Originally Posted by
pyrofyr
Well, I've visited a few boards recently and have run into a lot of discussions over the gaming industry, but rarely get real straightforward answers, so I figured we should have a real discussion on the matter.
Here's a few things I'd like to start with:
PC game pirating , is it out of hand? Will it kill the PC? It's been going on for decades now, and people have said that PC gaming has been dying since around 1990, yet it's still alive and healthy, thoughts? I personally think game pirating IS bad, and that people have to make a living. If you're gonna play their game, the least you should do is pay for it.
Innovation in games? I find it hilarious that people are still worrying about what's better between 360 and ps3 and I still find a lot of people getting these before they grab a DS or a Wii. I understand the whole 'childish' aspect of the Wii and Nintendo in general, but to be honest most games on the Wii are actually fun whereas the only thing I see people playing on other consoles are rehashed fighting games that aren't balanced, or reskinned FPSes with 2 new weapons a new short campaign and reskinned areas. Don't get me wrong, the Wii also deals with it's problems which is mainly shovelware, but goddamn it's everywhere. I agree. Wii, DS>PS3, 360. I have the Wii and DS. And Yeah, fighting games are meant to be fun :| Not fighting for the sake of fighting.
I'm seriously concerned for the future of gaming but at the same time it seems that the companies don't give a **** about gamers and just release whatever, so how am I supposed to honestly want to buy something from a company who is just out there to make money and cares not in the slightest about the gamer. I agree 100%. I took a class about computers last summer. (cant remember the topic of it). We had down time, and I played TF2, while another person in the class was playing spore. Don't get me wrong, Spore is fine, but...eh. The teacher proved a point: Asked me who made TF2. I said it easily. He asked who made spore. He didn't know. The point is, people should care more about the game, not just because its a "popular" game, etc.
I've been pirating games for a while now, but I've also been buying ones I think are actually good, and as I'm playing the new games that have come out this month, I honestly can't find a single one (besides NSMB:Wii) that I actually want to buy.
Here's this months' good games line-up:
Borderlands- Ending was so terrible I cried
Dragon Age Origins - Haven't played it yet, have heard terrible things
CoD:MW2 - Won't buy it on principal, I'm a PC gamer, no thanks I won't get gimped.
Good for you for buying.