So is there a major North American sports league with competing titles this year, or have exclusive licenses and crappy dev work ruined it for everyone?
In the time I ran the local Gamestop, we had a higher rate of returns on MadCatz controllers (this was 2005-2007, so they may have gotten better, I don't know). In the era of PS2/Xbox/Gamecube, first-party controllers were better values - you spent twice the money and got a product that lasted four times as long.
Collector's Editions come in two varieties: a waste of money, or completely unfair advantage. The vast majority of Collector's Editions fall into the first category. They charge an extra $10-$20 for a DVD, a trinket, and maybe a poster. I've lost count of the number of titles which have been sold with this crap. A few years ago when I ran the local Gamestop, I usually recommended that customers skip a collector's Edition unless it gave actual additional game content. But then, on occasion, you get the second category, as was the case with Battlefield: Bad Company. The premium weapons were entirely unbalancing.
It's hard to get this balance right, and I can't think of a title which did.
Ah, but that is the beauty of the 40k universe. There are no good guys, only varying degrees of bad guys. The fluff on the Imperium of Man is actually rather depressing, which is why the Tau have become so popular, I'd wager
2K Sports on NBA Elite: We 'don't care' if EA Sports has a basketball game
Jun 9th 2011 10:40PM (Joystiq)Flight game 'War Wings: Hell Catz' coming from ... Mad Catz
Jun 4th 2011 9:38AM (Joystiq)In the time I ran the local Gamestop, we had a higher rate of returns on MadCatz controllers (this was 2005-2007, so they may have gotten better, I don't know). In the era of PS2/Xbox/Gamecube, first-party controllers were better values - you spent twice the money and got a product that lasted four times as long.
Mass Effect's Normandy SR2 is ready to dock (on your desk)
May 3rd 2011 8:50PM (Joystiq)Battlefield 3 incorporates animation tech used in EA Sports games
Mar 1st 2011 7:52PM (Joystiq)Minecraft to enter Beta phase Dec. 20, modder support coming in future updates
Dec 11th 2010 1:08PM (Joystiq)One million Xbox 360s sold down under
Apr 21st 2010 8:51AM (Joystiq)LEGO Harry Potter Collector's Edition magically increases the price by $20
Apr 21st 2010 8:47AM (Joystiq)It's hard to get this balance right, and I can't think of a title which did.
BBC bringing Doctor Who: The Adventure Games to PC, Mac
Apr 8th 2010 11:28AM (Joystiq)Sid Meier talks player psychology and the year of Civilization
Mar 14th 2010 10:24PM (Joystiq)'Chaos Rising' in Dawn of War II on March 11
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