Playboy gamer hottie Jo Garcia Tweets she was “shocked” by something in PS3 interactive movie exclusive Heavy Rain.
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Letdown
The Epic Mickey game play screens I’ve seen lately look nothing like the truly epic concept art that was floating around in late 2009. Sad face.
Bend over
To fight pirates, Sony decides to take a page from EA’s playbook and fuck over its own customers.
Dead Space is currently $20 new
Now, I know EA’s Riccitiello spun a mad storm when he explained the “value” of Project Ten Dollar on his earnings call the other day, but…
I mean, Mario Kart Wii still sells for full price, so why doesn’t one of their blockbusters, like Dead Space? Why is Project Ten Dollar even necessary, other than to screw over customers who have said, with their wallets, that they don’t believe EA games are worth $60?
Meta
I get to ranting on another site for once. Full text if you make the jump, past the jump:
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Blood, they smell it
Indie shops smell blood in the water.
“I think big elements of the games industry are in a rut right now, with so many games being produced that are me-too,” offered Wiggins in an interview published today. “How many gritty first person shooters or Gears of War clones does the world need? We’re just not interested in replicating those sorts of experiences.” - Matthew Wiggins, co-founder of Wonderland Software
Indeed. I hope these smaller shops begin to feed sooner than later.
Overheard
“EA lost money for 11 straight quarters. New plan? Wring $10 from each used-game buyer, instead of making better games. http://bit.ly/a2S0rb” [diskopo]
As unimportant as ever
Pruning the vocal minority feature set yet again: EA cuts online play support for a handful of titles. Like HD, online just isn’t as important as the vocal minority (and marketers) would have you believe. Not yet, anyway.
All talk, all walk
The difference between the current Wii shortage and the PS3 one basically boils down to fact and fiction.
Customers first
Yet another reason why the video game industry’s ridiculous desire to become more like the movie industry will bite them all in the ass. Long story short: Creativity takes a back seat to blockbusters, accounting and playing it safe.