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Why? Did the make a pact to stop playing if they won?
Microsoft's hypocrisy is exceptional at times. Trying to paint themselves as the good guys while being brand managers just like every other brand manager out there.
Best thing about MS though are the people on GAF who post stuff like "I believe in/trust Phil Spencer". Believing in what? In that he wants to sell you his product?
Yeah I agree but they weren't talking about expecting a better story. They mostly talked about design and engine/looks.
No, but I'd argue the prominent allure of the series is the elusive chicken dinner. No video series of a game with a (relatively) narrow, singular goal can sustain itself for the long term, imo. So not getting the chicken dinner keeps them (and the audience) hungry.
That's literally what I said.
"while being brand managers just like every other brand manager out there"
SeriuzBiznus
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Eh, sure when you get down to it, he's trying to sell a product, but there's a lot to be said for an executive that understands and is actively engaged with the people he's trying to sell to.
Comparing the strategies and products being pushed in the Mattrick era to what is being sold and produced now with Spencer at the helm is night and day.
When people say they believe/trust in Spencer, they're saying they believe/trust in the products he's representing because they respect him and the decisions he makes as an executive for the Xbox brand.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Twin Tails
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they are faking having fun for sure
I knew it. Nothing gets past me!
I don't think the person who made that tweet understands context. In the interview, he was saying you can play the XBONE early (from the tour locations) without needing to win one from Taco Bell.
Tweeter apparently took that to mean "fuck Taco Bell I'd never partner with those rotten roach factories and PlayStation sux too!"
I guess? To me all of them are companies and brands. They want my money. They aren't my friends and I'd never go as far and say I "trust" a CEO or brand manager. I feel ok saying I trust Nintendo EAD delivering a good Mario game, since that's what they've done time and time again. Kinda like saying I'd trust a film director to make a good film. But I'd never say or think I trust the movie execs from Warnr Bros for instance. That's just a level of engagement I will never have with managers or any brand unless I worked for them.
The guy that delivered the biggest burn this industry has ever seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA
I also like how they decided "No power greater than X" or something to be their dumb marketing slogan. They go all-in on that. And it's so dumb in a good way.
MineralCraver420
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So, I was relistening to the 2015 Day 5 GOTY Podcast, and I was wondering if anyone had actually made the hypothetical GOTY debate card game they mentioned. If it hasn't, how would it work?
If nobody made it, then I'm keen to give it a shot, as I've gotten interested in card game design.
Vacation
I also like how they decided "No power greater than X" or something to be their dumb marketing slogan. They go all-in on that. And it's so dumb in a good way.
Yeah there's a long history of companies sniping their competitors and people love the ice burns so I hope it never changes
No one burns a bridge with Taco Bell though. It's the real Gamer Grub
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
"It's so great that nintendo isn't pushing for microtransactions!"
"Oh wait, that thing is locked from that Amiibo? Awww it's kinda cute I guess that's fine."
As a dyed in the wool Nintendo fan fuck amiibos
How many have you got?
Remember this?
She meant PS4 btw.
But then:
All was good in the end though:
This was more than four years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1StPJgWkN-U
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
"Ugh who would want to play full size console games on the go? Experiences like the 3DS makes much more sense."
"Oh wow it's so great that I can play BotW on the go!"
"Oh wow it's so great that I can play BotW on the go!"
I just wish the Vita had better games. Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Uncharted. These are the "console-like" games I tried and they all sucked.
Persona 4 being the exception. That game is Gold on Vita.
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WHY WASN'T TOYKO JUNGLE ON VITA GOD DAMNIT
Edit: Killzone was pretty good on it though. And Gravity Rush, but I didn't like how that game controlled at all.
i just the game has to be designed right for it.
the fact that the switch offers the tabletop mode as well as the handheld mode (and the obvious tv mode) is so advantageous. splatoon 2 handheld i find a bit irritating and can only really playing singleplayer, but splat2 tabletop... kiss on the cheek to that.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I am mostly joking about that stuff, because I'm not really that delusional about the vita yet, but to me the console experience for the vita were all the JRPGs, Dungeon crawlers and rhythm games, not necessarily the assassin's creed nor the uncharted.
I feel like I'm showing my millennial status here but the Vita was my first experience with PS1 classics like Final Fantasy 7, Wild Arms, Symphony of the Night, Klonoa, etc. So I have a fondness for the thing for allowing me to play these renowned games on the go, even if it ended up being a failure/disappointment.
Piston Hyundai
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As someone who played it on his PSP through the native emulator, that's probably for the best. The game's insanely fickle with its timing, even compared to stuff like Parappa.
Piston Hyundai
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Natural Playboy or 2 Hot?
Liquid Shake
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I also have not played Bust a Groove since release and the music is still embedded in my brain.
Piston Hyundai
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It's a bummer that the second game is better but has worse music
Liquid Shake
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I never played the sequel because it didn't come out in Europe. Probably too late for me to go back now.
You made me bring out the old PSP GO to check but timing wise it seems fine to me.
Parappa is much more of a nightmare.
EDIT: Also Parappa PS4 still being a nightmare with timing sure sucks.
Slimes get bigger if you feed them, they change into different slimes depending on what you give them, veggies, fruits, chickens, other simies.
You put them in their cages and all slimey's are passive, except for tar slimes which fuck up your entire shit if you're not fast enough dealing with them.
That never made sense. The 3DS might have started out with a lil Nintendogs and hopes of replicating DS success before the pivot on price and content, but it founds its success in traditional console experiences like Fire Emblem, MonHun and Zelda. That's been one of my pet peeves in discussions before Switch, when people tried to position the 3DS experience as some fundamentally different thing to consoles.
I dug the Vita too because it offered the possibility of those experiences. Its problem in the end was not about people not wanting to play console-like experiences, but that it mainly got lesser spin-off games, and not enough of them anyway.
Diprosalic
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as long as he can say his piece...
Is "barrack" a verb now? If not, can it be?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It's an Australian thing, don't worry about it.
People don't mind console experiences on the go, they mind pale imitations of console experiences.
My first 3D gta was Vice City Stories on the PSP and I totally loved it. I didn't know how limited it was compared to San Andreas so it didn't make a difference. The problem with the Vita and PSP was lackluster AAA games (more so with the Vita, PSP had some good stuff) since they tried to target that audience.
Who is buying a console for a bad Uncharted game? Even if they love Uncharted is a big ask.
Nintendo put one of the best Zelda games on the system so obviously people will buy it. Doesn't matter if it's portable or not.
My first 3D gta was Vice City Stories on the PSP and I totally loved it. I didn't know how limited it was compared to San Andreas so it didn't make a difference. The problem with the Vita and PSP was lackluster AAA games (more so with the Vita, PSP had some good stuff) since they tried to target that audience.
Who is buying a console for a bad Uncharted game? Even if they love Uncharted is a big ask.
Nintendo put one of the best Zelda games on the system so obviously people will buy it. Doesn't matter if it's portable or not.
It's a verb in the US too but it just means to put a group together in living quarters
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Atlus releasing 3ds and vita games in 2018. 😨😨😨
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