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Exploring Some of the Worst Console Reveals in Recent Memory

SuperPhillip Central writes, "It's always important to make a great first impression. It's especially difficult to maintain or even gain momentum when your first impression on people is a negative one. After viewing the Xbox One console reveal, we at SuperPhillip Central thought we'd list some of the worst console reveals that we can remember. Don't worry, Microsoft fans, we have a special place for the Xbox One reveal right on this very list. From five-hundred and ninety-nine U.S. dollars to The Killers, these are what we consider some (note the word some) of the worst console reveals in recent memory. After you're done reading our thoughts, write up your own and share your picks for the worst console reveal in the comments section below."

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Wingsfan243985d ago

Haha 20GB hard drive. What were they thinking!

raWfodog3985d ago

I remember back when 100MB hard drives were top of the line!! People used to think that was a lot of space back then :)

guitarded773985d ago (Edited 3985d ago )

This was a 250mb hard drive in 1979 (see image). When the PS3 launched, it wasn't the 10 cents a GB it is now.

b_one3985d ago

i had Conner 512MB hdd in my Amiga 1200, damn now i can buy over 1TB hdd for same money... or even cheaper

ginganinja3984d ago

I remember at one point, a certain chap saying, '640k ought to be more than enough for anybody.'

Wonder what him and his forward thinking company are up to nowadays...

Gimmemorebubblez3985d ago

They were taking a $280 loss on the 20 gig unit, they weren't being greedy thats for sure.

Wingsfan243985d ago

20GBs will hardly hold one game install now on the consoles. Hell 80GBs was too little for me just two years into the console cycle, had to constantly delete stuff over and over. One of my favorite features about the PS3 is being able to upgrade your hard drive.

andrewsqual3985d ago

Better then the 12GB Microsoft launched their 360 with and didn't replace for 3 whole years with a 60gb.
Yes when the RROD Original Model 360 had a 20gb hard drive 8gbs was used for the file allocation and reserved system space.

UnHoly_One3985d ago

The difference there is that the 360 didn't chew up Hard drive space as fast as the PS3. Back at launch the only thing the hard drive was used for was game saves (which were always small), XBLA games (which were actually restricted to being like 64 MB back then), and DLC.

There were no game installs, so 20GB on a launch 360 went further than 20GB on a PS3.

I'm not saying it was great, but it lasted me quite awhile, until the Xbox marketplace started picking up with more and more big DLC and raised the limit on the size of XBLA games.

Now I have a 250 GB and it's damn near full. lol

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AngelicIceDiamond3985d ago

I do remember Sony's reveal being good, until Sony over promised on everything.

bradfh3985d ago

lol canadians have to pay 10 dollars more for 60gb

Neonridr3984d ago

back then the Canadian dollar was worth significantly less. Now they are basically equal.

SOULJER3985d ago

My little nephew is still crying. He took the day off from school. The kid was so broken, because he's a die-hard every x-box fan. I promise my sister I would not tease him today. I stay out of his way, because if I just stare at him he starts crying. That reveal will live in his mind, as the worst of all time. Forever.

messedupworld3985d ago (Edited 3985d ago )

Teasing you're little nephew over a game console. How mature you are. I'll bet you're parents are real proud. Pathetic.

DivineAssault 3985d ago

x1 has a 500GB HDD in it but that will be quickly dried out as every game must be fully installed.. Same mistake as last gen by making 20GB HDDs.. We need TBs in todays world if u have to install everything.. PS4 wont require full game installs so they can get away with doing 500GB but not x1.

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC3h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC2h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer3h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6022h ago(Edited 2h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya42m ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde35m ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil8h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

RavenWolfx25m ago

Yeah, I loved the Legends games so much.

ZeekQuattro7h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B5h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21835h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh5h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia5h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins5h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal4h ago

The first game was the best imo.

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Hades 2 Is Already Fixing The First Game's Biggest Problems

Ben Sledge from TheGamer Writes "I’m already impressed with Supergiant’s commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test."

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Nacho_Z9h ago

There's a reason they're called 'gods' and not 'regular people'. It's nice they've diversified even more but gods looking godly wasn't exactly a glaring issue with the first game.

Juancho519h ago

Hey! Gods suffer from obesity and diabetes too!

Blastoise9h ago

This is the dumbest article I've read in a long time.

Michiel19898h ago

No one had an issue with that besides a very select group of people that try to push their own agenda.

Crows907h ago

Exactly. Not even sure they're necessarily committing to body diversity either.

The designs look fine not stupid.

Inverno7h ago

The writer of the this article clearly doesn't know what a real god looks like and has never seen them /s

Tody_ZA6h ago

Thanks for bringing up a bunch of garbage thoughts that never crossed my mind when playing the first game because I was too busy playing the game to worry about the portrayal of the physical bodies of gods.

Foolish me, when I read the title I thought we were talking about game mechanics.

Piss off, honestly, with this asinine bottom of the barrel try-hard-to-be-relevant trash.

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