onPause writes
Who really will care about this debate when 2 or 3 years have passed and used games are a thing of the past. No PC gamer complains about the Steam marketplace as passionately as we’d think. It is really a non-issue on the PC.
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.
If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).
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.
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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Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.
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.
Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.
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
oh nothing muc hexept for thefact that i won't be buying it.I mean how in the hell would you even be able to judge that
But it doesn't block used games: it makes you pay in addition to the used game you bought. It also kills rentals and letting friends borrow games - unless you want to let that friend use your profile on their system.
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No, no, no, no, no...
Asking someone who got something from Gamestop for $5 off the full price, is only going to go ballistic when they get home are "asked" to put up the full price to then actually play it.
At the very least, Gamestops will be burned to the ground for changing their return polices.
I'm utterly appalled that some people are trying to defend this....
The knock on effect will be quite bad for the gaming industry.
The vast majority of gamers that make the gaming industry as is use the second hand market. This has allowed these very same gamers to take more risk with different games and buy new games with money they get from selling old games.
Now imagine this second hand market drying up.
Imagine then no new innovation as every devlopers and publishers only create FPS that are sure to sell and only a few others because gamers are more choosy of games they buy because they couldn't get any money back from games they don't play anymore.
The results?. Lesser games = lesser gamers buying games = Gaming Industry market contraction = Dead gaming industry.
And this does not even include that fact that we will no longer own the games we buy.
The credit from the use sales market is like the grease for the gaming industry. It's the same with every other industry. For example the real estate industry. You sell your old home to help buy a new home. With out the sale of your old home you will not be able to buy a new home and such no new business. Its the same for the car industry etc.
You have to be nuts if you believe this is good for the industry.
The problem with blocking used games on CONSOLES is just a no no. People with game rental membership like Gamefly will be affected; in turn, these game rental operation will be out of business in a short time. Also, people gotta understand game trading and reselling is part of console gaming tradition like BBQ tailgate before football game. It is the very thing that separates it from the PC crowd.
MS, being greedy and a PC company first, has always wanted to implemented this so they can control a user license and gain more revenue from it. The xbox and xbox 360 were just decoys so they can fool the core gamers to buy in to their plan. Once they have established a large enough market share, then they can just implement this scheme of blocking content to gain full control of each and everyone of us. I was a sucker and now I am happy that I am free from their enslavement before it is too late.
Just keeping my fingers crossed that Sony won't go down this very path as well. If they do, it will truly be the end of traditional console gaming.