A Spirited 15 Rounds ...

Mike S

Mike S

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the.dreamfinder said:
I just want the Rouge Squadron games for my Switch.
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I never played those but I keep hearing a good number of the 5th/6th gen Star Wars games were amazing. Another one I hear of is Shadows of the Empire on N64. I think the only games I remember playing are the N64 Pod Racing game and Episode I on PlayStation.
 
ford91exploder

ford91exploder

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Tahu said:
All because Bob Iger just didn't understand vidya games.
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He understood them well enough, he just thought like any tech related venture one outsources it cuz its cheaper that way. Plus no risk dollars get the licensing fee up front plus bucks for every copy sold or rented
 
Sonconato

Sonconato

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the.dreamfinder said:
You’re going to have to be more specific.
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On page 42, he said
Thanks for the notes and posts. Just very busy right now. Hope to be able to post later in the week. I have lots going on and there is also lots going on at Disney (both Anaheim and Orlando) that I am researching. ... Also, one of the things is quite explosive (if true).
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It may be a stretch, but when you referenced from Twitter about the animation executives, it made me think of it.
 
TiggerDad

TiggerDad

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Since Spirit likes to talk about visiting overseas Disney parks, I should warn fans that the Disney Visa card does not consider overseas Disney parks, even the one in Paris now owned by Disney, to be real Disney parks. Not only do you not get the 2% rebate you get for spending at US Disney parks, but you get to pay a 3% foreign transaction fee. My American Airlines card didn't charge a foreign transaction fee when we used it in Europe.
 
AEfx

AEfx

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ford91exploder said:
Pay to Win vs Additional game content, yes Pay to win is an exact equivalent to Disneys upcharge events.

No longer is score related to skill now its how much you are willing to pay.
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I think you are taking that statement out of context, as you didn't say "like Disney's upcharge events" - you were making it sound like EA, under Disney, is the only company doing anything like this. So no, it's not "just Disney". I can't really agree to that comparison, either - because the price of a "base ticket" at Disney hasn't remained stagnant for 12 years, and then a decade before that - yet the base price of video games has. If a Disney base ticket cost what it did 12 years ago, I don't think we'd be complaining quite so much about the "upcharge" events.

That said, when you stand back and see how upset and whiny and agitated people get over a lousy few bucks, it's just laughable. It's like they are talking about some essential nutrient they are going to die without. The truth is, videogames are by FAR one of the cheapest sources of Entertainment, period. The average player can easily spend 80-100 hours in a game like BFII, minimum (some, hundreds more) - so the absolute hysterics over the cost are remarkably silly. We are talking cents per hour.

I don't care for P2W either - I wish it didn't exist. (Though, I do encourage you to actually seek out the details of this game, as so much has been outright lied about in this forum, and elsewhere by clickbaity people making money off of complaining, about it, which is the only reason I joined the discussion to begin with.)

Unfortunately, it does exist - because as you see demonstrated in textbook clarity here, the "gaming community" has no concept of reality, "I don't care how much it costs the price shouldn't go up ever!", all that nonsense. They expect each AAA title to take leaps and bounds in quality and technical expertise, yet to purchase them for the same exact price in perpetuity. They have dug their own grave.

I was just fine paying $100 ($60 for the base game/$40 for Season Pass) for the last BF game, but people cried and boo-hoo'd about that. I spent a few hundred hours playing that game over the last two years, so the .20 or .30 cents an hour I paid were totally worth it. So this time, they are giving even more content, for one lower price ($60), so everyone can have access to all the content. The only difference is some people will get better guns more quickly - that's the key - which means after a few months, it will all wash out anyway, because that benefit vanishes once everyone else gets their guns better by just playing the game. So the people who whine about this should be thanking those impatient players who can't wait for subsidizing the entire game for them, so they don't have to pay $100 for it. But instead, they are butthurt because "he's going to have a better gun for a few months than I am!"

It's just incredibly pathetic when you actually look at the reality of it, and beyond all of the hyperbole and righteousness and entitlement and see the situation for what it really is that they get outraged over. It's also important to note that the people having fits also don't represent the actual consumers of these products - it would be like Disney judging everything they do by what people say here. Thousands complain online, many millions buy the product (including virtually all of the complainers who refuse to vote with their wallets because they are so addicted to this incredibly cheap entertainment product).
 

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