SteelAttack said:

Mr. Iwata (or Iwata-san, as the weeaboos call you while giggling), how come your hair is always so spectacular?

Thank you. It's because Miyamoto-san washes and styles my hair every day before work. You may think he's only a brilliant game designer, but that's just shit. Believe me.

I haven't made up my mind yet. I think both situations show equal parts arrogance and ignorance as to how much consumers will take and how much they are willing to do to own a console. Both came at the introductory stages of their consoles when you want to show yourself in the BEST possible light. These things tend to sit and fester in the backs of people's minds and Orth may be foreshadowing Durango's future just as Kutaragi set the tone for PS3's. I think they are of equal magnitude and still can't believe they were actually spoken/posted where people could hear or read them.

Foolz said:

Kutaragi's comments were in the vein of old school tongue in cheek advertising hyperbole, mistranslated or not. There's a difference between: "You'll need a second job to afford this due to how opulent and awesome this product is", and: "Why are you living in an area without perfect broadband, you ignorant, underclass piece of shit.

Yeah pretty much.

"Puffery as a legal term." Meaning that puffery is actually a legitimate legal term? Awesome. But it wasn't puffery because the statement was objective: most people in Australia would have needed a second job to afford it.

aspro, give me advice on making my way to early retirement on the steam market

aspro said:

Unfortunately the Steam Marketplace cannot be gamed like currencies.  And I am un-retired, back in the workforce after a five year hiatus.

Nooo! My yatch will have to wait.

Hope everyone has got off to a good start on their weekend.

Special Shout-outs:  

Leo, I'm sorry about whatever it causing you this anxiety and unhappiness.  Hope things change for the better real soon.

Travo, congrats on the new baby girl.  I think pregnancy and childbirth is one of the most amazing things one can experience in this life.

GG, there was a time when you couldn't shit to save your life.  Now you can't even do as much as fart without poop coming out.  I guess that calls for congratulations as well?  Seriously man, get that taken care of.  Have an endoscopy or colonoscopy or whatever it is you need done.  It's been too long, you can't live like this.

I thought Edge was saying Orth was awesome.

Smedium shirt.

Sorry, can't listen to you.  Seriously though, this guy is a dead ringer for someone I knew as a teen who later went into evangelism as his (still) full-time paying gig.  Just as preachy too.

bugsonglass said:

GG, there was a time when you couldn't shit to save your life.  Now you can't even do as much as fart without poop coming out.  I guess that calls for congratulations as well?  Seriously man, get that taken care of.  Have an endoscopy or colonoscopy or whatever it is you need done.  It's been too long, you can't live like this.