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Spankey on 15 April 2010

This sucks.
Imagine paying full price for each of the three FFXIII disks separately.

also pointless if you miss an episode.



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Rainbird on 15 April 2010
RageBot said:
bdbdbd said:
@Ragebot: Well, i wouldn't put it that way. Think about Star Wars or Matrix.

SW's story isn't complex, the first Matrix's is, but the second and third are shit.

Complex doesn't mean good, and how many games out there have complex and good stories? Most games don't combine the two, and I think you can rest easy, because most stories in games wouldn't suffer from being made episodic (if done right of course), and the ones that would most likely won't be.

Again, I doubt this model would remove the one we know, just supplement it. 



Millennium on 15 April 2010

Just more ways of nickel-and-diming the consumer to death for content that could and should be released in one finished version. Seriously: S-E has been getting more and more shameless about this over the years.



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Squilliam on 15 April 2010

Are they doing this because of the limitations of Blu Ray?



Tease.

Rainbird on 15 April 2010
Squilliam said:
Are they doing this because of the limitations of Blu Ray?

Obviously, it certainly can't be DVD



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Galaki on 15 April 2010

They could sell a whole game for $60.
Or... they could sell it in 4 parts at $30 a pop.
Do the math.

This is all about nickle and diming the customers, also known as, DLC.



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Rainbird on 15 April 2010

I don't see why this is getting bashed so hard, until we see how they are going to do it, it's possible that it will be the greatest thing ever! I see why this might seem like a bad idea to some, but until we know what games and what 'episodes' really means, we have nothing to go by. It's like Nintendo saying that they want their next machine to be different and unique, what's wrong with it?

EDIT: I know SE want to make more money and that this is a part of that effort (just like releasing games is a part of that effort), but until we see what it entails, we have nothing but speculation to go on.



Squilliam on 15 April 2010
Rainbird said:
Squilliam said:
Are they doing this because of the limitations of Blu Ray?

Obviously, it certainly can't be DVD

You're confusing me... Whats my age again?



Tease.

radha on 15 April 2010

first they release a bunch of low quelity RPGś on 360 only, then they bring FF13 to the 360, then they make FF13 linear and whithout content, and rehash te same eviroments for hour to make the game cheaply long and now, NOW THEY ARE SPLITTING THE GAMES!!
OH E-E have gone way too low



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Rainbird on 15 April 2010
Squilliam said:
Rainbird said:
Squilliam said:
Are they doing this because of the limitations of Blu Ray?

Obviously, it certainly can't be DVD

You're confusing me... Whats my age again?

-42 last time I checked, though I may have to reread the stars to find out again. My memory isn't what it used to be...