When you have an entire generation growing up with Angry Birds and Cut the Rope it would only make sense that they would target that.
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When you have an entire generation growing up with Angry Birds and Cut the Rope it would only make sense that they would target that.
The last time I went to Dave and Busters, the arcade section was probably the most saddest thing I have ever seen. The restaurant portion was friggin huge though. Meanwhile, there's a small corner with a few games that were hits during the early 2000s when arcade games were on life support. It's a shame
. I spent most of my time on the skeeball games and won my wife a teddy bear and got myself a toosie roll bank.I wonder when giant touchscreen TVs will translate into the home.
Music too. Spotify with its Steam levels of value of product.
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Steam's visual novel section is definitely something.
The last time I went to Dave and Busters, the arcade section was probably the most saddest thing I have ever seen. The restaurant portion was friggin huge though. Meanwhile, there's a small corner with a few games that were hits during the early 2000s when arcade games were on life support. It's a shame
Wow. At least you can always play Rush 2049 at Red Robins nationwide.
The last time I went to Dave and Busters, the arcade section was probably the most saddest thing I have ever seen. The restaurant portion was friggin huge though. Meanwhile, there's a small corner with a few games that were hits during the early 2000s when arcade games were on life support. It's a shame
That's how it was last time I went. But now it's all new and well.... pretty cool! Tons of fucking new games.
The sad thing is that they didn't even have Rush 2049
. Of course they had House of the Dead games though. House of the Dead is to arcades as Half Life 2 is to pc games.
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Mine does.
The sad thing is that they didn't even have Rush 2049
A must play? Because HOTD games <3
I would absolutely prefer Konami keep Kojima and have him make Silent Hills and a bunch of other shit he wants to make than have them fire him and make shallow ass mobile games. I do not give one single fuck about Konami's bottom line, and no consumer should, apart from how the bottom line affects their ability to make things the consumer likes.
They have multiple connected!
hmmm...
I'll probably go to the one in Philly, since me and the wife didn't care for the Jacksonville one.
I think my local Red Robin removed the arcade machines after they remodeled a few months ago. I'll have to check next time I go.
Are people pirating LOL, Dota2, Planetside 2, and CS:GO?
Stuff like workshop support is helping to kill piracy.
People say this but I don't think it will burst.
Their install base is virtually every person in every non-third world country on planet Earth.
It's good fun despite not feeling like it should. I think most if not all renovated D&B have it now.
The sad thing is that they didn't even have Rush 2049
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I think a big part of the problem is that many gamers can't enjoy playing a game unless it has a $200M budget and Nolan North voicing a character. You see this sentiment in the monthly PS+ threads, where "hardcore gamers" lament every free game being offered because they don't feature explosions and gore.
Quite a bit of the third world too. Plenty of countries have skipped over what we'd consider necessary technological development steps and the people just have smartphones.
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I heard that new professional wrestling thing's pretty good, but people say it's all fake...
It's fucking free. Hey they can't all be winners.
of course friend.
HOTD series>>>>>>>>>>
I wish Virtua Cop received the same love in the arcades though....I love that series.
True.
The way Konami handled the whole ordeal was ridiculous, but wasn't the company on the decline as far as sales were concern? Kojima pumping out games that he wanted wouldn't really help the company on a financial level. It would be cool, but the reality is mobile gaming is the hottest thing to hit the industry since Game Genie. Hell, Steam even putting crappy ass F2P mobile games on their store.
The dot com crash happened just after home computers because a common thing for a home. So i think having a massive install base doesn't magically make you too big to fail.
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We see this reflected everywhere. Even people who just watch WWE despite hating it. Worlds apart? Nah, everything's connected...
I just don't feel Konami owes anyone a game. That's what felt so ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, PT going away makes me sad. But if they're not going to make it, they're not going to make it. They don't owe me a game, much like someone doesn't owe me sex because they touched my dick for 3 seconds.
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I should try to get the old light gun games.
bean breath
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Do you still have a CRT tv?
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Dreamcast is a good system, friend. With a...couple light gun games.
House of the Dead 2
Confidential Mission
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I think that might be it.
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The irony is that PS+ has been killing it for the past year. Games like Never Alone, The Unfinished Swan, Valiant Hearts, Rogue Legacy, and The Binding of Isaac Rebirth are better and smarter than shit like Infamous or Killzone or whatever "AAA" game people are clamoring for. But as I've come to suspect, "hardcore gamers" don't actually like games. They like brands, graphics, and publishers.
I never understand with a thing as old as wrestling everytime you mention that you watch or have watched wrestling somebody tells you its fake like they are letting you in on a secret.
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Yeah, it had that dope LA Machineguns/something else 2-pack. Good shit.
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Yup. It is an old one, but it still works nicely. I don't even think you can get CRTs at Goodwill.
Gimmie Point Blank on the PSX.
I got Guacamelee for free! What horrible person can hate that?
"I already played it!"
Oh well...sorry.
edit: Now that my kid is almost 3, I think I might actually dust off the wii. Touch screen games are still probbaly way more intuitive though.
were any of the Silent Scope games on Dreamcast? They were fun as hell in the arcades with that weighty ass mounted rifle light gun.
Of course.
Honestly, the Metal Gear series went out on a high note with Guns of the Patriots. It really didn't need another game at all. The whole argument of "since Konami not supporting us gamers...I'm not buying Metal Gear 5" is a complete oxymoron. You are doing EXACTLY what they want you to do. Stop buying our AAA games and move on.
To be fair, those games sound like the ROH of vidja games.
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I don't recall them at all.
I am getting MGS5. Might even pass it on PC to get it on PS4. Just would feel right.
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God that was fun. Same with Point Black 2 and Time Crisis.
You get to keep it?
I'm being a shithead. But that's like, Guacamelee's 4th or 5th platform release. :|
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The one here has a few all hooked up together. It's surprisingly fun!
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SS1 was, but it didn't use the light gun. Fun game. That Big Snipe Feel.
Man, MGS4...As much as I wanted to love it, there wasn't much gameplay. hurt my soul. fuck Kojima's dumb ass for that stupid-ass act 3 cinema that was about 10 hours long of people cocking guns and stacking up. fuck you shitjima.
No idea about their sales numbers. But if they weren't making money in the console market, it was likely due to mismanagement of their staff and IPs.
I'm just an armchair businessman but I think having a healthy console games division is a valuable resource in the success of your mobile division. Console gamers are a pretty die hard bunch, and if you make something they like, they will be loyal to it. If your IP has buzz and a good reputation with that part of the market, it helps strength the momentum of the IP when you move it into the mobile space.
Final Fantasy: Record Keeper is a mobile game that no one would fucking play if it didn't say "Final Fantasy" on it. But they leveraged their IP, played on nostalgia, and actually made a decently fun game. I see people bumping the FFRK thread with a fair amount of regularity. The game is grindy as all hell (coming from someone that plays FFXIV and Destiny), so I imagine a lot of people are paying for IAP stuff.
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