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To be fair to the guy, aside from the Wii (which was pretty much an anomaly as it had a particular gimmick that caught people in a way we're unlikely to see often) he has a point. Nintendo home consoles have been on the decline since the N64 in terms of sales and third parties (again, Wii aside). And it became particularly apparent during the Gamecube era. On a side note, while the Wii delivered short terms success I'm of the belief that the Wii period ultimately didn't help Nintendo much in the long run. It was the first instance where they pretty much sacked the idea of graphically improving the console much, and they took a much more casual focus - completely distinguishing themselves from the core consoles for the first time. The success with that console also resulted in the Wii U - so the Wii pretty much doomed the next generation. If Nintendo hadn't done so well with the motion peripheral then I'm positive they wouldn't have pursued the Gamepad (their 'new' controller gimmick).

Very easy to do, you can set a new profile on your PS4 to associate your US PSN account with, such that switching PSN accounts is as simple as changing your profile. Anything you download off your US account can also be played while signed in as your normal PSN account so that you still get trophies on your regular account and play with/talk to friends.

Yep, it is. The only drawback is that if you want DLC for the game you have to buy it off the relevant store. But that's fine, just means you have to make a US account too.

Unfortunately not. Would be great if you could connect to always on standalone PC servers on PS4.

Gamecube was indeed a great price, £130 and it was in line with the competition (and better than PS2).

I'm not talking about perceived value, rather actual. When you consider what you're getting in the machine, even comparing it to £100 tablets it is very overpriced.

Fun tidbit, I got the US version of Gold and then went on to later trade with some of my friends when they got their UK versions. Doing this permanently prevented them from ever trading again, even after starting a new game.

Inevitably this will draw hate from the Nintendo massive about these parts, but I agree. Their hardware is behind the curve and expensive for what it is, relative to the competition (£200 for a 3DS XL is pretty insane).

I hope the Gamepad does nothing more than be an optional way of showing the map, that way I don't have to use it.

I need to properly play it, Sonic 2 was my first ever game and I played it to death. Never had the third game but did play a little of it on emulator.

He means Nintendo the developer vs indies, I think:

He only compared Nintendo to indie developers, the latter of which he thinks now are the ones with the 'Nintendo magic', so not sure why you brought up PS4 retail titles to compare to. As it stands, it's a fair point. The PlayStation consoles are getting a lot more of the good indie content than the Wii U, so I can see why he'd be more active with it if that's his thing. Also there must be something wrong with your PS4, loads of people now have said their PS4 is barely audible. I'm someone who can hear fairly quiet fans, too.

Ah man, that's sad. I know she had a lot of surgery but boy, did she look nowhere near 81 in the end.

In my opinion, having it on the Wii U really hurt it. Nobody is buying the thing so they can't really expect too many people to play it. They're also competing against other console MMORPGs now like FFXIV, which is doing really well. I can't see it taking off hugely over here.

I got this as it was cheap/popular and I thought more is probably just overkill, a whole extra charge or more seems like more than enough since I charge it at night anyway. Just used it now to charge my phone from 50-100%, it charges pretty quickly.

That reminds me of this* *(Will make literally no sense to anyone except players of Final Fantasy XII)

Code is HJDPYF38 (Amazon) I've charged it but not really tested it yet, reviews say you'll get maybe 1.3 charges of an iPhone out of it (I have a Nexus 4 though, so not sure what it'll turn out like). Comes with a nice little bag and a USB lead, so pretty good for a tenner.

Yeah, there's no real benefit to preordering unless you're sold on what you've seen/played already. You could walk in a store one week later and pick it up for the same price.

Here is my review, of the beta: Really good. Co-op play seems to be the focus and Bungie's tried and testing FPS mechanics. If you like that sort of thing, along with a bit of an RPG/MMO loot gathering focus, you will like this.

Sounds like a great way to adapt a franchise for a mobile audience while not detracting from the existing game.

It seems like you enjoy going out of your way to put people down. I wonder what that says about you?

lol, I was on Tapatalk which doesn't display HDYT tags (but does do regular YouTube tags) so I although I knew you posted a video but didn't know it'd be the same one. I saw that phrase and thought to post it. :p

Let's make sure not to use green.

Minecraft is arguably one of the best (maybe even the best) creative games out there. It's also incredibly complex, if you want it to be. Building mechanisms using redstone means you can spend hours building contraptions and finding new ways to play. Undoubtedly it's incredibly popular with kids but it's by no means childish, I think most kids just have more imagination. :p