Sheikah

Are they going to start making Gamecube controllers again? Mine are a bit worse for wear.

No, because our utilities are included in the rent. :p It's only a lower strength 8000 BTU model and costs maybe 35-40p per hour to run. It's only run when it gets hot for a few hours, which isn't most of the time, but it's absolutely worth it when it does.

That sounds like a challenge.

The Wii Wheel feels like you're controlling your character with a block of butter as opposed to a reliable input. Fuck that.

(cont'...) "But why doesn't it work on the Wii?"

Not a fucking clue why, and not 'funny' (more weird), but I think I had a weird dream about this after seeing it a few weeks ago. Psychedelic.

As the box blurb says (and as my girlfriend continuously reminds me), she is an 'obsessively detailed Lara'.

I was running GBA games perfectly with an EZ flash back on the original DS. Heck, Supercard runs SNES fine too. If the 3DS really can't cope with this simple level of emulation without the boon of a flashcard's extra grunt then they fucked up royally when designing the 3DS. Eventually you've got to look past the false rationalisations and come to the conclusion that GBA games aren't all out because they don't want them to be.

Definitely worth that £10 or so extra for the PS4 version. We're talking full HD 1080p and various other next gen improvements, vs a past gen version. The environments are stunning, seriously.

'Aiming' does not mean that they're not selling it to another territory though! Goron said it was aimed at the west, not that they only want/have plans for it to sell in one territory. More business lies in the west. But at the same time, there are many games they will release on the PS4 that will appeal to Japan. They just needed to make sure it appealed to the west off the bat to get people to move over from Xbox. That pressure isn't there in Japan. The PS4 has literally no competition in the east aside from PC, for the kind of experience it offers. When Final Fantasy XV/whatever releases over there, it will almost certainly be on PS4. Same for Kingdom Hearts and many other RPGs.

eBay. My copy was mint condition. Here's one at £25 buy it now with free postage. I think you'll be very impressed with this game, I sure am. A lot of 9 scores from reputable places. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=281346993683&alt=web

And for the purposes of balance, he explained why that was so. It's really not a big deal. You were talking about Sony, in the post I quoted, since you asked 'who would sell a console in a region where XYZ'. Sony are the ones selling the console, ergo you were addressing Sony. Don't get pissed off with me because you have difficulties structuring cogent sentences.

By focusing on one region you're able to argue a point that really isn't true at all if you look at a more general setting. Nobody is saying the Japanese outlook isn't valid, but as with any reporting of statistics, balance is key. That's why Goron said what he did.

You said "Who would say we sell it in one part of the world". You're clearly talking about a manufacturer of a console, since they're the ones selling it. And Sony haven't said that. Why would they? They have aimed it to appeal more to the West, but obviously it is also designed to appeal to Japan. The games just haven't arrived en force yet.

Wahey. I heartily recommend the Tomb Raider remaster, Assassin's Creed IV (if you haven't already) and inFAMOUS. I bought ACIV for £23 the other day, so that's pretty cheap already.

Numbers are indeed facts. That's not to say facts can't be abused with shaky interpretations or selective usage. Saying 'bad times for PS4' as a general statement after Japanese figures is somewhat ridiculous, I think, because as we all know it is globally one of the best, if not the best, selling consoles of all time (for this point in its life). You might want to think about the way you phrase things. The difference is that you try too hard to make a situation not seem bad when it is bad (often to many a forumer's frustration). Here, you're trying to make a situation seem far worse than it actually is. In fact, overall, the situation is pretty good.

They also deliver on Saturday, so it shouldn't be too bad if they don't get it you on Friday.

Nobody would say that. And they haven't.

Yup, I got the same response. I contacted them because my estimated date said Monday next week. They told me that was wrong and it'd actually be Friday. I'm not at all bothered it might come a day later than elsewhere. For me, I'd rather have a fiver.

Word for word, all of this.

Maybe 300 with Killzone, but Killzone is pretty cheap already, at least preowned. It's been around £12 used at various places before. I think waiting an extra 6 months to just get that on top of a £300 console is hardly worth the wait over this (and probably not the 'deal' Flink has in mind to make him bite over this one). For a deal to be quite a bit better I'm thinking the same price but a game valued around £40 or so bundled with the console. Which I think is unlikely, but we'll see.

It hasn't so much been the console price dipping. PS4 deals have mostly been had through supermarket codes (codes which can actually be applied to near enough any product). This is the first I've seen of a really hot deal that hasn't involved some sort of discount coupon. To be honest, I'd also be surprised if lots of other retailers started selling it at 300 too. Regarding a cut for Christmas...do they need to? They could, but they probably don't need to. The X1 has just dropped in price so it'd seem weird to get another so soon. So does PS4 need to be priced lower than its competition when it is technically the more powerful machine, especially when people want it more already? I'd say no. Could be wrong, but £300 with say a new game (ie. one with at least £40 or so extra value to be really worth holding off for a half year) seems a bit much.

Pro tip: read and don't behave like a miscreant. I said it would likely not be £300 with games. It is currently £300 at one retailer without games. I don't see another £40-50 or so drop in a deal (by way of an included game) being on the cards, unless Sony officially cuts the price. ShopTo are selling it at £50 below RRP already - how much more can they trim? We can only guess, but I'm guessing 'not much'. I doubt it'd get too much better, if at all until a cut happens. People actually want the PS4, this side of the world. Japan situation is also irrelevant for the purpose of UK deals.

Started playing this yesterday on PS4. Looks really nice! Most of the issues I had with ACIII seem to be gone (mostly the washed out environments and somewhat boring main character). Also played a little multiplayer - slightly depressing to see the introduction of a prestige element now.

It's easy to see it as a saving of only £15-20 or so over some current bundle deals, but really, how much more fat than £50 is there for retailers left to trim without Sony cutting the price? At the moment there just doesn't seem to be reason for them to do it. This seems like the best or joint best deal I can imagine we'll see for a while.