PenguinDust

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#1 Edited by PenguinDust (12174 posts) - 17 days, 4 hours ago

I like that picture better than Microsoft's behemoth, but it's just an independent concept so we're still waiting. I would have thought by now someone would have smuggled out some production stills taken with a phone camera at some Chinese factory; pieces of the console but not the whole thing.

#2 Posted by PenguinDust (12174 posts) - 18 days, 4 hours ago

There can be only one Citizen Kane of video games.

#3 Edited by PenguinDust (12174 posts) - 18 days, 14 hours ago

#4 Posted by PenguinDust (12174 posts) - 18 days, 16 hours ago

Isn't that a pretty standard pose for film posters and video game box art? I'm pretty sure I've seen that same shot in dozens of commercial media.

#5 Posted by PenguinDust (12174 posts) - 18 days, 18 hours ago

More Final Fantasy...yea?

#6 Edited by PenguinDust (12174 posts) - 18 days, 18 hours ago
  • Place some of the "Gold" only applications like online multiplayer, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Internet Explorer available to "Silver" accounts.
  • Make Gold something worthwhile (i.e. PS+).
  • "Offline" mode that lasts longer than 24 hours. My current 360 isn't connected, either.
  • Competitive pricing for downloadable games. Case in point, I bought Bioshock 1 and 2 for the PC recently for $5. Both for $5. Right now on XBL, they are selling for $20 each.
  • Being able to turn off the camera and the microphone on the Kinect. I've heard through hearsay this is the case, but I want them to say it.
  • An end to Microsoft Points. So very annoying.
  • Porn because, well...porn.
  • A more open system for consumers that allows the modification of purchased games with community created content.
  • Being able to create something on the PC and import it into the XBO such as car skins in Forza.
  • TV, sports, Call of Duty and dogs. Okay, they've got that.
  • Finally, a decent price. For a base unit with the mentioned 500 GB drive, I don't want to pay too much above $400. I absolutely will not pay over $500.

Because so many of the above points are already fulfilled on the PC, and I have a very good PC right now, Microsoft is going to have to go the extra mile to get my attention. Sony, too but to a lesser extent due to their known exclusive franchises. Halo is the only XB title I still care about and that's not enough to warrant a new console. If they have 15 exclusives, at least 5 better wow me.

#7 Posted by PenguinDust (12174 posts) - 18 days, 19 hours ago

@walkerd said:

I always use CAG for any video game deals. So seeing the same ones here that I've already seen there is just adding to the clutter.

This. CAG does a great job at keeping up-to-date sales with links. Why try and re-invent the wheel?

#8 Edited by PenguinDust (12174 posts) - 19 days, 17 hours ago

My game crapped out on me due to some download bug when it patched. I was playing up 4 characters at one time. Whatever the reason, I can't launch anymore and so I deleted it from my PC. It was a whole lot of fun while it worked and I might still be playing if not for that bug. I re-installed Dragon Age Origins and have been playing that again instead. What I wouldn't give for a DAO game with a Star Wars skin (real DAO not DA2). I don't know how it would make any sense, but I'd like to play it just the same. Okay, EA you've got the license, make this happen.

#9 Edited by PenguinDust (12174 posts) - 19 days, 17 hours ago

@metalsnakezero said:

@penguindust said:

Just out of curiosity, about how many new series does Funimation dub every year? Anyone know, generally speaking? Five? Six?

I think everything they get does get a dub release. Sentai is the one that only dubs shows with high demands.

Okay, it's just that I saw shows like Aria the Scarlet Ammo, Binbogami ga!, Code:Breaker and quite a few others on their site available in subbed form only. I guess that means they just haven't gotten around to dubbing them yet. Comparing air dates to what's available in English, 2011 seems to be the border. Anything from 2010 and prior can be found with a dub, but 2012 and, obviously, to present titles are subbed only. Some shows from 2011 have been dubbed while others from that year must still be in the process or they haven't been released yet. For example, Deadman Wonderland is a 2011 show and it's dubbed with Last Exile: Fam the Silverwing is another 2011 show and it's still only available subbed.

Now, I personally only watch shows subbed with very few exceptions, but I started watching shows dubbed, so I understand the attraction. I think novices to anime prefer it and that's fine if it creates more fans of the medium. I am an elitist only when it comes to my own viewing habits.

#10 Edited by PenguinDust (12174 posts) - 20 days, 8 hours ago

Less killing. Seriously, more exploration, more puzzles, more RPG elements, more stealth, more story and more hugs.