Tales for PS3

[City Of Delusion]

I thought that they would port to PS3 long before they would port to Mac. Either way, recent events suggest that the odds of Telltale porting the TTT to PS3 is very high.

What I want to know is: Is the Mac TTT a polished Wii TTT, or has it been built from scratch.

Oh, and ignore thin029, please. He is a blatant fanboy and should be treated as such.

[thin029]

Originally Posted by Ash735

they came out much later.

This explains my whole point. PSN is for people who can't have Xbox Live. That is all.

Originally Posted by City Of Delusion

Oh, and ignore thin029, please. He is a blatant fanboy and should be treated as such.

I'm sorry, do I know you? Pointing facts on how worse is an online service compared to others is not fanboyism where I live.

[Fury]

Wii doesn't support local pricing. In Australia, 1000 points are $19.

PSN costs a little bit more, but it only follows the exchange rate, so things are only 10% more expensive, unlike the ridiculous double pricing of the Wii. So PSN beats WiiWare in that department.

And thin (you big fanboy), you can download the GTA games. There was no difficulty in porting them over to PSN, they only delayed it because Microsoft wasted $150,000,000 in securing an exclusivity deal. They didn't even make close to that from sales.

[thin029]

I don't care about the reasons for the delay, if Sony weren't smart enough to waste the money themselves, this is a PS3-Only gamer problem. The thing is PSN lacks everything from demos to add-ons, or it makes you wait like a year for something other services already had. And it lacks original full games (like Monkey Island) because it's a failure in US and you fanboys can't get over this.

[Ash735]

Originally Posted by Fury

And thin (you big fanboy), you can download the GTA games. There was no difficulty in porting them over to PSN, they only delayed it because Microsoft wasted $150,000,000 in securing an exclusivity deal. They didn't even make close to that from sales.

Actually it was $50 Million, they made back $30 Million alone with DLC sales of The Lost and Damned, and that's not counting the amount of people it swayed to get the 360 version of the game as well as the console because people thought it was an exclusive. Microsoft paid the money and got the results they were after.

[0rk0]

[QUOTE=thin029;262092] but PSN is NOT a great online service. Period

.... because it's a failure in US......

QUOTE]

I'm sorry but that statement is pure fanboyism.
How can you even compare a paid for service to a free one?
To play multiplayer online is free on the PSN.
So how is that not great?
The world is a little bit bigger than only your country's borders.

Telltale got it wrong betting on the Wii.
A large portion of PC owners moved to either a Xbox360 or PS3 for their gaming needs. That's where the mature gamer spends his time, not on a Wii. PC gaming became too expensive. You can buy a console for the price of a good graphics card and know that your system will always be compatible.

I'm lucky enough to have both a PC and PS3.
I really wanted to get Sam & Max and other games for my PS3, since it will always be playable, unlike on a PC when Windows change, nothing works anymore.
I got myself the whole Sam & Max: Season 1 for $3 on the PC.
Telltale Games lost out on making money. Let's hope they will give Monkey Island a chance on the PS3...

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by thin029

I don't care about the reasogns for the delay, if Sony weren't smart enough to waste the money themselves, this is a PS3-Only gamer problem. The thing is PSN lacks everything from demos to add-ons, or it makes you wait like a year for something other services already had. And it lacks original full games (like Monkey Island) because it's a failure in US and you fanboys can't get over this.

Wait, what?

While I in general use Live more than PSN, this feels like half-baked fanboyism here. For one thing, PSN has no original games? There are apparently enough to have a Top 10 list, at the very least. And while Microsoft sometimes pays for timed exclusives, outside of that the demos and add-on packs are in line with their 360 counterparts.

[Yohmi]

I have a 360 and a PS3 (and a Wii but it’s not important for that part). I refuse to pay any plan for web services, I already pay the game, the console, and my ISP. I don’t use XBL, this service is not that good when you’re not paying. I can’t play online. I can’t have the things when they come out. I can on the PSN, free. FREE.

You’re a big fanboy, thin029, you’re comparing a free service to a paying one. You’re taking brand exclusivities for argument about service quality, which is dumb. PSN premium is going to be launched this year, and will probably have quite the same service as XBL have. But for me, it does not change anything. I’ll still be able to play online freely on the PSN, and also able to play some games you’ll never have the chance to play on the XBLA, while I still won’t be able to play online on the XBL.
Does it mean one is better than the other ? Nope. It’s different services.
I want to play Tracks HD and Splosion Man ? I think online gaming is very important, with vocal chat and everything when I kill people in my beloved war games ? I better go for XBLA and pay for the XBL services.
I want to play Flower, Heavy Rain Chronicles and Blast Factor ? I play online only once in a trimester because I love (and can) play with friends next to me (or don’t like online gaming) ? Then the PSN is what I need.

Seriously, if I’m searching for a content, no matter it’s 360 or PS3, it’s just sorted by categories on their online markets. There is no good or bad point here, nothing to debate. I’m looking for something special, I just enter the name in the searchfield. Same, it just works as expected. Here and there.

What I hate in XBL, is that people who pay don’t pay only for more things, but also for privileges. And I hate that system. I hate seeing on a website that a demo is out, connecting, and seeing nothing, just because I’m not a VIP. I own a 360, and back then it was not cheap at all. But I have the cheapest service possible. No online gaming. No day-1 content.
But I still go on the XBLA and the PSN when some content interest me. This debate is pointless ^^




About the real topic of this thread, I think it’ll come someday. Telltale is interested in every platform who have potential. Wiiware have, PSN have, XBLA have, Mac have, PC, of course, have.
I suppose we will have some clues before the end of the year, if Telltale is expanding enough, thanks to the success of ToMI and the next S&M season.

[Rather Dashing]

If you're watching the prices, you can get Live cards for a fairly negligible cost. I bought a 12-month card for $30 recently, which is a clean $2.50 per month. I don't think that's too bad. Granted, it's $2.50 more each month than the PS3 players are paying, but it's not an exorbitant cost or anything.

[GaryCXJk]

Also, for one, I do agree that Wii Shop Channel is crap. It's slow as hell, and finding the game you want is such a drag when going trough a huge list of games which only shows ten items at a time.

And XBLA is losing its exclusivity by the day. Castle Crashers for one is already coming to PSN now, and I wouldn't be surprised if more would come that way.

Finally, aside from the fact that I thought this thread was dead, it really goes about nothing right now, at least it's not about the topic. Yes, ToMI should be coming to PSN, no, it won't happen until Telltale Games announces it.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by GaryCXJk

Also, for one, I do agree that Wii Shop Channel is crap. It's slow as hell, and finding the game you want is such a drag when going trough a huge list of games which only shows ten items at a time.

There are options to search by title, publisher, age group, whether people voted it Hardcore/Casual, ESRB rating, and I think a few other criteria. I had no trouble finding, for example, the pages for the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Wiiware games by typing "Ace" into the search bar under Search By Title.

[Steverin0]

Originally Posted by thin029

I don't care about the reasons for the delay, if Sony weren't smart enough to waste the money themselves, this is a PS3-Only gamer problem. The thing is PSN lacks everything from demos to add-ons, or it makes you wait like a year for something other services already had. And it lacks original full games (like Monkey Island) because it's a failure in US and you fanboys can't get over this.

Take your 'fanboy' comments and huge generalizations elsewhere. This is not 4chan, digg, mmo forums or a place to impose console zealotry. You speak like you know it all and that everything you say is gospel. Get a grip. This place is a friendly community, no place for your internet rage. Go get some fresh air boy.

[Hero1]

I find PSN extremely easy to use. I just wish there were more good games on the service. I mainly use it to download demos.

[GaryCXJk]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

There are options to search by title, publisher, age group, whether people voted it Hardcore/Casual, ESRB rating, and I think a few other criteria. I had no trouble finding, for example, the pages for the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Wiiware games by typing "Ace" into the search bar under Search By Title.

Yes, but that's only when searching directly for a game. When browsing trough categories, searching for a game in, for example, Arcade spawns up a list of games I don't even give a crap about. With scrolling trough each page and going trough the pages themselves being slow as hell, it's no wonder I easily get disappointed when I can't find anything.

If everything just got displayed in small icons or in one list with no images, it might just increase browse-ability.

[Chyron8472]

You know, I get really sick of the stupid rants people have against other people who like a product or service enough to give it high praise.

PS3 fanboys... XBOX fanboys... Zelda fanboys... Halo fanboys...

Bullshit, I say. If people like something, stop trying to be so damned argumentative and put them down just because they have brand/product loyalty. I love Monkey Island and think it's the best Adventure Game series ever made. Does that make be a fanboy? If it does, then SO FRICKEN WHAT? I bet the load of people who ridicule others for being "fanboys" are just being argumentative, and passing it off as "objectivity."

Originally Posted by Rolleander

You could install another OS on ps3, like linux [...]

haha! I read this and immediately this video comes to mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQECwm3erEs

ooh, and here's one for you linux gamers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpn3L3bSJQ

[Avistew]

Never thought of fanboy/girl as an insult. The way I see it, it's just that fan is gender neutral and can be confusing so there are the 'not-gender-neutral" ones. I'm a fangirl because I'm a female fan, that's all, just like my girlfriends are my friends who are female. It's not derogatory (at least I don't take it as such).

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by avistew

Never thought of fanboy/girl as an insult. The way I see it, it's just that fan is gender neutral and can be confusing so there are the 'not-gender-neutral" ones. I'm a fangirl because I'm a female fan, that's all, just like my girlfriends are my friends who are female. It's not derogatory (at least I don't take it as such).

It can be used either way, though. "Fanboy" is used as an insult when it's assumed or postulated that the subject of the insult has had their judgement clouded by blind brand loyalty. Speaking of which...

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

If people like something, stop trying to be so damned argumentative and put them down just because they have brand/product loyalty.

As much as you might think so, brand loyalty as a principle is not usually a good idea. A brand is just a familiar producer of products. If you come to the point where your trust in the brand outweighs the value of the actual product being sold, you're playing into the hands of those whose very career rests on mass manipulation, that is, marketing teams.

There's a reason "objectivity", as you so unflatteringly put in air quotes, is valued by some over picking a side and screaming across the room.

[Avistew]

I do have to say that I never understood the "if you don't like absolutely everything about X then you're not a real fan". Especially for a series of something, if you like one less and people go "you have to like it just as much or you're not a real fan".
I don't get it. First you can like something without liking everything about it, and you're still a fan. Then you can like a series without liking every part of the series. And it seems to me being objective and critical makes it matter more when you do like something.
That is, if someone tells me what I write is great even when I know it needs improvement, I'm not going to trust their judgment much. Because if they always say "it's great!", no mater what, how can I trust them? How can I know if it's actually great or if it sucks but they won't say so?
I prefer people who can tell me what's good and what's bad and needs improvement. Sure I'll pout but then I'll make it better and I'll be happy.

Anyways, just a side-thing. I think brand loyalty to some extent is similar to that. While it's good to give a brand a chance when you trust them, even if they failed you this time, staying true to a brand that you're unhappy with out of brand loyalty seems... foolish. And liking something just because it's the brand's seems very weird to me. Especially if the exact same thing made by another brand would get your hatred.
Kinda like sport hooligans. You have a team you like and one you hate, just based on the shirt's colours, even though the players change and could very well go from the loved team to the hated one or vice-versa. It seems so arbitrary.

[Chyron8472]

ie. I love TellTale. They're fricken awesome.
Yay, TellTale! I'ma buy all your stuff!(eventually)

...except not Poker cuz it's admittedly a test to see how well the TellTale Tool works, nor Bone cuz the story isn't finished, nor CSI cuz watching the show is better than playing it.


EDIT: I suppose people being called "fanboys" annoys me because, though I love the Nostalgia Critic's and Linkara's video reviews, I was browsing thatguywiththeglasses.com and came across Spoony's multi-part review of Final Fantasy VIII. I mean, he spent hours and hours playing through the game and was whining and bitching about everything in it. No, I didn't watch the whole review. I love FF8. It's one of my favorite RPGs ever.

In the comments for his videos, I wrote that I disagreed wholeheartedly with his bashing of the game and gave reasons why I thought his arguements were stretched thin, and how it appeared that he was manufacturing reasons that didn't make sense. (Some might say it was all an act, but then why would he make a fake review that was collectively 11 hours long?)

For my trouble, I was called a fanboy by numerous people.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

ie. I love TellTale. They're fricken awesome.
Yay, TellTale! I'ma buy all your stuff!(eventually)

Don't you mean e.g.?

...except not Poker cuz it's admittedly a test to see how well the TellTale Tool works, nor Bone cuz the story isn't finished, nor CSI cuz watching the show is better than playing it.

Aha! I own those!

Poker because it was given free at the end of a survey, and the Bone games because I was curious and could get them for half price after pre-ordering Wallace and Gromit.

Oh, wait, don't have the CSI games. Meh, not interested.