Hangout The Games Hangout Thread

[xi0]

The Steam controller is supposed to feel and behave more like a mouse and keyboard, so RTS games and such would be playable with the controller. The cool thing is that you can build your own. Again, it does seem a bit pointless, but I'll wait and see what Valve are really gonna do with these things.

...mouse and keyboard? how?

 

[kakashi919]

...mouse and keyboard? how?

Sorry, not keyboard, but more accurate to the mouse. There were a lot of articles about it not long ago...talking about how and why it feels close to a mouse.

 

[xi0]

Sorry, not keyboard, but more accurate to the mouse. There were a lot of articles about it not long ago...talking about how and why it feels close to a mouse.

It seems to have touch capabilities, no?

 

[kakashi919]

It seems to have touch capabilities, no?

I believe there is touch capabilities, but it was only shown with the first prototype when they announced it. So far all other prototypes I've seen don't have the touch capabilities.

 

[xi0]

Yeah but the two focal points for your thumbs don't have buttons or anything...it looks weird, lol

 

[Miyamoto]

What's the best Gundam game for PSP ?

I've seen a lot of games of Gundam for PSP , so I wanna know which game is the best for it . I've heard and played Gundam vs Gundam:Next plus , and it's pretty good and I like it .

 

[SharkBait]

I wish the free Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag via Uplay had been on disc, its going to take me forever to download to mines

 

[xi0]

How did you get it for free?

 

[riki]

According to Motely Fool, Microsoft is going to sell Kinect-less Xbox One this year.

 

[SharkBait]

How did you get it for free?

Oh there was a thing on uplay where you just needed 100 uplay points and then they give you a code for the gold edition of Assassins Creed IV for ps4 or xbox one.

 

[xi0]

Oh there was a thing on uplay where you just needed 100 uplay points and then they give you a code for the gold edition of Assassins Creed IV for ps4 or xbox one.

And how do you get Uplay points?

 

[SharkBait]

And how do you get Uplay points?

You just got them from playing and completing ubisoft games, like completing certain sequences or even just completing Assassins Creed Brothehood gave me 20 and 30 uplay points, and etc.

 

[kkck]

I was wondering this and I could not really find an answer online. What is the most expensive part of making a video game? There is a lot of noise about how video games are becoming increasingly expensive but nothing about where most of the money is thrown at when developing. Obviously everything about it is expensive (software, hardware, programers, designers and so on) but an actual number on this would be nice.

 

[xi0]

I was wondering this and I could not really find an answer online. What is the most expensive part of making a video game? There is a lot of noise about how video games are becoming increasingly expensive but nothing about where most of the money is thrown at when developing. Obviously everything about it is expensive (software, hardware, programers, designers and so on) but an actual number on this would be nice.

Probably licensing, that's why so many of those games are shit.

 

[Hardy]

Probably licensing, that's why so many of those games are shit.

GTA 5 is ¨the most expensive¨ game of all time, so nope.

They say that like 50 % of the money they spend is on marketing... then around 5 % (nowadays) in manufacture.

 

[xi0]

Well, I meant something that is more overlooked. I realized after I posted that it's not likely. But for some games, I wouldn't be surprised

 

[Jammin]

I was wondering this and I could not really find an answer online. What is the most expensive part of making a video game? There is a lot of noise about how video games are becoming increasingly expensive but nothing about where most of the money is thrown at when developing. Obviously everything about it is expensive (software, hardware, programers, designers and so on) but an actual number on this would be nice.

It's hard to actually find out enough specific information on that because game companies rarely disclose that officially. But I think the ultimate total of each area of game development depends on how efficient a company is at managing those costs and the nature of the game they're making.

Like in Final Fantasy XIII(rumored at 65 mil) there is probably huge costs involved in the long CG sequences and everything that goes with it. But Skyrim (85 mil) had no such costs, but had to spend a lot on the development costs of the game world. Every game has it's own ratio's with that stuff.

Some developers are also just more efficient in the way they make games. Like CD Projekt RED with The Witcher II, which supposedly only cost 10.3 million to make and had an advertising budget of around 5 million.

Contrast that against GTA V which supposedly cost 265 mil to develop and market. Granted GTA is a much bigger product but the contrast in price tags there is pretty vast even considering that. GTA V = 17 Witcher II sequels; that's pretty hard to comprehend

 

[abc1233]

Have a massive backlog to get through. Started off by finishing Guacamelee and Puppeteer, both excellent games. Now onto Dark Souls, hated it initially but now I'm really liking it. PS4 can wait.

 

[xi0]

For anyone interested, Hearthstone is now in Open Beta

[Doku] I made the thread as well, in case anyone interested for more discussion, check it out! [/Doku]

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This looks amazing

 

[riki]

Sony is giving random Playstation users beta access to Playstation Now. You can register here.