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then I think reviewers lost their nerve and started just spewing: "HD rules!" when the release date came and went.
whatevs... I know which version I'll be getting eventually....
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The other versions are out in other territories, just not Europe.
09/30/09
I've heard that but I just don't believe it. Why would you ignore one of the largest markets in the world?
No matter what, it all damn well stinks we still haven't got the game, the release date was put back again to November.
09/30/09
The other versions are out in other territories, yes but not in Europe and since I'm living in Europe, that's the only territory that matters to me.
09/30/09
Activision dropped Ghostbusters, they're bigger than Atari and they didn't want to take a risk on it, Sony should be commended for bringing the title that no one wanted to gamble on to Europe early, not lambasted for stopping other publishers from doing so.
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I'm also of the opinion that Atari should have looked for someone to publish the multiple versions simultaneously rather than sign the exclusivity deal with Sony.
09/30/09
Fair enough that you are over Ghostbusters, I've got a PS3 and not picked it up, probably never will now.
Atari were in a hole, so, in my opinion they can be forgiven for grabbing the first life belt they were thrown.
09/30/09
It's hardly a "gamble" this is a game based on a massive film loved by geeks, with extremely positive press coverage before the release which is also being released in other regions.
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Now way man! That's crazy! I don't believe you!
09/30/09
You completely missed the joke man. Remember when people where bickering about the 360 vs PS3 versions when it came out...
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It can be so hard to distinguish wit from stupidity on the interweb sometimes.
@grantanamo: My bad man, good joke though...just next time add a smily face or something, lol.
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I don't know, I think they may be over reacting.
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They stock them because people keep coming back to the store for games. While there they buy other stuff like peripherals and second hand games.
With the PSPgo you don't need to go back into the store and you can't buy the games and second hand games that keep these shops afloat.
Say they make 5% on a go and 25% on games, 50% on second hand games and peripherals. When they sell the go that may get a couple of peripherals sold but that's it. The real money is in the games and they see nothing of that on the go, you have to think of the long term not just that one day. There won't be enough go's sold with a 50% profit on a couple of $15 peripherals to keep them open over time.
I've got 34 DS games sitting on the shelf in front of me, for most of them I've gone into a shop something I wouldn't have to do if I had a PSP, that's why they are complaining.
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Yes, there is a risk that once Sony/Msft have a monopoly that they will abuse it (Msft certainly have form for that), but there will be direct pricing competition between the two platforms, we've seen how aggressive Microsoft can be when paying for exclusive's be it games or content, surely the competition will be equally as fierce when it comes to pricing.
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@Slagathorian:
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Why bother having that shelf space taken up by an item that you may get say 5% profit on the 1000 you may sell in a year when you could use it to stock used games that you have a bigger profit margin on and sell more of.
Refurbished is a different story, you may only need one on display and a sign saying refurbs available her for x.
09/30/09
As far as the image goes (hehe)... it's probably to portray how the character doesn't really know what it is, since it's South Park inspired and stuff.
And seriously, if every retailer in every market was acting like that, a whole lot of things wouldn't get sold in store. The stores just need to follow the trend and adapt by giving you other reasons to go there.
09/30/09
Oh anybody who has watched the games markets for as long as I have will warn you against a monopoly. Just look at the mistakes Sony made with the ps3 when they were in a more than comfortable first place.
There will not be any competition for the exclusives, they can set any price they like as they have complete control of the market. The competition is in part driven by the shops without them it will be the Sony/MS price for the whole length of most games. Look at the RRP of most games now, they are fairly equal despite the competition from shops, it's there that the mark downs come.
I like second hand games, I like being able to go to a shop and pick up something I might not have otherwise paid full price for knowing that if I hate it I can get some of my money back in trade ins. The publisher has been paid, no other industry has bitched about it like the gaming industry has. If the game or book or car or record is good I'll keep an eye out for the next thing they do. That is where this war they have on lending/second hand games is failing, the understanding that most people just wouldn't bother if you had to pay full price.
09/30/09
How on earth did you get a point about profit margins and storage space from what I said?
Yes, they probably don't get a big profit margin off those actual consoles. But they do off people buying Games for those consoles. The PSP-Go is effectly a system that never needs another visit to the store, as well, they're not going to be selling the latest games there, at least not in any real form that you and your PSP-Go can use.
Plus Game stores are in the business of recycling people's used Video Game System Fuel, I mean, Disc based games, something, as pointed out time and time again, the PSP-Go rather effectly cock-blocks.
The point is, Video game stores make most of their cash from the Sale of Video games (New and Used), not the systems. Thus a Console that doesn't have any games for them to sell isn't a very attractive prospect.
Point in case, what's the first thing I'm going to do when I buy a PS3?
I'm going to buy games for it.
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And Joe Kreiner is the one who has a problem calling Wii next-gen, not HVS. Take this from Gamasutra last March: "When you go to build out the particular platform that you want, then we do the texture creation for that particular platform. It makes it very powerful; it gives the developer the ability to share assets amongst their next-generation titles and their previous-generation titles -- or the Wii, however you want to fit that in."
08/12/09
That said, I also wouldn't be surprised if they tried to fill in PS3 and 360's weak spots like they did with the Wii.
heh- maybe we'll end up seeing some generic platforming games or something.
08/12/09
But shouldn't they call it a leap to CURRENT generation consoles? The Wii is more like last gen.
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It did a wonderful fan service to those that have loved Ghostbusters for 25 years (or even a few less in my case) but it also wasn't forgetting about the people who were new to the series.
The gameplay was solid, if a little repetitive. The game was short, but it was fun the entire time. The online is great and has a lot of replay value, especially with friends.
If it opens up the path for more Ghostbusters games, there is nothing wrong with that and in fact I think it'll be amazing to start getting some free roaming versions set in different cities. Remember what Venkman said at the end - it's still set up for more to follow.
07/23/09
I mean it's great this article finally used the phrase "long tail", but most games this gen that did well have sales like that. The press just gets bored and ignores them and declares them "failures" without ever following up on it.