aspro said:

More bad endings: Crackdown, RAGE.

Half-Life 2 Episode 2.

For obvious, non-trolling, reasons.

aspro said:

More bad endings: Crackdown, RAGE.

I have to get RAGE soon, I've heard it's pretty good. Except for the ending... I don't want to see it but I heard it's abysmal.

Dvader said:

Killzone 3. Except its so bad its awesome.

Very true. To a (drastically) lesser extent the same can be said for Killzone 2. Dat Rico.

Killerjuan77 said:

Okay, I have to ask... *SPOILERS* Does Rico die in KZ3? Please tell me he does!

Nope, but they try to make him sympathetic by having everyone in the game constantly berate him.

I just thought of a REALLY stupid flaw with Nintendo's 3DS XL Release campaign:

They are advertising about upgrading your 3DS to an XL... "Go ahead, you can transfer your games and data from your old system!"

...and "GUESS WHAT! The XL comes with a 4-gig SD card so you can store EVEN MORE GAMES!"

Problem is, when you transfer your games and information, THE SD CARD NEEDS TO BE SWAPPED TOO.

So, in effect, you'll be popping your 2-gigger out of the old system, putting the 4-gigger into IT, the 2-gig into your fancy-shmancy, brand-new XL and then most likely trading in your OLD system with the NEW 4-gig card inside.

BRILLIANT!

bugsonglass said:

I must say I feel for them.  Sure Italy had the superior squad, but England in defence were like a fortress tonight.  Reminded me of Chelsea!  They could have been playing for another two hours and Italy wouldn't have scored.  By the way I hate penalties I hope there isn't another shootout at the tournament.

First half England were decent. Then they went into classic 2000 to now England mode. Everyone sinks back into their own half and defends like idiots. Rooney sucks ass for England, if he was a foot taller i.e if they had played Andy Carol from the start, then we might have had two goals in the match from headers.

I love how they bring in Carol and he's so flipping big, he just steam rolls everyone and gives away free kicks non-stop Penalties though, whenever the penalty taker just stares at the ground you know they are going to f*** up. Young was horrible, he just gave the ball away constantly.

edgecrusher said:

Is this guy serious?

"The bigger trend is clear though: dedicated handheld consoles are a dying breed. The Nintendo 3DS has sold only 17 million units, far less than the 150 million Nintendo DS units or 81 million Game Boy Advance units the company has sold. Meanwhile, mobile gaming is expected to become an $18 billion industry by 2014, driven by cheap, casual games available on smartphone app stores."

Ugh....yeah and how long did it take DS and GBA to sell that many?

Awesome

I sooooooooo badly want to trade the ipod touch the BITCH gave me in towards my 3DS XL... I already bought this to make up for the itunes portion of it:

...but I like having the option to browse here during the day without having to whip out my 3DS... and I have Game Dev Story... and... and...

...GRRR... everytime I look at it though, all I can think of is: "BITCH!"

Kotaku said:

The Wii U’s Power Problem

Nintendo's next console, the Wii U, will run into the same problem its predecessors did. Namely, it will be unable to run popular video games designed for other major gaming consoles by its second or third year of existence, according to people familiar with the capabilities of the late-2012 console.

The situation Kotaku industry sources foresee, will be a repeat of the Wii's worst problems in the current generation of consoles. Nintendo's Wii U, they note, does at least have enough muscle to disguise its shortcomings for a year or so.

More at the link.

They say the GPU is good with some DX11 capable features/shaders but the CPU is underclocked because they didn't want it to overheat given the small case. Instead of making a bigger case, they just underclocked it? Makes no sense.

gamingeek said:

Instead of making a bigger case, they just underclocked it? Makes no sense.

That's Nintendo for ya.

They've been obsessed with small consoles at any cost for over a decade now.