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Yukiri_sl

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So apparently buying Knack yesterday and pre-ordering AC4 didnotqualify me for one of those personalized b2g1 codes. Got this a few minutes ago:

I understand your concern regarding the promotion offered on PlayStation4.

Please know that, only selected customers who pre-ordered one or more qualifying PS4 games through November 9, 2013 will receive an e-mail with a personalized promotional code that gives them the value of the Buy 2, Get 1 Free promotion, which they can use during checkout by adding the code in "Gift cards & promotional codes" and clicking "Apply." This code is valid through November 16, and customers can use it on the qualifying games for the Buy 2, Get 1 Free promotion.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.
Shitty. I managed to cancel both orders and will just re-order tomorrow and hope NFS shows up on the list.
 

Scyfi

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Hey huh, what's withthis?



I presume it's gotta be some legal thing, just so they're able to cover their asses, but what are the implications of this?

edit: Yeah, this is probably the same general boilerplate legal language that's in ever terms of use and whatnot. No idea what I was thinking.
Same legal language that was on PS3 and possibly PS2. It is just general software license language that is on every piece of software today. It's more toward stopping bootleg copies is my guess.
 

Tuco

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Completely understand and agree but I just struggle to feel sorry for someone who has enough opportunity to not be the victim. His weight issues are purely due to lazyness and no discipline. People have lost HUGE amounts of weight just eating healthily. So if he can't excercise he can still lose all the unhealthy weight he has gained.

Look I get it everyone has problems and life is harder for some then others but as I said I struggle to feel sorry for someone that CHOOSES to play the victim even when their life is actually pretty good. He has fiance and makes a living of youtube. Life is OK.
I agree with you to an extent. But some people are more in command of their life than others. My point wasn't to say, "Oh look at poor boogie, how dare you say mean things to him." it was more "francis isn't some manchild in his mother's basement, he's a character played by a pretty cool guy.". It's ok to not like Francis, but naive people sometimes think he's a real person.
 

Noodleface

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The best part about boogie is he's extremely motivational. Just watch his monday mail bag series. There's a lot of little kids that write in every week detailing how they're suicidal, bullied at school, morbidly obese, etc. and he talks them through it and is extremely nice. The world needs more people like that, ones that genuinely care about other people. His Francis stuff is mostly stupid, but a lot of times it can be funny (read: WoW account hacked). I don't feel bad for his situation necessarily, but I think he's a great role model for kids who grew up like him.

Edit: Just an update, my order shipped after getting my B1G1 coupon and applying it to two separate games after cancelling my original preorder. Looks like it worked
 

Column_sl

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After reading allot shitty reviews on how bad the Playstation 4 looks at the Kiosks, I'm starting to wonder if I made a mistake ordering AC4 for the ps4 versus the PC =/
 

Selix

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Anyone played the previous Need for Speed games? How good are they? If I am getting PS Plus when I get my PS4 and getting Driveclub is NFS better?

Thinking of doing the B2G1 deal twice with AC4, Killzone, BF4 and (kid/wife friendly) Knack, Just Dance, and NFS
 

Ramar

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I always enjoyed the Hot Pursuit games, and the game play footage I saw seemed to be similar.
 

spronk

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I'd wait on Knack imo, its a short game with little replay so it will flood used games channels quickly. It will probably also show up discounted on PS+ and eventually be the free game, since there is a very small list to pick from. BF4 will be 50% off at gamestop during black friday, and almost certainly Amazon will match that. NFS is fun but its NFS, you pretty much have to be a fast and furious superfan to really enjoy the game that much. I love F&F and I have only played NFS sporadically, after an hour or two you just kinda go "eh... this is pretty dumb, wtf am I doing". it is coming out for PC too btw. Driveclub isn't coming out till March (?) 2014 or so, so it shouldn't really be on anyones radar.

So of that list I'd recommend paring it down to just 1 round and doing Killzone, AC4, and NFS or just dance and picking up Knack and BF4 during black friday (Nov 29th). Also Injustice is part of the whole dealio and may be another great fighting game using superheroes. Also gamestop is gonna be selling 1 year PS+ cards for $30, and again you will probably see a lot of online matches. You may wanna consider one of the sports games, I am not a sports fan but I will probably try out NBA 2k14 since the graphics look amazing and a sports game is definitely better on a TV than a PC.

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Noodleface

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I'd wait on Knack imo, its a short game with little replay so it will flood used games channels quickly. It will probably also show up discounted on PS+ and eventually be the free game, since there is a very small list to pick from. BF4 will be 50% off at gamestop during black friday, and almost certainly Amazon will match that. NFS is fun but its NFS, you pretty much have to be a fast and furious superfan to really enjoy the game that much. I love F&F and I have only played NFS sporadically, after an hour or two you just kinda go "eh... this is pretty dumb, wtf am I doing". it is coming out for PC too btw. Driveclub isn't coming out till March (?) 2014 or so, so it shouldn't really be on anyones radar.

So of that list I'd recommend paring it down to just 1 round and doing Killzone, AC4, and NFS or just dance and picking up Knack and BF4 during black friday (Nov 29th). Also Injustice is part of the whole dealio and may be another great fighting game using superheroes. Also gamestop is gonna be selling 1 year PS+ cards for $30, and again you will probably see a lot of online matches. You may wanna consider one of the sports games, I am not a sports fan but I will probably try out NBA 2k14 since the graphics look amazing and a sports game is definitely better on a TV than a PC.

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This pretty much sums up my train of thought. I would have bought an MLB game but looks like not until the spring, so I'll wait on that.

I mostly wanted to comment because the Antonio Banderas stuff is really starting to crack me up.
 

Joeboo

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After reading allot shitty reviews on how bad the Playstation 4 looks at the Kiosks, I'm starting to wonder if I made a mistake ordering AC4 for the ps4 versus the PC =/
Yes. Yes you did (assuming your PC is relatively up to date)
 

Sean_sl

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I've had the collector's edition of AC4 ordered from amazon for the last 10 days, didn't get a B1G1 code... Don't want to cancel my pre-order and risk not being able to rebuy the collector's edition.
Special Editions of launch games were not included in the promotion when Amazon was sending out codes for some retarded as fuck reason. If you want one you're going to have to hassle CS for a while.
 

Noodleface

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So what's the deal with adding Flower/Journey to PS4? Are we able to do this still? If I have a physical copy, is it different than if I bought it on PSN?
 

Sean_sl

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This pretty much sums up my train of thought. I would have bought an MLB game but looks like not until the spring, so I'll wait on that.

I mostly wanted to comment because the Antonio Banderas stuff is really starting to crack me up.
Yeah, I'd have bought MLB The Show for sure on launch, sadly Baseball only releases in Spring. My plan was AC4 + Killzone + Knack, but NFS Rivals in place of Knack is tempting.

Assuming that NFS remains in stock by the time the code they gave me is working that is.
 

Selix

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I'd wait on Knack imo, its a short game with little replay so it will flood used games channels quickly. It will probably also show up discounted on PS+ and eventually be the free game, since there is a very small list to pick from. BF4 will be 50% off at gamestop during black friday, and almost certainly Amazon will match that. NFS is fun but its NFS, you pretty much have to be a fast and furious superfan to really enjoy the game that much. I love F&F and I have only played NFS sporadically, after an hour or two you just kinda go "eh... this is pretty dumb, wtf am I doing". it is coming out for PC too btw. Driveclub isn't coming out till March (?) 2014 or so, so it shouldn't really be on anyones radar.

So of that list I'd recommend paring it down to just 1 round and doing Killzone, AC4, and NFS or just dance and picking up Knack and BF4 during black friday (Nov 29th). Also Injustice is part of the whole dealio and may be another great fighting game using superheroes. Also gamestop is gonna be selling 1 year PS+ cards for $30, and again you will probably see a lot of online matches. You may wanna consider one of the sports games, I am not a sports fan but I will probably try out NBA 2k14 since the graphics look amazing and a sports game is definitely better on a TV than a PC.

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Wow that's the kind of complete response that deserves appreciation. Thank you sir.
 

Soriak_sl

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I've had the collector's edition of AC4 ordered from amazon for the last 10 days, didn't get a B1G1 code... Don't want to cancel my pre-order and risk not being able to rebuy the collector's edition.
You should bug CS about it. I've had a consistently good experience with them and it won't take long to find out whether they can help you.
 

Frenzied Wombat

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Ok, so please excuse me in advance for not browsing through 500+ pages of opinions, and I assume most of the votes were formed early, but what is the (relatively) final consensus on which platform/box will be better? I currently own a PS3 but am certainly not married to the platform whatsoever. Besides the occasional game that catches my interest, I mainly use it as a DLNA player, blu-ray player, and to rent/but movies from the PS store. Last game I really liked was The Last of Us.

If it helps, I have ZERO interest in sports games or 1st person shooters (seriously, fuck 1st person shooters already). Love RPG's (NOT cutesy JRPG's tho), adventure games, and strategy games ( a la X-com). My main complaint with the PS3 was that all the RPG's were Japanese style, but never really compared the X-box selection.

Also, any plans to ever add mouse support to the PS4/XOne? I love playing games on my big TV in the living room, but any game that also exists for the PC I just can't stand to play on a console because the controls feel like crap compared to a computer mouse.