Microsoft Flight is now taking Beta applications which begins in January... you know, if you're into that kind of thing... which I am.

https://connect.microsoft.com/site1134

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soon...soon...

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imu, how are you at flying jets in BF3? If you are good, I'm going to buy you a XBOX 360, pay for a year of Gold Membership for you and require that you repay me by being my BF3 teammate and flying those planes on my team. I can't do shit with any of the aircraft.

I think it's a lot more fun being infantry.

um, GTA5?

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4 was scheduled for release 6 months after the first trailer, but got delayed until 13 months after the first trailer. I'd think they could get 5 out in 2012.

I remember when GTA Vice City came out....and getting home on a Friday night from work, and playing the game for the entire weekend....as in only getting up to use the bathroom, and an hour or two of sleep here and there...

Man, I miss being 23 sometimes......

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Same thing re: GTA Vice City ... bonus - played it the first weekend on the small TV, got the big screen the next week ... wonderful!

When I was 23, Goldschlager was a super brand new booze.

My life sucks.

Thank you.

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Not really feeling this list thus far... sans Counter-Strike of course... Maybe I was spoiled by 2011

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He said TWENTY-THREE not THIRTEEN.

Question for IMU - PS3 is free to play now over the internet but I read that they are going to start charging in January. Is this true and is it only for new people who buy PS3 or everyone even if they already are part of the PSNetwork.

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they better not... if so I may have to make the full conversion over to pc... I'm half way there as of now.

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Ahhh thanks for clearing that up!

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As of right now, the only game I have to buy in 2012 is Mass Effect 3. Not really excited about anything else right now. Ghost Recon Future Soldier looks pretty good, though.

Mass Effect 3...Halo 4...otherwise, I'm completely meh on the lineup I'm seeing thus far.

Cool.

Didn't realize commenting in this thread meant I was subjecting myself to a referrendum on my gaming tastes, but I shouldn't be surprised.

My mistake. I thought it was about anticipated in general, not just by you. Guess I'll see myself out as I really don't give two shits.

I was just commenting on console games. Maybe there are more exciting PC games. I'd probably play Counter-Strike, but I friggin' hate all Final Fantasy games, so many of those types don't interest me at all.

Tomb Raider lost me years ago. Not even nostalgia will bring me back to that one. I loved Bioshock, but I thought Bioshock 2 was meh. Basically felt like a redundant wandering story line whereas the first one had a thoroughly interesting Ayn Rand feel to it. Never heard of Dragon's Dogma.

I find your lack of Microsoft Flight inclusion disturbing.

Twisted Metal?!? I forgot about that one, can't wait to pound the clown!

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Yeah, that pretty much sums it up, but in the last version of the game they added missions to the mix, which is what got me enjoying the game, I think it also has multiplayer, but sucks to that piggie. The don't need to make a simulation game into a racing game.

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I always enjoyed the Ace series as well, but there wasn't enough simulation to make me happy. I get my kicks through taxiing and landing... Oh well Vanilla/Chocolate

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More evidence that the future of games like that are on the console. I would have thought Blizzard would have been one of the last holdouts for this but they see the writing on the wall in terms of PC sales.

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I said they are working on a strategy to be a player in console gaming. Blizzard was a PC only game company since Warcraft 2. I don't think it's a coincidence that Blizzard suddenly is starting to get their games on consoles around the time that PC sales are plummeting in favor of tablets. They know how many customers they have that are using their parents PC's. When those PC's basically become word processors because the parents would rather use an iPad and buy the kids an xbox they have to adjust.
I didn't say they would. I'm saying that Blizzard sees the future and is adjusting accordingly.

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Why is Blizzard all of a sudden porting things to consoles when they flat out refused for about 20 years?
Your shortsightedness in this discussion is crazy. You can stop citing any current sales figures.

I guess it really doesn't matter. You think that PC gaming will thrive in a world where most people replace PC's with specialty devices. I think the signs and actions of game makers indicates that they see the future being on these devices.

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The fact that consoles are "almost miniature PC's" is one of the reasons they will be able to replace the need for a dedicated PC for gaming.
Come on. This trend should be well known to someone like you. PC sales are slowing down and people are using dedicated PC's for less stuff.
I understand that, but most PC gamers start playing on the family computer and eventually need a faster PC for the better graphics. When that family computer basically is just for Word while they get email and surf the web on other devices he'll be forced to go to his xbox to play. Of course PC's aren't going to completely disappear. They'll have uses. They'll have people who want to play games on them but usage habits are already changing.

I just don't see many companies looking at the current trends and saying "I'll stick with PC only games".

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The whole time I was working my way up to number one, I kept saying "they can't really pick Halo 4 as the biggest, can they"...yup, they did...

...right now I'm buying the game, but I need to see a lot more before I'd even consider it in the same company as Bioshock Infinite and Mass Effect 3.

The thing is, it's not even the same developer...but rest assured, these are some of the "best and brightest" in the games industry...or at least I'm told every time I read an article about 343 Studios.

Just read the PS3 list...wasn't aware of just how much turmoil there is going on behind The Last Guardian, which is a shame, because it seemed like a game to genuinely be excited about. Also interesting that the PS3 list included GTAV while the 360 didn't...obviously the editors aren't talking to each other about consistency in their lists.

Why do you need new games? Just keep playing Skyrim.

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