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    Image of Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft
    05:08 AM

    In reply to Iraqi Kidnap Victim Subjected To PlayStation
    They probably made him play Haze and Lair over and over again.
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    Image of dracosummoner dracosummoner
    01/02/10

    In reply to 360 Avatars Get Dead Space, NBA & NCAA Outfits
    Awww, what a cute little Isaac -- OH MY GOSH WHAT IS THAT BEHIND YOU KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT
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    Image of hatmantc hatmantc
    01/02/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    Haven't most theaters converted to digial projectors now a days? This way they dont have send out reels that have to be changed, they can just let the movie just play through. So i'm guessig it's close to the same process for digital downloads to their movie store
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    Image of SerenitysRequiem SerenitysRequiem
    01/02/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    Oopsie indeed. Wonder how much money they lost over this? Probably none, considering how awful it was. =)
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    the7k promoted this comment SerenitysRequiem was starred SerenitysRequiem was unstarred
    Image of the7k the7k
    01/02/10

    @SerenitysRequiem: Yes, but now they have a scapegoat.

    "Wow, our movie was a total bomb at the box-office! Do you think it was because no one was interested in a B-movie while Avatar, Princess & The Frog and Twilight 2 are dominating? Do you think it's because not allowing critics to pre-screen a movie is practically like saying 'My Movie Sucks, and I want to sucker as many people into buying tickets for it before they read any reviews!'?"
    "No, of course not! It's because all those damn PS3 users watched it for free!"
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    Image of SerenitysRequiem SerenitysRequiem
    01/02/10

    @the7k: "Of course, and god forbid we put together an actual movie that might have a chance against big hitters like that! Curse those PS3 users! It's all their fault!"
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    Image of Brad Phillips Brad Phillips
    01/02/10

    In reply to Final Fantasy Creator Working On iPhone Game
    Blue Dragon iPhone? Really? You do know Microsoft owns the Blue Dragon IP right? It won't come to the iPhone.
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    FP_slomo788 approved this comment Brad Phillips was starred Brad Phillips was unstarred
    Image of FP_slomo788 FP_slomo788
    01/02/10

    @Brad Phillips: [www.toysrus.com]
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    Image of Mihos Mihos
    01/02/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    That could have cost them tens of dollars in movie sales!
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    SadAstronaut promoted this comment Mihos was starred Mihos was unstarred
    Image of Strangelove Strangelove
    01/02/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    I bet literally dozens of people may have downloaded that train wreck.
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    Image of Resident Diesel Resident Diesel
    01/02/10

    @Strangelove:

    Haven't seen it but it doesn't seem that bad

    [www.imdb.com]
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    Strangelove promoted this comment Resident Diesel was starred Resident Diesel was unstarred
    Image of Strangelove Strangelove
    01/02/10

    @Resident Diesel: Really? It's got a whopping 50% on rottentomatoes.
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    Image of Pombar Pombar
    01/02/10

    In reply to Final Fantasy Creator Working On iPhone Game
    The Gooch is one of those scarily photogenic people. He even looks cool next to Bash! Madness.

    I'd be game for an iPhone project by his studio. It'd be a shame if he felt the need to make it a puzzle/strategy, or an RTS (like Blue Dragon DS) or whatnot, when the system is in dire need of what Mistwalker does best - old fashioned RPGs with a modern sprucing up.
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    Image of infinitezero infinitezero
    01/02/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    wow thats the most retarded thing they havee done all year.
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    Gyaruson promoted this comment infinitezero was starred infinitezero was unstarred
    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    01/02/10

    @infinitezero:
    They did it earlier this week. Not on Friday.

    Failed attempt at New Years humor.
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    Gyaruson was starred Gyaruson was unstarred
    Image of phnord phnord
    01/02/10

    @Gyaruson: Comment still stands.
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    Gyaruson promoted this comment phnord was starred phnord was unstarred
    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    01/02/10

    @phnord:
    You must not have heard of the PSPGo. That's the most retarded thing Sony has done all year.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    01/02/10

    @Gyaruson: The concept of the PSPgo is good, it was the price they launched it at and their reasoning for that price that was retarded.
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    Image of hatmantc hatmantc
    01/02/10

    @Gyaruson: The pspgo is actually a good device hindered by the negative perception of it's price and lack of umd. But if you get past that stigma it's a very worth while device
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    Image of tok1879 tok1879
    01/02/10

    @Gyaruson: Retarded you say, but you must have missed the over all spike in the sales of the PSP itself. So maybe the introduction of the Go(even though i'ld never use my money for that POS) wasn't that retarded.
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    Gyaruson promoted this comment tok1879 was starred tok1879 was unstarred
    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    01/02/10

    @tok1879:
    Dropping millions into a product just to boost the sales of a different product is still retarded.
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    Image of Jim-sama Jim-sama
    01/02/10

    In reply to Final Fantasy Creator Working On iPhone Game
    I'm inerested to know what the 'long-awaited project is'. I'm not too familiar with his recent work or with his older work though I did complete Lost Odyssey.

    If it's been 'long-awaited' it must be a sequel right?
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    Pombar promoted this comment Jim-sama was starred Jim-sama was unstarred
    Image of Pombar Pombar
    01/02/10

    @Jim-sama: He directed, produced or supervised pretty much every great Square RPG leading into the PS2 era. FF1-10, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, Bahamut Lagoon, FF Tactics, Parasite Eve 1+2, Xenogears, etc.
    So basically, if you haven't played any of his older works, but enjoyed Lost Odyssey even a little, you probably owe it to yourself to go check them out.
    But, given your display pic, I'd have to assume you'd be a tad familiar with a few of those!
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    Pombar was starred Pombar was unstarred
    Image of Jim-sama Jim-sama
    01/02/10

    @Pombar: Haha yeah I've played a few FFs! Though only one from the PS1 era and that was FF7.

    I didn't realize he had done so much. I think I need to play Parasite Eve and Xenogears since I've heard good stuff about those.
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    Image of Subsenix Subsenix
    01/02/10

    @Pombar:

    You cant compare this godlike games with Lost Odyssey
    Lost Odyssey is crap where every 5 Minutes someone weeps and sings
    God never expected such a cry baby party from someone like him.
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    Pombar promoted this comment Subsenix was starred Subsenix was unstarred
    Image of Pombar Pombar
    01/02/10

    @Subsenix: I did say that even enjoying LO a little should mean one should play those games - I thought it was implied that this meant these other games would be much better! D'ah well. I enjoyed the game, for the record.
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    Image of rich8606 rich8606
    01/02/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    Woah, PSN really advanced beyond XBLA in the last days of 2009.

    And to whoever downloaded it, can you share the movie with the rest of us?
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    Edited by rich8606 at 01/02/10 1:30 AM rich8606 was starred rich8606 was unstarred
    Image of Asbestos_Underwear Asbestos_Underwear
    01/02/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    It is a viral marketing plot more than anything else.
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    Image of battlescarSS battlescarSS
    01/02/10

    In reply to 360 Avatars Get Dead Space, NBA & NCAA Outfits
    The Dead Space costume on PS Home? Better looking than this version. Sorry. :(
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    battlescarSS was starred battlescarSS was unstarred
    Image of moosegrinder moosegrinder
    01/02/10

    @battlescarSS: yeah, but who uses Home? ;)
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    brass2themax promoted this comment moosegrinder was starred moosegrinder was unstarred
    Image of brass2themax brass2themax
    01/02/10

    @moosegrinder: The same argument can be made for the 360. Who cares about how their avatar looks? The Dead Space suit in Home is better if you're just making a straight comparison. Period.
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    brass2themax was starred brass2themax was unstarred
    Image of battlescarSS battlescarSS
    01/02/10

    @brass2themax: No need to get mad. It's purely opinion, my friend. :)
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    Image of Wolfgeist Wolfgeist
    01/02/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    I think it was done on purpose to get people to actually watch it, under the assumption that people will enjoy it and tell their friends/family to go see it, and make money off of it.
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    Karlott promoted this comment Wolfgeist was starred Wolfgeist was unstarred
    Image of wazzzup16 wazzzup16
    01/02/10

    @Wolfgeist: wont people just invite their friends to their house to watch for FREEE
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    SadAstronaut promoted this comment wazzzup16 was starred wazzzup16 was unstarred
    Image of Wolfgeist Wolfgeist
    01/02/10

    @wazzzup16: That happens, but word of mouth spreads to their friends and family as well, and some people would rather just go watch a movie themselves.

    This is the way marketing departments think.
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    Image of wazzzup16 wazzzup16
    01/02/10

    @Wolfgeist: Good point.
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    Image of SnoopyFish SnoopyFish
    01/02/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    I can't wait till movie studios completely skip theaters and go straight to digital download movie premiers!
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    deanbmmv promoted this comment Edited by SnoopyFish at 01/02/10 12:35 AM SnoopyFish was starred SnoopyFish was unstarred
    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    01/02/10

    @SnoopyFish: There was a movie last year (09) that did.
    It was released online for download (not free) a couple of days before it was out in the cinema.
    It was more of a experiment to see if people are fine with grabbing a movie n watching it at home, or if they want the 'cinema experience' to go with the movie.
    Dunno what happened about it in the end if folks watched it at home or cinema more.
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    Image of (Starman) NONAME (Starman) NONAME
    01/02/10

    In reply to 360 Avatars Get Dead Space, NBA & NCAA Outfits
    Give my avatars the ability to wear Vashta Nerada and then we'll be talking.
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    (Starman) NONAME was starred (Starman) NONAME was unstarred
    Image of BurntFM BurntFM
    01/02/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    that kind of hints that the movie is not as good, when they want to put it for sale that fast.
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    InsidiousTuna promoted this comment BurntFM was starred BurntFM was unstarred
    Image of InsidiousTuna InsidiousTuna
    01/02/10

    @BurntFM: The trailer hinted that it wasn't good.
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    Image of floppylobster floppylobster
    01/02/10

    @InsidiousTuna: As does the poster, title, cast, tagline and plot.
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    InsidiousTuna promoted this comment floppylobster was starred floppylobster was unstarred
    Image of DragonNinja DragonNinja
    01/02/10

    @InsidiousTuna: Matt Dillon and Milo Ventimiglia in the cast hinted it wasn't good.
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    InsidiousTuna promoted this comment DragonNinja was starred DragonNinja was unstarred
    Image of theunholy1978 theunholy1978
    01/01/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    And it was still too expensive!
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    InsidiousTuna promoted this comment theunholy1978 was starred theunholy1978 was unstarred
    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    01/01/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    Sony should make this a regular thing lol.

    Seriously though, they should put in-cinema movies on the PSN. Make it a one-two punch where if you buy the HD version you get a cinema ticket for free. Most people only care about movies they see advertised in the cinema but a lot of them don't like going so they pirate it. This would reduce piracy, increase digital sales of the movie while giving the Playstation Store a must have feature.

    By giving people 1 free ticket, nobody let's that go to waste and nobody goes to the cinema on their own. So anyone buying it will at least be responsible for someone else buying a ticket, maybe even a group.

    Use Sony's own movies for a test run, if cinema viewership rises or stays the same, then get other studio's on board.

    ----

    I suppose one bad effect would be that once a digital copy enters the wild, someone will find a way to pirate the full quality version but from my understanding the quality of the copy isn't much of a factor against piracy. I could be wrong.
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    Image of user_21938 user_21938
    01/02/10

    @Mike Newlad: I think you're misjudging the reason people pirate movies.
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    Mike Newlad promoted this comment user_21938 was starred user_21938 was unstarred
    Image of RealmRPGer RealmRPGer
    01/02/10

    @Mike Newlad: This is an interesting idea. For twenty bucks up front, you can get a permanent version of a movie plus see it in theatres. I suppose you'd have to know ahead of time that it's a movie you're going to want to own.
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    Mike Newlad promoted this comment RealmRPGer was starred RealmRPGer was unstarred
    Image of Kitsune Sniper Kitsune Sniper
    01/02/10

    @user_21938: Not in my case. I don't like going to the movies because of the high cost of a ticket, gas prices, and then there's the concession stands...

    If I was able to skip all that and rent it for say, $4? I'd do it.
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    Mike Newlad promoted this comment Kitsune Sniper was starred Kitsune Sniper was unstarred
    Image of Yofu Yofu
    01/02/10

    @Mike Newlad: That free ticket will be useless when theaters go out of business.
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    Mike Newlad promoted this comment Yofu was starred Yofu was unstarred
    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    01/02/10

    @user_21938: Nah, I'm not saying that's the only reason and that this would kill piracy. I'm just saying that it would lower it because it is the reason for some.
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    Mike Newlad was starred Mike Newlad was unstarred
    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    01/02/10

    @Kitsune Sniper: If you got 3 of your mates round and went $5 each on it, that's what this would be doing.
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    Mike Newlad was starred Mike Newlad was unstarred
    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    01/02/10

    @Yofu: Theaters wouldn't be going out of business. Everyone that bought the movie would be getting a ticket to see it - which obviously Sony would be footing the bill for out of the fee. If anything this would raise the amount of cinema goers because people would have their ticket.
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    Mike Newlad was starred Mike Newlad was unstarred
    Image of Kitsune Sniper Kitsune Sniper
    01/02/10

    @Mike Newlad: But I'm a lonely shut-in with no social life. T_T
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    Kitsune Sniper was starred Kitsune Sniper was unstarred
    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    01/02/10

    @Kitsune Sniper: Well in that case you get to watch the movie without waiting for the DVD release, without having to pirate it.
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    Mike Newlad was starred Mike Newlad was unstarred
    Image of SergioAM SergioAM
    01/01/10

    In reply to Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store
    Being someone who watched it...I wouldn't download it for free ._.
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    AOClaus promoted this comment SergioAM was starred SergioAM was unstarred
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