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sonarus5341d ago

Seriously charging 3 dollars for a dynamic theme is the most ridiculous crap. Better be giving some away free for pre ordering cus dats d only way i' getting one. Thanks to Afrika though i'm st8 with ma zebra theme:D

LiL T5341d ago

I wish I had read this article 20mins ago. I unfortunately had $4.06 left in my ps account and went for the LBP one. I am kicking myself right now because the Afrika theme is way better.

Play Now My Lord5341d ago

all companies love the $$$$, thats why we have a console.

Play Now My lord?

anh_duong5341d ago

you do know that you are making a comment about sony making $$$ in a post that mentions sony giving away a free theme.

shawnsl655341d ago (Edited 5341d ago )

I wouldn't mind paying.. .25~.99 cents for a really good Bleach or FFVersus13 full theme.

Free dynamic theme that I would like to see:

Rain forest
Tropical Beach
Stormy Ocean
Oceanic deep sea creature
Blizzard
Hurricane
Tornado
Waterfall
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone geisure
African Plain

Just lots of nature stuff you know?

LiL T5341d ago (Edited 5340d ago )

you mean like micro$oft.

@shawnsl65
Nice list I would like to see
A Fisherman in a river scene
A Bear in a river scene
Lion pride scene
Snowboardig/Sking in a nice Mountain scene
Pit stop action scene (for the GT5 lovers)
Theres too many ideas to list.

@Sarcasm below
Yeah some Pit crew action for GT5 would be sweet
R2
KZ2
Batman AA Joker
M.A.G
Patapon

Winter47th5340d ago (Edited 5340d ago )

I'll just have to make do with 1 Animated Background a month.

Sarcasm5340d ago

Dynamic themes I'd like to see:

- MGS4 or something MGS
- GT5
- Uncharted
- Ratchet & Clank
- God of War

Pretty much all the first party games and a few 3rd party games.

MikeGdaGod5340d ago

that's better......wish i hadn't wasted the $2.99 on the other.....they got me this time, not again

Sarcasm5340d ago

Anybody else notice that it says

"2008 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc."

at the bottom of the Afrika theme?

Weird.

Poopface the 2nd5340d ago

how do I go to the japanese store, do I have to create a new Japan PSN account. Ive done it before on XBOX to get the NG 2 demo, but if I have to make a new account Ill pass, even though I think zebras are cool.

Maddens Raiders5340d ago

I've never seen so much whining, babbling, and carrying on over spending three (3!) freaking dollars for something that's worth it. Hell, the PS3 cost $600 when it launched, so everything else must be free right???

Most of you waste more time here on N4G when you could be out making some money instead of whining and making fools out of yourselves over THREE freaking dollars.

Jeez, get a job, or a hustle or a scam or something, but don't admit to the world that you're broke after three little measly dollars.

/rant

phosphor1125340d ago

That was all sorts of difficult =[.

Winter47th5340d ago

Theme Settings > Background > Brightness -3

Gotta love the flexibility of the PS3.

Christopher5340d ago

I don't buy themes or images that cost money. Whether it's on the 360 or the PS3. But, hey, if they want to try and make some money off of their work, who am I to stop them considering for every person like me there's at least one who will buy the product.

ThanatosDMC5340d ago

To those that bought the theme:

Does it have some background sounds/music???

Wouldnt it be cool to have a zombie or monster theme? Or some kung fu fight in the background. Jet Li vs the General fight would be awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

The fight against the girl's uncle was just Fing great too!

Where's that damn editor/creator program?!

Jeebus5340d ago

I think it'd be cool to have the CQC background from MGS3 as an animated bg

DaTruth5340d ago

That game dropped in 2008.

pain777pas5340d ago

Some of the great designers will make free ones on PS3 themes or something give it time.

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Dutch Boogie5341d ago

hmm not a very smart move by Sony if you ask me. Atleast as a first day release let gamers download the LBP theme for free. Hopefully developers will gives us free themes for preordering their games and a community website starts developing their own. Things like these should just be free.

bakaPX5340d ago

I agree. Or if not, it should be 1.99 at the max. I understand that Sony is doing that for whatever reason but to us buyers, it's like a rip off. It might seem like a good deal but $2.99 for a animated theme? I'd understand if the included more stuff in the animated theme. But it seems cool. Might get my bro to get it.

DaTruth5340d ago

It's a very smart move. Had they not charged it, they wouldn't have my money right now. But I will not make a habit of this.

AXAXAX5341d ago

Before I bother creating a Jap account... do these zebras do anything? or is it just an alternating picture gallery.

I certainly didn't expect Sony to be charging for the very first dynamic theme, c'mon guys... not a cool move.

DJ Chick5341d ago

Worth creating a Japanese account to get a free theme of Zebras having an orgy?

Hell 2 the yeah!

cyclindk5341d ago

Totally, just Dled it!

Not only are they practically photo realistic, as in the game the theme is based upon, but it looks like you've got some wildlife documentary running in the background, now only if the lighting changed depending on the time of day, that would be cool (African sunset).

To your question, yes they move about, grazing, walking, et cetera... just being zebras.

sonarus5341d ago

Its a very nice theme. In fact imo MUCH better than LBP theme. The zebras give it a more mature look and very classy

Marceles5341d ago

The best part is the zebra that walks closely in view of the camera and then turns his head at you lol. Yeah this theme is better than LBP.

http://i29.tinypic.com/2unz...
http://i31.tinypic.com/r7nl...
http://i28.tinypic.com/24e5...

You've gotta see it in motion

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unrealgamer585341d ago

just downloaded it, i love how the zebra stares at me. xb

RememberThe3575341d ago

I don't really want to make one, but I really want this, as well.

Decision, decision.

cyclindk5341d ago

Creating a Jap account is worth it, there are SO many things there we never get over here, I'm sure you'll find some other use for it eventually and it's just a one time deal.

Grin5341d ago

Just go to google and put in "make a japanese PSN account". You can find a step-by-step guide on how to make an account.

Megaton5341d ago

It's worth it to have one in every region. From the Japanese store I've got this theme, Mainichi Issho (and its trophies), the demo for Katamari Forever, and several other past demos early. Plus, you can go to Japanese version of Home.

lordgodalming5340d ago

@ grin

How in the h311 did you get a disagree for a suggestion about how to start up a Japanese account??

Have a bubble on me.

Baka-akaB5340d ago

decision ?

By the time you wasted making that post you could have created said account ...

RememberThe3575340d ago (Edited 5340d ago )

People are so passionate about their Japaese PSN...

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Which Launch Title Would Make You Buy a PS4?

That illustrious Sony press event on February 20th is just one week away, and with the PS4 reveal entirely possible (in a huge venue nonetheless), we wanted to end our three weeks of PS4 questions on the games. So, the PlayStation LifeStyle staff was asked:

Which Launch Title Would Make You Buy a PS4?
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TrendyGamers4079d ago

Uncharted 4 would definitely make me buy one.

Relientk774079d ago

That's exactly the game I want

blitz06234079d ago

Killzone 4
NEW Naughty Dog IP

RGB4079d ago

Uncharted 4 (Got Vita day 1 because of Golden Abyss)
Gran Turismo 6
Killzone 4

The Getaway... would be epic, think Sony cancelled that because the PS3 couldn't handle a fully mapped City of London with HD visuals.

unchartedxplorer4079d ago

Maybe Gran Turismo 6.. now that'll be awesome

Hanif-8764079d ago

If that's a release title i'd buy two PS4's ;-)

JoGam4079d ago

I'll buy all so far. No game i heard coming out seems wack.

akaakaaka4079d ago

Idk uncharted 4 will be like a bonus..

for me it will be more like the PS4! And the new technology ..
good games will come out eventually ..

But if it launch with
Killzone or a new GG IP, or MS4, TLOU I will make lines a day before!! Or will find a way to get it earlier from the "black market"

Saigon4079d ago

it doesn't matter to me because it is a day one purchase regardless of the games...This is the same with the new Xbox also...

Snookies124079d ago

Are we sure there will be one? I mean, look at the history of Naughty Dog. Crash 1-3(PS1), Jak and Daxter 1-3(PS2), Uncharted 1-3(PS3). Those are main games sure, but they seem as if they like making new trilogies for each generation.

HarryMasonHerpderp4079d ago

The Last Guardian or FF Versus XIII.
(I know they are supposed to be PS3 games)

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morkendo234078d ago (Edited 4078d ago )

WHAT GAME WILL MAKE YOU BUY A PS4??

any game that not a first person shooter,multiplat.

GRAN TURISMO 6, NEW RATCHET AND CLANK, SLY COOPER,JAX AN DAXTER,NEW GRADIUS, NEW NEED FOR SPEED, HD METAL SLUG,CONTRA......

superterabyte4078d ago

Need for speed nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Wedge194079d ago

That picture feels so inappropriate... but it's just a rocket with Kaz's face... right? Is that the first look at a first party launch game?

TrendyGamers4079d ago

Will it be called Rocket Launcher Extreme?

Shadow Flare4079d ago

It should be called Kazooka!

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Godmars2904079d ago

Something I'd like to play which is actually playable?

Too general?

Hicken4079d ago

Not really. If I tried to be specific, I'd come up with SO MANY titles.

Legend of Dragoon
Gran Turismo
Uncharted
Killzone
.hack
Xenosaga
Valkyria Chronicles

And probably a good thirty I can't think of.

thirtyandnerdy4079d ago

The thing I'm wondering about the next gen consoles is, for example, whether we'll see a second round of titles like Crysis 3 come out for them. You know, it'll initially launch on PS3, 360 and PC ... but then down the road will the new consoles get a version with improved graphics, etc. !!! Ya? Na?

Fyflin4079d ago

I'm expecting this with GTA V, and wouldn't be surprised to see an upgraded version of Bioshock Infinite

ftwrthtx4079d ago

It needs a new IP with a pedigreed developer

doctorstrange4079d ago

Pedigreed? Is that like Activision?

ftwrthtx4079d ago

A developer with a pedigree would be Naughty Dog or David Cage

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The Best Games Never to Get a Worldwide Release

IGN:
Last week, we brought you the games that time forgot - those games stuck in development limbo that they may never escape. But there's another category of lost games: the ones that never make it out of Japan. Back in the PlayStation 2 era (and the SNES era before that), there were hundreds and hundreds of them every year. Now there are many fewer, but the odd one still slips through the net.

A quick glance through this generation's consoles reveals a range of gems which have sadly never been given the chance to shine on the global stage. While there's always the option to import, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could forget about exchange rates and taxes and pick up these titles a little closer to home?

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Reconsidering PS3′s Afrika

BigShinyRobot: Afrika is Rhino Studio’s first attempt at creating a game on the PS3. Unfortunately, reviews have been mostly unfavorable as it just doesn’t appeal to most audiences. Most people I talk to about it just assume that it’s just insanely boring. Actually, I’d be willing to bet that most gamers today who would even turn it on wouldn’t last 15 minutes before switching it out for Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto. The reason, I believe, is that modern gamers need that constant barrage of stimulation to the senses and this game is presented at a much slower pace. However, I have always been a huge supporter of new ideas because the thought of another cookie-cutter FPS makes me gag. I will admit that my first impressions of Afrika were……well, a bit off.

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Ramas4570d ago

i wanted this game a lot, but when i tried it it sucked a lot.
It could have been very good game if:
1. Huge open world
2. Rpg elements, like stats how long you survived in the wild, what you acomplished, many side quests, secrets, seling rare photos and for cash buying all kinds of cool items and so on.

But i repeat first and most important thing should have been huge open world and freedom.

rezzah4570d ago

It's not that the game sucked, you just don't have a passion for animals and a lot of patience.

This game focuses on the habitats of real animals, not pokemon.

it also goes on to show you the lifestyle, in a sense, of a photographer who takes pictures of animals for a living.

The game takes a very realistic point of view, it doesn't do fantasy which is why people like you dislike the game.

Ramas4570d ago

you do not get me, i liked the idea a lot and it could have been very good game. (i like animals)
If it would be posibble to have freedom and huge area to explore not instanced missions it would have been much better game.

rezzah4570d ago (Edited 4570d ago )

The areas are already huge, the sense of how big they actually are would really sink in if we didn't have the jeep to drive around in.

Also any game would be far more awesome, or at least we may think (sometimes areas are too big for one's liking), with bug areas but it also puts a strain on what is within that environment. Notice that the biggest area had the most open space? That's to reduce lag with so much going on at once in a small area. It is easy to spot a slight lag in animal movements when driving really fast in a tight area.

Edit: What I'm trying to say is enjoy it for what it is, not what you want it to be or could of been.