Post by Blade Runner 07 on Feb 17, 2013 23:47:05 GMT -5
Let me ask you a question. Have you ever heard of the term "Vote with your dollars"? Rhetorical! I know you have. The better question is, do you? Vote with your dollars? Yes! The answer is yes, you do. Okay last question. For real this time. What are you voting for?
Acti my boy, you lack vision.
It's about that time of year again. Should be just next month we will be getting an official announcement that the next installment of the Modern Warfare franchise is only 9 months away and you should be on the edge of your seat for more explosions, bangs, pops, and sizzles than you can throw a Flash Bang at. Grab your wallet and get your pre-order locked in for the super premium edition because this one, yes this game will knock your socks off, it's better than the next Goldeneye, Halo, and Half-Life combined. This is the one to rule them all. You buy this game and you won't have to buy another one for the rest of your... fiscal year.
It's going to look like this! Really!
I guess a bit of truth snuck into the ending of that little pitch. There was once a time, maybe 15 years ago, that I would have believed every word of that. This next game will be last game I ever need to buy. It will be perfect and Ill be able to play it forever. So many new things to see and do and experience like a second life. Oh the perfect game. That's what publishers like Activision promise with each reveal trailer of there next big game. This is a shame!
My word to the people looking forward to another FPS from Activision.
I have to say that the first Modern Warfare was a decent game but it's not the quality of that title that is bringing sequel upon sequel to consoles on an annual basis. IT'S GREED!
I have to say that the first Modern Warfare was a decent game but it's not the quality of that title that is bringing sequel upon sequel to consoles on an annual basis. IT'S GREED!
Activision publishes a new Modern first-person shooter game every year and makes millions on that franchise. They know the core FPS audience is on the 360/PS3 and that's where the real money is to be made. This shows that they are milking any and all publishing rights they have for all they are worth.
Of course they will be running at 60FPS on some version of the IW engine and have online multiplayer with a perks system, leveling up, and unlocks. That is everything Activision needs to justify a $59.99 price tag on a new version of the same old game and appeal to the very same audience that has been lining it's pockets with cash for the last 5+ years.
Yes, Activision insists on publishing a Modern shooter game every year are slowly killing the once great franchise by pushing the developers to create a new game each year and not encouraging change to the formula.
People are hating on it because they are tired of playing the same game year after year and paying the same high price for it. What they don't realize is that they only have themselves to blame.
Please people. Vote with your dollars and buy anything this year other than an Activision published title. Doing this will be doing your part in showing them they can't take advantage of a market now saturated with FPS games that play exactly like Modern Warfare. It will force a change and at this point, change it good. The annual games will either get better or die off and make way for better things. See Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, Spyro and Spider-man franchises to understand what Activisions publishing demands are doing to once great franchises.
People are hating on it because they are tired of playing the same game year after year and paying the same high price for it. What they don't realize is that they only have themselves to blame.
Please people. Vote with your dollars and buy anything this year other than an Activision published title. Doing this will be doing your part in showing them they can't take advantage of a market now saturated with FPS games that play exactly like Modern Warfare. It will force a change and at this point, change it good. The annual games will either get better or die off and make way for better things. See Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, Spyro and Spider-man franchises to understand what Activisions publishing demands are doing to once great franchises.
Or do you want to play an FPS with a 3 hour single player, AimDownSights, regenerating health, sprinting, and check points?
As for the rest of em.
THis is another thing to touch on while were on the subject. Video Game publishers will put a price on anything and everything people are willing to buy. If you want these publishers and developers to stop charging you for "everything" then the best thing you can do is not buy it.
They are like children that throw fits to get what they want. They know it's unpleasant for you but if you give in and give them what they want you are only teaching them that it's okay to do this because it's what works.
They are like children that throw fits to get what they want. They know it's unpleasant for you but if you give in and give them what they want you are only teaching them that it's okay to do this because it's what works.
Personally, I don't buy any game that requires you to pay for DLC that clearly could have been available day one, or even on the disc. If DLC for a game comes out less than a month after the actual launch of the game then either the DLC is very simple, like character skins, or publishers are holding it back to squeeze more money out of the consumer.
This is why I still like Nintendo. Sure they don't have all the neat bells and whistles and they are stretching there franchises pretty damn thin but once I buy a game developed/published by them I can put my wallet away in confidence.
Look, it's a dinosaur!
Maybe it's just me. It's not like this is my first time iterating this message to people. I have informed many a gamer of the plight that plagues the industry and frankly, they don't give a damn. I of course speak of the gamer between the ages of 12 and 16 that plays an old fps and asks why they didn't think to add regeneration health or checkpoints to the game. These are the same kiddies that want Link to learn parkour and won't buy a game if it doesn't have a multiplayer option. I talk about how developers ruin otherwise great franchises with modern mechanics that just don't belong and they argue that I must be crazy or old and bitter. They can't imagine it any other way.
This saddens me. I honestly can't remember the last game I beat on the highest difficulty and was proud of it. Well actually, it may have been Perfect Dark, in 2001! What's even worse, I remember beating Halo: Combat Evolved the same year on Legendary and putting down the controller with a feeling of "well, another one down" and I was astonished to hear people at school bragging about how they beat the game in a weekend. What happened? Was I so jaded or were games just getting easier. I personally thing the later to be the truth. Either way I don't buy new games very often anymore. They are either too easy, artificially extended, or a damn time suck like no other.
Just ten more retry's and it's bacon for breakfast.
I buy old school games anymore because we are at a point, the golden age of home console video games has long passed. I mean we finally get a remake of Ocarina of Time and it's on a handheld. Ill buy that handheld but the time is soon coming I won't be gaming anymore. I have no confidence in the future of the industry as we know it. It's not about having fun anymore. It's about easy interactive distractions that take no time or real effort to play or develop. They don't require skill or intelligents, just patience and a bit of luck.
I buy old school games anymore because we are at a point, the golden age of home console video games has long passed. I mean we finally get a remake of Ocarina of Time and it's on a handheld. Ill buy that handheld but the time is soon coming I won't be gaming anymore. I have no confidence in the future of the industry as we know it. It's not about having fun anymore. It's about easy interactive distractions that take no time or real effort to play or develop. They don't require skill or intelligents, just patience and a bit of luck.