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Post by Joe Snack Road on Jan 25, 2007 12:03:52 GMT -5
I don't blog anymore, so here's just a thread for stupid shit that's happened in real life.
At teh video game store yesterday, salivating over the Berserk boxed set the McGirly and I had just found... and the guy at the counter asks us if there's anything coming up we want to preorder.
I say "Persona 3."
"Oh, didn't you hear?" he replies, "They aren't releasing that in America."
what.
He continues, "Yeah, they're phasing out the PS2, 'Rogue Galaxy' you want that instead."
"I WANNA SHOOT MYSELF IN THE FACE TO SUMMON DEVILS. THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANT."
"Well, they're phasing out the PS2. Yeah. Nobody wants it anymore."
"Why is 'God of War 2' coming out for the PS2 then?"
"Because it'll sell big."
"So, why not put it on the PS3?"
"Because it'll still sell, no matter what."
"SO, why not put it on the PS3, and, y'know, sell PS3s while people wait for 'Metal Gear Solid 4' and the next 'Final Fantasy' game?"
"Because it'll sell!"
"So, they won't put out a game that's already having the voice work recorded... but 'God of War 2' isn't finished, and going out on the PS2?"
"Yeah."
"You realize the Wall Street Journal predicts the sales of the PS2 will actually OUTSHINE the PS3 over the next two years, right?"
"Well, they're losing money on every PS3 they actually sell."
"But, they don't want to, y'know, release games for it?"
"You just don't understand business."
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Sometimes, a store manager needs a bitch slap from a customer. Seriously. Fuck you, Gord, sometimes your ilk deserves to be anally raped by rabid velociraptors.
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Post by orochigeese on Jan 25, 2007 22:48:28 GMT -5
I don't blog anymore, so here's just a thread for stupid shit that's happened in real life. At teh video game store yesterday, salivating over the Berserk boxed set the McGirly and I had just found... and the guy at the counter asks us if there's anything coming up we want to preorder. I say "Persona 3." "Oh, didn't you hear?" he replies, "They aren't releasing that in America." what. He continues, "Yeah, they're phasing out the PS2, 'Rogue Galaxy' you want that instead." "I WANNA SHOOT MYSELF IN THE FACE TO SUMMON DEVILS. THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANT." "Well, they're phasing out the PS2. Yeah. Nobody wants it anymore." Since when did Vince McMahon begin working at a software store? I thought only HE knew what his audience wanted better then they did! ::) The second when someone argues with me over what I want is the second that person loses my respect. People telling me what's BEST for me often annoy and piss me off enough, but people telling me what i actually consciously want deserve to be mercilessly Goosed. Sorry that the game you wanted isn't coming out in the US :( Glad to see Sony is aware of their consumer base and refuses to take money from those that want to spend it on anything but the PS3 and the PS2 "blockbuster games" (No offence to GoW3). Once again Sony has proven who they truly care about...
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Post by Slime on Jan 25, 2007 22:57:44 GMT -5
I don't blog anymore, so here's just a thread for stupid shit that's happened in real life. At teh video game store yesterday, salivating over the Berserk boxed set the McGirly and I had just found... and the guy at the counter asks us if there's anything coming up we want to preorder. I say "Persona 3." "Oh, didn't you hear?" he replies, "They aren't releasing that in America." what. He continues, "Yeah, they're phasing out the PS2, 'Rogue Galaxy' you want that instead." "I WANNA SHOOT MYSELF IN THE FACE TO SUMMON DEVILS. THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANT." "Well, they're phasing out the PS2. Yeah. Nobody wants it anymore." Since when did Vince McMahon begin working at a software store? I thought only HE knew what his audience wanted better then they did! ::) The second when someone argues with me over what I want is the second that person loses my respect. People telling me what's BEST for me often annoy and piss me off enough, but people telling me what i actually consciously want deserve to be mercilessly Goosed. Sorry that the game you wanted isn't coming out in the US :( Glad to see $ony is aware of their consumer base and refuses to take money from those that want to spend it on anything but the PS3 and the PS2 "blockbuster games" (No offence to GoW3). Once again $ony has proven who they truly care about... objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=1693475
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Post by Joe Snack Road on Jan 26, 2007 11:10:38 GMT -5
Since when did Vince McMahon begin working at a software store? I thought only HE knew what his audience wanted better then they did! ::) The second when someone argues with me over what I want is the second that person loses my respect. People telling me what's BEST for me often annoy and piss me off enough, but people telling me what i actually consciously want deserve to be mercilessly Goosed. Sorry that the game you wanted isn't coming out in the US :( Glad to see $ony is aware of their consumer base and refuses to take money from those that want to spend it on anything but the PS3 and the PS2 "blockbuster games" (No offence to GoW3). Once again $ony has proven who they truly care about... My point isn't about whether or not the game is coming out. Its that he engaged me in a conversation about the business of video games - this is where we'd post some sort of picture of a cute kitty saying "This is relevant to my interests" - and then disregarded my knowledge so easily. I'm the kind of gamer who will shoot teh shit with the store guys. They're there all day, and if they ain't busy, they're usually willing to shoot teh shit with me, too. We BS about games we're playing, what we're looking forward to, and the worker might suggest something, again, "relevant to my interests." I've talked with this guy before, and I was ready to come to teh conclusion of "Wow, Sony really hates fun" before he threw that line out, leaving me dumbfounded for a number of reasons: - I'd just engaged him in intelligent conversation before the retarded throw away. - I happen to be a business major. - How do you talk like that to someone who's spent hundreds of dollars in your store? I know that I don't have the "full grasp" of the business of video games; I don't understand everything involved in the process of putting things out. I do know this: 'God of War 2' is going to sell big ass numbers of games. The first one won damn near every "BEST OF" award the year it was released, it might've even beat 'Guitar Hero' in a rhythm game category somewhere. 'God of War 2' on the PS3 would be one of THOSE GAMES - the game that makes you buy a system. I don't understand why it WOULDN'T be on PS3; but instead of listening to my question and reacting via insight, I obviously "don't understand business." That pissed me off... and I have been given permission to verbally tear his ass to shreds in fashions you've all only read about second hand. Will I buy a new game system through his store? No. Will I buy games from his store? That's doubtful at this point. As for the "recommending something else" thing... I mentioned earlier in this same post that I don't have a problem with that. I like it, in fact: "Hey, you bought this game from us... did you like it? Well, there's this game, and its (made by the same people/plays similarly/comes with free shit)!" Then, there's frustratingly annoying. For a year period, I kept being harassed to pre-order Kingdom Hearts 2. I didn't want it, because I dislike Disney and Squeenix wasn't tickling me where I liked it. Every time I went in, some new little detail was available, and he kept pushing it on me and pushing it on me. Eventually I picked up a used copy of 'Nocturne' and asked if Donald Duck was in it - he said, "Uh... no, no he's not." "Let's keep it that way," I said, leaving his store to nevar return. NEVAR!!! Moral of the story: I hate Kingdom Hearts 2.
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Post by Smacked Ass on Jan 26, 2007 17:41:38 GMT -5
Eventually I picked up a used copy of 'Nocturne' and asked if Donald Duck was in it - he said, "Uh... no, no he's not." Fucking classic. ;D ***EDIT!*** So, the Persona 3, North American release cancellation is just in random game store guy's mind, or is it for serious not coming out here?
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Post by Joe Snack Road on Jan 30, 2007 14:56:49 GMT -5
o hay gusy
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I got engaged.
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Post by orochigeese on Jan 30, 2007 14:57:34 GMT -5
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Post by motosada on Jan 30, 2007 15:01:36 GMT -5
CONGLADURATION!!1
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~danthrax
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TEH DAN~!!!
I am potent in small doses. In large doses, I cause cirrhosis.
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Post by ~danthrax on Jan 30, 2007 15:41:06 GMT -5
o hay gusy ... I got engaged. ...you fucking copycat. You're almost 5 months too late... WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IT TOGETHER!!! */END little "Chris Turk and Jon Dorian - buddies in medicine" moment.
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Post by Deibu-sama on Jan 30, 2007 17:12:01 GMT -5
Oh shit, congrats man Jyou.
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Post by Slime on Jan 30, 2007 18:14:58 GMT -5
Congratulations!
I can't even find myself a girl. Ha ha!
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Post by motosada on Jan 30, 2007 23:59:05 GMT -5
...you fucking copycat. You're almost 5 months too late... WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IT TOGETHER!!! */END little "Chris Turk and Jon Dorian - buddies in medicine" moment. tee hee. Guy love.
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Post by Smacked Ass on Jan 31, 2007 0:24:40 GMT -5
o hay gusy ... I got engaged. HOLY SHIT! Congrats, yo! ;D
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Post by Joe Snack Road on Jan 31, 2007 11:12:38 GMT -5
...you fucking copycat. You're almost 5 months too late... WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IT TOGETHER!!! */END little "Chris Turk and Jon Dorian - buddies in medicine" moment. tee hee. Guy love. Dan's love is fast and hard - you are fragile, like a porcelain bird.
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Leche
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Post by Leche on Jan 31, 2007 19:13:47 GMT -5
!! congrats !!
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