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Your argument makes very little sense. The digital stores aren't primarily targeted at people with physical copies of the games on older systems. people in this position can break out the old system and play their games. People that don't have the older system/games however have access to games...

It may not be suited to your purposes, but that doesn't mean it's an overpriced toy. It's being used in hospitals to access patient records, airlines are using them to replace many pounds of paper material for pilots. Something capable of replacing paper in industries that have stuck with them...

So the fact that a company updates products every year in areas where ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE DOES THIS! means that they would in a completely different market? Also I'm sure all the musicians/recording studios/movie studios that use Apple products and software fit well within your definition of...

tell So the tablet that no OEM has been able to beat or even match in price is very overpriced? Android costs nothing and they still can't get a tablet that is price competitive to the market. Even on computers Apple is much more price competitive than they used to be. Intel is spending...

Set pieces like Modern Warfare are the last thing any Valve game needs. Valve does atmosphere amazingly and putting MW style setpiece moments would just feel tacky. OT: Ironsights wouldn't necessarily ruin the game, but I don't see them adding anything either. Adding features that don't add...

Good points, but it'd be nice if he dropped the arrogant childish persona which does nothing but hurt his credibility... The persona he 'assumes' (it's stated by many it's merely an assumed persona and not really Jim) is a huge turnoff and anyone that disagrees with his point can easily ignore...

I can't speak for others, but for me it's the fact that EA is a big publisher and publishers having complete control of the content distribution (and the ability to switch it off on a whim) is why I won't be using Origin. I know Valve requires Steam for all their games but they're the developer...

Yes, the game is a poor mix of random mechanics that don't work well together and some that just don't fit the concept of a Duke Nukem game at all. Some of these decisions were made purely because it made development easy (extreme linearity, two weapon loadout, regenerating 'ego'). It's not...

It does indeed matter. I don't know how many games I've seen that were ported from consoles to PC with absolute horrible UI or mechanics. This sort of development generally leads to laziness in the porting to the point that the PC version is largely crippled. One example is Mass Effect 2. The...

It says in this very article that it's about distribution deals with retailers. Retailers can't overcharge us as easily if we can just order the game online at a significant discount. So when distribution rights for Australia were obtained it included the stipulation that GOG.com couldn't...

I didn't mean to suggest these games don't change at all. But it's hard to argue that from one version to the next there's significant enough change to warrant a $60 purchase. Most of the time the changes are equivalent to those that would be in free patches in other genres. What I'd like to see...

I don't see how this could ever be worth it (unless it's well under $10 and I seriously doubt this would be the case). They're currently releasing many of these series yearly with little or no upgrades beyond the roster. So that's $60 per year (if online pass comes with new purchases) already...

Depends on what you're using to measure... by mass the projectile generally makes up a fair portion so 65% more is believable.

This would be similar to being asked to remove your shoes when entering someone's house. You're not being asked to participate in any ritual sacrifices or anything. They're not asking you to follow their religion but to respect their place of worship. It's a dress code like you would find just...