I've already pre-purchased my copy of Bayonetta 1 and 2 First Print Edition.

Flawless.

"Check out all the content from upcoming games... that you can only get by pre-ordering at GameStop!"

The thing is, if they launch it at full price (like EA did with Mass Effect 3 Special Edition compared to Mass Effect Trilogy, which was three games) without the hype train to get people buying it, it's going to bomb. It's going to bomb megaton style. The hype train for Watch_Dogs has long-since left the station and…

There was Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure on the 3DS, and a 3DS Shinobi game that I picked up because I like rhythm games and Shinobi is an old flame of mine.

I'd disagree on the failure of the Dreamcast making them skittish, and more the influence of Sammy on the company. Owning a Gamecube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance or PS2 in the 6th gen meant you had access to a range of great SEGA-created or published titles after the Dreamcast died.

The Special Measures Digital Economy Bill of 2008, passed by the Diet to ensure that Otaku yen would continue flowing into domestic businesses, propping up niche developers and studios.

I'm sure I've seen that cheese before...

The most beautiful death in the world.

I know what I'd do with all that Micro/craft money. I'd build the finest collection of video game systems, software, accessories and novelties in the world. I'd then get incredibly nervous about people taking it from me or holding the discs incorrectly, become a recluse and wind up being crushed to death by a tower of…

Is.... is that a Black Lady/Wicked Lady dress?

I've got their last four studio albums, working on getting the older work like PARK and Four Plugs. Importing can be a pain at times.

This makes a pleasant change from Yannick's rap. For me lately, my musical bread and butter has been The Mad Capsule Markets, some of their earlier work at that.

All the home consoles are struggling in Japan, the PS3 regularly outsells the PS4, the Wii U has been outselling them but even then it's rare to see home console sales go above 20k/week, while 3DS is at 30-40k and Vita 20-30k, IIRC.

His final smash would have to be some kind of massive natural disaster sweeping across the stage.

It's not so much a panic for me as I stopped playing Minecraft years ago. Just pointless speculating, one of the pillars of the internet.

I'm trying not to imagine how Microsoft could deploy microtransactions and such to the game. Maybe picking up where buy/donate to server rewards left off?

Is Mojang worth $2bn? Is Minecraft? It's a huge success but lots of people own a copy already and plenty have had their fill of Minecraft. Wouldn't that $2bn be better spent investing in indie titles for Windows/Xbox One/Windows Phone, with a better chance of return than one huge chunk on one company and... well,…

See the flaw? I can hear the sound of it getting damaged followed by anguished wails just thinking about it.

I keep thinking about an understated Psychic Force game set in the modern-ish era, with characters smacking the psi out of each other across Japan, utilizing the floating from PF2012 in combination with the arena shifts of DoA2 for pitched battles around and inside, say, Tokyo Tower.