Negaview

Gamestop…. it’s possible that i hate every last thing about this company.  First of all the companies business model is built to ensure that they’re giving as little money as possible to the publishers of the game.  Which in turn means as little as possible to the developers.  How do they do this?

First they push pre-orders.  This ensures that they only need to purchase new games from the publishers to fill their pre-orders.  So if they have 10 preorders they might buy 12 copies from the publisher.

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Ahhh Fable.  That overhyped, overpromised Microsoft exclusive RPG.  Fable exists on the premise of the players ability to dynamically affect the world of Albion.  The Fable series has sold over 5 million copies on both the xbox and xbox 360.  I would say that’s pretty successful, so how could i possibly hate it?

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This is going to be a recurring segment where i talk about franchises i absolutely hate that other people love. First up? Metal Gear Solid. You know there was a time i loved Metal Gear. The first MGS on the playstation was fantastic. That’s why i chose it to be the image for this post. However, it should have been a clue to the direction things were going.

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This could very well be called a make or break year for sony. After all they’ve been posting pretty hefty losses, and are in last place when it comes to console sales. So it could be argued that they needed to knock one out of the park with their e3 presentation. So what’s the best thing to start with? That’s right…. playstation 2. Ha! I kid.

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Nintendo has morphed from a game company into some sort of bastardized combination of Apple, a game company, and a fitness company. So how did they fare at E3? Did they return to their gaming roots?

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I make no bones about it. So far this console generation, the xbox 360 is my favorite console. However, up until now there has been very little information coming out of Microsoft. Meanwhile the Playstation 3 has announced or released several high caliber games like god of war 3, inFamous, and Killzone2.  So it was with quite a bit of curiosity that i watched Microsofts e3 press conference.

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Rather than write a console review of the Nintendo Wii i think i’d rather just talk about it’s main defining features. The motion controller. In a word, it sucks. What it really needs is 1:1 control, so whatever you do with the controller happens on screen exactly. Instead what you have is an accelerometer based pointing device. What this lends itself to is incredibly imprecise control of games.

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Left 4 Dead is Valves most recent game and their first foray into zombie action.  It is also the most heavily co-op dependant game i’ve played in quite some time.  The game itself was great when it first came out last year.  However, it did have 1 serious issue.  It was extremely light on content.

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Resident evil 5 is the long awaited follow up to the groundbreaking Resident Evil 4 on the gamecube.  The initial video for resident evil 5, however, was met with all sorts of negative press regarding accusations of racism.  Well the game was released and has since sold millions of copies worldwide.  Has the gameplay evolved?  Is the game truly racist?

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The xbox 360 is Microsofts second foray into the world of console gaming.  The original xbox was killed off after a scant 5 years.  This, along with Microsofts less than stellar reputation in the PC software world, leads to many fears about the long term viability of the 360.  On top of this the failed experiment that was the original xbox begs the question, ‘can Microsoft really compete with the Sonys and Nintendos of the world?’  Read on to find out.

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