but do those people play games? That's the question we should ask.
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STEAM | October 2014 - Proper PC gamers buy a Wii U and Bayonetta 2
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but do those people play games? That's the question we should ask.
Is that Avatar thing pretty popular in the US then? I think I know that Korra is a character from that from seeing it mentioned on here, but I wouldn't know otherwise. I don't think it's big in the UK. Unless I'm just not in the right age bracket for it, I'm 30. I don't think anyone I know is familiar with it but I'm sure it's probably shown on TV here somewhere. Would people know that Korra is an Avatar thing if they'd only heard of Avatar? Then again, I don't think I know anyone who'd be picking up Bayonetta 2 so I'm not sure whose side I'm supporting. I think most of the people I know would be a little embarrassed picking up Bayonetta if they saw it.
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lol why? It's not like picking up a spongebob videogame or stuff like that.
In terms of offical support in the drivers without you having to do anything? Mordor - No, Ryse - No, Metro 2033 and Last Light vanilla/Redux - Yes/Yes. Final Fantasy XIII - No and Arkham Origins - Yes.
You can use workaround for Mordor and Ryse that will involve using Nvidia Inspector and amending the settings there to get them to work but solutions to either don't scale properly and have rendering errors unlike officially supported profiles. According to someone at WB/Monolith they are working on it for Mordor and I'd expect Crytek to get something sorted for Ryse in the very near future. Then again you might not be as fussy as me as can live with the side effects. Dead Rising 3 for example won't get support from Capcom Vancover but does work using the SLI bits from Arkham Origins but scale only between 60-90% of your cards and you have to lower shadow quality not to have a flickering light show going on.
Final Fantasy XIII to be fair I doubt anybody has tried as it doesn't exactly need a high end card to run high resolutions let alone 2. Plus being an engine with only a handful of releases on PC there's not a lot of existing games to go on and both FXIV and DQX don't officially support SLI. Then again I was running 3840x2160 on a single 780 without any trouble until one area and then after I got out of that it went back to 60fps (well until the HUD and damage numbers shits the bed).
Well, I admittedly don't know much about the game, but it looks like a sexy schoolteacher lady whose hair is her clothes and it comes off her to attack people? Is that right? Imagine telling someone who doesn't play games that that's the game you're buying. They'd probably be embarrassed buying a Spongebob game too, but for different reasons.
This made me laugh because it's true, i would of added neckbeards in as-well.
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Five platforms to one, it's that not hard to outsell Bayo 2.
oh that's not what I was talking about, of course it'll outsell Bayo, not only it will be available everywhere, it's cheap compared to Bayo. We were talking about popularity of Korra vs Bayo.
We're all fedora wearing neckbeards, at least in spirit.
But how many of the mods are 'informing' GAF about Korra?
Be interesting to see what happens to those that buy Korra but don't get a WiiU & Bayonetta 2.
Especially because Bayo 2 sold 4 copies in Japan and will sell maybe 12 in the rest of the world, 8 of which will be bought by Zeliard.
That's exactly what it is, but gamers have decided that Bayonetta is "empowering", and not embarassing and sexist, for no logical reason whatsoever. I'm not sure the rest of the world agrees and I would never be seen holding a copy of it.
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From Wikipedia:
Shame that Nick treats the show like shit, screwed up Book 3's schedule and Book 4 was not aired on cable at all.
Don't ban me Zeliard!
I think Avatar and Korra has it largest fan base here in the US. Maybe some in Canada and Japan. But yeah I wouldn't expect that many people to know about it outside of the US. The two shows appear on Nickelodeon which is a kids-teens channel. So I would put most of the demographic between 8-25. But its not unheard of to hear about older fans since the two shows deal with a lot of real world problems, political and all that, mixed in a fantasy setting.
Though I have to say Avatar was geared more toward 10-15 years old, while Korra presents more mature themes and conflicts, more for 16+.
I'm guessing its the creators way of letting the franchise grow with it audience.
I highly recommend it to everyone, if you aren't one of those people who hates anime/cartoon. I think you would love Avatar/Korra. Just make sure you watch it in order.
Its the 21st century, unless you live in a very poor developing country, living in poverty or Amish. There are a lot of people that play video games. And yes Angry Birds included.
No one gives a shit that you're not buying Bayonetta. And if you're that spinless that you really can't enjoy something because of what someone would think then you're not really going to have much of a life.
And I'm saying this as someone who won't buy Bayonetta because I don't own a Wii U. And I don't buy scantily clad anime stuff either. But I wouldn't hesitate if I wanted to.
And I'm saying this as someone who won't buy Bayonetta because I don't own a Wii U. And I don't buy scantily clad anime stuff either. But I wouldn't hesitate if I wanted to.
I don't think anyone here have a problem with anyone who want to buy Bayonetta. And if you wanna buy softcore anime stuff then that's your business and freedom to of course.
Just like Milamber has the freedom to play those games he loves so much.
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Some people on gaf think their favorite Japanese developers can do no wrong, so they would defend them to their last breaths.
Search MGSV Quiet's design thread for more examples.
It has an embargo date? I thought it was just lack of coverage in general.
It's just too quiet to even consider a possibility that there wasn't one. IGN for example has covered the game up until now with dev interviews and whatnot so a review is the natural follow-up to that.
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I mean you can't give them money for it in steam yet even if you wanted to so it probably isn't that big of a deal.
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*Went to IGN to check it out*
So there's an "It exists" article, one very early hands-on, screenshot article that contains very little information and Activision's promo videos.
Not getting reviews super early is not unexpected.
I'm saying that I wouldn't be caught dead with it because I agree with the people who would be silently judging me for it, and I'd judge anyone I saw picking it up too.
The Last of Us is another notable example.
But you can on PSN and XBL.
What do you mean super early? It's coming out tomorrow.
We'll be playing Hard Reset here, if you want to join.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=895103
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=895103
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Well, early, in this case
fantonema said Activision didn't mention any embargo when he got the review code for PS4.
Well, early, in this case
fantonema said Activision didn't mention any embargo when he got the review code for PS4.
I'd be interested in reading fantomena's reviews.
Wow, this is a super embarrassing post, even if I give you the benefit of the doubt of being sarcastic.
You're right in that Korra/Avatar is of course vastly more widely known.
Even the shittiest cartoon on TV is going to have more mainstream name recognition than a niche video game series, and Avatar also had a live action movie.
Hell, I'm pretty sure that original Avatar game known for having easy achievements outsold Bayonetta 1.
Of course that doesn't mean it all translates into video game sales.
Nevermind apparently I spoke too soon.
I honestly wouldn't pay much attention to aku:jiki when he's like this. If someone wanna buy Bayonetta 2 then why would you need to judge them? From what I've heard so far, it seem like a great game, and yes it has some fan service and suggestive theme. But in perspective its not the even close to one of the most offending games ever.
Personally I can't even fanthom anyone that like playing rogue-like games. Because failing over and over again only to succeed little by little isn't fun to me. But I wouldn't ridicule or judge anyone that like to play those kind of games. Its what they enjoy.
I'm sure some people think JaseC is crazy for being so into Assassin's Creed but I have a soft spot for it as well. Also we might tease Milamber about his guilty pleasure but we truly don't care.
In the end, honestly? Screw anyone who think you should be ashamed of what games you chose to play, you're not offending or hurting anyone. Just ignore those people that like judging others for something so meaningless.
I honestly wouldn't pay much attention to aku:jiki when he's like this. If someone wanna buy Bayonetta 2 then why would you need to judge them? From what I've heard so far, it seem like a great game, and yes it has some fan service and suggestive theme. But in perspective its not the even close to one of the most offending games ever.
Personally I can't even fanthom anyone that like playing rogue-like games. Because failing over and over again only to succeed little by little isn't fun to me. But I wouldn't ridicule or judge anyone that like to play those kind of games. Its what they enjoy.
I'm sure some people think JaseC is crazy for being so into Assassin's Creed but I have a soft spot for it as well. Also we might tease Milamber about his guilty pleasure but we truly don't care.
In the end, honestly? Screw anyone who think you should be ashamed of what games you chose to play, you're not offending or hurting anyone. Just ignore those people that like judging others for something so meaningless.
Hmmm so let's have a show of hands.
- If Korra got a load of reviews out today and said it wasn't to their tastes how many of you would buy it anyway because of PlatinumGames' past titles?
- If it got polarizing reviews how many of you would wait for user impressions or buy it regardless?
- If it scored top marks across the board but it turned out to be not to your tastes how many of you would criticise the reviewers?
- How many of you are looking out for a reviewer you can trust their opinion on the kind of game Korra is and are they a professional reviewer or just an average chump like us?
I'd probably wait on user impressions. They haven't failed me before.
Edit: oh what am I saying, it's a korra game made by Platinum, that shit is mine.
I'm most likely going to buy it regardless not because of Platinum but because I'm a huge fan of the series. Even if the reviews are extremely bad.
you are digging to deep, it's a licensed cheap game, we all will buy it anyway. It's steam thread you are posting in, I feel urge to remind you!
I still would like to know EU price already
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It wouldn't matter if it sucked ass or reviewed poorly. I'm a shameless Korra / Avatar shill, so I'll buy it anyways. Lol
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Will buy, reviewers would probably complain about the story being lackluster or something but I don't care, it's a Platinum game, and it's a Platinum Korra game.
KorraGAF represent.
That game was based on a show?
*check sales numbers*
Yikes... 24,000 copies sold...worldwide. That's terrible.
*fist bump*
Never go full ********. Look it's so bad it's censored. Not sure how much more beautiful the truth is though lol.
no but it's pure saturday morning cartoon in vidya gaem form
edit: Never go full Kamiya?
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Hmmm, I might get Korra on PC if it's a good port and not a difficult game. My wife would probably watch me play it.
I feel that exclusivity hurts almost all games these days, one reason is that there are so many games that buying all consoles is no longer sane option, at least that's what I decided after previous gen. OTOH, consoles wouldn't sell if not exclusive games, that's like vicious circle which can't be broken.
I think we all know by now. Unless a Nintendo game fall into one of the following it will probably likely not sale well.
1) critically acclaimed, to Ocarina of Time level.
2) include Mario and/or Zelda characters. Any other Nintendo characters would be a big bonus.
3) some Japanese JRPG that come from a series that has just been resurrected and is carrying all the hype in the world.
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