Zero Punctuation: Next Gen Buyer's Guide

[Belbe]

Dead-on Yahtzee!

 

[BrionJames]

Thank you Yahtzee for always saying whats pretty much on everyone's mind. I'm going to wait a year before I even CONSIDER buying a next gen system. Maybe I'll go to the darkside and build a decent PC and play games on that or maybe purchase one of those mysterious Steam Boxes...The next year will be fun watching Sony and Microsod toddle around there gigantic fuck-ups.

 

[Revolutionary]

Best guide I've seen on the internet so far.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

So on one side having exclusives make you feel like games are held hostage from you, and on the other side you're saying consoles need special games on them to be appealing enough to consider buying?

I'm having trouble seeing how we please these people...
I know most of the people on here would rather just see consoles burn and all games be on the PC, but console producers are never going to agree. Only way for that to happen would be if gaming suffers a major crash and all game devs turn to PC instead. Shame that publisher money looks so lovely, isn't it?

I'm wondering if games and the industry has gotten worse or if gamers have just become harder to please.

 

[Annihilist]

If you have to have Kinect on all the time...couldn't you just point it at the wall?

 

[EvilRoy]

Not exactly coming across as the bigger person here.

Probably because Yahtzee just reminded me why I hate modern day journalism and modern day gaming culture with this and I will admit it's a topic that, unfortunately, I'm ungodly sensitive to. The fact that people are just going to buy into what he has to say when he clearly redacted information regarding the whole "EA not supporting Nintendo" ordeal and are likely going to use it in their gaming decisions when they're not getting the whole story. (again, Nintendo didn't want to use Origin because even they admit the thing sucks) And the fact that this is the kind of mentality gamers should have in general: that they should be unpleasable, impatient and quick to judge, as well as judge unfairly.

Why does it matter that EA corrected itself on developing for the WiiU? And why does it matter that it may or may not be related to Nintendo not wanting to use Origin? The man brought up a statement made by EA and explained they later went back on it. What more is there to say?

It's sad just how low in quality Yahtzee has sunk this year. With this video combined with the last two Extra Punctuations on the topic of next gen consoles, he's gone from being a cynical yet witty and often insightful critic to being the gaming equivalent of FOX News. If anything, he's turned me even further from PC gaming and not helped steer from the idea that all PC gamers are pretentious. I don't want to associate myself with people like that.

Man, you just hate the crap out all of PC gamers ever, don't you? Listen, here's a couple things you should know. First, the man is a critic. In Yahtzee's case in particular, that means he bitches about everything and generally ignores any positive aspects those things might possess. Which is kind of why I come to him. If you don't like that he is doing that with the upcoming console generation, then all you really have to remember is that no matter what anyone else says about your preferred hobby, nobody can ever take your enjoyment away with words.

Second, you're welcome to your opinion on all PC gamers ever, but you need to realize that a solid majority of them do not actually care if you use a console or a computer. And indeed, a reasonable majority of them probably don't care that you exist. There is no need to feel so threatened. They aren't going to break into your house and steal your game consoles.

 

[Aaron Sylvester]

By far the best episode in a VERY long time, welcome back Yahtzee

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

May the console war begin... err, continue as usual!

If game wars were analogous to world wars, then this current one would be Vietnam.

 

[EvilRoy]

It matters because he's trying to lead people away from the truth and make Nintendo look pathetic when at this point, they're the only ones not treating the gaming public like trash. They're not perfect and have made some questionable decisions but at least they're not designing their console to rob you of money just so you can play used games.

Except its pure conjecture that the original statement made by EA was in response to the refusal to use origin on the Wii U. Hell, the guy who made the statement originally did so on twitter and wasn't necessarily even in a position to make a claim like that. So it would be kind of dishonest for him to cite those as facts.

And at least they've had their monthly Direct videos to let you know "yes more WiiU stuff is on the way!". I mean next week they're revealing the next Mario Kart, Smash Bros. and hopefully whatever Retro has planned but nobody seems to remember stuff they've shown previously like the fact that they're making a new Yoshi game and that spiritual Xenoblade successor that Monolith is working on when they complain about a lack of games. Oh and that they're finally getting Earthbound on Virtual Console. Yeah funny how Yahtzee loves that game but can't bother to remember that when talking about the WiiU.

Man, if nobody remembers them its either Nintendo's fault for taking so long to release them, or the consumers fault for not caring. Everything is on its way, or being developed, or coming soon. They don't count as games for the Wii U until I can have a copy sitting on my television stand.

Again, this didn't give me an impression of criticism. It felt like elitism. At this point Jim Sterling is more of a critic than Yahtzee. Also I'd like to point out this is the THIRD TIME he's talked about this topic. Sounds like someone needs to get off his soapbox.

Well, Yahtzee's reaction seems to be exactly in line with all of his other videos, including the last console rundown, but if you think its elitism then go ahead I guess. Although, it isn't really soap boxing. These last couple months have been the lead up to one of the most exciting things to happen to gaming in the last, what seven years now? Of course he is going to have a bunch of articles and videos on it. Next week or the week after he's going to have a video doing the exact same thing for E3. He will probably smack talk Nintendo in that video as well, so prepare to tighten your suspenders I suppose.

 

[jpoon]

Great vid ZP, I can only hope that people take your last bit of advice and avoid all 3 of these shitboxes, especially the xbone!

 

[nightazday]

May the console war begin... err, continue as usual!

This ain't a war. It's a suicide party.

 

[CyberMachinist]

May the console war begin... err, continue as usual!

If game wars were analogous to world wars, then this current one would be Vietnam.

Then who's who? who are our Vietnamese? Who are the Americans? I can guess who M$ are.


Welp looks like the arguing has begun, the E3 days are going to bring alot of gas to this flaming war. Speaking of which when does E3 start? I checked the site and it says june 11-13 but i keep seeing messages about it being tomorrow.

 

[Adon Cabre]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEs33aWkX2Q]
Adam Sessler Video
Review​

[HEADING=1]E3, anyone?[/HEADING]
If anything, NaughtyDog's Last of Us has showed the benefits of SONY exclusives -- they're breadth of story drafting, art-direction, and mechanics are simply too fantastic and diverse to ignore. It's unconsciousnable for people to think that Gen4 will be any different from the awesome selection that prospered the Playstation 3.

[h4]SONY & Microsoft pay top-dollar for their own studios![/h4]
Their selections are so diverse that it's inconceivable for a hard core gamer to blissfully blow away SONY exclusives on Gen4.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Then who's who? who are our Vietnamese? Who are the Americans? I can guess who M$ are.

See, now you're being too literal with a metaphor.

 

[Sansha]

I agree... the next generation consoles have so much arbitrary shit tacked on that I'm not going to bother. I don't need my console to be voice activated, I don't need a console to watch TV, I don't appreciate the lack of backwards compatibility or the inability to use games other than my own.

There is literally nothing that entices me about the next-gen consoles. I'm going to take the price of all three and sink it into my PC.