PSP ultimately sold tens of millions of units, had a nice library of games and could only be considered unsuccessful when compared to super-successful DS. I'd argue Vita is stronger than PSP ever was. So it doesn't seem as a failure either - however I'd love Sony to care more, of course.

This is such an American celebration. I saw something about 'pi day', but it never occurred to me it was an 'ultimate' pi day beacuse American date system just doesn't fit in my head with 2 digits for a year and month/day being out of order. And that connection with pies, too. Russian being my native language I…

Such extravagant ideas accompanied by such bland artwork. Meh.

Bunch of shivers just went down my spine

It IS going to be CGI, if someone's going to make a hand-drawn cartoon these days at all, it's definitely not Disney

Are you implying that adventure games are 'meant to be played' without any help? You are probably right, but...I dunno.

Charging a premium over standard price generates bad publicity. I'd say it's worse for the company's image than having on-disk content that is unlocked after paying separately(and it can also give competitors a price advantage) but that's just a guess. All in all, the risks are surely comparable. You can't…

Don't forget it saves them the effort of actually designing their logo. Or maybe not them but someone they hired for the job. It can also become a viral advertisement. If they are small and local and nobody prosecutes them - it only has advantages and little to no drawbacks.

I'd say that's exactly why they failed. They stopped carrying obscure stuff(probably in an attempt to cut working capital) and became identical to tech sections in Walmart and Target. Only a bit pricier. No reason to walk in anymore.

But that's exactly why they failed. They are a specialist tech retailer. I would go to their store when I want something less common than stuff Walmart has, want it right now and it's not too expensive so I'm ok with paying the premium compared to online. But they don't carry stuff like that. USB OTG adapter for…

Neat, I've only spent 2 or 3 days in LA, and thought I won't recognize anything but the in-n-out joint near the airport, but hey, I know most of these places.

Not sure about 30 seconds, maybe it's OK for short fragments, but from my experience if they detect a copyrighted song in your video, they don't give much shit about fair use. They provide an option for it in the interface, but it leads to the dispute pages with the burden of proof being 100% on you. Might as well go…

I had a personal video that I shared with my friends blocked because there was a car passing by and some song could be heard from it. That's how YouTube works with this sort of stuff.

yakuza 4 on ps+ is a very bold move. As a huge series fan however I'm a bit worried. Won't it get more negative publicity from this exposure to the people who won't get into it?

This happens in most developed countries I think. I've seen vegetables lined on the roadsides with price tags attached to them and a bag for putting money in Switzerland and California. Not that it's too common though.

I think New York has quite a lot vending machines. It's even possible to buy smartphone, tablet or a fitness tracker from a vending machine. Majority is less sophisticated, like the ones selling only coke cans or small m&m's bags. But these simpler ones are found everywhere from train stations to the lobbies in…

During my adult years I've mostly lived in Russia, Ukraine and United States. US quarter is the largest denomination in common circulation in any of these countries. Last year I noticed that ticket machines for light rail in Sacramento give $1 coins as change and Russians want to make everything less than 100 roubles…

What blows my mind is 500 yen being a coin - and not even the largest face value I think. Either Japanese hardly use any cash or they carry around huge heavy purses.

Is farmed salmon a thing in the Pacific ocean? It's not nearly as exhausted as Atlantic so there's not much incentive to do so. I haven't been to Asian side of the Pacific, but in Europe it's mostly farmed and wild is rate and sold at a premium(or it is pink salmon which is less tasty), US east coast has great choice…

On the sliding continuum of 'gaming as a worthy pursuit,' board games are respected more than video games.