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BigBoss
Jan 26, 2012

by Lowtax
Who the gently caress cares Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3 is coming out soon that's gonna own.

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Knyteguy
Jul 6, 2005

YES to love
NO to shirts


Toilet Rascal

extra stout posted:

facts:

-blizzard now primarily makes games that can be finished in half a year, are DLC based, involve literal gambling, and are ported to ipads and iphones.
-the wow movie will probably be the last good thing ever to come even tangentially from blizzard, as it's made by david bowie's son and the story follows pre-casino blizzard stuff
-overwatch will literally be tf2 made by blizzard, and use a similar cash and skin shop used in heroes of the storm, hearthstone, or whatever other casino for children blizzard is currently making instead of warcraft IV

i left out one:

diablo III was criminal theft, offered full refunds for months, and despite public outcry the company claimed the real life cash shop was a small error in judgment,
and never admitted that the level cap was reached in 5 percent of the time it took in diablo II, so that kids would be at the end game 'cash shop time'

it took them something like two years to remove it, and two years after buying a copy the night it came out it still did not have basic PVP duels that were actually listed on the box of the piece of poo poo game i paid 64 dollars for

their solution? buy a 50 dollar expansion pack that includes the features they never gave you listed on the box of the 64 dollar game

the cash shop was p cool i made $1500 with an autoit script botting it. thanks for the new couch nerds

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

Prav posted:

in pre-expansion D3 the best way to improve your character was to relist undervalued items on the auction house and use the revenue to buy new gear

playing the game was for chumps. which was just as well, since it was terribly balanced and largely obnoxious

so it was just another auction house sim? god bless blizzard, if there's one thing they really know how to make...

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

BigBoss posted:

Who the gently caress cares Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3 is coming out soon that's gonna own.

So they are releasing it in the US now or what?

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

Knyteguy posted:

the cash shop was p cool i made $1500 with an autoit script botting it. thanks for the new couch nerds

what did you do? set it up to buy certain items whenever they dropped below a threshold and relist them at a higher price?

Booblord Zagats
Oct 30, 2011


Pork Pro
Mario Kart is always the best game ever btw. Doesn't matter the version so long as you can have a few drinks and play with friends

BigBoss
Jan 26, 2012

by Lowtax

Applewhite posted:

So they are releasing it in the US now or what?

Apparently there was some stink about it. Since the PS4 isn't region locked you can play any version? I remember there was some ppl upset about it on tumblr or whatever. Predictably they moved to the next thing to be upset about like a week later. http://www.play-asia.com/dead-or-alive-xtreme-3-fortune-multi-language/13/709dv7

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

BigBoss posted:

Apparently there was some stink about it. Since the PS4 isn't region locked you can play any version? I remember there was some ppl upset about it on tumblr or whatever. Predictably they moved to the next thing to be upset about like a week later. http://www.play-asia.com/dead-or-alive-xtreme-3-fortune-multi-language/13/709dv7

So if we wanted to play DOAX 3 we'd have to import the Japanese version is what you're saying?

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

Edgar posted:

I saw a preview for this movie when I saw starwars. Looks weird

The movie looks horrible and an absolute by the numbers design by executive suites film.

Knyteguy
Jul 6, 2005

YES to love
NO to shirts


Toilet Rascal

nomadologique posted:

what did you do? set it up to buy certain items whenever they dropped below a threshold and relist them at a higher price?

yeah. I would have it search on a filter for way less than an item was worth in gold, buy it automatically, and then sell it on the cash shop for real money. they were banning me once a day, but it was worth it even having to :spergin: out and buy 4 copies of the game at best buy at once.

Zorodius
Feb 11, 2007

EA GAMES' MASTERPIECE 'MADDEN 2018 G.O.A.T. EDITION' IS A GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY. IT BRINGS GAMEDAY RIGHT TO THE PLAYER AND WHOEVER SAYS OTHERWISE CAN, YOU GUESSED IT...
SUCK THE SHIT STRAIGHT OUT OF MY OWN ASSHOLE.

BUY IT.
"Illidan" sounds like what Nas would name his paladin

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

Knyteguy posted:

yeah. I would have it search on a filter for way less than an item was worth in gold, buy it automatically, and then sell it on the cash shop for real money. they were banning me once a day, but it was worth it even having to :spergin: out and buy 4 copies of the game at best buy at once.

wait you were still making money after buying 4 copies of the game at least once a week? holy poo poo.

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO
if you netted 1500, and spent 240 a week on new copies, you musta made thousands before costs.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

Knyteguy posted:

the cash shop was p cool i made $1500 with an autoit script botting it. thanks for the new couch nerds

I had a friend who was going to spend 12 hours a day multiboxing D3 on 5 accounts when it came out.
He reckoned he would get at least enough items to sell to live off.

I think his highest item sold was 10 euros.

Delamore
Jan 11, 2008

Monocle Man
The best part about diablo 3 bans was that you could just enter a new cd key and keep playing on the same battlenet account
also if you paid online you had to wait like 7 days before using the real money auction house, so you had to walk into a physical store and buy a bunch of diablo every week

Spidder
Jan 9, 2005
LOL if you pay anything at all let alone full price for an arena battle game with no story, no campaign aka no production values. That poo poo supposed to be free or 1$ on steam or something or maybe come as the extra online component on top of an actual game you can play through, what the hell?

Spidder fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Feb 26, 2016

Riot Bimbo
Dec 28, 2006


so blizzard was quietly billing the scripters for more of their cut while still pretty much letting them get away with the thing

Delamore
Jan 11, 2008

Monocle Man

hemophilia posted:

so blizzard was quietly billing the scripters for more of their cut while still pretty much letting them get away with the thing

Pretty much, ontop of the fact that for every 100$ you'd earn you would make transactions for 1000$ worth with blizzard taking a cut every step of the way

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
I'm gonna need to see more pictures of the female characters' butts before I can really make a decision about this game.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

Delamore posted:

Pretty much, ontop of the fact that for every 100$ you'd earn you would make transactions for 1000$ worth with blizzard taking a cut every step of the way

But the hackers and farming groups ruined it in the end. The D3 AH was spiraling out of control.

Knyteguy
Jul 6, 2005

YES to love
NO to shirts


Toilet Rascal

nomadologique posted:

if you netted 1500, and spent 240 a week on new copies, you musta made thousands before costs.

I only did it for a week or so, since they added higher refresh rates that made it not worth it accounting for having to buy new copies. Sometimes I would be making like $80 in 30 seconds though, it was nuts.

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO
drat. there's a scam in every dollar. :911:

JimsonTheBetrayer
Oct 13, 2010

Game's over, and fuck you Jimson. It's not my fault that you guys couldn't get your shit together by deadline. No one gets access to docs because I don't fucking care anymore, I hope you all enjoyed ruining my game, and there won't be another.

Delamore posted:

Pretty much, ontop of the fact that for every 100$ you'd earn you would make transactions for 1000$ worth with blizzard taking a cut every step of the way

This is the number one thing to remember. This wasn't just Blizzard making it okay to sell items for real world money and giving you a nice page to do it with. They were actively encouraging it and making money every step of the way. So even if they throw pity bans around there still wringing there hands in anticipation of the next bot assisted mass sell.

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO
it is kind of a shame to see a company like blizzard, which birthed 3 of the most fun and successful video game franchises of all time, turn into an hilarious scam. but then you remember that time marches on and corrupts all things. god bless america.

Edgar
Sep 9, 2005

Oh my heck!
Oh heavens!
Oh my lord!
OH Sweet meats!
Wedge Regret
Blizzard more like buzzard, since they are circling the dying video game market.

How many DLCs for over watch ? Because Attila the Hun video game has 8!

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Blizzard has been dead to me from the first moment they introduced always on DRM to their games.

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy
I don't mourn the passing of Blizzard, but Valve's exit from game development is really disappointing to me.

Irradiation
Sep 14, 2005

I understand your frustration.
Overwatch is fun as poo poo suck it nerds.

Spidder posted:

LOL if you pay anything at all let alone full price for an arena battle game with no story, no campaign aka no production values. That poo poo supposed to be free or 1$ on steam or something or maybe come as the extra online component on top of an actual game you can play through, what the hell?

Feel free to play the shittiness that is Paladins then.

Magic Rabbit Hat
Nov 4, 2006

Just follow along if you don't wanna get neutered.

notZaar posted:

I don't mourn the passing of Blizzard, but Valve's exit from game development is really disappointing to me.

Time and money corrupt all things. GabeN saw what Blizzard had become and said, "there but for the grace of God go I."

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:

notZaar posted:

I don't mourn the passing of Blizzard, but Valve's exit from game development is really disappointing to me.

Valve made the perfect game in DOTA 2 so now they don't have to make games anymore, or update DOTA

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug
Is it only 6v6? Not sure if they'll pull the TF2/CS/BF kiddos. Kinda need 32 vs 32 to get anywhere these days.

P-Mack
Nov 10, 2007

Wait, if valve isn't making games then who is making Half Life 3?

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:
I think they went for 6v6 for esports purposes, they haven't made a game since Starcraft with a really big competitive scene so they are banking on Overwatch

A Stupid Baby
Dec 31, 2002

lip up fatty
I have yet to play it but depending on the map size 6v6 could be pretty good. Honestly once you got past 24 people even Battlefield felt like a godawful mess.

Theyre probably going to try and launch it as a pay to own title which might strangle it it because everyone knows it's going free to play what with the cash shop and everything so nobody will buy it until then

Varg
Jan 13, 2007

A friendly face.

there was a "greatest game of all time" already, it's called Team Fortress Classic.. everyone just stopped playing it because they're stupid

Edgar
Sep 9, 2005

Oh my heck!
Oh heavens!
Oh my lord!
OH Sweet meats!
Wedge Regret
I was thinking of buying this, bought far cry primal instead. I like killing neanderthals and animals

A Stupid Baby
Dec 31, 2002

lip up fatty
TBH though my favorite player limit on TF2 was 16-18. Maybe Blizzard could look into 8-9 man teams so as to avoid being poo poo eating gently caress heads.

Knyteguy
Jul 6, 2005

YES to love
NO to shirts


Toilet Rascal




lmao apparently this is a thing

god should strike down the internet

edit man deviant art is not safe for work anymore apparently. i've got just about every overwatch character's tits and vag on my work pc now

Knyteguy fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Feb 26, 2016

limaCAT
Dec 22, 2007

il pistone e male
Slippery Tilde

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extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR

Knyteguy posted:

the cash shop was p cool i made $1500 with an autoit script botting it. thanks for the new couch nerds

honestly i respect that because you got suckered into a modern blizzard game and found a way to get your refund with a big bonus attached,

also their cheat detection being as poor as it is makes me want to add to the list of 'problems' they added on purpose, probably making sure a good amount of botters dont get caught to raise the overall transactions they can tax

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