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

Kedwyn

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That's weird, it's dl'd tons of stuff while in Standby for me so far. Maybe it's DCUO specific.
Could very well be I didn't think of that. I'll have to wait and see for another game to update and see if it does it while in standby. I definitely have the settings checked for it.
 

Man0warr

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Yeah the new Zelda looks great with 3D turned on, but most non Nintendo developers don't put any effort into making it look good.

I still don't use it though because one fidget while playing totally breaks your concentration.
 

Janx

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I'm somewhat discouraged by the amount of pay to win bullshit that is in 2k14. I have a feeling it is only going to get worse which is completely ridiculous when you're already paying $60. The gameplay is great but all the myGM/myPlayer stuff seems pretty poor. Outside of Football Manager I haven't really played sports games since NFL 2k5 but it almost feels like season modes are more limited than they were 10 years ago.

Is it worth picking up Black Flag today while it's $50? Are we talking a year until it's $20 or longer?
I mainly play MyPlayer but didnt see any pay to win features. Thought the coins you can purchase were for customization type stuff. I will say this about nba2k14 though, game looks great on court for the most part but everything else story wise looks like it was created for PS1. Good lord they cut some corners.
 

Sean_sl

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Vita/PS4 'Ultimate' bundle in-bound this year | Games industry news | MCV

It's not all about PS4 this Christmas for Sony, with the firm throwing ?2.5m behind Vita, too.

The company is putting together PS4 and Vita into an 'Ultimate Bundle', which will launch before Christmas. Gamers that own both consoles can stream their PS4 games to their Vita and play off-screen, which Sony views as a big selling-point for the handheld.

The company is also running a ?2.5m TV campaign for Vita. Entitled 'The Best Way to Play' the ad will promote both Vita's connectivity with PS4 and its big Q4 exclusive, Tearaway.

"We're really excited for Vita as we move into Christmas," said senior product manager Ben Law.

"We've got a great campaign with key messaging around new releases like Tearaway, the ever-growing game catalogue and the Remote Play service."
 

Vaclav

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Cha ching. If those are out in time for the holidays and priced like I think, should be great for me - friend wants a Vita so could take care of his gift while getting the PS4 easier.

$500-550 is my guess on price here. $550 being my real guess but who knows since $500 vs XBone for two systems would be brutal even if there would be some loss to it.
 

Utnayan

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This is now the Nintendo 3DS and WiiU thread.

I've got 290 coins now, should I spend 150 on that Link to the Past deal or save them?
Save them. Everyone and a while a really good Nintendo game comes up for free with those coins. Also, if you have ANY Wii games, register them if you kept the boxes. I did that because I never did before and ended up getting like 1,000 coins with why I bought it surveys, game registrations, and post play surveys.
 

Noodleface

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Gameplay in killzone definitely amps up the last 10-20% of the game, I enjoy it. I find myself a lot better now with shooting too, I think it just took a week or so for me to adjust. Obviously not much time to play because Killzone is like 12-15 hours and I'm still playing it LOL
 

Sean_sl

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Save them. Everyone and a while a really good Nintendo game comes up for free with those coins. Also, if you have ANY Wii games, register them if you kept the boxes. I did that because I never did before and ended up getting like 1,000 coins with why I bought it surveys, game registrations, and post play surveys.
What good stuff has come up?

And sadly I don't have any Wii shit anymore, I had a few games but I traded them all in when I hacked mine. Kind of regret it. I still have my Wii, but it was made before a certain date so I didn't get coin credit for the Serial Number. I got a total of 290 so far from registering the Zelda 3DS XL + the 3 games I bought. Sadly I don't get any points for the free Link Between Worlds game that came with it.
 

jooka

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how many people in this thread walked in to find a xbone? I am a couple pages back of reading but find it funny as I read about they had 1 left stories.
 

Selix

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So apparently you can now stack your 30 Day PS+ card onto your existing PS+ account. It doesn't have to be a new account.
I had an issue where I setup a new PS Plus account using the 7 day trial in the Assassin's creed box without knowing that you couldn't do the free 30 days on top of that. I called them about it and they canceled the auto-renewal and said I could apply the 30 day code once the 7 day code ran out (tomorrow). I'll try now and see if I can apply it now.
 

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Vita/PS4 'Ultimate' bundle in-bound this year | Games industry news | MCV

It's not all about PS4 this Christmas for Sony, with the firm throwing ?2.5m behind Vita, too.

The company is putting together PS4 and Vita into an 'Ultimate Bundle', which will launch before Christmas. Gamers that own both consoles can stream their PS4 games to their Vita and play off-screen, which Sony views as a big selling-point for the handheld.

The company is also running a ?2.5m TV campaign for Vita. Entitled 'The Best Way to Play' the ad will promote both Vita's connectivity with PS4 and its big Q4 exclusive, Tearaway.

"We're really excited for Vita as we move into Christmas," said senior product manager Ben Law.

"We've got a great campaign with key messaging around new releases like Tearaway, the ever-growing game catalogue and the Remote Play service."
If true, and I have no reason to believe otherwise, then we know where Sony was holding back excessive PS4 stock.
 

Kedwyn

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Gameplay in killzone definitely amps up the last 10-20% of the game, I enjoy it. I find myself a lot better now with shooting too, I think it just took a week or so for me to adjust. Obviously not much time to play because Killzone is like 12-15 hours and I'm still playing it LOL
Yeah I found KZ to be a mixed bag. The start was disjointed as hell. They really could of spent the extra time fleshing out the story a bit more than the few short scenes with voice over. Voice acting has been terrible to mediocre. Once I got through the first space mission though it picked up a fair bit and hasn't really stopped action wise which was good. I also enjoyed the world design and being able to do some stuff out of order which didn't really make sense with the story and what was said but kind of neat I guess.

Something really bugs me though. Back of the box "...the line separating right and wrong begins to crumble, forcing you to decide the type of hero you really are"

So I'm at the point

Where you leave Helgas area after being set free by the other agent. You go after the doctor and I tried so many times, unsuccessfully I might add, to let that cunt die or kill her. They leave you the illusion that you could kill her there, can even shoot her, but she just absorbs the bullets like a giant sponge and then once you get her to the shuttle you can't target her anymore. Tried to let her die to the attackers, no go.

I don't know what the rest of the game holds but it just pissed me off some that I couldn't blow that cunts head off right there even though the game kind of let me try.

I was hoping that there would be a story twist for another play through. Not so sure. Decide the type of solider indeed, probably right at the very end if at all. /meh
 

Utnayan

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What good stuff has come up?

And sadly I don't have any Wii shit anymore, I had a few games but I traded them all in when I hacked mine. Kind of regret it. I still have my Wii, but it was made before a certain date so I didn't get coin credit for the Serial Number. I got a total of 290 so far from registering the Zelda 3DS XL + the 3 games I bought. Sadly I don't get any points for the free Link Between Worlds game that came with it.
Well, I'll have to check again. I know I have Excitebike and Mike Tyson's Punch out - 8 Bit Nintendo versions and I didn't pay for them.

Actually, looks like Metroid is available. I would get that. Link to the past on Wii (But you just bought it the better version for 3DS) - you also like trinkets, and there are some decent ones that come up every once and a while - like a cradle charger for your 3DS.
 

Utnayan

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Yeah I found KZ to be a mixed bag. The start was disjointed as hell. They really could of spent the extra time fleshing out the story a bit more than the few short scenes with voice over. Voice acting has been terrible to mediocre. Once I got through the first space mission though it picked up a fair bit and hasn't really stopped action wise which was good. I also enjoyed the world design and being able to do some stuff out of order which didn't really make sense with the story and what was said but kind of neat I guess.

Something really bugs me though. Back of the box "...the line separating right and wrong begins to crumble, forcing you to decide the type of hero you really are"

So I'm at the point

Where you leave Helgas area after being set free by the other agent. You go after the doctor and I tried so many times, unsuccessfully I might add, to let that cunt die or kill her. They leave you the illusion that you could kill her there, can even shoot her, but she just absorbs the bullets like a giant sponge and then once you get her to the shuttle you can't target her anymore. Tried to let her die to the attackers, no go.

I don't know what the rest of the game holds but it just pissed me off some that I couldn't blow that cunts head off right there even though the game kind of let me try.

I was hoping that there would be a story twist for another play through. Not so sure. Decide the type of solider indeed, probably right at the very end if at all. /meh
Overall, worth it? Can get it for $49 at Walmart.
 

Sean_sl

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Well, I'll have to check again. I know I have Excitebike and Mike Tyson's Punch out - 8 Bit Nintendo versions and I didn't pay for them.

Actually, looks like Metroid is available. I would get that. Link to the past on Wii (But you just bought it the better version for 3DS) - you also like trinkets, and there are some decent ones that come up every once and a while - like a cradle charger for your 3DS.
LttP and A Link Between Worlds are definitely two different games, best to own both of them! Does the 150 coin LttP work on the 3DS or just the Wii/WiiU VC?
 

Sean_sl

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If true, and I have no reason to believe otherwise, then we know where Sony was holding back excessive PS4 stock.
I think it's more that they'll have the units manufactured by then. They'reprobablymaking about a million a month and had around 2 to 2.5 million manufactured at launch split between the US and EU. By the time the EU launches they'll have another 500k manufactured. They likely started manufacturing in September.