V. Amoleo

The instant on/off mode was a really interesting point. Would have liked to seen the power drain when it was suspended in this way. The streaming didn't interest me all that much. Hopefully they at least link the streaming to prior PSN purchases. In a perfect world they'd let you stream a version of the PS1/PS2/PS3 game you insert into the disc drive. The social sharing wasn't really of any interest to me either. I don't use Facebook personally and I'm not someone who enjoys watching someone else play a game.

Just heard that Dave Lombardo has been ousted from Slayer. Shocker. http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=447262618678275&id=124433877627819

At the moment, with the little that we've seen, I'd say £350 to £400. I'm guessing that the £300 price reported by The Times, if true, would be without VAT anyway.

You're right. It does mean that more features that are similar across the three platforms mean that more multi-platform games will make use of it but it also means they lose some of their uniqueness. Which I think is a shame. We may as well just have one console on the marketplace. Also, it hasn't been confirmed either way if the PS4 will have free online has it? Last I heard the rumours were that they were going to start charging for it in an expanded PS+. It would still beat Xbox Live Gold if Microsoft don't refresh that up for their next console though.

I thought that's what we were doing with Folding@Home on the PS3! :p

Of course they do with the overhead of the OS and the fact they're multi-tasking devices. But with the switch to the x86 architecture they're more comparable now than they ever have been.

The RAM is the only impressive thing specs-wise about the PlayStation 4. No consumer PC/laptop will ever use GDDR5 as system memory. Edit: That's not saying the rest is rubbish. I just don't think it's fair how people are shouting down @Serebii over it.

This is going to be a tough choice. The game interests me but which platform to get it on? Wii U will hopefully use the GamePad well but will the PS4(+Vita) or new Xbox have similar functionality with improved visuals? Or do I just go PC and have the best visuals but no GamePad features.

I've just managed to watch the reveal. I'm not overly impressed. It felt like they were just saying "Me Too!" to everything. Can share things to Facebook from within games making the "first gaming social network with meaning". Which I'm guessing is trying to emulate Miiverse. Can use the Vita as a game pad for games. Which looked suspiciously like how one would use the Wii U GamePad with games. Has a camera which can detect depth. I know that Sony started the whole EyeToy thing but this looked like a "Me Too!" for the Kinect. I also felt they focused too much on how the games looked. The PS4/new Xbox aren't going to be like the jump between previous generations, we know that. And then, this is purely down to my tastes, none of their games interested me that much. No new Motorstorm (DriveClub doesn't count), no new Ratchet & Clank and no hint of a Gran Turismo 6 (even though GT5 did leave me massively underwhelmed). Oh and the new DualShock. Finally they've curved it a bit! Now move the left analogue stick and we'll be sorted. The PlayStation Move stuff was a bit cringe worthy but at least they'll still be supporting it! As little as the PlayStation Move was used on the PS3 it was still loads better than the Wii Remote on the Wii. Edit: I should probably mention that I'll still be pre-ordering it. I know that they'll make the games I do like eventually!

I'm really surprised at them changing their mind over this considering all the moaning people did about it on the Wii VC and Nintendo did nothing at all about it. Is it bad that I sort of wish they'd offer both the 60hz and 50hz games? So you can play the game as intended or as you'd remember it. Here's hoping they change Balloon Fight too.

I know what you're trying to say but you can't use GMail to login to the PSN or Nintendo Network. It requires a separate password. I also wasn't aware that I could cross game voice chat on my Vita. But then I don't know anybody else who actually has a Vita.

It really depends for me. If it's Nintendo published Wii/Wii U game I'm likely to pre-order it if I can get it for £30-£35 because they usually hold their value. If it's Nintendo published DS/3DS game I'll pre-order if I can get it for £25-£27 for the same reason. If it's a game I really want and there's a good Special Edition/Limited Edition/Pre-order Special available, I'll pre-order at £40-£45. Never pre-order Ubisoft or Square Enix console/PC games. Their prices drop to sub £20 within a couple of weeks. EA and Microsoft games tend to drop to sub £20 within a month or so. For the past six years or so I really only buy pre-owned games if they're rare. I think it'd be a bit hypocritical of me to not support game developers when I'm a software developer myself. I'm not as strict as I should be. I feel I should work on a one-out-one-in basis with my backlog but I worry that games will become difficult to find if I wait too long.

I'd just like to say that although Microsoft have been doing a lot of things wrong with the Xbox recently there are still a couple of points the other two companies could do with following. Multiple User Sign-In - So that playing local co-op would be able to store stats/achievements against each player. Single User Account - One account to rule them all. Signing in with my Microsoft account for Email, Skype, Xbox Live, Windows, etc. And being able to use that account on multiple Xboxes. Cross game voice chat.

29th March is Good Friday. So 28th March is the last business day of March.

In an ideal world where DD was the same price as physical, I'd go DD for this game. As it isn't, it's going to have to be physical.

If you all keep hyping yourself up over this unannounced Retro Wii U game I think you're going to be disappointed. Metroid is my favourite game series, so there being a tiny chance of a new one of course has me a little excited BUT there was a lot of staff departures at Retro. There's a good chance that Retro as it is now isn't anything like the Retro which brought us Metroid Prime. And don't get me started on the lack of a proper 2D Metroid game

The gameplay in Mario Tennis Open is excellent it's just very bare bones.

I wonder if it'll be as bare bones as Mario Tennis was. Like the other posters, I also think this is really weird that they're not brining it out on the Wii U instead.

I like these Mario vs DK games. Can't wait for it to get released.

Really glad that both the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi can exist. When Paper Mario jumped to the 3DS I was worried we'd lose Mario & Luigi.

I did have that bundle pre-ordered but I still think £70/£65 is too much for what is effectively the same game twice. Now I'm trying to decide which one I should go for between the two. Or if I shouldn't bother at all considering Monster Hunter Tri and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite are somewhere in my backlog.

Is there a way to watch today's Nintendo Direct on a mobile device?

To add to the Criterion love, I emailed them when I was a kid just asking about software development in general because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my life. I didn't expect a reply from them but about two days later one of their developers replied with a massive email about it. And now, six or seven years later, I'm doing software development as a job! So yeah, I really like Criterion. It amuses me how popular their RenderWare engine was. You still find games with the logo and it hasn't been on sale for years. The only problem I have with them is that you can start to see the EA rot when you look at the price of their DLC.

I'd actually held off buying the Xbox 360 version to see how this one turns out. It's looking pretty good so I think I'll have to wait for it.

Sorry, lads. I honestly thought Zavvi were doing it as part of their Monday Madness sale and not a misprice. Did anybody who ordered it actually have it dispatched?