Count to a million

[Zyla Fae 5,359]

287.,906+

 

Ouch :l

[lomk 20,663]

287,907

 

Yeah. I hate that part of my job. It is the absolute worst. 

[Scootaloodle 1,622]

287,908

 

no one here?

[lomk 20,663]

287,909

 

I'm still here. 

 

I just went to box this motherboard and get it ready to send back to Newegg. 

People complain a lot that video games are expensive, but the reality is that the value of the dollar has gone down over time. 

 

I know people who will never pay $60 for a game, but they have no problems paying $30. 

 

I used this website to obtain the value of $60 (in 2014) in the year 1985, around the time that Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda were around. That number turned out to be $27.30. 

 

I also found the launch price of the NES in 1984. It was $199 at the time. 

 

$199 in 1984 is $453 in 2014. So, really, the prices of consoles has gone nowhere. If an NES were released today, it would actually be more expensive than a PS4 though still less expensive than a PC. 

Would you buy a video game system for $200 and a game for that system for $30 today? Probably so. Would you do it in 1985? You'd probably be just as hard pressed to do it then as you are to spend $450 on a system and $60 today. 

[Metalbro 16]

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[lomk 20,663]

287,911

 

 

I just remember my brother offered to give me his PS2 fat model and I was going to bring it home and get a PlayStation 2 library going! 

 

The PS2 was awesome! There's a reason it's the best selling console of all time. 

This kinda makes me want to get some old school GTA 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o67dj4THxcI

[Kawaii Besu 28,011]

287912

 

Hallo .

 

We originally had a "fat" PS2 back then, but, well, silly 5 year old me did something real stupid that shorted out the internal PSU, and subsequently fried the poor internal components of the device with it beyond warranty.

 

Then a year later, we bought the slimline one. It has been sitting there gathering dust for a while, but I'm sure it still works.

Edited May 14, 2015 by Fillypino Pride

[lomk 20,663]

Hai Filleh! 

 

I used to have a slim PS2, but I gave it to my 15 year old brother because it just gathered dust. At that time, of course, I was in college. But the PS2 has a pretty nice library of awesome games that I technically could emulate on my PC, but PS2 emulation on PC is tricky at best. As far as anything I'd play on my PS3 goes....well there wasn't a PS3 emulator for PC yet, but really all I ever played on my PS3 was multiplats. You know...I can play those on my PC as well lol

 

I also just want a collection of old consoles. I've got a Nintendo 64, Game Cube, Wii, PS3, and now I can have a PS2. I really don't expect to get a PS1 in the near future or maybe even at all since both the PS4 is the only PlayStation that can't run those games. And the PS3 won't even need a memory card to save games, which may be why I keep it around. I do like indulging in some classic Resident Evil and Dino Crisis from time to time. Oh how Capcom has stumbled so far....

 

I think the console I'm looking at owning more than any, though, would have to be a SNES. I know the Wii can emulate the SNES perfectly, but being a purist, I like to play the original games on original hardware. It's why I haven't used an emulator in probably a year or so. Emulators are great and all, but there's nothing quite like playing a game on its native system. The only exception I can make here is my Wii. It uses Game Cube memory cards and controllers and plays Game Cube discs. In fact, the only thing different at all is the more powerful system. And my Game Cube is actually incapable of progressive scan (It's the Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness edition so it's not that the hardware isn't capable of doing it; it just lacks the output port for progressive scan entirely) so I'll stick with the Wii for playing Game Cube exclusives for now. 

 

I did learn something today, though. 

 

The PlayStation 2's design was so far forward thinking that it could actually display in 1080i through the use of component cables, and 4 games were designed to be playable in HD on the PlayStation 2. We're talking about a console released in 2001 being able to display at the same resolution as the consoles released in 2013. Not that the graphical capabilities would be better (texture quality, polygon count, draw distances, how many NPC's it could handle, etc...) because the PS2 is just far inferior to the PS4. The fact of the matter still stands though. What happened to that kind of mentality? I remember the PS2 being able to play at 60 FPS. And my brother thinks his PS4 is so great because it runs Far Cry 4 at 1080p 30 fps @ probably low to medium settings. I mean...let's face it...the GPU in a PS4 is probably marginally more powerful than my old Radeon 7770. 

 

But don't you know? 

 

480i 60 fps is the wave of the future!

720p 30 fps? Choppy framerates!

 

It's still pretty impressive. The PS2 was extremely powerful for the time in which it was released. Especially since it was competing with the Game Cube...okay I can't say that with a straight face....

 

500 MHz? Really?? C'mon Nintendo!

 

Surely the Wii was better, right? 

 

729 MHz...Oh wow...

 

Yeah, Nintendo really needs to step it up with Nintendo NX. I know they're about being different, but they really need to make hardware that's also going to appeal to the mainstream gamer, too. Not just Nintendo fanboys who will buy the hardware and software regardless of how it looks or performs. 

 

I'm pretty sure that the only thing that has truly kept Nintendo alive is its IP. Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon. People go to Nintendo solely for those three games. Of course, there were other awesome exclusives such as Pikmin, but Pikmin isn't keeping Nintendo alive. And if the Xbox didn't come around, I'm sure the PS2 would have sold 200 million units by the end of its lifespan. Hell, if the Xbox hadn't come around, you'd probably still see PS2's being sold right next to PS4's today. That console had a hell of a lifespan. It was the one that just would not stop selling...

 

Of course, Sony shot themselves in the foot with the bad PS3 release and every dev went to Microsoft. 

[Kawaii Besu 28,011]

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Welp, I think I'll probably repair and keep my PS3 this time. Anyway, I have a fair amount of games in there than can be played on PC anyway, so I still have stuff to sell, and leave the PS3 for the exclusives like Gran Turismo 5 and 6, Uncharted and so on.

Edited May 14, 2015 by Fillypino Pride

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,236]

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I am in a down mood tonight, but I shall contribute to the cause of ze million count. Because reasons.

[BastementSparkle 20,323]

287916

 

I'm bored. Have a post CTaM.

 

 *Gives post, then promptly leaves*

[Kawaii Besu 28,011]

287917

 

I missed the Bais.

Anyway, I hab returnd.

[1111 1,284]

287918 2am ftw

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,236]

287919

 

I am still up. Why am I still up? Numbers!!

[1111 1,284]

287920 what time is it for you?

[Kawaii Besu 28,011]

287921

 

 

[1111 1,284]

287922

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,236]

287923

 

That above video did not work at making me fall asleep.

 

 

Yet.

[Kawaii Besu 28,011]

287923

 

:comeatus:

 

 

Wait, if bread + cheese + bread = muffin, then Cheese Sandwich/Weird Al is a muffin.

Muffins = 6 letters.

6/3 = 3.

CMC is a secret society.

CMC = 3 initials.

CMC = 3 members.

Triangle = 3 sides.

Illuminati confirmed! Open your eyes sheep-ponies!

Edited May 14, 2015 by Fillypino Pride

[Rocket Punk 476]

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[lomk 20,663]

287,925

 

I think it's time to clean my desk

 

One of these days I'll put my PC back together. Hopefully today!

[Kawaii Besu 28,011]

287926

 

Dem computah hardware.

W
O
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N
A
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[Discordly Cutiepie 2,065]

287927

 

ugh family "lets get up eraly i need your help ALL 3 OF US need to do this work"

 

IM THE ONLY ONE DOING IT AND THERE SITTING AROUND DOING NOTHING

 

im not doing all the work im done i did half by my self im done

[JonasDarkmane 19,784]

287.929

[Rocket Punk 476]

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