What is the point? That we should simply accept the diminishing lifespan of consoles?
It's great that you had what you consider to be a great customer service experience, but most of these old consoles are by now out of warranty and consumers aren't obligated to be complacent when fairly major purchases suddenly die on them.
Guys, I don't want to speak for Clint, but I can assure you that he wasn't trying to troll anyone in writing this column. It's just his opinion and you're more than welcome to disagree with it (feel free to write a counter-argument, we'll run it). There's no fanboyism at play here.
Hey man, sorry you didn't like the column.
I don't know if Type-0 has a world map. It hasn't been released outside of Japan yet. Likewise, I don't know if it's awesome.
I agree that there have been many good Final Fantasy games that lacked world maps. I'm actually in the minority of really enjoying XIII and XIII-2; however, I also detect and concur with the notion that they've lost something. They've become less relevant, less ...
I accidentally posted my other comment here, so let me use this space to thank people for approving and commenting on the link. It's become the hottest thing from my site yet and I appreciate it.
It's funny how the articles one feels are slapped together are so frequently the articles with which one disagrees, and vice versa.