<![CDATA[Kotaku Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku Comments]]> http://kotaku.com Wed, 14 May 2008 22:17:05 MDT Wed, 14 May 2008 22:17:05 MDT http://kotaku.com <![CDATA[Epic "Want To Do A Much Better Job" On Gears 2's Story]]> http://kotaku.com/390634/epic-want-to-do-a-much-better-job-on-gears-2s-story Maybe they realized that with a decent enough story, they can continue to sell you the exact same game with new vehicles and graphics upgrades for each outing. It's a proven fact. Now I'm not naming any names....

dunetiger : one of the naerds

]]> 9:390634:c5707363 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:17:05 MDT <![CDATA[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cosplay Earns A Standing Ovation]]> http://kotaku.com/390649/stalker-cosplay-earns-a-standing-ovation @dunetiger : one of the naerds: I thought S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was one of the better FPS's I've played in a while. It requires more than just running into open doors holding down your mouse button. Sure, it was buggy at it's release, but its story and pseudo-open world have a real pull to them, and the combat becomes addictive. Hopefully Clear Sky will clear up its major issues, so more people get to play this gem.

GexX2

]]> 9:390649:c5707362 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:16:59 MDT <![CDATA[Tales of Vesperia Coming to PS3]]> http://kotaku.com/5008976 @astrixzero:
Actually, the Tales franchise has never really sold well in the states, aside from Tales of Symphonia for the GCN. And Symphonia's sales were mostly because of the GCN's lack of any decent RPGs.

It would have been smarter for Namco to make it for the PS3 since there is a much bigger Tales fanbase in Japan.

feder

]]> 9:5008976:c5707361 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:16:55 MDT <![CDATA[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cosplay Earns A Standing Ovation]]> http://kotaku.com/390649/stalker-cosplay-earns-a-standing-ovation I guess this is one of the things that looks good in pictures, but is boring to actually participate in. I mean, how fun can a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. re-enactment be?

walk for 10 minutes, fight for 5, walk 10 more, kill a dog, walk 15 minutes, go inside a dark building with mutants and die, start over.

Plus, how would they do the battles? Airsoft? How do they deal with the whole nuclear area thing?

If they enjoyed it, more power to them, but imo, this seems like it would be a giant snooze-fest...

Coquiton

]]> 9:390649:c5707360 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:16:47 MDT <![CDATA[Soulcalibur IV Ups Its T&A Quotient Again]]> http://kotaku.com/5009069 Well hey there what a surprise, another character with huge breasts.

MonsterKingRen

]]> 9:5009069:c5707359 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:16:45 MDT <![CDATA[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cosplay Earns A Standing Ovation]]> http://kotaku.com/390649/stalker-cosplay-earns-a-standing-ovation I kind of missed Stalker...too bad it never came out on the consoles...Id go back and pick it up

mcrproductions

]]> 9:390649:c5707355 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:15:50 MDT <![CDATA["theGAYERGamer" Gets Xbox Live Ban, Microsoft Explains]]> http://kotaku.com/390593/thegayergamer-gets-xbox-live-ban-microsoft-explains This really shouldn't have to be newsworthy. I'm siding with Microsoft on this one, as any name with a touchy subject like that is against the TOS, regardless of context. Maybe in a few decades the whole gay taboo will blow over in society, but right now it's crap like this that doesn't help.

I mean, how stereotypical can you get when you're gay and you're making a big "to do" about everything? Was he honestly expecting Microsoft would be okay with this, or was he just testing them? I don't see how any smart person would *not* have seen this coming a mile away. A little bit of a tangent, but yeah, this kind of stuff just annoys the crap out of me.

SolCross

]]> 9:390593:c5707349 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:15:38 MDT <![CDATA[A $260 Loss Per PS3 For Sony?]]> http://kotaku.com/390567/a-260-loss-per-ps3-for-sony @fenderfuel08: Not just Blu-Ray, but it was also a platform for the Cell processor. If Sony has any brains, they'll just scale up to a bigger Cell next-gen, making it easier for developers to transition and making up for the money spent on researching the Cell.

obonicus

]]> 9:390567:c5707342 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:15:09 MDT <![CDATA[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cosplay Earns A Standing Ovation]]> http://kotaku.com/390649/stalker-cosplay-earns-a-standing-ovation People are ridiculous.

Aethyr

]]> 9:390649:c5707340 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:15:04 MDT <![CDATA[]]> http://kotaku.com/390645/ @TheIrishNinja:
Here ya go.The guy is spot on.
[www.ps3forums.com]

I think I have a idea of who he might work for and you get bonus points if you can point me out(I posted in the thread :)



enewtabie

]]> 9:390645:c5707338 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:14:58 MDT <![CDATA[A $260 Loss Per PS3 For Sony?]]> http://kotaku.com/390567/a-260-loss-per-ps3-for-sony The way these things are calculated can be misleading. Startup costs including marketing are divided among each console, as well as gradual cost improvement. So potentially the first 10 million PS3s could cost double what the next 10 million PS3s cost.

Unlike games and movies which sell the bulk of their copies in the first few weeks/months, consoles sell their bulk in the middle and towards the end of their lifespan.

Applying this accounting to Hybrid cars, the first year most companies lost a ton of money, thousands or even tens of thousands per car because of R&D and startup. But they knew they weren't selling for just one year.

royaljester

]]> 9:390567:c5707337 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:14:46 MDT <![CDATA[Epic "Want To Do A Much Better Job" On Gears 2's Story]]> http://kotaku.com/390634/epic-want-to-do-a-much-better-job-on-gears-2s-story @Xiedo: Yeah, like... when someone starts talking, you get to saw them in half.

Mpalm.

]]> 9:390634:c5707334 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:14:25 MDT <![CDATA[Rock Band Survey Hints At Sequel, New Pricing]]> http://kotaku.com/5009084 @TheIrishNinja: My friend have played it on Expert. He also played Drummania, and easily score A on 100 second on extreme (hardest difficulty), and S on "Akai Suzu" extreme.

Jestersage

]]> 9:5009084:c5707332 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:14:19 MDT <![CDATA[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cosplay Earns A Standing Ovation]]> http://kotaku.com/390649/stalker-cosplay-earns-a-standing-ovation normally dressing up like game characters results in a fat dude in the middle of a shopping mall dressed in green felt and styrofoam pretending he's Link, but this is not only original, but convincing and ever so slightly fucking nuts, in a very good way.

The only thing missing are some glowing, bouncy artifacts.

ArcaneDevice

]]> 9:390649:c5707329 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:14:06 MDT <![CDATA[Microsoft: Oops, We Forgot About The Wii In Worldwide Sales]]> http://kotaku.com/5009079 @EnigmaNemesis: I'm going to call that lies and madness. When christmas rolls around and parents are searching for "whatever the newfangled gaming gadget is this year" They're going to have a choice between wii, 360 and PS3 and since the wii is cheapest system and also has the most kid friendly(read "exploiting") games on the shelf, which one do you think they're gonna buy? I'd say that affects the sales of the other two pretty drastically. Imagine the holiday sales of the 360 and ps3 if the wii didn't exist. That goes for birthdays too. Nintendo is reaching a new audience, but that doesn't mean they wont take sales away from the 360 PS3 too.

JokesJokes

]]> 9:5009079:c5707327 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:14:00 MDT <![CDATA[]]> http://kotaku.com/390645/ Where's mah in-game XMB?
At least throw us that while we're waiting for Home.

IntelSilver

]]> 9:390645:c5707325 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:13:57 MDT <![CDATA[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cosplay Earns A Standing Ovation]]> http://kotaku.com/390649/stalker-cosplay-earns-a-standing-ovation I love Russia.

This looked like it was fun, sans the dying and radiation poisoning.

SkutSkut

]]> 9:390649:c5707324 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:13:52 MDT <![CDATA[Rock Band Survey Hints At Sequel, New Pricing]]> http://kotaku.com/5009084 I think Rock Band will be a better game than GH4 because
1. Rock Band 2 would have experience from RB1
2. Rock Band Integrated Music Store
3. More, lets say, known bands? - This is good for party songs too.
4. Band Play Online
5. Easier - Now why is this good? I've hosted several Rock Band parties and many of the people that come have trouble on Easy/Medium.

HellGuard99

]]> 9:5009084:c5707321 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:13:28 MDT <![CDATA[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cosplay Earns A Standing Ovation]]> http://kotaku.com/390649/stalker-cosplay-earns-a-standing-ovation Jeezus, how much did you guys get paid for the goddam beer ads?

hikkifan1986

]]> 9:390649:c5707320 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:13:17 MDT <![CDATA[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cosplay Earns A Standing Ovation]]> http://kotaku.com/390649/stalker-cosplay-earns-a-standing-ovation Pure awesome. I love people

Agnitio

]]> 9:390649:c5707319 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:13:14 MDT <![CDATA[Rock Band Survey Hints At Sequel, New Pricing]]> http://kotaku.com/5009084 I won't buy Rock Band 2 unless they make DLC have some legacy aspect ot it where I'd be able to just redownload the songs I bought for Rock Band 2. It'd be nice if Rock Band 1 songs were included as free downloads or relatively cheap, maybe $10-20 bundle for the entire 50+ songs so you can just toss the Rock Band 1 disc out the window.

KirbyMorph

]]> 9:5009084:c5707314 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:12:52 MDT <![CDATA[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cosplay Earns A Standing Ovation]]> http://kotaku.com/390649/stalker-cosplay-earns-a-standing-ovation The pics are nice, but it just looks like a bunch of people in fatigues and military issue equipment. +1 for authenticity but -1 for creativity IMO.

SeanBradley

]]> 9:390649:c5707303 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:11:59 MDT <![CDATA[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cosplay Earns A Standing Ovation]]> http://kotaku.com/390649/stalker-cosplay-earns-a-standing-ovation Kotaku has fallen in love with that Rock, Paper, Shotgun site...

@dunetiger : one of the naerds:
Totally agree. This game was OK, but to deserve this much is a little to much,

SanjiX

]]> 9:390649:c5707302 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:11:54 MDT <![CDATA[GTA IV Causes "Reprehensible" Behavior (Also, Has Rape!)]]> http://kotaku.com/5009076 Maybe Pyramid Head is an unlockable and we just don't know it.

YUYU

]]> 9:5009076:c5707300 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:11:34 MDT <![CDATA[More Ubisoft Games On Steam, 96% Of World's Population Still Can't Play Them]]> http://kotaku.com/390626/more-ubisoft-games-on-steam-96-of-worlds-population-still-cant-play-them So wait... is that why Steam wont let me download demos or purchase games? Good to know.

theharlotfelon

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