Now you feel the Phantom Pain etc
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Giant Bomb #17 | Baby Dan Wyckert
- Thread starter Anjin M
- Start date
- Status
Now you feel the Phantom Pain etc
skLaFarebear
Member
Aaaaaaand he's gone :'(
Drew's been lucky. Last two RAWs have been much better than the stuff we've been getting for the last few months. And by better, I mean more watchable besides one or two segments.
It really bums me out that Xavier is treated like a jobber-tier wrestler. The dude had a great match with Cena several weeks ago and never gets to show off his wrestling skill.
Like, he's great on the microphone, sure. But don't treat him like a manager.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Yup nope holy shit that's more money than disney spent for star wars
this is just
what the ever loving fuck
aahhhhh
skLaFarebear
Member
It's really just a testament to how talented he is. He's so good anywhere you put him, even if he's just the comic relief personality of getting destroyed by other wrestlers. I would like to see him in the ring more, but RAW's already got a lot of wrestlers that are good in the ring, but suck on the mic, so I understand why WWE wants him to talk more than actually wrestle.
OdysseusVA
Banned
5.9 BILLION
You know how much anime you buy with that?
You know how much anime you buy with that?
BreezyLimbo
Banned
jeff is hot about it on mixlr
That is an illegal amount of money.
LurkerPrime
Member
Whatchu doin', Activision?
Konami LA were the ones in charge of the PC port, at the very least. Y'know, the ones that skipped their vacations to get the game out on time. I'd assume they were doing all PC-side stuff.
Maybe PC MGO can make Hottest Mess 2016. It's all about Hottest Mess.
Konami LA were the ones in charge of the PC port, at the very least. Y'know, the ones that skipped their vacations to get the game out on time. I'd assume they were doing all PC-side stuff.
Maybe PC MGO can make Hottest Mess 2016. It's all about Hottest Mess.
I knew it; I'll call the cops guys.
Twin Tails
Member
mixlr xlusives
stump sock
Member
dude I get that game makes mad money but how the fuck are you going to recoup 6 billion goddamned dollars?
if my math is correct, that's 3 months of crunchyroll for every single person in the united states
if my math is correct, that's 3 months of crunchyroll for every single person in the united states
skLaFarebear
Member
Oh right. My bad.
I guess they'll spin it off into a bunch of stuff...? They're getting heavy into mobile.
I have no idea and I assume they do before dropping 6 billion on it but even then I'm skeptical you can make that much money back.
EdReedFan20
Member
DEAR LORD! There's no way that stupid Candy Crush is ever going to be as valuable as Star Wars and Indiana Jones will be for Disney. I think Bobby Kotick needs his head checked. This might've made a modicum of sense when people at least cared about Candy Crush. For instance my sister, who does not like video games in the slightest, used to be way into Candy Crush like two years ago. I asked why she didn't play it any more and she told me she just did not like it any more and neither did her friends and co-workers (and she is a grown 30-something year old woman!). She went through the same thing with Draw Something (I think that's what it was called).
And the thing that frustrates me most is that I remember a story that some guy essentially made Candy Crush before King and they shamelessly stole the concept and made it big (and then tried to sue the original guy for copyright infringement!!!). This was just like the crap where the guy made Three's and the knock-off was the one getting all the attention! So, King is getting nearly 6 Billion dollars off of a knock-off product!
you know how theres a bejewelled addon for WoW, they should just do that for all their games
skLaFarebear
Member
Well they bought the development company who made CSS. They obviously have a lot of long term plans for King if Activision is spending 6 billion to acquire them.
wild_fire987
Member
They're only really known for Candy Crush, right? I don't think the name "King" means much to anyone who plays phone games, right? They have to be betting on making back all that money on Candy Crush I guess... Unless they want tech/devs or something...
Remember this the next time someone tells you that games cost too much to make and the poor publishers just can't afford it.
Twin Tails
Member
Candy Crush is a better investment than anime.
Makes me wonder if they're paying for the developers or the IP. I have to assume the latter.
They are also the company that sued The Banner Saga devs over the word Saga. Maybe Activision wants in on that action.
Im sure the company that broke free from the shackles of Microsoft so that they could make and fps with mmo elements didnt need Activision to think up of microtransactions
Incandenza
Banned
5.9 Billion **BEST VALUE**
LurkerPrime
Member
funkystudent
Member
You know the head of King is laughing he was able to get that much.
How are they any different from Zinga or Rovio? I just see another mobile company that is making boat loads of cash around 1 game that might lose all its steam a month from now. Not a wise investment.
How are they any different from Zinga or Rovio? I just see another mobile company that is making boat loads of cash around 1 game that might lose all its steam a month from now. Not a wise investment.
stump sock
Member
they definitely have a bunch of other products but CC is the big one. CC makes about a million dollars a day but even at that rate, and not counting other expenses, it would take 16 years of consistent revenue to get to 5.9 billion.
Yeah that's where I'm at. I don't really understand the casual mobile market and what catches and what doesn't, and capturing the magic a second time seems really fucking difficult. Zynga and Rovio haven't really managed to with Farmville or Angry Birds and have had a bit of a tough time of it.
And six fucking billion jesus christ. This is either genius or pure disaster in the making.
stump sock
Member
someone in the main thread said it would take 5 years at current earnings across all King products to get that money back. and that's if it doesn't go bust at some point.
Somebody will make a joke about Activision changing its name to Aztechnology.
stump sock
Member
also there's a FO4 PC screenshot thread
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1134005
looks considerably less assy with proper lighting and some AA
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1134005
looks considerably less assy with proper lighting and some AA
Piston Hyundai
Member
man, I need a 980
I just ordered a new PC with a 970. This one is old and decrepit and is dying a slow heat death. Stuff should start arriving tomorrow.
Feels good, man.
Chance Hale
Member
980 ti *bites fist*
Hot hot hot!
Would buy another but I'm going to try to wait until Pascal to get into that hot sli action. 60 FPS+(gsync <3) at 1440P is very nice though. And 144 FPS in older/more simple games is stunning. I'm able to play Max Payne 3 at 1440P, 130ish FPS and it feels like a dream. Has really started to change my opinions on framerate over graphics. I mean, I can still deal with 30 FPS but it's never great now.
Hot hot hot!
Would buy another but I'm going to try to wait until Pascal to get into that hot sli action. 60 FPS+(gsync <3) at 1440P is very nice though. And 144 FPS in older/more simple games is stunning. I'm able to play Max Payne 3 at 1440P, 130ish FPS and it feels like a dream. Has really started to change my opinions on framerate over graphics. I mean, I can still deal with 30 FPS but it's never great now.
Do you have a 1440p/144hz monitor or are you downsampeling to 1080p? Or two monitors?
I have a 1440p/60hz and a 1080p/144hz and I've been thinking about getting a 1440/144 but there aren't that many games I'd be able to run maxed on it.
Chance Hale
Member
I have the first Rog Swift that came out last year. 1440P, 144Hz with your choice of either gsync or light in motion(comes with both, but can't use both at the same time)
Also have a 4K TV that can go up to 60 hz but lol at finding new games that can run at 60 FPS without drops. And given gsync obviously doesn't exist for TVs it's more of a future proofing thing. Although it's a good quality TV in general so it's nice to have for the consoles even at 1080P. Would have waited but the TV I'd been using died and I had a lot more spare money when I bought it
Of course it can also be used at 1080P but I'd rather use my monitor for most PC games so I can play with a mouse or experience higher framerates.
Also have a 4K TV that can go up to 60 hz but lol at finding new games that can run at 60 FPS without drops. And given gsync obviously doesn't exist for TVs it's more of a future proofing thing. Although it's a good quality TV in general so it's nice to have for the consoles even at 1080P. Would have waited but the TV I'd been using died and I had a lot more spare money when I bought it
and then I got laid off a month later
SatelliteOfLove
Member
It's probably the Notch thing all over again. Looking to sell, but gets WAY more then expected.
They could have rented the Staples Center a few times for that money.
Amazing.
giant_frying_pan
Member
Unfortunately, Broussard is as good as confirmed when it comes to layoff news
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked