muu commented on Tales of Vesperia Coming to PS3, at 6:13 AM on May 15 [www.bandainamco.co.jp] 008年3月期 決算説明会資料 訂正のお知らせ (2008/05/14) 2008年5月9日開催の「2008年3月期 決算説明会」配布資料に誤りがありましたので訂正をさせていただきます。プレゼン資料10ページ下のスライドの中の、「テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア」のプラットフォームはXbox360の誤りでした。お詫びして訂正をさせていただきます。 It's officially a 'mistake' if you go by their homepage's apology. more »

muu commented on Tales of Vesperia Coming to PS3, at 9:45 AM on May 14 The list was fixed immediately after 2ch'ers started a massive flamewar regarding this topic. Considering the fact that Wii Tales and Op:Troy are both missing from the list (Op:troy rightfully so perhaps, but the Wii Tales should move some copies), the concensus has been that whomever that prepared this part of the info made a mistake, and is getting disciplined by his managers for it. more »

muu commented on It's Sony Financials Time (incl. PlayStation Sales Data), at 4:35 AM on May 14 More interesting was the q&a session part. more »

muu commented on Itagaki: No More Ninja Gaiden, This Was My Swan Song, at 7:44 PM on May 13 A WW2 game where the Japanese side is not represented as a bunch of katana-wielding samurais that eat sushi to fill their life bars? more »

muu commented on Atlus Announces Xbox 360-Exclusive Zoids Assault, at 3:10 PM on May 13 BTW, this was released in Japan as "Zoids Alternative" last october and sold less than 5000 copies according to VG. more »

muu commented on Atlus Announces Xbox 360-Exclusive Zoids Assault, at 3:00 PM on May 13 @Strange Bedfellows: It's already been said, but ease of programming, and lower royalty rates (a Nikkei article supposedly claimed a 7% royalty vs 15% on PS3 games. more »

muu commented on Americans Brag, PS3 No Letdown, Kotaku is Wrong, at 10:19 AM on May 12 This is what I get for being pretty much cut off the web for a few days. I'm sure Kojima was being modest, but goddamn, he coulda made this statement a few days earlier if he intended it to serve as any sort of, uh, damage control. more »

muu commented on NVIDIA Boss Weeps For PC Piracy, at 2:34 AM on May 8 This looks like one of those posts where some freeloading fanboy will bash me if I compare the state of games to that of brick & mortar stores -- the worse of an area you're in, the more protection they're going to have to keep you from stealing their shit. Don't want to pay? more »

muu commented on Five Ways to Simplify Complex Controllers, at 3:18 PM on May 4 On one end of the spectrum you have PC games with pretty much limitless control options in the form of keyboards, many-buttoned mouses and a plethora of other control options such as the mighty Orb controller you used to see in the days when they still made Descent. more »

muu commented on The History of PC Game ... Packaging?, at 6:01 PM on May 3 I lost my Star Control II starmap. more »

muu commented on Your Quarterly Reminder That Duke Nukem Forever Exists, at 6:12 PM on Apr 28 They must have been fighting unofficially out of court over usage rights to Evil Dead / Army of Darkness quotes. more »

muu commented on Which Version Of GTA IV Should You Buy? We Compare The PS3 and 360 Versions, at 7:15 PM on Apr 27 @SeedyROM: historically it's been the technologically "inferior" consoles that've won the hardware race, so it is pretty amusing to see both sides war it out. more »

muu commented on Exclusive Reviews: Ethically Troubling?, at 6:51 PM on Apr 27 If you really want to bother with the point system, I think the general rule of thumb is to add 5-10 pts to underdog franchises (unless they've exercised heavy advertising for the release) and subtract 5-10 from AAA titles for a more realistic gauging of points. more »

muu commented on Are You Buying Xbox 360 or PS3 GTA IV?!, at 12:16 AM on Apr 26 Until Namco decides to release Idolmaster Sigma with true 1080P graphics and loads of downloadable content for $10 a costume, I'm afraid I'll have to settle for the 360 version. more »

muu commented on Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart, at 8:10 PM on Apr 24 @Mpalm.: I was thinking the same until I saw some in-game footage. more »

muu commented on Hot Flashes: Typeracer, at 6:52 PM on Apr 24 Averaging 78wpm atm, best was 90 or something. Hot damn, another way to compare the lengths of our e-penises! more »

muu commented on Third-Person Call Of Duty Game Cancelled Because It Was "A Mess", at 10:42 PM on Apr 23 @NitrousO: and ruin a perfectly good franchise? more »

muu commented on Square Enix Files New Dragon Quest Trademarks, at 5:54 PM on Apr 23 @Nobuyuki: from what I've heard the original 'Dragon Warrior IV' was crap translation at its finest (worst?) so it'd probably be wise to wait for the update. more »