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Is The Gaming 3D Boom Over?

MasonicGamer.com: Research compiled by the British Film Institute (BFI) says that 3D films only account for a fifth of box office revenue in 2011 compared to a quarter in 2009-2010 in the UK.

The research also showed that the average cinema made £32,000 from 3D films in 2011 but in the year 2011 this slumped to just £16,000

Could this have an effect on the 3D gaming Market? Playstation and Sony was very quite at this years E3 on the 3D front. For the past 2 years Sony’s E3 presentation as been heavy on 3D and this year 2012 there was none...

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Morrigan-Aensland4283d ago

Little big planet karting is in 3d and its coming out later this year so its not over

MasonicGamer4283d ago

The problem is we are not seeing 3D gaming figures as the 3D version is always tied into the orignal version of the game.

I was shocked that Sony didn't push 3D gaming at this years E3 though...

THESONYPS34281d ago

we need holograms, good thing they are making holographic tv's

samson-14283d ago

The 3D boom never started. Its a nice feature but totally unnecessary.

WeskerChildReborned4283d ago

Just like how unnecessary 3D is for movies these days, i don't like the fact that alot of em are focusing on 3D. But yea, i never really cared enough for 3D gaming.

vortis4282d ago

LOL I was about to say the same thing.

When looking at console games or scouting upgrades for my video card, the one thing I never even bother looking at is 3D support. Completely unnecessary.

ThanatosDMC4282d ago

One thing i learned is to never buy the PS3 3DTV... it only lasted 7 months and it wouldnt turn on again. Then it took a month and a half to get it repaired from the factory and it took 2 weeks to get back to me after it was fixed. Also, im pretty sure i got a different tv from the one i sent since my cat scratched the casing of my old tv and it's not there anymore.

Now i have a green line on the left side of my screen. Repaired but a different problem???

JBSleek4283d ago

3D is a luxury as of now so I don't see the big adoption at this time. With only a 4% adoption rate I don't see it being a viable future until 4K 3D so glasses free technology can actually be a viable option.

3D needs more media outside of a dismal gaming selection and select movies for you to expect consumers to replace very capable 1080p TV for the same thing just with 3D.

Baka-akaB4283d ago

All major brands of tv carry 3d as an option by default on their newer tv sets .

Again take Samsung , from of its 2012 lineup only one tv set was without 3d .

Doesnt mean of course ,3d will be a big if any success at all , but it's already there to stay and included .

Once the stores tv stockpile will be including more current tv sets as opposed to stuff from 08-10 , the estimate wont be accurate much , if it ever was .

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2619d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905063d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5063d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905063d ago (Edited 5063d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5063d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5063d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5063d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495063d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5063d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5063d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2654d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One