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• Sony on Vita: "Sometimes you've had slow starts which have suddenly sprung into life"

• BartsBlue 16/05/2013

  @Pineapple-Cannibal Wow, you still don't get it, do you?
  
  Let me put it in simple words: your lists are arbitrarily composed of games you like or don't like. The numbers I provided were a tad more objective, since they based on an average of large number of reviews. Your lists reflect only your opinion, the numbers I have given reflect at least a sample of different opinions (skewed as these may be).
  
  As for your other argument, once again, very subjective. There is a hell of a difference between playing Hotline Miami / Guacamelee! / Thomas Was Alone on your PC/PS3 and on the go. Some of us do travel quite frequently or commute hours per day, for such people prospect of playing exact same game as on large console, but on a portable one is a definite advantage. Also, not everyone has played every game in existence (for me it's Muramasa - haven't ever played it, would love to). Ports provide to be much fun for many other gamers, even if you don't like them.
  
  Too many letters to convey old truth: Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.. Reply +2

• BartsBlue 15/05/2013

  @Pineapple-Cannibal I see, you conveniently omitted half of the big Vita titles and then it looks like 3DS has vastly larger catalogue. Brilliant trick, almost fooled everyone here.
  
  Why omit ACIII:Liberation? It's a standalone title, a large game that's different than other consoles' offering. LBP Vita is a brand new game, so is Wipeout 2048. And so on and so forth.
  
  Going by this logic you should omit Kingdom Hearts 3D, Mario Kart 7,
  Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, Super Mario 3D Land, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and Virtue's Last Reward from your list. Both then look equally empty. :) Reply +2

• BartsBlue 15/05/2013

  Could we maybe stop with that "Vita has no games" bullshit?
  
  
  Yes, 3DS has more games than Vita, but frankly, how many among these games are quality titles? Let's count those that are in green on Metacritic, so with the average of 75 at least (and yes, I know it's not ideal metric, but for the sake of little statistics it will do).
  
  Nintendo 3DS - 51 titles
  Sony PlayStation Vita - 46 titles
  
  That's hardly a big difference now, is it?
  
  Plus some of the games listed under 3DS are 3D classics, so veeery old games given 3D treatment. If we included PSP and PS1 titles playable on Vita in the count (not to mention Minis or PS Mobile) as well as Virtual Console games for 3DS, these numbers would be even more skewed in Vita's favour.
  
  So different strokes for different folks, sure, and I get it that some people are die-hard Nintendo fans and will abhor any Sony system on principle - but please stop claiming that Vita has no games. It has plenty. And good ones at that. Reply +27

• SNES classic Super Metroid just 30p on Wii U eShop

• BartsBlue 13/05/2013

  Pardon my ignorance, but are these eShop titles also available on 3DS, or does it require WiiU? I am considering buying 3DS at some point in future, playing oldschool Nintendo titles legally for once would be a definite advantage. Reply +9

• Sony: "Unlike PS3, we are not planning a major loss to be incurred with the launch of PS4"

• BartsBlue 09/05/2013

  Sony turned a profit a year after a record loss - not a bad result for Kaz Hirai's first year in charge. He didn't necessarily work miracles

  I'm sorry, what? After a number of years in a row where Sony registered increasing losses, Kaz Hirai managed to turn things over and get the company to be profitable - and it's not a miracle to you? What more would you like him to do, shit rainbows and skip over directly to PlayStation 5? Reply +13

• Papo & Yo launches on Steam today

• BartsBlue 22/04/2013

  @JedEvangelion Oops, sorry, good catch with Voight-Kampff. Reply 0

• BartsBlue 19/04/2013

  @Sir_Brightington_III Pay more for this one. It is worth it. Reply 0

• BartsBlue 19/04/2013

  One of these games. Everyone should play it.
  
  Yes, it is rather short, yes, it is not too challenging. But as a result player gets a short, self-contained story that has a beginning, a middle and an ending - and what an ending it is. If you don't shed a tear, you've failed your Void-Kampf test. Reply +2

• Dead Island Riptide review

• BartsBlue 22/04/2013

  Ouch. Come on, it's really not that bad now, is it? Reply -36

• Jak and Daxter Trilogy hits PS Vita in June

• BartsBlue 19/04/2013

  I think this is actually a better idea than PS3 version. Reply +2

• Mirror's Edge footage shows off Oculus Rift support

• BartsBlue 15/04/2013

  I'd love to see Mirror's Edge 2 - on PS Vita. Bundled with ME1. Would be perfect! Reply +1

• 30 minutes of bonkers Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon footage leaked online

• BartsBlue 09/04/2013

  That has the greatest John Carpenter-esque music ever.

  QFW Reply 0

• Lone Survivor's PS3 and Vita port due this summer

• BartsBlue 14/03/2013

  Indie devs flocking to Vita can very well mean saving the platform from instadeath. Frankly, these little gems that can be played on the go might be what will define Vita. Could be very interesting if people started buying Vitas not for AAA titles that are few and far between, but for indie gaming on the go. Reply 0

• Danish TV channel sorry for using Assassin's Creed screenshot to illustrate Syria news report

• BartsBlue 11/03/2013

  The best blopper so far was when Winter Olympics logo with 4chan's pedobear was widely used in media:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games_mascots#Criticism_and_image_confusion
  leading to this:
  http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01573/bear_1573909c.jpg
  and other such occurences. Reply +7

• PlayStation Vita sales surge in Japan after price-cut

• BartsBlue 07/03/2013

  Got a used one for a good price with a few games and 16Gb card last week. Frankly, after seeing Rayman on it (essentially an interactive cartoon with freakishly detailed graphics) the whole family is in love. Fingers crossed for Vita breaking out of the limbo it got stuck in! Reply +4

• The Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter begins

• BartsBlue 06/03/2013

  Bam, pledged.
  
  This is the third project I backed, Banner Saga and Project: Eternity being first two. Reply +2

• EA cans Dead Space series following poor sales of Dead Space 3 - report

• BartsBlue 05/03/2013

  Ahaha, that's Fox executives' level of genius: add micro-transactions, remove whatever made the original memorable (intensity, horror, ambiance), watch the sales plummet, kill the franchise. Brilliant, my dear EA friends, bloody brilliant. Reply +15

• Tomb Raider review

• BartsBlue 25/02/2013

  Follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park.

  Wasn't that "Follow Demo Squad"?... Reply 0

• Thoughts from New York: PlayStation 4 feels less visionary than its predecessor

• BartsBlue 21/02/2013

  Sure Larry. And another approach is to launch a console with a 68 per cent failure rate. Be still. We'll get to you soon enough.

  Well done, Tom! Reply +5

• The big interview: Sony's Shuhei Yoshida on PS4

• BartsBlue 21/02/2013

  Shuhei Yoshida: [...] If you have one hour of your time, you want to spend one hour playing games, and that's our goal.

  Yesss! This is exactly why I chose console gaming. This is why I hate struggling with PC updates, patches, configuring graphics and all that shit. Shu, if you keep this promise, you will have another buyer for your PS4. Reply +3

• Sony sounds uncertain about European PS4 launch timing

• BartsBlue 21/02/2013

  How to write an entire article based on three sentences. Well played. Reply -4

• Stranger's Wrath HD Vita patch pulled, but don't panic

• BartsBlue 19/02/2013

  @StewartGilray I actually do.
  
  I remember you replying to my posts on Eurogamer some time last year (I think we talked about Stranger's Wrath back then), I also like how JAW communicates information to gaming community.
  
  So yes, I kind of like you guys. :) Reply +2

• BartsBlue 19/02/2013

  Gotta love Just Add Water, they always treat their customers with respect. Reply 0

• Proteus review

• BartsBlue 05/02/2013

  @schnide You don't have to, but not being able to or not willing to nicely shows how weak your argument is. Reply -3

• BartsBlue 05/02/2013

  @schnide If you insist it is not a game, can you name another medium in which it is possible to realize experience such as Proteus? Reply +1