DJ Clae
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They've been out on phones for a while already.
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Welcome Back to Digital Pinball Fans - please read this first
Another eternity until DLC 1 is released.
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bavelb
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Therefor they don't care for consoles? I don't see your point.
You realise 360 is their lead platform? And phones are stripped down ports (very good ports mind you, but still stripped down due to graphical incapabilities like dynamic lighting and the swapping CV colours) from that lead version?
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The reason why they've been out on mobile devices for a while is that Apple and Google don't make game developers jump through hoops and wait over a month to find out if their submission passed certification or not. This month long certification process hurts small independent developers cause they're the one's that have to wait while AAA Developers have their games/DLC take priority over everything else.
BonzoGonzo
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i bought an xbox360 when street fighter 4 came out, becouse it was the cheapest option to play sf4 at the time and becouse xbox has better online... now ps3 indeed does have free online multiplyer, but it is not comparable to the smoothness of xbla multi... for example when street fighter 3: third strike online came out, a buddy with a ps3 just couldn't get any nonlaggy connections except with people here (we are both in slovenia), but i had absolutely NO problems playing teh same game with another buddy from scotland (!)...
besides xbla games is what really makes my xbox experience... there is just a ton of really great (exclusive) games, especialy japanese ones (weird for an american console right?)... the so called aaa onse are basicaly teh same on all platforms...
btw, i prefer ikaruga to silvergun (have em both though
)hm, kind of a long off topic post, this turned out to be
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and the xbox controller? its miles ahead from the ps one... (for fighting games, shootemups and other oldschool stuff i use my custom self made seimitsu/sanwa arcade stick)
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DJ Clae
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The big news is that it looks like 360 will be getting DLC #3 slightly before the PS3, in mid July at the same time the first two are released. Which is gonna suck. All 3 packs at the same time. Instead of spacing them out evenly each month, which was the promised experience that got me so pumped for this game in the first place.
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what bothers me most is that farside always blames others for their failures - ... microsoft is the one to blame, now sony is the one to blame - always the others. there are 48 zillion games, title updates, dlcs, ..... out there with no problems. Other companies with REALLY big games have no problems at all - and farside is not able to deliver a little simple pinball game on time and instead blaming all the big bad companies who in the meantime have delivered an infinite amount of content without problems.
Bonzo
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Do you know of any other smallish game developer who even dares to try to bring monthly content to that many platforms?
Do they really blame others? To me it sounds more like FS tries to explain what has happened so that their customers (who have been waiting for quite some time, I'll give you that) know what's going on.
Instead of being cranky on every occasion why not try to stay calm, wait until the start-up problems are sorted out and give FS some kudos for what they have accomplished by now.
Do they really blame others? To me it sounds more like FS tries to explain what has happened so that their customers (who have been waiting for quite some time, I'll give you that) know what's going on.
Instead of being cranky on every occasion why not try to stay calm, wait until the start-up problems are sorted out and give FS some kudos for what they have accomplished by now.
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FarSIGHT, FarSIGHT, FarSIGHT. Farside was a comic strip, FarSight is the company that makes Pinball Arcade. Please, get the name right!
DopedToInfinity
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These guys make pinball too?? Awesome
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come on, don't be ridiculous - farsight is around for more than 20 years, this isn't their first game.
that's a good one
and that is?
yes they do - first it was microsoft and now it is sony. but wait, maybe you're right, maybe it's really not their fault because this is their first bugfixing. they have no experience with titleupdates, their slogan always was: "an update is not needed as long as you can start the game." But now as they need our money, unfortunately titleupdates are necessary - bad luck.
in the latest interview he's talking about how many million games they've sold so far - millions of that, millions of this ... - so where is the money than? they can not even effort a lousy pinball license after being more than 20 years in business? what the hell? It took 10 years and apple was up and running.
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bavelb
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Wait, those were your own words I used.
Anyway, I'm done arguing, there is no point cause everything is black or white, no nuance at all and you will whine and complain untill the dlc will come and you'll dissapear from the forums.
Bonzo
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Um... quite a lot of fun brought to a lot of people by giving them the best pinball game there is apart from a real table?
Why not spend some less time complaining and spend more time playing TPA? Even without any DLC and even if stuff like the MM flipper gap keeps you from enjoying that table there are at least two tables that actually are a hell of a lot of fun to play.
Divide the money you spent by the number of tables you have (or by the hours of time you (should) have spent playing the game) and compare it to the price you pay to go see a movie... See?
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I think the problem is that Farsight tends to say a little too much. You don't see anyone else announcing that their software is going in for approval with the console companies. They make their DLC, they submit and get it approved and they don't announce a release date until after it's been approved. Some companies have their stuff approved weeks or MONTHS in advance of a release date. Marvel Vs Capcom 2 spent a YEAR on PartnerNet, fully developed, before they released it.
One of the problems is that Farsight is making some buggy crap. The cellphone platforms are plagued with all sorts of issues and that Mac port? It's like someone ACCIDENTLY released that when no one was looking. These are things that Microsoft and Sony won't put up with. They don't like their software having weekly patches just to keep the software servicable. This is why their approval methods are harder to get through.
No, what Farsight needs to do is shut up at the RIGHT TIMES. Instead they give far too much information when it's too early, then when they screw something up they stop talking about it. They should announce what tables they are making, make them, get them approved, and THEN announce their release.
One of the problems is that Farsight is making some buggy crap. The cellphone platforms are plagued with all sorts of issues and that Mac port? It's like someone ACCIDENTLY released that when no one was looking. These are things that Microsoft and Sony won't put up with. They don't like their software having weekly patches just to keep the software servicable. This is why their approval methods are harder to get through.
No, what Farsight needs to do is shut up at the RIGHT TIMES. Instead they give far too much information when it's too early, then when they screw something up they stop talking about it. They should announce what tables they are making, make them, get them approved, and THEN announce their release.
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where did they say mid july?
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