It takes a special kind of person to line up for a new release game a week prior to its release date. If I am to be completely honest, I don’t think any of the nominees really have the lack of cognitive capacity, and I question whether or not a lot of them actually give a damn about an upcoming Final Fantasy game anyway.
I mean, when’s the last time YOU played Final Fantasy, huh? I expect every single person to answer this before the winner is revealed, Award Pimp; make it so!
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You even have to wait in game before you play!
But it’s not just that. In an increasingly digital world (I feel like I preface a lot of things with that exact phrase), actually lining up for anything is less and less necessary. Video games are perhaps the least needed, now that we have (terribly maintained and executed and for some reason not discounted) direct-downloads available for new release titles – I’m speaking about consoles, of course, because PC master race etc Steam etc etc, we’ve heard that spiel before.
Instead of, you know, waiting in line for a week to purchase a physical copy of the game, you could just sit at home munching on chips and download it as soon as it pops up, all without having to put on pants!
Or, you could wander down to Wal-Mart/Kmart/Target/those kinds of stores who seem to routinely break street dates and release games early. You can probably get away without wearing pants there too, even.
Or, you could speak to this guy I know, who works as a distributor for companies like the above and EB Games who gets games ~1 week before release and will sell the smurfing thing to you for just above “cost-price,” which for Australians is about $40 cheaper than usual.
Your choice. Become a sad little soul who pitches a tent outside a goddamn gaming store, or relax and get the game whenever you damn well feel like it.
But I bet you don’t even like Final Fantasy anyway.
