You know what really pisses me off? they don't do memory cards anymore, back in the PS2 days, if you wanted to play your stuff round someone elses house, or your console broke, you had all your data on it, simple and easy. Forgive me i may be missing something (Or not) but nowadays, if your PS4 breaks, or you want to play your game progress on your friends console, or you just want to switch to a different model, you're screwed. >:(
Robstar1992 You mean internal harddrives? When I originally bought my X360 all I had was a 64 MB memory card - and it was fine for the first while. I still have said card, which has my XBL profile on it, so now if I go over to a friend's place to game, I can load up my profile np without having to do recovery BS. Seriously that card was crucial when my friends and I were big into Halo, I could bring it to a friends house and be on _my profile_ gaining experience and rating for my profile while my other friends were stuck as just 'guest.' Memory cards rule, bring them back you fucks!
Robstar1992 Cloud storage is nice, I only own a ps2 so I don't know about xboxes and ps3/4 but pcs have that and it's good. Too bad if there's no internet though. I like my ps2 very much. I do however think that sticking a USB flashdrive in your console should be working and be able to store saves on it. Mem cards were just storage, maybe flash even.
Aeonized Cloud is nice, but it can be a nuisance if your game crashes and you want to start it up again immediately. Steam doesn't take too long to upload it to the cloud, but Origin and Uplay seem to take an eternity.
Completely agree. The 6th generation was just perfect, it was focused solely on the games, and not GWAFIKS!!! Also not how many overpriced dlc packs that companies could push out. if developer's wanted to add something to the game they were called "expansion packs" anyone remember those? they actually were worth buying and they added more than just a different color to your rifle! The games were actually original too, not grey brown modern shooter warfare 7, some of the greatest games of all time were 6th generation and its really sad that the consoles are only getting worse.
alpha_child I totally agree. When I played Halo 2 online for the first time, I never thought it could get better. Gamecube and PS2 were great too, who could forget Pikmin, or GOD who could forget _Shadow of the Colossus?!_ SotC is arguably one of the best games ever made.
alpha_child Dreamcast, most underrated system at the time. I still love playing mine. It seemed like it was a bit too ahead of its time... but I loved it for that.
Unfortunately, things aren't even close to what they used to be. Gamers who lived in the late 80s and during the magical 90s need to be selective and keep playing the old games over and over. The game is over for us. 80% of the games nowadays are not for me. A Resident Evil here and there, Skyrim, Red Dead Redemption, Gran Turismo... one new Mario/Zelda game here and here and that's all.
I agree. And, I have not even got into Skyrim and don't like Red Dead, really. Also, next year, 2019, they are remaking Resident Evil 2. So, watch out for that. I also don't like GT much, I like Need for Speed, but don't like the look of any of the new ones. The new Donkey Kong, Sonic, Mario, and Zelda games are amazing, though (well, some of them). Also, Street Fighter 5 or whatever looks great. So, you have a few things over the last 5 years. But, man, 1988 to 2008. Greatest 20 years of all time! The end! (And maybe the greatest 10 years would be 1985 to 1995. But, I'd say 1990 to 2000.)
It's not just consoles, mass media as a whole has been decreasing in quality. Video games, music, anime, etc. I think I'm starting to go through a phase when I'm starting to not care about media entertainment anymore. :/
In my opinion, the 3rd, 4th, 5th , and 6th console generations are the best generations of all time! I can't lay my finger on it, but those generations had something magical that the 7th and 8th generations do not have.
Yeah and games started holding your hand in the mid ps2 era there is no joy of discovery I wish more Jrpgs where as challenging as ff12. but i feel like there should be some handholding for casuals. ps2 was well balanced in handholdy and no handholdy games.
16-bit and 128-bit for me. Unstoppable. Though, PS3 is a crazy fucking machine! Like, really great (other than DLC nonsense and so on). Of course, the 8th, 9th, 10th generations will never be able to come close to the 16-bit and 128-bit generations, by definition. If we're not careful, the 9th and 10th generations won't really be considered good or real home gaming to anybody other than PC gamers and emulators. That's the way we are going. PCs and phones and illegal downloads/virtual consoles. But, that's what most gamers are like now, and sadly, home consoles/handhelds are not just selling or being made like how they used to 10, 15, 25-years-ago.
I'm a PS2 guy, myself. However, I grew up on the N64, Mega Drive, and PS1. Also, Game Boy Colour, Game Boy Advance, PSP, and DS for handheld. However, fear not, you still have the great 3DS and great Wii U. I also love the normal Wii. You also have the GameCube (though it costs a lot now, sadly). I also just bought the unstoppable SNES. For me, even though I grew up on the PS1 and N64, the 16-bit and 128-bit generations are the best, I'd say. Just remarkable. So, that's the Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES, PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and Dreamcast. And, the PS3 is an insane fucking machine. Really amazing. Of course, for FPS, the best machine in the world may be the Xbox 360.
I love your rant, 100% truth. Shoe horning collectables in every fucking game: I don't mean good collectables I just mean the ones that do nothing but give you an achievement/trophy, and are only put in because Brady Games wants to sell more guides, and developers want to trick you into thinking you got more playtime out of the game than you actually did. Constantly launching Broken Games: If I bought a game in 2005 or earlier they worked on day 1. Now most games come buggy or unplayable, and it's only getting worse. Tacked on multiplayer ruined Bioshock 2. On Disc DLC ruined Capcom. (and almost every other developer) Region Locking means I cannot play Mother 1,2,3 aka Earthbound trilogy DRM killed Xbox One Online Trophies/Achievements, I hate these because once the multiplayer community dries up they cannot be obtained.
johnhasaguitar Personally, I NEVER cared for them. I just hat the fact when collectibles and such do nothing or don't actually reward you. I like the new way of at the very least getting artwork for them but... it's just not enough incentive. Venom NBK Although, I don't think a couple of things you said were exactly, completely ruinous but they sure were big problems.... and simply stupid ones at that.
Juan Strong Oh get the fuck out. Everyone thinks these indie games are the savior of gaming. What nakes them special? What makes them feel like heart and passion was put into it? Nothing! Indie games are taken more lightly and are of lower quality! All of them are 2D platformers!
What I hate: Games being made available digital only when (in other parts of the world) there is a physical release. Not only do you have to pay retail price for said (digital) game but you also need to buy a very uniquely made expensive memory card to store the game. Because of this the price to be able to play the game is doubled. Not only that buy some people strictly prefer (and only play) physical games. So a digital game that may be very fantastic and/or anticipated can easily fly under the radar (maybe even limited run games if the person doesn't buy things online).
Nah, last gen was the worst. If it wasn't for games like The Witcher 3, Bloodborne, uncharted 4, dark souls 3, doom, etc. then I would say this gen. This gen has slowly seen the end of Call of Duty unlike last gen which every game company wanted to be like it.
Nah the was a huge spike in games of all sorts of different genre's and not just gritty war games, Divinity Original Sin, The Evil Within and Yooka Laylee are good examples. (Yes i'm aware it's not released yet). But I have fond memories of last gen too, I played many games that have entertained me greatly, especially a lot of games in 2011 like Uncharted 3, Infamous 2, Rage, AC Revelations, L.A Noire, etc.
***** Naming a bunch of examples doesn't really prove whether or not a game is better or worse. Watch, Bloodborne, The Witcher 3, Dying Light, Uncharted 4, Doom 2016, Mortal Kombat X, Fallout 4, Shadow Warrior (which I recommend checking out), Super Mario Maker, Shadow of Mordor, etc. And it's only been almost 3 years since PS4 and XBONE came out and your list covers the whole life cycle (granted none of us named ALL good games). I think last gen was great, maybe one of my favorites but this gen is more diverse, like much more.
***** A lot of those games were shooters that you mentioned. This gen we had 3D platformers, survival horror and many other genres make a big come back.
God I wish I knew how to design games, I would make them and release them cheap with everything included. including free bonus items and maps just for buying it. No dlc no bullshit, just strait gaming how it was intended to be,
I donno man new games are just really boring for me they just basically play themselves plus I dont do online gaming soo yea. The 90's were the best gaming years for me and when the ps1 came out with twisted metal and metal gear solid was cool buying "Tips & Tricks" magazine after that gaming was shit and still is shit for me. All they do is remake classics and kill them and make first person shooters like wtf do something impressive game developers.
PEScharlie yea straight up I agree. I dont really know what to think anymore. I just dont see myself collecting xbox or ps3 games ever and ive played a lot when they came out but when I look at them now its just like naaaa.Generations..I guess.
One of the biggest reasons is because as we grow older, we don't get the same level of enjoyment out of video games as we did when we were young. Mainly, because the concepts and gameplay are so familiar that it doesn't surprise you or entertain you as much.
Merland5 yea I could kind of see that but I still have fun playing my retro systems on the weekends and jrps with my girlfriend. Idono if I'm just and prude and stick with what I think is original fun..I mean Super Metriod is always fun for me to play,Star Fox 64 is always a blast,Streets of Rage for Sega I never get tired of. I bought a ps3 when it came out TRIED to get into the COD hype and played God of War..Uncharted games that were "good" believe me I tried to like all the new stuff but I ended up going to a game stop and selling everything and went to the flea market and got a Super Nintendo. I really couldn't get into it the oldest system I'll ever own is a PS2.
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lets see, force to pay to play online(XBL,PS+). micro transactions, dlc/seasson passes on stores before the full game even comes out, unfinished/rush games(SFV,MGSV), repetetive games(The Division), hd/remastered games resold at full price, defected hardware, short hardrive capacity, unsuported hardware(psvita), pre-order bonus bull shit that can't be aquired later on(DBZX, Vegetta), stupid publishers(KONAMI),yeah this gen SUCKS.
I think the ever increasing development costs are really at the heart of most of these problems. Once an industry gets too expensive and large it starts to develop a lot of these problems
Hate to rain on your guys' parade, but Destiny does nothing special and less than half as much as what was originally promised. They cut it up into several DLCs to maximize profits, and the only reason it did so well is because of an insane budget to hype it up and the fact that the only other game it had to compete with at launch was Shadow of Mordor. Destiny went from potentially being one of the best games ever made, to a calculated money making machine. If you buy all the DLCs and extra's, you're going to be out of roughly $200 by the end of it. You ever notice how in Destiny, as soon as your character is finally geared up with the best shit, after hours and hours grinding, that the new DLC is coming out within a few weeks? It's 100% calculated to keep you playing and keep you paying money. $200 for one game, with no end game content except grinding the same thing over and over, and a PvP that's similar to Halo's but not as good. GG EA/Activision, gg.
Robstar1992 Well apparently they originally wanted to have a trading system in the game. Which would totally make sense to the loot model. You loot a legendary Warlock piece as a Titan? Trade with a Warlock for a piece of Titan. It makes sense, but they took it out to prolong your play time. I got maxxed out pretty quick when it came out and never picked it up again, so I went and sold it while it's still worth something.
Dammit, I hate what they've done to RPG's. I don't hate MMO's in the least, but can we please get some old school RPG's that actually have open worlds, a compelling story and characters, awesome music,and actually take many hours to finish as well as having some replay value?
Did you play Baldur's Gate and/or Planescape: Torment? Because Project Eternity and Torment: Tides of Numenera are now options for those of us who remember the good old days of good old games.
There are a few now, but... not many. If you really want old-school RPGs, you'll have to go back to the 16-bit and maybe 32/128-bit generations. However, the PS3 has a few, and, of course, the PC is the best for MMORPGs. If you have money the Switch may be a good one for you, if you want handheld RPGs, etc. But, you will notice, the SNES is the best system for old-school RPGs, most likely. You just don't have many really old-school RPGs at all.
A. I'm not a fan of first person shooters, but I can't believe how many there are. I'm not saying they're bad; however, I like having variety when it comes to games. Everything is so profit motivated that we see a lot of the same type of game, because game companies fall into this false belief that there's a magic formula that follows the same recipe. Movies, tv shows, and music also do the same thing! LOL I thought it was interesting as well, when Sony said they're releasing the PS4 first in the U.S., because they have more games that western audiences will enjoy. My first reaction was: NOOOO!!! I love Japanese games, but I also like games that are unique. Japanese games can, at times, follow the same formulas when it comes to character development, and game layout.
I'm getting tired of all these 1st-person shooters (Looking at you COD) getting made like it's the only thing out there. How many horror games these days really resemble the old Resident Evil and Silent Hill days. The most recent, we got The Evil Within and Resident Evil:Revelations 2. Great, how about more of that. Also more games like the Batman Arkham series, where it's not just simple button mashing, but an actual sophisticated combat system, a lot of cool unique stealth innovations, crazy boss fights and insane puzzle challenges. OMG I'm so glad I didn't buy Destiny alone. I got it with the PS4 bundle pack. So I'm grateful for having a white PS4. I hope Allison Road comes soon
I agree a hundred percent the only fps game I enjoyed since BioShock was far cry 4 and primal but other than that they're getting old wish more games would be like fallout 4 give you the option of a 3rd person too
I blame the gamers who preorder and buy season passes. These companies will stop once we stop supporting bullshit. Quit supporting REQ packs and shit like that too. It's a cancer.
I was a really into console games but as the companies added more restrictions and methods of squeezing more money out of the already overcharged customers I was frustrated and started to lose interest and when the Xbox One was announced that was the final nail in the coffin so I switched to PC and feel that it was the best decision I made in that regard as there are so many more benefits that it has over consoles that it'd take too long to list them. All I can say is if a company decides to fuck over its customers look elsewhere for alternatives and not feed the corporate machine who usually sit there smugly trying to figure out how to fuck everyone over when it comes to the next generation after. If you cut them off from what they care about the most "money" they sometimes start to put an effort into working on a half decent product that can draw back the customers who didn't lay back and allow themselves get raped just because they want to be fanatically loyal to a brand name.
early 80's did kill the home gaming market. Nintendo rebuilt it with the NES in the mid 80's and 90's with the Super NES. Those where the good days of gaming.
yeah but back then you played games to play games and escape from real life. Now games just want to be as close to real life as possible. Im not hating on this game but ill use it as an example. Call of Duty. I have a bunch of call of duty games but it seems like they are all same ol same ol different storied games. I realize thats what a "franchise" is and Mario does it all the time but sometimes you just want to escape reality not be drug into it with a game. Now I do realize this is my opinion and there are good points to both sides of the argument. I am a big video game collectorso I have a bunch of titles from all "eras" of gaming.
OK lol with the exception of NINTENDO who still wants to be "family friendly" most systems push their as close to real as you can get feeling. Nintendo games are still kiddie games. Dont get me wrong im not hating on any of them. I have the PS3, Xbox 360 and wii and i get different types of entertainment from each.
I agree last gen you had games that stood out me personally BioShock Arkham series and etc. The current gen is awful games copying the older ones dying light is dead island I could go on but won't. But to me this gen as been the worse in years
This is where i stopped buying new PS3 games(or AAA games) & became a Retro/Indie gamer. My friends recommended me buy PS4 console & some GOTY games like the last of us & GTA V, sadly.. i refused, now friends called me a stone age guy & bad taster, sorry i don't like current & next gen they're obviously awful, i just don't want to pay a lot of dlcs & 1st or 3rd person shooter games...
Nope. Standard Edition. EB Games website lists it at 89.99 in Canadian Dollars. With HST it comes to $101.70. Still gonna buy the piece of shit anyway.
Ironically the only good console right now is the WiiU, the PC gets really fucked because of the shitty ports. PS4 and XBOX one are PC's... thats it. WiiU is also a PC but its the only one with interesting games. WiiU + PC + vita/3ds is my choice for this gen. I dont have any intention to buy a PS4 or XBO right now.
I agree mostly. Just remember that the shitty ports are due to poor utilization of multithreaded CPUs. Games only really use the first core and it doesn't scale well with multi GPU configs either. This will however be remedied by the advent (sort of) of low level drivers for the hardware and low level APIs like the next OpenGL, DX12 and Mantle to a lesser extent. Mantle was basically a prototype for low level APIs and since it worked so well it opened the door towards better scaling of hardware which makes me extremely happy. Give it 2 years tops ;)
If the XBone and ps4 are PC's *why do they have to pay to play online. *why do mods not come out for them. *why do updates for games cost the developers to upload them Consoles main goal is to take control of every media outlet and they are putting gaming to the side. pretty soon Microsoft will announce their very own cable service. Fuck corporations! If a developer wont fix a pc game someone else dose. Never seen that happen on a console..... (PC is not perfect, It's selling out too. I truly believe Valve is taking bribes from Sony and Microsoft and sticking to selling over Steam. ... They could be crushing the current gen if they came out with a console and got back into making games but doing nothing and making money is so much more cake for them in their eyes!)
Kill4ism First Valve is going to compete with consoles with Steam Machines. No Valve is not taking bribes from Sony or Microsoft. In fact Gabe N said "Windows 8 is a train wreck". Also Valve still does make games but they wait until a game is ready and very good instead of making shovelware every year like EA. Just wait Steam Machines can and will be crushing the current gen consoles.
The thing about Day 1 DLC is that when a company is in the process of shipping their game, it takes about 6-12 months until they're able to ship it. So they spend that time to work on DLC, which is finished by the time the game is ready to go on store shelves.
Even with all of these problems he's mentioning its still better than today no feminism in gaming no game outraged no hate baiting journalists websites trying to prove that gamers are mentally ill in some capacity no body shaming hot female game characters getting pissed off because the main character so happens to be white only thing I can really say that's positive is he is right there was a gaming slump in that time at least the games are looking pretty good and there's a lot of variety now
Even though i think it is crap, consoles have done region blocking for ever. First time i ran into it was on PS1 when a friend of mine sent me a japanese Dragon Ball Z game that only released in japan. The U.S. PS1 wouldnt boot the disc due to region blocking but there was this trick you could do with a paper clip to push down the lid button. You start the PS with an american game to get through the boot menu then swap the game out at a certain point and it would play. I know that was long winded but they have done the region thing for quite a long time. Still dumb. Keep up the good vids Yooooo
While I do think the graphics of the PS4 is better than the prior generation, but the X-Box One can't even do 60fps at 1080p. I do actually think the Wii U is a unique experiance because, in a game like Zombie U, you can use the game pad as a game map, to keep track of weapons, etc, without having to keep pausing your game, dropping into a map, weapons stash, etc. The fact you can also use you game pad while someone uses the TV, or so you can watch videos in Bed, play games in another room, etc. The Red Ring of Death is the number one reason I didn't buy an X-box one, even though I have a decent number of games from my 360. I went through 3 systems due to the Red Ring of Death., until they sammy warrantee had expired. I bought a gears of war system which has been stable thus far, except for the loud fan. I think the decline of the Xbox one says something about the public's trust of Microsoft. In time, I may get a PS4, but I am more than happy with my Wii U, right now.
NBA 2K16 is an example of bad games in the current gen, broken game from the start, micro-transactions coming out the ass, mediocre servers, and extremely unrealistic for a basketball simulator. (Stephen Curry can posterize 2 players, while my Michael Jordan card misses dunks with a 95 driving dunk.)
There have been many great games this generation and many leaps forward in online play and graphical technology but this generation has definitely seen the worst in terms of business practices and streamlining. The eighth one will just be a polished off version of what we have now yeah we'll have games like watch dogs and titanfall that look promising but you'll have to fight through a lot of bullshit to enjoy 8th gen.
2011? Damn I miss that era lol. It was great until like 2014 or so. Fewer good games, 50-70 plus gb game sizes, COD is still alive lol. Sadly we had no idea how much worse it would get. Cough Street Fighter.
Since the start of the third generation(pc, xbox360, ps3 and wii) the game industry it's awful indeed! Since that time, start all the awful things we have today like the DLCs, microtransactions, expansive and unfinish games! The most noticeable thing is the poor quality from the games overall in the last 5 6 years! Even this last generation pc, ps4, xbox one and wii u is not that good in terms of quality overall. The poor quality continues and all the problems each came before. In 10 games you have 1 good. The game companys these days only care about money and not to deliver quality to the consumer unlike before. Its not all studios who do that, but overall do it. Even the game companys use to be trustworthy before are not trustworthy anymore. Like for example Konami, capcom, ubisoft, activision, square enix, even EA and the list goes on. These days we only can trust a few game companys each we have sure they will deliver quality games and actually care about the consumers like valve, rockstar, Bethesda and some few more but not that much like the old times when we had tons of good studios each care about consumers and deliver quality games most of the times. The game industry these days its a bullshit.
Just be a smart consumer and gamer then you won't have these problems. Evolve with the technology and see what suits you as the individual, not the masses.
The trends of 7th gen continue Overpriced games that remove content. Season passes now in the form of battle passes. Repetitive franchises continue to be milked. Live service only games. Overall stagnation in single player games. More genres continue to die. Best aaa games being remakes and remasters of games from 20 year's ago. Long download times. The list goes on.
It's the first generation I haven't been psyched to get a console. That tells me enough. Only just started the video and I already know I'm already going to agree with everything.
Funny how after all these years this video is still relevant I had to stop and look at the date after hearing some things, but overall this could have been posted yesterday and still made sense.
many people unloading Rock Band instruments are likely to regret it in the future, imagine how much a complete set (especially in-box) will sell for in 10-20 years. also: nice shirt
I agree with everything you said in the video. Except, the online pass part. Battlefield 3 had that online pass requirement and if you bought it used you had to buy the online pass in the main menu of the game. Not sure if every game gives that option but I wouldn't doubt it.
I know this is a year and a half old, but a ton of what you said is still so relevant and perhaps even worse. Businesses just don't care about how much they're liked. We may hate all their tactics, but as long as they make their money, they'll continue doing all this. We as consumers have to start making a stand to not buy into their tactics so they'll stop doing this. Oh and I'm sure this has been said before, but Ninja Theory and Team Ninja are two very different developers :p
I would argue that we can deal with bad games so much better nowadays because we have resources to know right away if the game is good or not. Back in the Atari 2600 days, you had little indication of if ET was actually good or not until you actually bought it. Same with Superman 64, the name got more suckers than it would nowadays.
Also, don't blame Team Ninja for how Metroid Other M turned out. The co-creator, Sakamoto, is responsible for that. He had complete control over the whole thing. Team Ninja even wanted to use nun-chuck controls but Sakamoto adamantly insisted on the awkward wii-mote only ones.
As much I love my PS3 I still enjoy my Sega Genesis, my SNES/NES clone system (FC Twin), Nintendo Gamecube & PS1 because the older games are fuck'n awesome, no DLC. No Bullshit. Back in the 90's (god I feel old lol) you buy the damn game & you get would (sometimes) get the game 100% complete.
6 years later and video games are becoming more and more smaller than they were 10 years ago microtransactions are getting out of control. The safest games to play that have no type of microtransactions are usually jrpgs like dark souls or blood-borne.
Old video, but everything Alpha said was 100% correct. Going into the new gen we are dealing with microtransactions, a push for digital and an emphasis on DRM and taking away freedoms from paying customers. All this in addition to everything Alpha said in this video. We are headed into the worst generation of gaming since the pre-NES 80s. We are headed for another console gaming crash.
+jaws Yeah fuck them money grabbing fucks. If you have a decent spec pc then now the time to move your ps2 and gc+ wii games too if you catch my drifty
For the Red Ring of Death, 1 or 3 sections of the ring meant a hardware failure, and 2 sections meant you had an overheating issue. People discovered temporary solutions to the problems, but ultimately you had to send it in to get it fixed or buy a new one. That's why I switched to PS3.
Great rant but I don't know if anyone has pointed this out yet but since the 90's gaming has actually gotten cheaper if you take inflation into account. a $50 SNES cartridge in the mid 90's would cost about $73-$78 nowadays and with the advent of services like Steam, GoG and Humble Bundles, it's even cheaper.
Good points. I miss the good old days of buying a cart, bringing it home, and simply getting to play it right away WITHOUT having to get online and download a bunch of stupid release days patches. Funny thing is I've kind of gotten away from playing new console games and have been mostly playing all my classic consoles. SMS/Genesis/TG16/NES/SNES/Saturn/PSX/DC (and more) FTW!!!
After all the bs I just went through on my Xbox one: having to reboot it twice a week to play my games, not reading my profile properly to use so I can actually play my games, freezing apps in the dashboard, not being able to play games offline, games not finished when launch and require a day one patch, etc I think I just want a Wii U. I miss my Zelda games ❤️
I remamber the story when some big company (idk if that was microsoft or EA) said that multi is a future and nobody want anymore singleplayer games. It was like 2 months before Skyrim premiere. Well guess what happend after Skyrim was released.....
One little thing about the region lock rant: One key thing about the difference between PAL and NTSC is that NTSC runs at 60 Hz while PAL runs at 50 Hz (I think - or was it half?). This means that videos rendered at framerate x will not take the same amount of time to play across regions. One egregious example of dreadful PAL conversion is Xenosaga Ep2. The NTSC version on modded PS2 was ok - the PAL version made me motion sick with all the tiny skips in the FMVs... HDTV at 60 global Hz FTW!
I love your point about used games. Why is it developers only get money from a new sale but gamestop gets to eat from the same table twice? If gamestop gets 10% of a new sale, developers should get 10% of a used sale
The PC master race is an on-going gag with those who play on the PC since those who typically play turn their noses at the consoles. Certain companies do emphasize graphics (BF3 and Crysis) and multiplayer (MMOs like MechWarrior Online, World of Warcraft, etc.) but that has been going on for a long time, the graphics issue is even prevalent on the consoles too. What usually makes or breaks the game is, you know, the gameplay. I just ran out of space, damn you RU-vid for limiting me.
I'm hoping that next gen (Wii U, Xbone, PS4) corrects the current state, but I am going to reserve my pessimistic stance toward anything new because it literally is the best place to be and here's why: If the game is bad, you can turn it off, rage quit the disc and toss it in the corner and have solace in the fact that your pessimism has been proven right. If the game is good, it's a nice turn of events and you get some satisfaction from a game that you weren't inherently thinking was going to be worthwhile.
While I won't argue that the 7th gen marked the start of Gaming's decline, I'd argue that it had a lot of great games worth playing. Few of my favorites are: Mirrors Edge Uncharted 1-3 Killzone 2-3 Borderlands Max Payne 3 Far Cry 3 The Last of Us LA Noire GTA IV and V BF3, Bad Company 2 While most of them are shooters, I look at them objectively in terms of quality. Mirrors Edge and LA Noire have the added benefit of unique and innovative gameplay. The 8th gen so far doesn't have very memorable games, only now is it starting to have games that are worth playing.
been gaming since 1978 and i don't think i have managed to complain this much in that entire time... total... it's gonna give him grey hairs surely? :s
Completely right, until very recently used to conceder many games an art form (with absolutely awesome music, story, character development, aesthetic worlds to explore, art style, etc.). Now there hasn't been a single AAA title that has wowed me for some time (the last being batman Arkham city and The last of Us). Most of the best innovation coming from indies and small companies. Where's this generation Chrono Trigger or Valkyrie Profile? Marketing and greedy practices has killed most of what the gaming industry used to be.
It will change. I have seen many places with fed up core gamers (like myself) that simply hate CoD because it has been such destructive force for last few years. ENOUGH SIMPLY IS ENOUGH.
I believe this is a transitional period where the game companies are releasing the last of the CD's, in the near future everything will just be downloaded and no one will have a hard copy of anything. I stopped purchasing downloadable content and everyone should do the same. Now I just focus on my retro collections because those games are fun. Servers will die and everyone will lose there games.
And the fact is the almost every time you insulted the extra items for Pre Order they are mainly stuff for FPS's which is true. For people like me where money is tight, I just wanna play my games.
i made a video on my page of how much stuff the ps4 doesnt have that the ps3 has to pretty much show people how ripped off they are getting from these new consoles and how a 7 year old console does over 40+ things MORE then the new ps4. half the people understood me and said they were passing on the ps4, but the other half spewed hate comments at me saying i was a idiot and didnt know what i was talking about. its so sad that so many people dont see how ripped off there getting and they just accept less options for more money.
This is what happened to our video games every ten years (this is made by me, so it may be wrong in an area): 1980 - "Resurgence" (Credit to Nintendo) ~ Growth: Smallish 1990 - "Golden Age of Gaming" Fantastic quality! ~ Growth: Growing...! 2000 - "3D Gaming Gold Rush" Quality suffered because it's new tech. ~ Growth: That's quite a few... 2010 - "HD Dominion" Tech overtook Art in priority ~ Growth: Critical Mass! Now, overview of the theory in the last post...
2000, SEGA Bass Fishing: a fishing rod. Was considered the pinnacle of technology and stuff and everybody loved it, at least among the ones who were interested. It's a niche. 10+ years later, a random guy on the internet rants that there are too many specialized peripherals. Woohoo.
I was subscribed to his channel for the past year now and I just found this video. I was honestly thinking 7th gen was the worst. I commented before watching the video so I don't know if I'll repeat what he said but I always thought that the 7th gen was just the worst because consumers were fucked over a ton of times. Not only were the games repetitive but the hardware itself was terrible. The PS3 was expensive as hell at launch and had lower quality games at first because of that damn Cell CPU, the Xbox 360 broke down because of terrible heat management, and the Wii used a gimmick. The hardware itself was bad and the games were just the icing on the piece of shit cake. Games like Resident Evil tried to be action-packed like CoD to get the CoD community and this was the first time we seen broken games as the norm as games could be updated with a patch. I don't have much to say for 8th generation because now I game on PC and I mainly play third party games from last generation.
(2) We would not accept that furniture companies get some $ if I give my old couch away, or that Fender should get some $ if I sell my old guitar. For any other industry that is struggling (not that the games industry is struggling in general) they have to make changes to their business model, and the answer is NOT a mandatory fee if you resell their product. Metro Last Light is a GREAT example of how to make a REALLY successful game without a huge budget.
Like I said in a different video, there will be a video game crash when the casual market eventually gets fed up and stops buying games. It may not happen today or in the next year, but it will inevitably happen. As for companies switching to PC, that is why there are veterans like us to distinguish what is crap and what isn't, denying them our money and forcing the companies to possibly change tactics, maybe improve, or simply go bankrupt, the latter of which may or may not happen.
there was actually a rumor that the early 360 systems were made to ROD. in order to make more money, and once they got it, they released the new console to cover their asses.
I never buy games on release. I don't even buy games several weeks after release. I wait till the GOTY editions are a year or two old and pick it up at a 2 for 1 sale. Easier cheaper and I still get to enjoy the game with all the extra DLC for cheap and I got another game for free in the process. (In this case TES 4 and 5) I don't give companies my money unless I know it will be worth it. And if I get fucked around they don't get anything. Which is also why I selectively purchase pre owned games (again it's way cheaper and I get to fuck with the companies that are assholes) I do it because I want to enjoy that game because I do enjoy COD sometimes... But it's just what it do to get good games at cheap prices because companies like to tack shit on for extra prices so they release special collectors editions for the die hards and yet they don't realize that it's perfect for me to pick up 120$ worth of content for 20$.
And here we are, in 2017, with consoles that can't hold more than 15 games at a time because developers put 2GBs of the game on the disk, while the rest is installed. (The worst thing is, Blu-Rays in their modern state can hold 60GBs, and most games are ~25GBs, with the occasional 35 and 55.) When my PS3 can hold 43 games on 111GBs, with the PREVIOUS BLU-RAY DISK TYPE, and my PS4 can barely hold 15 games with 500GBs, with the NEW BLU-RAY DISK TYPE THAT CAN HOLD MORE SPACE, there's an issue. You would think they'd be somewhat smart and let us buy ALL the games we want, but nah, we're not just gonna keep buying games we want because we love the hobby or anything... ._. (Now the PS4 can use external HDs which means it's finally caught up to the Xbox One, but damn. Took 'em long enough.) The FUCK happened to disks? They're just boxed codes now, which is counterproductive to horrible extent.
Yeah fuck our generation I'm just glad we still have the old systems with a plethora of games new to whoever never played em graphics don't mean shit to me I still am the hell out of doom and fallout 2
