The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

Almost all state taxes besides consumption can be deducted for on Federal forms - joeboo needs a decent accountant.

Soriak_sl said:

Can't you deduct your state income tax from your federal taxes? Can't do the same with the sales tax. So unless you save more than a third of your income, a 3% income tax means you pay less in taxes total than a 3% sales tax. Anyway, this is way off topic.

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You can do either or. In states that do not have income tax you can either save your receipts and take the actual sales tax amount paid or use the IRS tables for their estimated amount for the year. If you pay income tax to your state / local it can be itemized as well but you CAN'T do both incomes taxes and sales tax.

http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Sales...ion-Calculator

Regardless the total needs to exceed your standard deduction for it to be of any real benefit.

Heh, neat - never realized you could claim sales tax - not that I think my sales tax receipts would ever be high enough since my income taxes are pretty high here in MD, but interesting. Gonna have to bust my accountants chops about never mentioning it (he's a personal friend as well) not that it likely is relevant to individuals here though. [Might be for businesses though]

In a state with income tax it's extremely rare to pay more in sales taxes. That's why your accountant never mentioned it.

Holy shit how did we get on Taxes in the fucking console thread?

launch titles, * is exclusive (to that console, stuff like PS2/DCUO are on pc)

XBox One:
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Battlefield 4
Call of Duty: Ghosts
*Dead Rising 3
FIFA 14
*Forza Motorsport 5
Just Dance 2014
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
*LocoCycle
Madden NFL 25
NBA 2K14
NBA Live 14
*Killer Instinct
*Kinect Sports Rivals
*Ryse: Son of Rome
Skylanders: Swap Force
Watch Dogs

PS4:
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Battlefield 4
Call of Duty: Ghosts
*DC Universe Online
*DriveClub
FIFA 14
Just Dance 2014
*Killzone Shadow Fall
*Knack
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Madden NFL 25
NBA 2K14
NBA Live 14
*PlanetSide 2
Skylanders: Swap Force
*Warframe
Watch Dogs


not really a super great launch list, I can't figure out either why GTA5 isn't on that list and I hope Last of Us gets ported over too, don't have a PS3 and that would be a great game to play in the holidays.

also 11/12/13 will be a great launch date just from a numbers superstition point

Yeah the list is pretty meh. The only killer exclusive is Forza honestly. All the big third party games will be on both platforms. I doubt we will see many, if any PS3 exclusives, considering the highly differently architectures of the PS3 and PS4. I guess that's why Sony purchased gaikai.

Isn't The Witness a launch title?

Szlia_sl said:

Isn't The Witness a launch title?

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"The Witness was subsequently announced as a launch-window title for the PlayStation 4" from it's wiki.

I guess it all depends on the size of the window then. Let's hope it's more romanesque architecture thanFransworth House!

Ya I don't agree. The big retail store will eventually go away. It is only a matter of time. You can even see it via the staffing in our store. They combined all of the departments (which use to be 7-8) to 3 and everybody within those departments is expected to work multiple "zones". It is certainly coming.

It is a pile of shit. They made it as a goof. Hell, look at Katamari Forever.

This shit is PS3 graphics at their finest.

X X E X X_sl said:

Curious, am i the only person who thinks Lococycle looks like a steaming pile of shit? Everytime i see footage i wonder if im in the twilight zone and consoles 2 gens ago couldnt push this shit.

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No, I'm pretty sure the vast majority of humanity thinks it looks like a steaming pile of shit. God, November is way the fuck too far away. At least we should see quite a few more game announcements once Gamescon and Tokyo Game Show hit. Hopefully there's more awesome stuff and less Lococycle.


So, anyone else like, not excited about Grand Theft Auto 5 at all? Like, I really do not feel like playing that game on my X360 or PS3. I think it's retarded that there's no PC version and no cross-gen Xbone/PS4 release. A gigantic open world game on ancient hardware just does not excite me in the least (and god the location they chose is boring). At least most of the rest of the games being released between now and launch are more palatable on current systems.

My current buy list from now till the end of the year:

PS3:

06/25: Deadpool
07/16: Time and Eternity
08/06: Dragon's Crown
08/06: Tales of Xillia
08/20: The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (maybe)
08/27: Killer is Dead
09/10: Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD
09/10: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix
09/17: Grand Theft Auto 5
10/08: Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness
10/25: Batman: Arkham Origins
11/05: The Guided Fate: Paradox
11/19: South Park: The Stick of Truth


PS4:

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Watch Dogs
Killzone: Shadowfall
Knack

sebur_sl said:

Ya I don't agree. The big retail store will eventually go away. It is only a matter of time. You can even see it via the staffing in our store. They combined all of the departments (which use to be 7-8) to 3 and everybody within those departments is expected to work multiple "zones". It is certainly coming.

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Yup. Retail is on its way out. It isn't going to happen overnight and "specialty" stores like Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc. are going to go away a lot sooner than combination stores, but it is definitely on the decline.

Sean, you're really interested in Knack? I looked at it as kinda gimicky. Outside of the original PS4 announcement back in March or whatever, I haven't looked at any trailers for it.

Is it any good, or just something else to fill your shelf?

Xarpolis_sl said:

Sean, you're really interested in Knack? I looked at it as kinda gimicky. Outside of the original PS4 announcement back in March or whatever, I haven't looked at any trailers for it.

Is it any good, or just something else to fill your shelf?

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I don't think it'll be great, but it looks decent and Cerny made it while designing the PS4 so I want to check it out. Plus, for variety it'll be nice to have a little game like that.