General gaming news

[Hitoshura]

Might as well ask you Mr. Lurk 24/7. How badly did /v/ rage?

[Kenai]

I have to agree with Maxx. Lostwinds was a nice game, especially for 10 bucks. I paid 60 for Mass Effect and finished it in under 10 hours, so this value adds up to me. I also remember Portal being at about 3 hours long and being considered by many to be the best game of last year, and i think that would have cost 20-30 had it sold seperate from the game bundle. Besides, it is an honestly fun game that uses the Wiimote well, better than most standand retail games. I gotta support devs like that. The FF game is also surprisingly good, I can't even really describe why I like it without typing forever. maybe I just got a good rofl because I got one of the most retarded WHMs ever who kept getting her assed kicked every day in a dungeon, then would whine and go back the next day. it's looking like I could easily spend a good 15 hours on this game before it's done, which i don't find bad at all for 15 bucks. I'm leery of the DLC though.

Also, Tales of Vesperia is coming out on PS3 now also, was recently revealed to be a dual SKU, though I don't know if it will come out at the same time.

[Exoduso]

I have to agree with Maxx. Lostwinds was a nice game, especially for 10 bucks. I paid 60 for Mass Effect and finished it in under 10 hours, so this value adds up to me. I also remember Portal being at about 3 hours long and being considered by many to be the best game of last year, and i think that would have cost 20-30 had it sold seperate from the game bundle. Besides, it is an honestly fun game that uses the Wiimote well, better than most standand retail games. I gotta support devs like that. The FF game is also surprisingly good, I can't even really describe why I like it without typing forever. maybe I just got a good rofl because I got one of the most retarded WHMs ever who kept getting her assed kicked every day in a dungeon, then would whine and go back the next day. it's looking like I could easily spend a good 15 hours on this game before it's done, which i don't find bad at all for 15 bucks. I'm leery of the DLC though.

Also, Tales of Vesperia is coming out on PS3 now also, was recently revealed to be a dual SKU, though I don't know if it will come out at the same time.

10 hours on Mass Effect? How is that even possible unless you went straight for the mission planets and played on the easiest difficulty possible? Don't point fingers at the game, it's your own fault for rushing through it..

As for the WiiWare games, I dunno... LostWinds seems nice but I doubt i'd keep playing it after beating it once (like half of the XBLA games..) The FF game was a nice surprise though, especially since there's no fighting whatsoever.

[fantasticdan]

I beat mass effect in a little over 8 hours, with only a few of the sidequest planets. I didn't intend to go straight to the end of the game and skip so much of the optional content, however I didn't realize I was at the end of the game until I beat it.. lol.

[Semitry]

April NPD

Hardware
PlayStation 2 124.4K
PlayStation 3 187.1K
PSP 192.7K
Xbox 360 188.0K
Wii 714.2K
Nintendo DS 414.8K

Top 10 VG Titles - April'08
Units*
360 GTA IV 1.85mm
Wii Mario Kart w/ wheel 1.12mm
PS3 GTA IV 1.00mm
Wii Play 360K
Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl 326K
PS3 Gran Turismo 5: Prologue 224K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness 202K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time 202K
Wii Guitar Hero III 152K
360 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 141K

Look at all the hardware GTA helped with and the Wii is starting to take over the top 10 charts.

[Tajin]

Wow, Gran Turismo sold quite a bit, does that figure include the online purchases?

[Maxxthepenguin]

Wow, Gran Turismo sold quite a bit, does that figure include the online purchases?

Nothing NPD does includes online purchases.

[Tajin]

So you could say each number there is about 5% more because or people buying in amazon, play-asia, etc?

[Maxxthepenguin]

Err I meant digital distribution.

[Tajin]

Oh ;p

On another news, the so called 10 first minutes of MGS4 is pure bullshit, its basically the first trailer ._. But I'm digging the music.

[Exoduso]

Oh ;p

On another news, the so called 10 first minutes of MGS4 is pure bullshit, its basically the first trailer ._. But I'm digging the music.

Take your spoilers that-a-way. ====================>

[Tajin]

What spoilers jeez, there is nothing new in that trailer, otherwise I would not comment about it. -_-

[Tyche]

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9...ybundlelf0.jpg

Konami announced today that the "gun metal gray" special edition PlayStation 3—described as being "very, very limited" when confirmed for a stateside release—bundled with Metal Gear Solid 4 and a DualShock 3 controller will only be available for purchase from Konami's web site. Priced at $599.99 USD, it will sport 40GB worth of hard drive space in addition to it's unique, flat finish.

Don't confuse it with the regular MGS4 PS3 bundle, which will ring up at $499.99 and comes with an 80GB hard drive. Yes, you're paying $100 for gray pride.

Pre-orders open May 19 at Konami.com. Considering how swimmingly the Metal Gear Online beta sign up process went, we'd suggest having more than one computer at the ready for what may be frantic pre-ordering action.

So it's confirmed 40GB and it's also $100 more. Price isn't so bad as much as lack of BC

[Tajin]

I'm not THAT much of a fanboy, honestly, $100.00 for a gray fugly color -.-

Edit: I would Ebay the shit out of that thing though.

[Headspace]

Is Gamstop getting the MGS bundle? I want to trade in my 40g and cancel my mgs reservation and get the 80g.

[izembo]

yes we are, cant reserve it tho

[Headspace]

yes we are, cant reserve it tho

How much store credit/cash do you usually give for a 40g trade in?

[izembo]

cant recall exactly, somewhere between 160-200 i think

[thestalkmore]

shit be wackz

[izembo]

http://blog.us.playstation.com/

gunmetal ps3 confirmed 40gb for $599. rofl