I have to admit, it's pretty damn impressive that Sony have been able to keep the pirates at bay for so long. Hopefully by the time they do fully hack the system (to where the average joe can pirate games easily), we will be into the next generation and there will be no point to proceed with it.
How can that be possible when Secret of Mana is clearly the greatest RPG of all time ;)
Can't wait to play this, devastated I have to wait until my birthday on the 6th of Feb... Oh well, I will play through ME1 again first.
Can someone give me some details about Monster Hunter, I have always been fascinated by Japan's adoration for the series...Is it similar to any other games?
WOOT. Funny that the best part of the contents for me is the slip-case thing for the cover. Love how it has the 'original box-art' not the NA one.
God I'm sick of the NY settings, we get it, it's a great city, please just stop using it for the location of every second game
Even though I can't wait for Bioshock 2, I think I will wait until I have finished Mass Effect 2 first. Then I will go back to Rapture ;)
Yeah, unfortunately you can't openly discuss many issues on N4G without people pulling the 'fanboy card'.
The biggest problem when looking at the Xbox divisions revenue is that it's lumped into the Entertainment and Devices division. Now we both know the Zune is part of this division and often skews the financial reports to the point of the 360's revenue being indistinguishable from the rest of the products in the division...
I'm having a look now to see if I can see...
Here is an interesting link to a report by (incidentally) the same research group... Now these figures are from November 2006, but they give an interesting analysis of Microsoft's 20gb unit which at the time was retailing for $399 US...There was actually a $75 profit on each unit sold, but taking into account freight, retail partners costs etc, they would have been making a small profit or breaking even...
@ ppl above. I assume that the market research done by this company would take into account bulk orders and bulk manufacturing costs, it isn't a very effective analysis if that isn't the case.
@ Darkride. Take this with a grain of salt because I can't find the link atm, but I swear I read somewhere that the 360 cost around $6 more to manufacture than the retail price, this could have been before the price drop? Will have another quick browse...
2000 Nintendo Points costs $34.95 in Australia, so much for common sense? Points in general can't be tailored to specific currencies, it means that some people end up inherently paying more (or less) than other regions.
The only solution is to scrap points and use regional currency pricing, like Sony.
Sorry Eddie but Gamer has a point. Why should it match the American dollar? It is an international business? I can see where they are coming from.
I hope the collector's edition comes with the 'proper' box art, I don't want any figures on the cover, why change it for PAL regions after all these years...
I certainly don't envy the man, he has to produce that 'magic' of the first game again when the tooth paste is already out of the tube...
I'm starting to get excited though for Bio 2, which I didn't think would happen.
Saaking is an adult? No way, I refuse to believe any adult could be that naive and utterly stupid...
Anyway, my anticipation is starting to build for FFXIII, anyone think we will get a special edition?
For people who are unfamiliar with Aus prices in regards to console here is some info, I will use Regular Retail Price (RRP).
Regular Xbox 360 Elite: $449
120gb PS3: $499
Wii: $388
This Limited Edition Bundle: $599
So it is a decent bundle, I would expect to get it cheaper if you have a shop around as well.
Good point, or even a code to download Mass effect 1 off 'Games on Demand'...
You can never have enough controllers? ;)
Or they are sticking with the 2 theme?
Who knows?
Awesome, this is a fantastic bundle. Wouldn't mind the 250gb drive.
Good point, art style is a major factor in how a game 'looks graphically'.
Notice the >? It means greater than... So he is right. 65 x 4 = > (greater than) $200...