Comments on: Eight new stories 23.10

By: Corn Dog

Corn Dog — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:40:17 +0000

Wow I always wondered how games like gears of war got such high and mostly perfect scores and then suddenly fell. Sounds like the same is happening to PS3 now. I’m not sure about the game(LBP) not being released. Because I see way to many people on other sites claiming to have the game in the UK a day before it was recalled. Maybe all those people are pirates? But I would wonder how many xbox fanboys would be burning a pirate game of a system they dislike. I have seen people reviewing saying blue dragon has no summon spells in meta reviews (it does have them) and dog the game for being a action rpg (it is not) and generally smell of ps3fan boys. So I would not dought it happening the other way around. Can we just grow up!

By: woodins

woodins — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:41:59 +0000

The new Lite-On drives are a step in the right direction. Although i expect them to be fully hacked in 2009 (currently, people have to swap the drives out for older toshiba and samsung models – a tricky option, and dangerous as these drives are far less reliable and it also makes them more prone to being detected on LIVE). I think the intrinsic reliability of the LIVE service itsel fhas put alot of people off taking the piracy route. One perosn i know who has his 360 “flashed” never goes online with a pirated disc in his machine for fear of being caught one day wiht the “ban hammer”. However, games like Oblivion and Mass Effect need authentication online at least once in order to use the added DLC (Which isnt just a shiny new sword or gun, but increased gameplay). I perosnally wouldn’t want to risk it for that reason, that and the fact the developemt costs of games like Mass Effect and Fallout3 are just horrific, and the developers deserve financial renumeration for their hard-work. Look at the PC . . . . . If you dont like MMO’s, theres nothing really worth playing on it right now.

Another reason why the digital distribution route will one day become a mainstay . . . . . . .

By: Rodders

Rodders — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:00:26 +0000

I’m quite taken aback that Bruce sees fit to mention piracy on handhelds and yet fails to mention the situation concerning the DS in favour of mentioning the PSP.

In this instance Bruce, I think you’ve said more by what you chose *not* to say than by what you did.

Bruce, you make many empassioned statements regarding piracy situation. Could you enlighten some of your readers as to the situation on PS3? Blu-ray being a new format must be both momentary sanctuary for developers and an irresistible challenge to pirates.

By: BC

BC — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:33:21 +0000

First of all …it would really help if they would crack down on the leaks in the first place. Piracy is bad enough, but being able to get the game before it is even released is way worse because you don’t even get the first day take up of a game.

There isn’t really much that microsoft can do about 360 piracy. By the sounds of it the modchips avoid any software focusing purely on the dvd drive (don’t quote me, I’ve not really researched it apart from looking at one advert before posting this), so even firmware updates and live probably can’t stop it. Even if that could happen, it would just be a delaying tactic.

The only thing that can really be done is adding lots of multiplayer and online features, just like the PCs are doing, but online isn’t as widely used on the 360 as the PC so a lot of people will be left out in the cold.

So yeah, nothing can be done …the only saving grace for MS is that everything else will eventually be cracked too. Until then PS3 will probably suffer more because 360 will be taken up faster since its cheaper and can be modded.

As I’ve said before, I think piracy is something that should be fought to curb it, but accepted as a common practice that can’t be avoided. As long as they don’t go about punishing their paying customers like DRMs on PC do they should still make plenty of sales.

70% of a lot vs. 100% of little