The Civilization: Revolution demo was quite fun, shame it only allows you to get to 1250 AD.
Agreed.
I also agree on the time limit. I had just wiped out the Egyptians with their Cultural Dominance (Ninja Horseman army FTW!!!)and was about to take out the Zulu for their smart attitude, calling me backwards just because they discovered writing first. I HAD LITERACY!!!! And I notice someone wanted to trade it for Democracy, which I did so that he would be in anarchy for a turn and then unable to do anything about my forces building up on his borders (in a Democracy your people will not allow acts of aggression).
Oddly, I don't typically like turn-based strategy games, but this was awesome, and they made it work on the PS3. If we get something real-time though we will have to have mouse and keyboard support.
that demo was really good. I keep playing that game and its really fun to play it. I think that this game will be in my PS3 library:tup:
Definitely for me.
Why on earth wouldn't Sony say that things are going to be the same? Free online play is a big selling point for PS3 vs Xbox 360. Part of the reason i got one. I advise you to read up on economics before you start crying about how i disagree with you.
And Qore, even in its most greedy possible form couldn't remove free online play unless only Qore members got that. And yes, that would be PSN suicide. But outside of a Beta invite, that also has other points of entry, I don't see anything hinting at a loss of free online play.
This is only Qore's first week. I'm worried about the future, when Sony has to choose between giving content to those who pay for Qore or those who don't use it. It's common sense to know that that will eventually happen.
As a monthly magazine I don't think they can pull this off well Paying Qore members will either be extremely far behind even free XBL accounts or it will be the same as Official US Playstation Magazine, which is what Qore replaces, had. An occasional exclusive or early demo. The magazine itself had a disc full of demos, but most were stuff you could find in other places too, and are now free on PSN. So, Qore will likely have one demo per issue.
Do I suspect we will lose a lot of early Sony in-house demos? Yes, but the ones I cared about rarely came out early. Heck, they are already a bit short on proper demos for their PSN titles. Most demos we get are multiplatform, and the only way we can end up losing all of those is if Sony and Microsoft went in together to do some price fixing to arrange demos from third parties to be on their paid services only, or at least for a time period. 1) That is illegal. 2) third parties would be reluctant to do it. 3) Sony and Microsoft working together would end the world so you wouldn't notice anyway.
Honestly, the more I think about it the more I doubt we will lose a lot. I mean, if we lose wallpapers and themes who cares. The best theme for the PS3 is available here at GTP, and there are tons of quality free wallpapers and themes floating around elsewhere.
I could be wrong, but I don't know how Sony can pull off making Qore like XBL Gold when it is monthly.
Plus, after they get their music and movie DL service going the free side of the PSN will likely have no problem paying for itself, especially if they get those PSN gift cards more readily available.
I understand your worry, because that was my gut reaction too, but the more I think about it the less evidence I see pointing in that direction, and the less feasible it seems.
Anyone try Commando 3 or NOVASTRIKE yet? I'm waiting to hear some thoughts on them before I purchase. I may wait for NOVASTRIKE to get their demo out.
