Ghoulishfright
A huge majority of people actually watch/buy DVDs too, but only a good minority of people play/buy games, and again; GB is a filmic-franchise at it's core.

You are aware that the gaming industry makes more money then the movie industry now, Right?

To call gamers a minority in this day and age is more then a little innacurate.

Ghoulishfright
What's wrong with the idea of simply cutting the ‘scenes’ together, and slapping them on some DVD's???

Well, for one thing that would probably denounce the purpose of the game. Oh and it probably wouldn't make sense since most game cut scenes happen after you play through something. Even if, how long would all the cinematic even be total? Probably not long enough to make a DVD release. Under an hour of stuff maybe.

For the 3rd time.


Get a friend who has a system and plays. And if you don't have any friends AND you're not a gamer, you must be doing something wrong.

Well from what I can observe (and my general community may not be an accurate representation of the capitalist world) FAR less people consume video games than films, or other types of entertainment. So in terms of numbers I think gamers definitely are a minority of sorts. Although I don't doubt for a second that the gaming industry still makes more money, considering the newer stuff all costs a bloody arm & a leg! Whereas with films & TV (and music) people can either buy it for cheap (usually) or pirate it all together as is often the case! So it's no surprise the movie industry is drawing in less ‘profit’; not viewers necessarily.

Sinister
Anything designed as one thing then converted to another will never be as good. Books generally don't make good films. Films don't often make good books. I believe the same is true of games. How many of people despise the majority of film inspired games? A lot. So its natural that the game should have it's own unique and high quality story. But I think it would be an insult to gaming as it's own medium if it were to be automatically converted to a film.

I'm not exactly sure we're talking about the same thing. No one's proposing that they completely “convert” or “adapt” this game into a movie, as with Resident Evil or something. We're talking about taking the finished “game” and merely putting it on DVD, minus the extraneous stuff (whatever that would be). It's the difference between “playing” it on a game system, and “watching” it. And it couldn't be an ‘insult’ to the game designers' work, because it would BE the game designers' work.

Peter Venkmen
Well, for one thing that would probably denounce the purpose of the game. Oh and it probably wouldn't make sense since most game cut scenes happen after you play through something. Even if, how long would all the cinematic even be total? Probably not long enough to make a DVD release. Under an hour of stuff maybe.

Not really; it would only take away the “playing” part of the game, but this isn't gonna be Tetris where “playing” is all there is. There's an entire story ‘surrounding’ the gameplay. Ultimately the story is told, not played. And I'm not talking about cutting JUST the “cut-scenes” together, I'm talking about putting the whole “story” together, however that may be achieved….

Seriously, that is a horrible idea.

No one would want to buy the “Resident Evil 4” movie of the gameplay cut scenes.

See my previous post.

MuthaPussBucket
Get a friend who has a system and plays. And if you don't have any friends AND you're not a gamer, you must be doing something wrong.

Oh right, because EVERYONE knows SOMEONE who has a system! It's scientifically impossible that they don't.


…It's true that I have a few friends that play W.o.W. on their Windows PCs, but something tells me they're not gonna loan me their personal computers just for my sake!

….I'm hoping I get to play this, I really am. But if this doesn't come out for Macintosh, then I'm pretty much f*cked. And I know there are lots of others in my position.

Oh right, you have a mac.


And no, I didn't mean they lend you their personal computer. After all, you clearly don't want to PLAY the game. You want to WATCH the game. Thats why you wanted to buy the DVD of the cutscenes, right?

I mean some people might say that a movie makes you feel like you're IN it and a game is just a logical extension of that. So you would actually get to play as a ghostbuster.


I understand your frustration. And worse case, a PS2 won't be too expensive. After all, you're one of the “older fans”, thats gotta come with an “older paycheck”.

to be fair, look at star wars. there are TONS of books and games and various other things that add to the overall story, but do you see these becoming various other forms of entertainment than they initially were? no. video games are the way to go, look at stranglehold, the “sequel” to hard boiled. face it, not everyone is going to be happy that ghostbusters is becoming a video game and not a movie, but that's the way life is. and ya i understand you are a college student and you don't want to buy a video game system for one game, but you're telling me there are NO other games coming out or are out that appeal to you?

Ghoulishfright
It's really easy to sit there and say "but it's a game, and it should only exist as a game" when you (apparently) already own a system and regularly play.

This isn't about the ‘haves’ saying it can't happen for the ‘have nots’. The only console I actually own is an original Playstation and it's a safe bet when the game comes out, my brother would have taken the 360 back to keep him entertained at University.

I'm sorry that you're not going to be able to play the game as soon as it comes out and experience it along with a lot of other fans… but the same has happened for a lot of games, a lot of people were almost surely bent out of shape when it was originally announced that Resident Evil: Code Veronica would only be a Dreamcast exclusive… Thankfully that insane idea never held.


But this is all rather moot because I'd be surprised if they did release anything from the game as a watchable presentation on DVD beyond promo material or a ‘sneak peak’. No existing game I'm aware of has ever done a DVD that features all of the cutscenes and some of the gameplay that features bits of the story to make a ‘film’ and it's doubtful they'd start now.

Ghoulishfright
Well from what I can observe (and my general community may not be an accurate representation of the capitalist world) FAR less people consume video games than films, or other types of entertainment. So in terms of numbers I think gamers definitely are a minority of sorts. Although I don't doubt for a second that the gaming industry still makes more money, considering the newer stuff all costs a bloody arm & a leg! Whereas with films & TV (and music) people can either buy it for cheap (usually) or pirate it all together as is often the case! So it's no surprise the movie industry is drawing in less ‘profit’; not viewers necessarily.

Sinister
Anything designed as one thing then converted to another will never be as good. Books generally don't make good films. Films don't often make good books. I believe the same is true of games. How many of people despise the majority of film inspired games? A lot. So its natural that the game should have it's own unique and high quality story. But I think it would be an insult to gaming as it's own medium if it were to be automatically converted to a film.

I'm not exactly sure we're talking about the same thing. No one's proposing that they completely “convert” or “adapt” this game into a movie, as with Resident Evil or something. We're talking about taking the finished “game” and merely putting it on DVD, minus the extraneous stuff (whatever that would be). It's the difference between “playing” it on a game system, and “watching” it. And it couldn't be an ‘insult’ to the game designers' work, because it would BE the game designers' work.

Peter Venkmen
Well, for one thing that would probably denounce the purpose of the game. Oh and it probably wouldn't make sense since most game cut scenes happen after you play through something. Even if, how long would all the cinematic even be total? Probably not long enough to make a DVD release. Under an hour of stuff maybe.

Not really; it would only take away the “playing” part of the game, but this isn't gonna be Tetris where “playing” is all there is. There's an entire story ‘surrounding’ the gameplay. Ultimately the story is told, not played. And I'm not talking about cutting JUST the “cut-scenes” together, I'm talking about putting the whole “story” together, however that may be achieved….

We were referring to the same thing. Sorry if my wording confused.