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Shredder posted:yes but how many idiots spent $150 on a "better" controller? or $200 more for a "better" ps4 The "pro" controller's not entirely without merit, given it's usable on a pretty sizeable library of XBone and PC games without replacing anything else. It's obscenely overpriced, sure, but I wouldn't say it's a bad thing in of itself.
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Lobok posted:I'm hoping Microsoft can pull a rabbit out of its hat because I don't think gamers will really benefit if we're left with Sony having a monopoly over consoles (yes yes, except for the Switch). Keeping that competition going would be nice. I dunno. I thought the PS2, Xbox OG, GC era was pretty great!
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Morby posted:I dunno. I thought the PS2, Xbox OG, GC era was pretty great! I agree, that was a great era. But we now have lovely things like season passes, dlc, exlcusive preorders that would be awesome if they weren't misused as they are now.
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Feb 16, 2017 16:51
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At least the whole "multiplayer pass" thing is loving dead and buried. That was the biggest pile of bullshit.
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Sefal posted:I agree, that was a great era. But we now have lovely things like season passes, dlc, exlcusive preorders that would be awesome if they weren't misused as they are now. There was certainly never anything like that in the PS2, Xbox and GC era. Now enjoy your Heihachi while I kick rear end with Link in Soul Calibur 2... Neddy Seagoon fucked around with this message at 16:59 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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Neddy Seagoon posted:There was certainly never anything like that in the PS2, Xbox and GC error. Now enjoy your Heihachi while I kick rear end with Link in Soul Calibur 2... I actually forgot about that. Soul calibur 2 was great
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Feb 16, 2017 16:57
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Fuzz posted:At least the whole "multiplayer pass" thing is loving dead and buried. That was the biggest pile of bullshit. yeah loving hell, the last few years of the PS3 era were a nightmare for buying 2nd hand games, especially from EA. gently caress em
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Feb 16, 2017 16:58
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Quantum of Phallus posted:yeah loving hell, the last few years of the PS3 era were a nightmare for buying 2nd hand games, especially from EA. gently caress em Didn't the multiplayer pass also start to gate SP content. It was a hosed up thing. "you dared to buy a second hand copy? Pay 10$ or you won't have access to our servers" Edit: spelling Sefal fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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Feb 16, 2017 17:00
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Sefal posted:I actually forgot about that. Soul calibur 2 was great Such a shame the series went down the toilet after Soul Calibur 3  . It was kind of a shock trying Soul Calibur for the first time on Dreamcast after playing 4 and 5 and realizing just how goddamn good the series used to be.
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Feb 16, 2017 17:01
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Sefal posted:Didn't the multiplayer pass also start to gate SP content.
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Feb 16, 2017 17:01
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Such a shame the series went down the toilet after Soul Calibur 3 Yeah. the customization of 3 was incredible. The only bad thing I didn't like about 3 was that one of the modes would corrupt my save after i made some progress in it. Man the opening of soul edge is still so drat good.
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Feb 16, 2017 17:10
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Last gen had a lot of testing the waters to see what they could get away with. Turns out thinly veiled anti consumer bullshit doesn't go over well. Of course we get just as hosed now if not worse but they figured out how to frame it in a slightly less offensive way.
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Feb 16, 2017 17:15
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Gotta think increased digital distribution went a long way since it effectively kills the second-hand market.
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Feb 16, 2017 17:16
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Except the second hand market is still huge?
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Feb 16, 2017 17:17
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Never said it wasn't, friendo but every digital copy they sell is a copy that can't be resold or transferred.
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Feb 16, 2017 17:20
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I like digital for obscure games I could not find for example Drakengard anywhere in Amsterdam (this was before I learned about online shopping) But now there's a (mostly) 24/7 available store that will never run out of games
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Feb 16, 2017 17:23
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RBA Starblade posted:There's no PS4 Lumines game right? I was thinking about it the other day and kind of want to play it without hooking my 360 up (it's all I have it on okay). Nope , there's a version for iphones that was released recently though and it plays great. It's fully featured with no weird f2p bullshit
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Feb 16, 2017 17:23
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Outside of steam which is a winner because of huge discounts I despise the idea of going digital. You pay more than you would at retail plus you get nothing to physically hold onto which i need because I'm a 30 year old autistic who likes to look at his games collection like he was gazing at a treasure trove
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Feb 16, 2017 17:28
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veni veni veni posted:Except the second hand market is still huge? I still don't see how, you can get games for new as cheaper or cheaper than second hand if you wait like three or four months anyway. If you're buying second hand within that time period it's usually like maybe £5 cheaper than a new copy if you're lucky.
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Sefal posted:I like digital for obscure games For older games I don't mind going digital considering it's generally like $10 vs $100 physical, but there's some games I just wanted actual copies of like FFVII and FFIX.
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Feb 16, 2017 17:30
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I almost never buy used games anymore but I like the second hand market because trading them in is nice.
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Morby posted:I dunno. I thought the PS2, Xbox OG, GC era was pretty great! I honestly don't recall which periods were monopolies for any company but my point is that they shouldn't be encouraged even if in the past they may have worked. Don't tempt them.
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Feb 16, 2017 17:32
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Sakurazuka posted:I still don't see how, you can get games for new as cheaper or cheaper than second hand if you wait like three or four months anyway. If you're buying second hand within that time period it's usually like maybe £5 cheaper than a new copy if you're lucky. Gamestop makes it a standing policy of pushing secondhand over new whenever possible, including underhanded sales tactics like insisting they're out of new copies despite having them to encourage shifting secondhand stock. Really though it's because people trade their old games for new ones, and now Gamestop is stuck with an overabundance of second-hand stock in every store they can't shift for love nor money.
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Feb 16, 2017 17:34
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They are dumbasses for giving such a little discount on used. A used copy should be like $20 off the new price and then they'd move copies like crazy.
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the game shops in my neighborhood are doing deals like. Trade in 2 games with a used value of over 20 bucks and buy this new hot game for 15$
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veni veni veni posted:They are dumbasses for giving such a little discount on used. A used copy should be like $20 off the new price and then they'd move copies like crazy. Yeah no poo poo. I'm waiting on RE7 to get a price drop, new or used, I dont really care. I bet if I walked into a gamestop today new will be $59.99, used $54.99. I'll just buy new for $5 more. But I'm not going to buy either, so gamestop loses eitherway. $40-45 used though? I'd have no problems with it. Oh well next year it it will be like $15 though 
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Feb 16, 2017 17:38
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Used games used to be like 30% off the new price standard before GameStop came around and shut down the good stores.
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On Game UK's website you can often see new copies for the same as or even cheaper prices than 2nd hand during sales. I've not seen it in store but it's still ridiculous pricing.
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:Yeah no poo poo. I'm waiting on RE7 to get a price drop, new or used, I dont really care. I bet if I walked into a gamestop today new will be $59.99, used $54.99. I'll just buy new for $5 more. But I'm not going to buy either, so gamestop loses eitherway. $40-45 used though? I'd have no problems with it. the real advantage to buying used at gamestop is the 7 day no questions asked return policy for used games. they don't really heavily advertise it but it's totally fine to just bring it back and say "I didn't like it" or whatever and get your money back
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goferchan posted:the real advantage to buying used at gamestop is the 7 day no questions asked return policy for used games. they don't really heavily advertise it but it's totally fine to just bring it back and say "I didn't like it" or whatever and get your money back Man, if I had the gumption and sit down and play through games like I used to I'd be heavily abusing that.
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:Man, if I had the gumption and sit down and play through games like I used to I'd be heavily abusing that. I used it several times to "rent" a mario party game when friends suddenly were in town. If you're obviously abusing it and not buying anything ever they'll cut you off, but once in a while it works great. I hate my local gamestop because they filled their nice open floorplan with shelves upon shelves full of bullshit accessories so its impossible to move around in there anymore. I'f there's more than 4-5 other people waking around you'll trip over each other. I worked there back in 2003 which is of course a looong time ago but not many policies, or managers have changed.
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Ya'll need to get Sony credit cards. I use mine to pay all my bills and my maintenance bill and I seriously rack up over 18000 points a year when I include purchases like random meals, petrol, groceries, etc. That's 3 brand new games for free a year.
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I said come in! posted:Microsoft confirmed a few months back that it will be significantly more expensive (their words) then the Xbox One S. I don't think they intend to sell it at a price point that appeals to everyone they can, it'll be an enthusiast gaming machine. It's going to have to be able to do native 4K on everything to justify that though. It's going to have to be expensive if they want to deliver native 4k-gaming, you have to get a fairly expensive PC as it is to achieve that today. I am beginning to wonder why MS are even staying in the console business, with all their exclusives now available on Windows... and if the Scorpio is going to be 'significantly more expensive', well.... by that point you're in PC territory anyway... Lobok posted:I'm hoping Microsoft can pull a rabbit out of its hat because I don't think gamers will really benefit if we're left with Sony having a monopoly over consoles (yes yes, except for the Switch). Keeping that competition going would be nice. I disagree, hardware competition is stupid. It didn't work for movies (remember Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD?), why should it be so for games? I want one true platform to play them all! Having said that, and knowing it won't happen any time soon, Sony do need to be kept on their toes. I switched from X360 to PS4 this gen so I wouldn't be oppose to switching back if they produced something special.
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Fuzz posted:Ya'll need to get Sony credit cards. I use mine to pay all my bills and my maintenance bill and I seriously rack up over 18000 points a year when I include purchases like random meals, petrol, groceries, etc. That's 3 brand new games for free a year. Well it's ten times bonus points on psn purchases, so that's where it's really killer. Only one percent on other purchases, almost any other credit card has better rewards. Effectively 10% back on psn purchases. There's an Amex with 6% on groceries and 3% on gas. If I used my rewards from that one alone, that's ten video games.
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Lobok posted:I'm hoping Microsoft can pull a rabbit out of its hat because I don't think gamers will really benefit if we're left with Sony having a monopoly over consoles (yes yes, except for the Switch). Keeping that competition going would be nice. They will make a series of machines that become more and more just low end gaming rigs as time goes on.
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The steam machine lives!!!
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Boogalo posted:I hate my local gamestop because they filled their nice open floorplan with shelves upon shelves full of bullshit accessories so its impossible to move around in there anymore. I'f there's more than 4-5 other people waking around you'll trip over each other. I worked there back in 2003 which is of course a looong time ago but not many policies, or managers have changed. The local EB has started doing this and it's incredibly frustrating trying to move around in there. Why do they do this? Also roughly one half of the store is now taken up with non-game nerd paraphernalia, with the obligatory entire wall covered in those accursed pop vinyl figurines.
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Uh oh, the goon heroes at Giant Bomb love For Honor - despite being absolutely terrible at the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gzU7HxWgd4
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Ineffiable posted:Well it's ten times bonus points on psn purchases, so that's where it's really killer. Only one percent on other purchases, almost any other credit card has better rewards. Effectively 10% back on psn purchases. You get 3x flat on gas and groceries.
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