travo said:

Oh shit, I ordered.  I'll be a PS4 owner starting April 7, the start of spring break!

One of us! One of us! One of ..... oh wait..... shit.

travo said:

Walmart has it regular price, plus extra dual shock, plus CoD for $400.  I can use PayPal to make monthly payments.

Well that's definitely better.

Congrats although I think Bill Gates just shed a tear.

travo said:

And the buyers remorse set in quicker than usual.   walmart sweetened the deal too much for me to ignore it.  I get the TLoU bundle, extra dual shock and CoD for $400.  I said, "Fuck it!  Who needs diapers?  She'll be out of them soon!  Fuck it! Who needs food?"

Yeah! Get Bloodborne!

edgecrusher said:

This would still be an underpowered machine though, if all games have to work on a lesser handheld. So how is this better for the console guy?

They could put all their handheld games on the Wii U right NOW if they wanted to. They don't need a new console for that.

No.

It won't mean all console games will work on handheld, but it will mean all handheld games would work on console.

They can't put all their handheld games on Wii U right now as they use completely different operating systems and are too hard to port. Even devs making Unity games find it hard to port to 3DS and that has Unity middleware up and running on it.

edgecrusher said:

That's my point. Its not working so why continue?

That's not entirely true, it did work in a massive huge way with Wii and DS and brought them back into the game and back into relevance. Remember they made 25 years of profit in a 5 year period and multiple times more money than anyone else ever has, in the industry in one of those years.

It's only natural they would have tried the same thing with U. But they are trying to capture lightning in a bottle twice and that is a hard thing to do. I appreciate that they try something new, keeps me invested in gaming. Without it I would probably slip even further out of the scene.

Ravenprose said:

travo said:

Walmart has it regular price, plus extra dual shock, plus CoD for $400.  I can use PayPal to make monthly payments.

My first Xbox 360 came with a free 2nd controller. Since I never play local multiplayer, I took it down to Walmart the next day, and got a $50 refund for it.

I've considered this but remembered that my Dual Shock 3 went through hell thanks to my kids.  It might be nice to have a spare.  Now, Call of Duty: Umpteen?  I may very well return it, though I am slightly interested in the gameplay and how it looks.

travo said:

So...2015 seems to be sort of a bust with all of the game delays.  What is the big holiday game now?  Metal Gear? X? Witcher?

Mario Maker.

travo said:

I'm sure it'll be fun, but I'm not sure how much fun to me.

I really enjoy creating stuff in games, so it'll probably be one of my most played titles.

gamingeek said:

ZombiU 2 was in development for a short period back in early 2013 before Ubisoft put their foot down and cancelled it.

Didn't the system only launch late 2012?

They probably started on it right after the first one, then when it didn't sell what they hoped for they axed the sequel.

Nice.