"With the big day approaching soon, there are a lot of assumptions on what Sony are going to announce on February, 20th. There are several rumors each day and it is getting like a big cloud of dust, where nothing is clear."
Blindfolding myself and clicking a Steam page at random would serve me better recommendations than Steam’s algorithm
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. The recommendations I get are usually pretty good, but then again I have pretty large library of games on Steam and hundreds of them in my wish list, along with lots of curators I follow for it to build recommendations off of. On occasion it will throw me a random FIFA game or something I've never bought or shown interest in, but mostly its decent IMO.
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Players can pay to edit their character, resurrect the dead and other actions.
Yet Helldivers 2 gets a pass? Y’know a GotY contender by the name of RE4 had them and so does Devil May Cry V. The funny thing is I enjoyed both of those games thoroughly without having to buy a single microtransaction.
What I do consider a valid complaint is not being able to start a new game or being able to edit your character. That’s kind of a seriously baffling decision, but then I think how I played Dragon’s Dogma 1 and I never edited my character and I just did a 100% playthrough on a single file and didn’t start a NG since. So, I don’t think these are really going to impact me, but I can see how it will others.
I was going to pay full price to support this game because I've been waiting for it for forever but I think I'll wait until I get it for free from Epic or a Humblebundle monthly.
I am not defending Capcom, as I am not a fan of MTX in single player games. I do however belive they were open to reviewers about having MTX in their game. The reviewers just decided to leave that part out. Which is very disingenuous. There are some companies that get away with these things. Image if this was done by EA, Ubisoft, or even Activision? I am positive those defending Capcom, would have had their pitchforks ready if the companies listed above did this
That isn't going to happen (Consoles competing with Steam).
Xbox is a very closed system and so is PS3, just not as bad as Xbox. The only way that will happen:
People do not buy the next Gen systems, haha, that was funny just saying it!
Or the Steambox just kicks ass. I think it will do ok, but not a serious competitor to the Big Two!
Well, you have to get console gamers to accept DD first.
I also fail to to see what competition with Valve will actually do for the customer. I mean the prices are great and the service is good. GFWL sucks in comparison and Sony doesn't really have a presence on the PC.
Not that there shouldn't be competition, I just don't see how it benefits PC gamers.
There could be a benefit to console gamers, but the vast majority are fine the current set up. So are MS and Sony it seems. Why arbitrarily start competing to lower prices, or whatever, when you don't have to.
The Steam-box is not going to be a console by definition. Nobody seems to understand this. Its a PC that looks and acts like a console. Mini PC's have been around for quite a while now. Valve wants to put something together for the folks are interested in PC gaming but prefer consoles. Its NOT going to be a closed system that has its own exclusives. That is exactly the opposite of what Valve wants to do.
Valve wants to move the open environment of the PC into the living room. That's all.
As far as Linux is concerned, Valve is trying push for an alternative to Windows.
I don't think they need to necessarily 'compete' with Steam. I think Steam needs to worry more about them.
However, i think the PS4 and 720 do need to remain focused on the hardcore fans. We built this market. I feel that Nintendo's wii lead the market down a long dark hallway away from what really mattered. Now everyone sees that the casual market is not wHat sells in the long run. The wii and motion controls worked short term but we all realized quickly that it was not the direction we wanted to go.
Graphics, gameplay, awesomeness is what we want.
Yeah it suxs for the consoles being closed, I never foget wat sony did too the ps3 linux os. Pc is the way too go no restrictions.