Sheikah

If you haven't played much of P4G then stop what you're doing and don't even think about playing anything else until you complete it.

"Let me tell you what the voices in my head are telling me"

I think that's a good thing. PS4 is leading the way, so in not supporting this there's more chance it'll drop. If we can get EA games included in Plus packages because they're not asking for an extra £5 then that's ultimately better for the consumer.

I expect a Brian Fantana style cabinet assortment of these. Nothing less will suffice.

I heard that @kav82 might have someone he could put you in touch with... :p

Like Cube touched on, when I pasted your links into my address bar it sent me to the image host with a large thumbnail of the image. I then left clicked the image which linked me to just the full sized image, then right clicked that large image to copy that image URL. The image URL I got back from doing that was different to the one for the particular image you posted.

Which dating site are you on? I get the feeling that some are more geared towards people actually wanting relationships than others.

But as has been said regarding all the other reasons, attach rate is always going to be high for a great game on a console with far less variation and where the vast majority of customers are already committed to that developer's content in buying the system (since that's mostly what the console is all about). I'm guessing the attach rate statistic is global so a lot of that will include free game contributions. This is generally why I don't like percentage reporting, since it's all so easy to misconstrue. While attach rate can tell you what's hot, it also says a lot about your audience and the diversity of your content. If Wii Fit was still uber popular and people wanted the next one, you'd have a lot of people probably buying that who were less inclined to buy other stuff for their Wii U, thus attach rates for other games would be lower.

They don't work for me either. They're those kind of crappy links that send you to a web page with the image on it rather than directly to the image. Try clicking the image again when you follow those links and pull the direct image URLs.

Don't get me wrong, MK8 definitely has much bigger appeal, and I'm not downplaying its success - only the attach rate (generally speaking, percentages irk me). The attach rate is always going to be higher for a game like this on a console where most great games are from one developer. People who buy that console are already making a statement that they like that particular developer's games, since that's mostly all there is on the console. Combine that with a 'get a free game if you buy it quick' promotion, killer bundles, and the fact Nintendo's games rarely drop in place (ie. 'Why wait?') and it's not hard to see why it has such an attach rate already.

The sales are brilliant, it's a very accessible and appealing game. But regarding the attach rate, the free game and the fact most people buy the console for this game as well as Zelda/Mario/SSB anyway kinda explains it. What else are people buying the console for? The console is already saturated with 2D platformers, it doesn't have the same widespread appeal and no limited time free game. People have to get it before 30th July to get a free game, so it makes sense more people have jumped sooner rather than later.

The sales of the game really are great, but I think the attach rate % is only so high because of the lack of diversity on the console. When you buy a Wii U it's almost certainly for the Nintendo content, so it kinda makes sense that people who have the console are buying the biggest Nintendo release for it. The other consoles - some people may buy primarily to pursue sports, racers, FPS, or even as a media player (definitely was the case for PS3).

True, I was thinking it'd be something like that.

Chances are it'll be overall cheaper to do this than if you bought the games all at release, yet they might make more money due to fewer people buying preowned. They'll still sell their games the normal way though because they know the public opinion, so really this changes nothing.

One thing I like about HxH is that it's a bit dark. People just die, sometimes rather gruesomely too. Plus it has a virtual MMORPG world they go in, which has some pretty cool mechanics to it. That card that heals everything though. The hell ain't Ging kitting out his main man Kite with those...

Maybe now you can just play for fun instead of worrying about flunking a race and your score dropping big time.

Yeah, iPads are pretty n00b friendly. Just not wallet friendly. :p

Yeah, the N-E meet.

Damn, that sounds pretty hilarious, shame it wasn't being filmed or something. :p

Well, I was under the impression that Tomb Raider had become generic (it had a load of other games since its original PS1 titles that were so so). By the time I heard people liked it, I was busy with other games and just never got round to it.

I shit you not, but I heard one time @Zell ended up getting super drunk and waking up in some guy's bed that he had never met, lol.

I'll probably get it at some point. Looks pretty kewl.

Make the right choice maaan.

I mentioned in another topic, but I've been applying to work as a medical writer after my PhD ends at various places (basically writers who research and write scientific articles). So at one place I've got through a phone interview, an interview at their London office by King's Cross, and now they've paid for a return plane trip next Friday to Amsterdam to go see them at their main office. If I'm successful (can't see there being many people they'd put through all this) then I'd be working right in the heart of London in a cool area. Yay!

Yeah, I feel like there's still loads to do even though I hit L50 with my monk. In GW2 I basically maxed my ranger and got 100% world completion then felt like there was nothing to do (except the most incredible gold grind for a the best weapon). The WvWvW seemed cool at first but you come to realise what a tiny cog in the machine you are, almost like Saving Private Ryan. Getting better equipment is really cleverly done in XIV, you could do maybe just a couple of dungeons and be able to afford a new piece of high level armour. It always feels like you're within reach of the next cool thing.