That must really suck for all those people forced to endure two studio closings in less than a year. I bet some are wondering if the gaming industry is even for them anymore. Could lose some good talent. Wouldn't blame them a bit though. What a shame.
$350 isn't a bad price at all. However, paying $350 to play games I can already play on my PS3 and Xbox 360 and some Nintendo first party exclusives isn't attractive to me. They still haven't come close to justifying this consoles existence to me besides the mildly interesting controller.
I enjoy them. I get good information and they are usually put out well in advance of the release. They may not otherwise be able to show off that game at all until after it is out. I love the regular quick looks, but sometimes it devolves to jokes and that can at times take away from what's being presented to me (even though I do think they are pretty hysterical).
It's just another way for me to see a game I may be interested in. The PR speak doesn't bother me because hey, that's their job and the are trying to do the best they can; and I don't mind that the GB crew doesn't rip into the game. They are being respectful and that's the correct way to go about it. The publisher is willing to send over guys and show off a lengthy portion of their game that helps generate traffic to GB. It's a win-win. At the end of the day I prefer it to highly stylized and edited trailers that are usually misleading.
I don't remember ever using a security question and it's great Blizzard gives us no way to change it and we have to wait for them to update the authenticator. You would think these companies full of some of the most tech savvy people on the planet would be good at securing this stuff and being vigilant. There's only so much the consumer can do to keep themselves secure when the companies we trust fail us completely.
Also, fuck hackers who do this shit. Seriously, fuck them and what ever bullshit reasons they use to justify what they do. Everything we do is on the internet these days and its nearly impossible to avoid this stuff. The internet should be a useful tool for everyone. Instead it causes fear and paranoia because of nonsense like this. It's so frustrating following every security step in the book and still being completely helpless when stuff like this happens.
I can understand that the Fez guys don't feel they have the $40K to out another patch. But Konami have not even uped one patch trying to solve ALL the problems with Silent Hill HD. So in the future Konami wont get any cash from me, I'll just borrow the games, or buy them used, anything to get Konami to feel just ass swindled as I feel right now.
And, the Fez bug only harmed less than 1% of the users. I still think it's shitty of them not to patch it, but I can sympathize a little bit. This situation I cannot even believe. It seems these problems are for a majority of players. They rushed a product out on a remake of a fairly popular series. Now, they have the audacity to say basically, "fuck 360 owners?" I thought about buying this because I have never played a Silent Hill game and I am interested in doing so, but I heard about the bugs. So, I decided to wait for patches. This has completely turned me off to purchasing this, even on PS3. They can't be serious, right? Cancelled due to technical issues and resources? They're a larger(I hesitate to say that) publisher that has abandoned a brand new game and those who bought it because it will take a little effort to fix. Imagine the outrage if Bethesda did this with PS3 owners and Skyrim. This move just proves to me that Konami is on its death bed and their incompetence will bring them running headlong into that bright light at the end of the tunnel. How far they have fallen.
I know THQ isn't in a position to gamble on a project right now, but is playing it totally safe going to pay off? Eventually they have to try new things or they will be right back where they started. Saints Row can only carry them for so long.
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