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CURATOR OF ANIME posted:If that were the case than they would really have to consider lowering the price of the Vita. They already did in Japan. I suppose it doesn't matter until price points are confirmed, but if Sony does hit that low of a point, it really sends the price point ball to Nintendo's court, and I'm not convinced they would lower it even then.
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May 3, 2013 22:03
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In the UK at least, the cheapest model of the PS3 is the 12GB* one for £140, and Amazon recently started selling the Wii U Basic for £150. It's also been rumoured that a very cheap model of the 360 is being released alongside the new Xbox, so I don't know how well the Wii U could compete with just a price drop. I agree with the sentiment that NintendoLand should have been included with all models of the Wii U, but without a proper killer app, it's going to be hard to build up momentum. *Actually it has a 16GB built-in flash memory, but they don't advertise the data that gets allocated to the system. E: Meant Amazon, not ASDA That Fucking Sned fucked around with this message at 22:26 on May 3, 2013 |
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May 3, 2013 22:21
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Sony has preached up and down about how they've learned from their mistakes with the PS3 launch and pricepoint and everything about the PS4 so far looks like it's true. Just going to have to wait for that price point. I don't think I'd spend more than 450$ on it though. (I'm expecting 350-450 but nothing until it is confirmed anyway) It's all about pecking order with me anyway as I'm going to eventually get all three consoles to play exclusives but whatever v  v
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May 3, 2013 22:25
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Chaltab posted:*The subsidized Xbox may be more expensive than the full price version in the long run depending on how long you have to subscribe before you 'own' it. No "may" about it. Any time someone makes payments over time instead of paying up front, the final cost will be more than paying up front. Well, barring Zimbabwe style hyperinflation. I'm sure Microsoft has plans set up for people to pay for Xbox Live Gold with actual gold in such an eventuality. 
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May 3, 2013 22:48
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Zomodok posted:Sony has preached up and down about how they've learned from their mistakes with the PS3 launch and pricepoint and everything about the PS4 so far looks like it's true. Counterpoint: The Vita
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May 3, 2013 22:51
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Wii U sales aren't far off from the Vita's, neither is close to even selling in the six figures on a monthly basis right now. e: in the US, I mean. According to ars technica, Wii U sold 67,000 in March, 64,000 in February, 50,000 in January. I dunno what Pikmin's gonna do for sales but I would hope it does something significant. At least it would do something to quell headlines like these: Wired posted:1991′s Super Mario World Is the Best Wii U Game Yet The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 23:10 on May 3, 2013 |
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May 3, 2013 22:56
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I think you mean Earthbound. It's a Wii U exclusive in Europe, at least 
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May 3, 2013 23:45
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That loving Sned posted:I think you mean Earthbound. Took me a second to realize.  I may have missed it, but when is Super Metroid showing up for the 30th Anniversary sale thing?
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May 3, 2013 23:54
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Took me a second to realize. On the 15th, according to this page.
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May 4, 2013 00:08
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It's be funny if a glitch caused it to show up as $1.50 if you already owned it for Wii
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May 4, 2013 00:45
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I guess a crowdfunded spiritual sequel to Eternal Darkness made by a studio formed from the ashes of Silicon Knights may be coming to Wii U  http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34099
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May 4, 2013 02:24
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Yeah, we all heard. Shame Silicon Knights is a terrible studio and after the past year and a half of stuff is probably even worse now.
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May 4, 2013 02:32
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Denis Dyack is involved in the game, so the best thing you can hope for is that nobody gives those guys any money because seriously gently caress Denis Dyack
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May 4, 2013 02:33
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Mercury Crusader posted:Denis Dyack is involved in the game, so the best thing you can hope for is that nobody gives those guys any money because seriously gently caress Denis Dyack I'd be OK with this arrangement if he was there only in an advisory capacity, gently caress giving him any sort of producer level poo poo.
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May 4, 2013 02:35
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Ah that's too bad.  Eternal Darkness is one of my favorite games ever just by how much it surprised me. It's just, not the kind of game I generally like but it was so good I loved it.
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May 4, 2013 02:35
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Who owns the IP for Eternal Darkness anyway? Because if it's Nintendo they should sick Retro/Monolith on it or farm it out to Next Level. Next Level being my favorite for being Canadian, competent and not including Denis Dyack.
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May 4, 2013 04:04
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Buffer posted:Who owns the IP for Eternal Darkness anyway? Because if it's Nintendo they should sick Retro/Monolith on it or farm it out to Next Level. I believe Dyack owns it because they were working on ED2 and it was definitely not going to be a Nintendo game.
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May 4, 2013 06:52
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Actually Nintendo was slotted in as the hypothetical publisher and the work they were doing was building a demo version to present to them in order to get funding. I feel fairly confident saying that Nintendo owns the rights. Hence the new game being as Bioshock is to System Shock II rather than what System Shock II was to System Shock.
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May 4, 2013 07:53
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Cliff Racer posted:Actually Nintendo was slotted in as the hypothetical publisher and the work they were doing was building a demo version to present to them in order to get funding. I feel fairly confident saying that Nintendo owns the rights. Hence the new game being as Bioshock is to System Shock II rather than what System Shock II was to System Shock. Plus there's an easily accessible trademark search system Filing Date February 10, 2010 Current Basis 1B Original Filing Basis 1B Published for Opposition May 25, 2010 Owner (APPLICANT) Nintendo of America Inc. CORPORATION WASHINGTON 4600 150th Avenue NE Redmond WASHINGTON 98052 Looks like the original trademark (also owned by Nintendo) was cancelled in Dec 2009, and I guess the ED2 rumor came up when they applied for it again in 2010.
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May 4, 2013 08:09
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It would be really funny to see Nintendo publish the sequel to Dyack's baby without him.
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May 4, 2013 08:15
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Supercar Gautier posted:It would be really funny to see Nintendo publish the sequel to Dyack's baby without him. I don't think Nintendo is going to publish Too Human 2.
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May 4, 2013 08:27
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Supercar Gautier posted:It would be really funny to see Nintendo publish the sequel to Dyack's baby without him. Especially because Dyack is such a retarded babby manchild that you know he'd publicly flip his lid.
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May 4, 2013 08:27
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Nintendo still owned shares in Silicon Knights right until the end, didn't they?
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May 4, 2013 08:34
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My mistake. That's interesting. I thought it was more like Banjo Kazooie where Rare got to leave and make a crappy Banjo game on the 360.
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May 4, 2013 08:41
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:My mistake. That's interesting. I thought it was more like Banjo Kazooie where Rare got to leave and make a crappy Banjo game on the 360. An awesome Banjo game and a couple of awesome farming/animal murder sims. 
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May 4, 2013 08:42
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Now you just reminded me of the lack of any Blast Corps anywhere 
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May 4, 2013 09:03
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Nintendo still owned shares in Silicon Knights right until the end, didn't they? It was cheaper to hold onto them than it was to get more toilet paper.
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May 4, 2013 16:10
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Don't care if Dyack is involved, I'm crowdfunding the poo poo out of Eternal Darkness 2. The original is one of my favorite games of all time.
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May 4, 2013 16:44
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I still find it kind of funny and sad that after their success with ED Dyack was harping on and on about how it was great to get out from under the oppressive heal of Nintendo's boot and all that only to show that because Nintendo actually made him deliver on deadlines is why ED turned out any good to begin with. If it wasn't for Nintendo ED would've floundered in dev hell while Dyack ranted about the colors of shoes or something asinine
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May 4, 2013 16:47
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japtor posted:Now you just reminded me of the lack of any Blast Corps anywhere Auugh, I wonder if that's gonna get a VC release ever now. drat you for reminding me of it. I wonder why it never got a sequel, was it just unpopular?
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May 4, 2013 16:51
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Ciaphas posted:Auugh, I wonder if that's gonna get a VC release ever now. drat you for reminding me of it. There was an interview with the lead designer of the game on NowGamer where he thought the game would be too difficult to make into a sequel as it was a "one-trick pony." I don't agree with that assumption, it was a great game in sort of a genre all its own. Also, I don't know if Rare or Nintendo currently holds the rights to the game. I also believe the game sold well enough that it made a profit, though it didn't hit that million seller mark. I heard somewhere that sold over 300k copies but I can't find anything to back that up. As somebody that buys retro games, I see copies of Blast Corps all the time, so it must've sold alright. Mercury Crusader fucked around with this message at 17:20 on May 4, 2013 |
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May 4, 2013 17:18
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Thunderfist only having one arm due to memory constraints is pretty amazing.
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May 4, 2013 17:49
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Mercury Crusader posted:There was an interview with the lead designer of the game on NowGamer where he thought the game would be too difficult to make into a sequel as it was a "one-trick pony." I don't agree with that assumption, it was a great game in sort of a genre all its own. Also, I don't know if Rare or Nintendo currently holds the rights to the game. quote:“I had ideas for a sequel; the game would have been based on a persistent city environment that would deviate into more of an action-based combat game. I don’t think there’s any way you can push the gameplay much further though; Blast Corps really was a one-trick pony.” MS/Rare has the rights afaik 
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May 4, 2013 18:49
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Red Faction: Guerrilla effectively proved there's room in this modern gaming market for a game entirely comprised of going around and blowing poo poo up. I spent so much time in a giant truck, just driving through all the buildings I could see.
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May 4, 2013 18:53
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Honestly they should just make an HD version of Blast Corps. No need to do anything new.
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May 4, 2013 19:50
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:Honestly they should just make an HD version of Blast Corps. No need to do anything new. Yeah more remakes is what this system needs!
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May 4, 2013 19:51
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Man I'm hooked on the Rayman Legends challenge app. It's been getting me to play my Wii U every day and I've already put a little over 20 hours into it in the two weeks or so it's been up. I'm surprised more games don't have some kind of daily element like this to keep people playing. The only game I can really think of to do it is Animal Crossing. Theatrhythm and Dissidia Final Fantasy also gave out bonuses for playing every day, and I got roped into those too.
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May 4, 2013 20:06
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KimT posted:I'm surprised more games don't have some kind of daily element like this to keep people playing. The only game I can really think of to do it is Animal Crossing. Theatrhythm and Dissidia Final Fantasy also gave out bonuses for playing every day, and I got roped into those too. Theatrhythm's developer also made the Game Center CX games and the second one had a "play every day to unlock extra stuff" feature. It's not a bad idea if they can find the right balance, something that takes a few minutes to unlock some amusing bonuses
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May 4, 2013 20:26
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:Yeah more remakes is what this system needs! They do if that remake is Blast Corps. I'd also like to see remakes/sequels to Tetrisphere, Mischief Makers, and Goemon.
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May 4, 2013 20:31
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For some reason the Wonderful 101 always reminded me of Blast Corps more than Pikmin. Maybe it is the similar zoomed out view of urban environments and the comic tone. If it is anywhere near as good as that game then I will be happy. A true sequel to Pilotwings 64 would be nice (not a tacked-on Wuhu Island Mii game).
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May 4, 2013 20:41
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