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Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

3DS is the way to go with Abyss unless you absolutely have to have it on a TV, the FPS is locked to a solid 30 unlike the PS2 version which is 60 during battles but drops down to like less than 20 in some outside areas, also the extra Mystic Artes they added for the western version don't often cause the game to crash anymore.

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Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

Regy Rusty posted:

the worldbuilding and exposition is extremely heavy handed and made up term dense.

you'd best steer clear of vesperia if that bothered you.

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

It didn't bother me. I'm going to play Vesperia someday.

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox
Fallout 4 might be ok but I will be sticking with the objectively (just pretend like I posted this after F4 released, it'll still be true) superior RPG Divinity: Original Sin: Enhanced Edition.

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug
https://corporate.bestbuy.com/get-xenoblade-chronicles-x-at-best-buy-score-10-in-epizza-cash/


Weirdest promotion i think

You’re going to get Xenoblade Chronicles X at Best Buy anyway. Why not get $10 in free e-Pizza cash, too?

Attention: Game night is now on. If it sounds too good to be true, don’t worry, it’s not.

Here’s how to make it happen.

1. Pre-order Xenoblade Chronicles X for Wii U (excluding Collector’s Edition) by Dec. 3, 2015. Make sure to purchase it by Dec. 10. Limit one pre-order per person. Limited quantities and no rain checks.

2. One code for $10 in e-Pizza cash per game will be provided and must be entered at XCXPizzaCash.com by Jan. 14, 2016, to receive a virtual prepaid MasterCard valid for $10 toward purchasing pizza.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

Nothing says pizza like giant robots a boob plate animes

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
well, I already preordered it so I guess I can't be mad at free pizza money.

tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly
I'd rather preorder at a place that will have the game in stock on launch day, than get $10 credit that probably only works godfathers

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
What? i've never not had BB have the game I ordered and I also get the extra money off because of GCU so :shrug:

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

Still not as silly as Klonoa coming with a coupon for a fish-taco joint I've never heard of.

tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly
Every time I've tried to pick up a game from them on launchday they pass me around service reps until one of them tells me they haven't gotten it in yet, its happened 3 times now. Maybe I just have a crappy BB near me.

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

theultimo posted:

https://corporate.bestbuy.com/get-xenoblade-chronicles-x-at-best-buy-score-10-in-epizza-cash/


Weirdest promotion i think

You’re going to get Xenoblade Chronicles X at Best Buy anyway. Why not get $10 in free e-Pizza cash, too?

Attention: Game night is now on. If it sounds too good to be true, don’t worry, it’s not.

Here’s how to make it happen.

1. Pre-order Xenoblade Chronicles X for Wii U (excluding Collector’s Edition) by Dec. 3, 2015. Make sure to purchase it by Dec. 10. Limit one pre-order per person. Limited quantities and no rain checks.

2. One code for $10 in e-Pizza cash per game will be provided and must be entered at XCXPizzaCash.com by Jan. 14, 2016, to receive a virtual prepaid MasterCard valid for $10 toward purchasing pizza.

alright best buy, i won't worry

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
People still shop at Best Buy?

The last time I set foot in there was also the last time I bought a physical compact disc of an album (The National, High Violet, for the record).

edit: I'm obviously not counting the dozens of CDs I've bought at shows directly from the bands since then

Instant Sunrise
Apr 12, 2007


The manger babies don't have feelings. You said it yourself.

precision posted:

People still shop at Best Buy?

The last time I set foot in there was also the last time I bought a physical compact disc of an album (The National, High Violet, for the record).

edit: I'm obviously not counting the dozens of CDs I've bought at shows directly from the bands since then

last time i went to a best buy was to use up a gift card somebody had given me to there.

ended up buying saints row 3 for pc.

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
I shop at best buy because I got 2 years of GCU for the price of a burner phone and it gives me 20% off all games. If I want a game on release there's no good reason not to get it there and as I said I've had no problems. Hell I've had more problems Amazon than BB.

The Taint Reaper
Sep 4, 2012

by Shine

Broseph Brostar posted:

Every time I've tried to pick up a game from them on launchday they pass me around service reps until one of them tells me they haven't gotten it in yet, its happened 3 times now. Maybe I just have a crappy BB near me.

You do

I was able to get the Reaper of Souls Collector's Edition for the PC without pre-ordering it. I just asked if it was in the holding case and they said it was and sent me down to the guy who is the keeper of the holding case.


I bought it with no hassle.

Mr E
Sep 18, 2007

I've had really good luck with best buy, band they've had compatible deals to Amazon out better lately.

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

I come from a backwater no store town so I never saw a best buy until I moved to Halifax in '09

I walked in for the first time and saw ten foot HDMI cables for $599 and immediately turned and left again.

JoshTheStampede
Sep 8, 2004

come at me bro

Mak0rz posted:

I come from a backwater no store town so I never saw a best buy until I moved to Halifax in '09

I walked in for the first time and saw ten foot HDMI cables for $599 and immediately turned and left again.

I don't think anyone has ever bought those though. I'm pretty sure I've seen Best Buy employees talk people out of them.

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug
I live in the capitol of best buy, Minnesota. Our BB sucks terribly.

Sleeveless
Dec 25, 2014

by Pragmatica
Best Buy is terrible because they lean so hard on upselling that every trip is a gauntlet of desperate shilling for discount cards, Monster Cables, Geek Squad, and extended warranties so that even on the rare chance that they're cheaper it's still not worth it.

That said, a week before the Steam summer sale this year one of their online affiliates was selling $100 Steam cards for $80 so thanks for subsidizing that I guess.

Mr E
Sep 18, 2007

Sleeveless posted:

Best Buy is terrible because they lean so hard on upselling that every trip is a gauntlet of desperate shilling for discount cards, Monster Cables, Geek Squad, and extended warranties so that even on the rare chance that they're cheaper it's still not worth it.

That said, a week before the Steam summer sale this year one of their online affiliates was selling $100 Steam cards for $80 so thanks for subsidizing that I guess.

The one in my hometown was like that, but the one by work I go to just asks if you have a rewards card and doesn't try to push it or anything else.

tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly
I got a friend who used to be a geek squad manager and they had a relatively new employee, who was screwing around on a client's computer on one of the displays behind the counter. My friend was talking to a lady and her son about getting the son's laptop worked on when the new employee opened an unnamed video file in a New Folder on the desktop and suddenly the lady and her son were looking at hardcore gay porn while the speakers blared male moaning. The lady was pissed of course and filed complaints and the girl who caused it wasn't fired :v:

hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

Pork Pro

theultimo posted:

https://corporate.bestbuy.com/get-xenoblade-chronicles-x-at-best-buy-score-10-in-epizza-cash/


Weirdest promotion i think

You’re going to get Xenoblade Chronicles X at Best Buy anyway. Why not get $10 in free e-Pizza cash, too?

Attention: Game night is now on. If it sounds too good to be true, don’t worry, it’s not.

Here’s how to make it happen.

1. Pre-order Xenoblade Chronicles X for Wii U (excluding Collector’s Edition) by Dec. 3, 2015. Make sure to purchase it by Dec. 10. Limit one pre-order per person. Limited quantities and no rain checks.

2. One code for $10 in e-Pizza cash per game will be provided and must be entered at XCXPizzaCash.com by Jan. 14, 2016, to receive a virtual prepaid MasterCard valid for $10 toward purchasing pizza.

canceling my gamestop preorder to preorder at best buy. unless they come up with a better bonus.

gamestop, your move

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


precision posted:

People still shop at Best Buy?

The last time I set foot in there was also the last time I bought a physical compact disc of an album (The National, High Violet, for the record).

edit: I'm obviously not counting the dozens of CDs I've bought at shows directly from the bands since then

I don't usually, but they usually have a few decent black friday deals and most recently they had a Nintendo eshop card for 25% off with Triforce Heroes.
When I went to pick it up at the store they had a clearance table in front that had a $1400 laptop for $550 and I needed a new laptop, so couldn't argue with that.

Outside of exploting good deals, they're mostly garbage, but it does still make a nice showroom for things that I will go on to buy on Amazon.

Mr E posted:

The one in my hometown was like that, but the one by work I go to just asks if you have a rewards card and doesn't try to push it or anything else.

Same with the one near me.

raditts fucked around with this message at 21:46 on Nov 2, 2015

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer

Sleeveless posted:

Best Buy is terrible because they lean so hard on upselling that every trip is a gauntlet of desperate shilling for discount cards, Monster Cables, Geek Squad, and extended warranties so that even on the rare chance that they're cheaper it's still not worth it.

That said, a week before the Steam summer sale this year one of their online affiliates was selling $100 Steam cards for $80 so thanks for subsidizing that I guess.

Once again, I don't get that, at least when I pick up stuff when I ordered online. On the other hand I go often enough that the guy actually know me so I think he might just know not to bother with that poo poo. I think the last time I was there he might have asked if I wanted to preorder the new Zelda, but I said no and that was that. I guess I just have decent Best Buys near me.

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!
Melman v2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3kfyZJhC3U

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


The worst thing I have to deal with at Best Buy is that whenever I'm there to pick up an online order, there's always one person in line in front of me and it's some disgruntled clueless dipshit who argues with the person at the counter for 30 minutes over something they want for free.

tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly

raditts posted:

The worst thing I have to deal with at Best Buy is that whenever I'm there to pick up an online order, there's always one person in line in front of me and it's some disgruntled clueless dipshit who argues with the person at the counter for 30 minutes over something they want for free.

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer

So much effort for something that manages to capture nothing interesting about anything it's referencing. In general trying to do serious scifi while constantly reminding your audience you're referencing a video game just makes the whole thing goofy as gently caress. Also Chobit can't act for poo poo.

Still better than other m though

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug
Seriously Microcenter is 100 times better

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox

theultimo posted:

Seriously Microcenter is 100 times better

True but it's a law of the universe that there will be One Microcenter in your area and it will be at least Thirty Minutes away from you.

Instant Sunrise
Apr 12, 2007


The manger babies don't have feelings. You said it yourself.
there's exactly one micro center in my area and it's really close to my office.

that's always nice.

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
I've never even heard of micro center

Mr E
Sep 18, 2007

The closest microcenter to me is two hours so

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug

axleblaze posted:

I've never even heard of micro center

Best buy is the wal mart of electronics


Microcenter is the big lots version

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!
Melman v2
http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2015/10/29/nintendo-unveils-first-smartphone-game-live-blog/

Nintendo also said it was creating a new membership service, called “Nintendo Account,” to connect users of its hardware as well as PCs and mobile devices. It said it would use a cloud-based service to transfer data between mobile games and console games.

:yaycloud:

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


axleblaze posted:

I've never even heard of micro center

Micro Center is what rose from the ashes of all the Circuit Citys where I used to live. I don't think there are any remotely near me now, but I remember going in one once and the prices were just as poo poo as Circuit City's were.

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug
https://www.microcenter.com/


drat good deals on laptops and videogames in store

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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



Cardboard Box A posted:

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2015/10/29/nintendo-unveils-first-smartphone-game-live-blog/

Nintendo also said it was creating a new membership service, called “Nintendo Account,” to connect users of its hardware as well as PCs and mobile devices. It said it would use a cloud-based service to transfer data between mobile games and console games.

:yaycloud:

hello and welcome to last gen nintendo

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