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Drowsy Emperor

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I feel saddened by that. Anything Sony I ever bought was high quality and long lasting. My Trinitron CRT TV has been running for almost a decade now and has buried at least two Samsung TV's in its lifetime along with having superior picture quality. My PS2 dropped at least a meter from a table to a bare floor, busted a corner and damaged the button for opening the dvd tray and it still works perfectly. The original Dualshock 2 controller I got with it, outlived a more expensive Logitech counterpart by several years. That piece of trash broke down just after the guarantee expired, and it was poorly designed too.

 

It seems anyone who tries to keep a high standard of quality for hardware is doomed to failure against garbage pushers.

 

Of course, my Sony stuff is old now, maybe this is no longer the case. (I'll find out soon as I'm considering buying one of the Bravia series of LCD TV's)

И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,
И његова сва изгибе војска, 
Седамдесет и седам иљада;
Све је свето и честито било
И миломе Богу приступачно.

 

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Drowsy Emperor

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Some Ubisoft games to be unplayable for a time

 

Don't imagine it'll be too long, though.

 

That's really horrible towards people who work and have a very limited time to play games.

И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,
И његова сва изгибе војска, 
Седамдесет и седам иљада;
Све је свето и честито било
И миломе Богу приступачно.

 

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Morgoth

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The Last of Us - GameInformer March Cover

 

Expect some screenshots later this day.

 

This has some real potential. Hope though it isn't just a cutscnene fest with mediocre gameplay, a'la Uncharted?

 

It seems anyone who tries to keep a high standard of quality for hardware is doomed to failure against garbage pushers.

 

Agreed. It's not the best who get rewarded these days, it's the fastest. I fear they'll have to push out the PS4 quicker due to the competitors than it actually needs to be.

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Nepenthe

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I feel saddened by that. Anything Sony I ever bought was high quality and long lasting. My Trinitron CRT TV has been running for almost a decade now and has buried at least two Samsung TV's in its lifetime along with having superior picture quality. My PS2 dropped at least a meter from a table to a bare floor, busted a corner and damaged the button for opening the dvd tray and it still works perfectly. The original Dualshock 2 controller I got with it, outlived a more expensive Logitech counterpart by several years. That piece of trash broke down just after the guarantee expired, and it was poorly designed too.

 

It seems anyone who tries to keep a high standard of quality for hardware is doomed to failure against garbage pushers.

 

Of course, my Sony stuff is old now, maybe this is no longer the case. (I'll find out soon as I'm considering buying one of the Bravia series of LCD TV's)

That's probably the whole problem, their stuff is actually built to last unlike, say, Samsung's (which is of similar quality... for the limited lifespan).

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Drowsy Emperor

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That's probably the whole problem, their stuff is actually built to last unlike, say, Samsung's (which is of similar quality... for the limited lifespan).

 

I admire that. Its the only fair approach towards the consumer. Unfortunately since big business has free reign to decide what the consumers deserve to get, exactly no one is surprised that we get turd in the end.

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И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,
И његова сва изгибе војска, 
Седамдесет и седам иљада;
Све је свето и честито било
И миломе Богу приступачно.

 

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That's probably the whole problem, their stuff is actually built to last unlike, say, Samsung's (which is of similar quality... for the limited lifespan).

 

I admire that. Its the only fair approach towards the consumer. Unfortunately since big business has free reign to decide what the consumers deserve to get, exactly no one is surprised that we get turd in the end.

As do I, which is why I won't let anyone buy any other tv than a Sony. :)

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Drowsy Emperor

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I wanted to buy a PS3 so much, but the game selection (the exclusives) never seems to get to the point that I'd consider the cost justified. I'm more interested in playing Team Ico games in HD than playing actual PS3 games.

 

A damn shame really.

И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,
И његова сва изгибе војска, 
Седамдесет и седам иљада;
Све је свето и честито било
И миломе Богу приступачно.

 

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entrerix

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demons souls and uncharted vs halo and gears of war

 

i have both systems, but really, the ps3 imo has better exclusives while the xbox has the better (but more expensive) online gaming


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Drowsy Emperor

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Does the 360 even have any exclusives. Each time I looked through its list to see if it was worth getting I remember seeing that all the better titles got PC ports or were multiplatform to begin with.

И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,
И његова сва изгибе војска, 
Седамдесет и седам иљада;
Све је свето и честито било
И миломе Богу приступачно.

 

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i think halo and gears of war were xbox exclusives not sure about anything else. i personally don't like halo OR gears of war, but got an xbox originally because i wanted a console and it was a lot cheaper than sony's $600 console.


Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.

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Drowsy Emperor

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Gears of War got a PC release I think. Some of the Halo games did too.

 

The reason I never seriously considered buying the console though, was its high malfunction rate. Getting it fixed or worse having to send it to MS from these parts would be at best a pain in the ass, at worst a nightmare.

 

Having ultimately played almost everything of worth from 360 on the PC I'd say it was no great loss.

И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,
И његова сва изгибе војска, 
Седамдесет и седам иљада;
Све је свето и честито било
И миломе Богу приступачно.

 

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+, while the new Oppo might give it a run for its money, its still, for the moment, the best blu-ray player out there.

 

In fact, that's how I got back into gaming four years ago, I bought it for movies and thought I could do some gaming while I had the hardware... :p

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(I'll find out soon as I'm considering buying one of the Bravia series of LCD TV's)

 

Let me know how it plays out, I am in considering a new bigscreen TV as well but the only one which looked fine cost over 9000 EUR :S some Sharp ****e... Little bit over the top IMO...

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Nepenthe

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Generally, if you are getting an actually large tv, it's worth coughing up extra for the models with local dimming led backlighting. Side illuminating ones are IMO inferior to the traditional ccfl backlit ones, so there's actually been a regression in picture quality over the past few years.

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Morgoth

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Rage Patch 1.2 released

 

...for those 3 people of you who still care.

 

 

RAGE Patch Release Notes - February 2, 2011

 

The 1.2 update adds new features and addresses various compatibility and performance issues. At this time, if you have an ATI card, we recommend using these preview drivers.

Read the release notes from id below

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Bit too fast paced for my kind of mech game, but still looks like it could be fun. Time to register in vain!

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Drowsy Emperor

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Very nice, although I'm yearning for a real simulation.

 

If the game is really a standard FPS that just includes mechs I wouldn't bet on its long term longevity.

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И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,
И његова сва изгибе војска, 
Седамдесет и седам иљада;
Све је свето и честито било
И миломе Богу приступачно.

 

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