I am seriously debating it. I haven't played Soul Calibur since the original on the Dreamcast but I believe I'll pick this one up since I don't have any sort of fighting game on my PS3 yet.

So if someone on this board was able to get an early copy of the game and review it somehow it would greatly influence me on whether or not to get the game. That is if I can find someone that could do that. :shifty:

 

Agreed.

 

Probably just a rental for me if only to see the SW characters in action.

 

I don't get piracy. If the game's worth playing, it's worth at least renting if not buying outright.

Anyway, definitely planning on getting it. I may not get it at launch, since FF4DS comes out a few days beforehand (and it's paid up via preorder) but I'll definitely play it. Here's hoping they didn't focus on the extraneous features to the detriment of the singleplayer, ala SC3.

 

I agree to an extent but how much are these gaming losing due to piracy. I mean the gaming industry has been growing exponentially over the past few years so I don't see how its harming the industry. Maybe your just disagreeing with it on moral grounds however, I don't know.:wink2:

 

Quite a bit.

"They won't miss it" doesn't justify theft.

 

People's jobs are lost due to piracy.

 

I agree that morally, pirating games isn't right but charging $60 for these games isn't either.

It just seems to me if the gaming industry is growing that pirating can't be a big problem and I would think jobs are being gained.

This link suggests that the game industry is catching the movie industry now:
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=26464499&sid=6193240&om_act=convert&om_clk=morenews&tag=morenews;title;8

I don't think there are enough people pirating to even make a dent.

 

How is charging $60 for a game wrong?

Piracy is so wide spread on the PC that many developers are abandoning the platform.

 

I wouldn't buy a fighting game it will get boring very quick to me. Its on my Gamefly Q.

Darth Vader FTW

 

Game development costs are going up. They have to charge more.

The industry is growing, but development team size is expanding at a rate greater than that of the industry. For all the millions of dollars being raked in, very little of it makes its way to the developers. The publishers are taking it all. It's becoming like the music industry.

So, yes, your piracy is hurting the people who make the games in the first place.

mor, if you don't want to spend $60 on a game not worth it, just rent.

 

I will say for myself I do have means to do it myself or at least know someone who can do it. It really isn't that hard.

 

The only games I "pirate" are old games. Nes, snes, genesis etc

 

Piracy is one of the main reasons we do have so many sequals and games that just seem the same. The problem is that the Pirates are generally the ones who would actually buy those types of games. Games that if they sold 10,000 more we would see more of them.

 

Well first off I don't pirate games mainly because I am too lazy to do so. However I do admit that I don't buy many games because of the price and only get my must haves. Which I believe a lot more people are doing so now more than ever.

Also I don't advocate piracy but I don't blame people that do it because I could see myself doing it and I don't see it as an evil practice. I think mor said it best in his post with the points he made. Maybe I'm an anarchist or something I don't know. :wink2:

 

off the topic of piracy... how is SCIV???

 

I don't pirate games, but if I had the means I would certainly pirate some. There are some games I would like to try, but know I would have no interest in paying full price for. Also some games are very hard to find, and I would not want to pay more than MSRP for them.

I tend to buy half my games used, and those are games I do not mind waiting for. Some games I don't like to wait for though and will buy new, though I try and catch sales whenever possible.

 

I pay Blockbuster 20 bucks a month and take whatever game I want for however long I feel like it. Seems like a pretty good deal. I know the mail in services are probably slightly cheaper but I don't like waiting for the mail.

Back to the thread topic, I saw a rumor on the net that Kratos would be in this one, but it's not true. Too bad.

 

You only get one game for $20?

 

Yeah, it isn't that much more than the mail services once you looked past their special intro offers and whatnot. I think I remember gamefly's price was around 17 or 18 bucks for one game. I live a mile and a half from blockbuster and I don't have time to play too many games at once anyway. To me it's worth it to not have to wait in the mail for stuff. I used to have an account with gameznflix.com and let me tell you it sucked. I had this prepaid six item out plan that seemed like a steal. That is until they went two months without sending me anything. I had the service for around a year and a half and I think they sent me something I wanted in a timely manner once (twilight princess on gamecube right after it was released). I could never get PS3 titles I wanted. I got motorstorm sent to me 10 months after I put it in my queue.

 

I used to do Blockbuster but now I do Gamefly. 2 games for 22.95 plus $5 coupons and you can get $20 referal rewards:up:

 

i only rent pirated games. and i think pirates are kewl but mean. they should at least wait until the release date to pirate...garh, tis unfair it is.

and whats up with soul caliber, they have a downloadable one on XBL? is that the game we're talking about here?

 

No, this is a new Soul Calibur that comes out at the end of the month.

 

The game on XBLA is Soul Calibur 1, a Dreamcast launch title and sequel to the Playstation's Soul Edge. We're talking about Soul Calibur 4, comes out on the 29th for PS3 and 360.

 

ahh, i really enjoyed that game! i dunno if im gonna get this though, i just picked up the orange box used, and then ncaa09 is coming out...one of my favorite fighters though. maybe i'll wait to hear how you guys like it.

 

Well I just got a great deal on the collector's edition of SC IV for PS3, so I had to jump on it.

 

What does the collector's edition have that's extra from the standard version?

 

T-shirt (XL), art-book, metal case, and tournament score card.

It is not that I want the stuff, just that the CE edition was cheaper then the regular version. :up:

 

Good stuff now the question is was it a special deal for you or can the rest of us get in on that action. :dots:

 

Amazon sent out an e-mail flyer with SC IV: CE (PS3) for $39.99 and Madden 09: CE (PS3) for $49.99.

They have it on slickdeals.net and cheapassgamer right now. Not sure if the price match will work on versions other than the PS3.

 

Well all I have is a PS3 so I'm safe. :up: I'll consider picking up SCIV for sure now with that deal but Madden I'll probably just rent but its a great deal. Good finds. :hi5:

 

Blockbuster is getting weak 9000 gta4 and 2 Badcompanys 2 unreals and 900 turoks pooh box wtf $60 for crap is not ok its still crap!

BY the way i'm working on a JTV broadcast that incorporates my gaming and my dolphins hope to scam alot links then game and maybe do a amatuer dolphin hr msg me suggestions if ya know anything about jtv i'm a total newb. Suggestions welcome this is the crowd i want there!

 

So has anyone gotten this game yet and if so how was it?

 

Mine won't mail for a few days it seems. :(

But I will let you know. It'll be my first foray into the SC world.

 

Sort of the same thing for me if gamefly doesn't ship NCAA 09 then SCIV should be on its way. :up:

 

I bought it today and it rocks. Except my 8 yr old niece keeps killing me.:tantrum: I have never played Soul Caliber before so I can't compare it to the previous ones but it is fun as hell.... definitely worth the 60 if you have it.

 

Good to hear. Its getting great reviews across the board. By the way did you get the PS3 or 360 version?

 

I a big Darth Vader fan so i went with the PS3 version. From what I read Yoda was pretty unfair to fight against anyway. I really pleased with the game though.