No, I'm not perfect, but I have the feeling you're the kind of person who is used to meeting imperfect people on the internet.
Posted by: Wrote
Posted by: Guywiired
"Niche markets make money too" ... but not at $0.99 a unit (less Apples cut, and then Bungies cut - lol) Maybe, maybe not, but I think that supports the argument that they are in it to bring you great games (or world domination) but NOT in it for the money.
My iPad version, chapter 1 was free, and if it wasn't so damn fun, I would just stopped there. As it is, I was happy to pay the $2 for that much more fun.
"I love shooter games, I don't love sports games, but does that mean that sports games should NOT be made?" ... mixing your arguements. Your individual loves/hates is not a supportive positon for Angry Birds appealing to the masses.
Actually, you're very wrong here. Mine, and the the rest of the community's opinion is exactly what we're discussing here, and my example shows how while my tastes differs from others, that doesn't mean that games for me (or others) should not be made.
"And if you're going to accept video games as an art" ... nope another halo arguement of last resort - have to stop you there. Going the line that a game is great because of its graphics or artistic quality is the equivalent of defeat. It becomes a mute point because of individual opinions. Next thing we will be awarding Olympic medals based on the visual or artistic running styles of athletes and not who actually wins the race.
ehh... now you're starting to sound like that other guy... You can judge art by graphics, or quality, sure. But when I say: Video games are Art I am recognizing that there is a level of passion that goes into making them. That sometimes, no matter the cost, someone will work nights and weekends for free just to see a feature make it in, or a game they want to play get completed.
For them, it's not about the money, it's about the passion.
I have no idea where you're going with your Olympic medal argument though.. Seriously, do you even know what you mean here or how it applies?
"It's going to be a sad sad day when developers decided they're ONLY in it for the money." ... and yet bungie are now charging a fee for the game. At launch it was for free, but now ... dont go getting too sad on us now ;)
Additional Chapters are being charged for, yeah... I think it's pretty cool though that I got TONS of play out of Chapter one before I decided to pull the trigger on buying Chapter 2. Shouldn't that be how it is?
The game was also slated for free release within the moai site, as part of an open source understanding. I suspect that this is the "developers concept" to which you refer. But alas ... and not saying who ... this was stopped.
Best break out those anti-sad pills.
I must have missed something deeper than just this point here. It's a great game and it's cheap/free. Honestly it just seems like this is Reach hate boiling over to Crimson now, and I know that's not fair to anyone involved here.