Gears and Crackdown are the only games that remained exclusive. Alan Wake is on PC and Bioshock/ME are on all the consoles now. And the Crackdown franchise died with its developers. So yeah, that's not great.

No, I just need one that doesn't stick out like a tumour and make the controller less comfortable to hold. As for the charge kits... you realise that nothing you said negates my point? In fact it kind of proves it. It's a one time purchase compared to not purchasing anything extra at all. AA batteries have never been…

"im going off what I see"

It's pretty much a textbook example of a crutch. You're not addressing the criticisms of FFXIII, you're attempting to use FFX to dismiss them. It's a crutch, plain and simple. And it doesn't work, because as I already pointed out similar is not the same. What's worse is you even acknowledge this by pointing out that…

Destroyer of analogue sticks, Palmbane, The spinning death. Mario Party has many names. You've not felt pain until you've done that minigame on a third party controller where the disc on the analogue stick has snapped off. Mario Party is one of the few games that can draw blood.

I gave up the moment you brought browser and mobile games into it. For the most part mobile gaming is a different market. There's overlap certainly. But my mother playing angry birds doesn't mean one less person buying the next Call of Duty.

When I saw the image I thought about making a Les Mis reference. But damn. Bravo Sir, bravo. This is above and beyond the call of duty.

It's far from perfect. Not just the D-pad either. The uncomfortable and ugly battery pack needs to go, and they need to stop nickel and diming people with bullshit like play and charge kits and proprietary wireless adapters.

Not sure why you're complaining about having to wait a few hours for a game. Even with next day delivery its still faster than ordering a game online. And depending on how close your nearest game store is it can be faster than that. Certainly more convenient. Do you need instant gratification that badly? If you want a…

The issue though isn't what you get with your subscription though, it's what you don't get when you're not subscribed. If MS copies PS plus with its "free" games all they're doing is matching the paid service. They still lose when it comes to the free service. They need to offer even more than Sony with their paid…

And anything the PC offers for free beats the pants off Microsofts $8 a month sub. If I'm going to be suffering an inferior service I'd rather not have to pay for it.

Because the free online gaming represents a big competitive advantage for them. One that could seriously screw Microsoft if they continue to charge for it. The sales they gain from holding that card outweigh what they'd gain from subs. That's how.

You're an idiot if you think they are. They're not going to turn round and cede one of their biggest competitive advantages. Especially when it would also piss off their existing customers simultaneously.

PS4 showed exclusives, the only reason I continue to buy consoles instead of staying PC only. That's the biggest advantage it'll have over the Xbox.

Competition. If they start losing customers they stand to lose more money than they'd gain from subs. Sony is looking to hit the ground running this generation and Microsoft can't afford to give them an edge. They don't have the luxury of a years headstart and the joke that was the PS3 launch to give them an advantage…

The consoles name is guaranteed. I bet they'll show the console itself as well, as a sad attempt to one up Sony. Bundled Kinect seems likely. Price they'll wait until E3 to reveal, they won't want to show their hand too early. I think they'll make Live free, or rather they'll move more features from the gold to silver…

It's certainly a Wong theory.

What's he published in? The tabloids? I can't believe he'd be published in any peer reviewed scientific publications. Unless his peers are just as batshit insane.

People often forget that cartridges have their advantages, loading times being chief among them. Discs won out because they're cheaper and so could offer higher capacity for the same price. Cartridges still have the edge in the portable space though. Smaller size, no moving parts required, and faster loading times won…

It's not uncommon to see it torn out on some gamers keyboards because a missed press can minimise your game. It's why manufacturers of gaming keyboards started including a switch that disables it.