Gaming's core segment has been on the decrease for a while now, so do you think the injection of next-generation consoles will help bring that segment back up? Or is it going to continue to decrease?
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.
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.
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."
1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.
Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.
This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.
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
I thought it was all the crap developers have been doing over the years to make gaming $hit and catering to making the game accessible for the casuals before making it good and/or challenging is what is bringing the decline in core gamers?
i think console makers got caught up with the new install base they have and the sheer size of it, not to mention the longevity of these consoles life cycles. Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all saw the wider market and tried to see what would stick. I think core gamers felt the lack of attention because of this. I do think Next-Gen will be more focus because all three companies know what their working with in terms of audience and size this time around. So i think that'll translate into a much more focused gaming experience for hardcore and casual gamers.
Console gaming made me run back to PC gaming. I had always switched back and forth between the two dating back to Oregon Trail and Super Mario Bros., but this gen really pushed me hard back towards PC.
While some of the things I hate about this gen are inescapable no matter the platform, I find that most of them are magnified on consoles.
PS2 would suggest otherwise. Low Quality games are to blame.
I think because consoles were so expensive and powerful, they needed to have a longer life cycle.
The down turn in core interest is brought on by publishers pandering to the casuals and reluctance to invest in any project that doesnt look like it will be a megahit.
There are exceptions to the rule of course.
Some still strive to be different, but how many ip's have been destroyed this gen by game makers trying to appeal to the CoD crowd?