[quote name='Wombat']I won't even wait to get home, I found a computer here in Maine but I don't have much time with it. So here goes, although it it is nice to see how one sentence said in the CAGcast can turn two threads into a tizzy, I will admit that its not the best arguement (in fact its terrible arguement) nor was it at least (as I thought) my main arguement. My biggest gripe is that although right now the game is new hotness on the PS3, once that luster dies down, people will stop playing it and when people stop playing a game that is basically online only then normally that would be time to trade it in. But hold your horses people that spent 40 bucks, which to this CheapAssGamer is alot of money, to download the game, you have nothing to trade. Thats my big gripe not file size forget I said file size lets focus on whats important....
Are people who bought this going to feel like they made a mistake buying this when this game has the amount of people playing online as say Calling All Cars does currently when they could have saved their 40 bucks for something else?[/quote]
Because it's not like there's a version you could buy in stores that would allow you to trade it in if you feel like it? Don't want to buy without trying it out first? Rent it. You didn't want to pay $40 to try it out, so you can spend a few bucks and get a good feel for it and go from there. I know it sounds crazy, but that may just work.
The game's not online-only,
just multiplayer-only, so the fun doesn't rely on Sony's server. Hell, you don't even need Sony's servers to play online, as anybody can use their own PS3 to host games outside of Sony's servers.
One sentence? You kept reiterating it over and over again. If it wasn't your main argument, it wouldn't have mentioned more than once. I listened to the show again to make sure I had this right, and you definitely had that "I'm going to intentionally be an annoying dick to Cheapy" tone when Warhawk was brought up first or when you changed the topic to Warhawk later on in the show.
"Now think of what you just said there. Okay? 'There are demos on Xbox Live that are bigger, that are free.' Why is this $40?"
"Oh please, if five people buy it, they'll have made more money on this thing than they should. $40 for a game that's less than a gig. It's criminal."
"I'm opinionated about the size of the game for the price."
And then when Cheapy was talking about the Call of Duty 4 beta and you interrupted with this:
Wombat: "Is it better than Warhawk?"
Cheapy: "It's better than Warhawk."
Wombat: "So your free beta is better than your $40 Warhawk?"
Cheapy: "No, no, no. I'm saying that the potential..."
Wombat: "I'm asking, is the beta that you're playing more fun and more rewarding than Warhawk?"
Cheapy: "I hate you."
Wombat: "Your free beta...or your $40 Warhawk, that once people decide they don't feel like playing that anymore because it's online-only is gonna be worthless?"
Cheapy: "But the beta's going go away soon."
Wombat: "But by then, you'll have Halo 3."
Cheapy: "I don't know. *stutters* I like Warhawk, okay? Stop putting my nuts to the grindstone."
Wombat: "I like it when I'm right."
I've never heard anyone say $40 so much in one show. If you're so worried about not being able to trade in the downloadable version, buy the retail version. It's not a hard concept to grasp, but it seems like you ignored it for the sake of your argument. Don't want to pay the money without trying it out first? Rent it. It sucks that there's no demo for those on the fence, but there are options if you must try it out first.
How quickly did Calling All Cars reach practically no one online? I want to know so we, you specifically, can see if you're anywhere near right about it being that much of a flop. By the way, were you this bitchy about Shivering Isles not being able to trade it in when it came out earlier this year? This just seems a little out of the ordinary for you in the bitching category.