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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 |
The question is, do game companies sell less games because they offer a beta or a demo? In an interview with GamePro magazine, Gears of War head-honcho Cliff Bleszinski said the following
A beta is like hooking up with a girl just to say, "yeah, I f*cked her." I know that sounds crude, but it's the honest-to-God truth. Once you play a beta, you can check it off your list -- you can say, "yeah, I played it." Then you might not feel motivated to get that initial cherry popping from the proper, final game.
So, what Cliff seems to be saying is that they will not sell as many games to the public if they offer a beta/demo. Makes some sense and as the old saying goes, why buy the cow (or GOW in this case...) when the milk is free.
Of course betas can be looked at in a slightly different light than demos because a beta is supposed to help the devs sort out issues that they might not have found otherwise. Wide-scale testing also stresses servers and other support systems that routing in-house testing just can't do as effectively.
On the other hand, betas do provide quite a bit of insight into the final product. The gameplay will almost certainly be the same and graphics usually only increase slightly in the final versions. In essense, a beta of a multi-player game is a free playing period that helps devs and gets gamers excited about a game. Of course this can backfire and it can cause gamers to run the other way before the final version even hits the streets. Maybe some of the issues have been fixed? Could be, but some might not know it because they got their fix in, prejudged the game and moved along.
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
Fallout 3 is going to get PS3 trophy support...sometime in the future. Wow, there's nothing like a firm target date to end the day right?
According to a Eurogamer interview, Peter Hines of Bethesda said
It’s going to happen, just not sure when. We’ll let folks know when we have something more definitive. So, the guy that is all things Fallout has said they will eventually add support. We guess this is better than nothing. At the very least it's a start.
If you want an idea of what the trophies will be, just look at the Xbox 360 achievements here.
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
Part 2 of our Resistance 2 screenshot blitz is 22 brand-spanking-new screenshots from the game's co-op campaign. If you've got any friends you plan on playing this with tonight you might want to look. Wow.
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
Today is Resistance Day, no, not at the polls in the U.S., but in your PS3. Resistance 2 hits the streets today and Sony is making sure you get an eyeful just in case you haven't ordered your copy yet. Our first set of screenshots comes from the single player campaign and they should help convince you to join the resistance if you're still holding out.
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