Recent content by dbphreakdb

I have never actually looked at the used industry and gamestop from this point. I have also changed a bit in my line of thought on what gamestop actually does. 1)It is everyone's right to buy used. However, the thing that has always rubbed me wrong was the entitlement based whining that goes...

sorry to say, but WoD development has slowed, as CCP (White Wolf's Parent Company), has decided to focus for now on EVE (a very different MMO, which I absolutely love) and DUST 514

Final Fantasy 7. When Aeris (Aerith) Dies. The only time I've ever cried for a video game.

If I don't wanna run or donate a charity, that's my right (i'd much rather take a homeless guy out to a meal than give him money that could possibly be spent on something else, then give him money when he's actually done eating). No, Steve Jobs wasn't some saint. Yes, he could be rather...

The reason for WoW's decline is not the return to Vanilla or BC hard mode. I was in Vanilla, and it wasn't as ridiculous as Cataclysm for one. Alot of the reason people are leaving, I feel, has to do with the idiocy of the majority of people that play. Before WoW exploded in popularity, you...

well, this falls into Mean, Median or Mode. I would think, personally, considering average is middle of the road, then, it would have to be Median. So, on a scale of 1-10, i would say that it would be somewhere in the area of 5-6

That right there sir/madam, is a beautiful argument. Noone should have to pay for crap quality gaming. so, i say this. if you want to focus on the game companies, focus in a positive manner. Let it be known to them that if they split the game down into two seperate areas, and marketed them...

The law of averages for access time comes into play. For every person that plays a game 8 hours straight every day throughout the week, there will be someone who is only able to play it twice a week for 4 to 6 hours a day. when you add the two together, they come up with a median user. Take...

It is your complete right to buy or sell the physical media as you please. I am not saying that you should be wasteful or always buy new. As a matter of fact, that would be, as you pointed out, ludicrous. What I am saying is that decrying the model that most game manufacturers have decided...

The company did budget for online access. From a single user. Alot of people think that game creation is not categorically researched and planned, when it is. The initial purchaser of the game license is budgeted into operating cost, with some fuzzy equations that take into account the...

All in all, I find it rather humorous that the sector of gaming that doesn't require locking in a registration... is essentially having to do just that. Needless to say, I will only be releasing the games i make for xbla and pc. You know, in such a manner so that i know the only people who...

That's a very true and valid argument. Noone knows how the sales will translate. The very basic laws of supply and demand, however, can project that if there is no option to buy second hand, then more new units would be purchased.

well then, why not just wait the few months and get a new game that forces your retail level store to go to the manufacturer for a new one.

and if your nice used car was bought in a box, would you be entitled to the orignal services included in that, i.e. the manufacturer's warranty? I think not. So yes, let's get this into court with a lawsuit, or even better yet, completely mediated in a legally bound manner, with a few consumer...

Studios are also entitled to not bundle in multiplayer. Enjoy your online pass.