The Madness

added info and nice sale they are having

 

Batman: Arkham City wasn't listed on the sale page and I'm not a PS+ member, so I didn't even notice that it was being offered for free to them.

 

Thanks for pointing it out.

 

no problem you should give it a try, i been a members since it started and loving it.

Love the PS+ subscription

Yup! I bought 5 of the 1 year membership cards over Black Friday for $30 each and now I'm set til 2018!

Has anyone played the new Metal Gear? I'm a huge fan but don't think $64.00 is worth dropping on a 2 hour long game.

 

I don't play Metal Gear games so I have no idea, but it's a $30 game on x1/ps4 for a physical copy and $20 on 360/ps3 if you buy it digitally. Maybe that'll help.

 

Thanks! I didn't know it was $30, I assumed they'd charge full price.

Well, it's only the prequel to the full Metal Gear Solid 5 game. From what I've heard, Ground Zeros isn't needed to understand or play The Phantom Pain when that comes out maybe next year or so.

I still wanna know why this isn't stickied

I need to replay Bioshock Infinite. I feel like I must have missed a ton in trying to get through it. I see from that article that there is DLC called Burial at Sea that mentions Rapture, an underwater city? Don't recall that at all.

 

Has anyone played Burial at Sea? Planning to get part 2?

I've heard it wasn't worth it. What I have heard is that the Last of Us DLC, Left Behind was worth it. But I couldn't get myself to pay $15, but it was a hard decision for me

GIJOEISAWESOME

I was posting here when you were I was in diapers.

 

 

 

Don't go into the GA forum with that joke.

Totally not nice but

Rare NES game listed for $7,000 almost sells for $100,000 on eBay

 

A guy almost makes $100k selling his Nintendo game on eBay

 

Does not look like the original auction actually completed. Winning bidder had triple digit feedback, but its been relisted just today and already back up to $65K+

 

Relist

 

This amazing Gold cart just popped up in better condition and broke $100K with still nearly 6 days left.

 

Gold cart 6 figures auction

It's funny cause the guy had to decrease the buy it now to 65k because of the Gold cart that popped up. Which may also be the reason why the original one wasn't paid for

Seeing the size of the Batman PF, I realize I have underestimated the space needed for the upcoming Harley...

 

She won't be nearly as big. Batman is enormous.

 

And 3 days later...

A rarer game lands on eBay

Looks good COI. And you're tempting me man

The stuff at their booth was hit or miss. Agreed about liking the helmeted head better, not crazy about his face. The girl IS a little plastic looking, but I like the overall flow of the piece. Hate the price. Part of what kept me from buying statues was that there are still so many comics I want to buy, and I try to limit the amount of $ I keep dumping into my 'hobby'.

 

That, and knowing my OCD would kick in. "Well, I can't have just ONE of the Sinister Six, now can I?"

 

This will definitely happen. Everyone starts off thinking they just want a few...

 

That said, I'm happy with what I have and have gotten past the need to be a completist. I think the key is to buy slowly and accept the fact that you can't get everything, so just hold out for the very best. Sounds funny coming from the guy expecting three SS pieces in a week, but after this little Christmas in January, I don't expect the next piece to arrive until May.

True. I only pre-ordered the Spidey from the Campbell line at first, then Black Cat gets announced, then I see MJ, then boom, I now have Gwen on pre-order, MJ should arrive in a week, and I WILL pre-order black cat. And there's also this guy that I can only hope that we'll see more of at SDCC

One of the rarest games in the world just landed on eBay

Currently bid up to $99,202 with 4 hours to go.

 

A better condition one sold for $11,000. That spike going up to 6 figures is amazing. I wanna know if that guy who wrote "Mario" on the game realizes how much money he could've had

This thread is NOT helping me. I feel I'm starting to develop a little addiction.

The more I see everyone's great statues and we about them...

 

 

Your Punisher looks awesome! (thumbs u

We warned ya

Very nice Mark!

 

Where did you get your display case?

I think it's the Detolf from Ikea

Sweet books!

This one?

 

 

image links always have to end in ".jpg" or ".png" or ".gif" to work.

That's the Exclusive which is unfortunately sold out. But the only difference is that it comes with the extra head with only half the mask on. Glad I pre-ordered the EX. So it'd be this one for the regular

Some different views of my comic room.....yeah, neat freak I am not.

 

 

 

 

 

Your room looks like one of my LCS's. He's not much of a neat freak either. There's literally boxes everywhere

Maybe I should try this sometime...

That is one SEXY 2.5!

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I didn't think you'd go through 700 pages like that, but man... (thumbs u

You do know if both Sony and Microsoft added BC it would have made the systems more expensive for people to buy.

 

You do realize that even if it was nearly-free, they don't *want* to include BC, right? Sony even admitted that when the took off BC from the PS3, stating they wanted PS3 owners "to be buying PS3 games and not playing their old PS2 games". No qualms about it, buy, buy, buy!!

 

Existing PS3 and Xbox 360 games represent no profit to Sony and Microsoft, and it has nothing to do with the expense of the system (Sony was rumored to release multiple system configurations (one BC and one not) or a PS3 dongle, but quashed the idea because it would have impacted PS4 game sales) and everything to do with getting people to buy a pile of those horrible release titles to play on their shiny new toys.

 

Or do you really not understand how the console upgrade cycle works? Why do you think the DS3 and Xbox 360 controllers don't work with the new consoles? Why don't headphones work? remote controls? Especially on the PS4, which uses BT. Why do Sony and Microsoft sue companies who design dongles that allowed PS2 controllers to work on the PS3 or Xbox wit 360?

 

Cha-Ching!

 

Neither company makes anything on the console hardware, it's software licensing and residual dollars that drive the business, so losing BC makes perfect economic sense for a greedy corporation.

 

Not that I blame them, but it saddens me that consumers are falling for their BS and actually supporting their corporate agenda.

You can use any headphones for the DS4. Only for hearing audio though. And speaking of controllers, why the heck does the Xbox One controller still require batteries? Stupid!

I did buy a PS4 because there are a couple of games coming out this year that I'm going to want

 

Which games?

 

Infamous: Second Son (coming in March), The Witcher 3, and Dragon Age: Inquisition. Played and loved all the predecessors to these titles

Also excited to see how DriveClub will turn out to be and hopefully The Order:1886 comes out as well. And for games on both consoles, I'm really excited for Watch Dogs and Destiny

That all may change when Playstation Now launches. Makes PS4 backwards compatible and will also let you play classic PS2 and PS1 games

 

No, there will never be backwards compatibility with PS3 or PS2 games, and what you're referring to is the online server-based gaming Gaikai system that Sony bought. This is a cloud-based system where access is granted on a monthly subscription basis to stream a *very limited* number of "the most popular" classic titles.

 

That's not backwards compatibility, and is very similar to retro browser-based games that run off a central server.

 

After reading what I wrote, I think I may have worded that incorrectly. But you're right. It's not backwards compatibility but only a solution for the backwards compatibility problem.

 

No it isn't, it's just Sony's way to make money by double-dipping into the wallets of nostalgic gamers. It's no different than their PS2 Classics (what % of PS2 games are available?) line on PSN, other than it being cloud-based.

 

First off, Sony has stated that there will only be a limited number of games available, with only a few at launch, so lots of PS3 and PS2 games will never be available (like all the superhero ones and other licenses) and the PSN/indie/IOS-level stuff will far outnumber the retail disc games.

 

Secondly, you will have to pay a monthly subscription for this, and Sony will double-dip and certainly not allow disc-game owners to play for free.

 

Now, this might be worth it for some people (Sony retail games will probably be there - GoW, Infamous, LBP, etc.), depending on the launch library of *other* game publishers, but it's certainly not a solution to the current BC woes, and only Sony would try to spin it like that.

Is it the answer to BC? No. Is it a solution? Yes. You're absolutely right that there is going to be a limited number of games, as of now. You have to remember that there is still a lot of unanswered questions regarding this service. Some people think PS Now is the future of gaming. Play it on Sony TVs, your PS4, Vita, and in the future, other TVs, tablets, phones. And with all the talk about clutter that is just going on in this thread, it sounds like you guys would like the service. You don't need a console, just play games from the cloud on your TV with your controller. Of course the PS4 isn't going to be backwards compatible. You can't build a PS3 in your PS4, but the service they're providing allows you to play those games on your PS4, but if you don't want to play on your PS4, then play on your TV, whenever that happens. That fixes your BC problem. It doesn't fix it completely, but I believe it's a step in the right direction. It's a solution, not the answer.

That all may change when Playstation Now launches. Makes PS4 backwards compatible and will also let you play classic PS2 and PS1 games

 

No, there will never be backwards compatibility with PS3 or PS2 games, and what you're referring to is the online server-based gaming Gaikai system that Sony bought. This is a cloud-based system where access is granted on a monthly subscription basis to stream a *very limited* number of "the most popular" classic titles.

 

That's not backwards compatibility, and is very similar to retro browser-based games that run off a central server.

After reading what I wrote, I think I may have worded that incorrectly. But you're right. It's not backwards compatibility but only a solution for the backwards compatibility problem.