... Canada seems like a great great country. If and when I could find work there, I'd move there in a second :)
There's a difference between sex-scenes and porn.
Regular movies can also have sex-scenes in them. Why not videogames?
... for healthcare insurance. So it sure aint perfect, especially considering how much we already pay in taxes. Plus, the quality has decreased, instead of improved. So we arent really happy with it all.
... I just hope it will play as well, and have the same long-term challenge, as F-Zero (Gamecube). That game was pretty much perfect, as far as futuristic floating racers go...
Definite must-buy though.
... overall we europeans have much less money to actually spend. We pay far more taxes than North Americans do, as well as other ridiculous prices as gas, housing, etc etc.
So in actual fact we have LESS money to spend than North Americans, yet we are overcharged.
... many MANY adults play videogames, and even teens know all about and most are already HAVING sex, yet in videogames it's still a huge 'no-no'.
The entertainment industry AND society as a whole needs to grow up and stop being hypocrites about it, and just include sex/nudity in games WHEN THE STORY 'asks' for it.
All that fuss about the 'hot coffee mod' and all that stuff. If they make some nice mini-games out of it, it could actually be fun.
People ne...
... a shame about the dubbed english voice at the end btw. I want my games (and other media) in the original language.
... but what about Europe, who has been overcharged from the very beginning!?
450 EURO for a barebones Elite, is just ridiculous, when American can get an Elite WITH 2 games for 450 DOLLARS or something!
I really wish Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo (and pretty much all other major companies) would stop ripping off European consumers.
... and than it would maybe still have been alive. Now, it's pretty useless.
I'm a 31 year old, sane, decent adult, and IF I want to play a game like Manhunt 2 (I dont), I should be able to.
Ofcourse some games have sick stuff in them. Just like some TV series have, just like some movies have, and just like some books have (Bible anyone!?)
However, even though it might not be to our liking, that doesnt mean we should decide for others if they are allowed to play it or not.
We (should) raise our kids, our society, with morals, resp...
... but how about a proper sequel to the great Sim City 4!?
- No region-coding
- No DRM-crap
- Cheaper for companies to put their movies on
For people who enjoy a wide variety of cinema, HDDVD would have been the preferred choice.
Now we're still stuck with region-coding and all the crap that comes with it.
So when a GREAT movie is released in Hong Kong, instead of just ordering the movie on regionfree HDDVD, we'll have to wait over a year or even more and just HOPE that the american company which has bought...
... Microsoft CANT bail out. The 360 isnt even 3 years old yet.
They already stopped supporting the original Xbox WAY to early, leaving many Xbox-gamers without anymore new games to buy unless they would hop on over to nex-gen.
If the 360 has a simular short lifespan, many gamers will stop bothering with Microsoft's consoles, and just prefer a PS3 that will last at least 6+ years.
Microsoft made some mistakes by rushing the 360 out, which has had both pos...
... with the PS3 being the more stable hardware, and with a game being exactly the same on both systems, people who own both a 360 AND a PS3 will more likely pick up the PS3 version.
Unless they wanna play it online with their friends who only have a 360, but with the faulty 360 hardware, it's only a matter of time before those friends will switch over as well.
Another reason to go for the PS3 version of a game, is the messed up DLC system for 360, where when you...
... but turned out you really had to give it a proper chance and to adjust to the controls and camera etc, before it hits you that it's a very good game.
Many reviewers probably only played it for 2-3 games and then decided it was awfull. They threw in some extra complaints about the language and violence, and BOOM... there we had some 5's and 6's...
It really shows you which reviewers take their job seriously, and which reviewers just do it as a nice way to make a quick...
... Microsoft really shouldnt have rushed out a faulty hardware unit like they did, cause it has bitten them right back in the ass.
They really need to right their wrongs and make 100% sure this never ever happens again, so their next-gen console will not be ignored by gamers who want to wait a while to hear about the quality of the hardware.
If the 360 would have been properly-made (hardware-wise), I think it would be the best console ever, cause the software for the 3...
Income-tax is for everyone with an income. So if you have a job and make money, more than 1/3rd of it goes straight to the goverment, and after that you will still pay salestax (20%) for pretty much everything you buy, plus fuel etc has a HUGE amount of taxes on it, and you will have to pay some small local taxes as well.
And when you die, the first one at your relatives' door will be the goverment who once again wants a share of whatever you left behind...
The Dutch gov...
... but does the western release of this game also have the original japanese voices as an option?!?
Cause I want my games in the original language (with subs)
... but here in Holland it's pretty steep. (35% and over on income tax, and 20% on salestax...), so any help to get some money back is welocme...
... so I dont really understand why it's such a problem to have a HD in there without making it MUCH more expensive.
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The reason that Microsoft didnt include a HD on their core/arcade version, is because they KNEW they could make LOTS of extra money of selling the overpriced HD as an extra, for those who were dumb enough to buy the core/arcade and found out later they would like demos etc as well.
I feel Microsoft made a mistake with not having a HD in there.