I am sorry but that has to tbe the dummbest article I ever read. Looks to be written by someone without a life and possibly under 18. I beat skyrim and im not playing it right now.... I still do what i got to do i beat it i may go back later for other things but my life isnt consumed by it in fact im buying other games why this article was written i have no idea.
Face, meet palm.
The article is supposed to be tongue in cheek.
The Capt.Picard "Double Face Palm" needs to apply?
But... but... there's no smileys or huge words of "HUMOR" in bold with [brackets] in the article.
As for Skyrim's sales, I'm not sure if Bethesda was anticipating these kinds of numbers. It's probably sold more than any of their previous titles combined. Hopefully this gives them alot more momentum for the future and, crossing my fingers here, they don't forget what got them there to begin with.
Hopefully they don't do a BioWare on me.
"I have only two out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold." (First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates, US Marine Corps, Soissons, 19 July 1918)
"Bethesda has said that there is nearly 300 hours of gameplay (before the meaty DLC becomes available), making me retroactively pissed off at all of those games with a 12 hour single player campaign that I’ve played over the years."
So true. There's so many games lately that barely break the two digit mark for playable hours, if even that, yet still cost $50+ dollars.
i was retired from single player games for years, only playing the assassins creed franchise until Skyrim came out. All i can say is i wont buy a single player game for $50-$60 dollars ever again, unless its better than Skyrim.... It has set my standards in single player games.
"Bethesda has said that there is nearly 300 hours of gameplay (before the meaty DLC becomes available), making me retroactively pissed off at all of those games with a 12 hour single player campaign that I’ve played over the years."
So true. There's so many games lately that barely break the two digit mark for playable hours, if even that, yet still cost $50+ dollars.
i was retired from single player games for years, only playing the assassins creed franchise until Skyrim came out. All i can say is i wont buy a single player game for $50-$60 dollars ever again, unless its better than Skyrim.... It has set my standards in single player games.
This. Add to the fact that you also technically have bought the construction kit. It's a worthy price for your game purchase.
That's economic bullshit. If it were true, ALL entertainment would be counter-productive. What the author forgot is that the gaming industry leads to many more jobs- the producing of the CD's, the actual software-craft, the delivery and subsequent selling are ALL benefits to the economy. Although the resources that went to the game could have been put towards innumerable other lines of production, they DIDN'T. Why? Because the free-market (not that we have one very much nowadays) designates resources where they are most apt to satisfy the wants and needs of the public, and most effieciently at that.
If we wanna raise production, why not just make all forms of entertainment illegal?
Also, before you all jump and shout RAGE! keep in mind that some people actually believe this crap, so it's important to point out why it's a falsehood.
"I used to care about the economy, then I took an arrow in the knee."
One of the article comments made me LOL
Yeh that made me laugh to.
But this article seems a clever advertisement by bethesda through this blog lol.
Ithink they will reach at least 10million copys worldwide thats not bad for a solo rpg.
Agree.
Yeah just quite clever sponsored article
Ofc article itself is BS, but well since it stirred hornet nest a little and provoked discussion then it served it's purpose
Not to mention if anyone would like to seriously follow games imapct on economy, there are games that people are spending far more time with. Most mmorpg's - games like i.e. WoW are massive time sink, with grinding all this medallions for gear, etc
Anyway someone at marketting department did a good job
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I really hope that people will get that this is a sarcastic, tongue in the cheek article.
My Blog About Hellgate Global, an ARPG/FPS hybrid MMO:
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Recently Played: Cardmon Hero, Cabal, Oblivion
The Capt.Picard "Double Face Palm" needs to apply?
But... but... there's no smileys or huge words of "HUMOR" in bold with [brackets] in the article.
As for Skyrim's sales, I'm not sure if Bethesda was anticipating these kinds of numbers. It's probably sold more than any of their previous titles combined. Hopefully this gives them alot more momentum for the future and, crossing my fingers here, they don't forget what got them there to begin with.
Hopefully they don't do a BioWare on me.
"I have only two out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold." (First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates, US Marine Corps, Soissons, 19 July 1918)
i was retired from single player games for years, only playing the assassins creed franchise until Skyrim came out. All i can say is i wont buy a single player game for $50-$60 dollars ever again, unless its better than Skyrim.... It has set my standards in single player games.
This. Add to the fact that you also technically have bought the construction kit. It's a worthy price for your game purchase.
My Blog About Hellgate Global, an ARPG/FPS hybrid MMO:
http://kashiewannaplay.wordpress.com/
Hellgate Global Official Fan Blog
http://t3funhellgate.wordpress.com/
Currently Playing: Hellgate Global, LoL, Skyrim, Morrowind
Recently Played: Cardmon Hero, Cabal, Oblivion
That's economic bullshit. If it were true, ALL entertainment would be counter-productive. What the author forgot is that the gaming industry leads to many more jobs- the producing of the CD's, the actual software-craft, the delivery and subsequent selling are ALL benefits to the economy. Although the resources that went to the game could have been put towards innumerable other lines of production, they DIDN'T. Why? Because the free-market (not that we have one very much nowadays) designates resources where they are most apt to satisfy the wants and needs of the public, and most effieciently at that.
If we wanna raise production, why not just make all forms of entertainment illegal?
Also, before you all jump and shout RAGE! keep in mind that some people actually believe this crap, so it's important to point out why it's a falsehood.
The answer is 42 you idiot!
Thank you for the link OP, even though its buggy, I am spending all my time in Skyrim...
A very enjoyable article!
Yeh that made me laugh to.
But this article seems a clever advertisement by bethesda through this blog lol.
Ithink they will reach at least 10million copys worldwide thats not bad for a solo rpg.
Hope to build full AMD system RYZEN/VEGA/AM4!!!
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CPU:Intell Icore7 3770k
GPU: AMD Fury X(waiting for BIG VEGA 10 or 11 HBM2?(bit unclear now))
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PSU:Corsair AX1200i
OS:Windows 10 64bit
Agree.
Yeah just quite clever sponsored article
Ofc article itself is BS, but well since it stirred hornet nest a little and provoked discussion then it served it's purpose
Not to mention if anyone would like to seriously follow games imapct on economy, there are games that people are spending far more time with. Most mmorpg's - games like i.e. WoW are massive time sink, with grinding all this medallions for gear, etc
Anyway someone at marketting department did a good job