Life just keeps getting better for gamers. Halo 2 created such a buzz ($125 million in day one) that Prima, a division of Random House sold over 270,000 copies of the games strategy guide. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sold almost 2 and a half million copies of it's game in October (and will probably eclipse sales of Halo 2 due to the fact that PS2's outnumber Xboxes almost 3 to 1). Then Half Life 2 has garnered a lot of pub without the multi-million dollar advertising campaign behind it.
And now Grand Theft Auto is out for the Gameboy Advance! Life is good!! Which brings up a valid point about handheld gaming, and it's IMPORTANCE in the world. All you hear is the negative reporting surrounding the graphic violence of GTA - what about the game as a deterrant? Hmmm, ever think about that? Maybe, while I am driving around town, and some old lady cuts me off - instead of attacking her car with a tire iron at the next stop light...I would just turn on my Gameboy Advance and take out my aggression on GTA? I think we need to start passing these things out to everyone...instead of dirty looks and cell phone drivers...we'd have people speeding to the red light so they could resume their games. Of course, you'd probably have a few people who would continue to play while they attempted to drive...and that MIGHT cause accidents - but you have to take the good with the bad.
Also, when is it going to be possible to just download the game off the dub (www)? I would probably owe the game developers a lot of cash if I could pull the game I wanted right when I wanted. Is it me, or wouldn't it be SEVERELY convenient?
It's a nice thought, but I highly doubt that giving everybody a copy of GTA will bring peace and harmony to the world...
Posted by: AmyWafl | 11/23/2004 at 08:44 AM
Thank God for the GameBoy emulator!
Posted by: orangeguru | 11/20/2004 at 07:28 AM
As soon as I finished this article, Byron IM'd and then sent me this link to "Steam" http://www.steampowered.com/
"Steam delivers Valve’s games to your desktop and connects you to a massive gaming community". Ask and ye shall receive...so now I just need it for macs and GBAs!!
Posted by: a.brain | 11/19/2004 at 10:46 AM