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Yegolev
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We don't seem to have time to manage such things. Even NiX has gotten too busy now that he's in high school.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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It's just not worth managing such things.
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Bzalthek
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Oh I understand that, I just wondered if there was some site "out there" which might do it. I'll do some googling when I finish out this week's homework, just wondering if someone else knew off the top of their head.
And wait, NIX is in high school? wat
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"Pity hurricanes aren't actually caused by gays; I would take a shot in the mouth right now if it meant wiping out these chucklefucks." ~WayAbvPar
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Yegolev
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He is hoping the mustache will start growing in a couple years.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Lantyssa
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Even NiX has gotten too busy now that he's in high school.
Yeg just won the Useless Gaming thread. |
Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Are we not talking about the Feb 20 Sony "change the way you play" announcement?
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Bzalthek
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You are an incredible manbeast Sky. I don't care what everyone else says about you. Thank you sir! |
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Sky
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No, that's pretty much what they all say.
I was surprised to see that site still live, I used it over ten years ago pretty regularly.
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HaemishM
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Are we not talking about the Feb 20 Sony "change the way you play" announcement?
Everyone thinks it'll be the PS4, I predict it'll be yet another skew on the PS3. Maybe the PS3 THIN!!!!! |
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Rendakor
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A 4th PS3 model? They already have the super slim or whatever. A new Vita and/or a Vita price drop would be my guess if it's not the PS4.
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Bzalthek
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"Use the Soy Sauce, Luke!" WHOM, ZASH, CLISH CLASH! "Umeboshi Kenobi!! NOOO!!!"
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Heard it here first folks!
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Rendakor
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"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
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Simond
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Someone should start a Kickstarter for legal fees, if only to watch GW shit themselves and pay her off. |
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Yegolev
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Whatever Sony's announcement will be, it will be shitty. A PS3.5 with fewer features perhaps, or some forced-upgrade shit, or the PS4 which would really be a PS3.5 anyway... hard to tell.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Whatever Sony's announcement will be, it will be shitty. A PS3.5 with fewer features perhaps, or some forced-upgrade shit, or the PS4 which would really be a PS3.5 anyway... hard to tell.
That's the rumor mill's best guess. PS3.5 |
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Bzalthek
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Rendakor
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Whatever Sony's announcement will be, it will be shitty. A PS3.5 with fewer features perhaps, or some forced-upgrade shit, or the PS4 which would really be a PS3.5 anyway... hard to tell.
That's the rumor mill's best guess. PS3.5 I literally have no idea why they would make a PS3.5; what would that even entail? There are already 3 different PS3 models (really more than 10 if you count different HDs and such), one of which is less than 6 months old; what could they possibly add to the system that would justify a new purchase outside of an actual new system? PS2 backwards compatibility again? At this point, why even bother? And what else do people wish their PS3 did that it doesn't do already? No, there won't be a PS3.5 because that'd be fucking stupid and we already got the closest thing to it with the super slim model. If this announcement isn't the PS4 it's going to be a huge disappointment. What I've heard is that there's going to be a new 4G Vita coming out to replace the 3G with some minor redesigns on the system (including a possible HDMI out), and a price drop on memory cards. I'm not sure if that announcement is coming on the 20th or during E3 but I'm reasonably sure it's happening this year. |
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Yegolev
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You see, it probably would be called a PS4 but I'd wonder if it deserved the increment. Version numbers became marketing tools quite a number of years ago. I can't imagine any actual features which would require a purchase, so I'm betting on it being a manufacturing overhaul to save cash, coupled with some sort of Vita/PSN/DRM updates. Also note the PS3 is basically open to pirates now, and a new machine would mitigate that going forward.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Maledict
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The rumour mill here regarding the Sony announcement is completely different to somewhere so will be interesting to see which is true.
Generally assumed the announcement is the new PS4, running a completely different chip set that allows for much easier coding rather than the attrocious cell processor. Graphics power is supposed to be looking at 1080p at60fps (which makes sense given where pc graphics cards currently are compared to the current cnonsole generation).
Zero backwards compatibility due to the change in chipset, and headline launch games to include Killzone 4 in 2013. New console ships in Japan and USA this year, and Europe early next year. (Cause Sony hates its biggest market).
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calapine
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Jesse Schell: Releasing a demo harms your game salesArticle is mostly just a link to the original presentation, so no easy quoting. I'll sum it up a bit: Average Sales for X-Box games: no Demo, no Trailer: 100k Demo, no Trailer: 200k Demo, Trailer: 250k no Demo, Trailer: 500k 'Wait, we spent all this money creating a demo and getting it out there and it cut our sales in half? Yes, that's exactly what happened to you.' Reasoning: Marketing creates a wish, "an utopia" in the players mind, often this demand is often met by playing the demo, is there no demo the player has no choice but to by the game.
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Bzalthek
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I always thought that was because the demo showed what a bunch of bullshit they've been feeding you with the trailers. So, no demo with trailer option really turns into get as many sales as possible before people find out.
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Ingmar
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Seems a little like leaping to conclusions for me. The stuff they know is going to sell a million copies never needs a demo.
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Zetor
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Sort of related, but I found this talk by Dave Gilbert (developer of the Blackwell series, publisher of Gemini Rue / Resonance / Primordia) pretty interesting... could be worth a look if you're interested what it takes to make/market/publish a point-and-click retro adventure game nowadays and why throwing more money at an adventure game's graphical assets doesn't necessarily make everything better. |
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Khaldun
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I think a demo for a bad game just helps some people see it's bad. A great game, on the other hand, doesn't need a demo generally because word of mouth is such a strong selling force among gamers. The only time I can see a demo helping a game is a great game that comes from such an obscure source that the demo is needed to get it attention. I suppose you could say that Minecraft's alpha and early beta builds were sorta kinda an example of that.
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rk47
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So lie till day 1 release = more sales?  |
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luckton
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The problem with that strategy is that it usually only works once. Usually.
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Sky
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Ask DICE about the value of a demo.
If you have a fun game and can show it off in a limited form that makes people want more. Demo.
If not, probably better to skip the demo.
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Margalis
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Seems a little like leaping to conclusions for me. The stuff they know is going to sell a million copies never needs a demo.
This. It's quite a stretch to take those numbers and reach that conclusion. In general though conventional wisdom is that you should have a demo if you need visibility, not if you already have it. |
vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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BLUND
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A demo of a bad game will lower sales.
A demo of a good game will raise sales.
There are way more bad games than good games.
Therefore, on average, demos will lower sales, but on an individual basis, the deciding factor is quality.
...or a COD logo.
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MisterNoisy
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So apparently Watch Dogs is coming out for 'all home consoles' this year according to some 'leaked' sales materials:  This was easily the highlight of E3 2012 for me, so here's hoping, anyway. |
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K9
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Yegolev
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I forgot I was going to do this, but I just tested ShadowHearts 2 in PCSX2 v1.0.0 and I'm happy to report that moving from a Radeon HD 4870 to a GTX 650 has eliminated all issues with the opening cinematics.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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