The Gaming Industry: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

englanddg

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The_Jobu said:
Let's inject a little positivity into this thread: What are some games you guys are looking forward to?

I'm waiting for Telltale Batman 2 and Shadow of War to go down in price.

There's some board games on my list, but they're a bit pricey. The digital versions are on Steam however and I think I may buy Twilight Struggle, it looks fantastic.
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Red Dead 2
 
Mike S

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The_Jobu said:
Yong Yea does good work. Whatculture is also surprisingly well researched.
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Yong is good people. I also like Angry Joe and Jim Sterling.
AEfx said:
Okay, this is your one warning. If you want me to participate in your thread (which clearly you do, since you specifically asked me to) - stop with that toxic nonsense. There is enough of that ridiculousness going on right now, and life is just too frigging short for it. Consumers speak with their wallets. "Consumers" aren't speaking out right now, it's all based on a small subset of consumers mostly on Reddit who have not even played the game yet on some general crusade against the gaming industry - largely around a forum that has about 100K subscribers, out of the 14 million or so who played the last BF - it would be like pretending that we all speak for the average Disney guest when we discuss things on this forum.

I'm perfectly willing to share information, but I'm not going down that black hole.
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I’m pulling your leg dude chill, lol.
AEfx said:
Okay, I'm out then. Apparently not everyone knows this as people have claimed that it takes "5,000 hours to unlock all characters", so I was trying to give the information about how the game works to people that don't follow YouTubers trying to make money off of views, but it is clear you just want to make this a mini-reddit circle jerk, and I have far better things to do with my time.
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What was bad about that post? I only said that I knew some of that info already. Some YouTubers are not as bad as you think and are pretty informed. And why is it bad when they make money?
 
Mike S

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The_Jobu said:
Let's inject a little positivity into this thread: What are some games you guys are looking forward to?

I'm waiting for Telltale Batman 2 and Shadow of War to go down in price.

There's some board games on my list, but they're a bit pricey. The digital versions are on Steam however and I think I may buy Twilight Struggle, it looks fantastic.
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Metroid Prime 4. I’ve been waiting way too long and I don’t even care that we barely have info. Knowing it’s happening is good enough.

I might get Skyrim just to get me through the first bits of 2018 since it looks a bit dry for games that interest me. 6 games in year one that catch my interest is pretty good anyway.
 
englanddg

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Mike S said:
Yong is good people. I also like Angry Joe and Jim Sterling.

I’m pulling your leg dude chill, lol.

What was bad about that post? I only said that I knew some of that info already. Some YouTubers are not as bad as you think and are pretty informed. And why is it bad when they make money?
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I used to love Angry Joe...but, he's gotten rather boring and predictable to me the past few years. I like "little Joe", he's grown on me, but his other friends...not so much.

Not that I mind it...but, I'd wish he'd put a bit more creativity into his reviews, like he used to. I may have missed it, but most (not all, but most) of his content anymore seems to be round table talks in front of a green screen with all his friends. And, they just aren't that funny.

Now, on a side note, a group that uses that format and that is VERY funny to me (and reviews movies and games) is Double Toasted. LGR (Lazy Game Reviews) is fun too, especially as he focuses on reviewing older PC games.
 
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Mike S said:
Metroid Prime 4. I’ve been waiting way too long and I don’t even care that we barely have info. Knowing it’s happening is good enough.

I might get Skyrim just to get me through the first bits of 2018 since it looks a bit dry for games that interest me. 6 games in year one that catch my interest is pretty good anyway.
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The Switch looks neato. When I have some more cash I'm definitely thinking about it.
 
Mike S

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/be...estigating-battlefront-ii-and-overwatch.6280/
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DisneyRoy said:
Being reported by more main stream media too. And now Disney is being targeted as well. If you search #gambling Disney pops up.

http://fortune.com/2017/11/15/star-...-electronic-arts-loot-box-crate/?iid=sr-link1
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As they should. I also called Disney into question when I first brought up this topic in the spirited thread. If this is found to be gambling, even just in Belgium (for now), they’re going to have a lot of questions to answer about why they let one of their products that could be going to children include a gambling tied progression system. I hope beyond hope that it gets so bad Disney cuts their 10 year Star Wars deal with EA early in an effort to save face. What’s great about this is that companies will have to choose between gambling regulation and taxation or simply not putting in this garbage in the first place. If they choose the latter they’ll likely have to apply it everywhere or otherwise face an even bigger PR nightmare if there’s a version of the game without these systems only for specific countries. But hey, the import market would likely grow massively from those countries ;)

You think “poop” hit the fan this past weekend? You’ve got no idea what’s coming and it could be glorious.
 
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Nintendo Switch makes TIME’s top 25 inventions of the year.
When you have a great game, that moment of disappointment is when you have to stop playing,”says Reggie Fils-Aimé, president of Nintendo of America. And so, with the Nintendo Switch, you don’t have to. In one form, it’s a handheld tablet, allowing a single user to game on the go. In another, two controllers slide off from the sides, allowing multiple users to get in on the action. Once they get home, they can slide that tablet into a docking station and continue playing on a legitimate home console. Gamers seem to like the flexibility: Nintendo has sold 7.63 million Switches since its March debut; it’s expected to surpass the company’s previous console, the Wii U, by the end of its fiscal year. —Lisa Eadicicco
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http://time.com/5023212/best-inventions-of-2017

It also was the #1 selling system in the US for October.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171116005572/en/Nintendo-News Nintendo-Systems-Top-Hardware-Sales-October

So, uhh, where’s the slow down in sales? ;)
 
AEfx

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DisneyRoy said:
And now it's hit CNN's front page as well. And the game hasn't even "officially" been released yet. This is just from the trial and early players on the deluxe edition. Wonder what happens when everyone else gets their copy tonight/tomorrow.
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People will start to come to their senses and realize that 80% of what they have been told and repeating is absolutely bullcrap. Some of it so outrageously so that they lose any and all credibility.

There are definite areas for improvement in terms of rewards with some aspects, and EA has pledged to address them, but after a few days playing you really realize just how asinine the claims of "pay to win" are, how there is no way to buy your way out of leveling, and how time-limited any advantage is. Not to mention how ludicrous the "gambling" claim is.

It's really funny, because people are even admitting at this point that this is about the overall game industry they are mad at, and the problem is they picked the wrong game to have this fight over. But Star Wars = sexy, so they did.
 
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