Somehow I got a feeling this unit is going to be under rare vintage collector's item and price jack up soon.

For me, it started very young. All the way back in the PS1 era, maybe even Sega Genesis era. I had been reading gaming magazines from the US back then like Electronic Gaming Monthly, GamePro, etc. So in my mind were all these US games that I wanted to play and when I went to my friend's house to play his SNES, I saw it was the Super Famicom and he was playing Rockman X. Megaman X is one of my most favorite game even to this day and I personally cannot call Megaman, "Rock"man. Besides translations and naming, the second thing that irks me all the way to the PS3 era was the TV signals. NTSC/PAL. My TV when I was younger didn't have a PAL setting, so whenever I played PAL games made the colors look weird. So when FFIX and Ace Combat 3 were only sold in PAL version... (pirated, I mean) I was super pissed that I could not play FFIX in color. Everything was black and white or washed out pink. So even when I was younger I vowed to focus only on NTSC/US games, I bought Metal Gear Solid 2 and FFX in NTSC/US before the PS2 started getting pirated games. It was both a region lock thing and to make sure that I got the US version and it would look ok on my TV. If I started gaming today, then I wouldn't mind too much. Cause it's HDMI and the picture all comes out the same.

Jumping closer to today, I started with R1 games because of course they were the US version, following my previous line of thinking. But also because early in the PS3 life, there was no Malaysian store or things like that. So I bought all my games on the US PSN Store because games came out first there most of the time and because of region lock on DLC. Cost-wise also, I can get the games on the PSN store and Play-Asia cheaper because they go on sale more frequently. Most of the time cheaper than the second-hand people will sell here. I rarely buy games on the first day, maybe a year or two later. So by the time I buy them, the price would have gone down a lot while second-hand sellers will want to retain the cost of what they paid and keep prices high.

Then even more recent is because of censorship. Some might argue that US gets the most censorship in terms of fan-service and the whole feminist cancellation of games, see: Dead or Alive Xtreme 3. But after the introduction of CERO in Japan a few years ago, Japan is one of the most strictest in terms of censorship. Followed very closely by Australia and Germany. If you don't include harm coming to children and underage fan service, US games on average actually retain the most content compared to all the other countries.

So by ranking, I buy only R1 because of
1. My OCD to have everything look the same
2. Cost
3. My PSN account and DLC + Trophies
4. Censorship

Truly, I believe it's an OCD thing. Wanting to keep things relatively same or similar. But the other reasons are there for me as well. I would also get Japanese games but their cost is prohibitive. Especially their anime blu-rays. So for now, until I get a super high paying job and not just peanuts. I just focus on R1/US games and movies.

Yeah, cause the systems are now region free. Not like the PS1 and PS2. Only the DLC is region locked for some games.

Oh yeah, the last difference that me get the R1 region than R2. It's the X and O... no matter how long I've played JP games, I'm still better at pressing X than O. Easier for my thumb to go down left than go up right because my thumb got bitten by a cat earlier in life. So all R1 games on the PS4 swaps it to X to confirm while the home menu still uses O if you play on the Malaysian PS4.
Really? I thought it was the worst? Haha, because of saving cost and internet. Europe should have the thickest intro booklet cause of all the languages.

Usually look at the publisher I feel, Capcom is the most lenient, they just use one version for US and Asia. The strictest is Activision, so Destiny is region locked. It's why I keep to one region also, less headache trying to figure all these things out. But the good thing about using PlayStation, it's free to create a different account with different region. Not like Nintendo where you only get one account or one region depending on the system.

I think from my experience, someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Only Japan R2 DLC is restricted to R2 games. Everywhere else should get the same DLC.

Something just arrived today. Have to skip lunch entirely to collect the parcel.



 

Get ready for Titanfall!

#Makanbubur1month 

Apart from a few investment, I got nothing else to spend on. Pros of being single. 

Its hard to collect things when you are married/attached. Agree/disagree?

Since my gf is not gonna ever see this... agreed.

How many of us here played Final Fantasy XIV? You all sounds like ex ARR/Heavensward players to me. 

I almost tot no one here plays or collect XIV items anymore.

Happy owner of a Titanfall Vanguard Helmet 

Oh sure. Will be later tonight though. Its more like a flexible canopy layer inside that can fit almost all size of head.

Yes. The visor is like those lens in beach sunglasses that you can see through. Cant comment much coz I haven't wear it. Maybe Mgsrulz can provide more insights 

Dang.... 

Oh ya, by the way check out this headset 

Haha okay la. For Titanfall goodies I only saw the headset and backpack. Cant find any statue or good quality figurine for the Titans though. (Except for older TTF1 series) Else would have gotten a Ronin for personal collection 

Its a good game for mecha fans. Agree the helm was worth it. 

No precise number yet, but in Japan the Luna Edition seems to sold more than 63,000 units d in just 1 week. Article as below:


"Following Media Create’s charts released on wednesday, today the market statistics firm released its weekly analysis related to the situation on the Japanese market between November 28th and December 4th.

This time around, they provided additional color about the performance of the game and of the associated console, the limited edition PS4 “Luna Edition.”

First of all, we learn that while the game sold a total of 690, 471 copies on PS4 and 3,791 on Xbox One on the local market, this represents only 64.63% of the initial shipment, with approximately 300,000 copies remaining on the shelves by the end of the week.  That said, since the publisher announced its post-launch update plans and new upcoming content, Media Create expects it to influence future sale trends, including the second-hand market.

On the other hand, of the 110,318 standard PS4 units sold last week on the Japanese market, a whopping 63,000 were Luna editions with Final Fantasy XV. That’s over half of the whole PS4 sales, even if you count the 8,032 PS4 Pro sold in the same period."
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Haha unfortunaltely, doesn't seems so. It's an item that majority of the people in the world who will want and willing to pay for this. The developer will gain more sales revenues by mass producing than limiting to only certain quantities. Will be a waste to produce only 2000 units and there is est 2 mil+ people or more in the world who really willing to pay good money for this FF edition.

Nnevertheless, its still worth it to get one bro. If you are a FF fan. Even Ni No Kuni PS3 that was mass produced, now below 1k now no one is selling. (unless you meet a waterfish) Will be an vintage item over time.

New collection arrived! 
FINAL FANTASY® XV - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - LIMITED EDITION

Skip 4x Pizza Hut this month?

This kind of OST you need good players to push out the sound quality. Its not just a mere collectors item. The original disc is able to amplified the sound quality tremendously for ICE (in car entertainment) and home theater user.

Don't temp us!! 

I wonder if anyone can help to list out all the related item to FF XV collections. There seems to be a crazily wide range from console, to game edition, to ost, to figurines. Feels like going to be a 2 page list. lol. Already meet a few FF hardcore collectors here.