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  1. And let me add, I won't be buying the next Xbox. I think it's horse crap that the hundreds of dollars I've spent on DLC, add-ons, Xbox Live Arcade Games, Full Retail Download Games won't be transferable to Xbox One. That, and being forced to login to XBL every day just to play a single player game (thunderstorm? Hello expensive paper weight). Forget it, Wii U is fine for me for "next gen".

     

    I haven't been able to think of a more anti-consumer product than this new Xbox. I have yet to figure out a single thing that's been revealed about this console that would hold any interest for me whatsoever. I don't care what bloody games it has when it seems like I literally won't be able to own anything involved with the console and I shudder to think at how much things like XBL will increase in price in order to enjoy the ''privilege'' of ownership. This is pretty much everything that's wrong with modern gaming rolled up into one shitty package.

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  2. MCV report

    Publishers to receive cut of Xbox One pre-owned sales at retail

    http://www.mcvuk.com...-retail/0116137

     

    D'oh, you beat me to it.

     

    ''The system will reportedly work as such: consumers can trade in physical Xbox One game discs only at retailers that have agreed to Microsoft's terms and conditions and have integrated the company's cloud-enabled Azure preowned technology into their own.

     

    The traded in title is then registered on Microsoft's systems as having been re-sold and the data files will be cleared from their Xbox One account. Such a system would explain Microsoft's position that the Xbox One must "check in" with its servers once every 24 hours.''

     

    http://uk.gamespot.com/news/xbox-one-preowned-plan-revealed-6408850?tag=Topslot;Slot1

  3. The resounding sentiment that I'm seeing across message boards is that this thing landed with all the impact of a wet fart in church.

     

    I think it's pretty obvious that console makers simply have no idea what to do anymore; the law of diminishing returns hit them hard and it shows with consoles like this.

     

    I made the decision to go Nintendo only going forward and to me I think I made the right decision. They might not be "hardcore" enough for some folks but at least they're not outrageously anti-consumer and they're still the closest thing to a pure game console on the market.

  4. Some of the Wii games are starting to bump up in price. I picked up Lost in Shadow new off Amazon for $11 a few months ago, it's now $23. Cursed Mountain, a survival horror game I enjoyed is now $20 (I paid $8 for a new copy).

     

     

    Fragile Dreams:Farewell Ruins of the Moon is an interesting and atmospheric survival horror-lite game that can still be had for a reasonable price.

     

    Deadly Creatures is cool, and Mushroom Men is a fun 'lil platformer. There's quite a few good, relatively unknown games I enjoyed on the Wii.

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  5. Ubisoft is wholeheartedly supporting it, as are Capcom, WB, and others. EA's loss is their gain.

     

    Let's see the sum of EA's U output: Mass Effect 3, which is useless if you haven't played the other two, and Fifa/Madden in which they couldn't even be bothered to include the new physics and improvements and merely reskinned the previous installments. I know I'll be weeping into my Cheerios over the lack of their stellar games on the platform....:/

  6. The retail disc of Luigi will also be a limited edition. While the wait stinks I can't pass up that lovely green case.

     

    ''Nintendo has revealed that New Super Luigi U will be released as a limited edition standalone boxed game as well as DLC for those who already own New Super Mario Bros. U.

     

    The physical copy will come in a fetching green case and will retail for $29.99 in North America - $10 more than the DLC. It's expected to hit store shelves August 25th, while the European release will take place almost a month earlier, on July 26th. The DLC edition is coming June 20th.''

     

    http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/05/new_super_luigi_u_will_be_available_as_a_standalone_packaged_game

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  7. I'm of the mind that why should an unaffiliated party make money off showing a game, from start to finish, that Nintendo spent years and millions of dollars to create? Whoop dee doo that you played the game and put it on Youtube. Did you put in one penny or minute of your time into its development? No, so what gives you the right to sit there and spoil/expose the entire thing ?

     

     

    If you can sit there and watch the entire thing there's really no incentive to go out and buy it. God knows that there's enough games where watching a few vids suffices instead of purchasing it.

  8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhCc9vmSHe0&feature=player_embedded

     

     

    '' Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. is thrilled to announce that Pac is back! PAC-MAN™ and the Ghostly Adventures will be coming to North and Latin American retailers in fall 2013 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Wii U™ system from Nintendo with an exclusive side-scrolling version of the game coming to the Nintendo 3DS® fall of 2013. Built upon the timeless and wildly successful PAC-MAN® legacy, PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures will boast an entirely new and exciting gaming adventure that is currently under development.''

     

     

    http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=202548

  9. I haven't had a freeze or lock-up yet in all the hours I've put onto the system and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this is one feature I never have to use

     

    All the time I've put into the console I've only had one lock up from a game. However the web browser locks up on me with shocking regularity.

  10. So what's the migration like? I have tons of Virtual Console titles and I'd hate to lose them all by upgrading to the Wii U, but I suppose I'll have to in order to buy Earthbound

     

    I think they'll charge a pittance to upgrade the original VC titles to the U VC but as far as I know you don't lose anything you bought if you don't choose to ''upgrade''.

     

    Really the main selling point the U VC has over the original is save states, off tv play and miiverse integration. (I'm eagerly awaiting the .30 Super Metroid next month for exactly these reasons).

  11. Haven't played Luigi's Mansion but I've heard it's great. I don't play the 3DS often but what I have played has been enjoyable: Starfox, Resident Evil Revelations, the Mario titles, and the new Castlevania is pretty awesome. I hope to pick up Monster Hunter sometime soon and the Symphony of the Night-style Batman game in the fall sounds pretty sweet.

     

    There's enough games out that I would be interested in to consider it a worthy purchase if I didn't have one already.

  12. To those that say the Wii U gamepad is gimicky, I'm simply curious: do you also consider the DS/3DS gimicky with its use of two screen gameplay? Do the duel screens on the handhelds bring anything to the gameplay or should Nintendo go back to a GameBoy style single screen system?

     

    I personally don't see anything ''gimmicky'' about it, I think the PS4s touchpad and share button are far bigger gimmicks.

     

    This pad has streamlined games and if that's all it ever does I'd still consider it a success. Having to press buttons to go to separate status and click through inventory screens feels dated; with this things are a single tap away. Monster Hunter uses it brilliantly, it lets you select and choose what HUD functions you want onscreen and if you want to have everything on the pad you can. Stuff like that isn't a gimmick to me, it's streamlining a games interface for the better.

  13. Ok so the Xbox brand has just committed suicide, now let's just wait for one of Sony's typical retarded/suicidal decisions, (no bc is pretty g-damn close, I'm sure the PS4 price tag will be the trigger pull) to have a complete meltdown.

     

    I said on another site that at the end of the day the Wii U will be the least offensive option for gamers this coming gen and I'm standing by it.

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