Once again, it has come to my attention that I have a blog and I have been neglecting it, making it feel small and low about itself. If I truly gave a damn about the feelings of an inanimate... Hell... intangible object, I might buy it something to forgive me. Alas, I am not that kindhearted. Yet, here I am, typing away. So I guess acknowledging it is enough.
Anyway....
It has arrived!! The Holiday Season!! Or at least according to the advertisement companies it has arrived. To me it still won't arrive for another 2-3 weeks, but whatever. It's here and so are the games for which many a gamer have been pining.
Battlefield 3
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
These guys are amongst the hot list for the console generations (and the PC guys who want to do nothing but drool at the Skyrim graphics) during the Holiday 2011 season. You might throw Star Wars: The Old Republic in there, too (I know that I am going ga-ga over it since I've been following its development since the 2008 announcement), but with it releasing so close to Christmas (December 20th, worldwide) you might not be finding it being something that many will be racing to the stores to get at the last second.
For me, I find that this is such a cruel time of year. Anyone who has read my previous ramblings will notice that I work sales... big money making is to be had there. Therefore, I am not really in the market to be shelling out $60 a week on a new game, not to mention twice a week for dual releases (MW3 and Skyrim are releasing Tuesday and Friday, respectively, this week).
Seriously. I would love to get my hands on all of these games; Uncharted 3 to complete Drake's quest, Assassin's Creed 4, to see how they FINALLY end Ezio's end of things, Skyrim... because I love the idea of spending hundreds of hours in a game and not even being close to done. However, I cannot, much like many others out there. And it sucks for us. Those of us who would love to be classified as "Hardcore Gamers", but have to scrape by just to pay the rent, absolutely hate this time of year. So many great games, too little time, and WAY too little cash to spend.
How long are we going to have to wait before we can actually find games, new games, for $40-50? Are those days never going to reach us? What about the days before Madden owned the rights to the NFL? Remember when 2KSports practically gave out their NFL games for $20, brand new, and scared the pants off of the EA execs? I do. I miss that. Not only did it make gamers feel like they could afford great, new releases, but it also made the market much more competitive. But that's an argument for another day.
I guess my point is that this time of year, despite the Christmas music, lights and cheer that I love, I cannot help but feel low about my gamer status because I just cannot justify the spending of $60-120 a week for new games, just to keep up. Please, gaming execs, I know you enjoy the heaps of cash that you may rake in from these releases, but please understand that we, the gamers, can't keep up with you guys. It's maddening and saddening. Emphasis on the saddening part.
I just want to be able to get paid a full salary for gaming.
Maybe I just need to win the lottery first....
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