The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[jms493]

Broke down and got a 3DS today with the Mario 3D Land pre-install. Enjoying it so far, but honestly looking more forward to Pushmo and Crashmo.

XL or regular? Target $129 deal?

[SethMode]

XL or regular? Target $129 deal?

Regular. The XL doesn't impress me for the price after seeing a friend's. I didn't do Target because I had a Best Buy GC and it's basically the same price there if you get the Mario 3D Land pre-install (169.99 vs. 129.99+39.99 for cart)...I admittedly didn't do any research if I can delete and re-download/re-install, and since it's Nintendo I'm a little concerned about that, but oh well.

It looks very nice though, but I can only handle the 3D stuff in short bursts (knew that going in though).

[ryne candy]

Got Persona 4 Golden along with Wonderbook and Professor Layton and the Last Specter.

[SethMode]

Got Persona 4 Golden along with Wonderbook and Professor Layton and the Last Specter.

Person 4 is so, so good. Golden is my sole reason for wanting to get a Vita right now.

[SethMode]

Pushmo =

Even though it is warping my fucking brain.

[Twigg4075]

Got Persona 4 Golden along with Wonderbook and Professor Layton and the Last Specter.

Wonderbook?!?

How much was Layton?

[ryne candy]

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She liked Wonderbook when she saw it demo'd at E3; think the hook was the Harry Potter angle. Prof. Layton was $30....couldn't find it anywhere on sale that still had it in stock (FRYS.com had it for $10 but OOS). I saw an opportunity to get a move controller and see if it added anything to videogames.

[Handleit_44]

Call of Duty: Black Ops II rakes in $1 billion in 15 days

Hey, Treyarch and Activision. We're friends, right? We've known each other for awhile now. You see, Christmas is coming up. I've got bills to pay and gifts to buy. How 'bout sharing some of that BLOPS2 cash? What's $10,000 out of your billion or so dollars? Nothing, right? You know where to find me.

Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops II has crossed the $1 billion worldwide sales mark already. They pulled this massive number off in just 15 days, too. That beats last year's million maker, Modern Warfare 3, by one day. It even beats feature film Avatar by a couple of days.

Here's a brag dropped by CEO Bobby Kotick:

"The release of Call of Duty has been one of the most significant entertainment events of each of the last six years. Since Call of Duty was launched, cumulative franchise revenues from players around the world are greater than current worldwide box office receipts to date for the top-10 grossing films of 2012 combined. Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for 'Harry Potter' and 'Star Wars,' the two most successful movie franchises of all time."


Read more at http://www.destructoid.com/call-of-d...PakSkmv1MAE.99

[JayDizzle]

Call of Duty: Black Ops II rakes in $1 billion in 15 days

Hey, Treyarch and Activision. We're friends, right? We've known each other for awhile now. You see, Christmas is coming up. I've got bills to pay and gifts to buy. How 'bout sharing some of that BLOPS2 cash? What's $10,000 out of your billion or so dollars? Nothing, right? You know where to find me.

Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops II has crossed the $1 billion worldwide sales mark already. They pulled this massive number off in just 15 days, too. That beats last year's million maker, Modern Warfare 3, by one day. It even beats feature film Avatar by a couple of days.

Here's a brag dropped by CEO Bobby Kotick:

"The release of Call of Duty has been one of the most significant entertainment events of each of the last six years. Since Call of Duty was launched, cumulative franchise revenues from players around the world are greater than current worldwide box office receipts to date for the top-10 grossing films of 2012 combined. Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for 'Harry Potter' and 'Star Wars,' the two most successful movie franchises of all time."


Read more at http://www.destructoid.com/call-of-d...PakSkmv1MAE.99

http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/comparing-black-ops-2-sales-to-movie-tickets-is-misleading-the-press-should

Reaction piece.

[JimLeavy59]

AC3 steel book cases are going for like 25 bucks on ebay I gotta sell that shit.

[Twigg4075]

AC3 steel book cases are going for like 25 bucks on ebay I gotta sell that shit.

Wtf? I wonder if my Best Buy still has any of those lying around? Even after the game released they had a display full of them.

[JimLeavy59]

Wtf? I wonder if my Best Buy still has any of those lying around? Even after the game released they had a display full of them.

If I knew I could get that much for them on ebay I would have pre-ordered from a few GameStops and get resold all of them.

[JimLeavy59]

Looking to by a capture card real soon any suggestions? I'm looking at the Roxio game capture they have one that works with just HDMI,and USB and its only 50 bucks extra than the standard version.

[IamMedellin]

[IamMedellin]

heh