31st May 2008, 7:22 AM
Okay apparently developers are starting to get worried for the reasons I thought they might: this is going to restrict creativity and force stuff that the developers think will sell. Generally, when they do this, it leads to more generic garbage, which will be panned, and then be removed, and we get a series of "totally logical" moves that don't end up profitable.
Yeah, MS is doing something pretty bad here. While I like their store interface, the fact is Nintendo's going to catch up pretty soon (if only they can massively speed up their store access speeds) and surpass them. Their best bet is a better sorting system so people can find the games they want. They should really just not stick everything into an overarcing "arcade" category.
Yeah, MS is doing something pretty bad here. While I like their store interface, the fact is Nintendo's going to catch up pretty soon (if only they can massively speed up their store access speeds) and surpass them. Their best bet is a better sorting system so people can find the games they want. They should really just not stick everything into an overarcing "arcade" category.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)