Livedigitally writes: "Just read David Carnoy's piece on "9 reasons why Blu-ray will succeed". I like David, but I couldn't disagree more with his post (though not the individual points, as you'll see below). And since it's feeling like we're in a free country where I can say what I want (again, at last), I'll run through my counterpoints really quick:"
Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.
On Amazon, you can't get an RTX 4090 for less than this one from Gigabyte, which now offers great value after an eye-catching April deal.
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Sad attempt.
This "article" brings no new arguments to the table.
Just the same played out notions that are constantly getting proved wrong.
I'm not going to even bother going into to detail on the many points this guys has wrong or off-base.
The title alone proves that this guy is completely out of touch with consumer trends and the adoption of Blu-ray.
Blu-ray has already succeeded, there's no way in undoing it.
To the author and all the people blindlessly hating on Blu-ray.
Suck it up, bite your tongue and embrace the only viable medium for widespread hi-definition content on the market today.
You want DVD, keep it, but personally I like to see technology evolving, and that next step has been taken already, it's Blu-ray.
Argue till your blue in the face about how you don't like it or think it's unneccisary, but the masses have spoken.
Peace.
That 0.5-1% DD market coverage sure is dominating over Blu-Ray's ever increasing success. /sarcasm
Blu-Ray already is a Selling Machine...
Roger Out.
This guys still can't get enough of doing this worthless/pointless articles...