Microsoft's recent US fourth quarter earnings report for its Xbox 360 console and its 61 per cent drop in console shipments prompted media reports of plummeting sales and continued misfortune, however local GfK data paints a different picture.
However, GfK Australia account director, Daniel Morse, believes this conclusion is not justified.
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The Metal Gear series, led by Kojima, pioneered the stealth genre, creating a masterclass in storytelling and gameplay.
No. But MGS5: Ground Zeroes might actually be one of the greatest Game Demo ever, if not the best.
I know a lot of people didn't, but I actually liked that story twist at the end. The game was fun and all, but I wouldn't call it a timeless classic.
Metal Gear legend stopped with number 4.
MGS5 needed a year or 2 more of development to be maybe among the classics.. it was clearly rushed, especially at the end. The story teaches us absolutely nothing new.
A demo is free that was a $40 cry for help as later we would know konami did not want to fun hideo and his team anymore that is why we got the unfinished phantom pain.
Meh
Great stealth gameplay but the game was just average.
Bland open world that felt lifeless, the story felt shoehorned in, unfinished story etc. The whole thing was just average to me compared to the other main titled games.
I would have rather preferred it if they kept Ground Zeroes for the main game as the opening and the rest of the game turns into a Metal Gear 1 & 2 remake to bring things full circle.
If you dig around they had old behind trhe scenes of phantom pain vids and books wrote around the time.
Before funding was puled the main idea was to keep peace walker coop it was in the games early builds and that end game were your building your base that was suppose to be metal gear one.
You as the fake big boss was going to make your own metal gear one map aka your base (outer heaven) then me as sold snake use the mode that is in the game invade/defeat the base even fight your current version of metal gear that was in the game but not finished.
So your idea was on the table bit got canned.
Like hell it is. That was the first time I became aware of being sold an unfinished game and was blown away about blind fanboys saying it was some perfect game.
Yea, the first few chapters were great until they do that thing halfway and make you replay all the missions again. Then little things like capturing animals but only seeing a JPEG unlike 3 where everything was modeled out. Areas were massive, desolate, and boring to look at.
Game was a massive let down for me and the potential was so high for it. Honestly, this was one of the most disappointing games I ever played. What’s worse is it starts off brilliant. You literally play through until you get to the point where you could tell they just stopped developing and then quickly used glue and construction paper to “finish” it and then sold it. Quite frankly, that’s insulting to consumers and fans.
People have selective memory. This game had huge drama attached to it, what Konami did to Kojima and this game was horrible. Now they praise Konami cause they revived Silent Hill, even though SH looks half arsed too.
I dunno if they’re getting much praise after the Silent Hill 2 debacle. Makes me scared sh*tless for the MGS 3 Remake…
I don't wanna defend konami, but Kojima had 7 years to make the game, it's not that weird for a publisher to expect a game to be finished in that amount of time.
Also no one is praising konami from what I've seen, they're just excited that a Silent Hill game is releasing
Yes and no. In many ways in was a great game; there's a very strong argument that it has the best gameplay of any MGS game, and that it is one of the more interesting open world "playgrounds" we have gotten, in terms of how the world operates. But as an MGS narrative, it is pretty far down the list, for many reasons.
I don't think there is any argument. The gameplay was incredible. But yeah...disappointed in the rest. Could have been incredible but...well...we all know what happened...
The thing about Metal Gear Solid is that the narrative is what determines which is your favorite because the gameplay had ALWAYS improved with every mainline entry. It's amazing.
If it was gameplay, we'd all say The Phantom Pain, but the story is what truly sets them apart.
For me, that's Snake Eater, which is also my favorite game of all time.
17 years on from release and 5 years into a botting epidemic, Team Fortress 2 is on its knees, and it's high time Valve stepped in to fix it.
Ah yes, pc gaming aka the bastion of fairness and equity and everlasting online playerbase, all i can say is lmao
Not to mention that these tf2 idiots were the progenitor of mrx in gaming
This Holiday 2007 is a big deal and allot of gamer will soon see that the line up is one of the best in history.
You buy a new elite with the GREAT??? games and the damn thing breaks down.... No thankyou.
Edit: And thats an excuse for faulty consoles, i dont bloody think so.
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ABSOLUTELY APPALLING!!, 3 Jul 2007
By Robert Hutton - See all my reviews
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I bought an Xbox 360 console! Also, like a good mug, I paid for a 3 year extended warranty.
Saly, my machine kept overheating and crashing even though it was placed in front of a fan and a cool window. It was so hot, I couldn't touch the metal pin from the power cable!! So, I bought a Nyko Intercooler. Sadly, my 360 developed the 3 rings of death after 4 weeks. I tried to unplug the cables, but the 360 had become so ridiculously hot, that the intercooler had melted and stuck itself to the 360!!!
So, I called Microsoft's customer support. They informed me that the 360 was void of the warranty and they refused to repair it as I'd used a third party item.
I'd only bought the said intercooler due to the 360's inherant fault and the fact I wanted to preserve my system!!!
Even better, was the fact they wouldn't refund my void extended warranty cost of £59.99 that didn't kick in until 11 months time. So, I'd infact wasted just shy of £340.00!
I must say, I wish Microsoft all the bad luck in the World! Cheers Bill, you monopolising scumbag! You've had 2 YEARS(!!) to sort this overheating issue out and you stil haven't bothered!!
Wowzers!!
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THIS IS A REVIEW OFF AMAZON, Just one of the thousands of people with faulty consoles.
achira ... what is it with you dude?
yeah of course .. the 360 will die. do you live in phantasy-land?
i think the ps3 has the better games coming out but that doesn´t mean that the 360 is gonna die - that´s just dumb.
the 360 will be there for gamers that like racing games and shooters.
get a life man!
Someone pointed this out to the idiots that's been bashing xbox sales.
"Software has always been a driver for hardware, so to compare to that period is a little misleading."
Everyone already knows that summer time is the 'lows' for the gaming industry - it's even been reported as such. And there has been almost no good releases for 360 this summer so far (Two Worlds and BioShock are due at the middle to end of next month).
How about *one* article on SONY's recent US fourth quarter earnings please ??? These 2 articles took 2.5 seconds to find on Bloomberg.
July 24 2007: "The average of four analysts forecasts the game division to lose 28.2 billion yen, compared with a 26.8 billion yen loss a year earlier."
Simple Statistics 101. You can spin industry numbers anyway you want. Let's compare the Sony Gaming Division's Fiscal '07 to Microsoft's in January to see what REAL numbers mean.
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