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    Killzone
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    Because Americans don't have the maturity to handle nudity?
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    From a Stallone interview with AICN: "OK, this may be bordering on the grotesque, but the way it was explained to me by the writer is you hold two seashells like chopsticks, pull gently and scrape what's left with the third. You asked for it... Be careful what you ask for, sorry."
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    Sandra Bullock Finally Explains The Three Seashells In 'Demolition Man'
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    Added
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    Heads up for those who haven't seen it yet: The Dark World was filmed in 2D. 3D and IMAX 3D "prints" are conversions and not native.
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    No. They covered this a long time ago: no Fox fanfare; it's Disney to Lucasfilm to A Long Time Ago.
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    MS has been handing out some temp bans for people logging in before release.
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    Entertaining movie.
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    It's also being shot on film, which is good news.
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    Technically speaking, that was the fourth iteration.
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    BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW
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    For what it's worth, I didn't buy a PS3 until the format war was settled (it was the deciding factor for me), and I didn't make a next-gen console choice until after the E3 events.
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    Obviously.
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    You can forget the EU.
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    Yeah, we get new consoles, what, every 7 years?
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    I dunno, I thought we've been pretty civil and engaging.
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    Speaking at GDC Next, a summit for game developers interested in using Microsoft’s Xbox Live cloud for off-site compute, Xbox Live lead program manager John Bruno said that the service was only 18 months old as of 5 November 2013, and still had issues with game updates and Xbox One clients. “Once in a while, rather frequently actually, the host OS will require an update, meaning the physical machine is going to get rebooted whether your code is running or not,” he explained. “That’s a problematic thing for a game, and oftentimes it’s in the middle of a multiplayer session. We’ve worked very hard to overcome that, but that’s not to say it’s going to be a reality in every case.” We've all heard the statements from game devs about ongoing driver and performance issues (along with resource problems due to system overhead). And i'm sure many of us have heard the rumors about Xbone's cloud servers not being ready for launch, either (granted, these are just rumors). The more I hear, the more I buy into the rumor that MS was blindsided by Sony's early reveal of the PS4, and have been struggling to get it ready to go sooner than expected.
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    The patent filing? Yeah, I remember that. Again, It wouldn't surprise me if a system was in place that allowed publishers to choose to enable their own DRM (and thus facing the wrath of gamers on an individual basis). I am curious: does anyone view the day-0 PS4 patch (and the limitations without it) as anything other than a deterrent to improper unit sales before the actual street date?
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    I've seen no evidence that they actually ever seriously considered it. Edit: wouldn't surprise me if publishers made use of technology on the system to impose their own DRM.
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    It's more than just price point; as we're clearly seeing now, the Xbone has resource issues due to system overhead, and it impacts the performance of cross-platform games. There is also the issue of extra service costs with the Xbone, which you don't have to pay on the PS4. How do they justify charging an extra monthly fee to be able to watch Netflix (which you already are paying for)? And then you have to worry about what they will impose on the system in the future. Terms of use can and will change. One word on price point: they're charging an extra $100 for a device that none of my 360-owning friends like or use. Their insistance on forcing Kinect on customers is not all that dissimilar to the way they have tried to force Windows 8 users to buy touch screens to effectively use their OS (the difference being that they don't profit from monitor sales).
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    I will agree with you here--to a point. There was a lot of grumbling over the rumors, but they were only just that. They could have been wrong (as the same rumors about the PS4 ultimately proved to be). When he essentially confirms them with his comments is when the shite really hits the fan. I'm still flabbergasted by how MS handled this.
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    Oh, I don't disagree with buying CDs. I just see it as an archival medium. I rip everything down to digital files and the CDs go on the rack.
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    You couldn't be more wrong. MS restricted usage rights that had been in place for decades, and somehow were totally ignorant of the realities of broadband infrastructure and limitations not just in the US, but around the world. Their user base reacted very negatively toward this, and bailed when Sony said "hey guys, nothing janky going on over here."It's also important to note that by the time the first rumors were hitting, the PS3 had already surpassed the 360 in global sales. They had to give consumers a reason to buy their new console, and instead they pulled another Windows 8 and said "take this and adapt--we don't care if it doesn't work the way you want it to." Compounding the issue is that MS ignored months of customer backlash over the leaks that were coming out about the console, and only changed course when they realized PS4 pre-orders were dwarfing those of the Xbone. You can't ignore your user base, and you can't sour potential customers on your product before it even hits the shelves. Btw, who plays CDs on their game console? Hell, who plays CDs?
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    I'm pretty sure MS policies were responsible for people switching to the PS4. This guy just made some fairly stupid comments about the user base's reaction to these policies.
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