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    Research: Xbox Live to Generate $1b Annually


    As noted in the article, Xbox Live made $1b in a year and a half. Why is it foolish to believe that it could generate that much in one year, four years from now? And if you didn't notice, games have been highly recession resistant, DLC and digital distribution are on an upward trajectory, and small-ticket XBLA games, add-ons and video content aren't something that cash-strapped consumers are cutting back on, despite the economy.

    And just because the economy is uncertain, do you believe that research firms should just shut down and wait until everything is A-OK before offering forecasts to investors and entertainment firms?

    In your eagerness to call other people out on "foolishness," I don't think you really thought out your own points.

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    GDC: Stop "Punishing the Player"


    If you get a Big Daddy down to half of his health, then he kills you, for example, after you respawn in a Vita-Chamber, his health is still half, if I recall correctly. In other words, the game doesn't completely reset to a certain point when you die; it doesn't completely break the space-time continuum like a save point.

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    Exclusives Analysis: PlayStation 3


    Okay, we all get it Dream. You like PC games. Now please rein in the PC fanboy stuff.

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    Has the Wii Bubble Burst?


    Man, it's weird to me seeing more avid gamers still down on the Wii, particularly recently with the releases of MadWorld and House of the Dead: Overkill. I'm having more fun on the Wii at the moment than any other console.

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    Games At-a-Glance: Xbox 360 Quality


    "This one is obviously juxtaposing the word quality with xbox360."

    It's all part of a subliminal ploy to get people to believe Xbox 360 is totally awesome...

    Actually, "Quality" in the headline refers to the level of quality (i.e. highly-rated) titles and number of quality titles found on the console, yet you seem to read it as "XBOX 360: QUALITY GAMES #1 A+ ONLY BY MICROSOFT, BEST EVAR". The conclusions that some people automatically jump to is fascinating, at least.

    Oh, and (spoiler!) the PS3 and Wii headlines are already planned out to be the same. And you may (or may not, I don't know) be surprised by the results from the other platforms.

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  • Examining PS3’s Value Message

    What does Sony mean when it says PS3 has more "value" than competitors?

    Sony fired the latest salvo in the console war last week with a chart that spelled out, from Sony’s perspective, the value of the three current videogame consoles.
    January 13, 2009
  • The Implications of a Skills Gap

    When a games journo is inept at certain games, should readers care?

    Over on MTV Multiplayer, games journo Stephen Totilo draws attention to how certain denizens of gaming forum NeoGaf have called him out for sucking at Street Fighter II.
    January 7, 2009

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With regards to Sales Analysis: February I would conjecture that a large part of the 360 vs. PS3 sales ratios on a per game basis is due to the controllers. The 360 controller is superior for FPS games as compared to the PS3 by most accounts. The 360 controller is absolutely horrible for fighting games though. I own the 360 version of SF4 and am incredibly disappointed at the poor functionality of the 360's D-pad.

March 20, 2009
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You seem to be a pretty influencial figure on the site and so I just wanted to know if you had any tips on how to get blog posts noticed as Im going to be posting regularly. So far I've only written two and I would really appreciate it if you would read them and let me know what you think of them. Thanks.

February 5, 2009
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from gyak

Kris,

Sorry to disturb you with something like this, but it might be interesting for you.
The situation is this: Sony speaks a lot about their numbers on PSN and the PS Store, but I think they just don't care anymore. You know, in Hungary they don't run a PS Store (that is you can't use the EU store either), and they don't allow Hungarian users to buy stuff from their other stores as well. They put a little sticker somewhere on the box on the console thay says that "the service won't work with your system", which is absurd when you consider tha fact that you buy the same PAL games that advertise themselves as PSN and PS Store compatible. Up to this point, we used the Hong-Kong store (hell, even got my LBP copy from yesasia), but now they don't allow that anymore (the last thing I bought from there was the MGS pack in December). The symptoms are the usual: you give your credit card's details and a fake address (it worked before), the system compares the card's origin with the address, and you're screwed. You can't buy anything from the EU, from the US, Japan or HK stores. Plus we don't have PS Store cards in Hungary -- actually we have some US cards in some shady shops but they're way too overpriced. Last year we made an online petition with 1000+ signups (addresses, usernames and everything), and it was sent to the London offices last February. Needless to say, there's no word from them ever since. I don't know if it's Sony Hungary's fault or it's some indifferent regional policy, but Hungary is part of the EU, and they shouldn't treat a whole country like this.
Frankly, I don't understand it. Either they don't want our money (plain stupid), or just screwed up something in their regional services. Don't know how to ask something like this, but could you or anyone at Edge look into the details, or ask some competent authorities about it?
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the bitter tone.

gyak (Gabor Kiss)

January 31, 2009
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from NickgamertagO1

Kris,
I've been waiting for you (or any of the EDGE staff) to put up a review of the NXE as the embargo ended today. Is that review coming any time soon? I just read that Netflix HD streaming will debut on the NXE so I'm definitely getting netflix now. I just wanted to hear your thoughts on it.

October 29, 2008
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from craigf

Hey Kris - Would you happen to know how to aquire a list of the employees that were laid off?

-Craig
craigf valvesoftware dot com

October 7, 2008
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