Comments on: Eight news stories 4.9 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/09/04/eight-news-stories-49/ A veteran's view on marketing games Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: rkt42 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/09/04/eight-news-stories-49/comment-page-1/#comment-3184 rkt42 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:23:21 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=849#comment-3184 Yeah, sure, because the GoW2 is not coming out for the PC because of piracy. No, let me rephrase that: yeah, sure, GoW2 won't come out for PC. Didn't they say the same about the first one?. In any case, if GoW2 for PC is like the first one, nobody should pay for it (nor pirate it!). Loads of bugs, boring, Games for Windows Live, consolized gameplay. There are lots of better games in our little PC "cul-de-sac". Every article I get more amazed at you, Bruce. I don't know if you are trying to make a point, or you simply can't see the industry as it is know. I guess if you are going to keep speaking about piracy without even trying to look at the roots like a Republican mumbles talking points, there is no need for me to keep your feed in my reader. Not that you'll miss many of us, though. BTW, that wonderful DRM that made me decide not to buy Spore?. Broken before launch. So, they lost a load of customers for nothing. Another victory for EA and the advocates of DRM. Yeah, sure, because the GoW2 is not coming out for the PC because of piracy.

No, let me rephrase that: yeah, sure, GoW2 won’t come out for PC. Didn’t they say the same about the first one?.

In any case, if GoW2 for PC is like the first one, nobody should pay for it (nor pirate it!). Loads of bugs, boring, Games for Windows Live, consolized gameplay. There are lots of better games in our little PC “cul-de-sac”.

Every article I get more amazed at you, Bruce. I don’t know if you are trying to make a point, or you simply can’t see the industry as it is know. I guess if you are going to keep speaking about piracy without even trying to look at the roots like a Republican mumbles talking points, there is no need for me to keep your feed in my reader. Not that you’ll miss many of us, though.

BTW, that wonderful DRM that made me decide not to buy Spore?. Broken before launch. So, they lost a load of customers for nothing. Another victory for EA and the advocates of DRM.

]]> By: BC http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/09/04/eight-news-stories-49/comment-page-1/#comment-3183 BC Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:06:02 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=849#comment-3183 Word of mouth is Google marketing. It's nice and cheap, stops them looking like the corporate machine it really is, they haven't been accused of monopolising the industry yet, and they seem to be doing quite well without marketing. As for Gears of War 2, GoW 1 wasn't going to come out on PC either. It did. So will GoW2. Word of mouth is Google marketing. It’s nice and cheap, stops them looking like the corporate machine it really is, they haven’t been accused of monopolising the industry yet, and they seem to be doing quite well without marketing.

As for Gears of War 2, GoW 1 wasn’t going to come out on PC either.

It did.

So will GoW2.

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