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Dominic White posted:I'm pretty sure that the reason for non-Bioware/Bethesda RPGs practically disappearing from shelves isn't 'Hurr durr animus', and more the fact that sales from folks walking in off the street have most likely dwindled in stores to the point where it's not worth even stocking them - niche items sell plenty well online, anyway. If anything, that was where I was surprised - I would have thought they'd expect reasonable levels of sale from an established IP, at least. Did D3 do that badly?
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Stelas posted:If anything, that was where I was surprised - I would have thought they'd expect reasonable levels of sale from an established IP, at least. Did D3 do that badly? I'd imagine that sales profiles just differ between stores and online - you're more likely to get people coming in for the latest AAA blockbuster in a shop, because that's what they're advertising with 6-foot-tall banners outside. Online, you've likely got a more tech-savvy, geeky audience. RockPaperShotgun have done some articles comparing what's in the top 10 sellers in UK stores compared to Steam, and they're very different lists. The retail top 10 is almost always dominated by The Sims (often multiple times!), sports games and the latest big FPS, while Steam seems to be a neat cross-section of most genres. Dominic White fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Nov 4, 2011 |
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Nov 4, 2011 15:23
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Stelas posted:If anything, that was where I was surprised - I would have thought they'd expect reasonable levels of sale from an established IP, at least. Did D3 do that badly? The kind of people really excited about D4 are the kind of people who will order it online from Nippon-Ichi's own store where they get free bonus shinies, not the kind of guy who walks off the street to get it.
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Nov 4, 2011 15:26
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TaurusOxford posted:So you want the Uncharted series to look graphically ugly and instead of being realistic you want Drake to have a dog that rips guy's balls off and takes down helicopters? Dead To Rights: Retribution was way more fun than it had any right to be. I'd be okay with some things about it making its way to other games.
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Nov 4, 2011 15:39
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Yodzilla posted:Dead To Rights: Retribution was way more fun than it had any right to be. I'd be okay with some things about it making its way to other games. Yeah except for the sniper alley in the sewer level I had a lot of fun playing through it.
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Nov 4, 2011 15:42
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The upside to the lousy job retail stores do stocking RPGs is that Atlus and Nippon Ichi are two of the better companies for PSN support.
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Nov 4, 2011 15:43
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Nail Rat posted:What the gently caress are you talking about? I buy all my games. Always said "no thanks, I'll buy it" when friends offered to share their account with me for a game.
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Nov 4, 2011 18:00
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GAMESHARING IS SERIOUS BUSINESS
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Nov 4, 2011 18:26
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Policenaut posted:While it's kind of a downer that the account permission number is changing, it is a good thing that Sony finally implemented a way to manage system activations from a website. My main account only has one left after all my friends' original PS3s died over the past 6 odd years and I've been terrified of the idea that this one might go too and Sony wouldn't clean the slate over the phone or whatever. What website?
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Nov 4, 2011 18:39
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I feel bad for the big spenders who have spent almost twice as much as me in our $1k+ gameshare.
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Nov 4, 2011 18:41
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BlindNinja posted:I feel bad for the big spenders who have spent almost twice as much as me in our $1k+ gameshare. Why? Everything bought before the cutoff is still good on the 5 systems.
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jabro posted:Why? Everything bought before the cutoff is still good on the 5 systems. Yeah, I figured that. Only because a couple people spent more, and I won't be able to catch up in two weeks.
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Nov 4, 2011 18:48
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jabro posted:What website? They don't have one up yet, but the news reports are saying that they're going to launch a site where the activations can be managed.
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Nov 4, 2011 18:58
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jabro posted:What website? It isn't up yet but in the press release they said they're gonna implement a website that'll make it easy to activate and deactivate accounts. e:f;b.
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Nov 4, 2011 18:58
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I wonder why they chose now to change it from 5 to 2?
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Nov 4, 2011 19:06
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I always thought they meant for the shares to be used for people who have multiple PS3s in their house. Who has 5? I'm surprised it took this long.
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Nov 4, 2011 19:08
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Samurai Sanders posted:I wonder why they chose now to change it from 5 to 2? Well, it's still a fairly recent thing where they've been releasing full PS3 games on a pretty much a weekly basis and while they probably don't see that much of a problem having $10-15 split five ways, $40-60 might just be much harder for them to stand by and take.
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Nov 4, 2011 19:10
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axleblaze posted:Well, it's still a fairly recent thing where they've been releasing full PS3 games on a pretty much a weekly basis and while they probably don't see that much of a problem having $10-15 split five ways, $40-60 might just be much harder for them to stand by and take. Now they're just not going to sell those full games at all, though. Plus they've always had the ability to limit something to one account only (Every 24 hours, but still.) A few game developers have even said that PSN sharing probably boosts sales for a lot of things. There must be a specific reason for it.
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Nov 4, 2011 19:14
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The change also might have something to do with the Vita and it's ability to play PS3 games. They might have tolerated it with PS3 but with the Vita it could be they want to nip it in the bud before it comes out. I'm obviously just guessing here though. I do secretly hope that they fold on this like they did when they tried to reduce it down to three, but I"m not holding my breathe.
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Nov 4, 2011 19:19
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Yeah, gamesharing was cool and all, but I'm really surprised it lasted this long. And yeah, with the PS3 games going up and the Vita's support, this all makes sense to me.
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Maybe the drop in sales/revenue will inspire better prices/sales on PSN. (It won't.)
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jabro posted:I always thought they meant for the shares to be used for people who have multiple PS3s in their house. Who has 5? Ted Price
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axleblaze posted:Well, it's still a fairly recent thing where they've been releasing full PS3 games on a pretty much a weekly basis and while they probably don't see that much of a problem having $10-15 split five ways, $40-60 might just be much harder for them to stand by and take. If this is true, I hope it means we'll eventually get digital releases the same day as retail. I'd be all for it.
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Krad posted:If this is true, I hope it means we'll eventually get digital releases the same day as retail. I'd be all for it. They did this with Mass Effect 2, didn't they? I know that it's a little different considering how long the game was out on other platforms first, but anyone know how well the PSN download did versus the disc version?
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Nov 4, 2011 22:18
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Policenaut posted:it is a good thing that Sony finally implemented a way to manage system activations from a website. They did?! How? I'm in the same boat and would like to deactivate a buncha PS3's I don't have access to.
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ChetReckless posted:They did this with Mass Effect 2, didn't they? I know that it's a little different considering how long the game was out on other platforms first, but anyone know how well the PSN download did versus the disc version? I think the only u$60 game that got a digital release alongside retail was inFamous 2 in Europe then a week later in the USA. And even then I'm sure it only happened because they had given away inFamous 1 for free on the PSN a few weeks before because of the PSN downtime earlier this year.
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jabro posted:I always thought they meant for the shares to be used for people who have multiple PS3s in their house. Who has 5? I'm surprised it took this long. A bunch of people on neogaf are complaining and they have three!
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Nov 5, 2011 01:33
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So do most games come out on the PSN or do you have to buy everything in the store? It would be nice to just download stuff and continue to be a lazy gently caress
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Nov 5, 2011 01:36
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With the exception of inFamous2 I've never seen any full priced titles come out on the PSN/Xbox Live on release alongside their retail versions. Usually the digital versions come out a few months later. I'd assume it has to do with publishers having some sort of deal with retailers or being scared of them not stocking their games anymore due to digital sales possibly making them sell less copies.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:A bunch of people on neogaf are complaining and they have three! It's GAF, they bitch about everything.
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Shindragon posted:It's GAF, they bitch about everything. It's true. TBH the reason I like gaf is because if I don't post there and just lurk I see all these ignorant wrong things or idiocy that it just compels me to post, like someone trying to clean up GBATemp or something, a fruitless endeavor.
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A lovely thing about GAF is that the community manager from Naughty Dog is posting there full time, trying to make them happy about Uncharted 3. What a waste.
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For those of us who haven't played Uncharted 3 yet, can anyone tell me what people are mostly complaining about? I want to avoid the regular topic out of fear of spoilers. I don't remember the reaction to the game being this split for Uncharted 2.
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Jimbot posted:For those of us who haven't played Uncharted 3 yet, can anyone tell me what people are mostly complaining about? I want to avoid the regular topic out of fear of spoilers. I don't remember the reaction to the game being this split for Uncharted 2. The aiming is different, and the encounter design sucks.
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Jimbot posted:For those of us who haven't played Uncharted 3 yet, can anyone tell me what people are mostly complaining about? I want to avoid the regular topic out of fear of spoilers. I don't remember the reaction to the game being this split for Uncharted 2. You have to remember that Unchartered 2 is probably considered one of the best games ever made. There is no way a sequel could not to be like this.
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I rented LA Noire, and was wondering if they fixed that whole making PS3s overheat and die thing?
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RandolphCarter posted:I rented LA Noire, and was wondering if they fixed that whole making PS3s overheat and die thing? I'm pretty sure that it wasn't a problem with the game, just that some people reported on the internet that their systems (both Xbox and Ps3) were overheating. I've played through the whole of LA Noire without my Ps3 yellow lighting at all, so I think it was just coincidental. Having said that my Ps3 did yellow light after Alice: Madness Returns 
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Nov 5, 2011 03:59
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UC3 rules. Haters gonnnnnn hate.
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RandolphCarter posted:I rented LA Noire, and was wondering if they fixed that whole making PS3s overheat and die thing? No, but it will stress the processors and fans very well. The only thing that overheats and dies is the underground Japanese hospital. 
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About a week ago I posted about how much I hated Demon's Souls, etc. etc. Beat it tonight and I'm buying Dark Souls tomorrow.
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