Whats funny is my friends that have a PS3 don't use Resistance as the example of a good game. They generally say MotoStorm is awesome, and now FEAR. For the most part, they are waiting for some good games just like the Wii owners are.
They could have just asked me about the Game Gear, because I still got mine and it's functional and I got a few games.
I'm sure you were at the top of the 'call them because they still have a Game Gear and a few games' list, but just didn't get around to calling you. They did say if somebody sent the information in that they'd update the charts, though.
Not only that, but NPD uses a subset of North American numbers. They don't include online sales, or from some major chains (Wal-Mart I think is one of them). Add those in and the Wii is catching up a lot faster than the NPD numbers alone makes it look like.
The packaging was better. Real effort and imagination were put into it. Does anything come with a microscopic space fleet now?
The manuals were better. I've still got glossy, 300+ page manuals on my shelf that are practically history books, that came with Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, Red Baron, etc.
It's tough to beat the Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses. Another favorite was the AutoDuel toolkit.
I was thinking about the packaging and documentation the other day. I bought Flight Simulator X and was excited to open it up and see what it came with. It was the first one I bothered with since I bought the original way back on the//c. The original came with Nav Maps that showed approach vectors and frequencies of all kinds of airports. It was awesome looking up the frequency to tune the VOR to continue my flight. The documentation had a 'tutorial' of sorts on how planes fly.
Flight Sim X comes with a DVD and a manual. The manual is mostly how to install it and fun things to do (take off from which airports and fly in which directions to see famous landmarks). Meh.
The humor of Fallout is far more than just "a little smiling cartoon" telling you that you did a-okay with that SMG. It involves sarcasm, irony, coincidence, dark humor, and Monty Python references.
I laughed every time I brought up the PDA thing (been far too long to remember the interface name) and would see 'TK-421' at the bottom right of the screen. That was awesome.
I've already been snookered, having bought both 1 and 2 for the PS2. Now they want me to pay another 90$ (180$ to match the set of guitars I have now) for content I already own, plus charge me 2$ a song?
Thats like saying you already own Office 2x for the Mac, you deserve to get Office 2x for the PC for $39.99. Different systems, it doesn't matter if it is mostly the same. Don't buy it if you already own it, it is for the people who don't already own it.
Maybe not a troll, but you are an idiot, making assertions based on false assumptions.
These songs were left out of the game because they are from GH1, not GH2. When they ported the game to XBox 360, they used almost the same song list (a few extras, like The Trooper). Since GH2 came out on the PS2 before the XBox 360, they didn't include those songs, not wanting to cannibilize the sales of GH1.
Along comes the XBox 360 version. Now there is a digitial distribution channel in place and they can sell the songs that were never included in the original. They didn't rip them out to resell them. They are giving the XBox 360 owners a chance to play songs that they wouldn't have a chance to play if they don't own a PS2.
Take your crusade somewhere where it makes sense... like horse armor.
"Hey You" is on the first pack mentioned in TFA. Of course, I still need "Comfortably Numb", "Us and Them", oh screw it... everything from "Pulse" would be a good start at making me happy.
I'd gladly pay the $20-$30 licensing fees for DVD playback with the Wiimote!
I think the Wiimote would suck as a DVD remote. There is a reason game controllers are designed one way and remotes for AV equipment totally different.
Unlike Microsoft with the Windows platform, Nintendo takes a royalty for every disc manufactured that runs on the Wii platform.
That doesn't change the fact that it wasn't their decision to release a third party game again on a different platform with a different control scheme. It was that developer's/publisher's decision.
Especially since this gets away from the mini-games that the DS seemed to be plagued with when it first launched and that the Wii seems to be going through.
For all of its innovation, Nintendo is ironically the biggest culprit when it comes to making tons of money off the same content as many times as it can
How does CAPCOM releasing one of THEIR games to make more money from it translate into Nintendo 'making tons of money off the same content as many times as possible'? You can make that arguement when one of their first party games is released, but a third party game? Thats stretching it.
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Since when does 'more functionality' mean the same thing as 'innovative'?
I for one would be pissed if I had a 360 and heard about this. I bought the DS right when it came out, and I've felt like an idiot since the DS lite came out.
Here's a piece of advice: Don't ever buy any type of electronics if you feel like an idiot when it gets upgraded.
Oddly enough, anybody that thinks the stuff they serve in first class as 'fine wine' is the same kind of poser that cares more about being hip and trendy than somebody who knows anything about what they are talking. Kind of like one of the parent posts mentioned.
The stuff in first class is definately better than cattle class, but holy christ, man. Go try some non-suck wine before calling it 'fine'.
Ok, I'll bite. What is a "sailboat" in this context? Never heard that word used the way you are using it. And I couldn't find it in any lingo dictionary.
Little Girl: Wow. It's a schooner. Willam Black: Ha ha ha ha. You dumb bastard. It's not a schooner... it's a Sailboat. Little Boy: A schooner is a sailboat stupid head. Willam Black: You know what, there is NO Easter Bunny! Over there, that's just a guy in a suit!
For people who are prepared to spend more money and get a higher-specced console (of whom there are relatively few), the PS3 is the more appealing choice.
I think there are a lot of people who are prepared to spend more money, if they feel what they are getting is worth it. Right now, the PS3 doesn't really offer anything that makes it worht purchasing. There is one game people like, and it plays Blu-Ray disks... thats it. If there were a bunch of good games and Blu-Ray was the definitive future for HD home content, then they would be selling more. Right now, they aren't even tapping the people prepared to pay more or who want a higher-specced console.
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Whats funny is my friends that have a PS3 don't use Resistance as the example of a good game. They generally say MotoStorm is awesome, and now FEAR. For the most part, they are waiting for some good games just like the Wii owners are.
That, and a radius of 5000kms from our Sun would put you squarely in an area of space you wouldn't want to spend much time in.
Newark?
They could have just asked me about the Game Gear, because I still got mine and it's functional and I got a few games.
I'm sure you were at the top of the 'call them because they still have a Game Gear and a few games' list, but just didn't get around to calling you. They did say if somebody sent the information in that they'd update the charts, though.
Not only that, but NPD uses a subset of North American numbers. They don't include online sales, or from some major chains (Wal-Mart I think is one of them). Add those in and the Wii is catching up a lot faster than the NPD numbers alone makes it look like.
Hell the Movies you only get for a couple days, the tv shows you are overcharged for. It's just not right.
So do the sensible thing and don't buy them. Its not that hard to ignore the stuff shoveled at you.
The packaging was better. Real effort and imagination were put into it. Does anything come with a microscopic space fleet now?
//c. The original came with Nav Maps that showed approach vectors and frequencies of all kinds of airports. It was awesome looking up the frequency to tune the VOR to continue my flight. The documentation had a 'tutorial' of sorts on how planes fly.
The manuals were better. I've still got glossy, 300+ page manuals on my shelf that are practically history books, that came with Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, Red Baron, etc.
It's tough to beat the Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses. Another favorite was the AutoDuel toolkit.
I was thinking about the packaging and documentation the other day. I bought Flight Simulator X and was excited to open it up and see what it came with. It was the first one I bothered with since I bought the original way back on the
Flight Sim X comes with a DVD and a manual. The manual is mostly how to install it and fun things to do (take off from which airports and fly in which directions to see famous landmarks). Meh.
The humor of Fallout is far more than just "a little smiling cartoon" telling you that you did a-okay with that SMG. It involves sarcasm, irony, coincidence, dark humor, and Monty Python references.
I laughed every time I brought up the PDA thing (been far too long to remember the interface name) and would see 'TK-421' at the bottom right of the screen. That was awesome.
I've already been snookered, having bought both 1 and 2 for the PS2. Now they want me to pay another 90$ (180$ to match the set of guitars I have now) for content I already own, plus charge me 2$ a song?
Thats like saying you already own Office 2x for the Mac, you deserve to get Office 2x for the PC for $39.99. Different systems, it doesn't matter if it is mostly the same. Don't buy it if you already own it, it is for the people who don't already own it.
Pack 1 looks good. I might end up getting the one with the Chili Peppers and Bad Religion eventually, but pack 1 is my favorite by far.
Maybe not a troll, but you are an idiot, making assertions based on false assumptions.
These songs were left out of the game because they are from GH1, not GH2. When they ported the game to XBox 360, they used almost the same song list (a few extras, like The Trooper). Since GH2 came out on the PS2 before the XBox 360, they didn't include those songs, not wanting to cannibilize the sales of GH1.
Along comes the XBox 360 version. Now there is a digitial distribution channel in place and they can sell the songs that were never included in the original. They didn't rip them out to resell them. They are giving the XBox 360 owners a chance to play songs that they wouldn't have a chance to play if they don't own a PS2.
Take your crusade somewhere where it makes sense... like horse armor.
I just found that out... next question, who in the hell are the Exies? :)
Oh well, two out of the three might still make it worth grabbing.
"Hey You" is on the first pack mentioned in TFA. Of course, I still need "Comfortably Numb", "Us and Them", oh screw it... everything from "Pulse" would be a good start at making me happy.
Your point would be much more valid if they hadn't already done all of that... 18 months ago. These are all recycled Guitar Hero 1 songs.
Can you tell me where to get GH1 with co-op mode?
I'd gladly pay the $20-$30 licensing fees for DVD playback with the Wiimote!
I think the Wiimote would suck as a DVD remote. There is a reason game controllers are designed one way and remotes for AV equipment totally different.
Unlike Microsoft with the Windows platform, Nintendo takes a royalty for every disc manufactured that runs on the Wii platform.
That doesn't change the fact that it wasn't their decision to release a third party game again on a different platform with a different control scheme. It was that developer's/publisher's decision.
Especially since this gets away from the mini-games that the DS seemed to be plagued with when it first launched and that the Wii seems to be going through.
For all of its innovation, Nintendo is ironically the biggest culprit when it comes to making tons of money off the same content as many times as it can
How does CAPCOM releasing one of THEIR games to make more money from it translate into Nintendo 'making tons of money off the same content as many times as possible'? You can make that arguement when one of their first party games is released, but a third party game? Thats stretching it.
Since when does 'more functionality' mean the same thing as 'innovative'?
Mario Kart DS- Sequel, no major new functionality
After all the bitching people do about Nintendo's lack of online gaming, one game they do add it to you say has no major new functionality?
Mind boggling, but I guess thats why I keep coming back.
I for one would be pissed if I had a 360 and heard about this. I bought the DS right when it came out, and I've felt like an idiot since the DS lite came out.
Here's a piece of advice: Don't ever buy any type of electronics if you feel like an idiot when it gets upgraded.
I was wondering where you went. Whats the url to sign up for PS3 astroturfing and how well does it pay?
Never before have I noticed such an incredible disconnect between reality and the online world.
;)
Did you really just equate New York City to reality?
Oddly enough, anybody that thinks the stuff they serve in first class as 'fine wine' is the same kind of poser that cares more about being hip and trendy than somebody who knows anything about what they are talking. Kind of like one of the parent posts mentioned.
The stuff in first class is definately better than cattle class, but holy christ, man. Go try some non-suck wine before calling it 'fine'.
Ok, I'll bite. What is a "sailboat" in this context? Never heard that word used the way you are using it. And I couldn't find it in any lingo dictionary.
Little Girl: Wow. It's a schooner.
Willam Black: Ha ha ha ha. You dumb bastard. It's not a schooner... it's a Sailboat.
Little Boy: A schooner is a sailboat stupid head.
Willam Black: You know what, there is NO Easter Bunny! Over there, that's just a guy in a suit!
Mallrats references are awesome.
For people who are prepared to spend more money and get a higher-specced console (of whom there are relatively few), the PS3 is the more appealing choice.
I think there are a lot of people who are prepared to spend more money, if they feel what they are getting is worth it. Right now, the PS3 doesn't really offer anything that makes it worht purchasing. There is one game people like, and it plays Blu-Ray disks... thats it. If there were a bunch of good games and Blu-Ray was the definitive future for HD home content, then they would be selling more. Right now, they aren't even tapping the people prepared to pay more or who want a higher-specced console.