Now now, don't discount the 16-year old boy's prescient abilities -- Mom writes he "tells me the latest trend three months before I read about it in the media." An avid Xbox fan, trend watcher Jane Wells Jr. (not his real name) decided to trade in his cherished system for a PlayStation 3, shortly after hearing about a little game called Metal Gear Solid 4 in Sony's E3 press conference. Sony's 2008 E3 press conference.
Following this discovery, not to mention news of other exclusive titles and "the awesomeness of Blu-ray," he "promptly packed up his Xbox 360 and all his games and went down to Game Stop to trade them in." And that about wraps it up for Microsoft and Nintendo. Our biggest regret in all this? Not telling our mom about that time we sold our PlayStation to fund the purchase of best console ever, the Dreamcast. We could have made a difference.
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wait wtf!?
No one can stop him but Microsoft tries,
young Wells cuts through each web of lies,
he bought a PS3 just for one game,
but he'll be back to the 360 again,
Jane Wells (Wells, Jane Wells Jr.)
Look out he is comin' through,
he's gotta job to do,
while he rescues the girl,
James Bond Jr. chases games
(James Bond Jr. chases games)
Like a n00b.
... I have no idea how that just popped in my head.
xeleion
Jul 22nd 2008
2:36PM
Wells, Jane Wells Jr.
No one can stop him but Microsoft tries,
young Wells cuts through each web of lies,
he bought a PS3 just for one game,
but he'll be back to the 360 again,
Jane Wells (Wells, Jane Wells Jr.)
Look out he is comin' through,
he's gotta job to do,
while he rescues the girl,
Jane Wells Jr. chases games
(Jane Wells Jr. chases games)
Like a n00b.
... I have no idea how that just popped in my head.
Augh, I corrected it before the page loaded but it went with the first one and I can't delete posts, so... double post. :(
-"Now now, don't discount the 16-year old boy's prescient abilities"- I don't know about the rest of you but I have met a few 16 year olds who were a little rash.
Um MGS 4 came out on 12 June, 2008 can I hear a "Have you seen my baseball"
And finally
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has issued Konami’s upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots with a “Mature” rating, which means Americans will have a hard time trying to obtain a copy of the action/shooter on the 12 June, 2008 if they are under the age of 18.
She should stop the degredation of American society by paying attention to the ESRB rating on the game and by him a more appropriate game like catz, dogz, or tigerz...
Why not? We diss casual gamers all the time for "not being gamers".
James bond Jr. Loved the theme,the cartoon bored me to tears but this was common in cartoon from back in the day.
Now that exclusives barely matter, why not get something that works at that sony wont throw in the trash when a new console comes out, like the original xbox compared to ps2. The 360s hardware is unforgiveable, and that is why they plan on an xbox 3 years before a ps4 or wii2, because they are the worst console ever made, not because ps3 has bluray.
Now that nintendo is winning with the WII why would microsoft rush to built another console unless...
I had a friend that actually did that last generation. Started with a Dreamcast, traded that for a PS2, traded that for a Cube, and then finally traded that for an XBOX. He definitely wasn't the most decisive person. Or the most thrifty.
10 bucks he only gets 10 bucks for his PS3 tradein at GameStop...
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It's not like he's going to just come out and say, "Mom, now that HD-DVD is dead, there's only one console that can meet my hi-def porn needs."
This kid will be bored relatively soon. I have only thoroughly enjoyed MGS4 so far on the PS3.. Uncharted wasn't too bad either.
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Seriously though, can we stop this trend where people feel like they can't comment on this stuff without prefacing their comments with "I own both systems, so..."
I don't care if you own both systems, all three, or none. Not all of us want to spend our money on every video game machine available, and we all have the right to an opinion, regardless of what system(s) we own. No need to add this disclaimer to all your comments.
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Except that the average video game player is 35 years old according to the ESA.
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... Now I can't even sell it for $10. It is a cruel reminder of $100 spent on a lie.
I'm not surprised the kid knows trends before the media does. Any tuckfard with an internet connection could do that. By the time the media reports on it, it is already over.