@tempertress Just curious : Since Ed's away, who's helping you with the camera?
Also, micro-transactions Can be a good thing, as long as it is not forced upon the players.
A good example can be found in a popular Mobile racing game called "Real Racing 3". Ideally you can keep playing it without money - ideally. Because if you don't spent money, everything takes times. Car repairs takes time, upgrade your cars takes time (ranging from 5~30 minutes). Essentially it means that if don't spent money, you can't enjoy the game properly.
Another good example is also on the mobile market is "Dead Space" (Mobile Version), it features new guns and power nodes which you can purchase should you choose to, but if you don't, it doesn't hinder the experience at all. For me, that's the best balanced micro-transaction experience I have. I even purchase a few thing in Dead Space, while in Real Racing 3 I never felt like to do it.
So all in all, it depends on the implementation, we'll have to wait and see.
TV features and Movie service are not available in many countries, including mine. So these fancy feature might seems cool, but it's quite pointless for people outside the US.
I want to hear from the Gamespot UK and AU crews as well. As for my choice: I will buy a PS4 simply because I have a 360 already, I think I've tasted what the MS has to offer, now I wnat to see what SONY side can offer me.
Especially when I missed out on games like Uncharted, Heavy Rains and The Last of us during the last gen era, it makes me really eager to see what's on the other side of the fence. So that's the reason why I choose PS4, also because it's cheaper.
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