The Coop

A shift that, if it continues, will lead to "XBox Three: No games, just TV"

Wow. This thread escalated quickly, didn't it?

I personally don't think the prices for games will drop at all. Remember when game companies justified the cost of $60 games over $50 ones back when the 360 and PS3 were new, by saying how much longer the development cycles were, and how much more they had to put out to make them? Now, part of that $60 cost is blamed on making up lost money from the used game market, part of it on piracy, and so forth. Digital distribution was pimped by them as being so much faster and cheaper, but the digital games still cost the same as the retail ones, don't they? And once again, it's to make up lost revenue from the used games/piracy/whatever. It's all about scapegoats, and not stating the real reason; that they want to charge that much, and people keep willingly forking out the cash for those big (supposedly) AAA titles at launch. Until that changes, and people say "fuck this" and stop buying games at those $60+ launch prices, the costs for the players won't go down at all. Of course, knowing the bigger game companies today, they'd just blame those low sales figures on piracy and used games, and then jack the price up another $10. And frankly, if the perfect DRM was invented that stopped piracy, and the used game market vanished, the game makers would come up with another reason to explain their $60 games.[/cynical]

To be sure. It's that over the top quality that helped it stand out thanks to its tongue-in-cheek nature (along with the swearing... and the booby girls).

Duke Nukem 3D (which was featured specifically) is still regarded as one of the best FPS of its day. So I'm guessing you're referring to Duke Nukem Forever (which was also featured specifically)?

Aw shit, son! Shit's about to go down!

Go yell at a cloud, old man! ... But not that one over there. That's the one I'm yelling at.

How else would I get to enjoy the likes of Panzer Dragoon Saga, Astal Stellar Assault SS, Vampire Savior (better than the arcade versions), Thunder Force V (better than PS1 version), and other classics? Yeah, it's not the easiest system to start getting games for, as the prices have gone up a lot. But I guess that's the advantage of buying the games back when they were affordable at EB, Gamestop, Toys R Us, High Voltage (mail order place... had great prices), and them. My original Dreamcast is still going strong, thankfully. **knocks on wood like a mother fucker**

Still got mine (though really, it's my second Saturn, since the first one died).

I get the feeling they're really pumped about Dog of Sports TV.

Maybe XBox One won't crap out instantly, but as you said, there are PC games that stop dead in their tracks if the connection dies. Frankly, that it's being done at all, on any level, is complete and utter nonsense. It's just different levels of corn-laden shit being flung at the paying customers by the screaming monkeys that run these companies as they pretend to see, hear and speak no evils.

I've never understood why people are OK with (or even fully back) "always online." Having to check in once every 24 hours just so I can play the game I legally bought for $60? Having your game stop because your connection crapped out? Finding out you can't play your game because the servers it needs to connect to are down/gone? I see no upside to this for consumers. Only needless hassles.

Rob Zombie - "Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor" (album)

Four months after the FF VII remake.

All the song titles from the great Shadow of the Beast series for the Amiga can be found here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4cjNG2R_yI ... Splatterhouse 3 (Gen)... http://project2612.org/details.php?id=387 ... Valis III (Gen)... http://project2612.org/details.php?id=130 ... Tinhead (Gen)... http://project2612.org/details.php?id=104 ... Jurassic Park (Gen)... http://project2612.org/details.php?id=137 ... Ecco the Dolphin (Gen)... http://project2612.org/details.php?id=22

A band called "The Altered Beasts," with cover art quite reminiscent of that classic Sega arcade game, made a remix album which doesn't feature a remix from Altered Beast. ... I... um... ... **walks off mumbling**

Wow. Overgeneralized hyperbole much? Who the hell do you hang out with?