Things That Bother You About Gaming

[Kiddington]

In the end, 3D Sonic just does nothing for many people.

Sad truths.

I'll say this much; given how many failed experiments this franchise is littered with before finally getting it right, I do find it a bit hard for me to blame people for still being skeptical (for me, '06 is right up there with some of the worst games of all time). That, however, still doesn't excuse the contradictions of their own reviews though.

[Rynnec]

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/03/26/despite-strong-sales-tomb-raider-sleeping-dogs-hitman-below-expectations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+siliconera%2FMkOc+%28Siliconera%29

Sleeping Dogs, which launched in August 2012, has moved 1.75 million copies to date. Hitman Absolution, which followed in November, has sold 3.6 million copies to date. And finally, Tomb Raider, released earlier this month, has already moved 3.4 million copies. The aforementioned figures don?t take digital sales into account either.



Despite the high critical acclaim, these games have failed to meet their targets


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What the hell's wrong with this industry?

[Foggle]

Looks like Square is desperately trying to rely on western developers now that their Japanese branch has become almost completely incapable of producing quality software.

[Spark Of Spirit]

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/03/26/despite-strong-sales-tomb-raider-sleeping-dogs-hitman-below-expectations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+siliconera%2FMkOc+%28Siliconera%29

Sleeping Dogs, which launched in August 2012, has moved 1.75 million copies to date. Hitman Absolution, which followed in November, has sold 3.6 million copies to date. And finally, Tomb Raider, released earlier this month, has already moved 3.4 million copies. The aforementioned figures don?t take digital sales into account either.



Despite the high critical acclaim, these games have failed to meet their targets


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What the hell's wrong with this industry?

If you can't sell over a million copies of something and break even then you need to either make cheaper products or stop making product that can never reach its targeted goal.

It's only going to get worse with the 720 and PS4.

[gunswordfist]

Square owns Tomb Raider and Hitman? I've been wondering what happened to Eidos...

[Nel_Annette]

#dealwithit   

http://www.gamespot.com/news/microsoft-creative-director-doesnt-get-the-drama-around-an-always-online-xbox-6406464?tag=Topslot%3BLatestGamingHeadlines%3BMicrosoftCreativeDirect

Next thing you know, it'll turn out always-on Kinect lets the govt. spy on you ala 1984. Good ol' paranoia.

But seriously, this guy's a fucking moron.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Third console curse. 

But seriously, the rest of the world is not like America when it comes to internet connections. This is a terrible idea.

[Foggle]

But seriously, the rest of the world is not like America when it comes to internet connections. This is a terrible idea.

Nor is, y'know, half of America.

Any console that does this shit is dead in the water. Nobody bought UbiSoft's PC games until they removed the always-online DRM, and nobody will buy Microsoft's next console either for the same reason.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Personally, I wasn't going to buy Microsoft's new console anyways, so this kind of doesn't even phase me anymore.

Like I said, except for maybe the Wii-U (and its still a big maybe at this point), I'm pretty much done with console gaming. As soon as I start making money, I'm going to start saving up to invest in a good PC. Other than that, any console gaming that I do will most likely be for older consoles.

[talonmalon333]

I feel similarly. Right now, the only console games I play are ones from the past that I missed and want to go back to. After that, I'll very much be leaving behind console gaming... Though I'll eventually get a Wii U for its exclusives that I'm sure I will really want, but that will be more like a secondary gaming platform.

[gunswordfist]

Screw the Wii-U. PS4 for me.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Sigh

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

This is just GS's way to stir up controversy and attract more people to their site. A lot of journalists do stuff like this. They KNOW damn well that they are pissing people off, but they just see it as business if it draws more attention to their site from other people who are dumb enough to blindly accept their views if only because they are written by official, paid journalists.

You shouldn't take any of this crap that comes out too seriously. After all, its nothing new, and a bunch of game journalists have been pulling this shit for years, now. I still see IGN as the biggest offender of this.

[Spark Of Spirit]

They do this after EVERY Nintendo Direct, though. Last time they were whining about the lack of Zelda and Metroid and this time it's about them making games in their series.

I mean, let's be real, when was the last time MS came out with a new blockbuster IP?

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

And it works every time at getting people all riled up and giving them attention. Granted that, most game journalists in general are just so out of tune with what most gamers care about. They like to hide behind a shitty degree in journalism and an official job to back their opinions as truth, but really they are nothing more than amateurs who know nothing about proper criticism. They will lash out at Nintendo because it is successful with utilizing its classic IPs. They interpret that as Nintendo being lazy and just milking their franchises, but really, there's nothing lazy about games like Donkey Kong Country Returns or New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Meanwhile XBOX360 clearly milks the hell out of Halo and Gears of War and so far has gotten a free-pass every time for it. They only back Microsoft and Sony because it is the popular opinion of the main demographic of people who visit their site in the first place to over-glorify those consoles while putting down any of Nintendo's efforts as just recycling old games or catering to the casual crowd, when they clearly have no actual knowledge on the matter of what they are talking about. In other words, most game journalists' articles cater to the ignorant idiots out there who are too lazy themselves to look into anything and still abide by the old stereotype that Nintendo games are just for kids and that Microsoft and Sony games are more "mature."

Basically, I'm just saying that the people who write these sorts of opinions or believe these sort of things aren't even worth your time of day. Its better to just forget about them and brush them off because they are just senseless people who love to complain about a matter that they aren't fully educated in. It hasn't ever caused Nintendo to have poor sales with any of their games, and won't really manage to do so in the future. There are still enough sensible people out there to think and come to conclusions for themselves, and whether people like it or not, Nintendo is successful because they offer tons of quality exclusive content. Microsoft is only popular because it got lucky when the PS3 initially faltered, and Sony just makes a lot of really "pretty" and high-tech exclusives to wow a lot of gamers who are so easily fooled into thinking that good graphics make good games.