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Yeah you sure are. jk!

This game.... this game looks so good.

Don't worry Ethan, I'm here to help. I'd get a PS4. I think if you look at Sony's first party studios, there's going to be a ton of great exclusive games, we don't know about anything Sony Worldwide Studios is doing for the PS4 past February, but they're all working on PS4 games. Outside of Halo, there's not a ton of Xbox exclusives (Titanfall but I doubt that remains exclusive, plus you have a PC). Not to mention all the Japanese games that are exclusive to PlayStation. Just saying, if you get a PS4 first, you can wait on the Xbone and let the exclusives like Halo and Fable (lol jk) pile up for when you're ready for an Xbone. Plus, as you mentioned, the Vita remote play sounds AWESOME. Also think of all the cross-buy and cross-save PS4/Vita games. Lastly, if you're doing Destiny on PS4, you'll be able to play with your good pal TCP, that's the greatest reason of all!

Like I was saying in the Purchased Games thread, there's no reason that the Vita couldn't have this content, so I'm assuming they just ran out of time, hopefully these levels will be patched in. Also, I vaguely recall reading about Vita exclusive levels when they announced the thing, I'd have to do some digging. For the record, it looks and plays great on the Vita and I can't imagine using PS3/360 for those Murphy levels.

Have you played the Castle Rock level yet? Probably the most fun platforming level I've ever done.

This is what I expected. Watch Dogs was listed as a day one launch game, but it's not coming out till November 19, so obviously the Xbone isn't due till after that. Good on Sony for getting the weeks headstart, everything seems to be going their way, I'll be very interested in those sales numbers from both companies for the holiday season.

Missing some levels, but.. I don't care, it's 35 dollars instead of 60, is the perfect game for handheld, and looks great on the OLED screen. Also I have the feeling that since this version was announced last minute, that those levels could be patched in since there's no reason the Vita couldn't handle them. Also, it's a great game. The Rayman games might be even better than the New Super Mario games for just straight up platforming.

Wait.. so you touched a DS4?!

I actually sort of like it.

I've been playing this game as much as I can, which isn't often. I'm a level 16 lancer at the moment. Still Magnitude Poppop on the Cactuar server. Sucks that we won't be able to play at all tonight but something needed to be done, it's been getting worse, last week I could get on easily at 7am, not the case today. I don't get Square Enix at all. The preorder numbers were very high, add in a percentage of people who don't preorder... how could they not be expecting such heavy traffic at launch??

We're still really broken up about Parker passing away, but in the past few weeks, Sarah and I decided we wanted to adopt another dog, not a new puppy but a dog who's fully vaccinated (so we wouldn't have anything to worry about) but isn't too old. We applied to basset hound rescues, there were none here in BC (Canada's California) but we found a few next door in Alberta (Canada's Texas). However, on Tuesday, I looked up on Kijiji (Canada's Craigslist) for available basset's in my area and one popped up that looked a lot like Booker but almost completely white, except for the ears and a few patches on his body. I recognized this puppy immediately as when we first were looking at getting Booker we originally wanted the white puppy from his litter but that puppy was already spoken for, but a basset that is this white is pretty rare and in an area the size of this (we bought him from a near by town but there's not too many breeders in this region) chances are he was Booker's brother. So we called the owner and brought Booker over to visit and you could tell they instantly recognized each other. The owners are a really nice couple but they're moving to Mexico and aren't comfortable taking the dog there, for some reason. So, long story short, as of last night Hank moved in with us. They haven't stopped wrestling since. It's pretty cute!

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Agreed. Sort of felt the same thing with the N64 near the end (ignoring that Rare produced Conker game), they realized they can't compete against the Metal Gear Solids and Final Fantasy games on PS1, so they went super kid focused. At least that's how it seemed to me in 1999 when I was a bad ass 12 year old who was way too cool for Pokemon Snap.

It's 50 at retail.

I don't think this was in response to the 199 Vita. If this is coming out in October, obviously this has been in planning for a long time and has been in manufacturing for awhile as well. Nintendo is many things, but quick reacting they are not. I think this is a system for kids, even more so than the regular 3DS. At this point I think the 3DS and the Vita are going for two completely different crowds. It's ugly as sin but I guess if I had a kid I'd be more likely to buy this than the more expensive, eye wrecking, regular 3DS.

249 would be the sweet spot for this system. Wind Waker coming Sept 20 for eShop, October 4 retail. I'd be interested in getting the eShop version early but I'm way too hesitant to buy a 50 dollar game digitally from Nintendo.

Hahahhaahahahhaahahahahahhahahahaha thank you for making my day, Nintendo.

That sucks. This entire "launch", which isn't really a launch but early access to a relaunch of an MMO, has been awful, it's only going to get worse now that people that can go to the stores to buy the game. My advice to you, Fred, is to try to build your character and get onto Cactaur at like 7am PST. I logged in yesterday morning and this morning at that time and had no issues, and the server was notably emptier than it had been.

Mmmm PC version looks so good! I'll add you to my friends list tonight, assuming I can get on.

I got in Cactuar pretty easily tonight, I'll be on for the next hour or so if you get in. If you want to get in and just play, apparently the Japanese servers are super reliable.

Yeah I'm already on Cactuar and I'm playing PS3. I've got to go into work right for a bit tonight but I should be back around 8pm PST. However, problem is, I doubt you'll have any luck getting on any NA servers tonight. I've been trying to log on since 3:45, I got in the queue at one point with 41 players in front of me, and then I got kicked out. Apparently they've severely limited access to all the servers so they don't crash. :-\

I still love booting up Skyrim every once in awhile and just exploring the world. Even 150 hrs in, there's places I've never been. Bethesda is second to none in world design, IMHO.

Excellent! Cactuar is the greatest! Dooo it! Doooo it! I'm still fairly low level due to not being able to get on, so I've been hanging out in the Gridania area. Goh, one day I'm all "you know, I think I'll use a keyboard on my PS3" the next day I'm upgrading graphic cards and installing mods!

Makes sense! I know MMO have rocky launches, I was hoping this weekend would go a little smoother since, A) this is a relaunch and B) it's not even the full launch, makes me worry about how tomorrow's going to go. I managed to get in OK on Saturday, but Sunday I couldn't get in at all. Also I need to get a keyboard, even if it's wired.