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[Fast Jimmy]

Lol I LOVE Weekends!!!

Edited for logic.

[Pascal219]

nightcobra8928 wrote...

Pascal219 wrote...

Dumb question, but what is ''sprint review day''?

see my previous post 

I overlooked that, thanks! 

[Fiddzz]

Allan Schumacher wrote...

...what does a sprint review signify? Are announcements made?

Sprint Review is mostly a day where the devs troll the fan base by leaving exceptionally vague comments about what they see about what people were working on.

It's fun!

this x10

[Fast Jimmy]

^

During the Sprint Review, do you all occassionally stop the meeting and come up with ways to tease the fans via Twitter, then all laugh maniacally?

If not, then maybe you should start...?

[Allan Schumacher]

I think they get in their tweets when one group is leaving and the other is setting up. I don't usually pay much attention, but all those producer types are usually jabbering on about something in the back of the room.

[Brockololly]

While not necessarily twitter related, might be worth checking in on EA's Q3 Earnings conference call scheduled for tomorrow (January 30th at 2PM PT). Considering EA has almost zero retail titles announced past March, it might be when they shed a little light on games in the pipeline like Dragon Age 3, even if its reaffirming a release window.

[Steppenwolf]

Brockololly wrote...

While not necessarily twitter related, might be worth checking in on EA's Q3 Earnings conference call scheduled for tomorrow (January 30th at 2PM PT). Considering EA has almost zero retail titles announced past March, it might be when they shed a little light on games in the pipeline like Dragon Age 3, even if its reaffirming a release window.

If they fail to announce much of anything it will add fuel to the fires of "zOMG DA3 is going to next-gen exclusive?!?!?!" freakouts.

[Fast Jimmy]

Brockololly wrote...

While not necessarily twitter related, might be worth checking in on EA's Q3 Earnings conference call scheduled for tomorrow (January 30th at 2PM PT). Considering EA has almost zero retail titles announced past March, it might be when they shed a little light on games in the pipeline like Dragon Age 3, even if its reaffirming a release window.

Interesting. 

I always keep EA on my ticker of stocks to monitor. I was hoping they would drop down below $10/share in July, as that would have been a guaranteed bully-rush way to a ~10% return within three months. Chances are the stock won't get that low again, though. Not unless Forbes has a reason to write about their company's practices on a weekly basis.

[Steppenwolf]

Fast Jimmy wrote...

Brockololly wrote...

While not necessarily twitter related, might be worth checking in on EA's Q3 Earnings conference call scheduled for tomorrow (January 30th at 2PM PT). Considering EA has almost zero retail titles announced past March, it might be when they shed a little light on games in the pipeline like Dragon Age 3, even if its reaffirming a release window.

Interesting. 

I always keep EA on my ticker of stocks to monitor. I was hoping they would drop down below $10/share in July, as that would have been a guaranteed bully-rush way to a ~10% return within three months. Chances are the stock won't get that low again, though. Not unless Forbes has a reason to write about their company's practices on a weekly basis.

Never count out a bad system-launch performance. If their launch titles for PS4/720 bomb their stock will take a big hit.

[Allan Schumacher]

Note that the lower a stock price is, the more resistant it becomes to change (going from 100 to 95 is a 5% drop, whereas going from 10 to 5 is a 50% drop).

I needed a new car so I had to cash in some stock and unsurprisingly the price goes up 50 cents a few days later! /rabble /rabble

[rapscallioness]

Allan Schumacher wrote...

Note that the lower a stock price is, the more resistant it becomes to change (going from 100 to 95 is a 5% drop, whereas going from 10 to 5 is a 50% drop).

I needed a new car so I had to cash in some stock and unsurprisingly the price goes up 50 cents a few days later! /rabble /rabble

lmao! yup. that's how it always seems to work.

edit: hmmm, I wonder how many gamers are also investors? I don't know alot of gamers irl, but the ones I do, like to invest and in particular like keeping their eye on gaming pubs stock.

it's funny cuz there's still this idea that a gamer is someone--a young man--living in their parent's basement, swilling back mountain dew and screaming for , "Moar Boobies!"

Idk how true that ever was, and they are a part of it all, but the demographics of "a Gamer" has changed radically over the past, what? 10-15 years?

In other words, I suspect, that some of the most interested investors of gaming pub stock will also be gamers.  Or, at least the family and friends of a gamer.

Modifié par rapscallioness, 30 janvier 2013 - 01:02 .

[obsessedwjpn]

It would just be really nice if they at least released some background images created with the new Frostbite 2 engine because until then all we have to go on is how the developers SAY the images look. If there is a show not tell policy in place then let's have some examples of the amazing lighting system and what not!

I really love the Dragon Age series and I can even wait until next year for the game but all this hype building by the developers without any real concrete evidence is a bit crazy. There is building up exciting for the game and then there is just torturing us then releasing a game that is nothing like what the makers say it will be. It would be nice to have a chance to evaluate a little bit of the given information ourselves (by way of looking at evidence provided to us).

Thanks to everyone maintaining this thread and keeping up with all the tweets. You guys do an awesome job!

Modifié par obsessedwjpn, 30 janvier 2013 - 01:35 .

[ElitePinecone]

Brockololly wrote...

While not necessarily twitter related, might be worth checking in on EA's Q3 Earnings conference call scheduled for tomorrow (January 30th at 2PM PT). Considering EA has almost zero retail titles announced past March, it might be when they shed a little light on games in the pipeline like Dragon Age 3, even if its reaffirming a release window.

Yeah, I plan on keeping an eye out. Even if DA3 isn't mentioned it's good to know where the company is at, and I'm interested to see how SWTOR is doing officially.  

Investor conference calls are practically verbose tweets by CEOs anyway, right?  

[Yggdrasil]

I really just want to thank ElitePinecone for putting together all of the information that s/he has!

Modifié par MichaelStJohn90068, 30 janvier 2013 - 02:39 .

[Yggdrasil]

I can appreciate the ladies' enthusiasm for Cullen. Unfortunately, like Alistair, he didn't strike me as batting for my team. *sigh* Why are all the best men straight or batspit crazy (Anders)?

[devSin]

ElitePinecone wrote...

Yeah, I plan on keeping an eye out. Even if DA3 isn't mentioned it's good to know where the company is at, and I'm interested to see how SWTOR is doing officially.

I don't think they said anything at all about it last quarter? Not expecting to hear anything this quarter either, to be honest.

Modifié par devSin, 30 janvier 2013 - 02:51 .

[Allan Schumacher]

rapscallioness wrote...

Allan Schumacher wrote...

Note that the lower a stock price is, the more resistant it becomes to change (going from 100 to 95 is a 5% drop, whereas going from 10 to 5 is a 50% drop).

I needed a new car so I had to cash in some stock and unsurprisingly the price goes up 50 cents a few days later! /rabble /rabble

lmao! yup. that's how it always seems to work.

edit: hmmm, I wonder how many gamers are also investors? I don't know alot of gamers irl, but the ones I do, like to invest and in particular like keeping their eye on gaming pubs stock.

it's funny cuz there's still this idea that a gamer is someone--a young man--living in their parent's basement, swilling back mountain dew and screaming for , "Moar Boobies!"

Idk how true that ever was, and they are a part of it all, but the demographics of "a Gamer" has changed radically over the past, what? 10-15 years?

In other words, I suspect, that some of the most interested investors of gaming pub stock will also be gamers.  Or, at least the family and friends of a gamer.

This is going way beyond the scope of this thread, but my only real investments at this time are the RRSP mutual funds for the most part.  EA offers an incentive on stock purchases that is pretty nice so I do take part in that.  Helped me buy a condo, braces, and a new car hahaha.


But yeah, "gamers" are typically growing up.  Even if you factor in the more "hardcore" games (i.e. not facebook casual type of stuff), the average age is shooting up.  I am almost 32, and have basically been playing games for almost 3 decades now.  Eventually there will be a president of the US that is an avid gamer haha.  And as we grow up, all that "responsibility" stuff comes into play!

[R2s Muse]

MichaelStJohn90068 wrote...

I really just want to thank ElitePinecone for putting together all of the information that s/he has!

Not sure if this has been said recently, so I will second this!

[obsessedwjpn]

MichaelStJohn90068 wrote...

I can appreciate the ladies' enthusiasm for Cullen. Unfortunately, like Alistair, he didn't strike me as batting for my team. *sigh* Why are all the best men straight or batspit crazy (Anders)?

If DA3 allows modding you can always look forward to the mod community making him "batteable":wub: (? this is not a word haha:lol:) for your team! I personally have no issue with the romances being bisexual so that anyone can increase their enjoyment of the game. 

I hope Greg Ellis is still involved with game after that fiasco involving his posting a picture on Twitter that he shouldn't have:? STEALH ELLIS:bandit:

I look forward to when the VOs can start posting stuff on Twitter again after the game's characters are revealed in detail or at least be able to answer some simple questions regarding characters.

Modifié par obsessedwjpn, 30 janvier 2013 - 03:36 .

[Brockololly]

BasilKarlo wrote...
If they fail to announce much of anything it will add fuel to the fires of "zOMG DA3 is going to next-gen exclusive?!?!?!" freakouts.

I think its a foregone conclusion it'll be coming out on nextgen. The question is whether it'll be exclusively nextgen or whether they'll make it cross generational.

It will just be odd if they don't make any comment on any upcoming titles since they quite literally have zero retail games "officially" announced post March. Which seems pretty crazy.

And over at NeoGAF, an old rumor regarding Battlefield 4 was more or less validated by an announcement regarding BF3's DLC. Which, according to the rumor there means that Battlefield 4 will be a launch game for nextgen consoles and also be on current gen consoles. So if BF4 is going to be cross generational, then there is a decent chance DA3 could be as well. Also gives us some clue as to when nextgen hardware might be coming out and hence when DA3 might be targeted for.

BasilKarlo wrote...
Never count out a bad system-launch performance. If their launch titles for PS4/720 bomb their stock will take a big hit.

Yeah, especially if they only have a few of them and they're counting on them to all be big blockbusters.

[obsessedwjpn]

Brockololly wrote...

And over at NeoGAF, an old rumor regarding Battlefield 4 was more or less validated by an announcement regarding BF3's DLC. Which, according to the rumor there means that Battlefield 4 will be a launch game for nextgen consoles and also be on current gen consoles. So if BF4 is going to be cross generational, then there is a decent chance DA3 could be as well. Also gives us some clue as to when nextgen hardware might be coming out and hence when DA3 might be targeted for.

Thanks for this information Brockololly! It certainly does give us an idea of when DA3 might be released if it is indeed connected with next-gen consoles. My question is, when you are first releasing new consoles why would a company ever NOT make them for current gen and next gen because not everyone will have the money to switch immediately. I think that would be a bad economical investment.

[Fredward]

Allan Schumacher wrote...
But yeah, "gamers" are typically growing up.  Even if you factor in the more "hardcore" games (i.e. not facebook casual type of stuff), the average age is shooting up.  I am almost 32, and have basically been playing games for almost 3 decades now.  Eventually there will be a president of the US that is an avid gamer haha.  And as we grow up, all that "responsibility" stuff comes into play!

Would killing the president online then be seen as treason?


I can totally see some of the devs sitting with their fingers arched wondering what vague tweet will evoke the most anxious fan-flailing. XD

[ElitePinecone]

obsessedwjpn wrote...

Thanks for this information Brockololly! It certainly does give us an idea of when DA3 might be released if it is indeed connected with next-gen consoles. My question is, when you are first releasing new consoles why would a company ever NOT make them for current gen and next gen because not everyone will have the money to switch immediately. I think that would be a bad economical investment.

With the caveat that we don't know anything official yet about DA3, the next-gen consoles or any of their launch plans, and that I don't really know a thing about development...

I'd hazard a guess that the gap in hardware specifications between old and new versions of the Xbox and PS3 mean it'd be impractical to try to make a game for both without severely compromising the execution of both versions. Things like the scope of the game, the level design, graphical shinyness, even the amount of stuff you can fit on a disc would all be radically different between console generations. All of those are presumably things that are decided in pre-production, they're pretty fundamental to the scope and design of the project. 

If a hypothetical game was designed first for old-gen consoles then "ported" to the new ones, it just wouldn't be taking advantage of what the new consoles could do in terms of memory or graphics output - especially in things like level size or sophistication, animations, the number of things on screen at once, textures, etc. If a game was designed for the new consoles then "ported down" to the old ones, I struggle to see how it'd even be possible to adjust a game's scope to fit with the old hardware, without making a game with a radically different scope (smaller levels, I dunno). 

I could be (and probably am) *entirely* wrong with a lot of that, and it's entirely possible that porting up and down is quite a bit easier than I described above. I don't actually know.

Regarding the mindset of the publisher in only releasing on next-gen, it may be that wowing potential customers with incredibly shiny, expansive, detailed and polished games (as compared to the current-gen) could even result in more sales compared to an equivalent game released with current-gen tech on current-gen consoles. *Particularly* if that game gets all the launch hype and free marketing of people checking out new consoles and the Microsoft/Sony hype machine. 

Basically, maybe high-definition fireballs are a good marketing strategy?