Next gen has arrived, you might have missed it if you haven’t looked out your front door in the last few weeks. The crew tries to break through the grandstanding of the major publishers and decide if they’re really content with their purchases. Rich continues to bang a PC Elitist drum and the crew tries to decide if their new Netflix players are worth the wait at midnight.

The crew also thought it would be nice if you knew what to by your rugrats or significant gaming others for Christmas. So we included a special Holiday Buyers Guide as well!

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In a note on the Playstation Blog from SCEA’s president and group CEO Andrew House. Sony proudly announced that their new console has reached 2.1 million in sales globally. This is another record for Sony launches to tie in with the 1 million sales wthin the first 24 hours of availability. With the console war raging between companies and fans, it will be interesting to see what Microsoft drops number wise in the coming weeks. We have already seen in other reports that the Xbox was 30% of Black Friday purchases at Wal-Mart, and that it too, sold 1 million units during its first 24 hours of availability.  Let us know which system you jumped on, and you can read the note from Mr. House, below.

In what is shaping up to be a historic year for gamers, I’m delighted to share an important new milestone with you. PS4’s North American debut on November 15th was PlayStation’s largest ever, with more than one million gamers picking up a PS4 in just 24 hours. Now, with PS4’s global launch expanding to a total of 32 countries worldwide, including Europe and Latin America, I’m proud to announce that more than 2.1 million PS4s have been sold.

It’s an impressive and record-setting accomplishment for our company and for our industry, and we couldn’t have done it without you. I want to personally thank PlayStation fans, both old and new, for your vote of confidence. The best part: the PS4 journey has just begun. In addition to an incredible lineup of PS4 games from the best developers in the world, we will continue to introduce valuable new features and services to PS4 in the months and years ahead.

While PS4’s capabilities will continue to evolve, our commitment to gamers and breakthrough entertainment remains steadfast. We believe that videogames represent the pinnacle of artistry and entertainment, and we will work tirelessly to make sure that PlayStation remains the best place to play.

Thank you for your passion and your support — we couldn’t have done this without you.

Final Fantasy X and X-2 HD has been teased and compared for quite some time. This morning, the  announced that the HD remake will be launching for PS3 on March 18,2014. So, for those of us that didn’t Dutch our PS3’s in order to snag our PS4s we may have a few hundred hours of HD nostalgia coming our way.

 Along with this news they also released a new trailer for your viewing enjoyment, which we have  below. Also the collectors edition cover which has a few left has been updated to a digital rendering of Yuna and Tidus. The collectors edition will include an art book packaging. The collectors edition upgrade is free and for pre-orders only.

Nintendo Direct for November will hit tomorrow morning at 8 am Pacific Time, 11 am Eastern Time. This months episode is set to focus on the new 3DS software coming out in early 2014. From the looks of things we can expect to hear more about “Mario Golf World Tour”, “Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy”, “Bravely Default: Flying Fairy”, and maybe, just maybe, some more character information on “Smash Bros.” You can catch the live stream HERE, or if sleeping in is more your thing, we’ll have the Youtube embed up shortly after! What are you excited for?

With not a lot of news this week and Triscut being down sick, Tom takes the opportunity to stream Final Exam, because he can.

While tinkering with the new Moga Hero i had a thought. What if I could use this for emulators?! It supports HID controls after all, and it worked on all my other Android games. The answer is yes, Emulators work, and I’ll give you a quick step by step on how to do this.

STEP ONE: Buy a Moga Hero, or Moga Pro. Install the Moga Pivot App and follow the steps to sync the controller. Make sure that you sync it A +B (pivot and HID).

STEP TWO: Download SuperGNes, you can get the lite version which doesn’t load from autosaves, or pay $3.99 to get all the bells an whistles. I paid $3.99, you can do whatever you want.

STEP 3: Fill your phone with ROMS, I downloaded mine from HERE, but anywhere that hosts NES, SNES, or other roms is good enough. Note that if you hit the link while on your Android phones you can direct download the zip files to your phone, and press the Sync button inside of Super GNES, it will then find the new games, pretty sweet.

STEP 4: Make sure the MOGA is connected to your phone, and boot up SUPER GNES.

Tap menu then

settings (the wrench on the top right pictured below)

Controller One

map buttons

choose MOGA 2 HID

and then map the controls to whatever is comfortable. If you’re mirroring a Super NES it should look like this.

A – Button 2, B – Button 1, x – Button 3, Y – Button 4, L- L Trigger, R – R trigger Start- Start Select-Select

Now boot your game and play! The controller is ergonomic, has an 1800 mah battery and dual analog. You won’t need to do anything but play SNES or NES games for the rest of your life. Go forth and game!

Rich is feeling extra trolly during this episode, and decides to spark heavy debate. The question begins with the sales numbers for the Kinect, Numerically it is one of the highest attached accessories in console history. Kinect games however are rarely sold, and generaly unused. Therefore it’s a complete failure right? The crew then sets out to define what makes a game, or gaming system “successful”. Sound off below after giving a listen, what makes something successful for you?

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The stream today will feature Blood of the Werewolf, a game for Steam that focuses on hardcore platforming. We are also going to be covering the recent Ellen Page news, Walking Dead Season 2 announcemen, and talk about the ESRB encouraging parents, to do exactly that, parent. We’ll also discuss the new Gold Legend of Zelda 3DS bundle, Titanfalls new exclusivity to Microsoft, and Halo: Spartan Assault. 

Gaming has caught a lot of attention over the years with many calling for more strict regulations. What most haven’t realized is that there is  already an organization that helps consumers make smart decisions based on a games content. This has been a way for gamers to regulate and parents to monitor content for years. The trailer below is an “infomercial” that shows options. You can head to the ESRB website to check in depth information on the ratings or through a mobile app. This video  is cute though, that’s a good thing. Go forth and make smart decisions.

If this trailer doesn’t get you excited then there is something wrong with one of us. Enjoy! Batman: Arkham Origins hits shelves on 10/25/2013.