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  • Avenger_teambgAvenger_teambg Member, Developer Posts: 5,862

    DVD? Why not a USB stick?

    -Trent

    Oh! With a picture of Boo on it!!!
    You took a level in craft (disturbing mental image), didn't you?
  • immagikmanimmagikman Member Posts: 664
    Tanthalas said:

    @Arkynomicon

    I'm royally pissed about the situation with Skyrim:

    - first they release the game featuring the same lag problems that Oblivion, Fallout and New Vegas had on the PS3.
    - then they only fix the issue 3 months (or was it more?) later.
    - now the PS3 version gets no DLC because it might make the game fall apart.

    Never again will I buy a Bethesda game at launch.

    I think your problem there is choosing to play games like Skyrim on a PS3 :-D Seriously I understand their desire to get as many copies sold but the PS3 and Xbox are really really not the platforms for those kinds of games. However I understand your frustration.
  • TanthalasTanthalas Member Posts: 6,738

    I think your problem there is choosing to play games like Skyrim on a PS3 :-D Seriously I understand their desire to get as many copies sold but the PS3 and Xbox are really really not the platforms for those kinds of games. However I understand your frustration.

    Sorry, but I disagree. To me there is no such thing as a game that "only works on PCs".

    The problem with Skyrim is that Bethesda did a very poor job in porting the game to the PS3.
  • vorticanvortican Member Posts: 206

    @TrentOster: I never got this idea of putting games on an USB stick instead of a DVD. I mean, USB sticks break far more easily than DVDs (granted they aren't put in horrible cases like what they did with the 4-in-1 case of the Baldur's Gate series...My BG 2 disc eventually broke by putting it too much in and out of this case, horrible system). Plus, DVDs look far better on a shelf, like @mch202 said. Maybe I'm just getting too old for innovation. *waves with her walking cane* XD

    Heh. I don't understand this thing about putting games on stuff these days. Just download it. Even if you're a collector, I don't get why you'd want the physical boxes. If you want to resell them when you're done playing them, sure, but if you're going to keep them...
  • ArkynomiconArkynomicon Member Posts: 52
    edited October 2012


    I think your problem there is choosing to play games like Skyrim on a PS3 :-D Seriously I understand their desire to get as many copies sold but the PS3 and Xbox are really really not the platforms for those kinds of games. However I understand you frustration.
    Bethesda games are always best on PC but my laptop is not cut out for games released after 2007 and I enjoy most games I buy on the PS3 (even Fallout New Vegas that was buggy but fun). But I mostly bought it because Bethesda made it sound like they knew what they were doing with the PS3 version. They said they where giving every platform the attention they needed.
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    edited October 2012

    DVD? Why not a USB stick?

    -Trent

    I like USB to. Cant find a proggi to make it show with pic though..
  • darrenkuodarrenkuo Member Posts: 366
    lordkim said:

    DVD? Why not a USB stick?

    -Trent

    I like USB to. Cant find a proggi to make it show with pic though..
    Agree ! it's time for USB stick , no more CD/DVD in the future.
  • reedmilfamreedmilfam Member Posts: 2,808
    USB in the shape of a character! I want a Wrex Mass Effect USB! Or a Miranda one, but that's another matter entirely...
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    edited October 2012
    I want a Boo shaped USB stick for the complete BG Enhanced release :)
    Post edited by mlnevese on
  • neleotheszeneleothesze Member Posts: 231

    DVD? Why not a USB stick?

    -Trent

    I want mine as a pancake maker. When you load a new area, a map of the area is burnt into the pancake. And when you die it splashes strawberry syrup all over the pancake. Sweet delicious red screen. Yum-yum.

    Seriously though, ignore the heathens asking for tangible copies. Focus on Adventures A, B, C, D.... X, Y and Z. :P




  • iankirtsiankirts Member Posts: 17

    DVD? Why not a USB stick?

    -Trent

    DVD is so much better. what if you download it, then get a new computer and have no way of transferring it. you would have to buy it again!

  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    I think Trent was suggesting a USB stick with the game already on it.
  • ArkynomiconArkynomicon Member Posts: 52
    Sounds reasonable and you could keep your game collection in a nifty USB keychain.
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    Just found a good model for my BGEE usb stick :)

    image
  • AnimewareAnimeware Member Posts: 73
    iankirts said:

    DVD? Why not a USB stick?

    -Trent

    DVD is so much better. what if you download it, then get a new computer and have no way of transferring it. you would have to buy it again!

    I heard a developer saying you can install it as much as you like on 2 different computers....

  • BytebrainBytebrain Member Posts: 602
    iankirts said:

    DVD? Why not a USB stick?

    -Trent

    DVD is so much better. what if you download it, then get a new computer and have no way of transferring it. you would have to buy it again!

    You can download the game as many times you want.
  • Avenger_teambgAvenger_teambg Member, Developer Posts: 5,862
    iankirts said:

    DVD? Why not a USB stick?

    -Trent

    DVD is so much better. what if you download it, then get a new computer and have no way of transferring it. you would have to buy it again!

    I believe, you can also put files on a USB stick easier than on a DVD.
  • BytebrainBytebrain Member Posts: 602

    iankirts said:

    DVD? Why not a USB stick?

    -Trent

    DVD is so much better. what if you download it, then get a new computer and have no way of transferring it. you would have to buy it again!

    I believe, you can also put files on a USB stick easier than on a DVD.
    That too. LOL. :-)
  • reedmilfamreedmilfam Member Posts: 2,808
    mlnevese said:

    Just found a good model for my BGEE usb stick :)

    image

    @mlnevese That one really lets me 'look into the beady eyes of your hamster, and change my ways!'

  • neokarnyneokarny Member Posts: 39
    Tanthalas said:


    To me there is no such thing as a game that "only works on PCs".

    While most games are fine when not on PC, RTS games are notoriously frustration-inducing on anything but PC.
  • TanthalasTanthalas Member Posts: 6,738
    @neokarny

    Its true that a mouse is a lot better for RTS games than a controller, but that didn't stop me from having fun playing C&C:Red Alert on my PSX.
  • mch202mch202 Member Posts: 1,455
    Tanthalas said:

    @neokarny

    Its true that a mouse is a lot better for RTS games than a controller, but that didn't stop me from having fun playing C&C:Red Alert on my PSX.

    wooooo... Red Alert! what a great game! I remember producing huge amounts of Mammoth Tanks before attacking.. Didnt like at all Red Alert 2,3.. though..

    image

  • ArkynomiconArkynomicon Member Posts: 52
    I guess mass producing USB sticks would be more expensive then just putting it out on a disc?

    So I suppose that could be something that would hold it back.
  • moody_magemoody_mage Member Posts: 2,054
    I'm going to copy my installer onto a USB and carry it around with me.

    I may do the same for the GoG games I have as well. A USB of awesomeness.
  • immagikmanimmagikman Member Posts: 664
    Tanthalas said:

    I think your problem there is choosing to play games like Skyrim on a PS3 :-D Seriously I understand their desire to get as many copies sold but the PS3 and Xbox are really really not the platforms for those kinds of games. However I understand your frustration.

    Sorry, but I disagree. To me there is no such thing as a game that "only works on PCs".

    The problem with Skyrim is that Bethesda did a very poor job in porting the game to the PS3.
    I understand what you are saying but it is based on emotion and feeling not on technological issues.
    If a game is designed with one platform in mind, and an inferior platform gets a port then necessarily the platform with lower capability hardware will not deliver the same experience. HOWEVER, If a company advertises that their product will work on said lower capability hardware...then they are obligated to make it work. Also taking 3 months to correct their mistake is unforgivable too. This means Bethesda is still to blame, but the underlying fact that if you want the best experience for that type of game....go with better hardware :)
  • immagikmanimmagikman Member Posts: 664
    edited October 2012
    iankirts said:

    DVD? Why not a USB stick?

    -Trent

    DVD is so much better. what if you download it, then get a new computer and have no way of transferring it. you would have to buy it again!

    Im confused how is a DVD better than USB? aside from the huge amounts of space wasted on a DVD for a game as small as BG small USB's are fairly cheap and portable to boot and more durable than scratch prone optical media... Oops forgot some consoles dont have USB ports......but I think USB sticks for PC and cloud for the devices without ports like the iPad.
  • neokarnyneokarny Member Posts: 39
    Tanthalas said:

    @neokarny

    Its true that a mouse is a lot better for RTS games than a controller, but that didn't stop me from having fun playing C&C:Red Alert on my PSX.

    While that was definitely true, RA doesn't have the level of complexity (i.e. speed, tasking, scale, etc.) that came later requiring the use of a full keyboard and mouse for speed and precision. I couldn't imagine trying to play Total Annihilation on a console.
  • immagikmanimmagikman Member Posts: 664
    Was checking out the cost for bulk 4GB flash drives the unit cost seems to fall into the $1 to $2 probably a lot higher than bulk DVD's which are probably somewhere under $1 so guess that is a problem.
  • sledgefangsledgefang Member Posts: 42
    I like cheese. So does Boo.
  • AnimewareAnimeware Member Posts: 73

    I like cheese. So does Boo.

    Are you talking about "Boo" from Dragon Ball Z he always say's Boo lmao.....

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