take up on EB Games' offer to try the game risk-free for a week. If you're not satisfied, just bring it back for a full in-store credit.
(which I'm sure will come in quite handily to fit the bill for Metal Gear Solid 4, when it rolls around only a few weeks later!)
I'm happy to be on the pre-order list, and looking forward to this game. I've got a feeling that it's going to be much more than the general consensus has it cracked up to be, and ultimately worth the 67...
Funny, I was in a Brampton, Ontario Wal-Mart a few days ago, and I noticed the same sort of thing behind the glass of the 360 section:
The store still had the player listed for $199.
Out-of-touch management, or just trying to gouge the few remaining clueless consumers???
I was in the same boat as you...but I couldn't resist the urge and picked up a PSP slim from Walmart just yesterday (early self-birthday gift).
To be honest, Skype was the least motivation for opting for the slim...what had me sold was the awesome ability to output to TV in a decent resolution, which in my opinion, is worth the upgrade in itself.
Just imagine the possibilities: Armed with a PC, TVersity Media server, wif-fi router, and a PS3, you can watch absolutel...
It's been sitting in my PSP since last night, but hadn't had a chance to play it yet.
Man, this game must be just melting off the store shelves...went to two two large Wal-Marts...both of which dedicated three whole rows of behind-glass shelves completely splashed with the GoW advertisement from top-to bottom...all gone.
And it must have had a positive effect on PSP console sales as well, because both locations were almost completely sold out of those too!
Thanks to zdonit's heads-up news submission a few days ago, I pre-ordered my copy of Haze at EB games yesterday afternoon, as I learned that EB games in Canada and the US are offering a "Play Haze for a Week" offer.
The deal is basically that, should you pre-order Haze at an EB Games between March 8th and 16th, the store will allow you to return the game within the first week that you pick it up upon release, in exchange for a full IN-STORE CREDIT (NOT refund!).
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LOLz!
Yeah, you took the words right outta my mouth.
I specifically remember this deal EB Games Canada was offering last March with the release of God of War II...I remember doing a double-take when the clerk mentioned it to me, and reiterated to him twice to make sure I wasn't missing something.
By the way, not only did that copy not make it back to the store since it was a gift for my twelve-year-old cousin (whose YET to finish the game...DAMN that giant Medusa blob!), b...
...is that too much to ask??? ;)
"Is it only me who find's "supply issues" hard to believe??"
Oh, not at all sir:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catal...
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catal...
I've played only the demo (no less than four times), and the last thing I had to remind myself of, was that this is indeed, hands down, most definitely...a great, convincing God of War title.
That said, what did have me keep doing a double-take, was that all that awesomeness was coming from that tiny little PSP cradled in the palm of my hands.
Now if only this friggin' snowstorm sub...
You're missing my point:
As non-MS OS's such as Linux and <GASP!> Apple become exceedingly popular, increased user demand will compel software developers to pay more attention to these "inferior" alternatives, and develop accordingly.
As it stands TODAY, MS is the clear choice for software support; it's the single only reason why I use it. But if you think this trend will last if MS continues to operate with their arrogant heads up their arses, you'...
Ummm, does anyone here actually USE the 3D AERO glass feature???...because the only time it shows up on my screen is when I hit it by accident when I'm trying to press the Show Desktop bar, which I keep right beside it in the Quick Launch bar.
The (free!) competition's finally looking more appealing to the masses.
Be afraid MS...be very afraid, because even your expensive & pointless bells and whistles are starting to sound out of tune.
LOL...Touché, touché!
You're probably right.
Don't Sony or Nintendo have a keynote planned this year???
The SHOW is not canon with the show.
What a waste of my life that was...watching those first two-plus years of the show...forever eagerly anticipating, but never receiving, even a single valid explanation for any of the myriad absurd plot threads that never cease to chaotically multiply and spiral out control.
Please let me know when all the characters are dead.
"actually it's "they're". My English teacher told me to correct people, he can't stand mistakes."
Well, since you're so concerned:
-Begin all sentences with a capital letter (i.e., "Actually".)
-The more fitting punctuation to use in your aforementioned sentence following the word "people" would be a semi-colon.
(Yeah, bad grammar is a pet peeve of mine as well.) :P
On topic:
Yeah, I'm bett...
All you've done is proven that competition is necessary for innovation...but don't point the finger only at Sony. With that mindset, you can take your argument a step further and argue that had it not been for Sony's insanely successful PSx predecessors (or Nintendo, Sega, or even Commodore or Atari for that matter), MS wouldn't have even had the initiative to enter such a lucrative industry.
And don't assume that Toshiba was the only means to lower Blu-Ray player prices; rememb...
Yeah, that was my jaw-dropped reaction too, when I played it back in March.
Undoubtedly one of the best games I've played. Ever.
Next stop: GoW: Chains of Olympus!
(That should help tide me down till the PS3 feast.)
LOL...Classic!
Metal Gear Solid 0.04. ;)
Or...
<something> Mario <something>
Oh. Joy.