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Former PS3 Owner Trolls Customer With Letter?

For those who don’t have an original PS3, there’s a lid covering the slots on the console’s front. Slots that are perfect for mini SD cards or – better yet – letters. That’s exactly what was found in one PS3.

Recently, a Japanese gamer bought a used 60GB PS3. Apparently, the guy found a folded piece of paper in one of the slots that somehow slipped by the game shop staff.

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Cajun Chicken4893d ago

PS3; It Only Does Time Capsule.

rroded4893d ago (Edited 4893d ago )

the handwriting looks “childish” and “stupid”.
lol i bet poor kid selling them ps3's while the 360's sit rotting on jap shelves.

@4cough "a Japanese gamer bought a used 60GB PS3"

From the article I'd say the date of the letter would be impossible to guess given the facts presented... Still funny to see a raging 360 fan in Japan.

-Alpha4893d ago (Edited 4893d ago )

Japanese 360 Fan(boy)? Paradox! *Head Explodes*

I wonder if he is regretting his decision lol.

If this is real then I could understand his pessimism.

Even here in NA we remember that the future of the PS3 was surrounded by hysteria since the industry was unfamiliar with the brand & Sony doing so poorly.

Cevapi884893d ago

wait, how was the future of the PS3 surrounded with hysteria...the PS2 was a massive success

i think you are talking about the original PS1, because before then, Sony was not involved in gaming

-Alpha4892d ago (Edited 4892d ago )

@Cevapi

Sony's future was questionable, the PS3 was doing poorly to uphold the brand's legacy, and the Xbox simply was doing better:

Both MS and Nintendo were doing better
Highest price point, Sony lost a lot of money
Sony as a company wasn't doing well
Poor launch titles
MS was trumping them with the exclusives and online service
Nintendo was gaining huge marketshare
Sony lost the most marketshare this gen, something unfathomable for the brand which has a reputation for being instant successes
Loss of exclusives/3rd party support
Poor PSN functionality
Failed games (Lair, Haze)

You are right, the PS2 was a major success. But the fact of the matter is that the PS3 had many things going against it and this created hysteria, doubt, and lots of heated debates. Doing poorly was uncharted waters for the brand and many fans were afraid.

Don't you remember the numerous "PS3 is doomed" topics?

The beauty is that Sony turned all of this around and they have been doing great, but this wasn't always the case

mindedone4892d ago

OR the letter could have been addressed 1 Oct 2008 like the article says and like the picture of the letter says

Rival_314892d ago

The kid who sold this is sad.

Game-ur4892d ago

@Cevapi88
The PS3 did have a rough start, after the first year the future looked bad, the 360 on the other hand was cheap and had exclusives left and right, from platformers like Kemeco to JRPGS like LO TOV and more, and games like Bioshock, Dead Rising, Lost Planet and more, that’s before we were aware of timed exclusivity.

On the other hand PS3 lost exclusives like DMC4, Assassins Creed, RE and GTA4, and no GT5. Alongside the high price and devs complaining about the hardware, many thought it was over. I myself never got on till mid 2009.

But all this pressure is what made the PS3 the best consol at the moment, it created development tools for 3rd party studios, lowered the price, improved the PSN, and worked hard on creating a big first party lineup full of AAA games, and 2011 looks like the biggest yet.

IRetrouk4892d ago

how can you say that the ps3 was doing worse than the 360 when the ps3 has been outselling it worldwide since launch, the only people that thought it was going down was rabid fanboys, the only probs the ps3 had was price, i bought one anyway due to the fact that it was actualy worth it, and those doom article were made by those same fanboys. oh and poor launch title, tell me one launch game on the 360 that was any better. also the brand has never been an instant success it took years for the ps1 to come out on top, at one point the saturn was beating it in sale, same with ps2 the dreamcast came out flying then ps2 slowly took over.

HolyOrangeCows4892d ago (Edited 4892d ago )

That troll needs to upgrade from pen and paper to a "victim"/"Mah opinionz" account on N4G.

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Vherostar4892d ago

Comical read and I like articles like these they give me something to laugh at.

MmaFanQc4892d ago

oh nooooo, the ps3 is DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM MDDDDD!!!!

4cough4893d ago

That ps3 was on the shelf for a while.

BDSE4892d ago

Yeah because most people buy them new!

ford10014893d ago

yeah it was there for a while, approve?

ThePhuq4892d ago

So glad this article got approved

kasasensei4892d ago

In japan? Looks like fake.. :p

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Mugen Souls Retro Review – Sexy Demon Space Adventure

Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies1d 1h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken20h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 12h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 11h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 11h ago (Edited 1d 11h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 11h ago (Edited 1d 11h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos1d 8h ago (Edited 1d 8h ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt23h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken20h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos1d 17h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 17h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 16h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies1d 6h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.