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September 17th, 2015, 21:06 Posted By: wraggster
Major games this Christmas could launch with crippling bugs, just like in 2014.
That’s the warning from leading games testing firms, who insist too many publishers have not learnt their lessons from Q4 last year, which saw a number of titles arriving with game-breaking issues, such as Halo: The Master Chief Collection, DriveClub and Assassin’s Creed Unity.
“The run up to this Christmas will be no different to the last one,” Pole to Win localisation director Chris Rowley warned.
“Console games are expensive to develop, so missing a street date is not an acceptable situation to a publisher. Day One patches have become the norm over the last few years to try and address this, but the reality is that it often takes several patches where a title is significantly behind schedule.”
Babel’s functionality QA director Mathieu Lachance added: “We’ll see many games launching with large errors and bugs. It’s impossible to release a flawless game.
“In some cases, delaying a game can have a more devastating impact on the game and studios themselves than what quality concerns could have. It then becomes a balance between quality expectations and financial risk.”
Universally Speaking QA manager James Cubitt says that there has been some improvement from game creators, but it’s still not enough.
“It is getting better, but far from solved,” he told MCV. “People need to stop seeing delays as a bad thing, both companies and the user base. The number of companies that just squeeze QA testing into the remaining period, without sufficient time to then fix the issues and re-test, is hurting their own titles in the long run.”
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September 17th, 2015, 21:05 Posted By: wraggster
Consumers who pre-order spend twice as much on games as the average player.
Research firm Kantar Worldpanel says that consumers who pre-order spend – on average – £235 on games a year.
The statistic acts as a warning to publishers following recent consumer dissatisfaction over pre-order issues. These have included games not working as intended, overly complex pre-order programmes, stock of Splatoon being stolen from a truck, with no replacements made available.
Warner Bros cancelling its Batman Arkham Knight: Batmobile Edition, and widespread errors around pre-ordered copies of Metal Gear Solid V and Super Mario Maker by GAME.
“It is critical that retailers make the pre-ordering experience a positive one for consumers, particularly given how valuable these consumers are,” Fiona Keenan, Kantar’s UK strategic insight director, told MCV.
“In the last year they spent £235 on games, more than double that of the average games consumer – clearly any negative experiences should be avoided at all cost.”
However, she adds, “whilst the recent pre-ordering issues we’ve seen in the market may deter consumers from pre-ordering in the future, it’s highly unlikely that they’ll deter consumers from actually buying games.”
Pre-orders are currently a £145m business. The vast majority of pre-orders (65 per cent) take place online, said Kantar.
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September 17th, 2015, 21:04 Posted By: wraggster
Sales of physical games in the UK generated just £22.5m last month, the lowest figure for an August since the mid-1990s.
It is the 14th worst month in UK games industry history – 12 of which took place during 1996 and 1997. The only month in recent memory to reach lower than £22m was July 2013.
This is GfK Chart-Track figures, which does not factor in digital sales of games due to the industry’s reluctance to share data around download games. Therefore this number does not include the sales of games such as Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, Volume, Beyond Eyes, Her Story and Rocket League.
Three of those games were made in Britain, and it was actually a strong month for UK-made games overall. There were six boxed British games in the Chart-Track Top Ten, LEGO Jurassic World (No.1), Batman: Arkham Knight (No.2), Grand Theft Auto V (No.3), Rare Replay (No.5), Minecraft: Xbox Edition (No.9) and F1 2015 (No.10).
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September 16th, 2015, 22:11 Posted By: wraggster
Last night saw the long-awaited airing of the BBC’s controversial dramatization of Rockstar’s creation of Grand Theft Auto, The Gamechangers.
At least, that is what we thought it would be about. In reality the 90-minute show didn’t seem to tell any particular story. The events depicted the period between the releases of GTA Vice City and San Andreas. Sam Houser, played by Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, is shown as wanting to push the possibilities of the series, developing Vice City’s bite-sized cultural snapshot into the a fully-blown 3D world.
Houser’s desire to accurately depict sex in the game and the subsequent ‘Hot Coffee’ scandal formed the thrust of the narrative tension, although if any character provided the anchor to the events it was, bizarrely, disbarred lawyer Jack Thompson. His moral tirade against GTA, while at times presented as unhinged, also leant Thompson a depth of character not afforded to any others.
Ultimately he was the only figure the viewer was encouraged to sympathise with, at times leading to the feeling that if the BBC hoped to achieve anything it was to raise concern about video game violence.
None of which is to say that video game violence isn’t a subject that should be explored. Of course it is, and indeed, the most striking sequence of the film – Devin Moore’s murder of three – was designed explicitly to bring that subject into sharp contrast.
But in a film ostensibly pitched as part of the BBC’s Make It Digital education campaign, why this was chosen as the focus over GTA’s actual development is a mystery. In fact, the act of development itself was barely acknowledged, and when it was the details were more often than not farcical. At one point Houser asks for a new, in-house game engine – in the next scene he has one.
There’s also the issue of factual inaccuracies, which were of course inevitable but clearly proved a point of contention both for Rockstar and some of the individuals involved in the game’s development. Rockstar itself even challenged the BBC on Twitter, labelling the show as “random, made up bollocks”:
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September 16th, 2015, 21:51 Posted By: wraggster
Super Mario Maker has made quite the impression during its first week on sale in Japan.
The Wii U exclusive, which sees players construct their own 2D platforming levels from iconic elements of Nintendo’s flagship franchise, shot to the top of the software rankings, selling over 143,000 units.
Mario’s ascent knocked the latest in fellow iconic Japanese series Metal Gear Solid from the top spot, with The Phantom Pain on PS4 dropping to fourth. The PS3 version of the game sank to sixth.
Metal Gear Solid V sold almost a combined 500,000 units in its first week on sale in the country, with last week’s figures easily pushing the game over the half-a-million mark.
Filling the podium space in MGS5’s stead were new entry Monster Hunter Nikki: PokaPoka Felyne Village DX, a spin-off of Capcom’s highly popular multiplayer franchise, and RPG sequel Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, which remained in third place despite sales halving.
No other new entries made the Top Ten last week, with the charts largely maintaining its order from the previous week, excepting the disappearance of Mario Kart 8 and IS <Infinite Stratos> 2: Love and Purge.
Meanwhile, over in the hardware rankings, Wii U was spurred to the top of the heap by Super Mario Maker, sales more than doubling week-on-week.
It was followed by the New Nintendo 3DS XL and the former week’s star hardware, the PS4. The sales of the latter platform fell by more than 35,000 as MGS5’s magic began to wear off.
Here is the software Top Ten for the week ending September 13th:
- Super Mario Maker (Nintendo) Wii U – 143,514 (New)
- Monster Hunter Nikki: PokaPoka Felyne Village DX (Capcom) 3DS – 52,272 (New)
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) 3DS – 45,954
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami) PS4 – 36,765
- Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Akaneko-dan / Shiroinu-tai (Level 5) 3DS – 31,399
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami) PS3 – 31,112
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo) 3DS – 17,924
- Splatoon (Nintendo) Wii U – 14,676
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony) Vita – 6,655
- Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) 3DS – 6,397
And here are the hardware rankings:
- Wii U – 20,564
- New Nintendo 3DS XL – 19,418
- PS4 – 18,354
- PS Vita – 8,631
- New Nintendo 3DS – 3,299
- PS3 – 2,083
- Nintendo 3DS – 1,181
- Nintendo 3DS XL – 826
- PS Vita TV – 309
- Xbox One – 115
- http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/super...charts/0155943
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September 16th, 2015, 21:46 Posted By: wraggster
Sony's Project Morpheus VR system has a new, more obvious name: PlayStation VR. The announcement came today at the company's Tokyo Game Show press conference, but that's about the only new information Sony was willing to part with. Explaining the change, PlayStation product business president Masayasu Ito says "The name 'PlayStation VR' not only directly expresses an entirely new experience from PlayStation that allows players to feel as if they are physically inside the virtual world of a game, but it also reflects our hopes that we want our users to feel a sense of familiarity as they enjoy this amazing experience." He adds that the hardware itself will continue to be refined in the coming months, and that Sony is working closely with 3rd parties and in-house studios to ensure there are actually some games for the thing when it launches. There's still no official release date for the headset, which is due for release at some point in early 2016.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/15/p...laystation-vr/
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September 14th, 2015, 21:55 Posted By: wraggster
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September 14th, 2015, 21:11 Posted By: wraggster
Some day you could be flipping through your vacation photos while wearing a VR headset. At the XOXO Festival taking place in Portland, Oregon this weekend, Flickr is showing off an early preview of a virtual reality experience that it hopes to integrate with its photo service. The demo at the festival was with an Oculus DK 2 hooked up to a PC and the idea is that you'll be able to use the headset specifically with 360-degree panoramic photos. I tried it on and indeed I was able to look all around me in 360 degrees to view an entire scene. To flip through the slides, I looked down at a pair of pink and blue balls for a couple of seconds, which triggers the next photo to load.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/13/flickr-vr/
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September 10th, 2015, 23:26 Posted By: wraggster
Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid swansong sold almost half a million copies across PS3 and PS4 in its debut week.
That’s according to the latest data from Famitsu, which shows that the PS4 SKU of open-world stealth game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain shifted over 315,000 units last week, rocketing to the top of the retail software charts.
The PS3 version of the title was hot on its sibling console’s heels, shooting up into second place with more than 157,000 sales – almost exactly half of the PS4's total.
It’s a reversal of fortunes from 2014 predecessor Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, which sold roughly 25 per cent more copies on PS3 than PS4.
When combined, that means that The Phantom Pain sold 472,893 copies across the Sony platforms alone in its first six days on sale, having launched on September 1st. The game is also available on Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC – although none of these versions made the Top Ten last week.
With three days having passed since the official chart count on September 6th, it’s pretty safe to posit that Kojima’s latest has now passed the 500,000 sales mark in Japan.
Unsurprisingly, The Phantom Pain’s launch propelled Sony’s PS4 to the top of the hardware rankings with over 54,720 sales, surpassing usual top spot contender the New Nintendo 3DS XL.
The only other new Top Ten game to brave Metal Gear Solid release week was 5pb’s IS <Infinite Stratos> 2: Love and Purge for the PlayStation Vita, which debuted in seventh place with just over 10,000 sales.
Here are the latest Top Ten software rankings, according to Famitsu, for the week ending September 6th:
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami) PS4 – 315,288 (New)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami) PS3 – 157,605 (New)
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) 3DS – 117,844
- Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Akaneko-dan / Shiroinu-tai (Level 5) 3DS – 39,641
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo) 3DS – 27,002
- Splatoon (Nintendo) Wii U – 16,074
- IS <Infinite Stratos> 2: Love and Purge (5pb) Vita – 10,432 (New)
- Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) 3DS – 8,563
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony) Vita – 7,510
- Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) Wii U – 6,168
And here are the weekly hardware stats:
- PS4 – 54,720
- New Nintendo 3DS XL – 23,894
- Wii U – 10,197
- PS Vita – 10,024
- New Nintendo 3DS – 3,515
- PS3 – 2,360
- Nintendo 3DS – 1,612
- Nintendo 3DS XL – 1,001
- PS Vita TV – 379
- Xbox One – 120
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/metal...-japan/0155595
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September 10th, 2015, 23:25 Posted By: wraggster
Boxed game sales are falling and the dearth of digital data means the true state of the market remains largely a mystery.
But one tried and tested retail sector is certainly in rude health.
As recently as 2013, retail feared that next-gen consoles might mark the end for pre-owned games. But while digital continues to claim a growing slice of modern console software sales and post-release digital content swells, pre-owned game sales are up 25 per cent year-on-year for the 12 months ending August 2nd, hitting a value of £126.3m.
That’s according to Kantar Worldpanel, which says that the number of pre-owned UK buyers has not actually increased. It stands steady at around 3.2m shoppers, but the amount these gamers spend is on the up. The average pre-owned outlay per shopper is now £40 – a £10 increase over the previous 12 months.
Perhaps more importantly, 72 per cent of these buyers also purchased a brand new game in the last year. And with GfK Chart-Track data showing a further 1.1 per cent decline in boxed new game sales so far in 2015, Kantar believes pre-owned still serves as a huge contributor to the software sector’s overall health.
“Pre-owned facilitates greater activity from those with a keen interest in the games market,” consumer retail analyst Andy Saxton told MCV. “Nearly three quarters of them still buy mint games alongside pre-owned, with their average spend across games much higher (£127) than those who only buy mint games (£82). This is due to them making twice as many trips to buy games during the year (4.6 to 2.3).”
"Pre-owned game sales are up 25
per cent year-on-year for the
12 months ending August 2nd,
hitting £126.3m."
The benefits of pre-owned don’t end there, either. Kantar added that 79 per cent of mint physical purchases are pre-planned. That means only 21 per cent are impulse purchases – compare this to pre-owned, where 44 per cent of purchases are made on-the-spot by impulsive consumers.
Pre-owned also remains a vital entry point for younger gamers. Among the under 25s, pre-owned accounts for one third of purchases. For the overall market, that figure stands at one quarter.
It’s not all good news, however. The pre-owned market is centred on last-gen machines such as PS3 and Xbox 360. Two out of every three games purchased for last-gen machines are second-hand. For current-gen, just one in three is pre-owned.
This could potentially point to some market pain down the line. If PS4 and Xbox One buyers have moved away from pre-owned due to increased digital sales and post-release DLC, then the continuing shift from last-gen to current-gen hardware risks bringing with it the gradual erosion of pre-owned’s market benefits.
It could be, however, that as last-gen consumers migrate to newer hardware – which will almost certainly happen as prices continue to fall – they bring their buying habits with them.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/pre-o...ortant/0155657
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September 10th, 2015, 23:22 Posted By: wraggster
Upright piano's don't exactly scream "high-tech," since everyone's weird aunt has one. A pair of hackers from a company called MajorMega may change your mind, however as they've modified one to give you and your friends a fun way to create multi-part compositions. The "Quaver" upright piano is equipped with a Raspberry pie board that makes it act like a 4-track recorder and loop sampler. All you have to do is sit down, punch the big "record" button and bang out your part of the song. When you hit the button again, the piano will instantly play back your creation in a loop.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/07/r...-piano-looper/
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September 10th, 2015, 23:20 Posted By: wraggster
Although it's pretty easy to hook up a Raspberry Pi to a screen using its HDMI port, it's not exactly the most portable of solutions (especially if there isn't a TV or monitor around). The Raspberry Pi Foundation recognized this, so it set about finding a "simple, embeddable display" capable of giving Pi owners a screen from which to work from, but that also embodies the DIY spirit of the board that it connects to. It's taken almost a year, but the official Raspberry Pi touch display has gone on sale today, offering tinkerers a 7-inch capacitive 800 x 480 touchscreen display that supports 10-finger touch.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/08/r...creen-display/
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September 10th, 2015, 23:20 Posted By: wraggster
Google launched Jump, a platform for VR video, back at its developer conference in May -- along with a slightly bonkers camera rig called Odyssey co-designed with GoPro. Today, prospective content creators can put their name down to get early access to the hardware (pictured after the break), which GoPro tells us is only available in limited quantity. Google already did something similar, but this time the scheme appears to be specifically aimed at professional partners. We also get to know a little bit more about the rig, including its cost: an eye-watering (at least for us amateurs) $15,000.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/08/g...g-for-jump-vr/
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September 6th, 2015, 00:07 Posted By: wraggster
The Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) headset will get a significant upgrade soon. Gaming peripheral company Razer announced the OSVR program back in January, but the first prototype headset was an underwhelming affair with uncomfortable ergonomics and a so-so display. That wasn't really the point, though. Rather than a single company aiming to dominate the VR market, OSVR is a loose band of hardware and software companies hoping to do for virtual reality "what Android did for mobile." Since then, OSVR has continued to work on improving the system, adding features like positional tracking and, aptly, Android support. The idea is to perfect the basics, open-source the hardware and software, and let anyone build on and improve it.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/04/o...e-order-specs/
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September 2nd, 2015, 21:42 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft’s Xbox One remaster of Xbox 360 title Gears of War shoots straight to No.1 this week in the All Formats Top 40.
The Xbox One-exclusive is the highest charting title of a number of new releases. Sony’s PS4-exclusive survival horror title Until Dawn debuts in second play ahead of Disney’s toys-to-life title Disney Infinity 3.0.
The latter sold best on Xbox 360, indicating that there's still a sizeable kids and family market yet to upgrade to the new consoles.
Meanwhile EA’s American Football title Madden NFL 16 launched in fourth place, and in seventh place, Bethesda’s remaster of 2012’s Dishonored debuts.
Thus ends the quiet July and August release windows in which very little came out. From this week until the end of the year, we have a major physical release every single week.
Of course, these charts just represent boxed games sales in the UK, and thus provide a limited view of the UK games market. Last week, MCV launched our Digital Counts campaign in order to get publishers to share their digital data in an effort to get an accurate picture of the UK games market.
Going forwards, MCV Magazine will not be running the charts in print, a first for the publication in the 17 years.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending August 29th:
1. Gears of War Ultimate Edition, Microsoft
2. Until Dawn, Sony
3. Disney Infinity 3.0, Disney
4. Madden NFL 16, EA
5. LEGO Jurassic World, Warner Bros
6. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
7. Dishonored: Definitive Edition, Bethesda
8. Minecraft: PlayStation Edition, Sony
9. Batman: Arkham Knight, Warner Bros
10. Minecraft: Xbox Edition, Microsoft
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September 2nd, 2015, 21:20 Posted By: wraggster
When we first took a look at GE's Neuro VR project -- which sends you on a journey into a musician's mind -- it wasn't available to the public. Now, all Oculus owners can enjoy the experience that blends data visualization from a real MRI (of Ladytron musician Reuben Wu, who also wrote the music for the project) with immersive entertainment. Virtual reality is easy to pitch as a tool for nobel causes like education and rehabilitation, but it's also just pretty darn cool to experience -- and it's fusion projects like Neuro VR that will increase the format's broad appeal. If our early report whetted your appetite for the slick 90fps experience, you'll likely appreciate the video trailer too, which we've kindly snuck in for you below. Neuro VR is also available via Gear VR and MilkVR.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/01/neuro-vr-oculus/
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August 28th, 2015, 21:53 Posted By: wraggster
UK games industry trade body UKIE has joined the call for more sharing of digital and download sales figures.
The firm has long tried to push forward the debate around digital data, and even attempted its own digital chart in partnership with members. UKIE tried to circumvent reluctance from Xbox, Sony and Steam by going directly to the publishers instead. But it was a complicated and awkward process, and producing a regular chart proved too difficult.
UKIE hasn’t given up on creating a digital chart and continues to urge others to be more open with their figures
MCV launched its Digital Counts campaign yesterday, withan open letter to the games industry urging it to share its download figures. MCV is sending out these letters, and the accompanying issue of MCV magazine, directly to industry bosses today.
UKIE CEO Dr Jo Twist told MCV: “It is essential to have digital data in order to have a full picture of the UK games market – as the 2014 industry valuation work with MCV proved, the combined value of digital console and PC were estimated at over £1bn, whereas the boxed software was estimated at £935m.
“As a trade body for the industry, UKIE has tried to ensure that the best, most accurate data is available free or at affordable prices, yet there is still no industry agreed standard for collecting digital data accurately, securely and consistently. Digital data would complement physical boxed software figures from GfK Chart-Track, which is consistently accurate, to give us the best view of the industry. Having robust digital data will help us to attract investment to the UK, better lobby government for the needs of our sector, and track the successes of the growing UK games industry.”
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August 27th, 2015, 21:56 Posted By: wraggster
Sometimes it's the simple things in life that have the biggest impact on how we see ourselves. For me, it was a day sat alone at home on my sofa. I had just come into possession of a virtual reality headset, an Oculus Rift, and I found myself losing myself to a life I had never been able to properly experience before. Living as a transgender woman, Virtual Reality headsets have been both a blessing and a curse since they came into my life. They've made me more conscious than ever before of my body.
I guess a good place to start would be the first VR game I played on an Oculus Rift, a game called Pixel Rift (it has since been renamed Pixel Ripped). Pixel Rift sees you placed in the body of a young girl in various stages of her video-game-playing life, from being a baby sat on the floor looking up at an advert for a games console to playing games under the desk in school.
For someone who grew up living under a male name, being able to inhabit a female body during the years of my life I was living as male was a truly captivating experience. Something as simple as sitting at a chair in a classroom, wearing the uniform I'd never been able to wear, was a window into a childhood I never got to experience properly. I couldn't help grinning ear to ear. Just being able to sit and experience that body was something that filled me with a real sense of peace.
I was curious. I wanted to see where this VR rabbit-hole could lead me. Unfortunately, not every VR experience I had was that universally peaceful for me. Following Pixel Rift, I started to seek out VR experiences that could attempt to emulate a body that (at the time) seemed a long way from my own. Some were exciting, like playing a modded VR version of Mirror’s Edge, but ultimately the game that gave me the most insight into myself was a simple VR experience titled Girl Body.
Girl Body is simple. Stand in front of a mirror, look at a woman who moves her head as you do. Inhabit a female body. It was hardly complicated, but it left me with a lot of complicated feelings.
First, there were phantom limb sensations. It's one thing to know your body isn't what you hope it one day will become, but it's something different to have your eyes and your sense of touch lying to each other: to look at yourself and see a body you'd be happy with, but then run your hands across yourself and have things not feel the way they look. It was distressing. I found myself feeling in many ways worse about my actual appearance; I'd seen the end goal and been reminded that what I was seeing wasn't my reality. That really hurt. For the next few days, I felt incredibly self-conscious about aspects of my appearance I had previously been able to ignore on a daily basis.
http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/08/27/f...ing-experience
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