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[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!

[Nepia]

@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@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.

Star Wars is fun, I don't know why it dropped in price so quickly, I guess the hard core FPS gamers and Star Wars geeks don't intersect that much.

[NTA]

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

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)

Yep that sounds about right. Same time I had a PS2, the bro-in-law had an Xbox. All the games on it felt a bit toony, and the driving games were no comparison.

MS identified the younger market as a target, and not wanting to have too much gore. The boy's mate has the next-last Xbox and it seems OK, and while Halo looks fucking awesome, the PS stuff still appeals to me more.

Once the PS4 gets rolling here, I'll be thinking about VR. That would be really interesting to experiment with.

[jegga]

Sad for anyone to get fired at this time of year but check out the loathing for them in the comments. I'd say most of it would be directed at only one of the duo though.

Stuff

[Stockcar86]

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

Sad for anyone to get fired at this time of year but check out the loathing for them in the comments. I'd say most of it would be directed at only one of the duo though.

Stuff

And on a much more positive note, great news that @Gibbit has a full time gig again leading the Radio Sport morning show

[MN5]

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

Sad for anyone to get fired at this time of year but check out the loathing for them in the comments. I'd say most of it would be directed at only one of the duo though.

Stuff

[jegga]

@MN5 GFY.

[NTA]

Argh! Fuck is that the dude?!!

[Smudge]

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

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

Never quite eventuated. It's still being discussed, but I'd be surprised if turns up any time in the next few months.

[Mokey]

Polly's lips scare the fuck out of me.

[Snowy]

@Mokey You're right. I would have been happier not noticing that.

[canefan]

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

@Mokey You're right. I would have been happier not noticing that.

How could you not?

[Snowy]

@canefan I don't always pay attention apparently.

[Virgil]

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

Polly's lips scare the fuck out of me.

She certainly has a face for Radio.