Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz

[taniwharugby]

@MN5 ah so you got a PS4 as well for your boys too!

[mariner4life]

i have been eye-fucking PS4s every time i am in Target. But i just can't justify it. I don't have the time, so the kids don't either.

[MN5]

Cut down on TSF time. That'll help.

[mariner4life]

@MN5 i can take my PS4 to work?

[NTA]

The boy is getting a PS4. And he knows it. I had to tell him because he kept wanting to buy shit to download for the PS3, and after getting sick of his whining I said "Because the fucking thing is end-of-life!"

Then I had to explain to him what end-of-life meant in real terms. And how its cool for me to drop the F-bomb, but not him. Because I pay the fucking bills, that's why.

[MN5]

@NTA

I got it and two controllers and two games for $549. Pretty happy with that. I also picked up star wars battlefront for a ridiculous $30. Suffice to say i'm hoping for a few rainy days this summer.

[taniwharugby]

@MN5 yeah we got the 1TB version, with 2 games and a single controller for $479 I think it was.

TR Jnr just last week was asking fora PS3 game, although I think he is asking as he is fishing cos he knows...he did ask about a PS4 a few weeks back and I told him all the shops were sold out because of Christmas

So I'll have to get him to bed early on Saturday, set it up, do whatever fucking updates it needs (hope they are quicker than the PS3) get Mrs TR to wrap the box to give him that...that way I can say we have one on pre-order

[Baron Silas Greenback]

I am firmly in the Xbox camp now and going to pick up the Xbox next year. Huge step up PS4 apparently

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[taniwharugby]

having not owned one, but played them, I reckon one very obvious thing Xbox has over PS (any model) is the better range of kids games, especially with the interactive ones (for whatever that bar is called)

[mariner4life]

that, and Halo is fucking awesome.

[MN5]

My 17 year old stepson used to be an Xbox fan but since he got his PS4 that's all changed. I enjoy playing fallout ? ( think it's called that ) with him.

My boys are gonna have fucken kittens when they realise they are gonna get TWO star wars games as well. Just to fuck with them I'm gonna get something crap from the $2 shop and say that that is their present only to get the real one a few minutes later. Should be good humour.

[taniwharugby]

@MN5 one of my mates gave his kids a lump of coal each, didnt give them thier presents until Boxing Day!

[MN5]

@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@MN5 one of my mates gave his kids a lump of coal each, didnt give them thier presents until Boxing Day!

I can't bring myself to be that much of a prick, funny as it would be!

[antipodean]

I have a XBox One I never use. Seemed like such a good idea at the time...

[MajorRage]

I am getting this for my 4 year old son. It's too technical for him to build though ... what a conundrum!

[NTA]

@MN5 I bought the 1TB version of the PS4 for under $500. They were selling off the old versions here at JB hi-fi.

The Mother in law can take care of the extra controller and charging cradle for it. My brother will chip in with EB Games cards.

[No Quarter]

I got my boy a Porsche, the lucky little shit. When I was a kid I had a pretend Porsche that was also called a "Wheelbarrow".

[dogmeat]

@jegga

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11768624

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[jegga]

@dogmeat cheers mate, I wonder if this was factored into it ? http://subscriptions.nzherald.co.nz/aa5weeks/

I think the ODT went paywall only, Smudge might be able to give us some more info about that.

[taniwharugby]

@dogmeat it's readership has grown because of the linking and subsequent click-through of their pages on here!