Atari's Phil Harrison Comments by Ellie Gibson
On Alone in the Dark and switching roles.
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kangarootoo
29/05/08 @ 13:17
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Rather looking forward to AitD5. Some great ideas in there, really hope it comes together ok.
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GamesConnoisseur
29/05/08 @ 13:54
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...roaar, woosh, cracks, snaps...
/Runs over tumbleweed in Zonda! |
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monkie_king
29/05/08 @ 14:11
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Who says AitD5 guys are puny? This one's just beaten me in an arm-wrestling!
But is it good AitD5 or bad AitD5? |
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"I've always recognised its capabilities, so it's not like I've woken up and gone, 'Ooh, I'm a real 360 fan now.'"
That's a fucking LIE. When asked in Edge about Lair, he thought the idea of the 360 doing it as well as the PS3 was, and I quote "Tosh". He's such a fucking liar. I hope Atari don't tell him when they have to torch the place for insurance so he'll be trapped inside. |
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Negotiator
29/05/08 @ 17:24
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"As a third-party publisher, don't you have to look at the sheer number of Wii consoles that have been sold compared to PS3 and Xbox 360 and take that into consideration?"
Am I right in saying that third-party games always sell better on Xbox 360, if I am, this is a pretty stupid question. |
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helldrivers
29/05/08 @ 17:59
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I think it's rather sad to hear the view many people in the industry have on single player games, and single player experience as a whole.
"Alone in the Dark is a beautifully crafted single-player adventure game. I don't think the industry is going to make many more of those. I just don't think consumers want to be playing games that don't have some kind of network connectivity to them, or some kind of community embedded in them, or some kind of extension available through downloadable content." I for one play very few online games: GTAIV for me was a far better single player experience than it was on the multiplayer side. The fact that few of my friends have 360's and play online is a factor of course, but if I can't play with them much of the fun is taken away. So, I really look forward to AITD for very much this reason. |
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For me, nothing beats a well crafted single player game, which isn't to say that from time to time I don't enjoy the occassional multiplayer skirmish and whatnot. But generally multiplayer focused games and modes lack the immersion and substantial narrative that I seek from my games and just overall don't offer as satisfying as an experience. Despite what Phil Harrison says, happily I don't see single player games dying out any time soon as there's certainly no sign of them drying up.
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Multiplayer is great if you have a lot of time to play games. Less time means you want the experience of playing to be the best possible. You cant guarantee that in multiplayer, and if you are not well practiced you just end up as a pwned noob who needs to LTP. And that is not a lot of fun Mr Harrison :)
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"I just don't think consumers want to be playing games that don't have some kind of network connectivity to them, or some kind of community embedded in them, or some kind of extension available through downloadable content."
...management and their self serving, weaselling, bare faced bastard lies. What he really means: Games which require ongoing support past the point of sale make for a continuing revenue stream for the company. That is fine except for the hint that this will soon be the only way that you can play. Offline games don't have the optimum level of cash squeezing consumer dependence so old Phil here doesn't like them.
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abject_rage
30/05/08 @ 00:43
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I don't know how the self-important Harrison has any credibility left in this industry - the man's a soundbite whore and about as arrogant an individual as you'd ever want to meet (yes, I have). He's made so many overblown and ludicrous pronouncements on the industry that have subsequently turned out to be misinformed, unbelievably stupid or just plain wrong...
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timberwolf
30/05/08 @ 04:24
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hmmmm.... i think i hear another nail being hammered into the coffin of good so called hardcore games... (thud) or just actual games as i like to call them... casual blah blah wii blah blah if aitd is the last best game we can hope for i'll cry my level skipping, 10 hour gameplaying,unnecessarily free roaming self to sleep... good night!
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CaptianScarlet
30/05/08 @ 08:26
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lol, just goes to show that no matter how high up the money tree you are you can still have no clue :)
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timberwolf
31/05/08 @ 00:20
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he's fun though... i always thought he was fun, him and his little yellow rubber ducks. i love all that... but he's an idiot though, but loved those ducks...
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It continues to amaze me how out of touch game company executives can be. They make these bold comments with no statistical data to back them. How about publishing some figures showing the decline of sales of single player games over the past decade. I bet there are none. How about statistics on how many people who buy single and multi-player games actually use the multi-player aspects. How about conducting polls or market research instead of sticking your finger in the air and saying whatever you think.
I love single player games and will always prefer them over multi-player. |
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