I'm sorry but this ad on Amazon.com for the Vita is a blatant lie. In the image, it shows a game of Wipeout 2048 being played and text that says, "3G Gaming" which is absolutely not the case. I bought a Wifi version but I've ready everywhere that you can't play games online with 3G, how can they get away with this?
I call shenanigans on this! Hopefully Patrick picks this up and runs with it
**Update 11/25/2014 - An article on Kotaku.com cites that the FTC agrees with me. Sony was indeed guilty of misleading consumers with this "3G Gaming" advertising, among others. http://t.co/EpKDJeigl3**
The comments in this article baffle me to a point where I question whether it was stated at all. Gabe Newell was quoted recently saying,
"When we talk to partners who do free-to-play, a lot of people see about a two to three per cent conversion rate of the people in their audience who actually buy something,” said Newell speaking at the North of Innovation conference in Seattle, as quoted by Geekwire.
“Then with Team Fortress 2, which looks more like Arkham Asylum in terms of the user profile and the content, we see about a 20 to 30 per cent conversion rate of people who are playing those games who buy something.”
Newell added: “There seems to be something about the content that significantly changes how your monetisation occurs, with apparently much broader participation than you would see out of something like FarmVille.”
The Valve boss said his studio doesn’t fully understand why this is, but it will continue to run experiments to better understand the customer data.
Why is there confusion here? Valve took a core-audience game they charged around $20 for and made it $0. Why is it surprising that a player would spend more money on a great game like Team Fortress 2, one that was once valued at $20 when compared to a basic title like Farmville which is and always was free? I agree that 20-30% penetration is pretty impressive but any increase makes sense.
He states that the "content" makes a difference as some sort of revelation. Somehow they're surprised that if the add-on content is crap, no one will buy it? In Valve's defense, the article does state that they don't, "fully" understand the trend.
Having played through Dead Island a few times now, this game is BEGGING for Move control being added. Swinging weapons 1:1 with the move control and moving with the Nav controller would be an awesome experience.
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