nickthegun • Comments

• That difficult second screen

• nickthegun 15/06/2013

  Surely no one would abandon this novelty controller in the same way they abandoned waggle? Lightning cant strike twice. Reply -4

• Poland and Portugal not supported at Xbox One launch, importing near ruled out

• nickthegun 13/06/2013

  You forgot about poland Reply +14

• Final Fantasy 7 retrospective

• nickthegun 02/06/2013

  It might have killed squaresoft, but its doing a good job of keeping squenix on life support. Reply +12

• Remedy on why Alan Wake 2 isn't happening right now

• nickthegun 23/05/2013

  I'll try this again: he's looking much better since Max Payne 3 Reply +5

• Diablo 3 gold duping bug found, fixed, but servers not rolled back

• nickthegun 08/05/2013

  Seriously, who is proof reading these articles? Reply -4

• Nintendo seeks to convert iOS games onto Wii U - report

• nickthegun 06/05/2013

  The idiots should be doing it the other way around. Super Mario World on my iPad? Shut up and take my money. Reply -3

• And this is what Activision's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game looks like

• nickthegun 24/04/2013

  Does that annoying slow down effect happen every time you hit something? Reply +1

• Nintendo makes surprise profit despite lower than expected Wii U sales

• nickthegun 24/04/2013

  Why are people congratulating nintendo on a job well done when the article basically says they made a profit by accident? Reply +11

• Japan's popular rhythm arcade series Idolmaster released as three $55 apps

• nickthegun 23/04/2013

  I wonder if square realise they have become a running joke in IOS circles? Reply 0

• SimCity goes offline tonight ahead of hotly anticipated update 2.0 patch

• nickthegun 22/04/2013

  Sim City cant go offline. Get a better internet. Reply -37

• Hilco cutting three staff roles across most HMV stores - report

• nickthegun 15/04/2013

  Announcing you are axing security across your stores is a plan with no drawbacks. Reply +54

• Saturday Soapbox: The high cost of free-to-play

• nickthegun 13/04/2013

  I don't like being milked, and call me a curmudgeon but the most fun I've had with free-to-play games is seeing how long I can go before I absolutely have to spend money.

  Im going through my own battle of wills with bubble witch saga. Resisting spending money on that, though, is actually quite easy as they try to charge absolutely insane amounts of money for really mundane powerups.
  
  Its kind of self defeating, to be honest. I probably would have put my hand in my pocket for some of the bits and bobs if the were reasonable, but a tenner for a guid line is just hilariously optimistic. Seriously, who buys that? Reply +9

• Nintendo shutting down Wii channels and online services

• nickthegun 12/04/2013

  Nice of them to give it a full six months before axing the services. Reply +53

• After children rack up huge bills, UK government announces investigation into "aggressive" in-app purchases

• nickthegun 12/04/2013

  There are really two issues at hand here:
  
  1) The reprehensible trend of designing unwinnable games for young children and then bombarding them with prompts to buy things with money a child in that demographic wouldnt have
  
  2) Apple/Android providers not doing enough to increase peoples awareness of the things their tablets can do and not disabling this by default.
  
  Its all very well crying about it being the parents responsibility to turn it off, which is entirely true, but providers arent doing enough to help them. Reply +8

• nickthegun 12/04/2013

  Despite turning off in app purchases ive actually deleted games from my ipad for being, frankly, disgusting money grabbers aimed at kids.
  
  My little pony and tinkerbell games should NOT be continually hassling you to pump money in. Its just appallingly cynical. Reply +16

• Capcom: Darkstalkers Resurrection hasn't sold well enough to be considered successful

• nickthegun 11/04/2013

  I hope this doesnt affect the chances of a new title (although it probably will). It was a poor test for the apetite for a new darkstalkers game.
  
  Yeah, an overpriced rehash didnt sell well. That doesnt necessarily mean that people wont pick up a NEW (emphasis on that word) DS game. Reply +2

• nickthegun 11/04/2013

  Also; saturation point.
  
  Ive got more 2D fighters that I can ever devote time to. I wanted to pick this up but I just wouldnt have had time to play it. Reply +19

• nickthegun 11/04/2013

  It was too expensive and, in the west, too niche to sell without a load of advertising. Even the original boxed versions didnt sell in any great numbers.
  
  I am now going to perform brain surgery. Reply +22

• Guacamelee review

• nickthegun 11/04/2013

  Its probably worth pointing out that everyone who has complained about an OMG BIAS and everyone who has upvoted them appears to be completely mental to normal onlookers. Reply -3

• Kerbal Space Program dev explains update plans after fan fury at paid-for expansion

• nickthegun 10/04/2013

  Regina Falanghe Reply +1

• Nintendo apologises about lack of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate stock

• nickthegun 05/04/2013

  They have a very weird definition of 'High Demand'. Reply +1

• Microsoft creative director dismisses "drama" around always-online consoles

• nickthegun 05/04/2013

  As I said in the thread, the great thing is, as a consumer, I dont have to deal with it. I can tell you to stick your console right up your arse if I want.
  
  Which im going to: Stick your console up your arse, random guy on the internet. Reply +31

• The big Battlefield 4 interview: DICE leaves technology behind

• nickthegun 28/03/2013

  Interview summary:
  
  EUROGAMER: question?
  DICE: I wont talk about that.
  
  Very enlightening. Reply +22

• DICE explains why there's no Battlefield 4 for Wii U

• nickthegun 27/03/2013

  Your headline is wrong. As far as I can see, that explains absolutely nothing. Reply +7

• Tomb Raider has sold 3.4 million copies, failed to hit expectations

• nickthegun 26/03/2013

  Also, as someone else pointed out, thats like £120m. Say the game cost £25m to make and another £20m to market. Take out everyones slice and suddenly theres not much profit being squeezed out of it. Reply 0