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Old 05-11-2010, 03:58 PM   #1
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To be fair, Bayonetta was actually pretty good
It was well-received, but I'd hardly call it good.

Unless it's in the "60s Batman, so terrible it's charming" sense, in which case I still think it's shitty, but I can at least see that.
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Old 05-11-2010, 05:43 PM   #2
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It was well-received, but I'd hardly call it good.

Unless it's in the "60s Batman, so terrible it's charming" sense, in which case I still think it's shitty, but I can at least see that.
Storyline was so reminiscent of 60s Batman cheese that I was sure I saw a "Biff!" and "Zang!" from time to time. Gameplay was pretty fun tho.

As long as they keep the vouchers in the new copies (something I can see them doing away with, sadly) there isn't a problem here. While I've stated time and again that sports titles should be every other year, the trade off has been that most of them have been generally cheaper than non-sports titles.
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Old 05-11-2010, 07:53 PM   #3
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To jump on this a bit better, the funny part about it is that only the consumer is really suffering at all. If Gamestop has trouble pushing as many used sports titles because of this, they can make the money up by giving less for trades on said titles, or by charging more for the used titles when they hit the shelves. Gamestop could easily avoid losing a dime from this if they balance the books right.

Meanwhile, there's plenty of people who only get their sports title of choice off the Pre-Owned rack, many of which aren't going to research ahead of time just how fucked they are by doing so. Gamestop still makes its money, EA makes its money from new and used alike now, and Johnny Buysused across the street gets the shaft while both corporations laugh it up.
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Old 05-11-2010, 09:36 PM   #4
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To jump on this a bit better, the funny part about it is that only the consumer is really suffering at all.
Agreed. Though I already said it, I can't imagine Gamestop actually taking a loss off of this. People are arguing that it hurts the used market, but I'm having trouble seeing Gamestop just smiling and taking it on the chin. This will be passed on to the consumers in same way, and again, I think that's why Gamestop is openly supporting it.

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Hell, nevermind renting it--if I let my roommate borrow my game (let's say for 360 so it's funnier) and he puts it in his god damn system that he god damn paid for a god damn XBox Live Gold account for, he still has to pay another ten fucking dollars to take it online.

It's fucking silly.
It is, but they've wanted to stop game swapping, lending, etc. for years, so I don't think they care. You want to lend it to your friend, he pays ten bucks for the "right" to use the online service for more than 7 days. So I'm pretty sure they feel they've won. Assuming, of course, people buy it.
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