It's funny how people justify the price by breaking it down to smaller and smaller increments. Just 2.3 cents an hour for the first year!!
I always evaluate everything I buy on a yearly cost, which is ~$200 for the first year. I have no problem with people paying that if they feel like it's worth it. Personally, I think subscriptions suck purely because they make me feel guilty for not playing or playing something else. I feel like I'm wasting money.
...and it turns out that our top 3 players just happen to be some 'Interns' that we recently hired to help us study how professional gamers play FPS's.
I think that EA is okay with other services providing the initial game to customers, they still need them. Once the game is actually installed though they want to reap 100% of the profits from that point forward. 'restricts ability to support players' has nothing to do with it (marketing spin).
....And if they can get you to switch over to use their own "Origin" service in the future, more the better for EA. Problem for EA is, EA's older digital distribution services sucked and I'm ready for history to repeat itself.
I have a ton of fun playing this on xbox still. The weapon/suit customizations add a lot of flexibility and the ability to bring in turrets/mechs adds a little strategy. Plus, I never seem to get tired of entering the level from orbit at mach 6.
Awesome game, picked up the DLC last night. The spells combos are permanetly engraved in my mind now. If the devs would just work out a couple more bugs in the MP it would be perfect.
In the original Crysis, one of the bizzare things was how you always had to remember to de-cloak before you fired or, you'd zero your energy and then, de-cloak due to no energy (followed by a likely death). I guess the billion dollar suit hasn't figured out how to do that yet.
MP for Crysis had the worst hacks/cheats since Diablo I, it was bad...really, really bad. Also, some pretty horrible hit detection and bad balancing. It was sad because the rest of the game was pretty awesome. I would absolutely never pre-order this one though; I want to see what the forums look like 1 month after release first.
Who cares about the cover? The lack of kinect support is the bigger news. Huge miss for me and I won't buy it. Sounds like they just wanted another pay day.
Terraria goes retail in EU with 'Collector's Edition' on March 16
Jan 27th 2012 1:21PM (Joystiq)Vita's Table Soccer AR game laid out on video
Jan 12th 2012 8:36PM (Joystiq)Kind of looks like it forgot where the cards were just then :\
Star Wars: The Old Republic launching Dec. 20, starts at $15 per month
Sep 24th 2011 1:01PM (Joystiq)I always evaluate everything I buy on a yearly cost, which is ~$200 for the first year. I have no problem with people paying that if they feel like it's worth it. Personally, I think subscriptions suck purely because they make me feel guilty for not playing or playing something else. I feel like I'm wasting money.
YMMV
Notch challenges Bethesda to Quake 3 deathmatch for 'Scrolls' trademark
Aug 17th 2011 1:18PM (Joystiq)Game On!
Battlefield 3 won't be sold on Steam; EA claims service 'restricts our ability to directly support players'
Aug 6th 2011 8:17AM (Joystiq)....And if they can get you to switch over to use their own "Origin" service in the future, more the better for EA. Problem for EA is, EA's older digital distribution services sucked and I'm ready for history to repeat itself.
Section 8: Prejudice getting new maps and mode this month
Jul 9th 2011 10:54PM (Joystiq)Magicka 'Marshlands' and 'Caverns' challenge maps now on Steam
Apr 27th 2011 12:27PM (Joystiq)Keep bringing the DLC!
Mortal Kombat video ups the voltage with Raiden
Mar 19th 2011 12:00PM (Joystiq)Crysis 2 multiplayer preview: Situational shooter
Jan 24th 2011 1:37PM (Joystiq)MP for Crysis had the worst hacks/cheats since Diablo I, it was bad...really, really bad. Also, some pretty horrible hit detection and bad balancing. It was sad because the rest of the game was pretty awesome. I would absolutely never pre-order this one though; I want to see what the forums look like 1 month after release first.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 brings Masters Tournament to consoles March 29
Jan 4th 2011 8:45PM (Joystiq)http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/videogames/blog/_/name/thegamer/id/5988065/tiger-12-does-not-support-kinect