Callie (or Iola depending on which brother is player 1) will be kidnapped, and dad will be out of town on a secret case involving Soviet spies. After finding out your almost-sorta-but-not-really girlfriend is in the other seedy dive, the team will need to brawl through 36 levels of Bayport and surrounding areas to uncover a secret plot between modern pirates, Soviets, and the mad Dr. Harlon who works at the Museum of Natural History. The final scene will show the rescued girl give an embarrassed kiss on the cheek to her hero and run off giggling.
And now that I've described it, that actually sounds like a cool idea.
Somebody better get to work on this.
That said, I think the US (where I'm from) has a firm lead on production of ignorant twats.
Considering that I have never bothered to fully complete the majority of games I have purchased (generally I end up getting bored of the game before then) if the company is willing to sell me everything but the end-boss for $30-40 and then sell the end boss as DLC for an extra $20 I come out a winner by only buying the endings for games I bother to get that far in, and saving money on all the rest.
A few BS accounts and some nonsense "sword of ultimate doom" sales and you can move a lot of money from dirty to clean.
After all, if people can get their dose of irrational fear and gnawing worry for free, why would they buy his rag?
At least with the seal, I know the game will fit in the drive! And that says "quality" to me!
And since a number of novelists have done just that, I don't see the problem.
Further, this isn't just for the client, but also for the company employees; they get a night out on the company tab, it's a sort of bonus for being in the right positions.
And is he seriously acting like a couple thousand dollars spent on night entertaining is something worth discussing? Expenses at that level are common to business entertaining world-wide, the only difference is in the local choice of venue.
The PS3 is cutting away the stereotypical gamer, and putting it in the hands of marginally attractive females.
Either that or someone needs to lay off the shrooms.
I think it would be better to delay the release until this content can be provided simultaneously.