big_boss said:
TaichungSteve said:
big_boss said:
TaichungSteve said:
Graphics have always mattered, up to a certain point. Both Gamecube and Xbox were more powerful graphically than PS2, but the PS2 had visuals that were good enough for the majority of consumers. For that same majority of consumers, the level that was achieved last Gen is still, for the most part, good enough. Just look at the rise of Facebook games and other platforms like the Ipod. None of those offer graphic quality near that of the PS2, but that hasn't stopped them.
Graphic quality has reached a level where it is good enough for most people, that is why it's not as important this generation. |
I'm sorry but I doubt people spend the amount of time that I do on console games on Ipad and facebook games to know if graphics are good enough. I put in 42 straight hours in Mass Effect 2 but if it looked and played like a Ipad game I would play for maybe 30 minutes. The graphics are good enough for causal gamers but not me and its just as important as gameplay and story for most gamers. |
You are not the market, they are; and they are getting bigger.
And, how the hell do you spend forty-two hours straight playing a game? The only thing I've ever managed to do for forty two hours straight is breathe.
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Yeah your right they are a market but there games aren't $60 ether. So as long as millions shell out $60 for a game, our market won't disappear any time soon. As for the second part, I used a PH and RO'd two days off to play it. |
Their games generally don't cost multiple millions to make, either.
No, your market is going away anytime soon, but the other market is completely viable as well, as different markets serve different needs.
I'm not familiar with that acronym, what is a PH? Personal Health day, like a sick day?
Finding the time wasn't really the big issue for me, as 42 hours could easily just filled up an entire weekend if that's what you chose to do, it was the actual stamina involved in participating in any single activity for 42 hours straight. I'm assuming you stopped to eat at some point, or at least had some (hopefully healthy and nutritious) snacks on hand, but no sleeping? No getting up and stretching, moving around, getting the blood flowing? That's not easy to do, physically.
