Comments on: OXCGN Forza 3 Update 12th September – Goes Gold with Veyron

By: xboxoz360

xboxoz360 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:59:08 +0000

so am I mate, have had a chevy powered XJ6 with Turbo 400 and it was QUICK, as Datsun 1600 ute with a small block and Powerglide and “big-n-littles”, a Standard Ten (English car – do a google) with a red hot Holden six stuffed in where a very small 4 once sate, and several others. Ran a custom bodywork and custom paint shop for bikes, vans and street machines. So yes, understand cars and love them. Do yourself a favour and grab Erik Bana’s The Beast, great self doco and great For XB Coupe as well.

By: rma

rma — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:05:45 +0000

No worries. That’s fine.

I’m a car nerd and we have a tendency to pick at things. Sorry.

By: xboxoz360

xboxoz360 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:24:45 +0000

point taken mate

Edit:

How’s that mate, a bit better – thanks.

By: rma

rma — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:12:17 +0000

I think you need to drop the whole first racing game/sim with the Bugatti Veyron. At best it’ll be the 5th game with it and 3rd racing sim with it. It’s been DLC in Pro Street and was in Undercover and will be in Shift which is out first. The Veyron is also in Supercar Challenge which is currently available and definitely a sim.

Devs shouldn’t give in to every whim of the gamers but I bet they get some good ideas from them.

Looking forward to the demo.

By: name

name — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:39:28 +0000

i wish i had that guys job.
he got to see the car in real life, not only that but take measurements of it, sit in it, smell the interior.
god 99.99% of people will never see that in their life.
hopefully once i strike it rich Bugatti will still be making it so i can buy one.

By: steve30x

steve30x — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:12:19 +0000

I agree totally with what the author says about the gamers demands being ludricus. They expect a game with everything they want in it to be done yesterday and if the game doesnt have what they want they cry like spoilt children.

By: xboxoz360

xboxoz360 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:04:46 +0000

Good pickup, and just as I was amending it to be more specific – I meant racing sim or major racing game, not arcade style game.

And I agree with the flood of games at this period, however, they do need to get games out to match the punters spending periods, and ideally that is towards the later part of each year, sadly. Eachgame really only has a very small window of opportunity to make huge sales, it’s actually just 2 weeks, an din the first 5 days, the game mas to reach its peak sales in order to cover its costs and begin the recoupe stages. This is why we now see a huge run of Collectors editions and Limited Editions that are pre-order only.

This ensure early sales, bolsters shareholders thoughts about their investment (as they can see pre-release sales figures) and at busy times is when the big money flows. We’re running a 2-3 part article on Collectors Editions reall soon, so you’ll get more details on the whys and wherefores around the new marketing ideas behind these, and tight sales windows for game. They are unlike movies, and unlike music, both of which can sustain long periods of ongoing sales. Games do not do that by nature, so quick sales, in high spending periods are required.

By: name

name — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:44:20 +0000

first game appearance?
thats not exactly true, it was in need for speed undercover.
why o why does all the good stuff have to come out at the same time?
since late june there has been nothing to play besides batman AA.
now next week we have the forza 3 demo, the ninja gaiden 2 demo, the uncharted 2 demo and i still have not had a chance to check out section 8.
than halo ODST comes out.
lets try and spread this stuff out its ridiculous