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Normally, when faced with lists like this, I try to be all laissez-faire about it, and just calmly inform people that they're under no obligation to buy these games, so why the hell should they care?
Then I remember that these things clutter up the fucking DS and Wii sections in shops so badly (especially the preowned, oh god) that I often literally cannot find the game I wanted beneath the mountains of crap. I mean, these games pose a serious logistical problem to me. Especially when shops insist on putting all the stuff I might actually want right at the back.
I now have this mental image of myself, crushed under a mountain of imagine(tm) games, completely buried, with only my right arm emerging from the pile, with the copy of Rocket Slime I was after clutched in my outstretched, twitching hand.
Normally, when faced with lists like this, I try to be all laissez-faire about it, and just calmly inform people that they're under no obligation to buy these games, so why the hell should they care?
Then I remember that these things clutter up the fucking DS and Wii sections in shops so badly (especially the preowned, oh god) that I often literally cannot find the game I wanted beneath the mountains of crap. I mean, these games pose a serious logistical problem to me. Especially when shops insist on putting all the stuff I might actually want right at the back.
I now have this mental image of myself, crushed under a mountain of imagine(tm) games, completely buried, with only my right arm emerging from the pile, with the copy of Rocket Slime I was after clutched in my outstretched, twitching hand.
I think i'm going to invest in an imagine!(tm) shovel.
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I like how they're called Imagine but then all their titles are fairly mundane affairs. Imagine Walk to the Shops, Imagine Watching TV, Imagine Toast and Margarine for Breakfast.
I was under the impression AAA titles fund AAA titles. Mostly because anything that is a AAA title anymore is a sequal to something that ended up being a AAA title.
There are very few AAA titles coming out soon that are not sequals... only things I can think of off the top of my head are Mirror's Edge and...
e: Spore doesn't count because it didn't cost a bajillion dollars to make.
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PSN: Dyvion -- Eternal: Dyvion+9393 -- Genshin Impact: Dyvion
I was under the impression AAA titles fund AAA titles. Mostly because anything that is a AAA title anymore is a sequal to something that ended up being a AAA title.
There are very few AAA titles coming out soon that are not sequals... only things I can think of off the top of my head are Mirror's Edge and...
They sell more copies of this shovelware than they sell of AAA titles, and these games cost much less to create. So, obviously, they're making money with this. Money then re-invested somewhere else.
Far Cry 2 is AAA and the PC version is likely to be a tad better.
@Dyvion I think Spore must have cost EA quite a lot seeing it has been in development for ages.
I can't find any concrete numbers, but there's a vague reference on Wikipedia from '06 about it being projected to cost 20 million. Which, while very large, they've probably already made back just on pre-orders and the Creature Creator. I'm not speaking for everyone here by any means, but I pre-ordered my copy in June. And from what I understand, most AAA titles recently have been around 50 million.
But please take all this with a grain of salt, as I've been unable to locate any actual numbers... my work filters are teh suck.
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Steam: No Safety In Life
PSN: Dyvion -- Eternal: Dyvion+9393 -- Genshin Impact: Dyvion
Normally, when faced with lists like this, I try to be all laissez-faire about it, and just calmly inform people that they're under no obligation to buy these games, so why the hell should they care?
Then I remember that these things clutter up the fucking DS and Wii sections in shops so badly (especially the preowned, oh god) that I often literally cannot find the game I wanted beneath the mountains of crap. I mean, these games pose a serious logistical problem to me. Especially when shops insist on putting all the stuff I might actually want right at the back.
I now have this mental image of myself, crushed under a mountain of imagine(tm) games, completely buried, with only my right arm emerging from the pile, with the copy of Rocket Slime I was after clutched in my outstretched, twitching hand.
I think i'm going to invest in an actual shovel.
Dramatic much? I understand where your coming from. But honestly, the clutter is not so bad that you cannot find your games. As a matter of fact, the only places that would honestly have that problem at all are places that you should not be buying games at anyway. Yeah, there's a bunch of shovelware. Alot of little girls and boys are going to buy these games and Ubisoft is going to make money. Also, Prince of Persia was on that list.
To the guy that asked about Hell's Kitchen, I'm assuming that it will be a cooking game and not a gangster urban crime romp.
To the guy that asked about Hell's Kitchen, I'm assuming that it will be a yelling at people and destroying every sense of self-worth they have game and not a gangster urban crime romp.
I was under the impression AAA titles fund AAA titles. Mostly because anything that is a AAA title anymore is a sequal to something that ended up being a AAA title.
There are very few AAA titles coming out soon that are not sequals... only things I can think of off the top of my head are Mirror's Edge and...
They sell more copies of this shovelware than they sell of AAA titles, and these games cost much less to create. So, obviously, they're making money with this. Money then re-invested somewhere else.
Presumably, more likely to be reinvested in their most profitable lines of business.
The truly depressing truth is that some of these games will probably sell better than your favorite niche game because they're on the two most popular platforms this generation.
Normally, when faced with lists like this, I try to be all laissez-faire about it, and just calmly inform people that they're under no obligation to buy these games, so why the hell should they care?
Then I remember that these things clutter up the fucking DS and Wii sections in shops so badly (especially the preowned, oh god) that I often literally cannot find the game I wanted beneath the mountains of crap. I mean, these games pose a serious logistical problem to me. Especially when shops insist on putting all the stuff I might actually want right at the back.
I now have this mental image of myself, crushed under a mountain of imagine(tm) games, completely buried, with only my right arm emerging from the pile, with the copy of Rocket Slime I was after clutched in my outstretched, twitching hand.
I think i'm going to invest in an actual shovel.
Dramatic much? I understand where your coming from. But honestly, the clutter is not so bad that you cannot find your games. As a matter of fact, the only places that would honestly have that problem at all are places that you should not be buying games at anyway. Yeah, there's a bunch of shovelware. Alot of little girls and boys are going to buy these games and Ubisoft is going to make money. Also, Prince of Persia was on that list.
To the guy that asked about Hell's Kitchen, I'm assuming that it will be a cooking game and not a gangster urban crime romp.
I won't lie, I may have been exaggerating a tiny bit. Just for larks, y'know.
I don't know about where you are, but even the 'specialist' game stores do let the shelves get filled with this kind of junk. Especially the preowned section, as they're obliged to take any crap that comes in, and children not being the most discerning of consumers, love to trade in the games their parents bought them last week for peanuts.
The PoP ds game confuses me. Prince of persia started as a sidescroller, so one would assume the new ds game would resemble classic PoP except with a more acrobatic prince with a claw and a cool artstyle right? WRONG, it's a super cartoony platformer starring a hideous looking SD chibi abomination version of the new prince and gameplay that reminds me of every shitty mascot platformer of the snes era.
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Will the wii version of Hell's Kitchen feature waggle for maximum skillet control?
Is Hell's Kitchen going to be the assumed reality TV tie-in or a gangster (or city) management sim based on the eponymous area of NYC?
who buys this shit?
can we find them?
will we be able to convince them to stop?
PSN: Dyvion -- Eternal: Dyvion+9393 -- Genshin Impact: Dyvion
Then I remember that these things clutter up the fucking DS and Wii sections in shops so badly (especially the preowned, oh god) that I often literally cannot find the game I wanted beneath the mountains of crap. I mean, these games pose a serious logistical problem to me. Especially when shops insist on putting all the stuff I might actually want right at the back.
I now have this mental image of myself, crushed under a mountain of imagine(tm) games, completely buried, with only my right arm emerging from the pile, with the copy of Rocket Slime I was after clutched in my outstretched, twitching hand.
I think i'm going to invest in an actual shovel.
Pretty sure it's a diner dash clone
Oh man, I though there for a minute that you were talking about an Imagine Photoshop game.
I would actually buy that.
PSN: Dyvion -- Eternal: Dyvion+9393 -- Genshin Impact: Dyvion
I like how they're called Imagine but then all their titles are fairly mundane affairs. Imagine Walk to the Shops, Imagine Watching TV, Imagine Toast and Margarine for Breakfast.
Fixed.
PSN: Dyvion -- Eternal: Dyvion+9393 -- Genshin Impact: Dyvion
Wait wait, maybe Brothers in Arms Double Time (Wii) - 26/09/08 will be good?
I was under the impression AAA titles fund AAA titles. Mostly because anything that is a AAA title anymore is a sequal to something that ended up being a AAA title.
There are very few AAA titles coming out soon that are not sequals... only things I can think of off the top of my head are Mirror's Edge and...
e: Spore doesn't count because it didn't cost a bajillion dollars to make.
PSN: Dyvion -- Eternal: Dyvion+9393 -- Genshin Impact: Dyvion
They sell more copies of this shovelware than they sell of AAA titles, and these games cost much less to create. So, obviously, they're making money with this. Money then re-invested somewhere else.
Far Cry 2 is AAA and the PC version is likely to be a tad better.
@Dyvion I think Spore must have cost EA quite a lot seeing it has been in development for ages.
From my understanding, it's a waggleport of the first two games.
I can't find any concrete numbers, but there's a vague reference on Wikipedia from '06 about it being projected to cost 20 million. Which, while very large, they've probably already made back just on pre-orders and the Creature Creator. I'm not speaking for everyone here by any means, but I pre-ordered my copy in June. And from what I understand, most AAA titles recently have been around 50 million.
But please take all this with a grain of salt, as I've been unable to locate any actual numbers... my work filters are teh suck.
PSN: Dyvion -- Eternal: Dyvion+9393 -- Genshin Impact: Dyvion
Dramatic much? I understand where your coming from. But honestly, the clutter is not so bad that you cannot find your games. As a matter of fact, the only places that would honestly have that problem at all are places that you should not be buying games at anyway. Yeah, there's a bunch of shovelware. Alot of little girls and boys are going to buy these games and Ubisoft is going to make money. Also, Prince of Persia was on that list.
To the guy that asked about Hell's Kitchen, I'm assuming that it will be a cooking game and not a gangster urban crime romp.
I won't lie, I may have been exaggerating a tiny bit. Just for larks, y'know.
I don't know about where you are, but even the 'specialist' game stores do let the shelves get filled with this kind of junk. Especially the preowned section, as they're obliged to take any crap that comes in, and children not being the most discerning of consumers, love to trade in the games their parents bought them last week for peanuts.
So in the end, we win!
Or, at least, I win.
Which, when you think about it, is what really matters.
If the president had any real power, he'd be able to live wherever the fuck he wanted.
So, hey, what do we know about Prince of Persia: The Fallen King? Side-scrolling PoP for the DS? I could go for that.