Yes I have heard of the internet and I have been down that road already. The only way to get my password reset is to fill in a form that requires me to try and remember information such as who did you last send emails to?, what are your other folders? and what were the last 5 digits of your prepaid card.

No way am I going to remember any of that but I tried anyway and got reject. Now I have found a work around that is letting me in at the moment but I won't be renewing my Gold when it expires in October until this mess is sorted.

I foresaw this problem years ago and tried to go down the phone mircosoft support route, only to be told the only way to solve it was to have the password. I will try that again to see if they have realised the stupidity of their policy yet, although I doubt it because this just stinks of a money grab by forcing folk to set up another gamertag and pay for another subscribation.

Yeah Steam makes PC gaming very straight forward, I already have enough games through Steam Sales to last me a long time without having to buy another game and considering that 90% of the best games these days are independent ones that don't require super computers to run them and hardly ever cost more than £10. The idea of getting rid of the 360 seems like a better idea the more I think about it. Although I do like sports games, which is where the console are clear leaders.

Steam and PC gaming are great, until you want to try and run a high-end AAA title. Something like Battlefield 4 or Titanfall for example will both be available for PC but the performance can be beset by all kinds of problems if your hardware setup isn't quite right.
It's certainly more costly in the long run, but I can definitely see the advantages of PC gaming which is why I always try and have a pretty decent PC setup just in case.
FPS games in particular just don't feel right on a console imo. Once you've used a mouse & keyboard there's no going back.

Consoles are just way more accessible in general. No worrying about hardware and compatibility issues, just load the game up and play it. Why do you think Valve are trying to get PCs into the living room with their Steam Machines now?

Friend of mine was recently at a conference and had a go of the Xbox One and PS4. Said the PS4 seemed superior but it was only a brief go, not really like owning one and using it everyday.

Thinking of getting rid of both my Xbox and my PS3, just wondering what's the best thing to do with them? Anywhere giving good trade in prices for cash?

I doubt you would get a good deal trading them in on the high street - particularly at a time when their value is about to drop with the release of new machines.

Would go for a local advert in a newsagent with Christmas approaching and people on a budget.

£150 - £200 with games if in good condition.

Interesting to see the PS4 suffering from overheating issues on release. Sony came out with a stat that 0.4% of consoles will be broken at release. Kind of mysterious that they knew this figure so exactly.

Is anyone on here getting one of the new consoles on release?

Yeah my PS4 is paid for already. I haven't heard any mentions of overheating whatsoever, where have you read that?

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It doesn't seem to be widespread, just the usual teething problems you get when you rush releases of hardware.

Let us know what its like when you get it. What games do you get with it?

I think the 0.4% is probably just manufacturing error rates that can't really be avoided, shouldn't be a problem anyway.

I decided to just buy the console rather than a bundle. Game had a few packages but none of them actualy saved you any money, which in my mind just completely destroys the point of buying the items in a bundle in the first place.

For the time being I'll probably just upgrade my ps3 version of CoD and play Contrast/Resogun (both free) until something else catches my eye.

Usually am tempted to get consoles on day of release but not this time, never felt as underwhelmed about gaming as I do right now.

Rumours of fallout 4 to be released in December. Can't see it myself

Makes me laugh when games companies get all pretentious about releases. "Lets copy Apple". There aren't many games that can get away with it like that, Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty and FIFA probably the only ones who could manage it properly without it negatively affecting sales.

I never liked the game, the basic gameplay mechanics were all so awkward and clunky, same as the Elder Scrolls series.