Konami:

Metal Gear

Castlevania

Silent Hill

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Capcom:

Resident Evil

Devil May Cry

Street Fighter

Mega Man

Capcom is the clear winner. In terms of marketable franchises, both Square and Capcom are ahead of Konami.

Outside of Metal Gear and Castlevania, there isn't much else from Konami that's really worthplaying. Capcom, on the other hand, also publishes titles like Okami outside of their major IPs.

The price cut is good not because I plan on buying a PS3 anytime soon ...

... but because this will force Nintendo to keep the MSRP of the Wii U lower when the time comes.

Wow, this game is going to suck!

Not even taking into account the fact that there is NO story at all (and if you actually think otherwise, go back and read through the summary of FFVI. THAT'S a story, this is piss), talk about taking huge steps backwards.

The reason why the people who actually DID love FFXIII loved it (myself included) is because it got rid of the annoying, pointless, mundane, tiresome elements that make most JRPGs unbearable ... worthless interaction with NPCs, stupid towns that serve no purpose, annoying-ass random encounters on a gigantic world map ... traversing on which is about as much fun as watching ice melt.

Instead, it focused solely on the COMBAT system and created a simply unprecedented JRPG gaming experience ... with some of the most intense, fast-paced battles in the history of Japanese video games. Going back to play FF games from before XII ... it's actually painful at times how slow the battles move along.

The idiots in the world can seem to get through their heads that what FFXIII LACKED and got RID of is exactly what made it GREAT, and the combat system makes everything that has come before it seem like it's happening in slow motion.

I guess if you're actually INTO that crap that most JRPGs offer(all the crap I listed above), then I can see whyyou'd have hated FFXIII. On the other hand, I don't think most gamers appreciate that garbage. The people who prefer intense action games probably would have APPRECIATED FFXIII's intense battle system. Therein lies the irony.

So the problem here is that, FFXIII was marketed to the WRONG people, plain and simple. That was the mistake.

People might disagree, as it looks like you do, but I, personally, strongly prefer MK to SF.Chaos_Bladez

Yeah, I think a lot of people would disagree, especially the critics ... that a decent fighting game is better than the highest-rated fighting game of all time.

Final Fantasy IX is one of the best in the series.

That said, I just started replaying Final Fantasy VI (the GBA version), and I'm being reminded of just how EPIC this game is. The sheer scope of the story and the characters (the character development is UNREAL for a game made up of 2D sprites) makes me want a 3D, console FFVI remake more than any of the other games. That would DESTROY everything else in the franchise thus far.

Final Fantasy VIII, on the other hand, is one of the most overrated pieces of crap ever. I, too, couldn't get past the second disc. The piss story, the crap characters, and the HORRIBLE battle system makes it easily the worst of all of the 3D games in the main series.

FFVIII isn't worth playing, much less paying $$$ for it. The large-scale epicness of FFVI has brought to light even more so than ever the fact that VIII is a failure of an RPG.

Also, isn't FFIX like the second highest-rated game in the series, after FFVI? The choice is obvious.

Yeah, but that's just it. I don't think that five years down the line, you get a hankering to play Resident Evil 5 again ... that you could convince any of your friends to play this old game at the exact time you feel like playing it.

You'd have to rely on strangers, I guess. I'm not really concerned about them being strangers ... I usually try to add everyone I play with online to my friends list ... what concerns me is whether or not there will even be one person to play with at the same time you're playing a particular stage.

I love games that feature online co-op play (the ability to go through story/campaign stages with a human partner, or several partners online).

However, I wonder if there isa time limit for this feature? I mean, you have to assume that over time, less and less people will be going online to play a particular game.

So if I were to pull out LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, Resident Evil 5, the upcoming Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, or any other PS3 game with online co-op ... two years down the line, five years down the line, or even ten years down the line ... would there even be anyone else to play with online?

What are the chances of someone else (or seven other people, in the case of Resistance 2), being ready to play the same exact stage at the same exact time you are, five years after a game has been released?

I wonder if single player gameplay will be your only real option for these games in the future.

I just read online about how the Wii actually gets HOTTER when it is off (but the standby internet connection is ON) than when the console is ON, probably because the fans are off when the console is off, but heat is still being generated due to the standby connection.

Someone said that their game disc actually got ruined (the label was warped) by the heat after he had left it in the Wii for a while.

This really concerns me, as I always leave whatever game I happen to be playing inside my console until I am completely finished and move on to the next game.

From what I've read, I don't think this is a concern for PS3 or Xbox, but that's want I'm trying to make sure. I haven't used the Wii in a long time, but I don't believe that I have the standby connection on.

Because of how the PS3 and Wii disc slots are designed, the disc always makes physical contact as it SLIDES in (a tray would have been much better), so I still think it's best to leave a game disc inside if you plan on playing the same game again the next time you use the console.

So far, I don't think the PS3 is even capable of getting "warm" when it is OFF/on standby, but apparently from what other people are saying, the Wii gets hotter when it's off and standby connection is set to ON, than when it's actually turned on and in use, due to the lack of a fan running when it's off.

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/25373493/do-u-leave-ur-disc-in-the-ps3?page=1

I found this poll from four years ago, and out of everyone who voted, 3-4x as many people seem to LEAVE their game disc inside the PS3 after playing, as opposed to taking it out.

I mean, if makes sense ... loading and re-loading your game disc everytime you play is a hassle and is probably doing more damage to the disc than just leaving it inside (due to the fact that it's sliding against the slot every time, because there are no disc trays ... and also the risk of damaging due to handling for people with clumsy hands), so why shouldn't you leave the disc inside if you're just going to play the same game again next time?

You wouldn't think that there would be any issue at all ... until you read about the Wii getting hot with standby connection on and with no method of getting rid of the heat (no fan running). I really think that's a major design flaw on the part of Nintendo. Although come to think of it, I vaguely recall having had standby connection ON at one time, and finding it odd that the fans were still going on even after I had turned the system off. So maybe the newer models have fixed this issue?

Exactly.This story is going to be blown out of proportion. The News is gonna use it to scare people into thinking that playing video games for more than an hour at a time is dangerous.GeoffZak

And it's absolutely going to work on all of the neurotic hypochondriacs out there.

More to the point, life is all about balance. Balance is what keeps the universe flowing. Peoplethat become THAT addicted to something are probably pretty weak mentally and emotionally to begin with. Natural selection.

What are friends?