THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Himu on February 23, 2007, 12:56:09 PM
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This thread is for general game news that really don't warrant posting a new thread!
Things like weekly famitsu scans (Jonnyram, please help up out!) or reviews for games, or you want to talk about a game and no one would pay attention to the thread if you made one anyway.
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I could kick your dirty ass in Guitar Hero with my eyes closed, hands bound, and mouth stuffed with a ball gag.
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The Nintendo Gamecube has died!
Nintendo of America’s Perrin Kaplan has confirmed that the company has ceased production of its last generation console, the GameCube, and will not release any further games for it.
http://www.mcvuk.com/Nintendo-cuts-GameCube-support
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But... I can read all this stuff on GAF. Don't you wish you could post on GAF?
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The Nintendo Gamecube has died!
Nintendo of America’s Perrin Kaplan has confirmed that the company has ceased production of its last generation console, the GameCube, and will not release any further games for it.
http://www.mcvuk.com/Nintendo-cuts-GameCube-support
:'( Rest in peace, little console that didn't.
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But... I can read all this stuff on GAF. Don't you wish you could post on GAF?
EB with gaf news > gaf
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how does PLUTOING work demi? if I started up an account and just gave you the info could you use it? or is your ip blocked?
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Yeah, but I have a couple spares already, I just lurk and use the search when necessary.
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Yeah, but I have a couple spares already, I just lurk and use the search when necessary.
how come you don't post?
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Square's game It's A Wonderful World looks awesome.
Jet Set Fantasy?
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/subarashiki/
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Nintendo of America’s Perrin Kaplan has confirmed that the company has ceased production of its last generation console, the GameCube, and will not release any further games for it.
but they're still supporting the other last-gen console!
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LAME PUBE IS DEAD
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Himuro seems to miss GAF a lot
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UNBAN ME YOU COCKS.
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UNBAN ME YOU COCKS.
do you want me to make an account for you?
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Lets post rumors from awesome sites like gonintendo and kotaku
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UNBAN ME YOU COCKS.
do you want me to make an account for you?
No.
Anyways, I just picked up FFVIa. :-[
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PS3 DELAYED 4 MONTHS AFTER NA AND JAPAN IN PAL LAND AND THEY GET A BORKED RELEASE
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM SCEE
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The European version of PlayStation 3 will play fewer
PlayStation 2 video games when it launches on March 23 compared with models launched earlier in Japan and America, Sony Corp (NYSENE - news) (6758.T) said on Friday.
"The backwards compatibility is not going to be as good as the U.S. and Japan models," a Sony spokesman said.
PlayStation 3 (PS3) was first launched in Japan and North America in November and the model that will be introduced in Europe will be designed differently.
Software will take over some of the functionality that was originally taken care of by dedicated chips, which means far fewer PlayStation 2 (PS2) games can be played on a European PS3 compared with the Japanese and American PS3 models which play 98 percent of old games.
"Sony is managing expectations by saying now that the new console will play fewer of the old games, and that's a good thing," said analyst Alex Kwiatowski at British market research group Vertical Market Technologies.
Over the last 18 months Sony has had a series of public relations disasters, including a recall of nearly 10 million of its computer batteries, PS3 delays and a software program on Sony Entertainment music CDs that breached computer security.
Kwiatowski said gamers with a PS2 would have to hold onto their device to play their current collection.
"I'm as disappointed as the next game player about the reduced backward compatibility, but even the most nostalgic, misty-eyed gamers will have their steely hearts impressed by the new features that PS3 games provide," Kwiatowski said.
The PS3's graphics and sound capabilities are much improved over the PS2.
"Rather than concentrate on PS2 backwards compatibility, in the future, company resources will be increasingly focused on developing new games and entertainment features exclusively for PS3," Sony Computer Entertainment said in a statement.
About one million units will be available at the European launch next month, as many as were made available in the United States during the first six weeks after the launch last year.
Sony loses money at first on each PS3 sale due to high production costs.
But Nobuyuki Oneda, Sony's chief financial officer, said in January the company aims to bring the negative PS3 margin to break even toward the second half of the next business year, which starts in April, by component cost savings on chips driving the PS3.
now that the new console will play fewer of the old games, and that's a good thing
will play fewer of the old games, and that's a good thing
and that's a good thing
:lol :lol :lol
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You dummy. He's saying it's a good thing that they're managing expectations. </SDF>
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Sony continues to amaze me. I thought what Nintendo did to their marketshare with N64 could never be topped. I WAS WRONG.
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Wow, Europe got butt-raped by Sony again. First the huge delay, now this. There's no way to spin this positively. Absolutely none.
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they might get upgraded in resolution or AA because of software emulation but that's probably not going to be all titles or else maybe they'll make an emulator that works with all titles and specifically upgrade big titles if they wanted to.
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Wow, Europe got butt-raped by Sony again. First the huge delay, now this. There's no way to spin this positively. Absolutely none.
That Sony quote was the worst attempt to spin I've ever seen in my life.
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Wow, Europe got butt-raped by Sony again. First the huge delay, now this. There's no way to spin this positively. Absolutely none.
I guess the console will be lighter without those chips in it.