VooDooPC

I'm not sure I see the benefit of a "Steam box". It would just be a PC that goes in your living room. I can do that now.

It would have to be something real special to peak my interest.

I knew about this 5-6 years ago.

Controlling vehicles is much better with a controller.

Yup. The developers ask why their game is so broken and the testers say because you released too early.

Also $268 million and they couldn't afford Q&A?

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/xbox-360-owners-don-t-install-grand-theft-auto-v-s/1100-4735/

Blizzard is shutting down their Diablo III auction house on March 18th, 2014.

According to them it "ultimately undermines Diablo's core game play". I could have told them that before the game came out...

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/10974978/diablo%C2%AE-iii-auction-house-update-9-17-2013

Tested.com article:

http://www.tested.com/tech/smartphones/457508-why-phonebloks-could-work-and-why-it-probably-wont/

I watched it last week, read a little about it. Don't like it. They position themselves as eco-friendly tech's, but in reality it creates more waste.

This is just an idea. To engineer it and market it, they need more than just money.

 

Also, original video post with link and stuff: Phoneblocks

 

 

 

I read about this on Tested.com and I do not support it.

 

Hey guys, I got this app. It only runs on CPU modules 301-143, 311-138, 321-991, 331-099 but doesn't run on 341-190 or 351-913 or anything earlier than 301-001. When you have Audio module 66321-7798 installed it doesn't work with CPU modules 301-001 through 331-199 unless you have GPU modules 430-555 or 431-091 installed. So good luck!

 

I tried to search for an article, but couldn't find it. Please share.

That was me looking into the future. Pretty good, right?

iOS already has issues with compatibility between phones and tablets and there's only about 5 of those. Could you imagine the compatibility issues with every possible module? It would be just like a computer, but with phones. It SOUNDS awesome but apps are currently developed for specific hardware. When you can change that hardware at a whim nothing is certain on the consumer's end. I see nothing but a lot of broken phone apps.

I'll probably end up getting it for the 360 and then getting the PC version when it's on sale on Steam. That's what I did with GTA IV.

I guess I should ask, how do you feel about artillery?

I read about this on Tested.com and I do not support it.

Hey guys, I got this app. It only runs on CPU modules 301-143, 311-138, 321-991, 331-099 but doesn't run on 341-190 or 351-913 or anything earlier than 301-001. When you have Audio module 66321-7798 installed it doesn't work with CPU modules 301-001 through 331-199 unless you have GPU modules 430-555 or 431-091 installed. So good luck!

When you shoot the enemy's tracks they get detracked so they can't move. It takes some time for them to repair. If you keep shooting that track it will keep resetting the repair on it, so they are a sitting duck.

I'm always on after 10pm arizona time, that or I'm on L4D2...or SC2. One of those games. Working my way towards getting a Churchill I soon.

I like the British heavy line. There's three variants of the Churchill (Churchill I, Churchill VII, and Black Prince) and they are kind of slow, but they are heavily armored and have fast firing guns. With a fast firing gun you won't do as much damage per hit as other guns, but if you miss the next shot is only a few seconds behind that one. You can also keep enemies permanently tracked while your teammates blow them up.

Thx Voodoo, fixed?

 

Hitting this stuff this afternoon with college football as the backdrop. Got distracted with Soylent Green, Minority Report, and Logan's Run on TCM last night.

 

BTW - after your post count and that star icon will be your topic count. Not patched in yet in case you are wondering why that looks weird...

Much better, thanks.

I like it.

If I had any minor complaints it's that the "This post has been edited..." part is a bright orangish bar now.

Yup, I have tanks in those tiers. I'll put you on my contacts and catch you when you're on.

Yeah, at higher tiers without Premium you'll lose money if your match isn't great. The Premium is around the same cost as other MMORPGs monthly fees. At this point I'm not playing as much as I used too, so I'll buy a week or so of premium when a patch comes out and just play that week. The next patch comes out next week.

Also $265 million and they couldn't make a PC version?

$200 million just on the marketing

break down of the budget is calculated the same way, it includes marketing and development.

$200 million for a BF3? nah BS. sorry.

Don't have to apologize to me. I'm not John Riccitello.

That budget includes the marketing budget, which from what I've read isn't usually included when other developers or publishers say what their budget is.

Edit 1: It's actually movie budgets that don't include marketing, not game budgets. My mistake.

Edit 2: I really dislike the forum's "What you see is what you get" stuff.

I read, that the budget of GTA V is 265 million dollars. The most expensive game ever. It even beats movies budgets. The only entertainment project that beats GTA V is Pirates of the Carribian (300M).

This game must be the best. I'll wait for a PC version of it, since I don't have a console.

 

P.S. The game is already paid off itself just in pre-ordering stage.

I was interested in this when I saw the article at different places so I did some research on the internets. That budget includes the marketing budget, which from what I've read isn't usually included when other developers or publishers say what their budget is. John Riccitello (former EA CEO) said they probably spent around $200 million just on the marketing for Battlefield 3. I guess the actual marketing budget was around $50-$100 million, still quite a lot. $265 million for GTA V's development and marketing is a lot, but I don't think it's mind blowing. Especially when they spend 6 years making the game. I don't know how many employees Rockstar has, but the salary/benefits alone over six years is probably a lot. To compare it to Pirates of the Caribbean, they made one in 2003, 2006, 2007, 2011, and are making one for 2015. A 12 year span. GTA IV came out in 2008 and Rockstar said they started working on V right after IV came out. So a 5 year span. If you take the first 3 Pirate's movies, that's about a 5 year span for production. I think the budget of those movies combined, not even including marketing, would be a lot more than $265 million. Just my thought on it.

Why spend the money for console game when it will eventually come out for PC with better graphics and everything. Also, the Xbox One and PS4 will be out in a short time anyways. I don't see why they didn't just wait a little longer and release it for the new consoles. It would look way better and they could implement a lot of the new features these consoles will give.

They've probably been working on this engine and GTA V for so long that if they waited it wouldn't be nearly as nice as a real next generation game. It might look better on a new console but I don't think they would be using the full potential of the new systems. This is their last chance to release on this generation and that's what they're doing it. There's also already millions of PS3s and 360s out there. They are releasing on the platform that has the most numbers.

If I had to guess, they will probably release a PS4/Xbox One/PC version next year that has some DLC packed in and their next full game will be built from the ground up with new consoles in mind.

Is there a way instead of a kick feature when admins are on have more of a tally feature that only admins see? So if someone is being an idiot and an admin doesn't see it or doesn't notice it but some members do, they can kind of say, "we think this person should be kicked" without actually having the ability to kick them. Then it's up to the admin online to look at the player in question and decide if they should be kicked/banned or whatever.

I played this before, but it was called Diablo.

Awe, I wanted to watch Samurai's conversation with a spam bot.

GTA is the only game i prefer to use a controller on console over my PC for.

Greatest soundtrack of any game in history = GTA Vice City

Greatest explorability and freedom = GTA San Andreas

Greatest graphics and realism = GTA IV

 

Greatest of all of that combined?? = GTA V I'm hoping.

 

As you can tell I'm a huge fan of this series. Ever since I picked up my first prostitute in GTA 3 in high school, I've loved this game lol. They all usually have really good story lines as well as replay value. San andreas was the most fun for the amount of content they crammed in, and with NO LOAD TIMES between cities. That was huge when it came out.

 

GTA V is a remake of San Andreas if I'm correct. Same cities/map, different storyline. I honestly can't wait for it to come out.

Your post made me think about something. I started playing GTA with GTA 1 which came out in 1997. I was around 12 years old. I also remember playing Doom II when it was released in 1994. I was around 9 years old. Comparing what my nephew, born in 2000, played when he was 9 compared to what I played when i was 9 is fascinating.