@James Henderson: Hmm. Weird. I had a look at the PSN Store last night and couldn't see the tab for Rock Band in 'Latest' (and it's bright purple too). I could see GH5 right next to The Beatles: Rock Band though. And the AFI pack should be accompanied by The Bangles song.
I think I'll have another look tonight, perhaps in individual tracks if nothing's in Latest. The EU PSN Store has screwed up a few things (missing individual songs from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Motley Crue, I've noticed).
I (foolishly) looked for New Fang not realising it was out on PS3 next week...no, wait, scratch that. Two weeks. Not out until Dec 3rd!
@hot_heart: Sometimes PSN cuts out certain users of certain things... I still can't download the WET demo.. I know it's crap, i just wanna see how crap it is.
Also, my Batman AA demo arrived a week after everyone else's
@SalarymanDaishi: I dunno if PS1 games from PSN are region free or not. But if they are, I suggest buying the US version of PS1 games, somewhat they're smaller in size cuz they don't have 5 language options like European releases.
I'd imagine this is somewhere in the ball park of a child in a candy shop thinking he'll be given candy corn and, surprise, taffy for everyone!! Just keep chewing though because you'll be back to candy corn next week.
@Black-Dog-Howls: Or, more like being a kid, and your Grandma says she's got you a sweet, and, you know its going to be a mint imperial or somthing along those lines, BUT NO, MOTHERFUCKER IS A KINDER EGG!
this is europe, we know not of these corns of candy and taffy.
Microsoft probably saw all the chatter that said there's no way it'd sell at that price because, a) people will think it's a cheap peripheral, and/or b) they expect Microsoft will charge more.
So Microsoft probably thought, "Hell, they want it more expensive," and started messing around in the marketing department to see just how much they could charge.
Seriously, it's a camera with some software. I imagine most of the software is doing the work, so I have no idea why people believe it will cost (see any comment in comments section), but it may end up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. #rumor
@Victor Soon: It has multiple cameras in it. 2 to be exact. A good bit of tech in it to compile this info into one data stream and a microphone or 2 in it. It won't sell for the same as the PS3 Eye. Think about it. If Sony makes a rechargeable controller and Microsoft makes a controller that COULD be rechargeable with a $20 add on without motion control which will be more expensive. Even the quality is down the drain there. 360 is 25 hour life PS3 is 36 hour life. 360 has a new HDD size and it sells for over $100 when it is less then a 250GB HDD (Which you can find 250GB HDD online for about $70 now. Now why would they think about lowering the price of this? They can sell it when it first releases at let's say $120 with a Wii Sports style pack of games. They want to cover all of the development costs first. The cost to manufacture it is next to nothing seeing as everything Microsoft has made for 360 aside from the point cards are prone to damage. They want to pay everyone that put in their 2¢ and start making money on it. Then they will keep the price there until the holidays. It will go down to a new low price of $99.99 or $79.99 with a new bundled game and they will still be making upwards of $20 per unit they sell. #rumor
@Paul_Is_Drunk: I forget what it was exactly now, but there was once some informercial with some crap product for sale at 9.99. No one bought it. The price made it sound cheap. So they raised the price 10 bucks and suddenly they've got a hit on their hands.
Maybe Microsoft's taking a page from the Ron Popeil playbook.
@AD.Munck: Are you sure it doesn't have its own processor? I remember the E3 videos where Natal ran into a computer and the computer was hooked to the 360. Maybe it was just "in the mixing bowl" rather than being baked then. I don't know. It just seems like the calculations necessary for motion tracking would/could cause a significant drop in performance if the 360 was trying to run a game, too.
@PathogenX: Those are peripherals whereas Natal is a pseudo-platform. They seek to make money off of peripherals, but platforms (such as the console itself) are typically sold at a loss initially. #rumor
With the advent of STAR POWER, I will re-post what I said in the announcement comments: they never said March in the trailer. Why can't it be September 3rd?
Edit before someone bites my head off: I promise I'm joking.
@ca$h is Mr. Happy: At work, when I have to program a show onto our website (after grumbling that it's not my job), I have to put the date in European order. So... there. I guess.
@mr_godot: Because . . . because that would be in the past. That's impossible. Unless, of course, SE has been funneling all of their FF franchise (FFF) revenue into the development of a time machine! If this results in a time paradox, I'm gonna be so pissed! #finalfantasyxiii
@ca$h is Mr. Happy: I live in the US, and I really think we've got it wrong. Just like how everywhere else in the world uses metric measurements, why can't we get with the picture? #finalfantasyxiii
@fatfreejellopimp: Because you like overcomplicating your measurements. It ensures mistakes and therefore revenue for litigation lawyers. #finalfantasyxiii
When it comes down to measurements are just made up numbers anyway. Just because their made up numbers are divisible by 10 doesn't make them any better. #finalfantasyxiii
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I think this is actually the only week where I haven't downloaded a single thing (not even a game video).
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I think I'll have another look tonight, perhaps in individual tracks if nothing's in Latest. The EU PSN Store has screwed up a few things (missing individual songs from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Motley Crue, I've noticed).
I (foolishly) looked for New Fang not realising it was out on PS3 next week...no, wait, scratch that. Two weeks. Not out until Dec 3rd!
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Also, my Batman AA demo arrived a week after everyone else's
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Wonder what happened with Vagrant Story but then again, no biggie as Metal Gear Solid finally made it.
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this is europe, we know not of these corns of candy and taffy.
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#speakup
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...OK, maybe you had every reason.
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11/17/09
So Microsoft probably thought, "Hell, they want it more expensive," and started messing around in the marketing department to see just how much they could charge.
Seriously, it's a camera with some software. I imagine most of the software is doing the work, so I have no idea why people believe it will cost (see any comment in comments section), but it may end up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. #rumor
11/17/09
I wouldn't say it's just a camera though. It's a camera with Wii speak. #rumor
11/18/09
but isnt this a camera, with another camera AND wii speak? #rumor
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11/18/09
Maybe Microsoft's taking a page from the Ron Popeil playbook.
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11/17/09
is going to sell its biggest hit for $50
lol i doubt that #rumor
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11/17/09
I feel silly now.
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11/17/09
@AoE: No. Kritzkrieg. #rumor
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11/15/09
Someone get my hell thermometer... #finalfantasyxiii
11/13/09
I kid, I kid, it's all from love! #finalfantasyxiii
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11/13/09
Edit before someone bites my head off: I promise I'm joking.
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11/13/09
In reality, I am aware that this means March.
I pray that this means March.
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But, yeah, the avenging isn't complete yet, so thanks for getting me back on track.
And here I wanted to watch Witchblade tonight. #finalfantasyxiii
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11/14/09
When it comes down to measurements are just made up numbers anyway. Just because their made up numbers are divisible by 10 doesn't make them any better. #finalfantasyxiii
11/13/09
March 9?!
Aiyiyiyiyi....... #finalfantasyxiii