N'Gai Croal, the talented game/tech writer (general editor) for Newsweek and author of the Level Up game blog, challenged Dean Takahashi to a little debate that N'Gai calls "Vs. Mode." Foolish or not, Dean Takahashi agreed to trade emails with him. They decided to trade emails on the subject of the Xbox 360 Elite and the PlayStation Portable's price cut. Here is the text of their first discussion. It starts with N'Gai's missive and Dean's return fire. This is sort of like the Siskel and Ebert thing...
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.
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.
a new model every year? I can see how that would make some money for Microsoft. You always have the oneupsman, gotta get the new model type people, but damn. That article hit pretty hard on both ends.
The price of the Elite will come down. Exactly how much depends on both the cost savings achieved by the shift to 65 nanometer chips, and on the size of the PS3 price cut that everybody knows is coming.
Now is not a good time to buy either a 360 Elite or a PS3. Summer is traditionally a slow period anyway. I believe MS is really setting the Elite up for the next big holiday shopping period. Watch out for the the IPTV functionality, more downloadable video content, new promotional bundles and that price cut. When all these things hit, the Elite will be very hard to resist. But for now, I suspect MS is content to put the Elite out just to let people know that it exists.
Bottom line: good things come to those who wait.
Should have not come in here seing who posted this story, the good thing is Sonyfanboys dont have to worry about it!; even if its true or something MS would actually do. Is there time to design a new console every year?; is it practical when considering the speed in which the technoligy is changing?.lol Flame on flame on.
New colours perhaps, lol.
The annual thing is fine as long as they dont make too drastic a change...maybe add a new colour and bump up the disc capacity and thats fine....right?