Ignorance is bliss isn't it? Someone else beat me to pointing out that revising the hardware actually reduces production costs. So I'll address your ranting on part swapping. Fact is that hasn't been practical when it comes to electronics for a long time. The smaller and more integrated the electronics are the harder…

Just to clarify I was more wondering aloud about how many people still play it on the PS2.

Has he tried... I don't know... asking nicely?

I think it's pretty cool that SE are continuing to support FFXI players on the PS2. I wonder how many people still play on it though.

Seen Kyle?

Those dimensions make me shudder just thinking about them. I'm not claustrophobic but a space so tight I can barely move creeps the fuck out of me. I don't know how he could even crawl, I don't think I'd even be able to fit my shoulders in. And what if it rained? Hiding in a drain you can barely move in is an easy way…

Oh I don't know, they managed to work Pirates of the Caribbean in there, and Tron. I can't see how throwing in the Avengers would be any weirder. It's already such a bizarre crossover.

No no Mike, too reasonable. We should all just assume he's a creepy pervert who's objectifying her. Because fighting discrimination with discrimination is totally the way to do it!

My problem isn't just that people are freaking out over the fact he looked at a woman. It's that everyone is just assuming that is what's going on. For some reason people are ignoring the fact that there's a whole world to the left of the camera. What's to say he's not looking at someone or even something else? But…

Putting aside the fact that it's not really an issue that he looked at her (my god, even with the spin its just a look for crying out loud not even a stare), why has everyone come to the immediate conclusion that he's looking at her. Because she happened to walk off screen a moment before he walked on? Because there's…

Never say never. People said Sonic would never appear on a Nintendo console, now he's rubbing shoulders with Mario. Besides now that Marvel is a Disney property it's actually not that unlikely.

Saying that publishers would have the option to charge those fees however does not preclude Microsoft getting a cut. Just because they left it up to the publishers whether they would charge a fee or not (and this was already backpedaling from their original position on the matter) doesn't mean that part of that fee…

My assertion that there will be an "impact" does not ever specify that mobile/tablet gaming will wipe console or portable gaming off the face of the earth.

You obviously didn't read any of the rationalisations, or at least any of the good ones. The problem isn't the argument that it could take off, the issue is the argument that it's going to negatively impact the console business. Just because something is successful doesn't make something else automatically less…

If you believe that Microsoft wouldn't have taken a cut from publishers in exchange for using their authentication system then you're kidding yourself. Either way Microsoft would still have potential extra profit from taking a cut of used game sales from the games they themselves published. They also stand to profit…

Do you source? Also asking me if I can read, when you can barely spell is a bit rich.

They sold 6.5 million over the past 12 months. I'm not sure how that puts them on track to 10 million this year. Secondly since it first launched they've sold about 13 million to date. In the same time period Sony sold 77 million PS3's. So yeah, dominant my foot.

Gizmodo has been pretty sure the mythical Apple super TV that'll dominate everyones TVs and destroy the unclean consoles and usher in a new media dynasty has been going to happen for around three, four years now. They can be counted on to predict something similar without fail every year, and every year they can be…

I find it hilarious that some people are claiming Microsoft was being "brave" and "noble" for trying this for the sake of the publishers. Everything I've seen would suggest the opposite, it was a move they were interested in taking and they wanted to try and shift some of the blame on to the publishers. People seem to…

In most games with time restrictions playing through them multiple times is generally part of the experience. Dead Rising is one particular example. Generally these games allow you to retain some progress between play throughs. DR also works because you get a fair amount of downtime between the story events you have…