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I'm preloading X: Rebirth on Steam right now.

Having suffered through initial releases for X3 & Terran Conflict, I know it's probably a mistake... but it just looks so damn cool.


Meh, worst case, Egosoft will have it polished-up with a lot of new, free content in 6 months. It will be worth it in the end.

Red Dead Redemption for xbox 360.

I'm new to gaming and working my way through some of the classics: Halo, Skyrim, and now RDD.

My latest computer game purchase was Torchlight 2.
It's the first game which I've ever bought through Steam.

Congratulations! I've been playing Steam games exclusively now for about two years. There really isn't any comparison anymore between consoles and the PC for me, as a gaming platform. Not least because of Steam's handy 'hours played' tracking feature, but also because I know that the achievements on Steam I earn will be relevant for years to come, whereas those on consoles kind of die with the console. Last of all, I can upgrade my computer when I wish to give it a hardware boost to ramp up graphics. If I ever have a period where I don't game as much, I don't have to feel bad that I have a technological ornament sitting around not being used, as I always find some use for my PC, even if it's just internet browsing.

Ratchet and Clank: Into The Nexus

I downloaded it last night onto my PS3, but I didn't get a chance to play it yet because it finished installing at one o'clock in the morning. I'm going to give it a shot before bed.

While waiting for some price drops, I settled on Duck Tales: Remastered for the PS3. Not a bad effort but still prefer the original classic.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It's lots of fun so far! I'm hoping to buy Minecraft soon.

Yeah, I've watched my friends play it, and I don't think I could handle having to watch a cutscene every three minutes.

Shin Megumi Tensei Nocturne for the PS2.

I love used game shops.

(shrug) There's not so much of a difference, I reckon.
Raptr tracks the number of hours of each game played (such as on the Xbox 360) and it does it very well.

On the other hand, it's already obvious to me that the Steam game hours tracker isn't anywhere near as reliable.
It has the wrong number of hours for Torchlight 2, and claims that I've played Magicka for a few hours when I did nothing of the sort.
I think maybe it includes the time which you spend downloading the games or something ?
I downloaded Magicka, but never played it before the trial time ran out ; as it was only free to play for one weekend, and I decided that I couldn't be bothered with it.

The Xbox Live achievements have been relevant for the entire lifespan of the console, and are carrying across onto the newer Xbone console.
They give me a small discount on every download purchase made through Xbox Live because of having a decent quantity of Gamerpoints (ie achievements) as well ... it's only 2%, but still... better than a kick up the arse.

AFAIK Sony are having PS3 achievements (trophies) continue on their PS4 system as well.

Given that a £10 laptop could be used for internet browsing and be perfectly good at it, I would say that using a powerhouse PC for that is as much of a waste of technology as (for example) having a PS3 for ages and not playing it much (and a PC would need to be a bit of a powerhouse in order to run a lot of modern games... even Minecraft is hopelessly bloated and needs an expensive PC to work reasonably) ... there are always console exclusives, also.... I didn't play my PS3 for a very long time, but set it up recently to play the three PS3 Ratchet and Clank games. totally worth it !
I wouldn't want to have bought one of the high-end PCs for gaming 4 years ago and had it drop in price all this time, that's for sure.

It's also great that console games all have standardised recognition of the relevant game controllers and consoles.
Games consoles are also much easier to play via a TV than hooking up the laptop would be, allowing for a much larger screen with minimum hassle.

I guess if you really wanted to, then you could always browse the internet on a console such as the Xbox 360 using iExplorer, or use it for Skype etc.
I often use the TV players (4OD etc) over Xbox Live, and they work fine.

Oh yeah, I've used Raptr before and the hours tracking feature was as good as any, but unfortunately the program lacks any kind of achievement system [of it's own]. I like everything to be in one place and on one profile really, which is why I prefer Steam in that regard. Well, sometimes it states inaccurate hours for me too, but that's usually fixed by logging in and out. Aside from that, for me, it's been very accurate. It does count however many minutes and hours you have spent with a game launched, so you don't necessarily have to be playing it for it to count that time. Having the game on pause for example, will rack up time. I tend to play games on low or medium settings which is still better than out of date technology which inevitably happens with consoles. I also prefer playing on a smaller screen but I imagine for most people, that wouldn't be the case. So there is that going for the consoles. I didn't realize the achievements were carrying over, that's cool if so. I only buy games whenever there is a Steam sale, and during the Steam sale, there are massive discounts on even the most recent games, so I don't really pay much for those which I think is nice. As far as controllers go, I tend to look if a game supports the Xbox 360 controller, which, many do, increasingly often it seems. Not that a controller is needed for RTS games and such. I've never heard of a £10 laptop tbh. If there were one, I imagine it would be incredibly slow by most people's standards, even for internet browsing.

Raptr has its levelling up function - where it registers how well you're doing at games in comparison to others who are playing it.

I got some Steam achievements for Torchlight 2, but they seemed to be not very motivating.

I was going to buy some games in a recent "75% off" Steam sale, but then I looked on Amazon and saw that the games were actually cheaper than the sale price to buy new - and then I'd have a physical version rather than just a download copy. Cheap games are always good though, whatever the format.

100% of Xbox 360 games support the Xbox 360 controller, which suits me just fine.

I got a laptop in 1999 for £10, which was perfectly good for internet browsing.
This was back in the days of dial-up of course, but I would expect technology to have progressed enough for a similarly cheap laptop to be capable of web browsing nowadays. Certainly, using an expensive PC just for internet browsing wouldn't be making good use of its functionality.

Humble Store has a sale that ends soon: https://www.humblebundle.com/store

So I bought Super Meat Boy and HammerWatch.

Oh, and I got The Darkness for 360.

I will have to bump this thread on Friday B)

Adventure Time - Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!

Not bad for a kiddified Gauntlet clone.

Zelda ^_________________^

I've recently bought Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty through an unused voucher code when another user decides to give it away at a first come, first served basis on the PlayStation Community Forums in which I quickly entered the code at the Sony Entertainment Network website.