no its not. Only in alcohol marketing.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
AusGAF 7 - We hang out IRL now and be social and shit. (Also, Adrian's Revenge)
- Thread starter HolyCheck
- Start date
- Status
no its not. Only in alcohol marketing.
Are you kidding me?
reptilescorpio
Member
There is nothing more Aussie than having a beer. And maybe a kangaroo and a mustache. I mean stereotypical image of course.
Charts, people, please!
Charts, people, please!
maybe i watch abc24 to much
Souless_PJ
Banned
Aussies exist to get pissed. Having a drink is the one true national pastime.
reptilescorpio
Member
Maybe I will have a scotch when I get home. I have been a good boy today. I was a drone for society.
If it's like the US version, then it is just a week of exclusivity.
reptilescorpio
Member
XBL Gold has done similar things for years.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Gotta push those subs somehow.
Gold has a week exclusivity for retail demos but I've never heard of free members being restricted from buying things.
Liked. And now I feel dirty.
XBL has always locked out demos as timed exclusives, but Ive never seen them lock out a purchase altogether from silver live.
But even if they did does not make sony's scam any better.
Thanks mate... only 2 to go!
reptilescorpio
Member
I was sure they have withheld a few XBLA titles from sale for a week only to Gold. They run Gold only sales too.
Are you completely oblivious to Australian culture?
It's leaving money on the table.
Not many scams have that outcome.
D
Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
[citation needed]
D
Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
I'm usually against people trying to self-tag themselves but it would be perfect.
You dont know what NP is then.
Its just a reward scheme for those who buy the black console. Every digital purchase gets you points that can be used after a certain time (I think when you reach 500) for discounts on other DD games.
Its not a subscription service like xbl pyrite or psn minus.
Choc, you are wrong.
DualShadow
Member
This should be Choc's tag.
I mean, seriously.
The most popular cricketers are the ones who can knock back the most beers.
'Teetotaler' is still used as a term of derision.
My generation loves Bob Hawke not for any political reason, but because he can skull a beer.
Ever major sport has huge alcohol sponsorship attached.
I have zero problem with people who drink in moderation, but you really don't know how much it's considered apart of Australian culture unless you're the person who has to defend themselves at every single work function/social gathering for drinking a coke instead of a beer. It's tiring, to be honest.
The most popular cricketers are the ones who can knock back the most beers.
'Teetotaler' is still used as a term of derision.
My generation loves Bob Hawke not for any political reason, but because he can skull a beer.
Ever major sport has huge alcohol sponsorship attached.
I have zero problem with people who drink in moderation, but you really don't know how much it's considered apart of Australian culture unless you're the person who has to defend themselves at every single work function/social gathering for drinking a coke instead of a beer. It's tiring, to be honest.
Weekly exclusive trials were not last gen
I just punch those people in the mouth. That way I can have all the aggression of alcohol, without getting drunk! Win-win.
But yeah, everyone I know is a pretty massive drinker. Not really binge drinkers, but constantly drinking. I only drink once or twice a month, a couple of beers maybe, and it does get old answering the same questions.
Choc, you are debating an entirely different point in a whole other universe than the one we are in.
I said its silly that games cant be bought if you dont subscribe to PSN+.
You said Nintendo Premium will be the same.
1. NP is not a subscription service.
2. What XBL/PSN used to be like is completely irrelevant.
3. Cats have whiskers (which is as salient as anything you have mentioned so far).
If you insist on discussing the topic, please please please give a minute's thought so we have something coherent to discuss.
reptilescorpio
Member
The game is exclusive to PSN+ for one week. It wasn't originally going to be out last week was it? Everyone else, including XBLA can buy it in 36 hours right?
OK, and?
The game is on PSN+ now, at a discount of I dunno, $5 say. Why couldnt it also be on PSN regular at the full price of $15 or $20? Instead of making people get PSN+, it just irritates those who dont have it.
The game is still listed on PSN, only with a warning saying I need to be a psn+ member if I want to buy it.
Do you have the data to back this statement up?
Awesome news. I want to pick up Fury of Dracula, but Games Parasite is the only one that has it showing as "in stock". I don't really want to give those jerks my money, but I don't have much choice. I'll be all over that when it happens, please give a heads-up when it does.
I'm less poor at the moment and will have a massive haul of new board games coming in very soon.
I don't drink even that much, and people just can't get it through their thick heads that not everyone wants to be pissed out of their skull. It really is tiring having to constantly justify not actively trying to destroy your Liver.
is it only listed in the PSN Plus area?
Well, it just hit 1,000 likes, so we just need to wait for them to notice and put up the code. I'll try to post when that happens, but I have a games night tonight, so we'll see...
I'm looking at picking up Arkham Horror and Mansions of Madness just to compliment the Elder Sign that just arrived, as it's probably the cheapest I'll be able to get them new for some time.
Was also thinking of getting this one at some point!
Heeeey everybody!
So at work we do a thing each week for the game designers to get together and try to grow and become better at our job. Our thing this week is to make a super simple game in Flash and look at some stuff behind the scenes.
Another designer and I made this super quick game called Don't Touch The Level. It's short and rather challenging, and if you have time today I'd love for you guys to just quickly play through it. It's got zero art, it's a complete knockoff of another game and is super crap so whatever!
It's available here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/97686246/Dont_Touch_The_Level.swf
Please let me know if you finish it. We need to get 20 people to play it and you guys are probably the best to use as guinea pigs! Don't take this game as how awesome a designer I can be please
So at work we do a thing each week for the game designers to get together and try to grow and become better at our job. Our thing this week is to make a super simple game in Flash and look at some stuff behind the scenes.
Another designer and I made this super quick game called Don't Touch The Level. It's short and rather challenging, and if you have time today I'd love for you guys to just quickly play through it. It's got zero art, it's a complete knockoff of another game and is super crap so whatever!
It's available here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/97686246/Dont_Touch_The_Level.swf
Please let me know if you finish it. We need to get 20 people to play it and you guys are probably the best to use as guinea pigs! Don't take this game as how awesome a designer I can be please
I can confirm at least one incidence.
I dont know, I dont look there. I use the search function for PSN because its impossible to find anything beneath 38 sub-menus on a slow loading service. Especially when it's a game like JSR and PSN likes to categorise everything by genre. Pray tell which genre JSR falls into. Sport? Shooter? Strategy? Arcade? Simulation?
That's person, not people!
Maybe Sony are actually making money out of these Plus benefits, you don't know.
reptilescorpio
Member
I got a whole lot of awesome for my $35 a year with PSN+, highly recommend. Probably won't bother with Xbox Gold when it runs out but I have gotten sooooo many hours of entertainment out of my $35.
I really only look at the PSN+ area and the reverse chronological order area.
I really only look at the PSN+ area and the reverse chronological order area.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Nintendo Premium will suck, like everything online with Nintendo sucks. There will be exclusive mailbox stationary or something equally useless.
*buys deluxe package anyway*
*buys deluxe package anyway*
I'm not putting in my order with Games Empire until tomorrow anyway, so I'll just put it in with Parasite then. No rush.
It's meant to be excellent. The fact the the Shut Up & Sit Down guys liked it in their review cemented it for me.
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
- Locked