Messages

16

Classic Video Games / Re: It's really hard to look for Xbox stuff now.

« on: May 18, 2016, 12:36:39 pm »

You could try to search for articles while restricting the publication date. This could potentially exclude any recent writings on the older console, but it'd at least give you a bit of a filter.

It's a partial fix but still has issues, heck, if a 2012 article talks about a 2005 game on some of these sites, some search engines will label the article 2005.

Oh man, and articles that are written back in 2005, but the website wants to show up as relevant, so they have scripts to automatically update articles dates in meta data as 2016.

Like I said pain in the ass.

17

Classic Video Games / Re: It's really hard to look for Xbox stuff now.

« on: May 18, 2016, 12:03:16 pm »

You could try to search for articles while restricting the publication date. This could potentially exclude any recent writings on the older console, but it'd at least give you a bit of a filter.

It's a partial fix but still has issues, heck, if a 2012 article talks about a 2005 game on some of these sites, some search engines will label the article 2005.

18

Off Topic / So how do you think the Angry Birds Movie will do?

« on: May 18, 2016, 12:01:31 pm »

A lot of people are saying the family appeal of the games, along with a triple A movie budget, may make Angry Birds the most successful video game movie and likely the biggest movie of 2016.

But I have also heard that this movie was overproduced, and that you'd have to create a very odd movie nowhere near the games concept for a film to even be possible turning people away.

I personally think it will do well, because Angry Birds just seems to still be selling and not just gamewise, but merchandise as well. I do agree though they put a big budget on the film however, that could make or break it. But I thinking even if they don't make back the movies budget alone, it likely would still not be far off, and merchandise sales would cover the rest.

19

Classic Video Games / Re: It's really hard to look for Xbox stuff now.

« on: May 18, 2016, 11:47:51 am »

Truth, or in general convo, when you are talking to a friend, if you are talking about the OG xbox, you gotta say original, instead of just saying xbox 1.

Which in some search engines, depending on what sites come up in the algorithm, translates to Xbox 1 anyway. it's just a pain.

20

General / Re: Intro thread

« on: May 18, 2016, 11:46:44 am »

Hi there, I'm new here. I am Bubsystation.

Of course true to my name I have all the Bubsy (and have promptly added them to my collection) Bubsy 1 and II (and SUper Bubsy) are pretty decent games. I fell 3D, which itself was ambitious just came out after two better games, kind of gave the series a bad rep, it was a pretty popular series to.

I play modern and classic games, though the upcoming ideas for how modern consoles will work like PS4K for example have me questioning where I'll go. I may go PC. Or if Xbox doesn't actually copy them I may just stick with only 1 console.

21

Modern Video Games / Re: Would the idea of Iterative consoles hurt us collectors?

« on: May 18, 2016, 11:43:55 am »

Welcome! 
Swing by the intro thread and tell us a little about yourself

I'm with you.  These mid-generation consoles are a pain in the ass.  I don't like that some games don't get full playabilty on the first console that I bought. 

I guess you could say that N64 started this with the expansion pak. Perfect Dark wasn't even playable without the add-on.

But can you really though? Expansion pak was an optional add-on, they didn't re-release the N64 at $300 running games with no blur at 60fps and double the textures.

22

Classic Video Games / It's really hard to look for Xbox stuff now.

« on: May 18, 2016, 11:42:29 am »

Thanks to Microsofts indirect refresh if the brand by naming the new Xbox, XBOX ONE, I have a hard time finsing old articles, data, some games, and general original XBOX information. It's been a pain in the ass.

Granted they aren't the only ones who have done this, heck some software companies did it, and I understand the whole point of using "one" for their ecosystem but like, I feel as if they are trying to bury the original Xbox or something. I mean, I will get XBOX ONE articles even if I search XBOX with a game like "BLINX" next to it.

23

Modern Video Games / Re: Would the idea of Iterative consoles hurt us collectors?

« on: May 18, 2016, 11:38:05 am »

I think the PS4k is ludicrous personally, but as long as games released still run on the old PS4 systems, I haven't got much of a problem with it. From what I hear, some software will be "enhanced" on the PS4k but I don't think it will have its own library of games like the New Nintendo 3DS does.

But they have hinted that devs will have new tools and focus games on the new consoles, so the running on an old PS4 could just end up being a slide show.

24

Classic Video Games / Re: Super Mario 64, Galaxy, Sunshine or 3D World?

« on: May 18, 2016, 11:36:21 am »

It makes me wonder if we'll ever get a game like Mario Sunshine from Nintendo again, the voice acting, the open world and fluid movement, the multiple ways of exploring, tons of secrets.

25

Classic Video Games / Re: Does anyone find the PS3, and xbox 360 boring?

« on: May 18, 2016, 11:15:55 am »

I believe that the reason for this, is because a lot of us who grew up on Atari etc. were playing games made for the arcade, which were for the MOST part specifically made to screw you of your money.

Thus the console games we played required more replay value to get around artificially cheap gameplay. Things like Q*bert, Ninja Giden River Raid, Mortal Kombat.

Now they try to hook you to a game for an extended length of time. Or if they can't do that, they use MP as the replay value asset.

26

Modern Video Games / Would the idea of Iterative consoles hurt us collectors?

« on: May 18, 2016, 11:12:17 am »

Hi I am new here, though I have been lurking around the forums. Mostly because I've been hanging around gaf mostly, and I do find it odd a site based on collecting isn't a bit more popular but it's a nice community here.

Anyway, this whole Idea of iterative consoles such as the PS4k and anyone else who jumps in on it, seems to me to be a thorn for us collectors. The vast majority of sales of a set of iterative consoles would be the first edition. The next upgraded until they hit the real next generation will all be stronger but sell less, with games made with them in mind hitting performance (and I assume eventually some games just won't run at all on the original.)

This means to me that say I want to collect PS4 games, but the PS4 3 just finished up and the PS5 is about to come out? It would be crazy for me to buy the original model, and have bad performance or no performance. So I'd have to buy the latest editions that sold least, and of course, you know how Amazon/Ebay sellers get with limited quantities even if there's still plenty, raise those prices high high high in the sky.

Then of course there are the games, because the newere games will sell but of course being made for the new generation of iterative consoles, they will of course raise in price as well since the console itself has sold less. So the software, despite being newer will also sell less. But this doesn't just apply to the latest version., all versions after the original will have the same issue.

In the end I just think it's a bad idea. Not to mention I'm not even sure it'll work, it'll still sales from the original, compete with shelf space, compete with manufacturing, and you'll have to deal with these retail workers who'll be struggling to explain what's going on.