_Bear said:

OK who the fuck is melting like me ? It just hit 103 here breaking the 4th of July record, at least humidity is a low 33% for Chicago it could be worse.

Harsh.

Here it's been sunny and warm but raining all the time. I don't have clothes for this weather, or an umbrella.

aspro said:

Read it again he did not day that Dead Space 3 needed 5. million sales to be profitable.



In fact, since the game is still in development no one cansay what it will need to sell to break even.

Bro.

EA VP Gibeau says:

"In general we're thinking about how we make this a more broadly appealing franchise, because ultimately you need to get to audience sizes of around five million to really continue to invest in an IP like Dead Space. Anything less than that and it becomes quite difficult financially given how expensive it is to make games and market them."

He is clearly saying that if the game does not sell 5 million it "becomes quite difficult financially given how expensive it is to make games and market them." Otherwise they will find it difficult "to really continue to invest in an IP like Dead Space."

Thus the game is so expensive to make and market, "it becomes quite difficult financially " to make more Dead Space games.

Because "Anything less than " 5 million isn't enough.

EA said it and we read it right. No one is saying that the dev budget is $300 million just for the programming "given how expensive it is to make games and market them."

And if technology is higher spec for the next consoles and budgets go up -we already heard that Durango art budgets have doubled- the risk becomes even higher and there is a bigger danger when games flop. Budgets are like going on the upswing of a rollercoaster towards a peak. Developers are closing left right and center, more powerful machines and the required larger budgets are not going to do anything to help. You get safe, homegenised mega-budget sequels and I get bored out of my mind.

^ Did you not see everything that happened yesterday.

Dvader said:

^ Did you not see everything that happened yesterday.

Nope.

EDGE mag said:

Square Enix’s Agni’s Philosophy tech demo turned a lot of heads when it was revealed at E3 last month. This brief glimpse of what the future holds for the company’s long running Final Fantasy series ( among other projects ) isn’t only impressive visually but may also be a technical challenge for future consoles.


In the newest issue of Edge Magazine, Creative Director and Senior Manager Takeshi Nozue mentioned that the Agni’s Philosophy real-time tech demo, running on the Nvidia’s GTX 680, was a challenge due to the amount of RAM available.


“Memory size is the biggest challenge,” Nozue stated.


“The texture quality in the Agni’s Philosophy demo is an enormous drain and it’s clear that the next-generation consoles will have to carry a fat wedge of RAM if they’re to support Square’s tech,” Edge elaborated.


This gen developers ran into issues due to the amount of memory available for the PlayStation 3, something Sony addressed with the PS Vita. But what about the PS4 and 360?


While both Sony and Microsoft remain quiet about their respective new hardware, a developer ( who wished to remain anonymous ) told the publication that the non-gaming functionality for Microsoft’s next XBox will take up a “hefty amount” of the system’s memory leaving an undisclosed amount left over for gaming.


Edit:


Direct Edge Quote/New Rumor: "Outside of the Agni's Philosophy demo, we were told by a developer [who wishes to remain anonymous] that Microsoft's 360 successor will draw upon a "very large" amount of memory, albeit with a hefty amount given over to the console's non-gaming functionality."


End Edit


Whether this is true or not remains to be confirmed. However, Square Enix is confident that hardware makers will ”come to a level of quality that will support” the visuals shown in the tech demo.

Hey it's fuckinggggg HOT

Partly Cloudy with temperatures at 102°. Winds NW upwards of 17 mph.

_Bear said:

Hey it's fuckinggggg HOT

Partly Cloudy with temperatures at 102°. Winds NW upwards of 17 mph.

Not even 40? Pfft.: P

Sideways was solid, but they really didn't do enough with the perspective shit by the end of it.

phantom_leo said:

My 1,165^th Beaten Game is officially:

THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM

Never in a million years would I have thought I would beat a Bethesda game!

It only takes 18 hours, what took you so long?