PlayStation Meeting Feb. 20: See the future

[Firewind]

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Eh it looks more like a futureproofing thing if it is implemented into the next Playstation. I personally view it as just a rumour for now but until we have something set in stone,; it is however quite plausible given that Sony owns Gaikai.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Sony's Japan-centric presser today revealed Vita's hardware is getting a price drop to what would be $200 in the US. This applies to the 3G model as well, at least in Japan.

That's the only good news. That and Soul Sacrifice looks really nice and Dragon's Crown is still on the way.

They made no mention of a drop in the price for memory cards. So hey kids, Vita is a little cheaper and still has hideously expensive memory card options.They also showed off some MH clone by Omega Force and talked up the free-to-play Phantasy Star Online 2.

The closer was rather embarrassing. SE's prez showed off FFX HD and more or less confirmed its no where close to being done and has no release date. Posted below is a picture of Yuna making a duck face.

[Firewind]

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Hey they finally gave Yuna a more "normal" looking chest again. I liked using Yuna in Dissidia but I couldn't take any of her cut scenes seriously because it looked like someone had attached a pneumatic pump to her nipples and forgot to turn it off. Still, a HD FFX remake will be great, it was a fun game and it also means that you will be able to get FFIV to FFX on the PS Vita alongside the entire Persona Series. It's nowhere near finished though according to the press release. Given that Square Enix are developing it we might see some actual gameplay videos in 2015.

The duck face thing is a bit unfair though. Destructiod put up freeze frames of Yuna looking a bit odd purely for the humour value so I don't get the negativity from your post about it really.

The game that is "some MH clone" is a game called Toukiden which has a demo coming out in Japan soon. From what has been announced so far the game is about demon hunting and is made by the Dynasty Warriors team. There is an article about it here for more information.

Atlus also announced Dragon Crown, a 2D side scrolling beat em up that from the trailers looks a lot like the old school side scrollers like Streets of Rage and Golden Axe. As someone who grew up with those games I'm personally pretty excited though would like to hear more info. I doubt it will ever come out in the EU but hey, at least the Vita isn't region locked so I will be able to play Atlus games on this console.

For what it's worth, the 3G model isn't even worth it in Europe. Very few people are willing to take out another mobile contract when they already have a Smartphone purely for a Vita when free Wi-Fi is pretty much everywhere in the EU, (In the UK we even have Wi-Fi public transport and just about every public place and cafe/restaurant you can think of which is making 3G a bit obsolete unless you live out in the sticks but 3G won't help you out there either) and most ISPs offer free access to their wireless hotspots if you use them. Sony really should just admit that 3G was a mistake, drop it and focus on the Wi-Fi only version.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Omega Force stepping outside of Dynasty Warriors to create some other disaster of a game is all I need to know. I've played what they try to do outside of DW. They can stick to what they know.

I'm amazed Sony is stuck with 3G even after the AT&T partnership was literally bringing laughs from the audience at E3 2011. They could save even more manufacturing costs if they just cut it out entirely, but they're not.

Two gil says Nintendo cuts the price of 3DS by $30 at this year's E3 and runs away laughing.

[Firewind]

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Sadly $30 really isn't that much off the price of the 3DS in Europe, but it would be interesting to see since the price of the 3DS is still a major stumbling point in Europe and it can't hurt the sales of the 3DS here.

[Malacite]

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How is it taking them so damn long to redo X? o.O

Well, just 1 more day to go. Come on PS4 reveal!

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Sadly $30 really isn't that much off the price of the 3DS in Europe, but it would be interesting to see since the price of the 3DS is still a major stumbling point in Europe and it can't hurt the sales of the 3DS here.

I know you like to blame price problems on companies and all, but can we just be honest and admit the VAT tax was a really bad idea that milks businesses and consumers dry and really a bigger culprit in everything? See, that's a thing American have fought tooth and nail to keep out because we already have ludicrous taxes everywhere else and adding that to our plate would just be dumb.

The price problems here with Vita have everything to do with the Sandisk's memory being cheaper and Nintendo's thrid party support being vastly better. We have no VAT to further exacerbate the existing issues.

[Firewind]

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So the price of the memory isn't Sony's fault, it's the fault of the tax systems of non-US countries? Also I really would like you to find anyone that lives in Europe that thinks that VAT is a good idea regardless, you might be looking for a while though. Funnily enough the introduction of VAT was actually a Conservative thing in the UK, the same party whose members are constantly involved in tax avoidance schemes while also going medieval on anyone outside the party that dares to not pay tax.

Either way, it is company pricing to exploit differences in the rates of currency that is to blame. VAT is in with the price of goods. Please remember that a $200 console in the US will also be sold for €200 in Europe and £200 in the UK. All three are COMPLETELY different amounts of money despite being the same number of currency units.

$200 Australian is $206.90
Â¥20,000 is $213.79
€200 is $267.79
£200 is $308.48

There's no need to add more for the the tax on top of that because they're already making an absolutely retarded amount of profit on non-US sales. There are only two companies that actually price things the same across all territories:

Valve
Electronic Arts (Origin)

I'm not including people that allow you to pay in $US like gog.com since no matter what, you're paying the vastly cheaper US prices and not being gouged by the exploitation of differences in currency.

I'd also like to add that this is actually the very reason why Atlus region locked Persona 4 Arena: they wanted to prevent people from importing from the US. At least they were honest with that which is one tiny plus I guess.

How is it taking them so damn long to redo X? o.O

Well, just 1 more day to go. Come on PS4 reveal!

HD assets take a long time to produce. It is main reason why this is the first HD remake of an FF game, all of the others have been ports and have been upscaled to not look like crap on a HD display.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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I think its less a matter of HD asset production and more about the level of staff they're investing in the game. Its one of the key signs of a struggling game.

Then they send out tonic salesmen to insist is all okay:

[Armando]

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I think its less a matter of HD asset production and more about the level of staff they're investing in the game

Yeah, let's not forget that on top of FFXIII, XIII-2, and Lightning Returns, they've supposedly been working on FF Versus XIII.

[Malacite]

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VAT can suck a fat one, really hate paying income AND sales tax, but those 5-digit pensions for MPs won't pay themselves...


/wrist

[Icemage]

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I think its less a matter of HD asset production and more about the level of staff they're investing in the game. Its one of the key signs of a struggling game.

Then they send out tonic salesmen to insist is all okay:

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Two weeks ago I'd have maybe taken offense at the use of Randy Pitchford's likeness in this context.

Then I came back from vacation on Sunday with the Worst Cold Ever and a mountain of terrible reviews for Aliens: Colonial Marines.

Carry on.


Icemage

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Yeah, let's not forget that on top of FFXIII, XIII-2, and Lightning Returns, they've supposedly been working on FF Versus XIII.

Given Nomura isn't really affiliated with anything FFXIII outside of character art, I have no idea what's up with FFvsXIII.

You'd think with most of Kingdom Hearts out of the way he'd be on this now - but I have a feeling this is going to have the same fate as FFXIII:

Shifted to a next-gen platform and be a complete mess as a result.

[Kailea]

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and the cycle continues ;p "OMG the new WII U controller is stupid" 4 months later.... "oh look the new PS4 controller might have a touch pad in the middle of it cool"

I never get tired of hearing these and get a good lough every time.
If it ends up not having one, then fine, but if it does.....oh man if it does..... hehe......

[Yygdrasil]

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As much as I love reading along with ICE and BBQ's constant pissing match, I'm going to cut my losses and assume that ICE has a plethora of valid points rooted in well-researched facts and that BBQ is Nintendo fan-boying it up, denouncing all other systems (past, present or future) as inadequate by comparison.

Am I caught up?