Three Bits News 11
NEWS #1 - is Saint’s Row 2 better than GTAIV?
Have you played both? The guys at destructoid think that Saint’s Row 2 beats GTAIV on all of the following 10 points…
- Mission Checkpoints
- Cars are actually fun to drive
- In-Mission Checkpoints
- Cars are actually fun to drive
- Weapons are far more varied and awesome
- You can be a cockney bastard
- Real customization
- Lots more to do
- Superior multiplayer
- It looks better
- It’s much funnier
- It’s not ashamed of its own stupidity
What do you think?
NEWS #2 - Used Videogame Market is Bad For Games
From 1Up - The founder of Lost Winds developer Frontier Developments, David Braben, has sounded off with some extremely harsh criticisms of the practice of buying and selling used games.
In the wake of UK-based entertainment retailer HMV announcing it would begin accepting trade-ins, Braben claimed that used games are “really damaging to the single-player experience.” He pointed out that single-player games are frequently traded back in at stores once players have completed them, he told GamesIndustry.biz.
He also spoke with Eurogamer recently where he made similar statements, although his comments were far more volatile. He even went so far as to claim, “The shops are not giving us a way of distinguishing between pre-owned and new. So the shops are essentially defrauding the industry.”
Do you think selling used games is fair? Is it fair to consumers and also to game developers? Keep in mind, all the money on used games goes ONLY to the retailer - nothing to the developer.
NEW #3 - New PS3 Controller
A new rumor appears confirmed - always from 1Up and gamesindustrybiz - here is the new PS3 controller.
This new controller isn’t just another revision of the Sixaxis; rather, it looks like a complete overhaul of the form and function of the device, resembling a pair of ice cream cones more than Sony’s ubiquitous Dual Shock. The images accompanying the patent display two Wii-like remotes with removable button faceplates, topped off with strange, bulb-like shapes. These glowing, spherical structures house LEDs and ultrasonic sound emitters, which would allow the PlayStation Eye camera to determine the controllers’ positions in three-dimensional space.
Yes, it has all that great stuff. Plus it has boobs.
Get more info on the new PS3 controller at BLORGE.
