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Posted: Oct 5th 2008 11:03PM falcomadol said

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PS3 is still selling basically what it's been selling for the past month or so. The PS2 is just spiking this week.

Did 360 have a Japanese price cut to go along with the NA/Euro ones?

Posted: Oct 5th 2008 11:14PM (Unverified) said

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Yar. It sure did.
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Posted: Oct 5th 2008 11:53PM Mr Slayer said

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You forget, that's your opinion. Westernized games does not equal better games in anyway shape or form.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 12:48AM (Unverified) said

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Hey, isn't vice king called Jack...


Shut up, I learned everything I know about monoarchy from a deck of cards.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 1:03AM hvnlysoldr said

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Hmm sweet sweet candy.

I can already feel all the stress and pressure as I'll be an election judge poll worker in Ohio.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 2:37AM (Unverified) said

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Too busy playing Armored Core on my PS3 to care about sales numbers for anything, and Dead Space is going in my 360 next week so I doubt I'll care then either. And then Little Big Planet and Spider-Man... and then Gears and Resistance 2.

Sorry, wallet.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 2:44AM Saucepanman said

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@Slayer

Japan developers have been clinging onto the same game mechanics for a decade now, in turn making them almost completely irrelevant.

MGS was forced to have western controls to stay relevant, now Resident Evil.

It's fact that western control schemes are better, not opinion.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 3:20AM (Unverified) said

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While I can see Flans being labeled the more passionate person, I'm not sure levelheaded describes Linnell quite right. I think Linnell is a bit more macabre than levelheaded.

Ah, who cares? All that matters is: TMBG reference = WIN.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 3:31AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said

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Western games = brown and grey, bloom, shooting, shooting, shooting, sports, racing, shooting

Overgeneralizing, sure (and the same sort of generalization could be done for Eastern games)... but the feeling I get from most Western games.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 4:20AM Atsuidesu said

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haha. I laugh at those who said the 360 is dead and thats it. I need a redefining definition of dead. haha. I laugh really really hard about it.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 8:58AM Mr Slayer said

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@B

Please define these "western controls" you speak of. These western controls schemes you talk about being better is an opinion, not a fact. Learn the difference.

@BIGFAT

"But even western games get good review scores in japan( off the top of my head: Halo 3 vs. any Japanese RPG) while the opposite is not true."

Do you have any evidence to back that up? Halo is an fps game did you forget that? You can't possibly compare it to Japanese Rpgs, that's apples and oranges man.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 9:15AM (Unverified) said

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Actually he can back it up..

Halo 3 received almost a perfect score from Famitsu Japan.. one of the most well known game magazines there.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 9:22AM Sponge said

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"And Show me one brite colorful game that isn't bashed for having a kiddie story in it."

No More Heroes is the first thing that jumped into my mind, but there are plenty of examples.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 10:03AM Dashx747 said

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To say Western or Japanese games are better or not is ridiculous. By now we should all know our choices reflect our personal taste. All my console games are japanese, just because most RPGs, tatics-like and fighting games are, they are good at it. All my PC games are western, because most FPS and RTS are.

Design is design, you play what you like. Hell, 8 of 10 MMOs I play are actually korean...

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 1:37PM Overgauss said

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The parallels between the xbox360 and zombies are too wide and varied to be ignored. Immediately at least three comes to mind.

But I digress.

What methods kill zombies? It is those methods that are our only hope against zombie360.

My methods of choice for close range is shotgun, followed by chain saw for immediate range. For long range, dynamite arrows will do in a pinch.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 1:45PM Overgauss said

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The parallels between the xbox360 and zombies are too wide and varied to be ignored. Immediately at least three come to mind.

But I digress.

What methods kill zombies? It is those methods that are our only hope against zombie360.

My methods of choice for close range is shotgun, followed by chain saw for immediate range. For long range, dynamite arrows will do in a pinch.

Posted: Oct 6th 2008 1:46PM Overgauss said

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Apologies for double posting.

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