the greatest RPG series ever (forget the BoFV mistake, we will all forgive you if you make BoF right...)
@Reuwsaat The PS2 wasn't easy to pirate, nor was piracy rampant. It wasn't piracy that made the PS2 popular - it was titles,, backwards compatibility, and Sony's price control. When the PS3 came out Sony abandoned all of that, and started trying to be an entertainment center with technology that wasn't even ready yet (Blu-ray). They didn't make a profit for what was the longest period in gaming history They were abandoned by developers and lost their exclusivity contracts with many publishers - most notably Square, probably their biggest lost.
Sony's PS3 didn't begin to make inroads until about two years ago - b y this time it had already lost the console war. Now it remains a great console - but a second option that people will buy after they have exhausted their time with the Wii and the Xbox 360.Also compounding the problem is it took way too long for the price of the PS3 to come down.
Sony basically fell on its own sword with their bad business decisions, and let the game world fall to pieces. It had full control when the PS2 was out, and they let that slip away by becoming stupid and greedy. There was another dvd technology they could have embraced that was almost as big as Blu-ray, but more established at the time, and cheaper. They decided to destroy it instead, and drive up the price of the PS3 with the included (and mandatory) Blu-Ray player. The prices of games has doubled from when they were the leaders, and nintendo has gone crazy with stuff they would have never pulled if they had Sony to contend with. Sony wrecked the gaming world and its just right that it all comes home to roost.
I'd like to see Sony fix this mess - they still have a chance - but can they do it legitimately - or will it be a PS4 cop-out that they will utilize? We shall see.
I have to say I am happy for Capcom - but why are they still pushing Lost Planet? Two titles in the series and not a hit yet. Since they are so profitable I wish they would resurrect the Breath of Fire series! I would love to see a new, revamped BoF (all new - story, graphics, characters, etc.) more than some of the other lame games that are dragging them down.
@winnazdaluza I agree - notice they haven't even given it a score yet? Sounds like protectionism to me. GS needs to just give us the real deal - its not like we don't already know this is the biggest disappointment since Duke Nukem's last crapfest....
Wait a monkee - I posted my previous post hastily - now I see that GS is not going to have a forum - and we have to settle for the ugly, aggressive, fascist GF board??? WHy would they kill the popular GS board and keep the crappy GF board? How many people were using GFs board? Like 5? Everybody else has been banned and warned to the point that there's nobody left to participate! The only way I would stay with GS after this is if GF's board and its anal mod staff were completely replaced by GS staff. They would also have to give us an official burning of GFs board policies. GF was great before they were bought out, but they are by far one of the most displeasing boards on the internet now - what awful news.
I am welcoming a split of the boards, because I am tired of Gamefaqs mods OVER- MODDING and giving me warnings for stuff that is fine to post at Gamespot. Gamefaqs boards are way too anal and trying to control the boards like its a kindergarten class; I rarely post anything to GF boards and the crossover thing was stupid when you get a warning from a board you weren't even talking to in the first place. Gamespot has NEVER given me a warning - only stupid GF, and as I said I wasn't even posting to them and frankly I thought it was none of their damn business in the first place. Thank God for the split.
@Justin Calvert ->This just underlines the flaws in the whole review process. First of all there should be reviews at different stages, instead of an attempt to write one full review - because even after a game is released it goes through changes. These differing reviews should be identified according to what stage the game was reviewed "Beta Review", "Release Candidate Review", "Retail Release Review", refreshes after patches, updates and DLC. You cannot just make a review, post it and then go on to the next thing anymore, unless you don't care about accuracy. ->That also applies to review scores - a game that was unplayable because of bugs before "Patch 1.1" might get a low score - but will that score be raised if those things get fixed after a patch? They should - but in many cases the initial score just sticks no mater what. In a similar vein is games that received high scores because the reviewer didn't play the game far enough to find out it had some game-breaking issues (for example Fallout: New Vegas). ->Game scores as malleable, not slapping a high score (or any score) on a game forever. When massive amounts of bugs were found in Fallout 3: New Vegas, that score should have plummeted like lead in the Pacific - but it stayed high. There ought to be more flexibility to ensure that scores and reviews are accurate and up-to-date, and I understand that it would take more work and more money paid out to do so - but hey, that's the sacrifice for responsible reporting.
3D as described here is really not 3D - it's 2.5D. True 3D is this - you look around you and your in the environment. Look to the left and master Chief is standing besides you. All this is is "texture pop", where the textures seem raised because of the effect. Things within a closed space, as if looking out of your kitchen window, seem to have real depth, but they cannot move beyond the frame. That is not 3D, so it is erroneous to call it that. But in any case that won't change anything, people will continue to use the wrong terminology in order to fuel the hype machine. So-called 3D WILL be the standard at one point, but there has to be consideration for availability and pricing. Console gaming and current technology / electronic prices are already too high for the average consumer who isn't a credit freak, so it definitely is not right on the horizon. I think full implementation should wait until the next hardware cycle. Additionally, I bet the vast majority of us geeky gamers are glasses wearers, so it is kind of clunky to adopt the 3D glasses only format. They should be concentrating on development of the no glasses 3D, so it will be comfortable for everyone, glasses wearers or not.
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