New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)

[That Guy]

well, steam doesn't allow resale of used digital games at all, so i'm not so sure that part of the MS policy is so weird. people love steam, and it has a lot of good games cheap, and a lot of indy games that are worth a look.

requiring a connection is pretty lame though.

[over the mountain]

i bought mlb 2013 last week .. for like 65 bucks.

the game stop clerk jedi mind tricked me into giving him my number so he can look me up in their system. walking into the store i mentally prepared myself to not give them my info and just be able to buy an over-priced game quickly and easily so i can take it home and really piss of my lady as i play it after my kid goes down every night for the next 2 months instead of hanging out w her and watching some show w anthony bourdain's name on it.

this is how it went

clerk: "you are in luck, this is our 2nd to last one"

me: ........................ (mentally telling myself to refuse to give my number)

clerk: are you a game stop member?

me: ...................................... (mentally telling myself i knew this was going to happen and to not give him my number)

clerk: as a member you save ..... blah blah blah for a good 2 mins

me: you know, i dont really buy many video games so im just gonna pass . . .

clerk: let me get the digits

me: 443-912-#### .... (****! im such a ****ing whimp, i suck balls, how the eff did he do that, who the eff is this guy . .)

[Ruhskins]

I think the people that are crying wolf about the Xbox One (or the PS4) should probably wait until the console comes out and see how things actually are. If DRM means that games will be 30 bucks instead of 60 bucks, I am completely fine with it. Either way, I will probably keep my old 360 (since it was repaired by Microsoft, I can't sell it back) and play old games there.

[JPPT1974]

Seems like the PS4 is being so hyped up. What if it later turns out to be a flop. You can't believe the hype at times for products like this.

[Dirtbag59]

Just preordered Xbox One on Amazon. Says it will arrive December 4th. Honestly never would have guessed that it would be my first purchase of the new generation, heck I thought it would be the last one after a new PC and PS4.

It seems like it has a SSD hard drive seeing as how they say it boots up instantly and has very short load times, and though it sucks that it can't be upgraded directly 500 gb is still a good bit of size especially for a gaming machine. Also good that you can plug in an external hard drive for additional storage space.

I hate the once a day check in nanny state, but if it allows me to use game disc only to install the full game onto my hard drive then I can live with it. Actually in that case I kind of prefer it. Could care less though about Kinect.

Will likely get Dead Rising 3, NBA 2K14, Watchdogs, and Assasins Creed Black Flag. Maybe FIFA 14. Also looking forward to Halo 5 which will come out next year.

As for PS4 and a new PC. Well PS4 won't have any exclusives that appeal to me until next year with Infamous Second Son and I can't see which one will be next after that. As for a new PC, I go back and forth but I don't think any GPU I get at this time will be a significant upgrade to the new consoles. Unlike now where you can easily get a GPU that destroys PS3 and 360 for around $100 if not less. Where as if I get one now for $200 I will have one thats only marginally better then the new consoles.

[MTK]

I pre-ordered both consoles, still undecided as to which one I'll actually keep. I'm hoping I can maybe sell one and make some extra $$ around Christmas time.

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I pre-ordered both consoles, still undecided as to which one I'll actually keep. I'm hoping I can maybe sell one and make some extra $$ around Christmas time.

You sold the WP private jet to buy consoles?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

You sold the WP private jet to buy consoles?

Still have the jet, just sold off some WP stock.

[MTK]

Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

DRM and online check-in requirement has been dumped

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

DRM and online check-in requirement has been dumped

Microsoft listens to its' customers? Well I'll be. I was kinda hoping they'd keep ignoring its' customer base so it would be a little easier to hate on them.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by mooby

Microsoft listens to its' customers? Well I'll be. I was kinda hoping they'd keep ignoring its' customer base so it would be a little easier to hate on them.

I dunno about listening to them... Microsoft had horribly bad press after E3, hell even before E3, if anything this is damage control. They were about to lose a significant portion of their fan base.

Next thing Microsoft needs to do is get rid of those talking heads who were like, "Well if you can't get an internet connection then you better play Xbox 360" and the idiots in the think tank that thought the original DRMs were a good idea.

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

I dunno about listening to them... Microsoft had horribly bad press after E3, hell even before E3, if anything this is damage control. They were about to lose a significant portion of their fan base.

Next thing Microsoft needs to do is get rid of those talking heads who were like, "Well if you can't get an internet connection then you better play Xbox 360" and the idiots in the think tank that thought the original DRMs were a good idea.

This. Tells you how insulated they are to have ever thought that was going to fly. I tend to buy only new games, and couldn't conceive of life w/o broadband, but the new requirements seemed a little much to me. With this, they've secured my pre-order. Regardless of the motivations, they reversed course in order to make the right call.

[MTK]

I don't think MS had much of a choice. If they had stuck their guns they could have had a disaster on their hands sales wise. I give them credit for trying to push things in a different direction to start with, people just hate change and these days especially people make that known loud and clear.

[MTK]

The ncaa 14 demo is rock solid. They added a bunch of new controls this year, running the option is a blast and the game just has a great feel. Really looking forward to the full game now.

[Dirtbag59]

Built a new monster PC recently for about $1,200 ($1,400 with the monitor). GTX 770 GPU, I5-3570k, SSD for Windows. So as a result I canceled my pre-order for Xbox One. I was originally going to hold out but the main game I was getting it for, Dead Rising 3, was having huge frame rate problems this close to launch so I would rather wait and see instead of betting that everything will be fixed on day 1.

The frame-rate is also a big concern. It’s understandable that next-gen code presented this will have a variety of technical hitches and problems but nothing else we saw E3 had the same frame-rate problems Dead Rising 3 did. Dying Light, the closest comparison at the E3 in terms of on-screen activity, didn’t choke on its sheer number of zombies like Dead Rising 3 did.

While a sluggish frame-rate may be a case of optimisaing the code, Capcom Vancouver doesn’t have the same option for a quick fix when it comes to the humour and the tone of Dead Rising 3.

Also that Kinect having to be plugged in for the system to work creeped me out. I know it will likely not be a big deal but I still haven't heard a good reason why it needs to be plugged in for the system to work.

Will likely get it eventually but don't think I can justify a day 1 purchase. Ironically enough i think this video was the initial turning point that got me thinking about cancelling my preorder.