Psychotext • Comments

• Asda shears £50 off Wii U console prices

• Psychotext 04/03/2013

  "As this price cut is not Nintendo instigated either, this just shows it is retailer greed coming down now, shame if they've harmed sales."
  
  @vert1go You do realise that even without the RRP, retailers will still be paying a certain amount for it right? This isn't retailer greed, it's them desperately trying not to lose too much money on the consoles that they already have in stock. Reply +12

• Pictures of the PS4 Eye

• Psychotext 21/02/2013

  Very chunky. I hope someone comes up with a decent stand so I can use this and the new 720 camera at the same time. Reply +3

• Sony patents an EyePad gaming tablet for use with a console

• Psychotext 15/02/2013

  Is that the sound of Apple's laywers rubbing their greasy little hands together? Reply +10

• God of War: Ascension bundle introduces white super duper slim PS3

• Psychotext 06/02/2013

  Oh dear god, that console is horrible. Reply -12

• Is PSN's Urban Trials more than a Trials rip-off?

• Psychotext 23/01/2013

  Holy shit that's blatant. Reply +8

• Blockbuster UK to enter administration, will honour gift cards and trade-in credit

• Psychotext 16/01/2013

  It's been a loooooooooong time coming. I'm not convinced they'll make it out of it either. Reply +16

• UK university to investigate whether Kinect can help stroke victims

• Psychotext 11/01/2013

  I don't want to be stroked by Kinect! :O
  
  Joking aside, if this can help people recover after having a stroke then it's money well spent. Fucking horrible thing to go through, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Reply +13

• UK chart: Wii U exclusives absent from top 40 for third week running

• Psychotext 07/01/2013

  @melnificent Worth noting that not a single Wii U game shows up in the individual formats top 40 either. It's not like the titles are selling but are hidden amongst the multiplatforms.
  
  The bigger thing to note is that the UK charts track bundled games too... which means that sales of the premium console must be horrible given that Nintendoland doesn't make the top 40 (sub 3k sales). Reply +11

• Dungeon Keeper-style game War for the Overworld funded

• Psychotext 04/01/2013

  Nice. Here's hoping they make a good job of it. :) Reply +10

• Bandits loot 7000 Wii Us in airport heist

• Psychotext 19/12/2012

  Now if only they could find anyone who actually wants to buy them.
  
  Bring on the negs! Reply +37

• Microsoft and the US military are using Kinect to aid veterans with physical therapy

• Psychotext 19/12/2012

  @Kalderyn What exactly is pathetic about it? It's pretty much a perfect use of the tech because the limitations don't really affect it in this instance (you wont need to track individual fingers or have the user make precise motions).
  
  Your Shape works very well on Kinect and I've heard that some of the newer titles like the Nike fitness thing are even better.
  
  So... maybe you should be saying "shitty at anything other than simple dance games and physical fitness titles". Though your point might be somewhat lost then (did you actually have one?). Reply 0

• Nintendo blocking 18+ rated Wii U eShop content at certain times

• Psychotext 07/12/2012

  What on earth?!?
  
  Is there any way to bypass this? Sounds ridiculous. Reply +108

• UK chart: Wii U games miss top 10 as Call of Duty retains crown

• Psychotext 03/12/2012

  Thanks to Chart Track we know that 60% of all the Wii U consoles sold were the premium (30% Zombie U, 10% Basic). We also know that Nintendo Land did about 26k copies (individual and bundled).
  
  With that info at hand we can say that the Wii U sold anywhere up to 43k consoles over the launch weekend. Though obviously it'll be a little less than that as not all of those Nintendo Land copies will have been bundled. Reply +4

• Sony sells 525,000 PS3s in the US during the week of Black Friday

• Psychotext 29/11/2012

  PS3 did well, Vita did appallingly given the bundles that were available.
  
  The AC3 bundle was ridiculously good for the price. Reply -22

• Surface with Windows 8 Pro priced at $899 for the 64GB version

• Psychotext 29/11/2012

  Will buy depending on how powerful it ends up being (I need to actually be able to run desktop applications smoothly). Assuming it's powerful enough then one of these for work would be perfect. Reply +2

• Some of the biggest Dungeon Keeper fans assemble to create War for the Overworld

• Psychotext 29/11/2012

  @DigitalScars When you're living with your parents and not paying for life's essentials (you know, food, a roof over your head, heating, those little things) it seems easy to spend your life doing something you see as fun.
  
  Unfortunately those of us who can't mooch off others find it surprisingly difficult to live on fresh air alone. Beyond that, even if they had the time to spend a couple of hours a day on the project (outside of their normal jobs), just how good do you think it would end up, and how long would it take to complete the game?
  
  Maybe they should live off their trust funds for a while? Or sell off their country houses to pay for development. Reply +7

• Microsoft sold over 750,000 Xbox 360s in the US during the week of Black Friday

• Psychotext 27/11/2012

  7 years in and doing those sorts of numbers. Mental. Reply +22

• Star Wars: The Old Republic re-review

• Psychotext 26/11/2012

  Looks pretty I guess. Reply +3

• Xbox set-top box out before Christmas 2013, according to a new report

• Psychotext 21/11/2012

  I have no idea what this means. Reply +45

• UK Xbox 360 gamers get Kinect title Wreckateer free for 48 hours

• Psychotext 15/11/2012

  7 / 10... I guess it could be worse. Will give it a download. Reply +6

• UK chart: FIFA 13 scores fourth week top, 007 Legends in 12th

• Psychotext 22/10/2012

  People with Kinect hatred should really point their schadenfreude at another title. Dance Central is one of the few things worth playing on Kinect and certainly not deserving of poor sales and ridicule.
  
  I for one feel for Harmonix. Reply 0

• Fable: The Journey review

• Psychotext 11/10/2012

  Not for me, but it sounds a little bit different at least. Reply +22

• Blowing on NES cartridges was actually bad for them

• Psychotext 25/09/2012

  I used to use cotton buds and rubbing alcohol to clean the contacts... but I'm sort of odd. Reply +24

• Beneath a Steel Sky 2 is officially happening

• Psychotext 25/09/2012

  Oh shit, I had no idea. I would have been all over the kickstarter like a rash.
  
  One of the best adventure games of all time. Reply 0

• iPhone 5 pre-orders top 2 million in just 24 hours

• Psychotext 17/09/2012

  Wow... so they're going to sell shitloads of this thing. I don't think anyone saw that coming. Reply +17