Do game abbreviations such as SHMUPS or Bros. bother you?"

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harper wrote:I would say that we could use the abbreviation "3PS" for 3rd person shooters but you know, that might bother someone, and we can't be havin' that. :P


Actually I have used TPS to refer to third person shooters before when referencing both them and FPS in the same discussion.
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Ack wrote:
harper wrote:I would say that we could use the abbreviation "3PS" for 3rd person shooters but you know, that might bother someone, and we can't be havin' that. :P


Actually I have used TPS to refer to third person shooters before when referencing both them and FPS in the same discussion.

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Cronozilla wrote:Yes, it's very aggravating to be told that just because this game is $10 less it's a "budget" title and thus is likely worse. Because ... only expensive things can be good, apparently.


Yeah, I really hate hearing "good for a budget title" or "good for a download game" when some of those games have been better to me than the big-budget, AAA titles.
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Gunstar Green wrote:
Cronozilla wrote:Yes, it's very aggravating to be told that just because this game is $10 less it's a "budget" title and thus is likely worse. Because ... only expensive things can be good, apparently.


Yeah, I really hate hearing "good for a budget title" or "good for a download game" when some of those games have been better to me than the big-budget, AAA titles.


It's also about the times. An expensive game might be cheap tomorrow.
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Did anyone read the NintendoAge interview with Howard Phillips? If not, prepare for your mind to be blown.

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odd people called it a Ness.

Howard: Although we did call the SNES Snesss ; )

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Howard: SNES at first and then Sness as time wore on...
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The only people I've met used the term ness were younger than me and weren't playing video games when the nes was still having games made for it.

But sness? That is madness. It is pronounced super nintendo.
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flex wood wrote:The only people I've met used the term ness were younger than me and weren't playing video games when the nes was still having games made for it.

But sness? That is madness. It is pronounced super nintendo.

:lol: I guess even Nintendo can be wrong about itself. :P
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It was always n.e.s. or Nintendo, and Super Nintendo. No one said snes or super nes.
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Zing wrote:It was always n.e.s. or Nintendo, and Super Nintendo. No one said snes or super nes.


Yeah they did. I can show you plenty of issues of Game Player's or Nintendo Power that I own where they said SNES.
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Re: Do game abbreviations such as SHMUPS or Bros. bother you

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BurningDoom wrote:
Zing wrote:It was always n.e.s. or Nintendo, and Super Nintendo. No one said snes or super nes.


Yeah they did. I can show you plenty of issues of Game Player's or Nintendo Power that I own where they said SNES.

The point being made is how you would say them. Snes has always been the go to when writing. No one is going to say snes and if they did I would probably correct them or at least give them a strange look and say "What did you just say?" Followed by "Get the hell out of my house." Saying anything other then n.e.s. or super nintendo is wrong.
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