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King_Edward 9,390 posts
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Ultrasoundwave 2,845 posts
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Registered 3 years agoAfter reading the piece on the front page, its probably worth giving Thatgamecompany a mention. With both flOw and Flower they offered unique games which provided a very refreshing experience.
Very much looking forward to Journey."Look at banner Michael!"
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NOSAVIOUR 2,724 posts
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Registered 7 years agoPublisher EA no doubt - FIFA 11, Hot Pursuit, BC2 Vietnam, Dead Space 2, Bullet Storm, Fight Night, Dragons Age 2, Mass Effect 2 PS3, Crysis 2 to name a few all in a few months. All AAA games and a large marjority are the best in their respective genres. -
King_Edward 9,390 posts
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Ultrasoundwave 2,845 posts
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Registered 3 years agoKing_Edward wrote:
Cant agree with that, BC2, Dead Space 2, Mass Effect 2 and Hot Pursuit are four of the best games produced this generation in my opinion!
All very meh.
Going back to developers, seems like People Can Fly will be worth keeping an eye on.........."Look at banner Michael!"
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Dirtbox 73,728 posts
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Registered 11 years agoThey're all over produced money machines. The best developers at the moment are the indie devs because they're not churning out the same generic old bollocks to maximise sales and attach rates or whatever the hell the publishers middle management piss artists are puking out of their fat little cunts at the moment.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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Darren 7,627 posts
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Registered 8 years agoDefinitely not Microsoft... their lack of exclusives on the Xbox 360 in 2011 (just Forza Motorsport 4 and Gears of War 3 so far, ahem) and complete apathy for the PC (Fable III will be eight months old by the time it hits the PC) means they just get a thumbs down from me!
Ubi Soft runied their chances with their god-awful DRM on the PC but otherwise have had some great games in Assassin's Creed II and H.A.W.X. Not enough to get my vote though so...
... I actually think EA have had some great games on both the consoles and PC... FIFA 11, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Dead Space 2, Mass Effect 2... all outstanding games and better still two of them run on the PC without the need for the disc or a NoDVD crack. I like that! Hopefully, Bulletstorm, which I'm still waiting to arrive, will reinforce my opinion of them further.Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, Wii, PC (Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.8 GHz, 12 GB, 2 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 SLI, Windows 8 Pro), iPad 4
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Darren 7,627 posts
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Registered 8 years agoP.S. Forgot that EA are publishing Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 3 and Crysis 2 too, all of which are likely to be at least great. With a line-up like that, who else can even compete? I mean seriously?Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, Wii, PC (Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.8 GHz, 12 GB, 2 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 SLI, Windows 8 Pro), iPad 4
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cianchristopher 6,360 posts
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Registered 4 years agoI dunno, Activision?
I suppose Bethesda are a pretty cool dev/publisher, what with Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout NV and now Brink, Rage and Skyrim coming out this year. -
ram 3,424 posts
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Registered 8 years agoDirtbox wrote:
You're going to be one of those desperately bitter persons who stand ranting and raving at their bedroom window whilst waiving a toy gun around and gets themselves dead by Police.
They're all over produced money machines. The best developers at the moment are the indie devs because they're not churning out the same generic old bollocks to maximise sales and attach rates or whatever the hell the publishers middle management piss artists are puking out of their fat little cunts at the moment. -
Dirtbox 73,728 posts
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Registered 11 years agoWho said I'm not already?
My point still stands though, none of the big publishers care about you, the games or the industry, they just want to milk it to death.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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cianchristopher 6,360 posts
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Registered 4 years agoDarren wrote:
Don't forget that, Uncharted 3/LittleBigPlanet 2 aside, Sony's "exclusive" line-up for 2011 is still worth less than Gears 3/Forza 4, even when you put it all together.
Definitely not Microsoft... their lack of exclusives on the Xbox 360 in 2011 (just Forza Motorsport 4 and Gears of War 3 so far, ahem)..... means they just get a thumbs down from me!
Seriously? Infamous 2? That's about as exciting as Crackdown 2 was.
Yakuza 4? Now you're really scraping the bottom of the barrell!
DC Universe Online? There's nothing "AAA" about that!
SOCOM 4? Jesus, are we gonna start counting this shit now?
Resistance 3? After the last two, who in their right mind even gives a shit about this?
Finally, Killzone 3 and Motorstorm Apocalypse - kinda cool games, but both will be eclipsed by lots of multiplatform games this year anyway.
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Pike 13,431 posts
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Registered 10 years agoNot that I really buy many of the games they publish, but I still have to put Paradox forward for consideration. I like their focus on niche PC titles, even if most of what they realese usually fall outside of what I tend to look for. -
Ultrasoundwave 2,845 posts
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Registered 3 years agocianchristopher wrote:
Not the best argument to be honest..........you've mentioned 9 exclusives there, how many exclusives do Microsoft have coming out for the 360 this year?.Darren wrote:
Don't forget that, Uncharted 3/LittleBigPlanet 2 aside, Sony's "exclusive" line-up for 2011 is still worth less than Gears 3/Forza 4, even when you put it all together.
Definitely not Microsoft... their lack of exclusives on the Xbox 360 in 2011 (just Forza Motorsport 4 and Gears of War 3 so far, ahem)..... means they just get a thumbs down from me!
Seriously? Infamous 2? That's about as exciting as Crackdown 2 was.
Yakuza 4? Now you're really scraping the bottom of the barrell!
DC Universe Online? There's nothing "AAA" about that!
SOCOM 4? Jesus, are we gonna start counting this shit now?
Resistance 3? After the last two, who in their right mind even gives a shit about this?
Finally, Killzone 3 and Motorstorm Apocalypse - kinda cool games, but both will be eclipsed by lots of multiplatform games this year anyway.
Oooohhh, exciting, isn't it?
You've got to give credit to DC Universe too, despite its faults, it offers an MMO experience to PS3 owners........what MMO can 360 owners play?.
I own both consoles, but its plain to see that Sony are putting more effort into exclusives this year. You also forgot to mention The Last Guardian and Journey, two games with massive potential."Look at banner Michael!"
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Registered 4 years agowhy would you put LBP and UC aside given that they are both sequels to EG GOTYs? -
FuzzyDuck 1,790 posts
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Registered 3 years agoEA are doing the biz for sure. Project $10 is a nasty piece of work, but the quality of the software it comes with cannot be disputed.
Developer? That'd be Platinum Games.Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a muffin.
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cowell 544 posts
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Registered 4 years agoPlatinum Games gets a vote definitely, but props to EA - I've enjoyed Mirrors Edge, Dead Space 1 & 2, FIFA, Brutal Legend, NFS Hot Pursuit in recent years. I dont think EA is the big bogeyman of the industry it once was. Acti-Blizz probably has that crown now -
Ultrasoundwave 2,845 posts
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Registered 3 years agoAnother great game from EA in Bulletstorm, their hot streak continues!!, with Crysis 2 at the end of the month also, their showing no signs of slowing down.
Well done to People Can Fly too, a great effort. Skillshot is amazing, the weapons are ridiculous and fantastic and they pushed the Unreal engine to its maximum. Brilliant job."Look at banner Michael!"
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Ultrasoundwave 2,845 posts
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Registered 3 years agoFuzzyDuck wrote:
Hopefully, with Crytek rejecting the Online Pass for Crysis 2, it will slowly start to disappear.
EA are doing the biz for sure. Project $10 is a nasty piece of work, but the quality of the software it comes with cannot be disputed.
EA dropped the price of Dead Space 2 from £40 to £20 a week after release, which is a much better way to comabt the second-hand market in my opinion. If they start doing that more often they will sell a fuckload more games."Look at banner Michael!"
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cianchristopher 6,360 posts
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Registered 4 years agoWas it EA who did that (dropping the Dead Space 2 price)?
I picked up the game myself yesterday for €30 (that's as close to the £20 price point we get in Euroland). But, I thought that sales must've been extremely disappointing or something, and that's why it was discounted. Didn't know that EA were the ones behind that.
They're doing very well these days, since RicciTikki took over (was that in 2007). The focus on quality has produced some great results. -
Ultrasoundwave 2,845 posts
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Registered 3 years agocianchristopher wrote:
Was it EA who did that (dropping the Dead Space 2 price)?
I picked up the game myself yesterday for €30 (that's as close to the £20 price point we get in Euroland). But, I thought that sales must've been extremely disappointing or something, and that's why it was discounted. Didn't know that EA were the ones behind that.
They're doing very well these days, since RicciTikki took over (was that in 2007). The focus on quality has produced some great results.
Im pretty sure it went straight in at number 1 in the charts when it came out and it was number 6 in the chart last week (up against Bulletstorm, KZ3, COD and FIFA) which is still very good.
I remember going on Shopto about a week after it came out and it was down to £25........couldnt believe it!. The last game to suffer such a dramatic drop in price so quickly was Fallout : New Vegas, which could be picked up for £20 brand new about 5 days after it launched.
John Riccitiello is probably the most important guy working in the game industry at the moment. The difference between him and Kotick is astronomical."Look at banner Michael!"
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SomaticSense 6,191 posts
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Registered 7 years agoDirtbox wrote:
Um, Platinum?
They're all over produced money machines. The best developers at the moment are the indie devs because they're not churning out the same generic old bollocks to maximise sales and attach rates or whatever the hell the publishers middle management piss artists are puking out of their fat little cunts at the moment.
You can hardly say they are "churning out the same generic old bollocks to maximise sales and attach rates or whatever the hell the publishers middle management piss artists are puking out of their fat little cunts". They are focusing on making games that are pure fun and are at the absolute peak of their respective genres, but which sell like crap.
I agree with the championing of indie devs right now though. It's the best time since the early Eighties for the 'bedroom coder'. -
SomaticSense 6,191 posts
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Registered 7 years agoUltrasoundwave wrote:John Riccitiello is probably the most important guy working in the game industry at the moment. The difference between him and Kotick is astronomical.
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Ultrasoundwave 2,845 posts
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Registered 3 years agoSomaticSense wrote:
EA - Dead Space 2 is £40 at launch, then available for £25 a week after release. DLC is released which costs 560 MS points.Ultrasoundwave wrote:John Riccitiello is probably the most important guy working in the game industry at the moment. The difference between him and Kotick is astronomical.
Um, not entirely, no.
Activision - Black Ops is £45 at launch and is still £30-£40 a few months after release. DLC is released which costs 1200 MS points.
Dont even get me started on the shut-down of Bizarre............Riccitiello and Kotick are both money men, but at least Riccitiello strikes me as someone who also has a genuine interest in gaming. The only black mark i can put against EA since Riccitiello took over is the introduction of the Online Pass.
Hopefully Crytek rejecting it is the beginning of the end for it though."Look at banner Michael!"
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To me Rockstar and Naughty Dog are the only great devs. They produce top quality games each and every time and don't milk series like Acti and EA.
EA have been good this gen but for every Mass Effect there is Fifa, Madden and the online pass which was a very dirty tactic. -
King_Edward 9,390 posts
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Registered 3 years agoUltrasoundwave wrote:
What about EA closing Pandemic? Or Prototype being in bargain bins across the country weeks after it's release, despite strong sales?
SomaticSense wrote:
Um, not entirely, no.
Ultrasoundwave wrote:John Riccitiello is probably the most important guy working in the game industry at the moment. The difference between him and Kotick is astronomical.
EA - Dead Space 2 is £40 at launch, then available for £25 a week after release. DLC is released which costs 560 MS points.
Activision - Black Ops is £45 at launch and is still £30-£40 a few months after release. DLC is released which costs 1200 MS points.
Dont even get me started on the shut-down of Bizarre............Riccitiello and Kotick are both money men, but at least Riccitiello strikes me as someone who also has a genuine interest in gaming. The only black mark i can put against EA since Riccitiello took over is the introduction of the Online Pass.
Hopefully Crytek rejecting it is the beginning of the end for it though.
They're both a shower of bastards.
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Activision.......... sorry i couldnt actually write that with a straight face.
For me the publisher is EA as the amount of consistantly great games they have released and the ones they have coming are just the best. Portal 2, ME 3, BF 3 just loads.
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LionheartDJH 18,587 posts
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Registered 3 years agoUltrasoundwave wrote:
I agree, but will they actually make as much money? If they did that more often then people would suspect when one of their new titles came out that it'd be almost half price within a few weeks and just wait to buy it at a lower price. I've always thought that releasing more games at a lower price point would help increase sales and lower the attraction of the second hand market, but delving into it a bit deeper it obviously becomes more complex as you have to take into consideration the value of sales aswell as amount of them, and then pricing itself and its relation to perceived quality.
EA dropped the price of Dead Space 2 from £40 to £20 a week after release, which is a much better way to comabt the second-hand market in my opinion. If they start doing that more often they will sell a fuckload more games.A wise man told me don't argue with fools
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Kanjin 631 posts
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Registered 5 years agoObsidian. All their games are flawed, all of them are wonders. -
Kanjin wrote:
I wouldnt even say their flawed, i prefer misunderstood
Obsidian. All their games are flawed, all of them are wonders.
Obsidian are quite brilliant. The more people that play Alpha Protocol and Fallout : New Vegas the better."Look at banner Michael!"
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