But consoles have nearly a ten-year life cycle before games aren't made for them anymore. I don't understand the complaint. Their are only three major home consoles and two handhelds on the market, everything else is obsolete. Even if you are into older games, all 6 of my consoles and the dozens of games I own don't take up that much room, everything fits on two or three shelves. And besides, not everything needs to be plugged in and ready to play at all times. And cost? 300$ is not a lot. Not when yo0u only have to spend it once every 9-10 years. If you can't afford a 300$ purchase every decade, you need to re-evaluate how you save you're money.
PC aren't powerful enough to run everything because that's just stupid. You're asking why PC's haven't plateaued in power and ceased to get any better. Um, why do you want them to? For a PC to be able to run everything all the time, the tech would have to have stopped getting better. The only reason you always have to update your hardware is because of progress. If you're tired of always having a to buy a new graphics card, spend more money one you won't have to replace for few years. And if you want a single, open source console that runs all games, for every company, you have no idea how business works. And if you're response to that is "well what do YOU know about business?", you clearly aren't willing to listen.
You might want to look into OpenPandora. Not an ideal solution, but it's exactly what you're talking about, assuming you want a handheld that'll play only retro games (which is awesome). Price is a little steep, but that's not a surprise.
This reminds me of a crappy Facebook game where one of the classes you could choose was called the "Alchemystic". That sound you just heard was the language center of my brain having an aneurysm.
It's shame that this is how things went down during the creation of LA Noire, but it won't stop me from picking it up, and I won't feel bad about it when I do. If nothing else, I'm more inclined to buy it knowing that so many people suffered through such shit just to make it. Team Bondi may be horrible as a company, but you have to respect the effort put forth by the devs. Obviously, they shouldn't have been treated like this, but since what's done is done, I plan on enjoying the fruits of their labour. I just wished everyone had gotten paid properly, at the very least. It's one thing to crunch, it's another to crunch for free.
@Brodehouse: Even so. I've scrubbed my Mercenaries save on RE4 for no reason than I haven't played in months and want to try again from scratch. It's just my play style. I like deleting old save data and starting fresh. Hell, I get irritated when I can't delete save files in old RPG's just because I like seeing empty save slots (FF3 on the SNES did this), instead of old data I'll never revisit. I'm well aware that as a point based shooter, you could just rerun through the game to beat the currently existing high scores left by someone else (even yourself) and in the end it makes no real difference, but I can't be the only person that acts like a neat-freak with their save data.
Also, depending on the unlockables, I enjoy completing the requirements for them every so often. I would hate to buy a game (even second hand) where there is NO reward for playing. The restrictions become self imposed and feel less satisfying. I'm not saying it makes a HUGE difference, nor will it prevent me from trying it out, but it is a strange thing to do. It's not like it takes much effort to reset game data to factory default, why deny it to us?
After the mediocre release that was Bioshock 2, Infinite looks absolutely amazing. As much as I LOVED the hybrid 1930's Art Deco/Steampunk style of Bioshock, the turn-of-the-century industrialization/Dieselpunk style speaks to me so much more. It's interesting how both games are so isolated by very different circumstances. I really hope this game rocks. From the bottom of the ocean to high in the sky (and if you count Systemshock, space and beyond!), I'd love to see them try again with yet a different environment. Middle of a vast desert? Deep underground? North or South Pole? Hopefully, whatever the next game is, it won't be Bioshock Infinite 2: More of the Same.
In the meantime, I'm on the edge of my seat for this game.
The decision is definitely a good thing, but I also find the inclusion of potential future legislation to be interesting. Let me clarify. A lot study does need to be done on the effects of video games on developing minds and the human brain in general. A lot of the focus has been spent proving video games cause violent behaviour, an angle that isn't working (obviously). A result of this (hopefully) will be further research into other aspects of gaming psychology in an attempt to debunk video games as "safe". The danger of this research of course, is that they successfully find reason to legislate games. I find that a highly unlikely possibility, however, and am far more interested in the results of said research for the further improvement of gaming in general.
There will always be people like Yee. Just like there are still organizations that promote the "evils" of D&D, Harry Potter and Pokemon decades after any interesting controversy has died down. Google around, some of the site dedicated to these "causes" are fucking hilarious if have thick skin (you are on the Internet, I'm sure you'll be fine).
An interesting premise, I wonder how many second-hand sales it'll actually prevent, or if people will just pirate a rom resulting in lowered actual sales. Personally, I'm against it, but I have a habit of resetting all my save data when I don't play a game for too long. It's an inconvenience to my play style, a pointless addition that makes no sense and adds nothing. Now, if they were transparent about their reasons, I might be more forgiving. If there were actual technical limitations, then sure. But if there were, wouldn't they be more upfront about something so reasonable?
That's right, take credit for an entire industry rigidly adhering to a voluntary rating system. This is just so much posturing, trying to save face in the light of obvious failure. Unfortunately, comments like that are going to make people say "See! We are making things better!", when it's the industry, not the detractors, who are doing all the real work. Ah well, no use arguing with people who refuse to listen. I somehow doubt you could change this mains mind with irrefutable proof, he'd just plug his ears and go "la-la-la-la-la".
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