robio said:

You know I wonder what would have happened had Enix stuck it out in the 90's like Square did.  The Final Fantasy series wasn't really a big deal until FF7, but it was their 16 bit RPGs that set them up for RPG domination in the late 90's. Had Enix stuck around on the SNES, maybe they would have benefited a little more in this country with the DQ series.

and yet square left n/a in nes days we lost out on ff 2 and 3 then after enix left n/a is when square jumped in to cornor the n/a market while enix donmaited the jpn market with dq5 and 6

In regards to that GT5 story, the details of that patch went live:

Seasonal Events: [Seasonal Events] has been added to the upper left of the [GT Mode] - [GT Life] screen. From here you can participate in official events being held for a limited time. In these events, all participants are under the same regulations, and if you complete the event you will win rewards and experience. Compete on the leader boards with players around the world, in Time Trials and Drift Trials!

Hot Car Dealer: A [Hot Car Dealer] has been added to the left center of the [GT Mode]-[GT Life] screen. In the Hot Car Dealer you'll find popular and rare used cars.You might just come across that one car you've always been looking for, that you haven't been able to find in the [Used Car Dealer]

Online Race Rewards and Experience: When you complete a race in the [Open Lobby] or [My Lounge], you will now gain rewards and experience. Even if you are focused more on playing online, you'll still be able to gain rewards and levels that you need to progress in [GT Life].

Driving Distance and Number of Wins in Online Races: The driving distance and the number of wins you achieve when you complete a race in [Open Lobby] or [My Lounge] will now affect your stats in [Profile] and the [Garage]. Here again the results from your online play will cumulate within [GT Life]

Improved Rewards: The rewards for winning races in both A-Spec and B-Spec in [GT Mode]-[GT Life] have been increased for a limited time. (Until the end of January, 2011).

Read this guys, a story from a former Rockstar employee working on RDR and what a disaster the whole experience was. The intro is sarcasm, read on.

This is just a piece of it:

So I rolled with the punches for as long as I could — but it became really difficult to ignore how ridiculous things were getting — not just for me, but for everyone. And I came to realize that I’d somehow been sucked into thinking that it was all somehow “ok”.


That is was “ok” for me to be working 12 hours a day, 6 days a week without compensation. That is was “ok” to be lied to and manipulated in the workplace. That it was “ok” to be spoken to by management as if you were child. That it was “ok” if management screamed at and abused people while their peers looked on (I wasn’t the only one). And that is was “ok” I was letting “real-life” pass me by as a result of all this.


It wasn’t “ok” — It was actually far from “ok”.


But it wasn’t until my boss took credit for my work — and politely argued with me about who had actually created it (I had the original documents on my desktop) — that I went back to my desk and started “cleaning” it — and then I realized I wasn’t cleaning it. I was packing.


I was pretty upset with him over that for a while — but I realize now he deserves my thanks — he pushed me out of hell.

So buying Red Dead Redemption is the equivalent of buying clothes from the Gap which were manufactured at a Chinese sweat shop.  Now I feel bad buying that damn game

bugsonglass said:

eggmiester said:

great news for dq fans NINTENDO ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN DEBUT OF DRAGON QUEST VI: REALMS OF REVELATION

EDMOND, Wash., Dec. 20, 2010 - Nintendo of America today gave video game fans across North America something sweet to look forward to on Valentine's Day, and it has nothing to do with flowers or chocolates. On Feb. 14, DRAGON QUEST® VI: Realms of Revelation^TM - previously unavailable outside of Japan - will make its North American debut exclusively on the hand-held Nintendo DS^TM family of systems. Combining classic role-playing adventure with new character options and enhancements, the game offers hours of imaginative DRAGON QUEST fun spanning several unique game worlds that can be enjoyed on the go.

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=26902

This is great news.  It will please many people here.  Aspro even pre-ordered this game long before it was even announced

bugsonglass said:

eggmiester said:

great news for dq fans NINTENDO ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN DEBUT OF DRAGON QUEST VI: REALMS OF REVELATION

EDMOND, Wash., Dec. 20, 2010 - Nintendo of America today gave video game fans across North America something sweet to look forward to on Valentine's Day, and it has nothing to do with flowers or chocolates. On Feb. 14, DRAGON QUEST® VI: Realms of Revelation^TM - previously unavailable outside of Japan - will make its North American debut exclusively on the hand-held Nintendo DS^TM family of systems. Combining classic role-playing adventure with new character options and enhancements, the game offers hours of imaginative DRAGON QUEST fun spanning several unique game worlds that can be enjoyed on the go.

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=26902

This is great news.  It will please many people here.  Aspro even pre-ordered this game long before it was even announced

So happy! I was expecting all this to drop on the Jan 19 press conference. COOOL.

Dvader said:

WTF is up with that RE4 article, its like 5 years late and the usual crap you hear from RE4 haters.

First 10/10 LBP2 review.

Link bait -- don't click it.

Agnates said:

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This made my day! I'm so happy!

Thanks for posting this! What a great way to wake up to a Monday morning!

Well they did say they would do more with localisations.

Dvader said:

In less than a week I get a PS3 again.

I'll be getting mine the exact same day.