by Filippo DinolfoIn this week’s show we discuss the recently released (and botched) PS4 port of Ultra Street Fighter IV, talk about why we don’t like always-on DRM. We also go over the do’s and don’ts of a good E3 press conference in our Rules of E3 section.
5/31/2015 Show Notes – The Rules of E3
- What are we playing?
- Patrick: FFRK, Dissidia 012, Final Fantasy X HD, Grand Theft Auto V (PS4)
- Filippo: Usual stuff, but want to be playing Catlateral Damage.
- Brandon: Witcher 3, Life is Strange: Ep.3, FFRK, etc.
- Theresa: FFRK, Civ V, Civ 2 Rev, Catlateral Damage
- Leigh: World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, my job My sexxxy ass ROG Monitor’s adjustment dials and returning Nintendo games.
- Wii U Project CARS still coming (for now), but…
- Ultra Street Fighter IV hits PlayStation 4 with a thud
- E3 Preview: Street Fighter V to be publicly playable at CEO 2015
- E3 Preview: Arc System Works announces Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-
- E3 Preview: Need For Speed requires an online connection
- Filippo: That went so well for SimCity, after all.
- E3 Preview: Matsuda: SE has “new IP policies”, expect very experimental stuff at E3
- E3 Preview: AR site teases new 2K Games IP, ADVENT
- …or is it new? Rumblings of a new Bioshock abound, and ADVENT fits the profile.
- The Rules of E3
- The Cammie Dunaway Rule, est 2008
- Only gamers watch E3. Stay in-bounds or pay dearly with your audience.
- The Project Cafe Rule, est 2011
- Keep your show relevant specifically to the next 12 months.
- (Or: Time spent on an item should be directly proportional to its proximity.)
- The Please Understand Clause, est 2013: Always have enough going on as a company to satisfy the terms of this rule.
- The Kaz Hirai Rule, est 2004
- Spending more than five minutes going over sales figures is not okay.
- The Xbox Unveiling Rule, est 2001
- Unveil hardware ahead of time so the focus at E3 stays strictly on games.
- The Meet Reggie Rule, est 2004
- Gen 4 is over. Spare us the rabble-rousing and get to selling us games.
- The Velocity Girl Rule, est 2005
- If you announce a system feature, you must follow up on it.
- The Sega Saturn Rule, est 1995
- If it’s too expensive to be an impulse purchase, don’t surprise-launch it.
- The Aisha Tyler Rule, est 2011
- Likeable celebrity fans are always better than marketing phonies.
- The Don Mattrick Rule, est 2013
- Don’t try going alpha dog when you’re already dealing with a PR disaster.
- The Ken Kutaragi Rule, est 2006
- Inevitable dealbreakers are not to be displayed proudly as features.
- The Reggie’s Body Rule, est 2007
- It’s okay to skip a live presentation if it keeps your suits from being creepy.
- The Rule Rule, est 1995
- Avoid being the bad example that leads to new rules.
- The Cammie Dunaway Rule, est 2008
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