[achtung]

http://i.joystiq.com/2012/03/19/mass-effect-3-on-sale-for-40-at-microsoft-store-online/

Price drops starting.

Looks like atghunter in the pr BSN thread was on the money.

Finally remember, they have much more data at their disposal. They know how sales are going, how much time people are playing that are synced into Origin, etc. They will watch those numbers this weekend. If sales slow, watch for price cutting within 10 days (just over the two week US release date). It will mean that retailers are getting nervous and will slow new unit orders. As I’ve said before, this will come down to hard currency. If the protests start having an effect on that front, the response will come.

 

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/355/index/10084349

Also, EA is accepting returns via origin.

[Spoon]

More authority than you ever have..being a writer and such. And working in the industry.
And given Kerberos support for their games, your remark becomes even more ironic.

You don't know what irony is, do you? Also, nice ad hominem. But trying to belittle me does not make this person you quoted somehow more of an authority. Fact is, she is just a small time fluff writer for a small time company that can't even release a game in a playable state. And then they scramble to patch a game to completion. Last time I checked (which was 4 months ago) this was still not the case.
You are too much of a zealous fanboy to realize that kerberos is just a small time company that has little qualms about flat out lying to its customers by trying to sell them a unplayable and broken product. Such a company is in no way shape or form an authority about anything in the game industry.

Say what you will about Bioware's ****ty ending to ME3, at least they release the game in a complete and playable state.

Trashman, stop multiple-posting. You make yourself look like an idiot who wants ALL the attention.

>Implying he needs to multi post in order to look like an idiot

Anyway, time for me to carefully back away from the topic now. While Trashman may keep on making ****ty posts, I should not help him further in ****ting the thread up.

[NGTM-1R]

Last time I checked (which was 4 months ago) this was still not the case.

AFAIK it's still not (Kerberos has promised to throw out a flare when it is and it's still dark) and the game's been acknowledged as a failure by Paradox.

Also I'm a writer too, does that make my opinion more valid? How about Battuta, who's actually published?

[Ransom]

I do think this is all sort of an interesting artistic issue. On the one hand I've often criticised BioWare for their creative cowardice, but on the other I think the Shakespeare thing would have more weight if compelling arguments existed in favour of the ending that weren't just 'it's their game and their ending'. I'm not convinced that principle is enough.

[NGTM-1R]

Having now finally seen all the possible game endings, I would like to take a moment of silence to praise the courage of the one person who realized how bad this would be before it happened.

A single manly tear for Marauder Shields.

[NGTM-1R]

Also in a Trashmanesque double post...you think we're wrong, son?

Argue it with Forbes Magazine.

[Ravenholme]

Also in a Trashmanesque double post...you think we're wrong, son?

Argue it with Forbes Magazine.

I want to marry this writer. And I never thought I'd say that about a man working for a business magazine.

[mobcdmoc3]

So, I haven't finished the game yet, but hearing all the rage, I'm afraid to finish it now, yet at the same time, I really do, because I want to see what effect my actions in the previous two games will have.

To finish the game and to risk ruining the franchise for me, or to keep the franchise on a good note? Choices... Choices... 

[NGTM-1R]

To finish the game and to risk ruining the franchise for me, or to keep the franchise on a good note? Choices... Choices... 

At some point there will be a single Marauder, three husks, and a big light.

Don't go into the light. Stop there.

[General Battuta]

So, I haven't finished the game yet, but hearing all the rage, I'm afraid to finish it now, yet at the same time, I really do, because I want to see what effect my actions in the previous two games will have.

To finish the game and to risk ruining the franchise for me, or to keep the franchise on a good note? Choices... Choices... 

The game is 99.5% really good. Just finish it. If you really want to avoid the **** part, when you hear the words 'You did good, child...' and your eyes mist up with tears testosterone, turn it off.

[LordPomposity]

So, I haven't finished the game yet, but hearing all the rage, I'm afraid to finish it now, yet at the same time, I really do, because I want to see what effect my actions in the previous two games will have.

To finish the game and to risk ruining the franchise for me, or to keep the franchise on a good note? Choices... Choices... 

The game is 99.5% really good. Just finish it. If you really want to avoid the **** part, when you hear the words 'You did good, child...' and your eyes mist up with tears testosterone, turn it off.

Alternatively, pause the game and get drunk as a skunk before continuing.

[karajorma]

Single-post or multi-post. What's the difference? None..except for hte visual one.

In heated thread that move fast, by the time oyu consolidate 2-3 answers into one post, the convo has already moved far away.

The discussion moved far away in the time it took you to write

Too bad it still sucks story-wise.

?

Really?


Seriously though, double posting is frowned upon on this forum since even long before I got here. Stop doing it. Especially for stuff such at that last post which easily could have been part of the previous one.

[TrashMan]

More authority than you ever have..being a writer and such. And working in the industry.
And given Kerberos support for their games, your remark becomes even more ironic.

You don't know what irony is, do you? Also, nice ad hominem. But trying to belittle me does not make this person you quoted somehow more of an authority. Fact is, she is just a small time fluff writer for a small time company that can't even release a game in a playable state. And then they scramble to patch a game to completion. Last time I checked (which was 4 months ago) this was still not the case.
You are too much of a zealous fanboy to realize that kerberos is just a small time company that has little qualms about flat out lying to its customers by trying to sell them a unplayable and broken product. Such a company is in no way shape or form an authority about anything in the game industry.

Say what you will about Bioware's ****ty ending to ME3, at least they release the game in a complete and playable state.

Funnily enough, tehy care mroe about their product and their customers than BioWare.
And by now the game is practicly complete. They've put in a titanic effort to fix everything (we're talking several major patches and hotfixes a month).
Even in the shabby state it was in release, ti still looked more enticing than ME3.

Call me a "fanboy" if you want. Nothing more than a cheap label for you so you can more easily dismiss my calim. Also, who's belittleing whom now?

Regardless, this isn't a topic that warrants a discussion - especially not with you.

Trashman, stop multiple-posting. You make yourself look like an idiot who wants ALL the attention.

>Implying he needs to multi post in order to look like an idiot

Anyway, time for me to carefully back away from the topic now. While Trashman may keep on making ****ty posts, I should not help him further in ****ting the thread up.

I could leave, but that woul still leave you stinking up the place...And worse than I ever could.

Also in a Trashmanesque double post...you think we're wrong, son?

Argue it with Forbes Magazine.

Yes. On many things.


Seriously, this is the last warning I'm giving you on double posting. I only let you off this time cause it's possible you didn't notice my post (it was on a different page from the ones you quoted) - Karajorma

[newman]

So, does multiple posting after a moderator telling him not to, followed by multiple posting after an admin told him not to mean that we can finally have a civilized conversation here, free of this bull****? Just wondering, really - I don't mean to tell anyone how to do their jobs, far from it. It's the same as the ME3 ending; while Bioware has the right not to change / expand on it, I remain hopeful they will. Same with this

[karajorma]

I've merged Trashman's posts together. Next time I'll merge him with the ban list instead.

[NGTM-1R]

Yes. On many things.

And yet without offering a concrete point we've not been able to counter, and many times not even appearing to understand our argument (or even your own argument, with inept references to Holmes!), why should we give any weight to this opinion?

[Ace]

His name was marauder shields...

[TrashMan]

I've merged Trashman's posts together. Next time I'll merge him with the ban list instead.

Yes...double posting. The greatest crime of all.
The stylish atrocity of TWO post one after another is just too horrible to bear! 

Sometimes, the rules/laws one runs into are so silly.....

Yes. On many things.

And yet without offering a concrete point we've not been able to counter, and many times not even appearing to understand our argument (or even your own argument, with inept references to Holmes!), why should we give any weight to this opinion?

Call me when you offer a concrete point. Then we can talk.
And dont' tell me I don't understand your argument if you don't attempt to understand mine. Apples anad oranges. Poatos, potatoes.

[Ashrak]

Please stop bashing eachother and start bashing the indoctrinated ending of ME3 and the subsequent pay to get the actual ending DLC

[The E]

Please stop bashing eachother and start bashing the indoctrinated ending of ME3 and the subsequent pay to get the actual ending DLC

pls2readthread, kthxbai.

BTW, we've been discussing almost nothing but the ending for the past 15 pages.