I 'm going to play devil 's advocate here. r n r n1. Kotaku staff are NOT paid by page views or hits, they are paid salary that is not dependant on traffic or individual page views. This has been confirmed by Stephen Totilo EIC among other Kotaku and Gawker ...
For the price of a steambox presumably I can build my own PC, dual-boot and not have to deal with steam. r n r nDifferent strokes for different folks, but for me consoles provide an experience that my PC doesn 't quite live up to at times.
I tried really hard to enjoy my time with XCOM but I had probably the buggiest gaming experience I 've had in a looong time, even trumping things like Skyrim on PS3 and Battlefield 3 beta.
I don 't know what people expected with Diablo 3 honestly. I think they made a mistake by putting the level cap so low, but from an initial design standpoint they were looking at implementing arenas and pvp so it sort of makes sense from that perspective. I ONLY play ...
I have no professional experience with programming games only really exciting business applications but I would definitely work for Mr. Riccitiello. r n r nMy impression of his career is that he tried with mixed results to keep profits high and consumers happy, not an easy task to please shareholders ...
