Nintendo has shit DRM on their digital purchases, but none on their discs. I have no beef with digital content being closely controlled (although registering it to a console is stone age at best) but when we start talking about draconian measures like not being able to sell or buy used discs then I have a problem with…

There is a lot to be said that is positive about console gaming. Console makers seem hellbent on doing away with all of it.

My point was that a console can't have long-term success by catering to a casual crowd. People quit putting up with the Wii. Casuals got bored of it. Hardcores got tired of it. It sold console units, but the money is in the software and its software sales were lackluster. If you get millions of casuals to buy your…

DLC represents income for the publisher and developer beyond new game sales. If there is some worth buying it will generate revenue. Also, used games don't prevent the creation of a Steam like service for consoles, but it does present competition. That is something the games industry has proven it does not enjoy; it…

I get where you are coming from but you should consider what happens to a platform that has lost the hardcore crowd. I point to the original Wii. I and millions more bought one, loved it for a bit, and then missed traditional gaming. More casual gamers bought it and then let it collect dust. Games stopped rolling out…

Yes, all Kotaku cares about is page hits and being controversial is the best way to get those. This is what I have been saying. Give us a reason to buy new: content above and beyond the complete game, DLC passes, online benefits such as stat tracking website access. Make people want to keep your game, not trade it in…

Stubbornly plunging ahead with cartridges instead of the more developer and consumer friendly CD-ROM format hurt Nintendo and they took a plunge they have never fully recovered from. Focusing on 2D graphics instead of the consumer demanded 3d polygonal graphics hurt the Sega Saturn. Greedy Atari would allow anyone to…

I would like to see more, but honestly it just doesn't look fun right now. The alpha designation makes me reserve judgement for later.

I feel the same way about this site and the Kinja commenting system.

No disrespect taken. In retrospect, I would never do it again. When I did, it was because I had no reason to believe that such a thing would happen and I was genuinely excited about the upcoming console generation. Had PS3 been first out the gate, that is what I would have gone with. I was going to buy games and…

We are being too forgiving of RROD. That was bullshit, and it hit me 4 times personally. I spent months just waiting on a console to arrive when I count the collective time spent shipping. I paid a premium $800 because I wanted one so damn bad. MS has no qualms about pushing a known defective product out the door if…

It isn't like that. There was plenty of scoffing at the PS conference too. The thing is that MS has been putting their foot in their collective mouths and can't get their shit together. It is a new story everyday. If the answer is, Wait Until E3 then why did they have a unveiling before they were ready.

I paid $800 US for an Xbox 360 bundle. Had 4 RROD errors before I got a box that works. Listen, used games, always online, indie devs are really secondary reasons why I will sit this Xbox One thing out for a while, or maybe forever. The fact that MS pushed a known defective console out the door and had me pay a…

He could be an agnostic. I would make up my own group if it meant not having to be in yours, based on your responses here.

Where do the new initiates get their fedoras?

THIS. Religious people as a group don't really care what you do or don't believe. Individuals may but institutions don't. I really think that if a select group of atheist weren't so in your face and superior about their position then most people wouldn't have beef with it at all.

Xenu approves.

I couldn't disagree with the idea that you should only get a game if you are willing to pay an artificially set premium price on a game more. The market should determine the price of a game. Used games aren't an issue, they are a reaction to so many games not being worth what publishers expect us to pay for them. If…

Devs are getting screwed by publishers, not consumers. Point the finger at the problem. It is the same deal with musicians and record labels where labels make money hand over fist while artists struggle and fail to control their work. There is plenty of money and profit, but the way deals are structured between devs…

They will make games, and the ones who make the best games will stick around. Paying a premium to support game makers and publishers who can't be successful in a competitive environment is not my job as a consumer.