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Christmas Console Advice

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    #32
    feelgoodinc27
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭feelgoodinc27


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    :confused::confused::confused:
    1. Plug <console> into <TV> with <HDMI cable>
    2. Turn on <console> and <TV>
    3. Enjoy modern gaming <as you wait for firmware to update>

    Lizard Squad say hi. But seriously live and psn will be getting hammered Christmas Day even if there aren't any shenanigans Plus large parts of the country don't have high speed broadband so firmware or game updates could take hours.


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    #33
    mcgrath1992
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭mcgrath1992


    feelgoodinc27 wrote: »
    Lizard Squad say hi. But seriously live and psn will be getting hammered Christmas Day even if there aren't any shenanigans Plus large parts of the country don't have high speed broadband so firmware or game updates could take hours.

    ugh tell me about it , theres no fiber where i am so it takes over 10 hours to download a game and then theres the application update straight after that :eek:
    so yeah deffo set it up a few nights before and leave it download overnight maybe , it will make life easier for christmas morning


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    #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    If you do buy one, make sure you take it out of the box, hook it up, and let it perform whatever system updates is required. Also if you buy any games, let them do their updates too. You can then put it back in the box and wrap it.

    If you don't do this, then all of the above could take the guts of a day, if not more, on Christmas day.


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    #35
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,605 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Buy a Megadrive!

    Step 1: Plug Megadrive into wall via power supply
    Step 2: Connect Megadrive to CRT via RGB cable
    Step 3: Put Sonic 2 cartridge into Megadrive.
    Step 4: Turn on Megadrive.
    Step 5: No step 5, that's it, it just works right away!


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    #36
    Atari Jaguar
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Atari Jaguar


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    If you do buy one, make sure you take it out of the box, hook it up, and let it perform whatever system updates is required. Also if you buy any games, let them do their updates too. You can then put it back in the box and wrap it.

    If you don't do this, then all of the above could take the guts of a day, if not more, on Christmas day.

    If they have any kind of decent internet it will be done in an hour or two. Update files aren't that big and game updates are non essential anyway. They can download away in the background

    Just like all the updates


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    #37
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Atari Jaguar wrote: »
    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    If you do buy one, make sure you take it out of the box, hook it up, and let it perform whatever system updates is required. Also if you buy any games, let them do their updates too. You can then put it back in the box and wrap it.

    If you don't do this, then all of the above could take the guts of a day, if not more, on Christmas day.

    If they have any kind of decent internet it will be done in an hour or two. Update files aren't that big and game updates are non essential anyway. They can download away in the background

    Just like all the updates

    Not on Xmas day with millions all over the world hammering the service at the same time effectively giving a ddos attack response. Usually happens to Sony as their network is pretty flimsy. I'd some hacker group decides to ruin Xmas with an actual ddos attack expect it to take a few days.
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    #38
    Atari Jaguar
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Atari Jaguar


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Not on Xmas day with millions all over the world hammering the service at the same time effectively giving a ddos attack response. Usually happens to Sony as their network is pretty flimsy. I'd some hacker group decides to ruin Xmas with an actual ddos attack expect it to take a few days.

    What a world we live in. God i can remember using an RF cable for my PS one as a kid and not having a notion on how to tune the TV to actually get a display - when I got my PS2 for Christmas a few years later I had the overwhelming fear that would happen again only to be delighted all I needed was the scart to composite adapter that was included and I was playing in minutes. Now we buy a new machine and have to wait an uncertain amount of time to have our consoles ready. The golden age of gaming? The hell it is.


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    #39
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,605 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Composite???
    Are you quite, quite mad???
    Mentioning that filth here?
    Dear sweet zombie jebus, you've lost your mind!


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    #40
    Atari Jaguar
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Atari Jaguar


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Composite???
    Are you quite, quite mad???
    Mentioning that filth here?
    Dear sweet zombie jebus, you've lost your mind!

    Hey listen buddy I used what I was given


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    #41
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Which has better blast processing? PS4 or Xbox One?


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    #42
    Atari Jaguar
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Atari Jaguar


    super_furry wrote: »
    Which has better blast processing? PS4 or Xbox One?

    SEGA DO WHAT NINTENDONT. we don't get marketing like that anymore, for shame.


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    #43
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,577 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    super_furry wrote: »
    Which has better blast processing? PS4 or Xbox One?

    More of a mode 7 man myself... :D


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    #44
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Atari Jaguar wrote: »
    If they have any kind of decent internet it will be done in an hour or two. Update files aren't that big and game updates are non essential anyway. They can download away in the background

    Just like all the updates

    Sadly not at peak times like Christmas. Plus you factor in the possibility of the networks being hacked and taken down like they were in previous years. Better to be safe than sorry.


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    #45
    job seeker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭job seeker


    Atari Jaguar wrote: »
    God of course the impossible task of creating an account. Takes hours even for veterans. Not like it's possible to create one online

    Like

    Right this second

    *yawn*


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    #46
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,605 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Atari Jaguar wrote: »
    Hey listen buddy I used what I was given

    Ignorance is not a defence!!!

    Only kidding.
    I used composite on everything for years, right up to getting my first RGB cable for my Megadrive, the difference was so stark that I ended up getting everything an RGB cable of its own.


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