Re: PS4/Sony exclusive (No Sega involvement) speculation
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:06 pm
It's all good. Hopefully you don't feel attacked for being an Xbox fan. I also absolutely loved the original Xbox. I got one after trying Halo at a friend's house (same friend who lent me his Dreamcast because he knew I had to try Shenmue).
It was so cool to buy a lot of SEGA games like Shenmue 2, Jet Set Radio Future and Crazy Taxi 3 on the console. Sadly, over the years, Xbox is no longer what it used to be (to me)... When 360 launched, things looked bright and promising, especially with Sony's disastrous "Five-hundred-and-ninety-nine-US-dollars" moment. Then Red Ring of Death hit and after year after year of absolutely awful, awful management, the brand has not only declined, it's now nosedived. The launch of Xbone was just the final straw, and everyone I play with jumped from Xbox Live to PSN. Fortunately, Xbox is making a slow recovery now and we'll see what happens in future. I'd love to see a new Xbox console some day that returns to form (the damage is done on Xbone IMO).
But enough about Xbox... If you have no reason to back the Kickstarter, that's fine. But if you think you may own a PC or PS4 in future, then definitely consider it. Or hell, you could probably sell your copy when the game launches if you still haven't bought a PS4 by then. Even if you can't play it, you can still do whatever you want with your copy. Random thought... if you got the $80 version, you'd have both the Backer-only case sleeve and the Telecom item which won't be available to people buying the game on launch. So who knows? You may make your money back, or even sell for higher if there are people looking to buy the limited Kickstarter edition.
If you have a collector mindset, simply owning the Kickstarter edition is a pretty nice proposition IMO too... Before physical PS4 was announced, I backed physical PC even though I had no intention of playing it on PC. I was going to keep it wrapped up and locked away, and instead download the game on PS4.
It was so cool to buy a lot of SEGA games like Shenmue 2, Jet Set Radio Future and Crazy Taxi 3 on the console. Sadly, over the years, Xbox is no longer what it used to be (to me)... When 360 launched, things looked bright and promising, especially with Sony's disastrous "Five-hundred-and-ninety-nine-US-dollars" moment. Then Red Ring of Death hit and after year after year of absolutely awful, awful management, the brand has not only declined, it's now nosedived. The launch of Xbone was just the final straw, and everyone I play with jumped from Xbox Live to PSN. Fortunately, Xbox is making a slow recovery now and we'll see what happens in future. I'd love to see a new Xbox console some day that returns to form (the damage is done on Xbone IMO).
But enough about Xbox... If you have no reason to back the Kickstarter, that's fine. But if you think you may own a PC or PS4 in future, then definitely consider it. Or hell, you could probably sell your copy when the game launches if you still haven't bought a PS4 by then. Even if you can't play it, you can still do whatever you want with your copy. Random thought... if you got the $80 version, you'd have both the Backer-only case sleeve and the Telecom item which won't be available to people buying the game on launch. So who knows? You may make your money back, or even sell for higher if there are people looking to buy the limited Kickstarter edition.
If you have a collector mindset, simply owning the Kickstarter edition is a pretty nice proposition IMO too... Before physical PS4 was announced, I backed physical PC even though I had no intention of playing it on PC. I was going to keep it wrapped up and locked away, and instead download the game on PS4.