discount is probably taken at checkout... that's normally how they run promos... View

I'd have to disagree in part... Only because the EyePet commercials havent rolled out yet. Aside from the trailer/teasers they've shown the world hasn't seen an EyePet commercial. Now once they release a commercial that has the same song... Makes it look like Sony slacked off and knocked off apple... It is a great song to use though. Very happy, energetic and fun.... View

it is hardly a slash...

but it's not weird. Amazon is constantly knocking a few bucks off items. Any little thing to push consumers to buy and save a few bucks. And depending on stock you can see any product change a few bucks up or down any given day... View

that is business...

but leave it to Kotick to stir up a Blizzard... View

Disgaea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway:
Holy Invasion is the only game I'm aware of that worked out quite nicely. It was $30 retail, but when it got axed from retail for digital only NIS knew they could make the same amount of money by offering it for $20 (digital) as they would at retail ($30) so actually passed the savings to us. Then again, who offers more fan service than NISA? ......

I have no problem with digital but if I'm paying the same price as having a physical copy I'll stick with the actual content that I can hold and resell. With digital should come savings to consumers... Which is why I'm sticking to my archaic PSP 1000 and not upgrading to a Go... View

have to agree. Amongst the best $600 and some odd change I've ever spent. All those USB ports, backwards comp, 3 solid years of PS gaming... I'd be kicking myself had I not bought a 60GB. ;) View

exactly, as if all this has nothing to do w/ the lack of games that always plagues the Summer months. No games worth buying, no sales. No games worth buying and stuff to do outside the house, no console sales... The Summer months are always down. The real truth will come this Fall/Winter. Even then, imo there's a lackluster lineup so sales comparisons mean little imo.... View

indeed. Though 3 years might be stretching it, imo, I think 2 years is a perfect number.

More [smart] companies are starting to use this cycle as well. Insomniac with Resistance + Ratchet and Clank. Ubi w/ Assassins Creed and Prince of Persia. Naughty Dog rolling out Uncharted every 2 years; though they don't release anything in between. Every two years for Epics Gears. This is an absolutely perfect formula imo.

I think last gen we saw SOOOO many titles getting washed up so fast because of annual releases. This gen it seems more companies and titles are being pushed out every two years. The key to longevity, and long term success/sales imo, is every two years. This is enough time for the last to pass and the new to be anticipated. This model will help games/franchises last for years to come and help them maintain strong sales. Instead of the annual release which starts out with a bang the first 2, maybe 3 years then slowly suffers a quiet death [in sales]... View

definitely stupid. It's as if kids started driving/stealing cars once GTA released. Not the case. Kids, few, have been taking joyrides for YEARS. Crap, I remember once when I was a kid my dad left the keys in the car and the gravel/cement yard with me in. Guess what? Yeah, I took it for a spin. :D There was no GTA when I was a kid. Just Mario Bros, and Kid Icarus.... ;) what a joke these stories are... View

totally with you on all that SpoonyRDM.

The thing is this is a practice that's been going on for years and it won't change. Personally I have no problem with it and imo others shouldn't either. If they want to allow glowing reviews to be published earlier than the rest then let them. Any site/publication with any ounce of dignity won't write a glowing review just to get a review out there. And if they do they are amongst the least credible of sources in gaming journalism.

Perception is the key. Allow glowing reviews to be printed while placing an embargo on anything less. The glowing reviews get out there, more people are willing buy. It's good for business. Though I think a vast majority of consumers don't read reviews online or subscribe to a gaming publication anyway... At the end of the day to each his own and unfortunately enough, that's what gaming journalism is about. Nothing more than an opinion from a writer. Some will rave about said game while others will be more critical simple because they don't like the game. That's the forum of opinion we call gaming journalism. When was the last time professionalism and gaming journalism went hand in hand? They often don't because "gaming journalists" write as fans, not objective journalists who are informative more than they are opinionated. One of my complaints with the industry in general. We're not reading the review to see if you like the game or not. We're reading the review to see how good the game is in and of itself.

Seriously though? What is the big deal if publishers want to practice this method? If you buy games based off reviews you don't rely on the first you see. You wait to see several reviews unless it comes from a source you absolutely trust. From the publishers/developers it says nothing about their confidence in a game. No matter how confident they are in a game and no matter how good or great a game is there's going to be several idiots out there who take the journalist out of gaming and insert pure fan/a-hole into their review. Some who have no right even reviewing the game for whatever reason. Then there's the obvious that states no matter how good your game is, you're going to get plastered w/ 70's from several sources who are way too critical on good-solid games. As gaming journalists they need to review games based off it's merits, not their opinion. there I go w/ the problem about gaming journalists again... Anyway, wrapping this up. I see no problem with this kind of practice and I don't see what the big deal is. It's not like they're trying to pay $$ for raving reviews. All theyre saying is that if you really liked our game you can go ahead and publish your review, if not, wait till the embargo date then you can say whatever you want about the game... View

yeah, I don't see anything special. These are their everyday prices on all these games. From time to time just like any other retailer some prices may shift slightly. But for the most part, everything I just looked at is the same as it's been the last couple months. Here I thought I was missing something. Nope, just the same ole. View

I hear ya. that's why I always go amazon.com+prime. If I don't mind waiting a couple days I get free two day shipping. If I want the game right away I can pay $4 to have it sent overnight and still spend less than I would at a store. And for bigger games they've been offering free overnight to prime members. It's been well worth the price to have amazon prime. It's been nice to see them offering most pre-orders for $56-57 or occasionally less along w/ $10 off a future game purchase last Fall and it looks to be rolling out again for games this late Summer/Fall [Madden, CoDMW2]... ;)

but yeah, you can't count on Walmart and that place is a dump. I can't speak for all but there's SOO many games they don't get at all or don't get until 3+ weeks out. Shopko is awful rarely even getting a new release until Wed-Fri, and Kmart doesn't even know what's going on (they still want $60 for Kingdom Hearts, when the BLEEP was Kingdom Hearts ever $60!?) and there's no gamestop here (though I doubt I'd go there anyway). I learned my lesson years. Don't bother. Go online, save some change, and be ensured you can get the game you want when you want it... ;) View

Why do people care so much? imo Because this article tries stating that Prototype is the "fan favorite" yet tries to conclude this by sales on 360 and PS3 [which they don't even have numbers for because it didn't make the NPD list]. Which you can't do because inFAMOUS is PS3 exclusive. Obviously, lacking inFAMOUS and only having Prototype 360 owners will flock to Prototype to get their fix. Where as PS3 owners, though not all, just most, will flock to inFAMOUS to get their fix. You can't conclude that Prototype is a "fan favorite" in this manner while comparing it to inFAMOUS. The proper approach would have been to see what the "fan favorite" is amongst PS3 owners and if in fact it were Prototype also include that 360 owners have sucked this game as a "fan favorite" as well. But the way they went ahead trying to prove Prototype is a "fan favorite" is just rubbish. That's why people care. View

that's one reason I haven't even turned my 360 on in months... I'd much rather use the blades than NXE. Quite frankly, I absolutely hate NXE and think it BLOWS. The blades weren't only great but looked great as well. They were easy navigate, to the point, and very functional. A retarded monkey could have used the blades. With NXE everything is so convoluted. It just plain sucks navigating that crap and searching for stuff; imho... Meh, might as well just stick to playing to exclusives on it. Maybe I should sell it. I don't know what to do with it considering it's sitting around collecting dust. Yeah, that's how much I hate the NXE; or O/XE is what we should be calling it now..... View

It's definitely a shame people overlooked this one. I hear PS3 gamers crying about how there's no RPGs. Yet SO many neglected to pick this up. imo it's easily ONE of THE BEST RPGs I've ever played. It's absolutely brilliant and looks beautiful to boot. It's a shame they didn't patch it for trophies though. ;) that would have easily moved more copies amongst those fickle gamers who were on the edge. What an ugly industry of fellow gamers we have...

I'm kinda meh on this one though. Good. Portable, excellent title, competes w/ Disgaea as the best on the platform. Bad. Portable, graphics will pail in comparison to it's predecessor, possibly the price, and will it even see the light of day in NA? I'd imagine it will because sales did pick up once they dropped the price. Which is possibly why they're opting for a PSP version figuring that a cheaper price will make gamers more inclined to buy it out the gate... View

worth the price? I agree but disagree though I won't actually disagree with anyone's comments. I just don't see it. For 32GB of storage, yes, I'd lean towards it being worth the increased price. Would I buy one? Probably not simply because my launch day PSP 1000 is kicking, and because I really don't get much use out of my PSP. Which sometimes is a shame because there's still some excellent games out there I need to play, and a few more that I still need to buy...

Anyway... But with only 16GB to store games and saves (though not much is needed) you don't get much. Then toss on movies and several MP3s if you want music if you want... After a month or two and a few game downloads later you'll need to fork out another $100 to get yourself another 16GB in a Memory Stick. Or another $150-200+ for the new 32GB stick they got coming out. PS Classics to PSP games run approx 350-800MB from what I've seen in the PS Store. The 18 UMD games I have here might be cutting it close to fitting on a PSP Go. The thing is, no matter how you cut it the PSP Go might look great, perform great, be an excellent update [especially to those wanting to go digital], but it Epically FAILS when it comes to storage. This coming from a device that relies solely on digital downloads and storage. imho @ $250 that 16GB simply isn't enough. $225, sounds a little more fair. $200 would be a steal. But at $250, imo, it really needs more storage. even if they tossed in a 4-8GB stick $250 would be stretching it but it would at least give me the ease of mind knowing that I won't have to run out and buy more GBs w/in the first month I bought the thing.... It really won't surprise if we see a PSP GO 2000 released next year w/ something along the lines of 32-40GBs of storage. Unless you don't buy crap and/or never play your PSP people who buy the Go will have that 16GB filled w/in a month. View

they're not going to be this good. Lol. http://www.amazon.com/Optic...

I'd expect the quality to be the same as the children toys you can buy for $50-70 or so. Considering the price of $150 that's about what you'd get imo. NVG about $50-70, MW2 @ $60, trivial content, + CoD dl token which is probably worth $15-20 sounds like a fair $150 to me... Pretty cool package though. View

many companies Fiscal year starts April 1st, as masterg above said.

someone said Take Twos starts Nov 1st. That would be the first time I ever heard of any gaming company with such a strange fiscal year. Normally they run in 3 month intervals, or quarters that break the year evenly. Oct-Dec, Jan-March, April-June, July-Sep. Most gaming companies seem to run the Fiscal year starting April 1st. I do believe a few run differently but I can't recall who or exactly when their fiscal year starts. If I'm not mistaken though only a few start their fiscal year Jan 1. But Take Two starting in Nov? That would be just weird. And honestly I don't think they do. View

"(New screen from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for the PSPGo)"

Exactly what is written in PTOM. Trailer, perhaps, remote play, perhaps, actual game, perhaps, though unlikely imo and from what's been said by ND...

So anyway. How exactly is it that "you people are dumb Lol" when that quote is clearly what the caption notes in the magazine? It says "for the PSPGo" and not on the PSPGo. If it were to say on the PSPGo it would be assumed that it was a trailer or even remote play but when it says for the PSPGo that implies that the game is actually coming to the PSP. :P

Personally I'm stilling calling a mistake or nothing more than remote play. Guess we'll find out next month or in the near future. View

my bad... that's what I get for trying to explain something that late. idk what was going through my mind :D Daily updates, yearly fee, what I was going to say next? :D Sorry bout that...

as already stated, the fee is $6 a year to have your card updated automatically several times a day from PS3TrophyCard.com. As I said, a minimal fee but a fee nonetheless... View