Warhawk 107k- Lair 92k/ STRANGE numbers

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regin2005 said:
Once the online/multiplayer mode of Warhawk gets boring...and trust me it will although I have no idea how long it'll take, it'll fade off of the earth. Warhawk is basically HALF of a game as it should have been sold for half of the full retail price. I'm glad there are finally good games coming out for the platform but the price is ridiculous.

Are you familiar with games like Battlefield, Counterstrike & Tribes? All these games are primarily multiplayer, but each one was very popular for a considerable period of time. Battlefield & Counterstrike are still popular in their own right. Tribes was extremely popular despite having a dismal single player component. Battlefield & Tribes both sold for the same retail price as every other PC game at the time. By your argument that it is half a game, I suppose online only RPG's such as Ultima Online & World of Warcraft which also sold for retail are also "half of a game".

The price is not rediculous. As Dylan himself pointed out, many people in the beta clocked in 20-40 hours of gameplay in a limited period of time. Now if your average single player game is 15-30 hours of gameplay, despite it being a multiplayer only title it is a very solid value, PSN or bluray version. However, if you've never really enjoyed a fiercely competitive online game before, this probally won't do much to sway you into it.

These games have now been released and are (at best) above average and their less than steller reputations will lead to them having limited sales;

I do not call a game that gets ranked 8 - 8.9 "above average". Any game that averages reviews in that category is a very good experience. As long as you pay attention to the apprehensions of the reviewers and see if any of those points bother you, a game ranked 8-8.9 is very good.