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Re: Critical Darling Alan Wake 2's Sales Seem Soft, But There's More to the Story

Cloud39472

@FatalBubbles That's fair. Amazon, GAME, Square Enix etc. are quite unreliable as far as release day goes (though Amazon have improved) which Is why I order a majority of my games from ShopTo as they often deliver early and have never missed a release date so far.

I definitely see the benefits of Digital as opposed to Physical like game sharing and convenience. For me personally it's all about having the Disc as I hate not physically owning something. All I can hope for is that the option to have one or the other is always on the table as a completely Digital future is a major turn off for me.

Re: GTA Publisher Lays Out Complex Entertainment Per-Hour Pricing Algorithm

Cloud39472

I hate the idea of 1 hour = £1 or that length = Quality. I'm tired of games being long just for the sake of it. Too much padding and fluff in games these days all because people want to fill their time with mundane repeatable objectives just to feel like they "got their money's worth".

I'd rather have quality than quantity personally. For example, I liked Spider-Man 2 more than the first because it didn't waste my time.

Re: Ubisoft Exec Says Physical Sales Slowing, But They're Not Going Away

Cloud39472

@zupertramp I always choose Console over PC solely because they still offer physical media. I buy a lot of games day one and physical is cheaper %99.9 of the time and I love having a shelf full of games.

An all digital future would ruin a big part of gaming for me. I wouldn't want to miss out however so if it happens, then my future gaming will be on PC since my only reason for picking console would be gone.

Re: UK Sales Charts: Surprise Hit Lies of P Makes an Impressive Third Place Debut

Cloud39472

@Kidfried I agree that UK box charts aren't an entirely reliable source for how well a game is doing but I disagree that "few people" buy Physical games. Of course more people buy Digital these days but those articles that spout nonsense like "99% of game sales are digital" include sales of DLC, Digital only Indie Games and Mobile purchases which also renders those articles mostly redundant when comparing Digital vs Physical sales.

I would guess that Digital to Physical if we're talking games that actually release physically is more of like a 70-30 split in favour of Digital. This is a guess as I'm not sure of the actual numbers but it's definitely not 99-1 anyway as people like to spread around.

Re: Final Fantasy Creator Believes Latest Instalment Is Ultimate Entry in Franchise

Cloud39472

@naruball The worst part is, you know with 100% certainty that if he said that he hated it they would be celebrating and using it as ammunition.

In reality it doesn't matter if he liked it or not (although I'm happy he did) the series has had multiple creators and is no longer his vision alone. His opinion means as much as anyone else's but it does help support the argument of this being very much a FF title through and through.

Can't wait for FF17 so we can repeat these discussions like we have since FF9 or even FF7 ad nauseum 😄

Re: Japanese Final Fantasy 16 Sales Plummet by 90% in Second Week

Cloud39472

@Cordyceps If anyone's on Copium, it's people like you and NES in every comments section related to XVI grasping for any "proof" that the game is just as big of a turd that you claim it is. When in reality it's sold and been recieved very well by the majority of people.

It's fine to dislike it, I don't care but I see your petty comments in nearly every damn article.

Re: Final Fantasy 16 Is the Seventh Best Final Fantasy Game According to Fans

Cloud39472

Always seems to be the same people in the comments wishing for this games demise. Very sad indeed. Still I'm happy that FF16 is doing well and I look forward to what Square Enix will cook up for the next main installment. I've been taking my time with it myself as I really like to absorb these games and I'm 60% in according to my ps5.

Anyone who says this game is too easy clearly hasn't fought the Nine Of Knives!

Re: Best Final Fantasy Games

Cloud39472

My personal list changes regularly but this is my most recent ranking

1. FFVII
2.FFXVI
3.FFIX
4.FFVIII
5.FFXV
6.FFX
7.FFXIII
8.FFXII
9.FFVI
10.FFIV
11.FFXIV
12.FFII
13.FFV
14.FFIII
15.FFI

I always struggle to rank XIV in particular because I love it like I do all of them and it's very much a great Final Fantasy but it's just so difficult to rate it comparing to the others due to it being an MMO.