Well, narrative doesn't have to be in text. But I would agree that certain games should go with clean, simple graphics while relying more on their text narratives, dialogue, and symbolism rather than spending a bunch of time and money they don't have to try to look like a high ...
I'm not a fan of mini-games unless they're awesome games in and of themselves. I did not like riding in that mine cart in the first Gears of War. And I don't like the majority of the side quest mini games in Final Fantasy X dodge 200 lightning bolts chasing ...
EA probably has in-house attorneys, so they wouldn't have to put much extra money into legal fees. If the lawyers are particularly good and don't give up and settle, Langdell might actually get taken to the USPTO and might be ruled against. That would set precedence for him to be ...
While it may be true that superior hardware doesn't necessarily make the games better, it doesn't automatically make the games worse either. Personally, I prefer the games coming out for the PS3 and 360 over the games coming out for the Wii.
Obviously, the momentum of hardware sales will go down over time. However, I highly doubt that either the 360 or PS3 has peaked. In that case, a linear model would be a decent tool of estimation at least through 2011 or 2012. As far as I can see, neither Sony ...
