Comments on: Where’s the Joy in Pad Demos? http://www.slowdown.vg/2009/09/11/wheres-the-joy-in-pad-demos/ A blog for those who spend more time thinking about gaming than gaming Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:45:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Unknown http://www.slowdown.vg/2009/09/11/wheres-the-joy-in-pad-demos/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Unknown Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:43:32 +0000 http://www.slowdown.vg/?p=2141#comment-862 The mouse will always be better, but company nowadays don't want to do anything more than the bare minimum, so they simply demo all the stuff on the consoles becauses its cheaper for them to setup. There is still a huge following for FPS on PC only, companies just stopped caring and simply cater to the console crowd. But Resistant 2 is not a great example, it is afterall only playable on a console. The mouse will always be better, but company nowadays don’t want to do anything more than the bare minimum, so they simply demo all the stuff on the consoles becauses its cheaper for them to setup. There is still a huge following for FPS on PC only, companies just stopped caring and simply cater to the console crowd.

But Resistant 2 is not a great example, it is afterall only playable on a console.

]]> By: Martyn Zachary http://www.slowdown.vg/2009/09/11/wheres-the-joy-in-pad-demos/comment-page-1/#comment-859 Martyn Zachary Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:13:46 +0000 http://www.slowdown.vg/?p=2141#comment-859 <p>Thanks for the comment! I'm happy that you pointed out the marketplace effect, as the relationship between a specific type of demonstration and advertising and product presence in the marketplace is hardly arbitrary.</p> <p>What happened to the mouse-powered demos, obviously, is PS3 and the XBOX360! I gladly admit the profound disconnection between the write-up and the aforementioned facet of the issue, though the reason I chose to leave these factors out was to keep the focus of the text firmly on the actual effects of this phenomenon rather than be apologetic or attempt to cover my bases.</p> <p>The primary focus of the text was not on the controls themselves, but rather the aesthetic authenticity and success of the demonstrative act. Under these (admittedly arbitrary) terms, I would still personally classify all of the above demonstrations as failures.</p> Thanks for the comment! I’m happy that you pointed out the marketplace effect, as the relationship between a specific type of demonstration and advertising and product presence in the marketplace is hardly arbitrary.

What happened to the mouse-powered demos, obviously, is PS3 and the XBOX360! I gladly admit the profound disconnection between the write-up and the aforementioned facet of the issue, though the reason I chose to leave these factors out was to keep the focus of the text firmly on the actual effects of this phenomenon rather than be apologetic or attempt to cover my bases.

The primary focus of the text was not on the controls themselves, but rather the aesthetic authenticity and success of the demonstrative act. Under these (admittedly arbitrary) terms, I would still personally classify all of the above demonstrations as failures.

]]> By: rob http://www.slowdown.vg/2009/09/11/wheres-the-joy-in-pad-demos/comment-page-1/#comment-858 rob Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.slowdown.vg/?p=2141#comment-858 wow, arbitrary.  anyways, think of it this way, if game companys showed off nothing but PC footage, then everyone who bought it on consoles would be dissapointed by the downgraded graphics.  fact remains, a much larger majority of gamers use consoles then PC's, so game companys show usually show the console version, because thats the one that matters to more people.  sorry but its the truth.  and personally, i dont even care, i play both, but i actually prefer using a gamepad, even when im playing PC games.  its just a personal preference.  its all so arbitrary. wow, arbitrary.  anyways, think of it this way, if game companys showed off nothing but PC footage, then everyone who bought it on consoles would be dissapointed by the downgraded graphics.  fact remains, a much larger majority of gamers use consoles then PC’s, so game companys show usually show the console version, because thats the one that matters to more people.  sorry but its the truth.  and personally, i dont even care, i play both, but i actually prefer using a gamepad, even when im playing PC games.  its just a personal preference.  its all so arbitrary.

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