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Starcraft was no game, it was a movement. I didn't touch PC games but I played Starcraft.
Activision Calling for Console Price Cuts
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[quote name='DPsx7']I don't see you with much of a counter argument. Perhaps there isn't one? Activision has hurt themselves by being stagnant. There's really nothing else to blame.[/QUOTE]
The counterargument was practically everything before your post.
The counterargument was practically everything before your post.
[quote name='DPsx7']Technically they aren't even Activision games. But no, RTS's aren't that entertaining. I only played one or two. And if they were doing so well then why is Activision whining? Talk your way out of that one...[/QUOTE]
Before I start this, let me say that I believe that you are being deliberately obtuse in order to stir up shit on the internet. If I'm falling for your trap, bravo, you got me.
I don't really enjoy football games. I like watching the sport on TV but every time I try and pick up a football videogame, it falls flat for me. I can never seem to find the balance between utterly destroying the computer and getting raped 56-0 in my first preseason game. Multiplayer is similarly difficult because inevitably, every Madden game has a few key plays that work very well an inordinate amount of the time. As I'm not up to date with the games, I don't know what those plays are or how to defend against them and wind up being demolished without really understanding why.
All that aside, I cannot discount the success of the Madden franchise. It rakes in tons of money for EA and that money comes from people who genuinely find a game that I find dull, enthralling. For me, football games aren't entertaining. For millions of other people, they are the highlight of their videogame playing year.
You don't find RTS' entertaining. Millions of other people, myself included when the mood strikes, do. Your statement that, "I only played one or two." indicates that your opinion on the entertainment value of RTS games is a shallow one. There's nothing wrong with that, I certainly don't spend hours and hours getting frustrated at football games to validate my personal opinion on them. At the same time, I'm not arrogant enough to declare football games dull simply because I don't enjoy them.
Activision is full of shit, that much I certainly agree with you on and their whining is laughable. I don't think that the whining comes from their resident RTS gods, Blizzard. Blizzard divorced itself from consoles a decade ago (if not more) and haven't looked back. In a world of diminished PC gaming, Blizzard managed to cultivate and maintain a staggeringly successful MMORPG while simultaneously supporting older titles and developing new ones.
Like what you want to like but dismissing franchises like Diablo and Starcraft off hand is akin to an art critic writing off Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel by saying, "This painting is too old to be good."
Before I start this, let me say that I believe that you are being deliberately obtuse in order to stir up shit on the internet. If I'm falling for your trap, bravo, you got me.
I don't really enjoy football games. I like watching the sport on TV but every time I try and pick up a football videogame, it falls flat for me. I can never seem to find the balance between utterly destroying the computer and getting raped 56-0 in my first preseason game. Multiplayer is similarly difficult because inevitably, every Madden game has a few key plays that work very well an inordinate amount of the time. As I'm not up to date with the games, I don't know what those plays are or how to defend against them and wind up being demolished without really understanding why.
All that aside, I cannot discount the success of the Madden franchise. It rakes in tons of money for EA and that money comes from people who genuinely find a game that I find dull, enthralling. For me, football games aren't entertaining. For millions of other people, they are the highlight of their videogame playing year.
You don't find RTS' entertaining. Millions of other people, myself included when the mood strikes, do. Your statement that, "I only played one or two." indicates that your opinion on the entertainment value of RTS games is a shallow one. There's nothing wrong with that, I certainly don't spend hours and hours getting frustrated at football games to validate my personal opinion on them. At the same time, I'm not arrogant enough to declare football games dull simply because I don't enjoy them.
Activision is full of shit, that much I certainly agree with you on and their whining is laughable. I don't think that the whining comes from their resident RTS gods, Blizzard. Blizzard divorced itself from consoles a decade ago (if not more) and haven't looked back. In a world of diminished PC gaming, Blizzard managed to cultivate and maintain a staggeringly successful MMORPG while simultaneously supporting older titles and developing new ones.
Like what you want to like but dismissing franchises like Diablo and Starcraft off hand is akin to an art critic writing off Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel by saying, "This painting is too old to be good."
[quote name='jkanownik']Wii Cycle to 'Fade Meaningfully' in 2010, Aggressive Price Cuts Needed, says Analyst
Rumor has is that Mr. Kotick kidnapped Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey's puppy and threatened to kill it in order to get him to make this statement.[/QUOTE]
He also said software price cuts... software prices keep going up (first from $50 to $60, then DLC, then plastic bundles, then CE from $70 to $80/$90/$100/$150, now even more DLC per game) yet hardware has already gone down significantly...
Rumor has is that Mr. Kotick kidnapped Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey's puppy and threatened to kill it in order to get him to make this statement.[/QUOTE]
He also said software price cuts... software prices keep going up (first from $50 to $60, then DLC, then plastic bundles, then CE from $70 to $80/$90/$100/$150, now even more DLC per game) yet hardware has already gone down significantly...
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[quote name='lokizz']dropping console prices further wont help things imo. if you havent bought a consle by now youre either saving up to get one or you plan on getting one after the next gen comes out. like many of you mentioned game prices dictate sales more than the console prices at this point on top of that add to the equation the inevitable dlc prices that come up and theres the reason why their games might not sell as well as they want. that and those games that require special peripherals.
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Dropping console prices further would help but not as much as not gouging customers with current software prices and DLC.
ps2 140 million
gc 22 million
Xbox 24 million
186 million
PS3 33.5 million
360 39 million
Wii 67 million
139.5
There's still room for a lot more sales, enough that there is still leverage with more console price drops, especially when you consider the expansion of the market because of the Wii. There's also the people who wish to buy multiple consoles who are waiting for the next price drop.
[quote name='Halo05']Activision is full of shit, that much I certainly agree with you on and their whining is laughable. I don't think that the whining comes from their resident RTS gods, Blizzard. Blizzard divorced itself from consoles a decade ago (if not more) and haven't looked back.
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This time the whining did come from Blizzard.
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Dropping console prices further would help but not as much as not gouging customers with current software prices and DLC.
ps2 140 million
gc 22 million
Xbox 24 million
186 million
PS3 33.5 million
360 39 million
Wii 67 million
139.5
There's still room for a lot more sales, enough that there is still leverage with more console price drops, especially when you consider the expansion of the market because of the Wii. There's also the people who wish to buy multiple consoles who are waiting for the next price drop.
[quote name='Halo05']Activision is full of shit, that much I certainly agree with you on and their whining is laughable. I don't think that the whining comes from their resident RTS gods, Blizzard. Blizzard divorced itself from consoles a decade ago (if not more) and haven't looked back.
"[/QUOTE]
This time the whining did come from Blizzard.
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