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Good luck with that if the reviews are gonna be glowing. Besides, don't care that much about such content. Let the game be its own thing without this need to shoehorn in existing characters. It seems strong enough to do well without them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukefrukem
I ignore most reviews anyway and I haven't had a problem ignoring highly praised titles in the past. I play at my own schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morris Schæffer
Gameplay trailer for Raiden in MKX. That fatality: HOLY SHIT. This game can't be released fast enough.
TURN DOWN YOUR SPEAKERS. There's a very loud noise at the very end of the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4aQzebdHv4
I LOLed when he threw the woman at Raiden.
Haha. I was sure I had already seen 3 fatalities before the real one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spun Lepton
Yeah, what's with the slow-mo skull and spine breaking? Then the characters bounce back like nothing happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morris Schæffer
Intestines gone, skull fractured... I'm going to uppercut you now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucky
We have lawyers on MC correct?
MK has never even tried approaching anything realistic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucky
Replaying "Halo 3" as it's been years.
So damn good.
Quite possibly the best game series of all time. Nothing else captures my imagination like these games. The rousing music, the incredible visual design, and unparalleled gameplay and balance.
Just amazing stuff.
Sony making a statement that may suggest we'll be seeing tons of PS3 Re-makes on the PS4. The Last of Us Being the first. There was a rumor that Beyond Two Souls would be getting the PS4 treatment last week. That may be the next title coming. But I'm trying to think of any other games I would re-buy on PS4... Maybe the Uncharted series but I've already played them to death. Can't think of any more.
"Our big opportunity is to welcome back an audience much earlier in the lifecycle that possibly bought into the Wii previously," House said. "[O]ur consumer data suggests some of those people are already coming in now and that's what's contributing to the really great sales we've had."
Sony plans to introduce the returning audience to a slate of remastered and rereleased games from the last console generation, starting with this month's launch of The Last of Us Remastered for the PlayStation 4. Sony's PlayStation Now service will also offer a number of streamed classics upon its launch.
"I hesitate to say this because I know committed gamers may roll their eyes about it," House admits, "but there's an opportunity with some of the remastering or re-imagining from PS3 franchises that will potentially find an audience that hasn't played them in the previous generation because they skipped that generation."
I think that's great. I hope they sell well so that Sony is encouraged to do full revamps (ala "The Last of Us") instead of just porting.
I should also clarify that I don't mean remake- more of a remastered/re-release. But yeh, they're trying to capture the Wii audience, I guess they feel there's a lot of them.
There certainly are. WiiU's sales have been slower, but the Wii sold like hotcakes.
If they can capitalize on the people who skipped the PS3, they'll laugh all the way to the bank.
I said this before though, I have a dozen friends who bought a Wii just because everyone bought one. They're collecting dust in their closets now. They played it for a month and never turned it on again. They were casual fans. They would never buy a PS4 or Xbone. I dont know why Sony thinks there were THAT many people who skipped last gen.
Your friends don't represent the entire market.
The Wii was pretty huge. I had a Wii a full 4 years before I bought a PS3.
It was pretty huge because of the casual gaming appeal. People bought them because they were cheap. Not because they were gamers.
I also think that the interface appealed to a whole new demographic of non-gamers, particularly those with less electronic savvy. Case in point - every thursday at my Dad's assisted living complex is Wii Night. Most of the people there are in their 80s, and their other favorite activity is bingo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukefrukem
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Originally Posted by Dukefrukem
Which still dances around the fact at hand - the Wii sold huge. And it sounds like this is exactly the audience Sony is talking about - casual gamers. People who wouldn't have played the PS3 games because they were more casual at the time and owned Wii's.
I don't know why you're so resistant to admit this. I know you hate Nintendo, but facts are facts.
Admit what? You haven't said anything I haven't directly refuted. It sold huge because of casual gamers yes. I HIGHLY doubt causal gamers would buy games like Beyond Two Souls. Those are the kinds of games SOny will be re-releasing. Not Mario Party HD Tennis with WiiWorkout+ Jibber Jabber which is what appealed to the casual gamers in the first place. There's no market to be had IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
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Originally Posted by Dukefrukem
My apologies, I thought you were disputing the fact that the Wii sold well.
I do agree that certain games will have a very hard time finding a larger audience (your example of "Beyond: Two Souls" is spot on), but I can't help being excited by the idea of Sony trying to bring some of their best games to a larger audience.
I've actually known a few people who weren't gamers at all (casual or otherwise) and really got into "Uncharted". So if those games get remade with "Uncharted 4" tech, and were marketed towards the casual crowd, I think it could be pretty huge.
Sony has been pretty smart, so I'm sure if they've got a plan, the numbers and stats they have supporting it are reliable.
We'll just have to wait and see...
I think it's less that they're trying to get the Wii market and more that they realize that the 360 was the more popular console last time around and now with the PS4 being the more popular console they are re-releasing games that those people never got to play since they had a 360 instead of a PS3.
this sounds spot onQuote:
Originally Posted by EyesWideOpen
Also, probably, HD game development is crazy expensive, original titles are a gamble, and veteran gamer types have demonstrated time and again their eagerness to buy rereleases on new platforms.
Beyond: Two Souls has lots of other problems beyond graphics to fix. What a disappointment.