GameInformer: Any gamer knows the cost of gaming goes far beyond the sticker price of the console. Before you know it you’re dropping bills on extra controllers, batteries, online subscription fees – the list goes on. With 3D gaming, motion controls, and downloadable content increasing in prevalence, the cost of gaming continues to rise steadily. How much will an ambitious gamer spend beyond the initial console purchase? We break down the costs for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
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I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.
the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better
does the 360 not do 3D?
why do you need 2 Moves and 2 navs?
$10 ass tax per game on consoles. Nuff said.
@MrBeatdown
Please make note of that logic, because when quoting PC prices everyone thinks a new monitor is mandatory.
If you already own a TV you should already have a monitor.
A TV counts as a "hidden cost"? Seriously?
Why not just include the price of every game available for that system as a hidden cost too?
Don't really need a 3D TV or the glasses, so that is money saved.
Why buy AA's for your 360 controller? The battery pack is better thing to get.
@The Mofo braindead who wrote the article: LOL that article is a laughable and feeble attempt to downplay HD consoles.
First of all, you include the cost of a 3D TV to the PS3 as if you can't use the PS3 as a game system without a 3D TV. Second of all, Move and Kinect are also optional. You don't need them to play 99% of the games on PS3 and Xbox360. While we are at it, why don't we include the Wii's Balance Board, Classic Controllers, Wheel,and the Wii Speak microphone? Hypocritical much?
If the PS3 can be used to lunch a shuttle into space, would you include the cost of the shuttle ship too? How many Wii(s) does it take to play games at 1080p and 60 FPS? Are you assuming that Xbox360 and Wii owners are given a 3D bluray player and a 3D TV for free when they want to watch 3D movies?
Oh btw, many PS3's, in reality, can cluster up into a supercomputer, have you thought of that yet? You must have left out a the cost of the few thousand PS3's for your potential cost to fully enjoy a PS3 setup. You're too kind, fucker!
Suddenly the all-in-one device became the least appealing option and the last-gen leftover became the king of all. Wii fanboys are so pathetic.