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The Overseas Connection Podcast #189
The Overseas Connection, the official G4TE.com Community weekly podcast discusses gaming news, community feedback, new releases and the podcast teams current play lists. Tune-in and listen to this combination U.S. and U.K. video game podcast as they discuss this weeks topics:
- We dive into a bit of Borderlands 2, the surprising Medal of Honor Beta & Forza Horizon.
- We discuss our most anticipated games for holiday now and if it’s changed since earlier in the year.
- Guardians of Middle Earth’s downloadable title details its retail.
- Top 10 Software Sales in the U.K.
- Modern Warfare 2 map offends a religious group.
- Angry Birds looks to use the force.
- EA game IP is getting its on TV show with Fox.
- Cliff Bleszinski calls it quits.
- And much more…
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Paying for Gaming Shortcuts
First of all, may I point out that this article / opinion came to me initially as a one liner. Then I found myself going on….some may say a rant! I just want to say it’s purely my opinion.
Is it just me? I refuse point blank to pay out extra money to in effect shorten, my gaming experience. It appears there are a lot of people out there that simply want to buy their way through games these days. I say buy their way through but what I mean is skip through what is by far the key elements of gaming ie. exploration / reward / bragging rights!
FIFA 13 is just one example. With it’s “Ultimate Edition” retailing at up to £65, it is aimed at the people who play Ultimate Team but do not want to actually play the game as it was designed ie. build up your team over time. That is certainly the attraction for me….yeah, it’s tough at times, but that surely makes the rewards so much sweeter.
FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition should be labelled FIFA 13 Shortcut Edition!
Of course this isn’t new. Battlefield 3 and the NFS series are just some other games that sell the shortcut ability. All of them seem to have a common theme, or should I say connection, Electronic Arts (EA)!
EA, we know you’re in it for the money and not the love of gaming, but there is no need to milk the hell out of it! Don’t forget, EA also incorporated the online game pass which affected the pre-owned market substantially.
Is EA out to kill gaming for the mass market where only a privileged few can afford it? In these times of recession, surely the opposite should be demonstrated.
Free to play (F2P) games (Guild Wars 2 / Planetside 2 ) is also another area that continues to grow, drawing you in with a dangled carrot only to be told you need to pay for extra content, to get more from the game. ITunes offer free version(s) of games. Admittedly, if you like the game you purchase the full game. The difference here is that this is it at a reasonable price.
Maybe it’s progress. Maybe it’s just me. Maybe a choice should be offered! In my opinion, it’s wrong, almost immoral to offer game shortcuts for a price. Just make the games cheaper to buy….sell more, enough said!
Glad I got that off my chest… phew….
David Southern
What’s your opinion?
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The Overseas Connection Podcast #186
The Overseas Connection, the official G4TE.com Community weekly podcast discusses gaming news, community feedback, new releases and the podcast teams current play lists. Tune-in and listen to this combination U.S. and U.K. video game podcast as they discuss this weeks topics:
- We talk up more Mark of the Ninja, F1 2012 demo & Fable the Journey demo.
- Nintendo gave us the low down on the Nintendo Wii U… we go head to toe on the system announcements.
- Bioware announces a new game.
- MS teases a Rare game IP for XBLA.
- Bioware founders call it a day and announce retirement.
- And much more…
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The Overseas Connection Podcast #183
The Overseas Connection, the official G4TE.com Community weekly podcast discusses gaming news, community feedback, new releases and the podcast teams current play lists. Tune-in and listen to this combination U.S. and U.K. video game podcast as they discuss this weeks topics:
- We talk more Sleeping Dogs and Counter Strike: G.O.
- We field questions from the community.
- Skrim Hearthfire DLC promises your dream home.
- More news out of the Onlive camp.
- Top 10 UK software for the week.
- New releases for the current week.
- Minecraft on XBLA continues to impress.
- And much more…
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