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Originally posted by morpheusxxz
Corporations are all about making money. They don't great products out of their good heart and kindness. They don't give a damn about you, they just want money. Halo and COD series do well at indoctrinating kids. But I do not think that it is TPTB planning all this stuff. Corporations are making what attracts the consumers the most and they are making TPTB's work easier in the process.
reply to post by BASSPLYR
And I do not agree with your statement about EA. There wasn't much promotion for ME 1 and ME 2 but they excellent games made by excellent guys at BioWare. Then EA came in and wanted to milk this cash cow as much as they can. ME3 had so much of promotion not for being good but for EA to make maximum amount of money with it. Setting a deadline for a game is just pathetic. They no more respect games for what they are and its just another source of cash to them.
Certainly, it was an excellent game and lived upto the expectation. But the ending? Even the developers know that they fked up and look pretty disappointed with it (see ME 3 conference at PAX East video on youtube). I put the blame on EA for this. And yes, the last 15 minutes matter to the whole 150 hours of content of the entire franchise. Imagine the whole planet Pandora being mysteriously nuked in the end of Avatar and everyone dead. Wouldn't make sense and would spoil all the fun. Same with ME3.
Originally posted by BASSPLYR
you know I was never that impressed with the halo games either. I think that they're popular simply because the main gaming demographic right now grew up with the game, hence it's popularity. I always thought it was a silly game.
Good point on the shift in COD from the original game to the latest version which is more like a teenager wrote the script. Demographics I guess have changed.
Personally if I'm playing a FPS I would prefer it to be realistic. I own and shoot guns and it annoys me when they can't even get the gun to look, feel, operate or even sound correct.
I enjoy Battle Field 3 over games like Halo or Modern Warfare because you actually have to stick to cover. Stick your head out and you die. get stuck in a fatal funnel and you die. get shot once and you die. I like that. I can't stand run and gun games. I actually returned my MW3 because I was so bummed about how it turned out.
Originally posted by Juggernog
reply to post by Davian
Doubtful,since halo and cod are competing corporations.. halo= bungi, a splinter of MS and Cod= activision which = blizzard..
Originally posted by Juggernog
reply to post by Davian
btw, cool avatar.. if youre a classic gamer then youll recognize this
On April 29, 2010, Bungie announced that it was entering into a 10-year publishing agreement with publisher Activision Blizzard.[37][38] Under Bungie's agreement with Activision, new intellectual property developed by Bungie will be owned by Bungie, not the publisher, in a deal similar to the EA Partners Program.[38][39]