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Shadow1980

A 37 year old male gamer
United States
Joined on September 22nd 2013, last online 1 hour ago.
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Nuvendil posted something on Shadow1980's wall:

Not going to get involved in that GameStop is dying, digital is the future thread because I know how futile reasoning with people on this issue is, but I just want to say props for pointing out the obvious flaws in such a future. People think publishers are crap now, wait until they can bend you over a barrel with no competition to check them.

And so many people fail to grasp the concept of right of first purchase and that its absence is THE reason that all digital became the favored way of doing things on PC. That is a lovely benefit consoles have that people seem dead set to throw away.

I'm personally happy to see the Switch maintain the physical medium but also make considerable strides towards restoring the "play now" convenience consoles built their empire on through advances (finally) in physical media.

on 10 February 2017 | 1 comments

Thanks.

I've been nearly 100% physical for a while. I have not spent a single dime on digital for any title that is available at retail (I have several digital copies I got for free as a promo or gift), and I've even been reluctant to spend money on smaller digital titles. Aside from the occasional Virtual Console purchase, the last digital titles I bought were Perfect Dark HD and Mega Man 10, and that was in 2010. I'll probably make another exception this year for Sonic Mania and Ultra Street Fighter II, but that's it. I'm uncomfortable with spending any considerable amount of money on something I don't own.

If console gaming ever goes full digital, then I'm out. The industry would no longer deserve my money. I'll still have at least seven console generations worth of content to enjoy.

on 10 February 2017

Wright posted something on Shadow1980's wall:

Out of curiosity, who's your favourite IV character?

on 05 February 2017 | 4 comments

Tough call. Cecil had his journey from Dark Knight of Baron to a paladin, plus he's an alien. Kain is a fucking dragoon with awesome armor. Rosa is in many ways the backbone and moral compass of the team. Rydia grows from a timid child to a woman of war who commands powerful black magic and titanic beasts of destruction (and a Chocobo!). Golbez is a Vader-esque character who starts off evil but redeems himself in the end. Even Rubicante demonstrates that he isn't the typical villain, and despite working for Golbez (and by extension Zemus) he still is an honorable character that still possesses some scruples.

on 05 February 2017

What, no love for Yang? :P

on 05 February 2017

Achoo!

on 05 February 2017

While I think Cecil is probably my favourite character - he's one of the best, most daring videogame characters ever conceived from a subversive narrative point of view, and his quest for redemption is both touching and tragic -, I've always had a soft spot for Yang. He's a pillar of support for the party, strong and determinated, and willing to sacrifice himself to save them all. Even if he later gets relegated to a lesser narrative plane, he still remains among my favourite Monk-based characters of the whole franchise, and probably one of the greatest non-main party members too.

on 05 February 2017

bte88 posted something on Shadow1980's wall:

on 03 January 2017 | 2 comments

on 03 January 2017

Googolplex.

on 03 January 2017

tak13 posted something on Shadow1980's wall:

Hey my beloved shadow!

I have to ask you something, because as an I expert you are, I feel that you will probably illuminate me

I'm from Greece and live there, if I purchase a wii u from amazon.us for example, this will be tracked to American sales number or European/Greek?

Even if you don't know, what do you think?

on 15 December 2016 | 1 comments

That's actually a really good question. I'm not sure. I would assume since the system is being bought from a retailer in the U.S., it counts toward U.S. sales figures.

on 15 December 2016

spurgeonryan posted something on Shadow1980's wall:

I always get you confused with the other Shadow guy from the PS thread.

on 29 October 2016 | 5 comments

I was here first, though. And I always have the Mega Man avatar. And I make lots of graphs.

on 29 October 2016

I never seen any giraffes.

on 29 October 2016

No! Not a giraffe. A graph. You know. A chart.

on 29 October 2016

:^)

on 29 October 2016

I'm only after realising you guys were different. Mind blown.

on 03 November 2016

Recent Activity

Shadow1980 posted something on Shadow8's wall on 22 January 2017
Shadow1980 and barneystinson69 are now friends. on 07 January 2017
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Shadow1980 and pray4mojo are now friends. on 07 October 2016
Shadow1980 and malistix1985 are now friends. on 02 September 2016

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Recent Forum Posts

Do you consider Xbox One a Failure?

in Gaming Discussion 8 hours ago

In the U.S. and UK it's doing fine. Everywhere else it's a failure. Xbox simply isn't a global brand, and it can only get really high numbers unless it dominates in markets where Xbox is actually competitive. The 360 sold 80+ million mostly because it completely trounced the PS3 in the U.S. and UK. The XBO ought to sell 50 million units lifetime globally, which isn't bad considering it's only...

PS4 Kept up with Combined PS3/360 Sales for 3 Years!

in Sales Discussion 9 hours ago

Break it down by region and you'll see something very different. In Japan the PS4 is running a deficit of 917k against combined PS3+360 sales after 173 weeks of sales according to Media Create and never had a lead. In the U.S. it fell behind in less than a year and is running an ever-growing deficit that now stands at over 8.5M as of April according to the NPD (assuming the estimates we got for...