Well, yeah, but that's no different from what Sony has said. The Xbox One is such a big deal because Microsoft is actually supporting DRM by adding it in on a console level, which Sony has said they aren't doing. On the Wii U or the PS4, they're basically limited to online passes and such, because the platform itself…

Oh, well I stand corrected if that's true. I hadn't heard that.

I disagree with that. With things like Diablo I'm fine with it. Diablo, really, is an online game. (I guess there is some blur here because you could play older Diablos offline, but to me Diablo is an online game. If you play Diablo differently, your view of the game is just as valid for yourself, but speaking for…

Well, it's pretty much the default. If Nintendo hasn't demonstrated that they are taking active steps to stop publishers from using DRM on the WiiU, then it's no different from the PS4. I mean, Nintendo hasn't said "we're going to forbid third parties from using multiple discs on Wii U games," but I'm assuming they're…

Actually, I think ownership is slightly overvalued in terms of media. I tend to view games as more akin to media than toys, but to each his own. That's not really a defense of the Xbox One, but really more of a defense of a Netflix, Spotify, Gamefly, or even a Playstation Plus kind of experience. I'm willing to…

I wouldn't call it a selling point, but it's neat. I just got a 3DS recently and I put my 3DS in my pocket if I know I'm going somewhere where there will be a lot of people around. It's kind of fun when you actually hit someone, although I haven't run into anyone else who plays Fire Emblem yet, which is kind of sad.

When you say cumulative achievements, cumulative across what? Across games, or do you mean it will be like group achievements that all gamers work towards completing together? It says "every person who participates and meets the challenge's goals gets the unlock," does that mean it's a group thing and if you…

I understand the desire to nail them down to saying a specific thing, but what they've been saying is pretty clear to me. They don't want to say it in the wording you're using because they're not going to actively stop publishers from implementing things like online passes or whatever other form of DRM publishers wish…

The article says that (assuming Sony's statement is true) the publishers they've spoken to think Sony's position on DRM is a good one. I was skeptical of this at first too, but the more I hear from publishers about this (in news reports obviously, I don't have any connections), the more it seems like it's not going to…

I like episodic structure, but I'm not sure why I should care about the whole ships-with-a-TV-show thing. It seems like it wouldn't be any different from just having a really long cutscene in between each episode, with branching narratives and such.

The PS4 is going to require PS+ for online games now too. I don't know if that will apply to Netflix and Hulu, but it might.

Oftentimes, the smartest things are just really simple things that no one has pointed out yet. (Or, more often, that people have pointed out but people repeatedly forget because people are kind of dumb...)

But...Kotaku is a blog. You sound like you're trying to be insulting, but that's exactly what they are...

I doubt it's fraud, but it is certainly copyright infringement. Copyright arises automatically when you take a picture, so taking someone's picture without their permission infringes their copyrights. It would be fraud if they don't actually own the skylander, but I'd guess they just thought Fahey's picture was better…

Eh, that seems like that's taking it a bit to seriously to me. Every single character doesn't need to be a serious fighter, there's room for some fun or silly characters. This is Smash Bros., not Street Fighter; it's designed partially for people who aren't so serious about their fighting games.

I dunno—since the demons from hell aren't technically humans, I think you could make a pretty good argument that it isn't slavery, and might be legal in the US. They're not animals either, so it wouldn't be animal cruelty...maybe it's a legal no-mans zone, and you can do whatever you want?

There have been a decent number of weird/gimmicky characters in the past though. ROB? Mr. Game and Watch? They can't announce all the cool ones at once; and Mega Man and the Villager seem like fairly cool characters to me. Not sure what to make of Wii Fit Trainer, but I won't argue with it.

What leverage do they have to get Gamestop to give them any money? (At least, before the Xbox One restrictions came into play.) Gamestop isn't going to give them money for nothing...

I kind of felt like dragon-types being so strong fit in alright. If you made a whole team out of dragons, you'd be screwing yourself over in a way, because then your entire team is weak to one of the strongest types. They were a stronger type, but there were definitely ways to beat them.

Calm down, I think you've misunderstood a bit. They didn't lie last night—the statements today about the publishers being able to decide about DRM were clarified later as referring to things like online passes. Publishers will have the decision on DRM, just as they do on the PS3 and the 360. It's different from the…