Hard News 12/19/11 (Heavy Rain, Old Republic, PS Vita)

[MrJsnansen1980]

Fuck you a sony hater making up news what bullshit...

[Zandros]

CAUSE IM A LOSER BABYYYYY,

SO WHY DONT YOU KILL MEEEEE??!!!

[SkydiveTheHedgehog]

@SlideShiwShayne1

It's not $70 though... That was the special edition. Normal edition is like $49.99. At least in Canada it is ^__^

Also, LOL at you comments on Heavy Rain. It's very true that the game can force you to do a lot of silly shit XD I still found it enjoyable regardless ;)

[SanabriaMan]

youre ugly

[sharkperson1]

You may have remembered the backround, but you forgot trailer of the week...

[MrMicroComb]

did he say boner instead of owner @1:58

[zeldafreak71]

LOL! I love how PS3 owners try to argue that heavy rain is so fucking awesome. When I play it, it's to mak fun of how silly it is.

[TheJaydamasta]

@zeldafreak71 Please explain how silly it is WiiBoy.

[3afterPM]

@TheJaydamasta Hey, now don't go off saying this guy is a positive representation of us.

[TheJaydamasta]

@3afterPM Ok ok fair enough.

[SideShowShayne1]

@TheJaydamasta Well the stuff that happens easy to make fun of "I gotta drive this car on the Wrong side of the Road!!, If I crash in Huge Explosion I'll be okay. Better Cut my own finger off to save mah boi, then drink mah piss. Weaving through Electric generations, and all this other stuff". The Taxidermist Chapter wasn't needed much for the story, and "X" for Jason!!! And the Motivation for the Fat Guy was really pointless,

Other than that I find it an Alright game, but nothing special.

[TheJaydamasta]

@SideShowShayne1 You DO realize you don't HAVE to do those things, therefore evidently changing the story causing for different branches in the story AND different endings? Or were you too busy shoving copies of Skyward Sword up your ass to notice?

[SideShowShayne1]

@TheJaydamasta Yes I know, and I don't even have ZSS yet. That's 70$ Game. I'll have to wait for a Price Drop, and knowing it's a Zelda game that won't happen until they do an HD remake for the WiiU or something. I'm a Nintendo fan but I'm not afraid to admit that will probably happen. They did it with OOT/MM on Game Cube, and they did a Remake of ZTP for Wii with slightly updated Visuals. So there probably do it for the WiiU. I'll probably buy it then :T

[TheJaydamasta]

@SideShowShayne1 XD

[PKdororo]

LOL url "FUAAAAAAAPAA

[bkh1010]

Sonic boom!

[TheDragonGamerKing]

I'm getting nostalgia here with the Vita.

What is the handheld gaming market coming to? Well the 3ds is getting on it's feet now so I'm happe.

WTF handhelds

[KellosV]

destin :(

[CMZ007rules]

The Vita just launched and Sony already needs to reset it... I sense the return of the network being down for months again, this time on their handheld... Well done Sony... Again...

[superburnout280]

Booner items

[SkydiveTheHedgehog]

@gipsyg27 love that game :) seriously though, Sony was asking for the slow clap. Couldn't resist. Glad someone noticed the reference ;)

[SkydiveTheHedgehog]

@Chaoitcme

[Thunderheade]

lol at vita

[Taptaplayer]

So, no one misses destin anymore??

[Dragodemon000]

@Taptaplayer

He was destined to leave, now we have Professional Jared providing everything we could ever need in a news presenter and entertainer.

Don't overthink it.

[TheShadowhog759]

keep pressing 1 with your eyes closed XD

[TheShadowhog759]

keep pressing 6 for jareds new dance



[BlankKnight]

he tossed his pen!!

i noticed jared.. i noticed..

[dbzisthebest100]

no pen through comments ???

TIME PARADOX !!!!!!!

[dbzisthebest100]

YEAH THE T.V'S ARE BACK :D

[TommyJM92]

Haggar is getting his ass kicked in the background XD

[TeknoBoy]

Press 9, it sounds like he's saying Ben's dead.

[bloodangelxx]

@TeknoBoy more like..bestheda

[Aaronthereal1]

Destin.

[lordilson]

SW:TOR? A real MMO? Oh, I get it. That was the joke for this video.

[Cirnoneesan]

Gold farmers in Old Republic? Herpderp, they were in the weekend test betas :P

[jteenking]

So let me get this straight a psvita just started selling not even a week and only in japan and everyone is going crazy saying its a fail did I mention not even a week yet memory cards are selling like crazy yet everyone was bitching about the price I just love the logic -_-

[robhova]

@jteenking Well when you buy the handheld you have no choice but to buy the memory cards to actually use it. So of course your going to buy them and I'm sure most people would buy more then 1. Like I said to a friend it was destined to fail. By fail I mean it's never going to actually be a true competitor to the 3ds. With that being said that is way to many issues to deal with at launch not being to turn it back on is a really huge one.

[jteenking]

@robhova so something that wasn't even out for a week yet and only in one region so far is destined to fail I think your jumping to conclusions wait till its released everywhere to really judge and there is only one major issue from what is being said and that's the freezing issue but what do you expect it just launched and is completely new but hey by your intellectual logical predictions based on a few days it will ultimately fail correct?

[Slimjimmybob]

The freezing problems are definitely a major issue, although I find it early to be calling it quits on the Vita. I'm hard pressed to think of a console as of late that had a brilliant launch. Heck, people were saying "Nintendont is d00mz0red" for months until they realized that the 3DS is actually doing better than the original DS did in its first year. I'd rather see how this pans out in the long run before forming an opinion. But if it doesn't work out, we could call it the Playstation Morte.

[ruyk0]

the Vita would be better if one it worked and didn't have touch screen. The DS series are the only Hand held with touch screen. Don't even like the WiiU much because the new controller is a leap pad. these are bad times for videogames

[ExpertDude13]

No, it's the "I bought the wrong handheld system, better go buy a 3DS" feature.

[ADHDIan]

@ExpertDude13 you do now the 3ds is i gimmic right? and the 3d is really hard so see

[ramtinzero92]

BEST PEN THROW EVER!!

[anythinggoesjoe]

ONLY 2 T.Vs and Jared is blocking one of them ...wheres my B and O ..their they are BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOO!!!

[drewshaffer12]

@anythinggoesjoe Its call budget you retard

[anythinggoesjoe]

@drewshaffer12 Its called keeping your fucking opinions to yourself jackass

[AnvilPro100]

The 3DS may beat the Vita... What did i just say?

[bmcj199]

@AnvilPro100 It's obvious that the 3DS will be the top seller over time. It's DS vs. PSP all over again.

[MaximilliusBonerhard]

@bmcj199

Not until Vita gets Monster Hunter, which sells huge in Japan.

[gtvnetwork]

"We have a new set!" No, you have the old set, -2 screens, just the way it should be

[TheBrandonRegan]

Sony should stick to consoles....handhelds should be left to Nintendo.

[FraserMcGovern]

Please get rid of that thingy to the right of the screen. It's pointless, and takes up too much space.

[MoeGangsta]

@FraserMcGovern You mean the right analog stick?

[supersonic673]

i wanted a vagina set

[MasterOfPuppets4080]

What if the Vita ends up like N64 Disk Drive xD

[DaoudS]

It looks like duct tape in the back.

[KrownClown]

Love the new set.

[Fransinn3]

This video needs more Mike HAGGAR!!

[dontreply16]

Wow, it looks like i have to buy a 3ds now, since i know there will be more developers on that platform. Because the Vita failed just like the PS3 did at launch.

[VehementisEaVeritas]

Yeah, finally a great background and theme. Leave it like it is, Pro J.

[BeeryGamer]

So the new Hard News background is the old background? BEST IDEA EVER!

[ReaperSound]

@BeeryGamer It's like Capcom saying... How about we release old school Megaman for Next Gen consoles.... BRILLIANT

[BeeryGamer]

@ReaperSound I agree with that idea, good sir! We need to go back to the classics, everybody feels it!

[benjadamore]

Awww! FFS I couldnt see the pen throw!! U OWE ME ONE MISTER!!

[aczumel]

Looks like sony still and will forever suck in the handheld business

[AskHandsomeThomas]

who cares about the background anyway...

its just gamenews

[unorthodoxJ]

@AskHandsomeThomas Well a set is part of the news experience, if it wasn't they'd just use audio yes?

[primus103]

What the hell is wrong with videogame companies this day and age? Can't a game come out that's complete, without problems and with no extra DLC that could've been included in the original disk? This didnt happen in the old days, fuck sakes.

[unorthodoxJ]

@primus103 Yea the only good use of DLC I've ever seen is the Rock Band/Guitar Hero series

[romulobr]

I used to throw like that... then i took a pen to the knee.

[mangodeath100]

THAT PEN TOSS MADE ME SHOOT MILK OUT MY NOSE

[chocotricks]

Lately its like 80% of developers just dont give a shit

[LazarheaD]

Nintendo sucks, Sony sucks, PC rules...

[wolfman6696]

You would think that Sony would just have people do extensive tests on all their products by now, I guess some asshole at sony just OKs everything to get it out faster.

[buzzimu]

We need ALLL OF THE TV'S!@

[BuFufilms]

I didnt even notice the background until you mentioned it lol

[wildgoosespeeder]

I was liking the no TV background...

Anyways if you just have two TVs, just bring back the old set.

[MultiShadow91]

my reaction to the new background: hmmm..... its good, but it needs more mario.

[TheOmegasMovie]

PS Vita fail

[adelin081]

WE NEED MORE TVs IN THE BACKGROUND!!!

[Whatwerefilledwith]

"In the end, we weren't happy with a single one" - Jared.

[TheWiidrawer]

I didnt see where the pen go

[thundararious]

I love how positive jared is

[bonesawsmash]

wow... that background sucks.

[SHADOWZEROKYO]

lol jared.

[callmemarc]

LOL @ Sony. They can't seem to do anything right lately.

[Axedroid]

wow that background was really something to be waiting for this long....real genius.

[WireLessH]

Sony is annoying me even more all the friggin time.

First is that only 2 PS3's can be activated when i actually got 3 of them which i use.

And then the One account thing on VIta. And i keep getting errors all the time. I dunno... I liked Sony before they started changing everything on the PS3. It annoys the crap out of me.

[Furral]

*blinks* Soooo... two screens and a bunch of squares... *golfclap*

[MrXerogamer]

Pen Throw Attack: 200 damage

[BlackPhoenix1251]

since i'm watching this on the 20th, i'm going to call this... *puts on sunglasses* yesterday's news. YEEEEAAAAAAAH!

[Nusm4]

Press '1' again and again :D

[Remotei]

I would play heavy rain but then I took an arrow to the detective is the origami killer

[adjmonkey]

Captain , I'm reached the stellar star system. Pen 1 out.

[luigibarqs]

I officially bailed from buying Sony home and portable gaming consoles after what happened with the PS3 launch, the underwhelming PSPGo and the numerous negative recent events regarding Sony.

Sony gaming products have been far below my standards as a gamer for quite awhile now and as such I am not buying their gaming products.

[guldrev]

lol "you are all losers" "smiles"

[poohhardy11]

HE THREW THE PEN :D

[megamormonman3212]

I dunno... Maybe if it was a blue screen effect with a bunch of screens going on, and when the news story came up, one screen involving that story would come forward come forward the new set would be pretty cool, but I liked the old set better.

[majinshenmue]

I have an idea for a new background. GO BACK TO THE OLD FUCKING BACKGROUND! NO ONE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT BECAUSE EVERYONE LOVED IT!! IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT!!! Thank you for listening :)

[DMXP100]

I called it! I knew the Vita was going to bomb, even if it's only gone on sale just now. We'll just have to wait and see how it sells long-term.

[LoveoneAn]

i'd pay for Heavy Rain if it was fun.

[Pissantloser]

Master off screen pen throw maneuver!

[Some1Had2SayIt1]

sony is fucked

[fingrid]

Adding support for iPad and Android apps would be the best thing to happen for Vita.

[DeathXDealer726]

Soon microsoft will rule the console industry and it will be Amazing

[judau89]

By Nov/Dec 2012 vita price drops to $169.99 wifi $199.99 3G

By Nov/Dec 2013 vita production ceases

By Nov/Dec 2014 AVGN will be ranting about how bad sony fucked up with this thing If it's faling in japan what makes you think it really will it last 4 to 5 years in the new world of iphones, android phones, ipads other gaming tablets with more value. This is the last of the Mohicans for handheld gaming systems.

[mcz1945]

@judau89 No way, these itrolls and trashbots are inferior to Vita in every possible way. Tell me one reason why I should get an itroll instead of Vita ?

[Ruizanex]

@judau89 that would make sense if the 3ds wasn't selling like hot dogs

[S3rtkayaftw]

@judau89 do you have any idea how well the vita is going to sell in europe?

[PSspecialist]

"Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it." Why didn't you learn from Nintendo's mistakes Sony?

[GalaxYSmokaH4Trilli0]

I like watching the TV's in the back but I kinda got used to posters or what ever they where now lol. Either way its not bad and blue is my favorite color so you guys seem pretty good to go just wondering what those gray and black rectangles and squares are for now? lol Good job though Screw Attack!

[ptwob]

if i would have submitted a design, it would be the only one you'd use. but i didn't.

[TKnHappyNess]

You'd think Sony would learn from Nintendo's 3DS launch, but apparently not

[mcz1945]

@TKnHappyNess how could they ? It's like saying, "Ford didn't sell their new autmobile and Ferrari is not doing well, they have not learned from Ford's mistakes."

[TypicalNerd27]

The new backdrop makes me wanna throw a pen.

[PcKaffe]

i like the part where he throws the pen. im going to go buy pens, just so i can throw them when im ending a conversation.

[atenyearold]

here's a better idea for a background........show me some tits

[Pspgamer789]

It looks too much like the old set!

[brian940808]

that one square in front of the left tv.... why?

[ifartnaked]

WOAHHHHHHHHHHH PEN THROW DA SHIT OUTA DAT PEN

[redmar79]

I'm Jared and this oooooooo. Hard News. Are you getting a job under that desk? Monica?

[RAGwiththeVIDS]

3ds owners everywhere are sitting with a smug smile, remembering when NGP supposedly stood for Nintendo Got Pwned. But seriously, sony, why couldn't you have given up on the handheld market and used the money to make your next home console truly great =(

[Kaibaman41]

Sony....what are you thinking with Heavy Rain and the Vita.....The 3DS doesn't have freezing issues with Online...nor did your PSP,stop while your ahead

[Pspgamer789]

@Kaibaman41 3DS has online?

[sanjostudios]

@Pspgamer789 why shouldn't it?

[Kaibaman41]

@Pspgamer789

Yes 3DS has Online

[JDSproducitons]

People are saying Sony is greedy, but they don't seem to understand that the vita is being sold at a lose, even without onboard memory. The memory cards are high, but they need to make up. Also remember that they don't charge for online gaming like xbox live. I'm not some fan boy, but I just understand that they are a business.

[flagy345]

i kinda hoped that vita woud fail cuz i got a psp last year and i love plaing on it. i just hope that the psp game continue to release

[Pspgamer789]

@flagy345 That would never happen even if the Vita failed... But the Psp library is awesome so you don't have to search that much for good games

[GriznitDshiznit]

Even Sony haters are like: "Sony........ what are you thinking?"

[blazing01]

sooo....does this mean 3ds ftw

[Pspgamer789]

@blazing01 no not really it just means Sony screwed up... It's getting hard being a Sony fanboy... which is me..

[gorance2000]

YAY!! They used my Design...kinda...

[Haroids]

I don't get it.......So there are two TVs, a background, and random squares.......Ooooooo, that must have taken some real brain storming to figure that out..... /s

[GiantMoth]

@Haroids Should it matter? We're not here to watch the background.

[Haroids]

@GiantMoth That's the point......Why are they making such a big deal about it?

[GiantMoth]

@Haroids Because people have most likely been bugging them about it.

[DavijoBoy]

@Haroids Yeah, they should've just green screened it like everyone else does these days, could look so much better.

[SpardaDVLKing3]

That's what you get for being too greedy Sony!! 

[mkocja5a]

what the fuck happened to you sony?!

[Ps3LegiTT]

@mkocja5a Alot... The reason i moved to The Xbox 360.

[mkocja5a]

@Ps3LegiTT damn, someone with ps3 in his name moving to another console XD nice to see not all sony fans are drones that defend everything the company does :) i used to prefer ps3 over 360, but 2011 changed my mind, now i allso prefer the 360, mostly because of skyrim, since the ps3 version is a broken peace of shit and 360 is arguably th best version an of course the fucking novel of stupid decisions they made about ps vita... i don't hate sony, but they're going downhill very, very fast :/

[10191927]

@TheYoungOcelot Sony has done worse. Overpriced accessories, no on-board memory, expensive memory cards, and costs as much as a PS3. Sure, the 3DS isnt perfect, but at least Nintendo turned the 3DS around, and more games and content are coming out. Sony has a mountain to climb to make this sell, they didnt even test the Vita before releasing it to market. Nintendo at least tested the 3DS to make sure everything worked. Oh, and you can buy a battery pack to replace the 3DS.

[Valcidious]

FUCK THAT PEN

[cloud314231]

Here's my opinion: Sony tried too hard to out match the PSP. They added far too much to make it look cooler to the naked eye. Like a touch screen...

...on the back of it.

I wonder if they will follow the 3DS with their price drop.

Oh, wait they can't without angering consumers unless they are compensated.

Handhelds are designed to have easy-on-the-eyes graphics.

if you wanted to play with good graphics

Then play on a console.

Vita and PS3 probably cost the same. One just comes with a screen.

[TheXzoron]

IF THERE IS A SINGLE PEN COMMENT ON THE NEXT HARD NEWS I'M GONNA...

[cloud314231]

@TheXzoron ...THROW A PEN AT YOU

[TheSoldierSaints]

@TheXzoron Oh, trust me, there will be. Just not by me.

[Naihatsu92]

I like the set. Good job! :D

[PyroTails]

I like how you took out your old set, and replaced it. With the same kind of set :)

[Chaoitcme]

The Vita will do better later on. The 3DS did not sell as well as Nintendo first planned on also. With systems I think it is best to wait a year or two before buying one anyways. That way all the bugs are worked out. Also, these days new models of systems are usually released a couple or a few years after the initial release.

[10191927]

@Chaoitcme I don't know. If Sony sold under their projected sale figures, it could be very bad. They have 700,000 units. If they only sold 150,000-200,000, that would be a huge commercial failure if they didnt even make half of their projected sales. Not only that, but dropping the price on the Vita would single handely kill them since they are already taking a loss on the Vita. Their wouldnt be a price drop, the system would just die off the market.

[TheXAVIER7000]

HELL, NO!!

[TheDjorama]

all systems have there problems at launch especially in japan releases so im not worried beside u can fix the system but at nintendo's 3ds and games u can't fix stupid

[glitchedgamer]

Sony, leave the handheld market to Nintendo. They've had it down perfectly since 1989, so I think they know what they are doing.

[1xCloudStrifex1]

i knew something would happen like this to the Vita. right from the start since i saw it i knew that it was gonna be crap and i wasn't gonna have any interest in buying it. plus the fact that i myself have been around since the NES days and modern gaming has no interest in me.

[oogiesmuncher]

new set sucks...

[hahaha123456678]

yay ff6 in the background



[timpy0]

Pen... i got nothing more to say.

[jodr666]

So wait for a cut in price for VITA to get one next year, let say like $150......

[Abzwhat]

With eva single one

[kingbooforums]

LOL the portable market is failing. I fucking hope phone gaming replaces.

[DragoSonicMile]

Nice background.

[TheAffronted]

i love the new hard news set