It's too good to spoil, and yet the article header "odnetnin" subtly gives it away. Nice.

Ah, yeah. Well, I gave up serious hope for NPC Pikmin 2 ages ago. I'm also sticking to my "not getting Pikmin 3 because of it" guns, not that you probably care. :P

Okay, I'll bite. What on Earth does that picture mean?

Excuse me? LittleBigPlanet IS a first-party title.

We've been waiting for that for two full years...how would this news affect it any way?

He was in Japan, speaking to Japanese investors. Therefore, the "overseas" in question would, in fact, be everywhere BUT Japan. Unless you're trying to say that Japan is overseas from Japan. :P

A mere 3 million lead seems insignificant especially considering all the people who bought new 360's when their old ones went RRoD. Even with a readily available warranty, a surprisingly large number of people opted to spend money to get back into their gaming NOW rather than wait. I saw this often during my three…

Some companies and organizations DID, in fact, buy the PS3 SOLELY for Other OS. Hadn't you heard how pissed off the U.S. Air Force was at this move? PS3 farms were once a popular form of inexpensive computing.

I suspect they would see that as too much trouble to keep track of, and stop carrying them altogether instead.

Having previously worked at GameStop, I can tell you the main reason we usually failed to stop the intake of stolen goods was lack of proof. Sadly, suspicion just can't cut it. So the serial numbers COULD, if easily traceable, make that proof easier to obtain. I very much doubt it would be that easy, though. I…

They had another alternative that they never even seemed to consider: PATCH THE OTHER OS FUNCTION! But noooo, they had to go overboard and steal that function from paying customers. I don't blame anyone for working to get that back. I just wish it didn't come with all these inevitable negative side-effects.

@TheRealDoshu: The advantage here is that the NGP actually HAS physical controls, until the i-devices. They already said that the touch and motion controls in Uncharted are completely optional, and I think that's a trend that will continue, leaving games SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED for the unusual inputs to insist upon…

I have that issue in my collection, and I looked it up. It's there all right, on page 55, far-right column. I don't remember seeing it before, but I very much doubt I'll ever forget it now.

I have never had cable in my life, and I have no desire to have it. I'm quite happy with Netflix on my PS3, thanks.

@skitzogreg: You bet! I can't stand the Western style of RPG, and the fact that your Mass Effects, Fallouts, and whatnot have overshadowed good old JRPG fun sickens me. But then, so does the trend for Japanese developers to change how they make their games. I loved it just the way it was...why did they have to…

I'd like to point out that both of the overpriced titles are from Tecmo-Koei. Either the company posted that price due to misinformation, or it's filled with insane and/or stupid people. I don't personally care because I don't want either game (or generally speaking, any game from that company...not my kind of…

@KaMai: I have no doubt they want to get games out within the launch window, but that doesn't make the June 2 date accurate. GameStop is fairly well known (at least among employees/former employees, myself being the latter) for using "placeholder dates." They never put anything in the system without SOME date, even…

@Adam Spano: Some games would DEFINITELY be better off without tacked-on multiplayer. Let's be honest here: How many people are going to seriously try to get into multiplayer on some random game when they've always got Call of Doodoo, Halo, Gears, Killzone, or Resistance to fall back on? Once in a while, you get a…

@Getsuga Tensho: I must be double good then, 'cause I bought for Wii AND PS3! :D

@Vylen: That's right. This particular set comes from Club Nintendo. I have one myself, in fact. As far as I know, they aren't available on the Australian Club Nintendo, so he may have had to shell out to import them...either that, or he usually imports games and uses the American Club Nintendo. *Shrug*