Quick Cuts

Still feeling a bit crappy, and not sleeping well. Didn't even play any games yesterday, which is proof I am sick.

• Great article about the fall of Kaos Studios. Not only did THQ axe Kaos, but they completely failed to support the game post-launch, so bugs went unfixed and cheaters had free run of the game. This is what happens when you focus too much on "beating" another company's games. EA's CEO is obsessed with taking down Activision, and isn't making a dent in World of Warcraft or Call of Duty, but at the same time is driving their studios into the ground.
• Halo 4 reviews are out and it's getting high praise. I think Microsoft is missing a huge opportunity to get a foothold in the PC gaming market by not making a Windows 8 version. Releasing it for Win8 and launching a revamped digital game store could have given them a huge boost in the PC gaming market.
• Nintendo launched their tv campaign. Not sure who they are trying to appeal to, with crappy dubstep and extremely vague demonstrations of "gameplay". Nothing about that commercial made me want to go out and buy a Wii U. Of course it's already selling out pre-orders and it will be impossible to find one on the shelves through Christmas, but is it going to do well in the long run? New consoles are just around the corner, and I just don't think they have enough at launch or enough time after launch to grab and hold a large percentage of the gaming market. Speaking of which...
• Sony is reportedly sending out Playstation 4 dev kits. If that is true, we are most likely looking at a holiday 2013 or early 2014 launch. I see people questioning the CPU/GPU power, but I like seeing the 8 or 16 gigs of system ram. The mention of 3D though, does not excite me.