It's bad because they're all coming out at once; it would have been much nicer to spread it across the year.
1 release per month > 12 releases in two.
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Is the flood of games this fall/winter good or bad?
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It's bad because they're all coming out at once; it would have been much nicer to spread it across the year.
1 release per month > 12 releases in two.
EA blows! I liked what 2ksports was doing for that brief golden 2 year period when they realesed games (sports games) for $20. It was also similarly that Beyond good and evil came out at $30 instead 50. It seemed briefly that with the upcoming genration we as gamers would suffer through a brief period of inflateds $60 games when the 'next gen' hit and things would level out about a few months later. Are we headed back to the days when when games cost $70-$80 again (I know considering halo3 legendary for $130 and i will be getting it). I know i have ventured off on a tangent here. The games list is almost overwhelming and I know MRU will probably have everything
. Its good that these games are finally coming out but some of them are purposely being held back for christmas sales boost. Here is my list of the games for me over the next few months:
Mass Effect
Halo 3
Brothers in Arms : Hells Highway
Undecided on Two Worlds, Bioshock, Assasins Creed
NHL 2k8 (I havent bought it since 2k5 and my roomate had 2k6, rented 2k7)
And I am still a little peaved that my tuesday was ruined when ESPN did nothing shamelessly promote that fat useless dumb**s madden.
Nothing's preventing you from spreading out your own purchases; nearly all the games people got on their wish lists will still be on store shelves by next summer as it is.
Maybe my attitude's shaped too much by my lapsed gamer status: I consider the previous two generations of console gaming to be rather mediocre from a creative and technological standpoint and am only now getting excited about games again. The large wish lists people have here, I believe, are a testament to that.
Unsolicited advice: my strategy would be to put off the lengthy single-player games (such as Bioshock, Metroid Prime 3, Mass Effect) as long as possible because the experience won't fundamentally change if you play it now instead of next February. Multiplayer games (particularly the online games) I'm inclined to grab sooner because it probably makes for a better experience to jump into these games with everybody else at around the same time, not to mention the fun to be had during the holidays with buddies.
And if there's a game that you think might not be around for long (Beyond Good and Evil and Psychonauts comes to mind as past examples), push that to the top of the list.
Maybe my attitude's shaped too much by my lapsed gamer status: I consider the previous two generations of console gaming to be rather mediocre from a creative and technological standpoint and am only now getting excited about games again. The large wish lists people have here, I believe, are a testament to that.
Unsolicited advice: my strategy would be to put off the lengthy single-player games (such as Bioshock, Metroid Prime 3, Mass Effect) as long as possible because the experience won't fundamentally change if you play it now instead of next February. Multiplayer games (particularly the online games) I'm inclined to grab sooner because it probably makes for a better experience to jump into these games with everybody else at around the same time, not to mention the fun to be had during the holidays with buddies.
And if there's a game that you think might not be around for long (Beyond Good and Evil and Psychonauts comes to mind as past examples), push that to the top of the list.
the problem is that you don't know which games will be stil laround next year.. sure with big hits it's obvious but i remember how i thought "i'm gonna get psychonauts when it's get cheaper" ... well it didn't get cheaper.. it vanished within weeks never to be released again
also i'm skeptical about bioshock being readly available either .. sure gonna sell boatloads but it's a single player game released jsut before a huge wave of multiplayer killer titels (halo3, cod4, ut3,mario kart online, smash brothers etc.)
me i'm gonna wait with bioshock untill i buy myself a new pc.. untill then it will be 10bucks (i thought about buying a 360 but then i thougth about online fees and their hardware quality and decided that waiting to get pc version later is well worth it)
oh and it's the draught which get's created unneeded which is the annoying part
so we get periods with little game releases (bad for us) and times with hugley massed releases which increase chances of one or the other game going under
i'm pretty sure that one or the other big expensive 360 release will take a complete nosedive (first guess was too human but they delayed that.. so i guess mass effect is next)
also i'm skeptical about bioshock being readly available either .. sure gonna sell boatloads but it's a single player game released jsut before a huge wave of multiplayer killer titels (halo3, cod4, ut3,mario kart online, smash brothers etc.)
me i'm gonna wait with bioshock untill i buy myself a new pc.. untill then it will be 10bucks (i thought about buying a 360 but then i thougth about online fees and their hardware quality and decided that waiting to get pc version later is well worth it)
oh and it's the draught which get's created unneeded which is the annoying part
so we get periods with little game releases (bad for us) and times with hugley massed releases which increase chances of one or the other game going under
i'm pretty sure that one or the other big expensive 360 release will take a complete nosedive (first guess was too human but they delayed that.. so i guess mass effect is next)
The people voting "bad" are probably the same ones who complain when there's a trickle of new games to buy the remainder of the year.
It would be nice to see releases more spread out but then again it still wouldn't matter to me. There's not enough time/money to keep up on 'all the hottest games' for me.
I agree with MRU though how companies will release 1 or 2 great games and the rest will load up on releasing the $#!@ and think everything's kosher; it is bad for the industry.
It would be nice to see releases more spread out but then again it still wouldn't matter to me. There's not enough time/money to keep up on 'all the hottest games' for me.
I agree with MRU though how companies will release 1 or 2 great games and the rest will load up on releasing the $#!@ and think everything's kosher; it is bad for the industry.
This is the fruit season guys....and if we follow the story of the lazy ant/bear/roach(whatever animal you were told) that didn't stock up then the dry rough is coming....so get whatever you can that will last you the season.
Thats why I'll be getting everything I can afford.....some people have no limit to what they purchase so they'll have a better season....ED!!!
Bless
Thats why I'll be getting everything I can afford.....some people have no limit to what they purchase so they'll have a better season....ED!!!
Bless
I agree, when there is a huge glut of good (hyped or name brand) games being released, the lesser known games will likely get passed over. Often, the lesser known games are actually better than the "big" games. Yet, people don't buy them because there are other, better known games being released at the same time...which get all of the attention and, thus, people's money. The other games don't really have a chance. If the game releases are more spread out, there are less new "major" releases to detract from the purchase of the new, lesser known games. If people don't buy the lesser known games, sequels will likely not be made...no matter how good that game was.
I see the psychology as similar to the movie industry. The most money is to be had when the movie/game is first released. A lot of people buy on impulse because it's simply a new release. If you put off buying a game because there are other games that you also want (which are also being released at the same time), you may actually end up not buying that other game...a newer game may be released, later on, which you then want more...and there's that psychological tendency to always want to buy the newest game/see the newest movie. So, you may end up missing great games while buying rubbish games because they were simply hyped new releases.
Sure, if you have loads of cash, you can buy every game that you want. But how many of us have THAT much money? Spreading games out also allows us to more easily pick and choose which games to buy. We can more easily pick out good games from bad games and more wisely spend our money on what we really want.
Does that make sense? I don't know if I explained my stance on this clearly enough....
I see the psychology as similar to the movie industry. The most money is to be had when the movie/game is first released. A lot of people buy on impulse because it's simply a new release. If you put off buying a game because there are other games that you also want (which are also being released at the same time), you may actually end up not buying that other game...a newer game may be released, later on, which you then want more...and there's that psychological tendency to always want to buy the newest game/see the newest movie. So, you may end up missing great games while buying rubbish games because they were simply hyped new releases.
Sure, if you have loads of cash, you can buy every game that you want. But how many of us have THAT much money? Spreading games out also allows us to more easily pick and choose which games to buy. We can more easily pick out good games from bad games and more wisely spend our money on what we really want.
Does that make sense? I don't know if I explained my stance on this clearly enough....
bad for me.
I don't even know if i'll be able to spare the money for Metroid Prime 3 (at least not right away) to say nothing of Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, RE4wii, BWII, Geometry Wars, Smash Bros., and Zelda Phantom Hourglass.
I've also fallen behind on Gamecube Purchases; there's still a half dozen games for that that I really want and haven't picked up yet.
My time and money is pretty well tied up in school, so I'm going to get to sit back and read about how much fun all of these games are without being able to play most of them. Waiting until I could afford/find a wii to play Twilight Princess was absolutely tedious. Though if there is one game I will go through any length to get that would be Metroid Prime 3.
I don't even know if i'll be able to spare the money for Metroid Prime 3 (at least not right away) to say nothing of Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, RE4wii, BWII, Geometry Wars, Smash Bros., and Zelda Phantom Hourglass.
I've also fallen behind on Gamecube Purchases; there's still a half dozen games for that that I really want and haven't picked up yet.
My time and money is pretty well tied up in school, so I'm going to get to sit back and read about how much fun all of these games are without being able to play most of them. Waiting until I could afford/find a wii to play Twilight Princess was absolutely tedious. Though if there is one game I will go through any length to get that would be Metroid Prime 3.
I like it, its good for me and the stock market.
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway
Blazing Angels 2
COD4
GTAIV (too bad its coming out in Q2 2008 )
Thats all I am getting.
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway
Blazing Angels 2
COD4
GTAIV (too bad its coming out in Q2 2008
)Thats all I am getting.