25th March 2006, 7:26 PM
Yeah, Nintendo's support for voice chat in Metroid Hunters is an interesting sign.
However, as both ABF and myself mention, there are a few usability features they need to include with future games.
Oh yeah, I've been thinking instruction manuals are outdated for some time. That can easily be done via tutorials, and has been in a number of the games I have.
I too have noticed a major problem finding games in stores recently. There seem to be more than ever before available, and as such, I can't find things like Warrior Within any more, even though it's not more than a couple years old. It's getting bad enough that if you don't get a game within a few months of it's launch, it's hard to say if you will be able to get it later.
Downloading games would be great, but the storage space they currently have isn't really enough for more than a few decently sized games on the PS3 or XBox 360 (especially XBox 360). I'm not really up to buying a new hard disk just to pay even more for some more games, and I don't think companies are willing to start releasing a lot of game+hard disk packages in stores (which would put a dent at least in the consumer end cost). So, I can see all three companies doing that, but I'm afraid we might be put in a situation of constantly deleting games we aren't playing to download ones we want to play. I'm sure they could set up a simple market memory so we wouldnt' have to pay multiple times of course, I'm just saying it would be inconvenient, and if any of those companies fall or just cancel the service, there's no chance to download them again.
However, as both ABF and myself mention, there are a few usability features they need to include with future games.
Oh yeah, I've been thinking instruction manuals are outdated for some time. That can easily be done via tutorials, and has been in a number of the games I have.
I too have noticed a major problem finding games in stores recently. There seem to be more than ever before available, and as such, I can't find things like Warrior Within any more, even though it's not more than a couple years old. It's getting bad enough that if you don't get a game within a few months of it's launch, it's hard to say if you will be able to get it later.
Downloading games would be great, but the storage space they currently have isn't really enough for more than a few decently sized games on the PS3 or XBox 360 (especially XBox 360). I'm not really up to buying a new hard disk just to pay even more for some more games, and I don't think companies are willing to start releasing a lot of game+hard disk packages in stores (which would put a dent at least in the consumer end cost). So, I can see all three companies doing that, but I'm afraid we might be put in a situation of constantly deleting games we aren't playing to download ones we want to play. I'm sure they could set up a simple market memory so we wouldnt' have to pay multiple times of course, I'm just saying it would be inconvenient, and if any of those companies fall or just cancel the service, there's no chance to download them again.
"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)