or just JRPG in general.
I hit you first.
Then I let you hit me.
Then I hit you again.
Then I let you hit me again.
Then you wait so I can hit you again
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Um, say no to silly combat...
And say no to over-the-top melodramatic Asian soap opera with emo male characters who are really closet gay and wear women's panties, and ridiculous plots that do not make any freaking sense to Western audience.
Wii is still hard to find and sold out everywhere. Demand still outstrips supply. Nintendo has no reason to cut price.
Wii is in a class of its own. It's not even directly competing with the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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Hello?
WRONG. I said it's the GAMES that sell the console. That are games -- exclusive games -- that I want to play, and ONLY the Xbox 360 has it. So I ave to buy the console to play the game.
Take Western RPGs as an example. I'm a big fan of the genre. There are fewer than half a dozen developers that make good Western RPGs. Bethesda, BioWare, Lionhead and Obsidian come to mind right away. And over half of them are exclusive Microsoft developers.
The PS3 has ZERO Wes...
If you want to buy an Xbox 360 (to play the games, and it's always about the games,) then buy it from a place where you can also buy a "store service plan". i.e., Best Buy and Circuit City.
The service plan is an "insurance" that lets you take back the product -- in this case, an Xbox 360 -- to the store you bought it from if it's not working in anyway. That way, you wouldn't have to deal with Microsoft's customer disservice and long repair time, which I've r...
It's quite fun, actually, especially for killing time between classes.
So what are you gonna do about it? I'd like to see YOU do something about it, ChefDejon.
You should stick to minding YOUR OWN business instead of telling other people what to do -- it ain't your place to tell me what to do or say.
I'd very much like to see how you intend to make me "stick to posting stories."
if you think price does not matter for mass consumers.
Blu-ray is a NON-ESSENTIAL item. It's a LUXURY item -- it's not oil, food or water -- which means PRICE is the NUMBER ONE factor in determining if consumers are going to buy it.
PRICE is the number one determining factor when it comes to demand of non-essential, luxury items like Blu-ray (and game consoles). That's not just basic economics (in fact, it IS in most Economics 101 textbook). In fact, that's reall...
There are more people who watch DVD/movies at home than there are gamers -- and PS3 gamers are only a subcategory of gamers.
Most movie buffs will not buy a game console to watch Blu-ray, and most gamers will not buy a PS3.
With prices like that, Blu-ray ain't gonna replace DVD anytime soon. (Unless the Sony Nazi somehow think they have the right to force everyone to buy a Blu-ray player/PS3 at cutthroat prices and when people don't want it.)
Sure, the player prices will ultimately go down and hit mass market level -- BUT WHEN? Three years? Five years?
Here's the problem for Blu-ray: it's in a race against time. That's because digital download will ULTIMATELY and almost ENTIRELY repl...
What reports??
PS3Center (Victor Dangelo) pretty much just pulled that one out of his arse -- claiming "according to some reports" but never actually giving the sources for those "reports". That site used the exact same tactic for the first BioShock and Mass Effect as well.
Seriously, I wouldn't want to be caught dead with one of those ugly things. Just look at how uncool and geeky the design of that Mylo thing is. Just look at it!
It's like carrying one of those cheap Chinese ripoffs with you so everyone can see just how tasteless and clueless you are. There's a STIGMA attached to people who carry a Zune or Mylo with them. The cool kids want an iPod and iPhone, not a "Mylo".
yeah, read earlier that about 150 units took NINE to TEN months to be "sold out".
The customers have spoken, even if the open-source commies don't want to come out of their denial.
The problem is that most games are just NOT good value for the money I spend -- in terms of entertainment value or dollar-per-hour value.
Just think about God of War: Chains of Olympic -- the moment I know it's FOUR hours of gameplay, I've already decided there is absolutely no way I'm going to pay $40 for it.
So, what if it gets good reviews? It's FOUR HOURS, and I just RENTED it from GameFly, finished it in less than a day, and mailed it back. That's $40 saving. ...
Which means it's the money gamers use to spend JUST on entertainment -- after spending on housing, food, bills, necessities and such.
Which means in terms of entertainment spending, hardcore gamers still spend more on NON-GAMING entertainment over games.
Personally, I spend MORE on movies and music than on games.
Nothing American survive in Japan because, with very few exceptions, Japan generally makes better, superior consumer products than the U.S.
What do you expect? Should Japanese buy inferior American products just to "prove" a point and make Americans happy? Even Americans prefer Japanese products over American products -- because even Americans know Japanese products are better, more durable and reliable, and often cheaper as well.
iPod and Hollywood movi...
You weren't complaining when God of War: Chains of Olympus got 5/5. You were cheering.
Every time a Wii, DS or Xbox game (deservingly) got a 5/5, little pathetic little Sony fanboys get all angry and whine about how reviewers shouldn't give perfect scores. But whenever a PSP game get 5/5, the exact same group of fanboys are overjoyed and praise the reviewers for it.
So predictably pathetic.
I'd like to see how this is going to impact sales and market shares. We'll find out soon enough just how big a factor the price is.
You obviously have not played Baldur's Gate II, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect.
Not only are the stories in those games EPIC, their stories actually MAKE SENSE.