Awesome Gamespy.com coverage for us :-)

[LZachariah]

It's nothing we don't know, but i LOVE how positive this editor is about Planetside 2! This is the video of the anti-air turret being drawn.

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/planetside-2/1219470p1.html

~Zachariah

[WiteBeam]

I'm surprised by how well they are getting the word out there. So much better than when the first game came out. PCGamer itself will bring in thousands and thousands.
My question. Will they be making PS2 on a set of C.D.s so people that don't see this game online or in a magazine can still come across it in GameStop or something? That's how I found PS.

[Death2All]

Originally Posted by WiteBeam

I'm surprised by how well they are getting the word out there. So much better than when the first game came out. PCGamer itself will bring in thousands and thousands.
My question. Will they be making PS2 on a set of C.D.s so people that don't see this game online or in a magazine can still come across it in GameStop or something? That's how I found PS.

I really doubt it will on a set of CDs considering how the game is free to play, on top of the prevalence and ease of digital downloads.

[WiteBeam]

There is a pretty large group of gamers that this game will slip by unnoticed because they don't see it of the shelves at a store. Maybe there will be posters up or something at game shops still.

[Vash02]

To be fair on SOE, a PCGamer article is how I came to know about PS1. There are much more gaming news websites now than there were 8-9 years ago.

Hopefully if Pro7 does their job in Britain there will be bus adverts and, the holy grail, TV adverts.

[LZachariah]

I would be 100% ok with that o.O i WISH that SOE would do something like that o.O

[CidHighwind]

Originally Posted by WiteBeam

There is a pretty large group of gamers that this game will slip by unnoticed because they don't see it of the shelves at a store. Maybe there will be posters up or something at game shops still.

Thats a good compromise actually - posters are cheap, and they still get the image out there.

I know its been mentioned a million times already - but I also think that having a steam release will be the biggest boost that SoE could give this game. A GIGANTIC market that already loves free to play. Put that on the front page for a month and it will be massive.

[BigBossMonkey]

Originally Posted by WiteBeam

There is a pretty large group of gamers that this game will slip by unnoticed because they don't see it of the shelves at a store. Maybe there will be posters up or something at game shops still.

How many PC gamers are really going and looking for new games at a store?

I'm 99% sure PS2 will be on steam... That's 4+ million users right there.

[TrenchcoatNinja]

Originally Posted by BigBossMonkey

How many PC gamers are really going and looking for new games at a store?

I'm 99% sure PS2 will be on steam... That's 4+ million users right there.

QFT right there, if it isn't on there it damn well should be, I browse 100% on Steam, physical copies can suck it.

[WiteBeam]

I hope that's the case. Problem solved.

[BorisBlade]

Originally Posted by WiteBeam

There is a pretty large group of gamers that this game will slip by unnoticed because they don't see it of the shelves at a store. Maybe there will be posters up or something at game shops still.

Wait....you still buy PC games at a physical store? You mean they still sell PC games at brick and mortar stores?

Geez, time to get with the times man! =) Steam and other digital download services are how games will be done more and more. If not for the awful closed systems of consoles, then the gamestop's of the world would be out of business (atleast no more physical stores that is, just internet shops). Consoles would be downloading games just like most all PC users do. There's no need to buy physical copies anymore. Its old and pointless and a waste of time and resources.

Seriously tho, you are the only pc gamer i know who goes to a store to buy games, and the only one who would learn about a game at a store. If you can play PS then you have this thing called the internet. You should never be surprised about a game anymore. It definitely was a store bought thing for ps1 but the world has changed massively and im serious when i say im surprised that the PC section at gamestop is even still there, i know the one closest to me has just a tiny rack with pretty much just a few very well known games and some accessories. (havent been there in well over a year, its prob gone now) Almost no one buys physical games there anymore. I havent bought a physical pc game in atleast 4 years.

[SniperSteve]

Quite sure PS2 won't be on Steam, BTW.

[Brusi]

I seem to remember being this excited about the original PS coming out... That as so many years ago though, i don\'t really remember what the community engagement was like back then. I just remember feeling like i knew everything about the game before i had even started playing it though, which was of course wrong. There was nothing like entering Auraxis for the first time... oh wait, maybe Norrath.

[Mightymouser]

Originally Posted by SniperSteve

Quite sure PS2 won\'t be on Steam, BTW.

Why not? EQ and EQII are both on Steam... Honestly, Boris is right; most video games stores have one very sad rack of PC games these days, everything is about digital download (whether we like it or not), be it through Steam, or some knock off version (looking at you EA:Origin)






In other news, GameSpy still exists? Wow, I haven\'t seen heads or tails of them since I was playing MOH:AA...

[dpranker]

Originally Posted by SniperSteve

Quite sure PS2 won\'t be on Steam, BTW.

I don\'t agree, both DCU and EQ2 are on Steam, I see no real reason that PS2 wouldn\'t be

Honestly they would have to be crazy not to put it on steam with the huge userbase they could easily reach there