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This is why I have always said "shipped =/= sold". Microsoft uses this well known accounting strategy (properly named channel stuffing) to fluff numbers and fool investors into a false sense of security with a product.

The problem is once the channel is stuffed, your ploy reveals itself after a couple months of little to no more shipments getting shipped. If you're not shipping units to the retailers, then through process of association they are not selling what...

4321d ago 27 agree1 disagreeView comment

The PS4 and PC are stupidly close. The PC has slightly (and I mean miniscule) better AA, but for the most part they are the same.

Both make the PS3 version look like a beer goggles version though.

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I don't have a problem with the model. I have a problem with the terminology. "Free-to-play" is so misleading, "freemium" (Free + Premium) is a MUCH better term because then you at least know what you're in for from the start.

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All PS4 updates queue automatically in the background and start installing once you turn on the system. I think the PS4 will automatically "check-in" every few hours with the network to see if there is anything in the queue to download.

Check your automatic download settings -
This is for the US, but should be universal:
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According to the article it's "fixed" in the fact that the banks have been disabled so you cannot begin doing the exploit. However disabling the banks has an adverse effect on legitimate things, so no the problem has not been fixed until the banks are re-enabled and the exploit is completely fixed.

4321d ago 2 agree0 disagreeView comment

Congrats on finishing the multiplayer trophy requirements in AC3. I still have yet to finish up those requirements.

It was hell to play enough to get level 55 in AC4 in order to Platinum that game. After playing AC4's multiplayer, AC3's is just painful at this point. Wolfpack is even much more enjoyable in AC4 than AC3. The ONLY thing I liked in AC3's multiplayer was deathmatch because NO abilities could be used thus leveling the playing field for everyone. For lo...

4322d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

It's hard to appreciate what you can't see. When you are able to pause the action and fly through the particle effects they are bloody gorgeous.

Custom desktops here we come (screen caps for your PC).

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Seeing as it is a free DLC that is what everyone is assuming.

I don't know for sure myself as the blast shards in the game are just enough for the core powers they give you, but DLC powers (if they'll exist) could just be fully unlocked and upgraded once you receive them.

I believe the Paper Trail is supposed to be 6 parts and they've been releasing each new part every Thursday to Friday, so we have two more weeks to know for sure.

4327d ago 2 agree0 disagreeView comment

You piece together clues left behind by a paper based conduit (hence the name) and their involvement with the DUP, hate groups, other conduits, etc.

With each mission you find clues that you investigate and piece together on the infamouspapertrail.com website that then translate back into the game once you figured out each section.

There is a very interesting storyline going on with this little sidequest/metagame.

4327d ago 3 agree0 disagreeView comment

@iamnsuperman

The Vita is doing fairly well in Japan, but all mobile gaming is doing well there. Nintendo may have the Pokemon franchise, but the Vita versions of Monster Hunter have done pretty damn good in Japan. The problem is the Vita just does not have appealing games for those outside of Japan.

I think the major hurdle for the Vita outside of Japan is that mobile gaming culture leans heavily towards cellphones/tablets with the older crowd and the DS/3DS...

4329d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

To all the PC players complaining about disagrees:

The high res textures and models MUST exist FIRST before your graphics settings can improve.

You can push AA and Anisotropy as far as you want. If you don't have the textures or models the game will still look like poop, just smooth poop.

It'd be like running the original Unreal WITHOUT improved textures on a modern card with maxed graphics card settings (overriding those in the game)...

4331d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Since this is an MMO, this will be the issue. MMOs on the PC have to be made to cater to as wide a band of hardware variances in order to insure enough people pickup the game to be lucrative. MMOs are costly to make and maintain and you want as many customers as possible. This is the SOLE reason for WoW's success. WoW can run on damn near ANYTHING at this point.

Yes, they could "uncap" the PC version and allow those with the hardware to push things higher, BUT t...

4332d ago 6 agree4 disagreeView comment

16 Plats myself:
Assassin's Creed Black Flag
Assassin's Creed II
Demon's Souls
Heavy Rain
inFAMOUS
inFAMOUS 2
inFAMOUS Second Son
Jak and Daxter
Just Cause 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
Saint's Row 4
Saint's Row: The Third
Sly 1
Sly 2
The Saboteur

Saboteur was my first. I think inFAMOUS was second and J...

4333d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

The problem in the US is the FCC just doesn't have the balls to enforce net neutrality despite the fact the government has essentially given them the power to do so.

There was an article on the TechSpy sister site to N4G all about this.

http://techspy.com/news/148...

This is a growing issue that is beginning to hit critical mass in the US.

4335d ago 7 agree1 disagreeView comment

Personally, I'm willing to give Sutherland a chance, but part of me can't shake the thought that Sutherland was a political choice by Konami to attach a well known name (outside of gaming and even voice acting) to the game. New voices for iconic characters can still work once you get used to the new voice actor; the Scooby-Doo cast has changed NUMEROUS times, but despite the slight differences in the voices over the years people haven't gotten up in arms at the changes. I'd sa...

4336d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Cole's jacket was OK, but once I had it unlocked I liked to use the "Epic" jacket that had the Zelda-esk sword on the back.

The sword is actually used a lot in the game as it is related to the third character and power. Short of the notch through the middle and the missing Tri-Force, it's the closest Sucker Punch could get to the Master Sword without having to shell out some royalties.

4336d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

"That's why you keep your Xbox 1 in the PS4 bag and your PS4 in your XBox bag."

All right Houdini, let's see you get that Xbox One in there, 'cus that'll be one hell of a magic trick.

4338d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Unless you are running a 10K or 15K "server" grade drive, RPM performance gains between 5400 and 7200 are negligible in comparison to the gains you get from cache size and SSD+HDD hybrid drives.

5400RPM drives are better in the fact they have a longer lifespan due to the slower speed -- less wear and tear. The only drives you should avoid like the plague are "Green" drives that are either listed at an awkward 5900RPMs or don't list the RPMs at all. Gre...

4339d ago 0 agree1 disagreeView comment

More so because Japan has become a very mobile culture. Many Japanese gamers game on the go. Most of their day is spent on some sort of public transport, so mobile games in the form of the DS, 3DS, Vita, and cell phones (some of which put non-Japanese cell phones to shame) do extremely well.

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"Video actually makes up close combat and boss fights easy imo. Go invisible, attack then right back invisible and you can take down a whole army one at a time especially when you can just turn invisible and go drain more video for your heavy attack which is how I took down the tough enemies and bosses."

It also has one of the nicer Karma bomb attacks.

Personally I still fall back to Neon for fast traversal and pin-point attacks. The slow-mo while a...

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