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It's a game that always has very cool sounding battle write-up stories on gaming blogs but is one that imagine might not be that fun to play. Spreadsheet manager 2016? Also...holy shit. MadDog above.

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What you mean now all 3 major companies have put the right stick below the buttons? Almost like it's the most sensible place to have it...

I thought the idea of this was to make it sort of portable? The screen size means it could just about fit in a pocket but it's chunky.

You'll be technically breaking the ToS even if you have a Japanese PS4 though, since the Japanese PSN account you make would be registered using dodgy information (since you are not actually based in Japan), and because you'll not have a Japanese credit card. Makes more sense to just have one system, at least with PS4 - sign in on your Japanese account and download the games, and those games can be loaded on the same system alongside the games you downloaded on your UK account. You don't need to be logged into the Japanese PSN to run the Japanese-downloaded games. At the very least, there's not much point in buying one from Japan. May as well just get 2 from UK without paying import duties and losing warranty and such.

The shop region you browse is dependent on your PSN account region, not your hardware. A UK PS4 can connect to the Japanese PSN Store.

It's a thread for talking about the NX that Ronnie has agreed not to post in. I now don't see the point in the other thread tbh. The way I see it, this is meant as a place to discuss the NX, be it negative or positive. The difference is that negative views should be tolerated without the same circular arguments or defences arising.

I think the intention was it could be discussion either way. I get the feeling that drahkon just didn't want you in because you have problems dealing with negativity.

I bought the 3DS at launch due to absolutely loving the DS (which I imported way back when before UK release). I should probably have waited when it came to the 3DS, looking back. I don't remember there being that many games and it was expensive, and it was a lot of money for a fairly small spec machine. I remember thinking the 3D feature was cool at first but the lack of the eye tracking or whatever it was to keep the 3D effect stable made me go off it. The small screen size was a bit of a letdown as well.

A quick Google and people have apparently run games like GTA IV and StarCraft 2 this way. So I guess so?

It really isn't. I bought a 64GB card for my Vita. Add microSD slot support and then it doesn't even become an issue.

You're right, it doesn't compete. Pad controls throttle it in terms of accuracy, and the industry/gamers support the pad. Let's let pointer controls transition to the domain of VR and we'll all be happy.

Well not one game with motion controls has ever made me feel like I had more precise aim control than using a pad. I'm certainly no FPS novice either, both on Wii/Wii U and traditional aim consoles. Some of you are talking about Metroid Prime in your example but this is a rather low skill FPS game. I don't believe for a second you could easily pull off snipes in a game like Destiny with anywhere near the same accuracy. Unless your arm is stabilised against something literally all the time then I don't see how you can get the same level of stability as a pad. I think anyone aiming at a fixed spot on the screen on the Wii menu would see some degree of jitter. I totally get that it means you can aim in the general vicinity of an enemy faster for some people though (as some people use low sensitivity on their sticks so it takes them a while to aim).

It's really not a problem solved...you're then sacrificing sensitivity for stability. Nothing about motion controls makes it easier to aim accurately. It's a control method hindered by the unsteadiness of the arm. Are you also someone who would use the Wii wheel in Mario Kart? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's fun to do, it's just not something you would consider as accurate as a pad with a control stick and buttons.

There's just no way you can compare pointing with your arm to the accuracy of using a stick (yeah, a mouse is more accurate still, but there's still a gulf between the two you mentioned). It's really weird for you to call it clumsy when it's actually far more accurate. Try pointing the Wii remote at the screen and keep your hand as still as you can; watch the on-screen hand waggle all over the place. They might work for Metroid Prime but for most FPS games with a competitive element there's no way I would consider them.

I admit those people are laughed at, yes. Didn't you just say the jump to HD was important? Are you laughing at yourself then?

So you admit people care about resolution advances. Now we're getting somewhere.

You could say the same about having HD at all. Why even bother advancing technology in this way if nobody cared about it?

Even if they opt for a 1080p screen, developers don't have to use it. Most Vita games ran below the maximum supported resolution. What it does do is give choice to the developer (who, for instance, may be developing less intensive games). It might not need to be as high as 1080p, but to me 720p on what would be a very large sized phone screen would look like a 6 year old gadget from the off.

If you find it painful then why don't you put those people on your ignore list, or just skip past the posts? I don't know why you put so much effort into complaining about this all the time? You also complained about the PS4 a lot. No less than the particular NX complaints that have just surfaced.

A couple of points on this... You have gone into the PS4 topic saying on multiple occasions how bad things are about the system. And it doesn't get deleted. In fact, I can very much remember shortly after you bought your PS4 that you were complaining about the whole system suggesting it wasn't for you, and had no games, even after people suggested that perhaps you shouldn't buy it. I don't understand how you can be so consistently hypocritical and seemingly not be aware of it. You complain that people waste all this effort posting here... the thing is, you waste all this effort making these completely senseless complaints over and over again, instead of putting the people that are apparently boring you on your ignore list. At least when people post negatively about consoles they are making a point, and contributing to discussion, and it's usually on topic. This is just mindless complaining about people with opinions you don't like.

Am I missing something - how was what Rummy said dull? Or does "dull" have some hip new meaning that I am not aware of? Judging by the responses we saw, it was anything but dull.

Why wouldn't Sony be happy with them? They have sold god knows how many copies and made Sony a lot of money. All that from a small team with a very modest budget. The amount of people who will actually get a PSN refund is going to be a drop in the ocean. It's a massive commercial success.

Yeah because that's totally what Majora's Mask came across as. Not like the best Zelda game or anything. Reusing the engine/assets probably let them very easily carry over what worked while having a lot more time to work on the details and environments.

I'm not quite sure I agree that 'power' (polygons/processing) is the only factor to consider when judging the spec of the machine. When the Wii wasn't HD, didn't that factor into the mindset that is was old tech/last gen? It's the same thing here - 720p was the reserve of the 360 and PS3.