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Making sense of game peripherals

wohoo | January 15, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 Wii Company Gaming Tech/Hardware 
TVGB editor brings three examples of how some companies screwed the consumer last holiday season by forcing them to spend unnecessary amounts of money.
This past holiday season I’ve been shocked at how some games and game peripherals have been sold. I’m looking straight at you Guitar Hero III, Time Crisis 4, and PlayStation 3.

The first culprit is Guitar Hero III. Guitars are not going to be sold separately for the PS3, Wii, or Xbox 360 until February. That makes it just that much harder to play this game multiplayer with your friend without having to buy another Guitar Hero Bundle, but then you have spent an extra thirty dollars for a game you already own. RedOctane, the game’s publisher, should package the controller individually for those wanting to play with their friends – not over Xbox LIVE or the PlayStation Network – without having to dish out the cash to buy the whole bundle twice. I know the controllers will be available eventually, but why make the consumers wait?

Time Crisis 4 follows in that same path, but worse. When I hear “Time Crisis,” I immediately think back to playing the game in the arcade, trying to get as far as possible with a buddy and a pocketful of quarters. In Time Crisis 4 for the PS3, however, Bandai Namco have gotten rid of your buddy.

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  • 2 thumbs!
    Existenz | January 16, 2008
    Such a pointless article, turned into a senseless Playstation 3 bashfest by the end of it, and all his points couldn't be backed up as the 80Gb version replaced the 60Gb so people actually get a better deal there for the same cost and the 40Gb ultimately replaced the 20Gb giving an even better deal there... Not to mention its not Sony's fault that the makers of games want to only bundle right now, and was he seriously putting a downer on the PS3 having a game that the Wii and 360 don't have (obviously his favourite systems) that came bundled with shit lol... Overall this guy started well and it is a bitch that GH3 comes bundled and not seperate (not the guitar anyway) but then the article fell apart.
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      Play ISDF | January 16, 2008
      You are right, it really was just a bashfest article and such. But he did have three decent points there.
      1) Shouldn't have to buy two copies of a game just to get an extra accessory for multiplayer, it will happen sometime down the track, but people shouldn't wait.
      2) The removal of backwards compatibility on the 40GB PS3 really sucks.
      3) Having to pay for another copy of a game and the PS3 is costly.
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      Donnelly | January 16, 2008
      "the 80Gb version replaced the 60Gb"

      Not in Europe and Australia it hasn't.
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      Sonic Flash | January 16, 2008
      Let's give credit where credit is due. Nintendo is the undeniable king of pointless peripherals and addons. 4 GBAs and 4 connector wires to play 1 game? Wasteful! Fun, yet wasteful.

      GHIII and TC4 would not be fun games without the peripherals. This article needs to cram it, IMO.
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    Remino52 | January 17, 2008
    Well for me it was just fine.And BTW it doesn't matter because you can get the special pack with the guitar and the game together.

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