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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    After giving all of us so much crap for buying on release day... you want to go and buy it the day after release day? Looks like both DCU and Planetside 2 are free for the PS4. Either of them worth downloading?
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    So, this does look like it's more widespread than just this guy -- and it seems not to be linked to the 1.50 patch. That's not good...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    He did win for eating (?) at Taco Bell... Is someone trolling him? "Power cycle it without the power plug to make sure all the power is out of the system."
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I was really hoping they'd ship it out tonight so there'd be a chance I'd get it tomorrow night. Alas, no luck.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Game Trailer reviews are awesome, because you get to see the game for yourself. I ignore entirely how many "points" they give to a game and just watch the actual review. Seriously. Do people expect hardware revisions or price drops in the next 6 months? I'd imagine anyone considering buying a...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Were you able to activate both on the PS+ website? AC4 worked for me, KZ did not. Maybe the latter can only be activated through the PS4?
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    The PS4 update to 1.50 is now officially available on the website:http://us.playstation.com/support/sy...date/index.htm
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Using my tablet as a keyboard will be neat. App is downloaded.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Part of this promotion: I guess I'll wait until Friday and see if it works then... I do like the soundtrack:Killzone 3 - FULL OST - YouTube
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Has anyone successfully applied the Killzone pre-order code from Amazon? Customer Service just sent me a new one and this one, too, doesn't work. Neat, downloaded it just in case.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    This is a pretty good ad...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    So, I opened my AC4 box and the first thing I see is this Uplay Passport code that I should register in order to have access to all the multiplayer abilities and items... is this Ubi's shitty way of preventing me from re-selling their game, or is this just a bunch of cosmetic items? edit...
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    Smartphones

    KitKat really needs a way to make Google Voice the default number for hangout's texting. I haven't found a way to make GVoice the default messaging app either.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Same for me. Looks like the B1G1 code survived the initial cancellation of Killzone. Awesome! It shipped yesterday with 2 day shipping, but came from a warehouse just outside of town and so got delivered way early. Here's to hoping this also happens with the PS4... I'll be away for the...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    One thing I just can't get over is how both Microsoft and Sony make it impossible to change your country once you have created an account. I get that there are issues with downloaded content and what not, but people do move to other countries. Having to give up your old user account (and all the...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Amazon's customer service never ceases to amaze me...
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    It's still going to cost the same at that point, though... January should see the launch of the Destiny Beta, which I guess ought to be interesting to at least some people? Watch Dog is also going to be out well before the first price drop can be expected. I wouldn't wait in line in the cold...
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    Hard to find one person who wants to play a Wii U, much less 2?
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    So there'll be space for about 10 games installed on the HDD at any time? That's pretty cool... I don't see myself upgrading the HDD then. Deleting older games isn't a big deal if you don't have to wait for the entire thing to install or download before playing.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    You should bug CS about it. I've had a consistently good experience with them and it won't take long to find out whether they can help you.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Yes, at least that's how it's supposed to work. The issue, however, seems to be that the code is not invalidated once you cancel that original pre-order. So you got the B2G1 code, then cancel the initial pre-order, and you can still use the code -- making it effectively a B1G1 deal. For me at...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I sat through the whole thing and I won't lie, I cried a little at the end. Thanks for posting it...
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    28 Minute video... is the new threat mobile/casual gaming?
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    He's just acting, right?! There's no way someone would put up with that...
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    I guess I can try it and just return the second game if they end up charging me for it... edit: cancelled the KZ pre-order, then ordered KZ and AC4 -- and the order confirmation shows $64 for both. Interesting. The original email said I qualified for it because I pre-ordered a PS4 game...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Yeah, KZ was my pre-order, then I got the code. I didn't go through with the cancellation after seeing the warning. Honestly, KZ is the only game that appeals to me at this point, so I don't have a use for the B1G1 code. Maybe I'll do the math to see if it's worth ebaying the games for $50 or...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I tried to do just that, but when I went to the screen to cancel KZ, it said that the order is associated with a discount code and if I cancel the order, I'll lose the discount. edit: oops, just realized that this had already been posted.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Amazon just sent me a code -- buy one more game and get one free. So they're matching B2G1. I don't know, however, if there are two games beyond Killzone that I'm really interested in. Somewhat curious to try Assassin's Creed and maybe Knack? The alternative would be to buy Killzone & AC and...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    The value of PS+ really is ridiculous. You can find discounted cards for $40/yr, so even if only one free game a year is one you'd otherwise have bought used, you still come out ahead.
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    Are there any games that can reasonably be played by 8 people on one TV?
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    The thread is titled "Next Gen Consoles" -- I think that implies consoles that run 1080p natively. I think it's pretty ridiculous that a multi-billion dollar company claims they can't get their message to consumers. Every gaming magazine and news outlet covers their press conferences. The...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Backward compatibility of some sorts is supposed to come in 2014 -- we'll see just how well streaming the content is going to work. That said, it would be pretty amazing if they made available the entire PS3 (and maybe even PS2) library free with a PS+ subscription. I don't imagine there will...
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    Pandora's a nice way to discover new music, although I think the algorithm doesn't pick new songs nearly enough...
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    The only reason I upgraded from the Nexus 4 was that my dad needed a new phone -- so he gets my "old" Nexus 4. I have to say that the screen is significantly better and LTE support is a non-negligible upgrade. I'm a bit annoyed that the Nexus 4 theoretically should support LTE, but doesn't...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    End of December is going to be an interesting figure, because it includes the holiday sales -- and we don't have a good sense yet how supply constrained Sony and Microsoft are. After that, I think sales figures for major games are going to be almost more interesting...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    How do manual updates work, assuming they put the link back up at some point? Download it onto a flash drive, stick that into the PS4, and it installs from the local file? I'll be away on release day, but I could remote into my home computer and download the update so that it's ready when I...
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    Doesn't seem like an appealing bundle. $400 for the PS4, $60 for the game -- so it's like getting PSN+ for $40. There was a deal on Best Buy some time ago where you could get PSN+ at that price and I think it was Amazon that had the same price the other day. GameStop Black Friday: 1-Year...