jacklum

I'd rather have quirky, original games like Echochrome, The Last Guy or Trash Panic over some generic 1st/3rd person shooter any day. Does it really matter if they're blockbusters or not? Most of the big SCEE and SCEA games mentioned might be impressive from a technological stand point, but aren't especially innovative in terms of gameplay (with 1 or 2 exceptions).

Blur: Modern Carfare?

Anyone arguing that GT is far superior to Forza, or vice versa, may as well slap a 'fanboy' label on their forehead. They're both equally fine/boring (delete as appropriate) racing games. I'll stick with GRID in the meantime.

Is ~20 secs out of an hour's worth of playtime really stopping people from buying this? If so, you're missing out on the PS3's best game. Your loss. I bet most of the people complaining about load times didn't even notice the game loads faster after the update.

If it's the principle of the situation, then ok. Obviously it's not something that I want to see more of in games either, but most racing games have ads these days. Wipeout has had them in the past as well;

http://www.jr-sr.com/uploads/RTEmagicC_wipeout_screenshot_01.jpg.jpg

Wipeout used to take longer to load anyway before the patch (14 secs in this video);

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAovg4Zoplc

So now it's both faster and slower at the same time. Wipeout - always defying the laws of physics.

That shouldn't be too hard since Double Fusion don't actually make games.

I bought Wipeout (and the Fury DLC) from the UK store. There are no ads on that version thankfully.

How does Mortal Kombat II manage to make the top ten nearly every month?

The term 'shmup' has been around since the 80's when the C64 magazine Zzap! came up with the term.