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| sin2beta:
--- Quote from: insektmute on February 03, 2013, 04:23:51 pm --- --- Quote from: sin2beta on February 03, 2013, 02:24:07 pm ---I think this generation of gaming is the best it has been in years. This is all a case of opinion. But I have actually looked at this generation as a new 16-bit generation in terms of quality. Dead Space, Elder Scrolls, Batman, Uncharted, Halo, etc are fantastic series. And spread over several studios. I actually feel very optimistic. --- End quote --- Don't get me wrong, I think there are tons of great games this gen. What worries me is more related to industry behavior. Being required to login to a 3rd party site outside of Live/PSN, for example. What happens to your ability to play that game after a certain point? At what point will we lose the ability to download patches, DLC, or re-download purchased games once the PS3 and 360 are retired? How many more games will be relegated to digital-only release due to being 2D or only offering Japanese voiceovers? As far as COD goes, it's not a new thing for them to cash-in and milk the crap out of their franchises, but companies like Activision and EA have a strong tendency to oversaturate the market with garbage and overshadow niche games and new series. Look at stuff like Mirror's Edge or Beyond Good & Evil - people have been waiting years for sequels, and things get pushed back further and further and further in favor of focusing on first-person shooters and casual mini-games. Put simply, for every gigantic money-grubbing franchise, there's a Valkyria Chronicles out there that's lost in the shuffle. I get that these are businesses and they want to make money, and this isn't a new thing, but as a gamer, it's just really sad to watch. You could argue that people buy what they like and the market responds, but people just aren't that smart or proactive. Most people respond to what's being waved in their face, and will pick from the options presented to them, not from the options they've researched and chosen. Japan and Europe aren't any different, it's just that companies generally offer different options to those audiences based on what their marketing departments think they'll be receptive enough to sink millions of dollars into year after year. --- Quote ---The mid 2000s were FANTASTIC for comics though. Brian K. Vaughan, Joss Whedon, Kirkman. Fantastic stuff. --- End quote --- Very true, and that's really what brought me back to comics. I was absolutely overjoyed to read stuff like Y: The Last Man, Queen & Country, and Transmetropolitan, and see that sort of thing actually selling relatively well. --- End quote --- Agreed. |
| htimreimer:
cod is a sad series of games because its the same game every time with very little improvements every year and reviewers give these games score and people buy these games because the score the reviewers gives it and its funny to see these reviewers trying to find something good to say about the newest cod game and this year was the moral choice system something that every game has --- Quote from: sin2beta on February 03, 2013, 02:24:07 pm --- I think this generation of gaming is the best it has been in years. This is all a case of opinion. But I have actually looked at this generation as a new 16-bit generation in terms of quality. Dead Space, Elder Scrolls, Batman, Uncharted, Halo, etc are fantastic series. And spread over several studios. I actually feel very optimistic. --- End quote --- i have not played most of those games but i did play a bit of oblivion and completed the story line in skyrim and these games are full of bad business practices that we should not be supported like not bug testing the game properly and there weird hate against game patches also they rehash plot points in there story like the player being a prisoner and i'm sorry to say but oblivion and skyrim are mediocre games and thats how i feel about this generation of gaming, its was mediocre |
| akhero47:
Hopefully it is. Less demand = lower prices for us hardcore collectors :D |
| jcalder8:
--- Quote from: akhero47 on February 18, 2013, 03:23:41 pm ---Hopefully it is. Less demand = lower prices for us hardcore collectors :D --- End quote --- Here's hoping ;D |
| eatgrenades:
The day it dies will become a holiday on here. :) |
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