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Topic Started: Aug 28 2011, 09:03 AM (32,877 Views)
SaiyanShredder
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KRISTOFFA
Jan 9 2012, 11:05 AM
I remember the PS3 being slightly over $1000 on release here. Now you can pick them up for under $400, think I paid $650 for mine with 3 games.

Good Lord! PS3's were around $600 when they first came out. Your country's PS3's are overpriced as fuck!
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KRISTOFFA
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It's the way it is, probably almost every single item over here would have a higher price tag on it than you would see in America.
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I remember the PS3s being around $600 for the 80GB models at release. I bought my PS3 Sept 09 for $299 for the 120GB model, with a few games and accessories for a few hundred dollars more. Waiting is always a wise option especially since after a new console releases, game developers continue to produce games for th previous systems for years later.
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http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/11/2701217/...rier-locked-att

I know, someone is going to say "old news". But in case you thought there might be a workaround, LOL JK NOPE.

I thought everyone knew that AT&T licks donkey taint. Verizon master race, motherfuckers. Sure, it's a little more expensive than AT&T, except I get this thing called "reception". Kind of helps, especially out here.


As for the console discussion, I don't see much of a reason for Microsoft or Sony to release new consoles, especially Sony. Kinect is selling like hotcakes to the more casual 360 audience, and the PS3 is really hitting its stride as of late. The only real reason to do so is to keep up with Nintendo.

I'm with Cal. There are likely a lot of improvements that can be made in graphics, but I think that the cost of the parts required to render such graphics would drive the cost of a console up to around 2006 PS3 levels. The hardcore gamer with money to burn will not mind paying that price, but the casual gamer will once again flock to Nintendo's product because Nintendo realizes that their audience does not want to pay out the nose. (Which is why I think Wii U is going to be around $300, $400 at most) More relevant to me, development costs would go up, and without a significant influx of new gamers, the cost of new games would likely get raised above the current $60. The particular niche I like (JRPGs, as you know) rarely comes to seventh gen consoles precisely because of the insane development costs and translation being too expensive to justify an English release.

Yeah, the common PC gamer argument is that they are running on technology from 2006, but the PC gamer is looking for things that are entirely different. A PC gamer generally wants high-end graphics, full control over his/her setup, dedicated servers, among other things. Console gamers just want to plug in a game and not worry about compatibility, upgrading drivers, etc, etc. While the technology is dated, it's only recently that developers have figured out how to use it to its fullest, especially the PS3 technology.

I'm definitely going to wait on the next generation, if I even get any of the consoles new at all. I find it hard to reward any of the three major companies for effectively fucking me in the ass with a double-sided cactus dildo. They're all anti-consumer to varying extents and in different ways.
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MrMarill
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Unless Microsoft and Sony come out with something really, really new, I don't see much point in myself getting one. That said, they will sell within the first week to Microsoft/Sony fanboys, or just the anti-Nintendo fanboys. Admittedly I plan on buying the Wii U Day 1, but y'all know I'm a Nintendo fanboy by now. It'll be interesting to see what Microsoft/Sony's consoles are, though.

Also, lolat&t
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I don't see the point in ever using the 3G on PSVita, especially since AT&T is only allowing files up to 20MB to be downloaded at a time. Pretty much severely limits what you can download (since the standard size of Vita games is 2-4GB), so it seems like a waste to pay the extra $50 for the 3G version. Also, lolat&t!

And you have to pay for a data plan too? When the WiFi is free? Umm...
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Jan 12 2012, 04:23 PM
I don't see the point in ever using the 3G on PSVita, especially since AT&T is only allowing files up to 20MB to be downloaded at a time. Pretty much severely limits what you can download (since the standard size of Vita games is 2-4GB), so it seems like a waste to pay the extra $50 for the 3G version. Also, lolat&t! And you have to pay for a data plan too? When the WiFi is free? Umm...

Personally I'm thiking about the 3g model, but not for downloading games. I mean why the hell would I use the 3g to download the game when I can just wait until I get home and use my WiFi to do so (which for some odd reason I don't think people realize it's 3G AND WiFi). If I get the 3G version it'll be so I can play games online, watch Netflix, and (although I doubt they'll have it) listen to Pandora. I probably won't get the 3G version though since I'm 99.9% of the time the person who is driving and thus outisde of Pandora (which probably won't happen anyway) I wouldn't have use for the 3G. If I didn't have my liscense and depending on other people for rides, then i probably would get it. I may still get the 3G version since it's $50 more and comes with a free game and since it's non-contract I can just get the 3G when I plan on making a trip with my mom driving, such as when I make my Baltimore trips (which probably won't involve Van Halen ): ) or when I'm not driving on my roadtrip I'm taking with my friend.
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CALJR_8760
Jan 12 2012, 12:52 PM
I don't think people realize it's 3G AND WiFi.

I realize this which is why I don't see the point of the 3G. Yes, it can be used everywhere in AT&T's network (*snickers*), but if it costs money to use ("$25 for 2GB"? Wut is this, I dun even...), it's not worth it. I'd rather just wait until I can find a safe connection to WiFi and use it for free.

I'm not really planning on getting a PSVita because the only game I'm interested in is Persona 4: The Golden (a game I mostly own on PS2 already), and that alone is not worth it to drop $250 on another system (plus the cost of the game and a memory stick or whatever they're called for Vita).
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I might buy one when it comes out, but it would be a wifi only model as I probably would not get enough mobile use out of any wifi zone to justify getting a 3G plan. Im not even sure who the 3G plan would be with up here in Canada. Anyways, i would probably get one for those times when I am stuck all day with the rest of my family and there is nothing to do.
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http://kotaku.com/5878669/bioware-bans-old...g-internet-meme

Just another reason I hate the online age of gaming.

I understand bans for griefing and shit that actually hurts other people who also paid to use the product, but for saying stupid shit on a forum? They deserve a ban from the forum if anything, not a ban from the forum and the game they paid money for. I can't even think of a fair analogy because one does not fucking exist. I think that's indicative of how pants-on-head retarded this rule is. Another case of the video games industry being different and fucking greedy because it can be. We're dumb enough to allow this and keep lining their pockets.

Ideally their moderators should know what the fuck a "meme" is, have the player's real non-payment information accessible (you know, shit like age for situations like this), or ask if the player is really twelve. But no, have to hit the ban button because of overprotective shit like COPPA.

I'd guess shit like this and their online passes are mandated by EA, but that's no excuse. I don't think I'll be "supporting" them.
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Wow, that is actually retarded. Ok, sure, they're strict about under-aged users. I get that and it's fine and all, but as you said Ro, they have got to have access to the user's payment information in some way. Just banning a person based on him posting an old meme is fucking dumb.

And banning the user from both the game and the forum, lol.

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It would be funny to see everyone on the forum post the same line to something. Mass-ban!
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A really shitty meme to begin with... I would understand if they banned him after the guy posted Mudkipz...
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MrMarill
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That is absolutely insane. That's even worse than MY ban on the GHH. o_o
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MrMarill
Jan 24 2012, 01:56 PM
That is absolutely insane. That's even worse than MY ban on the GHH. o_o

wait, what did you get banned for on the GHH?
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That ban is hilariously stupid. Don't forums that require you to be a certain age make you give your birthday usually?

Bigcalv2002
Jan 24 2012, 08:11 PM
MrMarill
Jan 24 2012, 01:56 PM
That is absolutely insane. That's even worse than MY ban on the GHH. o_o

wait, what did you get banned for on the GHH?

IIRC, he got two warnings for swearing (back when the swear filter wasn't turned on) which counted as two strikes even though the two warnings were for the same exact offense. Then his third strike was because JokerDonny made a thread that broke the rules or something, Marill posted in it, then Donny deleted his OP which made Marill's post the OP, so the mods thought Marill made it and was banned.
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