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From my perspective, the demand is pretty poor when you think about the IPs and brand names attached. Maybe we should be looking into why the PS4 has sold so well despite not having many games.

Charlie presents it as being a tipping point where the player can't trust that what he is doing is necessarily heroic even if originally suggested to be so. I guess they saw it as a benchmark point of storytelling maturing in games and how that particular point is very poignant as gamers are in control of those actions.

That it did... in the FPS section which also mentioned Goldeneye

Question is... does Ashley still suck at it?

I watched and enjoyed it. It's obviously aimed at people not like us so I can see it's merits from that point of view. Firstly, I think the list is fine. Most of us have been so mind bogglingly exposed to these titles over time and similar lists that Charlie's one seems quite dull by comparison. He gave plenty of attention to Nintendo and their franchises, even looking at the Mario franchise as a whole and basically saying that they were all amazing (also showing footage of Mario 3D World too). Zelda got a graet mention as well. Just keep in mind that this was about games that changed culture and how they changed culture not games that were good. @S\.C\.G - Zelda did not change wider culture, despite having a massive impact on gaming. For instance it helped cultivate the audience that would enjoy things like WoW (which did change things in the way that would qualify for the show). There were also mentions of SEGA in there, particularly Sonic and rightfully none of that got into the list. Phantasy Star may have been one of the first MMOs (along with Ultima Online) however it's almost insignificant in terms of cultural impact. I think a lot of people have genuinely misunderstood what this show was about. I was thrilled to see Charlie address the Atlantic computer war, how games led to to the bedroom coder revolution and how that has now come full circle. In fact, the only thing I would complain about is that the early games like Space War actually invented the entire concept of computers having a graphical interface rather than something that was just CLI. As for those of you that wanted more Nintendo well pffffft.... there are a whole bunch of games that got missed out of this from the entire Final Fantasy series or the birth of games like QONQR. Nintendo may mean a lot in terms of the culture of gaming but I think that they got plenty of screen time based on the impact that they have had in the wider scale of things.

It's almost like there's some kind of magic at work!

I'm going PC and 3DS for the moment and maybe pick up a PS4 in Jan 2015 or something however I'm getting less and less inclined to with the more I fall in love with gaming on my PC. The thing I'm finding is that I can't really justify having more than 1 current Nintendo system. The 3DS has far more my type of games and when you get a Mario game on Wii U as well as the handheld in relatively short succession (yes to me 1 year apart is still a little too much Mario) then I feel like the classic franchises are pretty overplayed. Also when you get Mario Kart on both and now Smash, I'd actually rather have the handheld for all of them!

The vast majority of this thread is the dullest stuff I've read on this forum in ages. I'm thankful for Dcubed for having tried to start an interesting discussion but sad to think that I genuinely don't want to join in the discussion as it would be a waste of time. At least half of the people on this thread are actually trying to address the OP whilst everything else is just reactionary bullshit. EDIT: Euuuurgh... just been into the Wii U thread.

Do you mean 2DS?

YES! Loved spirit tracks and really happy to see some reference. Handheld Zelda do tend to get treated as not "proper" enough to be referenced as much as the others.

WOw, sounds like appendicitis possibly... that or a harsh dose of trapped wind. Have you been chomping down chewing gum?

Not really sure that's what people are getting at when they say "touching down on foreign soil".

From what I've heard about those companies, I would think it's because MS have not dropped enough (Candian) $$.

Wow, so my return was short lived. *patiently waits.... again*

So Smash, Kart and Bayonetta 2 for the Wii U and then.... nothing until Xmas of any note? Oh shit, sorry Yarn Yoshi.

@Cookyman - I don't get the .gif .... surely the Wii U is easier than that? Or is Reggie being in it just random? Or are you harking way back to the GBA SP or something?

I'm going to be very interested to see how the PC fairs against the current platforms. I know the system is a little more expensive but generally you get the best of many worlds and generally cheaper games. Honestly the only big thing that it's missing are the Nintendo or handheld specific IPs. And that's why I have a 3DS and a PC.

I think it might have been a slightly more practical decision than that. Doctor Who or Thor 2. In my eyes he made the right choice. I'm getting a little tired of Doctor Who lately. It seems to spend far too much time making outrageous stories and then having to hurriedly path up all of the plot holes. To the point where you expect them to explain stuff away rather than solve it. Don't even get me started on how they "over baked" River Song.

So same radio card. Wow, that's not how I would have designed it but ok... Still don't think capacity would be an issue though. There's plenty of bandwidth for everyone!

They fucking should do. It's one of the only things that validates the inclusion of a piece of hardware that increases the console's price by £75. It's the one of the only things that illustrates how Nintendo could change the game, how 3rd parties could create something unique on their platform. Why did the Wii sell well? I can tell you that it wasn't by launching with NSMB Wii that's for sure.

No this one my friend.... save your money.

Aha! I'm here though! Sorry, I've been viewing more than one thread at once and may have been dipping in and out. Not that I have much to say with the information above. @ReZourceman can you tell us any info about how you knew your power worked?

Fuck these Sony servers are awful! ... Oh wait a minute! ADDITIONAL: I think that the servers are just getting DOS'd to shit. The name servers even went down.... all 5 of them! At least one seems to be up now but the website is still not responding. OOOOooops. ADDITIONALLLYLYLY: Back up now.