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193 days 16 hours ago
Agreed
I think you summed up my thoughts exactly: Natal is awesome, but not for gaming.

As a non-control peripheral? Absolutely. I would LOVE to be able to browse the XMB by moving my hands around, considering how much I use it for things other than gaming. Voice/face rec? So awesome.

But all of the gaming applications have been done with the Eye/Eyetoy (minus the z-axis tracking, of course, but there's only so much space in my living room for that kind of motion) and it didn't feel right.

Sony's Eyemote gives you something tangible while also allowing for 3d motion. That's key to gaming: removing the controller entirely sounds great in theory, but in practice, immersion is cannibalized. For me, that's key, and while I'll be watching both with interest, I don't see Natal becoming anything more than an expensive Eye with some nifty features.

And frankly, if Sony wanted to make those nifty features happen with the Eye, they could. It's software. View
215 days 13 hours ago
The point is....
Hardware gets hit harder and faster than software in recessions like this. It's cheaper to develop, ridiculously inexpensive to reproduce, and easy on shipping costs; hardware is none of these.

Microsoft's primary income in through software, so their costs are already low to begin with. Sony is almost exclusively hardware, so they're gonna get screwed in the butt.

All things considered, I'm only a little worried about Sony. They've already started trimming the hedges, so I don't expect them to land too hard. View
215 days 13 hours ago
Wow
That must be the most narrow-minded financial forecast I've ever read. Are you working with Pachter? View
230 days 23 hours ago
Correction...
It's where digital distribution makes the most sense. Honestly, I like having downloaded titles on my PS3, since I can buy them without leaving my house, and since a good portion of them have demos (read: not nearly enough), I can sometimes try before I buy.

Sure, it promotes laziness, but I'm all about that. View
231 days 13 hours ago
Agreed
I think that's the best way to do it, really. It makes sure that everyone's experience on N4G is what they want, and it still let's the user-generated ideals come through.

I don't like HHG or sites like it, but there are those who do. I don't wanna see a mass exodus over any site, but then again, most of these sites have RSS feeds so N4G isn't exactly the best place to get updated.

I suppose I'll have to reserve judgment, but I'm glad staffers are making an effort. View
231 days 15 hours ago
That's not the point...
Until someone is found guilt in a court of law, they are merely accused of a crime. Saying they are guilt is a form a slander, and printing it is a form of libel -- and considering the publicity Play n' Trade has to lose, they'd be happy to take someone to court over it.

Protect yourself and follow the rules. View
232 days 9 hours ago
The Internet has been won...
... and it was won by 4chan. View
232 days 11 hours ago
Oh it does...
If you can handle the Japanisms, you'll enjoy yourself :) View
233 days 7 hours ago
Jealous?
Really? Of what? I put in my time as a games "journalist," covered GDC, interviewed developers and producers, got hands-on time with unreleased games, and even got paid a little to do it.

I left writing because I didn't like where the publication was going -- my priorities were elsewhere. And that site is leagues more reputable than HHG.

If HHG's site is all you need for news and entertainment, then by all means, click those links. Help them thrive; it's your right. I, on the other hand, will not be supporting them until I can start trusting what they write; that's my right.

And I'll keep poking at MattG until he admits that he isn't a journalist :) View
233 days 12 hours ago
@MattG
Just finished my minor in Journalism. Granted, that's not a Bachelor's, but it's more than you have room to scoff at.

And yes, you should have told the guy you work for to shove it if that's how he wants to run his publication. If you have any skills whatsoever, you can find another place to write, one that might actually do something for your career instead of putting the brakes on it.

It doesn't matter if you're writing about war, politics, or video games. If you're pushing opinion, it's not journalism. Period. There's nothing wrong with putting your thoughts out there, but mislabeling it as journalism is dishonest and misleading. Take some pride in your work.

And please, don't ignore the power of a title. An honest title would have told potential readers exactly what you were gonna talk about, but instead, you chose one that would simply ignite whatever fanboy rage is out there. It's lame and unprofessional. View
233 days 12 hours ago
@MattG
If you were a self-respecting journalist, you'd tell him to take articles like that and shove it. But you're not a self-respecting journalist, so you did it anyway. View
233 days 12 hours ago
You don't need connections...
... to ask for an interview in the guy's blog. You need connections to get information from publishers, and I've yet to see HHG get anything credible along that line.

That's not to say HHG didn't do well to get an interview like this, but it's not a matter of having connections. View
233 days 12 hours ago
The problem with crap journalism...
... is this: if the majority of the content on your site is crap, good content will be stained similarly. I frankly don't care if this is the greatest interview ever conducted between a gamer and a developer, this site won't be getting my clicks until it cleans up its act.

Sorry, HHG. View
235 days 12 hours ago
@jeffGUNZ
He's trying to point out how utterly subjective your claims are. There are many ways you can judge the success of a console, and even the one you chose (hardware sales) is dubious at best, considering how little of the world's sales are tracked as well as the NPD.

There are metrics showing the PS3 slaughtering the 360, and vice versa. Pick and choose, that's your prerogative, but don't start shoving that nearsightedness on others, please. Just play some games.

Oh, and bubbles to Jdoki for being coherent in a sea of illiteracy. View
238 days 6 hours ago
@kleptic
A rank for 5,000 points, 10,000 points and 100,000 points each. Nothing special, just bragging rights. Sorta like the prestige ranks in CoD4, except you don't lose your unlocks. View
242 days 12 hours ago
@bigboss911
My clanmates and I had some fun exploring the innards of Tharsis last week. We never do it in a ranked game, considering the possibilities for punishment, but there are so many awesome spots for the ISA... especially if you're getting spawn camped. View
246 days 13 hours ago
Armchair IT experts...
...make me laugh. View
254 days ago
"...my fine pieces of journalism..."
God, if that wasn't the most idiotic statement I've read in a while. View
254 days ago
And that, ladies and gentlemen...
... is what we like to call "reductio ad absurdum."

MattG, you're an utter fool. View
267 days 10 hours ago
A HiFi
Agreed. A lack of marketing can hurt the sales, but a lack of marketing and uncontrolled hype can destroy them. Killzone 2 had both, and I don't understand why Sony hasn't learned this yet.

Now, I love KZ2. I play it online more often than I ever did CoD4, and that's saying a lot. And I don't care if it only sells 2 million. But I really wish games of this quality actually sold what they deserved so developers would keep pushing them out instead of cross-genre remakes (Halo Wars) and games like Guitar Hero: Led Zepplin... hold on, I'd buy that. View
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