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#1  Edited By Jasonofindy
@TruthTellah said:
@QKT said:
3d still makes me feel ill and cross-eyed. so no thanks.
You know you can turn it off and just enjoy improved graphics and processing power over the old DS, right?  It's a whole new system.  It's fine even without the 3D.  Have you checked it out?
 
I'm sure that most of the guys here and at other videogame websites know that.  I think the problem is that they've done a bad job telling parents that.  I know many parents were confused by DS --> DS Lite --> DSi --> DSiXL and didn't realize that they were all the same system until after shelling out the money for 2 or 3 of them.  I don't know how many times I've been in stores with my kids and had confused parents point to a game and ask me, "Will that one play on my kid's new DS?" only to feel ripped off when I explain to them that the game will run on ANY DS and there really was very little reason to replace Tommy's DS lite with a DSi.   
 
Nintendo has done a VERY poor job of letting casual consumers know that the 3DS is actually a  NEW system and not just a DS with a 3D screen.  Additionally, they've been bombarded by local news "stories" of 3DS's potential to damage developing eyes, and Nintendo has done a very poor job in relaying that the feature can be turned off.  (I put "stories' in quotes not because it isn't important consumer information, but because many local new outlets reported the detail of the 3D like it was some hidden Nintendo info that they found with an in-depth consumer protection investigation.) 
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#2  Edited By Jasonofindy
@McGhee_the_Insomniac said:

It seems like the new controller could end up being completely optional. Just give me a real controller, please. A hard drive would also be nice. How else am I going to download so many virtual console games?

 
If you find the new controller uncomfortable in traditional games, all current Wii accessories are supposed to work.  The classic controller pro would be a decent "real controller"  as it is basically a dual shock without the R3 and L3 buttons under the sticks or rumble.   
Of course that depends on if developers program their games to allow us to use it, but I'm not sure why they wouldn't unless their game is dependent on the touchscreen/dual screen functionality.  Even if you don't already have a Wiimote (which you need in order to connect the Classic Controller pro to the system), wiimotes can be had for around $20.  The classic controller pro is only $15 on Amazon in white or black.  
 
EDIT: or in Gold bundled with the Goldeneye remake for $40
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#3  Edited By Jasonofindy
@zombie2011 said:
Should have went with Boost Mobile.
Take a look at their coverage map and you'll see why they can't.  
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#4  Edited By Jasonofindy
@Hizang said:
@Jasonofindy: Done
Thank you.  Much appreciated.   
 
Who knows?  Maybe when the store next updates that will turn out to be this month's game of the month on Plus here in North America as well.  As far as I can tell they haven't added this month's PSN game yet.  When the store came up in North America this morning, they had only added a couple of minis, a bit of SOCOM DLC, and a couple discounts to the Plus offerings that were already up when PSN went down,
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#5  Edited By Jasonofindy

You might want to edit your initial post to clarify that this is currently Europe only. 

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#6  Edited By Jasonofindy

A quick question for other previous PS+ subscribers-  Have the expiration dates on your downloaded  games updated to reflect your new expiration date?   
 
Under account details, my + subscription expiration date has updated to properly reflect the added on 60 days.  Likewise, the expiration date of Wipeout (which is listed under services) updated correctly.  However, none of the other games (whose expiration date is listed under "information"  alongside their entry in the "games" section of the XMB) have properly updated. 

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#7  Edited By Jasonofindy
@sickVisionz said:
When are the free games coming?
Considering they apparently don't even have a enough bandwidth to reliably serve up downloads of existing/past purchases or to allow us to access our download histories correctly, it is probably a good idea for them to wait a couple days before allowing every customer to attempt to download two free games.  Especially considering a couple of the options are very large downloads.  
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#8  Edited By Jasonofindy

Some things work and some things are apparently still broken.  Only 50 items of my download history will populate and the order has been scrambled.  I'm simply trying to get the two rock band song packs I bought the night before the big outage on my downstairs PS3 to download on my game room PS3, but I can't even scroll far enough down the download list to find them. 
 
On the "it works" front, my PS+ subscription shows the new correct expiration data in my account details.  Unfortunately, all of the downloaded games still show my  old expiration date.  Hopefully, I don't need to redownload everything to have their expiration dates updated.  

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#10  Edited By Jasonofindy
@Nettacki

Thanks for the heads up. Sony would have sold them to me 18 months ago if they would have promoted them at all.