Destructoid: Look, I'm a blogger for a living. It's a fun life and all, but I can't say that I'm rolling in cash come payday (no offense, boss). So, for the day-to-day needs of my life, I visit the Walmart location nearest my house, as I did this day for caffeine and snack food. Sure, Walmart isn't the coolest place ever, but I've got to watch my pocket book. A penny saved is a penny... hey, I wonder what new games they have.
Strolling past the electronics section of the store, I spotted a few good discounts that you might be interested in. The most notable was a bundle containing the PS3 game Eye of Judgment, some cards, and the PlayStation Eye, all for $29.92. That's a fantastic deal seeing as how the bundle is normally $70. Hell, the PlayStation Eye is normally $40. If you're not into cards that come to life (what's wrong with you?), you could just buy this, sell the game, and get that PS3 Eye for even less.
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Sony has decided to discontinue online support for 2007 PlayStation 3 title Eye of Judgement.
The PlayStation Eye/trading card hybrid will see its last online game on 30th September this year.
NOOOOOOO!
I love this game. The online is the best part about it. This is the worst news!
the console may have a 10 year life span but obviously the games don't... come on sony, one effing server..
What do you mean by "the games don't"?
EYO is not at the same level as other PS3 games which could very likely last 10 years. You can't just generalize all PS3 games with one.
So far Sony have shut down Calling All Cars and now Eye of Judgment. Who is to say in a few months Sony will shut down SOCOM and Warhawk? You guys might not give a crap about these games, but that doesn't mean others don't. For a console with a hopefully projected lifecycle of 10 years to close down servers on games this prematurely, it is a shame and a sleight against gamers. For this reason alone I am extremely wary of investing any money on games that are so heavily reliant upon its multiplayer.
This isn't cool, Sony.
As a fan of Magic: The Gathering, I thought about buying this game on many occasions. Well, there's always offline play :/
Magic is great. too bad it doesn't have a way to scan cards like in Eye of Judgment . I am annoyed that card set in Magic rotate out of type II. Eye Of Judgment just doesn't have the appeal that Magic: The Gathering has when it comes to card gameplay. I hope Magic begins to do something about it, but it'll have the kind of game where collecting and trading will be still relevant and the cards will have to be traded across all platforms to get a sizable community similar to the actual card game. The community was obviously lacking in eye of judgment compared Magic: The Gatherings, and it wasn't all that fun.
Maybe us Magic players can play with the PS Eye video chat feature, but it'll be hard to find people to play with who happen to have decent cards and a PS3 with the PS Eye.
That's the problem, many people waited...that's why the servers will go down, not many play anymore, not many would buy new card-packs. I purchased when it came out and enjoyed during some months, great game and innovative.
Next time maybe people supports those games at launch rather than holding their purchase due to COD12 coming out 2 weeks after.
True, but due to a lack of time lately, I haven't bought a booster pack of Magic cards since Lorwyn, and I haven't been seriously collecting since the days of Time Spiral. I simply became disenchanted with the overpowered abilities of the new cards, and I guess I lost my love for the game.
And I've been playing the game since Mercadian Masques, so it was a long time coming (and I've got a massive box of 'em, organized impeccably by color, mana cost, and name, in my closet :D).
It's likely due to lack of use. Kind of what EA did last year.
I've been playing this on my PSP. I couldn't see myself ever playing it on the PS3. I would much prefer if they just paid to have Magic: The Gathering ported to the PS3.
DO WANT!!! Still supposed to see a port of Duels of the Planeswalkers this fall, though Wizards of the Coast hasn't said shit for months. It's basically a streamlined, theme-deck experience with 4 player co-op or competitive multiplayer. Day one buy for me, so I hope it comes soon.
Wow. That's terrible news for people who invested in the cards. I have about $100 worth of cards, but I know a few people who put a lot more into it.
-CadDad
Who wants to buy real cards to play a computer game with? No game is worth hundreds of dollars, let alone a trading card game. They should give everyone access to every card or allow some kind of online unlock system where you earn cards by winning or achieving certain things. Also needs to be an online trading system. A well thought out online trading card game could do well.
Also, it was never worth the trouble to set up the camera just to play this game IMO. I did enjoy tricking the system with fake cards though. :) I even wrote up a script which would display the cards on my computer monitor. I would point the PS eye at my computer monitor and just click the card I wanted to deploy and where. There was all before the first expansion came out though, I had quit playing long before.
You'll be surprised at Magic: The Gathering's, Yu-Gi-oh's, and Pokemon's following. those people really do spend hundreds on card games. Eye of Judgment failed because it couldn't form the type of community those other games did. I have a deck that was worth hundreds last year. I didn't spend hundreds on it but people would trade hundreds for those cards.
How many people do you think still play this game?
This is stupid, honestly just do a re-launch it with Move.
PixelatedGeek says "For the gamers out there saying, it has already been done before. Yes, yes it has. PS3 has The Eye of Judgement. But with this new "FLARToolKit", any AS3 developer can create their own hologram or 3D hologram type game. They even have a downloadable source code to play around with! I can't wait to see what people make out of this."
That is a very good deal, Eyetoy + game = 30$!!! That cheaper then the Eyetoy itself.
I got the PS3 exclusive headset but I use mic of the PS eye a lot more since I preffer to put on my ears a cool and powerfull headphone wireless instead a headset .
For FPS games and stuff I preffer to be able to "see" from what direction the sounds are coming so I can counter attack a possible attack from the sides or behind me.
BTW , th PSEYE rules ! only problem is that there is no mute button like the official Ps3 headset has but the quality of the sound is better on the Eye's mic.