aspro said:

It wasn't rare 20 years ago.  I'll beat the others, just have not gotten to them yet.  I loved it.  I've started Metroid on NES and Super Metroid, asn well as Prime and the Wii one, but for whatever reason at whatever point I was in in my life none of them took my interest.  But that's on me.  I know I'll beat them some time.

 i wouldn't bother with the NES original.  it really hasn't held up very well.  it may be legendary and influential etc but it's an exercise in frustration to play today.  Super and the two GBA ones are wonderful though you should definitely play them

Archangel3371 said:

Oh yeah Force Unleashed 2 is looking great. I never did play the first game. I should look around at a few stores here, I can probably get a copy for cheap now.

The reviews put me off.

NEWS

New Club Nintendo Goods

New Super Mario Bros. straps and an Animal Crossing bag that you can never, ever use

Why does Japan get all the good stuff?

NEWS

Hirai: PS3 can beat PS2

PlayStation president sets ambitious sales target for flagship console; SCE undergoes global realignment to improve global focus

The man standing at the top of Sony’s games business believes PS3 has shrugged off its stuttering start and is on course to become the firm’s most successful console to date.

Speaking in an interview with MCV, SCE CEO Kazuo Hirai says the aim is still for PS3 to outsell PlayStation 2 – a platform that has sold 146m units worldwide in a decade.

38m PS3s have been sold globally since launch in 2006. But Hirai is confident his flagship console can grow to 150m, and by 2016, too.

“The high point, looking back at our console business, has been PS2,” he told MCV.

“For PS3, that is one level of success we’d like to emulate and hopefully surpass at the end of the ten-year lifecycle.”

Already Sony has seen momentum switch in its favour, with PS3 sales up 57 per cent year-on-year. And the firm has high expectations for Move, which launches in two weeks.

But Hirai feels that in order to go a step further, the company must improve its international focus. He told MCV he’s restructured SCE’s HQ in Japan into three business units – console (PS3 and PS2), handheld (PSP) and accessories. And each unit is charged with looking after its businesses on a global scale.

“If it’s right for Japan it’s probably not right for the rest of the world,” he said, acknowledging that power has shifted away from its Tokyo HQ, which will now take a more international approach to business decisions.

Thoughts?

Hey, Shadowman has grown some hair.

He's talking to you Iga.

Yes.

FF Versus XIII may not make next year

Not surprised at all. What's the last FF that came out on time? In the PS1 days?

Target Launches Used Video Game Trade-in Service

I can't see this working at a regular retail store. This is the kind of thing that specialty shops are for.

Hirai: PS3 can beat PS2

LMFFFFFFFFFFFAO

Move/Kinect 'won't extend console cycle'

Totally agree. The only thing that's gonna extend a console's life, is continuing to make killer games for it. Even then, as I said yesterday once someone announces new hardware people will move on, slowly but surely. A new overpriced controller that's not getting enough support & a fucking overpriced camera that watches you wave your arms around like a retard are not going to extend shit...and may even have the reverse effect.

gamingeek said:

NEWS

New Club Nintendo Goods

New Super Mario Bros. straps and an Animal Crossing bag that you can never, ever use

Why does Japan get all the good stuff?

Thoughts?

I don't know how they can even begin to claim the PS3 will even come close to PS2 sales. There's no way in hell. It has too much competition, nowhere NEAR enough exclusives compared to PS1 or PS2, and it got off to a horrible 2-year start.

The only console that even has a chance is the Wii, and I don't think the Wii can do it either...its already starting to fizzle a bit, & even if Nintendo drops the price way down I don't think it could match PS2, because they don't have the audience that made PS2 dominant; The other 2 systems are splitting that audience.

Now if somebody could make a console that catered to BOTH crowds, and did it at an affordable price, we could possibly see a console that could surpass PS2 quite easily.

Yodariquo said:

Now that is perfect.