Hot Coldman
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Lococycle looks so embarrassed to be a game.
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Giant Bomb #6 | You'd be hard pressed to find 10 better threads this year.
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Fotheringay
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Perhaps now at the end of the 360's lifespan Live Gold membership is down, but I knew literally no one that didn't have Gold from probably '07-'10. For all the non-PC gamer friends I knew, Live Gold was THE REASON to get a 360 at the start of this generation.
http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-brief/60687-xbox-live-users-topple-40-million
from last year,
So that's 26 million that have never even been online. Probably halve the 40 million for 20 million gold subs.
MS was fucking insane with that DRM.
from last year,
So that's 26 million that have never even been online. Probably halve the 40 million for 20 million gold subs.
MS was fucking insane with that DRM.
Oh yeah, totally. But like everything with the 360, it went cold towards the end of the gen.
Wait. Patrick asked that? Just a couple of months ago he talked at length about how he let his Gold sub lapse and wasn't interested in it and it was a waste. Are you sure it was Patrick?
But with PS+ you also get some pretty awesome benefits in the form of free and discounted games. And no, you don't get to keep the free stuff forever, but you still get to play a bunch of games for nothing more than the cost of your subscription. We'll see if MS manages to catch up with that when they detail their Free with Gold stuff next year.
YES.
He also talked about the fact it wasn't a factor for him because he receives a 1y gold card from Microsoft every christmas.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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This'll probably be my last year of having Gold. I'm not planning on getting an xbone, and I rarely play multiplayer games, and if I do I generally don't play them for long. The main services I use that require gold are Netflix, Amazon, and HBOGo. I can use Netflix and Amazon on my PS3 or buy a Roku if it came to that. All I'll really be missing out on is HBOGo (fuck you Comcast).
That is just incredibly hypercritical.
Uncle Rupee
Banned
Giant Bomb's ql of Crimson Dragon is up
Looks decent so far. Definitely shows its 360 roots, but not a bad looking game.
hm... not liking that there's so much store stuff... gated levels... etc. DLC shit...
Why can't they just make it like the old ones? All this stuff just gets in the way of this sort of game!!
Don't like that you can't quickly shift your view with the shoulder buttons.
Looks decent so far. Definitely shows its 360 roots, but not a bad looking game.
hm... not liking that there's so much store stuff... gated levels... etc. DLC shit...
Why can't they just make it like the old ones? All this stuff just gets in the way of this sort of game!!
Don't like that you can't quickly shift your view with the shoulder buttons.
I'll have to listen to that part because honestly that sounds decidedly un-Patrick.
Please be joking.
MiniBossBattle
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Wow, even my Mircosoft friend doesn't get free 1 year every christmas
I get my free XBLG at GDC events but give it to my friends.
Thanks! It was a great night out.
That is absolutely hilarious.
And yeah, Patricks comments on gold seem incredibly off base.
This wasn't in the podcast. It was in a jar time or a morning show a couple of months ago. Can't remember where/when exactly.
And don't get me wrong, I don't care if journalists are getting free Gold, they need it for work anyway. What bothers me is when said journalists keep repeating that cost of live or price of games (versus length for example) is a non issue.
funkystudent
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You mean Patrick "We haven't done a story about the 1080p vrs 720p difference because doesn't matter since I have a 720p TV" Klepek?
Granted he kind of owned up to his mistakes for that one.
CrunchinJelly
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Patrick comes back for one week and look what happens here...
base shagohod
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Nice, I'll check em out. Thanks!
It was really bizarre owning a 360 after I stopped paying for gold. You just couldn't access half of some of the games you paid for because you don't subscribe to some additional bullshit. It still makes sense to subscribe if you play a ton of multiplayer games, but if you just want to play some FIFA or Street Fighter online every once in a while, $60 a year is a joke. The fact that you can't even play any sort of unranked, non-matchmaking multiplayer is just so odd.
That's not even mentioning all the non-gaming stuff that they hide behind the paywall.
Patrick Klepek
furiously molesting tim burton
Not true.
Definitely received a code or two over the years, but I stopped cashing them in and giving them to friends.
Regarding that XBL comment specifically, it wasn't about "why doesn't everyone pay?" and more of a "given how many features are behind Gold, it would surprise me if most people weren't paying for Gold."
You sure do love a dog pile, though.
I don't know. Kind of. Saying you were wrong and learning and progressing from it are two different things. Hearing his XBL comments makes you think he might not be taking criticisms to heart just as much as he says he is.
maquiladora
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Yeah I always thought that would be the case.
Hey, I kind of want to play Killer Instinct now. I don't know much about KI, but that quick look made it look pretty rad. The music thing actually seemed pretty awesome, haha.
Yes, your feelings are accurate.
rakkadakka
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It's so easy to get Gold on sale over the course of a year, cheaper MSRP doesn't have to translate into actual price paid.
I've never paid more than $40 for it over the course of my Xbox.
A Chromecast is less than $40 one time fee and lets me do media stuff.
rakkadakka
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Sure, and I have one of them too, but that's not what I was addressing.
SuperSonic1305
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Resogun currently has a higher metacritic than Forza 5. What a twist!
Graphically speaking, Forza kind of looks bland, and it's feature-light compared to previous versions. I think it's safe to say that no launch game on either console is a system seller.
funkystudent
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Turn 10 should have made the cars out of Voxels.
RaySpencer
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I feel like you guys are reading too much into Patricks comment, the tone of it made it sound like a little joking quip that he just threw out there without much thought.
Maybe I should listen to that part again though, but I don't have a time stamp for it.
Maybe I should listen to that part again though, but I don't have a time stamp for it.
I agree, but it is worth discussing, and Patrick is asking for responses on twitter.
SuperSonic1305
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How do we know that's the real Patrick? Maybe he got kidnapped on his way to San Francisco and replaced by a robot.
shadyspace
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*I'm* embarrassed it's a game. Go pitch a show to Adult Swim if you guys think you're so fucking funny.
WrenchNinja
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What is the breakdown of Gold subscribers, Silver users, and non account using 360 owners? Maybe you should inquire about that.Not true.
Definitely received a code or two over the years, but I stopped cashing them in and giving them to friends.
Regarding that XBL comment specifically, it wasn't about "why doesn't everyone pay?" and more of a "given how many features are behind Gold, it would surprise me if most people weren't paying for Gold."
You sure do love a dog pile, though.
I can appreciate Dark Souls for what it is, especially after putting in 15 hours or so, but c'mon! Game of the generation?! Ehhh.
LoLS is an awesome feature though
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I can appreciate Dark Souls for what it is, especially after putting in 15 hours or so, but c'mon! Game of the generation?! Ehhh.
LoLS is an awesome feature though
15 hours of a 90 hour game is nothing.
Not true.
Definitely received a code or two over the years, but I stopped cashing them in and giving them to friends.
Regarding that XBL comment specifically, it wasn't about "why doesn't everyone pay?" and more of a "given how many features are behind Gold, it would surprise me if most people weren't paying for Gold."
You sure do love a dog pile, though.
I haven't listened the the podcast yet to see whether the way it's being interpreted makes sense, but I'm kind of with you here. Why would you not have gold if you have an Xbox at this point?
Of course, I also seriously question why anybody would buy an Xbox at this point.
None of your friends have Gold either and you don't want to play online as a result.
Backfoggen
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LocoCycle looks like a game that tries to be so bad it's good but it just looks like it's so bad it's extra bad.
Adult swim games are awesome nowadays though
Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe and Super House of Dead Ninjas are both really god damned cool games.
Yeah. I played one mission and it's kinda fun, but it will be the same over and over again, it's the trademarked twisted pixel gameplay.
Hot Coldman
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Adult Swim are a better game publisher than a TV network-thing nowadays, part of that I think is down to the lack of crossover tonally between their shows and the games they choose to publish.
That said, I would love a NTSF:SUV::SUV game. Possibly in the vein of Tex Murphy.
To be fair it doesn't change dramatically. You could argue the level design gets progressivly worse. If you love it after 15 hours then likely you will continue to love it and vice versa.
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