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Shame (US - BD RA)
Shame makes Gabe think things over. Shame lets him loose, hard to swallow...
Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a successful and attractive New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women, but feeds his desires with a secret addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan) moves unannounced into his apartment and stirs up memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control.
British conceptual artist-turned-filmmaker Steve McQueen's (I'm sure we all know this by now, but just in case, no relation) first feature film, Hunger, about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, was such an emotionally devastating experience I found myself hesitant to watch his follow up, Shame. As a rabid horror fan I like to think of myself as somehow immune to the ravages of staged horror, and I forget how susceptible I really am to the psychological attacks of non-genre films. At the end of the day the reality of true life drama is often far more harrowing than the often impact mitigating and entertaining qualities of traditional horror films. Shame is another emotionally draining melodrama, and another film I'm going to find it difficult to revisit anytime soon. Like Hunger the story isn't traditionally told, or particularly tightly knit. McQueen and co-writer Abi Morgan focus mostly on their characters and their stark emotional frailties, not on plot mechanics. This makes for an interesting and rewarding experience, and even a relatively habitual one, at least compared to Hunger, but not exactly a conventionally 'entertaining' experience outside its brilliant performances and elegant imagery. McQueen continues making a name for himself as a filmmaker that spurns modern filmmaking's popular notion of fast-paced editing. He doesn't exactly pay homage to his now famous 17-minute long single take discussion between Fassbender and Liam Cunningham here, but takes great pleasures at sticking audience surrogate Brandon in static, occasionally serene and occasionally frightening situations. Minus credits Shame is only about 90 minutes long, but feels a hell of a lot longer due to these extended takes, which is actually a good thing for the emotionally immersive experience.
Shame is just as visually striking as Hunger, and McQueen quietly develops his conceptual eye, dealing largely in still, clean compositions, and repeated motifs of character and camera movement. Even when we aren't strictly witnessing the film from Brandon's eyes, we're watching the film largely from his point of view, which subjectively changes the rhythm of the film. When 'on the prowl' Brandon's world remains still and clean, but when emotionally affected by his sister the camera often steadily begins to impatiently shift into a hand held mode, and focal points are shifted, eventually leading to something far more vicious during the film's rock bottom third act. Hullabaloo has been raised about the fact that Fox was willing to release Shame with an NC-17, and generally speaking discussion has been positive, praising McQueen for clearly avoiding artless pornography. Still, the film's graphic sexual content might offend some more delicate sensibilities, and anyone that wants to see the frank sexual imagery as salacious will see it as such. There's rarely anything fun about these grotesquely indifferent and mechanical sex scenes (outside, of course, Brandon's one genuine connection, which goes awry). Those aiming to morally object to the film might even be surprised by the (arguably) puritanical moral of the story. Brandon's meaningless lesions are presented as increasingly psychotic, and even hark back to Mary Harron's much more comedically slanted tale of upper class New York debauchery – American Psycho. This oddly austere side of the story may have been diluted had it not been made clear from pre-release materials that Brandon was a sex addict.
And then there's the freight train of charisma and devastation that is Michael Fassbender, who rose from the relative obscurity of British television and a bit part in 300 to that rare place in stardom where many of us would seek out a film simply for his participation. Just in case you forgot, Fassy, as we in his official fan club know him, starred in four award worthy roles in 2011 (though he received exactly zero Oscar nominations. Shame, his most praised '11 portrayal, continues his streak of performances that are nearly impossible to look away from, even when he isn't physically doing anything. The role could easily have been a parody in lesser hands, shifting without credibility between the required soft understatement and brutal drama, but Fassbender's naturalistic work transcends histrionics. Carey Mulligan had an interesting year, playing two fragile, yet largely different characters set against to similarly dark-laced and general sober male leads between this and Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive. She isn't getting as much credit as Fassbender, but mostly because her character is more of a plot mechanic, not because her performance is anything short of fantastic. Outside of the obvious heart she brings to the table, she also supplies some much-needed levity early in the film.
Shot on 35mm film, Shame is an almost antiseptic film experience, and benefits greatly from the rich clarity full 1080p video affords it. The film-based image is constantly swimming in fine grain, and the limits of 35mm details do effect some of the deeper set, complex sequences, but the general cleanliness is still paramount and constant. Edges are relatively clean and sharp, especially those found in foreground elements, and the occasional extreme close-up. Colours are desaturated, soft, and tinted in pastel blue, creating largely consistent hues. The blue tint is often in conflict with the warmer, usually yellow hues, which are much more overwhelming during nighttime sequences. The two major colours come about as close as two non physical presences can come to actual battle on screen, occasionally bleeding into one another and perverting the mix. Deep greens, reds and occasionally purples act as poppy highlights, usually as a way of marking a character in a crowd, and the pops and blends are largely clean and sharp (there is one heavily reddened sequence. The general look is dark, and contrast levels are successfully even-handed. The highlights are mostly clean, but the blue tint does infiltrate the black levels, which may or may not be intentional. Outside the grain there's very little in the way of artefacts, but there are some minor issues with edge haloes throughout.
The basic aural theme utilized throughout Shame is repetitive silence spiked by occasional throbs in volume. The softness of the track is a minor problem for the overall volume levels, especially since everyone speaks so quietly. The dialogue is relatively consistent in terms of soft volume, though the on-site captured performances don't exhibit very much obvious ADR work, which means there are minor distortions throughout. The stereo and surround channels don't get a whole lot of play, but there are ambient and musical exceptions throughout. Bar sequences feature a decent degree of background discussion ambiences, and stereo enhanced musical additions that usually don't move around too much, which kind of messes up the directional ambience a little, but sounds pretty great. Music, whether it be in the form of Harry Escott's steadily progressive, mournful score, or the oddly late disco era pop entries (shades of American Psycho?) are the mix's loudest elements. During Brandon's rock bottom sequence the music picks up quite a bit in general volume, and begins to dole out heavy abstract bass.
The extras here are mostly promotionally based, including Focus on Michael Fassbender (3:00, HD), an interview with the actor about his character, Director Steve McQueen (3:10, HD), an interview with the director about the film's themes, which only made me pine for a director's commentary, The Story of Shame (3:20, HD), with Fassbender, McQueen and Carey Mulligan, A Shared Vision (2:40, HD), with Fassbender and McQueen discussing their relationship on the same interview, Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character with Michael Fassbender (5:20, SD), and a trailer. Every featurette features footage from the film (usually the same footage, which is also in the trailer), and really brief shots from behind the scenes.
I was looking at blurbs from Shame reviews on rottontomatoes, and noticed the word 'mesmerizing' thrown around a lot (it's even on the box art, along with 'riveting' and 'haunting'. It's actually quite apt. I can't imagine director Steve McQueen's film will win over too many mainstream audiences, but it's certainly beautiful, and Michael Fassbender's performance is perhaps the year's best. This Blu-ray release looks and sounds as good as I'd expect from the technical specs and McQueen's specific stylistic goals, but the extras are lean and toothless.
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ShaiBrooklyn Member Join Date: March 2004 Location: United States Posts: 257
I watched it the other night after purchasing it and found it rather dull. I expected more of an exploration between him and Sissy and it Definately earned it's rating.
Disciple Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 775
"Definitely earned its rating"? Really? There's nothing in this film I haven't seen before in other films not rated NC-17. I think it's rather silly, but then again; I'm European. Might have a thing or two to do with it. For me, personally, this was a film that stuck with me several days after having watched it and not because of its sexual content but because of the emotional torment Brandon's in. I also think that the semi-incestuous relationship with the sister is interesting. (and not in a perverted way)
hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
It comes closer to an NC-17 than most of Almodovar's films that got the rating, and definitely more deserving than Blue Valentine which was rightfully appealed. I wouldn't give it that rating, but I'm not the least bit surprised with it. Respect to Fox for running with it.
ShaiBrooklyn Member Join Date: March 2004 Location: United States Posts: 257
Having seen Blue Valentine I can't for the life of me figure how that would be NC-17 at all. Shame though, that third act with the two women is probably what got it it's rating as honestly up until that I couldn't figure out why it was rated NC-17.
No one 17 and under admitted
Disc Details
Release Date: 17th April 2012
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Focus on Michael Fassbender, Director Steve McQueen, The Story of Shame, A Shared Vision, Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character with Michael Fassbender, Trailers, DVD Copy, Digtial Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Steve McQueen
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie
Genre: Drama
Length: 101 minutes
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This literature review evaluates and summarizes the impacts of animal feeding operations (AFOs) on surrounding residential and nonresidential land prices. It is based on 14 studies on the impact of AFOs on rural residence and property values. The following points provide a general summary of the results of these studies.
This review summarizes the factors found to affect the size of the impact of AFOs on rural property values. These factors are distance, size and concentration, animal species, housing value, management factors and economic benefits.
Distance is commonly used to explain the impact of AFOs on property value. The studies focused on sales of residences within 10 miles of AFOs. The conclusions indicate that the negative impact of AFOs on residential value diminishes quickly as the distance between the AFO and the residence increases.
Because of poor sales data in Missouri, a traditional economic analysis of AFOs on residential values, as in all other studies mentioned, could not be performed. The Missouri study attributed all economic impact to the land containing a residence rather than to the actual residence. This data problem yielded confusing results. The study found that if no house was on the land, the value of the land did not decrease due to nearness to an AFO. If land within 3 miles of an AFO contained a residence, however, the land decreased in value an average of $112 an acre. Recognizing that the land without a home did not decrease in value due to the AFO, any observed land value decrease when a house was present is due to an unmeasured decrease in residential value. Because the size of the land associated with individual homes is not a factor in the study, no quantitative impact on residential values could be determined.4
Several studies sought to evaluate the effects of facility size and animal concentration on residential property values. Two studies indicated that the higher concentration of animals increased the negative impact on residential values.1, 10 A Michigan study estimated that residential property values decreased 1.71 percent for every additional 1,000 hogs nearby.1 This study may be biased, however, because it focused only on sales of houses near AFOs that had received odor complaints. A North Carolina study also showed that increased density of livestock increased the negative impact of an AFO on residential values.10
The Iowa study that found that nearness to an AFO decreased residential values also found that increasing size diminished the negative impact of the AFO. This counterintuitive outcome was conjectured to result from the awareness that larger AFOs are newer and have better manure management facilities.5
That same Iowa study also mentioned the impact of a new hog facility where none other existed within 3 miles of a home. The authors hypothesized that a new small facility located within 1/4-mile upwind would be expected to diminish home values 14 to 16 percent. This hypothesis fails to account for the previous conjecture that small facilities are old and not as well managed.5
Another Iowa study indicated that larger concentrations of animals negatively impacted houses more than 3 miles from the livestock facility.8
A North Carolina study used a manure index (as a proxy for concentration of livestock) rather than individual AFOs to estimate the effect on property values. The manure index was calculated by converting animal-head capacities into tons of manure produced annually to determine the cumulative effect from all farms in each distance ring on housing values. The results indicated that if a new 2,400-head facility with an initial manure index of 33.107 was built within ½ mile, 1 mile or 2 miles of a house, the house's values would decline 4.75 percent, 0.57 percent or 0.56 percent, respectively.11
An Illinois study indicated that a 1 percent increase in swine farm density would result in a 0.129 percent reduction in county farmland prices, meaning more hogs equals lower farmland prices. However, results indicated that a 1 percent increase in average swine operation scale would result in a 0.069 percent increase in county farmland prices, meaning larger operations increase county farmland prices. This study also examined the effect of the transformation of the Illinois swine industry from 1980 to 1999 and found that in most years the transformation had a positive effect on farmland values.6
An Indiana study summarized the concentration effect, the number of AFOs within ½ mile to 10 miles of a home. The hypothesis was that the nearness of an AFO may not be as influential on housing prices as the concentration of AFOs in a particular area. The results indicate positive effects on property values where multilpe AFOs are located between ½ and 3 miles from a property.7
Lastly, an Ohio study's results indicated that a new 1,000-animal unit livestock facility within 500 feet would slightly increase the value of a residential property previously surrounded by other facilities. But if the house was not surrounded by other facilities within 3 miles, a new animal facility would slightly depreciate its value. The results of this analysis indicate that the appreciation or depreciation of property value is tied to the density of the animal production inventories surrounding the property.3
The Colorado study again had confusing results. Increasing the size of beef and dairy operations decreased the value of residences, although the operations' presence generally increased the value of residences. In contrast, increasing the size of swine operations increased the value of residences, although the operations' presence generally decreased the value of residences. The peculiar results of the Colorado study may be due in part to the specific location of the study, which was the northern front range of the Colorado Rockies and included the commuter towns northwest of Denver and the entire greater metropolitan area of Greely.12
The Colorado study indicated that an additional beef or dairy operation near a residence will have a positive effect on housing sales prices, but an additional hog or sheep operation would have a negative effect on housing values. Interestingly, poultry operations were found to positively affect housing values within 2 miles and negatively affect values within 2 to 3 miles.12
Research conducted by the Indiana Business Research Center found that the type of animal confinement also has an effect on property values. General results found swine and beef operations to be positively related to town, nontown and farm residence values, and dairy operations to be negatively related to all three. However, depending on the pricing categories of these homes (low, medium, high), results could exhibit an opposite effect.7
The Colorado study indicated that the less expensive housing market (under $150,000) has an overall less negative impact than the expensive housing market (over $200,000). Results showed that hog operations have a more negative impact on less expensive houses than beef and dairy operations. In the more expensive housing market, sheep operations had the largest negative effect of 0.45 percent ($1,215.38) and poultry operations had the lowest negative effect of 0.008 percent ($21.42).12
A Minnesota study concluded that older, lower-priced homes were more affected by feedlot proximity, and newer, higher-priced homes were not affected at all.14
The Indiana study showed that mid-priced ($100,000 to $150,000) and higher-priced (over $150,000) nontown residential properties are positively affected by the number of AFOs within 1 mile. However, mid-priced properties are negatively affected by the number of pig animal units within 1 mile. Sale prices of mid-priced town residential properties were most likely to be influenced by surrounding AFOs, particularly by the type of operation.7
Only two studies considered the impact of management practices on residential real estate values. A Pennsylvania study found that AFOs without conservation plans negatively impacted residential values more than AFOs with conservation plans.13 An Iowa study hypothesized that the lesser effect of large AFOs on land prices compared to smaller AFOs may have been due to better management of manure storages, land application of manure and site selection for the operation.5
The Michigan study concluded that the economic benefits from local hog operations exceeded the economic costs on property value.1 Similarly, the Indiana study concluded that housing markets benefit from having large-scale feeding operations nearby based on the results that AFOs positively affect values of houses located ½ to 3 miles away.7
In an interesting lawsuit in Nebraska, a man successfully argued that the presence of his AFO negatively impacted the assessed value of his expensive home. Reducing his assessed value allowed him to pay less property tax on his home.2
The studies summarized in this guide are inconclusive. The impact of animal feeding operations on residential values is not answered simply. Distance between an AFO and a home, concentration of AFOs and livestock, animal species, housing values and AFO management will affect the impact of AFOs on the value of nearby residences. Livestock production generally increases economic activity in rural areas and may reduce residential values, particularly of residences located near and downwind of an operation.
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JD's Godmother Katie and *Uncle Jay brought home their brand new baby boy, Charlie on Tuesday. I love my little *nephew to pieces. You'd think with having a new baby in the house and healing from labor there would be no time for anything else, but I got the nicest text from Katie and it truly warmed my heart.
"I have a whole new level of respect for you. Jay and I were talking about you and how you do what we're doing together, alone and we both are so proud of you." Again, these people just had a baby, but their first few days home with sweet Charlie prompted them to text me. The text took me off guard because when I think back to my first week with JD it's just foggy.
My mom moved into my one-bedroom apartment for five days. I was recovering from a C-section. It burned when I sat down and stood up. I walked hunched over. I had no appetite, but so much energy. I wanted to do everything I could on my own, but my C-section prevented me from lifting anything heavier than my 7 pound baby boy. Still, I got up in the night and changed his sopping wet diaper. My mom warmed the bottle. I fed him, propped up in my bed, the lights were dim. My mom sat on the edge of my bed. I paced in the hallway when he wouldn't stop crying. He slept on my chest, when I felt like I was going to cry because I was so tired. And, yes, my mom helped out on bad nights. One night, I remember just handing JD to her. It was 3 AM. My pelvis was throbbing. My C-section scar was still raw. "I just can't. I just need to lay down." She took him. I woke up at 9 AM the next morning. My Dad was in the living room feeding JD. This was good—and not so good. I was being hard on myself, sure, but I needed to Mommy-up! I kicked everyone out. No more sleepovers.
The First 100 Days Of Newborn Baby Care.
A week later I was on my own. I handled the diapers and feedings. I stayed up late, alone, when JD wanted to be held and rocked. I made my own coffee in the morning and I napped when he napped during the day. I needed my family to go, to leave us be. I was a single Mom now and I refused to get used to help, because it wasn't realistic. This made me the Mom I am today—confident, witty, fearless. I feel like I can do anything. It's because I changed my C-section bandage and a diaper within minutes of each other. I warmed a bottle and fixed a coffee at the same time. I watched infomercials alone at 3 AM while I paced in the living room. I took showers while JD chilled in a vibrating seat on the bathroom tile floor. I often wrote glamour.com's Storked! blog with him strapped to my chest or sleeping in the swing I had positioned next to my desk. JD sat in his car seat, the heat pumping, while I cleaned our Jeep of snow. It was freezing. His father did nothing. He does nothing.
Read JD's birth story here.
Godmother Katie and Uncle Jay live downstairs. On the first night the baby was home, I had the windows open and I heard his squeaky crying (I call this the wind-up cry). I smiled knowing a new little boy had joined our circle. I thought how excited Katie and Jay must be with their son here now, home now. And of course they were over the moon, but reality was they were tag-teaming their newborn who wouldn't stop crying and wanted to be held 24/7 (pretty typical). They were taking turns pacing and rocking while the other parent slept. It was the next day, I received that thoughtful text. It was so kind of them to send it. It was so unexpected and wonderful. They didn't quip, "OMG how did you do this alone?" They know how I did and do: Unconditional love. A lot of people wonder how single parents "get by." For me, I know nothing else. I just know about the love I have for my son. I have the most amazing friends in the world. This is their time, but they acknowledged me? It's a wonderful thing to matter to someone when you often think you don't at all. I sometimes feel invisible. I take care of my kiddo like the mom next door, but there's often no one telling me I'm actually doing a good job. There's a little boy zapping me with his superhero powers and negotiating his bedtime, if ya get my drift. I'm not doing anything extraordinary, but I am doing it alone, so getting a pat on the back is well, enough to make me cry. And I did.
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1. falter - noun
· the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
Synonym(s): hesitation, waver, faltering
Hypernym(s): pause
2. falter - verb
· be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
Synonym(s): waver
Hypernym(s): hesitate, waver, waffle
3. falter - verb
· move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
Synonym(s): waver
Hypernym(s): move
4. falter - verb
· walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
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The Spain international received two yellow cards withing minutes of one another after scoring his side's second goal, and felt guilty about letting down his teammates.
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Bedford narrows candidates for Peter Woodbury principal
BEDFORD - The field of candidates for the job of principal at Peter Woodbury Elementary School has been narrowed to three, school officials said.
Out of 39 applicants, a search committee interviewed eight semifinalists for the position that will be vacated by Principal Kenneth Williams in June.
The first candidate, Cheryl Daley, is the current assistant principal at Peter Woodbury, and has held that position since 2002.
Candidate Candice Fowler is the current principal at Hollis Upper Elementary School and has held that position since 2008.
The final candidate, Daniel Mitchell, is the assistant principal at the Adeline C. Marston Elementary School in Hampton. Mitchell has served as the assistant principal at the school since 2010.
Bedford Superintendent Timothy Mayes said the search process began in December, and included meetings with faculty, parents and even students to see what the groups were looking for in a principal.
"Our fourth-graders did a great job at expressing what they'd like to see in a principal," Mayes said.
Mayes said the district will miss Williams, who led the school for two-and-a-half decades. The search committee will be visiting finalists' schools next week.
All finalists will be visiting Peter Woodbury School during the week of March 11, where they will meet with students, parents, faculty, staff and community members.
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Dead Space 3 Needs 5 Million Sales Or Franchise Goes Bust, Says EA
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Am I from the future? We did this a few months ago, after the first time EA said Dead Space 3 would have to sell 5 million copies.
wait...5 million copies?
thats...fucking halo 3 levels!!!
Holy shit! considering that out of an average new game of 60 bucks, 20 is profit for the stores/distributors (these are rough estimates), 20 is actual production cost and another 20 is actually profit.....actually, thats probably no correct at all but i digress.
That means 5 million times 20 equals out to be a 100 millions dollar profit.
and considering that i dead space is not GTA4 or a halo title, i doubt it cost more than 100 mil to make DEAD SPACE. they'd make a profit with only 20% of those sales!
"Buy Dead Space 3 or the franchise gets it!"
Smooth EA, truly you are turning into the mafia of the games industry.
Well I hope Mirror's Edge 2 doesn't end on a cliffhanger, because there's no way it makes enough for EA to fund a third.
Shame too because EA sucks and Mirror's Edge was awesome.
I'm gonna wait for a review on this before buying it, or till it's bargain bin priced. I'm certainly not getting it at full price. I suspect it's going to be so watered down and diluted, a mediocre third-person shooter, in space with only the aesthetic and the "limbs" thing to differentiate it from any other. Plus all the crap I don't want, like M/P, "broadened appeal" (ie. make it a shooter), online passes, most likely some bullshit day 1 dlc, securom....I have to stop. I can't think of EA right now. It just makes me sad. I still hope it turns out okay but with low expectations I'll either be proved prophetic, or pleasantly surprised.
Yeah I guess. Either that or if they keep it the same then people complain than its just the same game again and they are milking the series...
It must be kinda hard to be a game dev lol
I feel for any dev that works for a company that is beholden to EA. The culture at EA corporate is so toxic that anyone working for that company is in danger is having their soul sucked out through an uncomfortable opening. EA has said, and I'm paraphrasing, "this job would be great if it wasn't for all of the customers we have to try and please".
EA does unfriendly things to their customers and then resents them for being upset about it. They really are a giant organization of fail.
Bah, let it fail I say. That'll teach EA for using such stupid marketing tactics.
Remember this?
Yes I know that was for DS2 not DS3 but still...
Dead Space is turning into Dead Game. Great move EA.
Visceral Games:
Hopefully the whole thing doesn´t lead to another dead developer.
500,000 copies need be sold to make 5 million in profit.
Assuming $10 profit from every game sold...and thats probably a low-ball as well.
If the previous two sold 2 million copies, it should easily make 5 million in profit, plus.
It's a way of reassuring stockholders that they have a series of successful franchises. It's basically a "yeah, see, we'll sell 5 million copies."
It's kind of stupid and ineffective, I doubt the stockholders will react how EA wants them to react, but their trying. With the recent failure of TOR and DA2, the backlash of ME3, lawsuit on their sport franchises, dwindling of The Sims franchise and various commercial disasters they've somewhat lost investor trust, so they're trying desperately to please the shareholders any way they can't.
Don't worry about DS as a franchise, even if this one sells under 5 million they'll make more, they're just banging the drum right now.
What truly baffles me is why EA is announcing this to the public at all.
Any discussion of how many copies need to be sold to make any kind of profit is moot until we know the cost to produce the game. EA will get a select cut of the proceeds from each sale, let's say maybe around 10-20 dollars. I don't know the cost to produce a AAA game these but it is in the multiple millions. The Witcher 2 cost around 5 million to make and that was in Poland where wages are cheaper.
Let's assume no less than 20 Million which is almost certainly a low ball figure for Dead Space 3, ignore marketing costs and assume a high ball of 20.00 per copy to EA. That makes it around a million copies to break even. I pulled these numbers out of my ass but the logic behind them stands. I seem to remember hearing from somewhere that a sales of around one million was needed to make a AAA game turn a profit. This is why it is so important to these companies to get high sales right out the gate. they need to get maximum return on their investment fast to have confidence in their next project.
Well they need to sell 1 million to make their money back for most big budget games, but needing to sell 5 million copies or they're shutting it down? It's just a stupid marketing tactic to guilt Gamers into buying their game.
Then Redwood wanted to make a franchise out of Dead Space from the very beginning.
And so, poor Visceral will go the way of Bullfrog, Westwood, Origin, Criterion, DICE, Bioware, Maxis, Mythic, Pandemic, Tiburon, PopCap, Playfish, Headgate Studios, 38 Studios, Danger Close Games, Black Box Games, Kesmai/Gamestorm, and EA UK/Bright Light.
Jesus, everyday I find the body of another game studio that EA killed at some point.
I love how I dont know about 1/4 or so of those companies and other 1/4 I dont care about.
That begin said... When was PopCap killed by EA? wtf...
seems kind of like a marketing strategy
"give 5 million or Dead Space is dead!"
blackmail/hostage that kind of thing
I'm cautionsly optimistic
moslt because the CO-OP isnt "forced" for single player and also because theres no competitive multiplayer tacked on (as far as I know)
The process has already begun. They have five years left, at most.
I guess that means no more Dead Space. The first Dead Space was promising, the second one not so much. I was hoping the series would improve upon the things that were exciting about it. The Zero gravity bits and the crazy bits from killing his wife (or at least feeling guilty for her killing herself). Everything I've seen about Dead Space 3 looks like ass though, so for me, farewell to a series that just couldn't get it right.
Perhaps I'm dipping into pretense here, but that sort of strategy tells me, as a potential customer, "We have no confidence in our franchise." which raises all manner of red flags.
From a more business-perspective, it tells me that EA is unbelievably incompetent at managing resources, especially given the MASSIVE discrepancy in development cost between Dead Space 3, and its two predecessors.
EA is known to buy gaming companies, then shut them down and screw them over leaving whole dev teams without a job. I think EA just wants to thin the ranks and because a super corp. Once again they ONLY care about money.
When you combine this with the other EA news I read where they are basically swearing off single player, then I think people should send them a message. Dont buy it. I hate it, because I do truly love Dead Space, but EA can leap off a cliff. I am just sick of them, and I really think they need to be SERIOUSLY humbled a bit.
I would buy Deadspace 3, no problem, I like those games... However, if a franchise needs to sell those numbers just to stay afloat, then they are doing something wrong.
I don't know if its development cost or simply greed ( the investors need their money after all ) but considering Dead Space 2 sold around 2 millions units (not a bad number at all). I don't think the goal is realistic.
I hope those estimates are just an umpleasant miscalculation on their part... For the franchise sake.
I don't think we would send the right message by 'not buying' the game because it's usually the developer and not the publisher who gets the short end of the stick. Check this video from Jim Sterling. He makes a point.
I think with an "estimation" like that and EA's past actions the only rational thing to assume is that EA are counting on the franchise failing and are setting outrageous demands on the project.
What's that? Do I hear you calling "Why, you're forgetting about Hanlon, Vegos!" Well...what can I say, after a few (dozen) times, Hanlon doesn't seem to actually apply anymore, does it.
With this and their other equally foolish announcement, we are truly seeing the death of a publisher in real-time. It feels so good.
Wow. Just wow. Go learn maths.
That would give them 5 million in revenue (not even accounting for removing sales tax and B+M price hikes etc., not profit.
Assuming their margins are in the 10-15% they are predicting their total cost to produce this game is in the 220-260 million mark. Which sounds RIDICULOUS.
I'm still puzzled by the direction the game is taking. The main themes of the first game were 1) Near-total isolation in a hostile environment, 2) Fear of an incomprehensible unknown, and 3) The empty and lethal void of space as an environmental hazard and constant threat. The first game excelled in presenting these themes, despite the shooter-nature of the game working against it. After all, it's hard to be terrified of space zombies when you have a gun that fired telekinetic razor blades that slice and dice anything that comes within a 5-foot radius. Even with that, the game series was very well received.
The second game faltered in presenting those themes with the inclusion of semi-helpful allies who seemingly contributed to your success (compared to the first game where they were exclusively detrimental, or only gave you missions to complete). They also reduced the fear of the necromorph threat by explaining certain aspects of its nature, creation, and by implying that there are means of control. The game did, however, excel at making space itself a threat, with the inclusion of breakable windows and prolonged sections without easy access to oxygen. The space-walk sections in the middle of the second game are great examples of this. The second game also focused on the theme of madness, both in Isaac and Strauss, and presented Strauss as a parallel of what could become of Isaac if he did not conquer his madness.
The third game tosses all of these themes out of the window. Co-op gameplay removes the feel of isolation considerably, from what I've seen. It also impacts gameplay, since there are no longer any blind spots in the players' collective vision, should they stand back to back. By this point, the Necromorphs have been completely explained, and as Lovecraft put it, the greatest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. Finally, the void of space has been removed, with the game transitioning to an ice planet. I cannot say how much this particular theme's absence upsets me. It removes one of the core principles of the game series, as well as the element that scared me the most. Necromorphs be damned, nothing was scarier than walking in zero gravity, looking for a way out, Isaac's breathing becoming more and more ragged over time.
Dead Space 3 is ignoring the elements that made it WORK. It's like Bioshock 2's transition to a combat-focused game with minimal horror elements. In an attempt to reach a new demographic, Dead Space 3 is just hemorrhaging consumers.
But that's the brilliantly evil thing, if they sell 5 million copies they make a lot of money! And if they don't, they have an excuse to dump Visceral for whatever reason they want to dump them. It's a win-win for EA.
Well Dead Space is royally fucked, I liked it too and was gonna get the new one...
Thanks EA thanks a very fucking much...
Why is it starting to feel like EA's going out of its way to make itself look bad?
Ah EA you have yet again proven yourselves to be massive cockheads. what, is your company controlled by a cabal of aging generals drinking cognac and smoking cigars around a roaring money fire whilst sitting in solid gold wing back chairs?
Am I the only person actually going to get this game? I don't really care that "Dead Space is moving from the horror genre" and all that, I just want to see the new necromorphs, and until someone makes SNPCs from the Dead Space series in Gmod 13 (I'M LOOKING AT YOU SILVERLAN) DS3 will be the only way I can do so.
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