From the article: "In the lead up to Xbox 360 launch, a lot was touted about the Xbox Live! Marketplace. How users would be able to perform micro-transactions between each other and set up their own Live Marketplace "stores" and sell t-shirts etc, for such games as Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. However (to me at least), this seems to be a system that is slowly but surely being abused by game developers and publishers to extract every last dollar they can from our wallets..."
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BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.
Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."
Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.
Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.
I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.
It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.
Richard writes: "Now was the right time to release the Fallout 4 Xbox Series X|S update. It just could have been more."
They aren't going to give more. We are talking about a company that has rereleased an 13 year old game at least 5 times.
Things are heating up in May a bit with Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, the Paper Mario TTYD remake, and a ton of promising indies. We pick the most interesting May games, from AAA to indie, so you can make sense of everything coming out.
Doesn't seem to be that bad of a month. Got a bit of something for everyone.
Please do not support braid anniversary edition. Don't support Phil phish, he's a very despicable person, a a cry baby.
One example
https://youtu.be/yKUGwlFJAH...
Wrong developer. Phil Phish was the developer behind Fez.
Jonathan Blow was behind Braid. If you're gonna cancel culture, don't take down the wrong indie...
Man, I don’t know why, but it also irks me when people try to tell others what to do. Fez was an awesome game, I couldn’t care less if the dev was a douche.
This is just extra cringe since the person actually doesn’t know what they’re talking about 🤦♂️
I wasn't cancel culturing shit. Phil phish is a complete douche. Did you bother to watch the video? Probably not.
I was wrong but call me cancel culture is just plain dumb also
Also crimson.
As you I'm human and we make mistakes. That was a mistake I mixed the games up. Shit happens. So go cringe yourself
Honest mistake, if you can watch that video and support the guy. Then I guess your in the same camp
You were wrong and that's that. Don't be so angry.
And yeah, that is a case example of cancel culture. It was a dozen years ago, he's apologized since, had Japanese developers rationalize with his remark, barely has done anything in the industry since Fez, and yet here you are, not even remembering the one game he made...
Wait, companies whose sole reason for existance is to make money are trying to make money off people!? NAW!!!
It's a good thing Nintendo is releasing all of its old titles for free on their online service, and that sony is doing the same.
affects the people who actually buy this over price and really, worthless stuff. You don't need Horse Armor in Oblivion. (You're on foot 90% of the time and there is an instant warp) The stuff EA is selling for their games, is not even worth buying. GRAW 1200 msn map pack night/day option should have been in the orginal game. Lumines is to over priced for an XBLA game and the add on should have been encluded with the release of the game. I wonder how much Epic was going to charge for those two new GOW maps if the Discovery Channel didn't step in? I can't wait to see what Bungie is going to do with new Halo3 content. Kinda feel sorry for those who are buying Halo3 that goes for $100 bucks and then have to shell out more money when the new maps and downloadable content comes out. Buy hey, people are spending $60 bucks just to play a demo. Developer's see these people coming a mile away and they know they are going to make a profit without really having to get off the couch.
I personally have no problem with this, it takes Dev's time.. and time means money...ok there are some items (Oblivion horse armor) 200 points which I did purchase, but..I do agree It was a little much,I think it should have been maybe 30-40 points, but come on people stop whining!