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AusGAF 3.0 - Double the price, region locked and refused classification

VOOK

We don't know why he keeps buying PAL, either.
Bernbaum said:
You told me you've been banned a whole bunch. I can only assume it was for the rightful cause of Nintendo apologetics.

Oh it was probably something Nintendo related or I was bashing the PSP.
 

midonnay

Member
HolyCheck said:
I've been banned twice, once for calling someone the g word very early on (like 2006) and the second time was for suggesting people pm vennt if they want access to neogaf gold last year

calling someone gay? thats pretty pissweak (of a reason for a ban)
 

EatChildren

Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
jambo said:
Do it! :lol

Oh I wasn't joking about that. I was laughing because I've been banned three times.
 

Choc

Banned
virtual console minus gamecube of course on the 3DS with the same library as wii would make it awesome awesome awesome

so many good games you could get on the go.


Vook is right though, teh days of a system only playing games is over. Can you tweet from a 3ds? no, facebook? no.

this is what the casuals care about now. the DS hit the market at the exact right tiem, Nintendo will not replicate the success without huge change.

And the naming confusion is exactly right. And teh Wii U has the exact same issue

its the first time Nintendo has not ever totally changed the name of a product, and therefore people are not used to it so think its the same or an addon.

I reckon people have bought 3DS games thinking they are for DS.
 
Choc said:
its the first time Nintendo has not ever totally changed the name of a product, and therefore people are not used to it so think its the same or an addon.
SNES.

I understand this is different though, espeicially how often the DS was updated with new models, DS Lite,i,xl and now 3ds it's not hard to understand how people not into gaming would confuse it as just a new expensive model. Especially when you see those pictures of it sharing shelf space.
 

user_nat

THE WORDS! They'll drift away without the _!
I've always wondered.. when you get banned, do you get told why?

I don't want to find out first hand mods
 

EatChildren

Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
user_nat said:
I've always wondered.. when you get banned, do you get told why?

I don't want to find out first hand mods

Yeah, when you login it tells you the reason. You cant browse the forums until you log out.
 
user_nat said:
I've always wondered.. when you get banned, do you get told why?

I don't want to find out first hand mods
"dont post porn" but I think in my cause it would have been easy to figure out anyway
 

user_nat

THE WORDS! They'll drift away without the _!
Omi said:
maps.google.com.au

"10 Heron Ridge, Brown Hill, Victoria"

Heh. High res streetview.
Haha. Will be great when the owners of that house decide to look it up in street view.
 

Jintor

Member
Driving test booked for a week from now. Nervous as fuck. Just had a terrible lesson where I fucked up more or less constantly. At least I didn't crash.
 

VOOK

We don't know why he keeps buying PAL, either.
Choc said:
virtual console minus gamecube of course on the 3DS with the same library as wii would make it awesome awesome awesome

so many good games you could get on the go.


Vook is right though, teh days of a system only playing games is over. Can you tweet from a 3ds? no, facebook? no.

this is what the casuals care about now. the DS hit the market at the exact right tiem, Nintendo will not replicate the success without huge change.

And the naming confusion is exactly right. And teh Wii U has the exact same issue

its the first time Nintendo has not ever totally changed the name of a product, and therefore people are not used to it so think its the same or an addon.

I reckon people have bought 3DS games thinking they are for DS.

Then why do they keep calling the iPods, iPhones and iPad?
 

jambo

Member
Ninty need to rebrand the Wii U as the Revolution, add Twitter and FB support to the 3DS and start getting the 3rd parties on board hardcore!
 
VOOK said:
Then why do they keep calling the iPods, iPhones and iPad?
That's a pure case of a marketing brand. Essentially the name changes across the products, the prefix doesn't. They've trained the market to expect yearly updates that don't (usually) revolutionize the brand, only refine it.

The 3DS could be seen as a similar iteration except Nintendo haven't marketed it this way. Seriously, if I were a non-gaming person I wouldn't know if the 3DS were an update or new product. I'd have no idea that the 3DS was backward compatible or even know if it were worth updating.

Apple does this form of advertising correctly. They basically shout "IT'S THE SAME, EXCEPT THINNER!!! YOU WILL HAND OVER CASH ON THE 4TH OF NEXT MONTH, BITCHES. DON'T THINK ABOUT WHETHER YOU NEED IT, JUST WORK OUT HOW TO ACQUIRE OUR MONEY!!!"
 

rass

Member
Jintor said:
Driving test booked for a week from now. Nervous as fuck. Just had a terrible lesson where I fucked up more or less constantly. At least I didn't crash.
relax man! Good luck.

I felt like Neo in the matrix just now. I had the most messed up uni timetable spread sporadically over 4 days and everything just fell into place. Tuesdays and Fridays off, no more four hour gaps. Pumped.
 

jambo

Member
This happened last night on GTA Episodes from Liberty City multiplayer. I know it's childish but my chest hurt from laughing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1l4sQ7lOp0

Jintor said:
Driving test booked for a week from now. Nervous as fuck. Just had a terrible lesson where I fucked up more or less constantly. At least I didn't crash.

Jintor, Mr Jintor, he's the greatest guy in history. From the town of AusGAF, he's about to hit a chestnut tree... AHHHH
 

Dead Man

Member
Jintor said:
Driving test booked for a week from now. Nervous as fuck. Just had a terrible lesson where I fucked up more or less constantly. At least I didn't crash.
Not crashing means you can't have fucked up non stop. You'll be fine.
jambo said:
Well... there's an exception to every rule, right?
 

user_nat

THE WORDS! They'll drift away without the _!
Jintor said:
Driving test booked for a week from now. Nervous as fuck. Just had a terrible lesson where I fucked up more or less constantly. At least I didn't crash.
My worst ever lesson was the last one before my test. Screwed up so many things. Had no trouble with the actual test though.
You'll be fine.
 

Choc

Banned
webmail_au_20110729_3ds.gif
 

evlcookie

but ever so delicious
My goal was to take a few Fridays off for driving lessons before my l's expire in December. I have no idea if I can do that now with me moving to malvern for work and it's going to be busy as fuck constantly for many more months.

I think I'm fucked.
 

Shaneus

Member
You kids. In my day, I couldn't *wait* to get my license! Completely arsed the parallel parking bit in my exam, too. It was about 10 years before I'd even attempt another.
 

jambo

Member
Shaneus said:
You kids. In my day, I couldn't *wait* to get my license! Completely arsed the parallel parking bit in my exam, too. It was about 10 years before I'd even attempt another.

I'm 23 and still on my P1s =P

Plenty of mates could drive, plus I was near a great public transport route whilst living at my parents. My ex's were always a little annoyed that they always had to drive, but other than that it was fine. When I moved out of home my new house was a 15 minute walk from the CBD, where I worked and went out to on the weekends so I didn't bother then either.

Then radnomly a couple of years ago I just decided to do it.

So xP
 
Sutton Dagger said:
PC. All the info is in this GAF thread

Would be pretty awesome to get AusGAF hooked, I still thinks it's fun

EDIT: to make it easier, if you have Windows 7 download this
You also need to register HERE. You will be sent a confirmation email. This will be your Username and password for the game once it is approved.

well you just made it easier for me than i expected, guess i shall join you when i get home tonight. :D

EDIT: registered on that site as Emphereal
 
Marshmellow said:
well you just made it easier for me than i expected, guess i shall join you when i get home tonight. :D

WOOT. I won't be on tonight though, going to the Footy :)

Try and convince some more of AusGAF and then we can organise some times to play.
 

Ydahs

Member
Choc said:
Iwata cuts his salary by 50% to make money available for 3DS loss


wow
Iwata's always come across as a level-headed and honest guy. This doesn't surprise me.

I wonder if they expected such a backlash in the stocks though. They would have expecting it to plummet, but 20%?
 

Choc

Banned
F1 AUS GAF

The BBC and Sky Sports will broadcast Formula 1 in the UK between 2012 and 2018 under a new rights deal.
The BBC has been the exclusive broadcaster of F1 in the UK since 2009 but its contract with Formula One Management was due to expire after the 2013 season.
Sky Sports will show every race, qualifying session and practice live.
BBC Sport will broadcast half the races live, as well as the qualifying and practice sessions from those races.


does this mean for the Non Live we get shitty AU commentary or does Brundle and Coulthard do the sky feed as well and we can take that?

Also this opens up F1 to being on foxtel through sky (same company)
 

markot

Banned
Japanese executives dont tend to be as... out of touch as western ones. They also dont pay themselves nearly as much compared to the rest of the work force compared to western ones.
 

Choc

Banned
here is why the stock shat itself

The company has heavily cut its full-year profit forecasts, down 82 percent to ¥20 billion from ¥110 billion.


that is a MASSIVE cut in forecasts
 

jambo

Member
Choc said:
F1 AUS GAF

The BBC and Sky Sports will broadcast Formula 1 in the UK between 2012 and 2018 under a new rights deal.

Yeah I just saw that in the F1 thread Choc, good and bad could come of this.

On the one side, BBCs coverage is fucking awesome so it would suck if Sky's wasn't as good.

On the flip side, F1s being on Foxtel in HD would be awesome and Sky's coverage could turn out to be great.
 

Choc

Banned
in US money its

1.54 billion to 257.6 million USD


wow

and thats not profit, they lost 25 billion yen this quarter alone (321.4 million USD)

The US Dollar strong? What?

its got nothing to do with currency fluctuations else they would have added that in the reports.

In summary, Nintendo lost more money THIS QUARTER than they expect to bring in THIS FINANCIAL YEAR!.
 
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