You buy a car. You buy a brand new car. It’s expensive. Your friends call you an idiot, but who cares. You love cars. You love that new car smell.
But imagine if, when it came time to buy a new car, you weren’t allowed to sell your old one. That car you bought brand new a few years back? You can’t trade it in for a new model. Now take things a little further: imagine if, from the second you plunked your buttocks in the seat and gripped the steering wheel, only you could drive the car you just bought from the moment it left the showroom till the day it hit the scrap yard.
Insanity.
Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.
This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.
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.
I also think Sony needs to change their stupid rules on how physical games need to be English dubbed in order to be released state side. Who made that rule? If it isn't Sony, then who is responsible?
Remember that EU citizens actually have the right to trade in both boxed AND digital games, as per a new ruling last year. This is going to make Sony, Microsoft and Steam's life very interesting over the next few years, especially now the first lawsuits from consumer groups are starting to take shape.
But yeah, here's the thing. If games become monetarily worthless the moment you play them, this MUST be reflected in RRP. They've got bags of intrinsic value, but as a commodity, they are literally worth less if they become worthless. #rambling
Welcome to PC gaming.
This ruling really is quite insane. It goes against everything that literally what business sense stands for.
The only way around this madness is if at retail *brand new games will *all be sold at absolutely bargain basement like I mean even less than second hand/pre-owned prices as in 10-20 dollars so it would actually be worthless to sell them again.
Do think it would be hard to fully implement these rules or some way or another a backlash will suddenly occur and they have to revert back.. also maybe sometime soon someone could figure out a legal way around this damn issue.
I don't think MS or Sony will actually take those steps, but if they do I would like to hear more about their thoughts behind this, the math. Why are they so sure this will benefit them?
I'm sure there are many people like me who over the past few years bought a lot of games that didn't live up to our expectations, or games we weren't sure of, but we bought them anyhow knowing we could sell them if we didn't like them. If that option (or right) is taken away, I know I will think twice before buying a new game. I will probably buy less games. I will not be able to spend money from selling my games in new games. And more people will not buy games day one anymore but wait for a pricedrop.
But this is my opinion. Still, if they really are going to hinder 2nd hand sales or make it impossible I would like to hear them explain it word for word to us gamers, centerstage at E3. If it's legal at all.