Official PlayStation 3 Thread 3: Rise of the Machines

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Originally Posted by Grave

Isn't there an indicator to the left of the person who sent you the message when there's a new one?

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hell if i know, but that still involves navigating to the network/friends area. im talking much more general. like when you check the battery charge, or quit a game.

Yeah, Sony definitely needs to implement an in game guide of some sort. Not that I use the friends/networking features for anything, it would be nice to have for when I do.

I always wonder how people can complain about current games costing $60 when we got a lot less game for just as much, if not more of a cost during the 16-bit days.

$60 for Gears of War is a huge upgrade in value over $60 for Donkey Kong Country, even without taking inflation into account.

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Originally Posted by wEEman33

I always wonder how people can complain about current games costing $60 when we got a lot less game for just as much, if not more of a cost during the 16-bit days.

$60 for Gears of War is a huge upgrade in value over $60 for Donkey Kong Country, even without taking inflation into account.

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This is so true. A 10 hour game for $60 (Gears of War) is a much better value than a 30 minute game (Donkey Kong Country).

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Originally Posted by wEEman33

I always wonder how people can complain about current games costing $60 when we got a lot less game for just as much, if not more of a cost during the 16-bit days.

$60 for Gears of War is a huge upgrade in value over $60 for Donkey Kong Country, even without taking inflation into account.

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graphics aside, where is this new inherant value from games nowadays? besides, even with the inflated dev costs, discs are a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to produce than carts ever were. you fall for what they tell you to. $60 is a fucking sham.

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Originally Posted by magnifiedplaid

This is so true. A 10 hour game for $60 (Gears of War) is a much better value than a 30 minute game (Donkey Kong Country).

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DCK is much longer than 30 minutes.

DKC is much longer than 30 minutes. And just because games were also a rip-off then, doesn't mean we're not allowed to bitch about it now.

[Edit]: Beaten. Wow, exact same wording too.

[Edit2]: Oh snap. Not quite. DKC.

Yeah, I don't agree that Gears today is somehow a better value than Donkey Kong Country was then.

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Originally Posted by Dyne

graphics aside, where is this new inherant value from games nowadays? besides, even with the inflated dev costs, discs are a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to produce than carts ever were. you fall for what they tell you to. $60 is a fucking sham.

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For Gears of War it comes from the online play, which requires extra man-power for game maintenance and content updates.

Which, conveniently, you pay for. Not to mention that is a particularly bad example since the focus was on singleplayer; multiplayer was not much more than a last-minute add-in.