Comment Re:Need only look at general audience and their ag (Score 1) 465
The average game player is 34 years old and has been playing games for 12 years.
At least according to the ESA. http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.asp
Comment Re:And the hardware? (Score 0, Troll) 155
They would love to offer the games for cheap on Steam, but the game publishers don't want to piss off the B&M stores.
I'm sure they are crying their eyes out that they *have* to charge people more money for something that nets them higher profit margins.
Comment Re:Sure, but... (Score 1) 176
You're only looking at DNF from right now. Why don't you go back to 1997 when it was originally announced, when they would be asking for these investments. "Hey guys, we want to make a new Duke Nukem game! Its going to be awesome! Summer 1998!" At that time that sounded great! Duke Nukem 3D was awesome, why wouldn't I want to help finance a sequel? Its a slam dunk sure fire seller!
Why don't you ask the people that actually did preorder the game how that turned out for them?
Comment Re:Shiny and tiny! (Score 1) 379
The first iPod Shuffle looked way better than the generic boxes the competition was pushing. Most people that want a small mp3-player for use during sports or commutes listen to music with the device in their pockets, so not having a screen isn't all that important.
I'm confused. If you're just stashing it in your pocket, why does it matter what it looks like?
Comment Re:It depends. (Score 1) 763
If the vendor is at fault, why is the customer the one being punished?
Comment Re:Yeah, sure its because of some comments on Amaz (Score 1) 486
When and if VALVe falls over dead, they will release a patch that will allow you to play your games unauthenticated.
That's what they say, anyway. We don't know if they really will do that until it actually happens.
Hopefully you've made backups of all your games since you won't be able to redownload them anymore. You could download someone elses backup, which anyone could do. With Steam no longer checking to see if you own the game, I guess that means every game on Steam will be free to anyone that wants it. No cracks. No hacks. Do you think all the publishers that have games on Steam would let that happen?
