@fusionblue of cause parents are to blame as well, but these IAPs are out of hand as Kami pointed out. This is predatory behaviour. The drug business has been using the model for a long time ;) Reply+49
@manic_mouse have you played it? This isn't pay to play gouge-ware. I have had 3 hrs gaming for free so far and enjoying it. I think the review is all over the shop personally. Should I choose to pay, surely I am a bigg enough boy to make my own decision?
Why must I have a bunch of teenagers tell me what I should and should not play based on a business model. The forums scream when a parent doesn't supervise their kids on an iPad but can't seem to trust themselves when someone offers them a free game they can pay to save some time. Madness in my opinion. It's genuinely as simple as not playing it and paying for it, if you don't want to.
I am personally a little fed up of people trying to limit my game playing choices by decrying one console or publisher or business model over another. So far this game has cost me nothing and I am enjoying it (surely that's the point of entertainment?). I spent 69p on EA's Most Wanted which has cost me more! For the record, I also enjoy my Vita and other game platforms as well (amazing I know!) Reply+5
My question is rather more fundamental. Where can I buy it! Digital download is out of action, bricks and mortar are out of stock and online seems to be out as well. I want to spend yet can't!! Reply+5
It's like the good old days again. No reason to let the paying peasants know what error it is. They'll be adding the blue screen of death next just to add to that authentic Windows 3.11 experience. Reply+11
This, Bioshock and the others all being pushed to 2013 suggests a new console is on the horizon me thinks. Smells exactly the same as the XBox to 360 transition. Reply-5
@Timotei The word business and Atari should not be used in the same sentence. Poor management and a lack of leadership have led to this nonsense. Reply+3
I think it's an interesting point that the main critism is for the game not being the latest PS3 iteration of the franchise. It's a mark of the PSV that it's held up to console scrutiny and not other handhelds. I have the game and can recommend for anybody coming fresh to FIFA after stepping off the annual iteration train. As a handheld experience it has a lot of content and looks and plays great. That said it's still no RC ;) Reply+2
Have to say this just proves how idiotic the debates have been over the Vita / 3DS vs. iphone / Android have been. Just proves both can exist and grow in today's market. Reply+7
Not a major story judging by the other platforms. 3DS still pulls from Monster Hunter. Would love to understand the obsession with MH to be honest but thats for another comments thread. Vita will need a major release for the Japanese audience soon. Reply+2
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Why must I have a bunch of teenagers tell me what I should and should not play based on a business model. The forums scream when a parent doesn't supervise their kids on an iPad but can't seem to trust themselves when someone offers them a free game they can pay to save some time. Madness in my opinion. It's genuinely as simple as not playing it and paying for it, if you don't want to.
I am personally a little fed up of people trying to limit my game playing choices by decrying one console or publisher or business model over another. So far this game has cost me nothing and I am enjoying it (surely that's the point of entertainment?). I spent 69p on EA's Most Wanted which has cost me more! For the record, I also enjoy my Vita and other game platforms as well (amazing I know!) Reply +5
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