Kitsuta

What is your shirt made out of, chain mail?

I think there was another one where she was fighting a black woman or something. And? What, that's supposed to represent some non-existant battle between blacks and whites? No, it's an advertisement for a PSP color. It doesn't mean shit except "Hey, we have a new color! Make us some money and buy it!" Lol. Good job reading WAY too much into my post. I know it was ambiguous, but sheesh.

I think there was another one where she was fighting a black woman or something.

And that's saying something! Stupid squirrels trying to be 'gangsta'. Or whatever they were doing. I never unmuted those commercials, so I suppose I shouldn't try to guess what they were saying.

Oh I love that statement there. Because after all, you can't make money honestly. But, that's off topic. As for the revenues thing.. uh.. Duh? They were spending a bucketload producing the PS3 and in that quarter they saw zero revenue. Of course their profits are gonna take a big hit. It's not really relevant to the discussion.

A challenge eh? I'm game. Not I. I love adventure games, but illogical puzzles(LOL BUTTERFLY = SANDMAN!) can turn any adventure game into torture. Why can't there be any good adventure games for the DS? Or any console for that matter? I want something like Quest for Glory, King's Quest, or Ultima, dammit!* *Only, y'know, without the sudden deaths, horrible speed bugs, dead ends that require you to restart the game, and absurd triggers.

Sometimes I hate not having a job. I am saving my money for upcoming events, even though I really want a lot of the games that are coming out. I'm pretty patient, but you guys aren't helping.

Holy cow, is that thing the width of two PS2 controllers? And that article that Evilhead linked to said it was pretty light for its size. Also-also, I am saddened by the controller compared to the console itself. It's such a fancy looking console, but the controller looks like a boring old Dual Shock. Frowny face.

Seconded.

Yeah, I confused this thread for the Lik-Sang thread. Please move your complaints there. And stop flaming Evilhead, for chrissake! It makes you guys and other Nintendo fans look bad. He can ignore the politics if he wants. We all pick and choose the things we care and don't care about. It's not like he's saying "Oh, Sony eats babies, but I'm gonna buy their products anyways!" To put it in perspective: Lots of chicken farms in America breed chickens(or was it turkeys?) that have breasts so large they are unhealthy. They are often kept in tiny cages(or so I hear) and pumped full of growth hormones. Now, assuming this were all true, would you swear off chicken? Or say that these people were the sole supplier of McDonalds, would you not eat from there ever again? Most likely, you wouldn't. You just don't care about the poor chickens with gigantic breasts. Obviously this is a generalization, but the point is that we can't care about everything at once, or we would never get anything done - so we allow a lot of things that other people would consider unthinkable(PETA people, for instance.. although that's a bad example). So, stop flaming Evilhead. Please. As for myself, this Lik-Sang thing is only a small part of a growing avalanche of stuff I don't like about Sony; however, most of that stuff is them screwing over consumers.

Since when have I become the representative of Sony? I couldn't care less what the company does. Kill off small businesses? Do I give a shit? No. All I care about is the games. Everything else is just politics, and extremely stupid politics at that. If you are going to get up in arms about something, there are many more pressing matters in the world today. Video games are not that important. Damn right. QFE. I'd have some sort of awesome reply but I have no idea what the economic situation is in Hong Kong, nor how many people Lik-Sang employed. It just occurred to me that shutting down a small company has the negative effect of discouraging other small companies. Also, that whole thing with the losing jobs and stuff.

And the Cell processors are formed from the tears of a thousand weeping rape victims. Each. And the vibration in the controllers? They were made by vibrating fairies. WHICH ARE NOW EXTINCT. Wow, awesome. Well, that's why they had to make up all the BS about waiting for an appeal.

Happening to me too. I haven't dug anything up in a while. This is usually caused by you missing the cracks. Obviously, if they aren't dug up, new ones don't appear. My friend was having the same problem until I dug up two fossils hidden behind trees and buildings. Then it worked as per normal. Who knows why I was able to spot them when he wasn't.

And I suppose the Xbox 360 had original titles that justified a purchase? Come now, if ANYONE is going to have original titles to warrant a purchase it's going to be the Wii this generation. People will be missing the regular controller huh? All those mom's and dad's and casual gamers who just love the classic controller? Take it to the Wii thread. We need more discussion there anyway. Moon: You're a little off. If they made 4 million units from Jan 07 to Mar 07 and kept that rate constant, they'd have a grand total of about 18 mill units by the end of the year. That's a lot of units, actually.

Conceptually, that's where I think Sony's going. Everyone will buy a PS3 just like everyone bought a Nintendo 64. Whether the given console holds up will rely on consistent quality software. I was under the impression that Sony was playing nice with their third party developers.

As demonstrated by the difference between Evilhead's definition and mine. The PS3 does have a lot of support from both developers and consumers, and people will buy it. But I'M still miffed at how they are acting towards people like me. That's all. And one another note, one could argue that the real reason Nintendo lost so much steam is that they were pissing off their developers, and as soon as another viable option showed up a lot of the good ones(see: Square) jumped ship. So it isn't that great of an analogy.

You are correct, sir! Mostly, I just use the term to distinguish "people who care about video games and think they are serious business" from "people who don't care and/or think they are for childrens." But the hardcore/casual dichotomy is grossly oversimplified, to say the least.

I love that dichotomy right there. I consider myself a hardcore gamer. I pay attention to games, talk about them all the damn time, am working on one, etc etc. But I'm not dropping $500 on a system because I can't, because I think I can get more enjoyable games for a cheaper price, and because I don't have unlimited time to play all good games made(unfortunately). I guess that makes me anti-Sony. Except, wait. I own a PS2, and besides the games I already own I am looking out for other PS2(and PS1) exclusives that I haven't had the pleasure of playing yet. How dare I!

There were two. Which one?

Air Pirates? Kidding, kidding. And yes, Tales of Symphonia is another favorite of mine, but I didn't like the main character as much. He was a wuss. Lloyd, a wuss? I found him to be too much of a hothead and rushed in too often. Then again, it was all about Kratos, Sheena, and Genis to begin with. Those three kicked ass. Yeah, but then he was all like "I'm always doing stupid things boo hoo." Well, I just didn't like him. Kratos FTW though. [omg highlight for spoiler] The best part was, though, that my sister and I actually guessed that Kratos was Lloyd's father the moment we saw him. We were just joking around and I figured we were wrong, so I was pleasantly surprised when we were proven right near the end of the game!

Air Pirates? Kidding, kidding. And yes, Tales of Symphonia is another favorite of mine, but I didn't like the main character as much. He was a wuss.

Whoot! Do I get a prize? 8D I have heard about that a lot. But art direction from Mr. Toriyama makes me cry. DBZ type art was the only bad thing about Chrono Trigger. But looking at the screenshots again, it might be bearable. Hmmmmm...

I've totally mentioned it once. I dunno... after Skies of Arcadia, I don't really see how I can play an RPG that isn't a disappointment in comparison. After all, how can you top Air Pirates? The answer is, you can't. You just can't.

You would hope so... it IS Penny Arcade. That's exactly what's hurting them right now. They act like they don't have to do anything to have people buy their system in droves, and it's downright insulting to a lot of gamers. We aren't mindless robots, we're rational consumers. If they keep acting like pompous jerks, they might(gasp!) lose significant market share to their competitors, who are both trying their best to gain/keep market share. Obviously, there are plenty of people who don't give a rat's arse about what Sony says, but they are making quite a few blunders with their actual console as well. And of course, there are plenty of people who are going to buy it anyway, but Sony is really giving the finger to people who aren't their die hard fans or in the market for a "cheap" Blu Ray player. We aren't just ignored, but our intelligence is also insulted with the PR bullshit they are doing. Hence, the constant whining.

Good point. I'm not very good with genres. I have like.. three. Short, long, and silly.