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Modern Warfare 2 refused by digital distribution retailers; Steamworks to blame {Joystiq}
Nov 9th 2009 3:32PM I'm actually quite shocked and dismayed that you would take such a stance against selling CoD:MW2. While I do understand D2D's reasons, they make very little sense to me.
As a consumer, I've mainly bought most of my games online through D2D, Steam, or Impulse over the last 3 years. Everyone always has great deals and little price wars beating the brick stores hands down. So sending me to an Amazon link to purchase the physical game (which still contains the Steam client) makes no sense to me since that still is still D2D's argument; including the Steam client. But they'll still point me towards their partner to buy the game, the physical game with the Steam client. Not only has D2D null and voided their argument for me there, but I also see them as a hypocrite of sorts.
Next, I've become someone who buys digital download games now. I haven't bought a physical game in 2 years. Don't point me in the direction of a physical purchase.
Next, as a consumer, I like price wars and competition. D2D completely dropped the ball on this one in my book (75% of the original CoD: MW with MW2 purchase on D2D). Wold have been nice.
And last but not least. I'd recheck your games catalog if I were you. If your complaint is about MW2's inclusion of the Steam client (and thusly the Steam store). I'd take a look at some of your other games that also include their own in store clients such as the Guild Wars games, World of Warcraft, and Eve Online. I'm pretty sure there are quite a few others. Again, I see you as hypocrites.
Review: Stargate Universe - Earth {TV Squad}
Nov 8th 2009 6:20PM I think what the writers and producers are doing is not only setting us up for a zinger, but the characters as well. With the stones, yeah as a plot device they're rather easy. But what happens when they can't use they stones anymore? I think the stones are a setup for a future plot device. Get everyone used to heading back to earth for a little shore leave in someone else's body, or some half-baked return return home plan, or what have you. This ship is far out there, and I mean far (let's guess at around the 6 billion light year range). Eventually those stones are gonna lose their ability to communicate, or somehow they get the signals crossed and cross bodies with some other alien species. Who knows?
Having an episode where they actually deduce where they are in the universe and how far out would be interesting. Remember it took a whole planet's rare naquadria core to be able to connect a wormhole that far out. I'm guessing the ship isn't able to channel the power needed to connect to Earth that far out.
I think Rush suspects more then he knows what the ship can and can't do.
Oh, and with regards to last week's spacesuit. I think the original crew of the Destiny were the Vanar Asgard. They jumped ship at Pegasaus.
The Collectors, and the enemies of Mass Effect 2 {Joystiq}
Nov 6th 2009 8:46AM Holy frak me sideways does this look badass!! Totally want!!!!
Infinity Ward responds to Modern Warfare 2 dedicated server petition {Joystiq}
Oct 27th 2009 2:09PM It took me awhile to come up with a rebuttal to IW's decisions to forgo both modding and independent servers for multiplayer. Essentially, they're ignoring the needs and wants of a huge customer base and telling that customer base that they have to do things like their console brethren.
Essentially, they can take the easy way out on this decision. If the game sells poorly, they can blame the easy scapegoat of piracy instead of forcing features PC gamers don't want or blaming a stagnant economy.
Just recently another industry had that line of thinking. Let's force features and options down our customers throats. They don't need them or want them; so it will be the industry's job to tell the consumer what they want and need. And our sales will still be fine because all our products will have all that extra stuff and customers will have no choice.
Sound familiar? Taken in a simple context, it sounds like the US Auto Industry. THey forces giant sized, super gas guzzling, speed demon vehicles with all sorts of extraenous options we did not need or want. All these vehicles monetarily crushed people with gas prices and ridiculous maintenance costs. The US Auto Industry soon collapsed under its own weight as buyers went for smaller more gas and energy vehicles.
The similarities are there. A corporation telling the consumers what is best for them in terms of products and features instead of listening to the consumers and catering to the consumers needs and wants. And when things go kaput; they become lazy and blame the simplest thing they can. With the automakers, it was unfair foreign competition. With PC game developers; its piracy.
I just hope PC game developers don't go crying for a bailout because they blame piracy instead of catering to the need and wants of the consumers.
PC Modern Warfare 2 gets Steamworks, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements {Joystiq}
Oct 26th 2009 12:30PM It took me awhile to come up with a rebuttal to IW's decisions to forgo both modding and independent servers for multiplayer. Essentially, they're ignoring the needs and wants of a huge customer base and telling that customer base that they have to do things like their console brethren.
Essentially, they can take the easy way out on this decision. If the game sells poorly, they can blame the easy scapegoat of piracy instead of forcing features PC gamers don't want or blaming a stagnant economy.
Just recently another industry had that line of thinking. Let's force features and options down our customers throats. They don't need them or want them; so it will be the industry's job to tell the consumer what they want and need. And our sales will still be fine because all our products will have all that extra stuff and customers will have no choice.
Sound familiar? Taken in a simple context, it sounds like the US Auto Industry. THey forces giant sized, super gas guzzling, speed demon vehicles with all sorts of extraenous options we did not need or want. All these vehicles monetarily crushed people with gas prices and ridiculous maintenance costs. The US Auto Industry soon collapsed under its own weight as buyers went for smaller more gas and energy vehicles.
The similarities are there. A corporation telling the consumers what is best for them in terms of products and features instead of listening to the consumers and catering to the consumers needs and wants. And when things go kaput; they become lazy and blame the simplest thing they can. With the automakers, it was unfair foreign competition. With PC game developers; its piracy.
I just hope PC game developers don't go crying for a bailout because they blame piracy instead of catering to the need and wants of the consumers.
Polanski Loses First Bid for Release {Cinematical}
Oct 6th 2009 9:50PM All these Hollywood blowhard idiots like Selma Hayek and Whoopi Goldburg need a good swift kick to the teeth and a lobotomic head examination. Claiming that it wasn't rape-rape, just rape; or he's an acclaimed director and an Oscar winner and an artist. And it was a long time ago and we should forgive and forget. They're acting like Polanski is above reproach cuz he's artistic Hollywood elite.
You know what folks, he's a child rapist and a child molester. Let's put this in harsher language for you to truly understand; he fucked a little girl in that ass after pouring booze and pills down her throat. He deserves to be punished for what he did, and deserves to rot in prison for it.
There was another group of so called elitists who believed that they answered to a higher authority and were completely above reproach for what they did and what they tried to hide and cover up. That group was the Catholic Church, and hundreds of priests raped and molested hundreds of children. But did anyone call for forgiving and forgetting these crimes? Nope, but the bishops and cardinals in charge sure did try to hide it and let child molesters run free.
Hollywood, you and the Vatican were made for each other!
Joyswag: Direct2Drive's 50+ $5 games for you, dear reader [update] {Joystiq}
Oct 6th 2009 1:09PM I'd have to say stealth action like Splinter Cell, Batman Arkham Asylum, and Chronicles of Riddick: Butcher Bay and Dark Athena.
Comcast looking to buy NBC? {Engadget}
Oct 6th 2009 8:59AM This won't get approved; not by a longshot. The biggest issue here is that Comcast own many many content delivery pipes, and now they're owning an increasing amount of content. FCC and the FTC won't allow this at this juncture, especially with the trouble Comcast got into for throttling, FCC not liking the caps (and the Better Business Bureau sniffing around that).
Suffice to say, the deal is going to fall through. Ain't gonna happen.
Video: Drug raid turns into 9 hour Wii bowl-a-thon {Engadget}
Sep 23rd 2009 9:26AM Actually, no. The search warrant didn't include all computers, or they would've taken the computer that the security webcam was using to record this. The search warrant specified weapons and drugs and searching in areas where drugs and weapons may be hidden. Once you touch or mess with anything outside the scope of the search warrant, you can actually invalidate the search warrant and what you found with the search warrant (similar to touching something you shouldn't in a crime scene). Essentially, these cops screwed up royally and deserve to reprimanded royally.
Direct2Drive celebrates 5-year anniversary with 50 games for $5 each {Joystiq}
Sep 10th 2009 2:42PM Can't beat these prices. Ghost Recon AWF2 for $5 and Civ IV for $5. In the bag!
