affa

awesome. just awesome. cracked me up.

@Hank Hill
you can't gameshare without someone spending money. the entire point of the gamesharing community (and it's a large one) is that the established group of 5 people split the cost. this enables us to buy almost everything that comes out -- thus supporting the small devs with no brand awareness. If we haven't heard of something, we generally just buy it anyway since it's only $2 a person. None of us would ever think to buy full price at $10 to $20. Sure, I'll probably still buy the next Pixeljunk game, but good luck getting me to buy any of the hundreds of games I've bought thanks to gamesharing. It sounds like you don't understand the gamesharing community and think of it as you sharing some LBP dlc with your buddy... that's not the community. I know of many, many groups that buy pretty much everything that comes out, every week. We're going from spending a ton of money a week to.... um.... well, maybe i'll buy the next pixeljunk game. Sony is turning off a cash faucet -- as I said, I'll never buy a PSN game for $15, but I'll never not buy one if my group wants it for $3 (the gameshared price). That's $3 sony and the dev get to share (and $15 total) that they would not get otherwise. It's sad, because it will directly affect sales of games that nobody has heard of, the ones most people will never buy full price... but we do.

Some of the anti-gameshare people simply don't understand the economics of it. They think that we're pirating -- we're not, we're paying for the game. They think that we're stealing - we're not, we're paying for the game. They think we hurt developers -- we don't, we help them by supporting their games by buying them. I can almost guarantee I've spent more on PSN (just my share alone) than the vast majority of people. I own 95% of the games on PSN. That's my money in Sony's hands. And now? I won't be buying anything, because while any game is worth $2 or $3 gameshared, no game is worth it to me at $15. Sad but true. And I am not alone. It's simple economics -- raise the price, and demand will fall. And those hurt worst will be the small developers that don't get the press games like Shatter, PixelJunk X, Braid, and Dead Nation get.

This is incredibly short sighted and will drastically affect profits and hurt small devs. Some of you decrying 'gamesharing' as piracy have not fully thought it through. Gamesharers not only spend money on the games they share, but they buy tons more than non-gamesharers. We buy all those little hyped games -- giving much needed sales to all the little devs that otherwise get ignored. Sure, we don't spend full price per person, but we spend far more money on games simply because we can share them. For example, there are many $10 games I would never, ever buy. However, if my group wants them, I don't mind spending $2. I do it all the time.
I spend hundreds of dollars a year on PSN because of gamesharing, and so do the other 4 in my group. You know how much I spent before I got into gamesharing? $10. One game, over the course of over a year.
You holier than though 'anti-gamesharing' people simply have not thought about the significant ramifications of your stance. You're so glad you spend full price, and you think that somehow gives you 'integrity'. Sure. Let me tell you this -- it's our gamesharing dollars that support the small developers. Get over yourselves. You do not keep the gears of PSN turning, we do. And Sony will soon regret this decision, as our wallets dry up.

@kcswanko

that's completely untrue. Move support has been discussed since it was first announced. This was never, ever, a Kinect exclusive.

@Dalrint

i love this game but how did any review not think too mention the atrocious load times/frequency?

@khaos100

you'll do better to not look at it as losing money. it's like if you buy poptarts, then there is a coupon next week for poptarts half off. big deal.. you wanted the poptarts last week. same with games on psn, later offered on sale.

@Faenix

Croft is worth every dime. It's ABSOLUTELY fantastic, and even better coop.

@Courtney

thanks for the details. it's amazing how many people on the internet rush to defend multi-national corporations against any and all lawsuits, as if anyone suing a multi-nat simply MUST be greedy.

The fact is, it's quite often the corporation being greedy, and billions of dollars are spent to:
a) convince the public any such lawsuit is frivilous
and
b) squash as many lawsuits as possible with settlements.

The fact is, many lawsuits aren't frivolous. Those usually get settled with a non-disclosure agreement. The ones that are get media attention. And then, some that aren't (like the mcd's hot coffee incident) get painted as frivolous even though anyone who does actual research will realize why that lawsuit wasn't just justified, but a long time coming.

@(Unverified)

People have been saying this since DAY 1. Oh, next year they're going to charge. Oh, next year. Next year.

Guess what? Never going to happen. That's HOW they differentiate themselves from xbox live. Not charging is worth a fortune to them -- people buy ps3s because of that.

@Pervo

that game was awesome in the arcade. thanks for placing it for me.