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Microsoft Banning 360 Firmware Modders?
arcon5 writes "After several months of silence it was more or less accepted that Microsoft wasn't going to do anything about the firmware hacks that allow Xbox 360s to play backups. Rather surprising, considering the 'inventor' of the hack confirmed in March already that the mods are easily detectable, and the reports that piracy is running rampant in countries like China. It appears that Microsoft is finally taking action against them though, although they may be hitting the wrong persons." Best part of that article is the firmware chip encased in epoxy.
In many cases you are completely wrong. Market share is the percentage of people using a product.
You're not off to a good start yourself.
Ferrari and Lambourgini would have much larger market shares if dollars spent affected the market share.
So now higher price = higher market share? Keep in mind there's another factor in there. Units sold. How many ferraris do you see on a daily basis? Now, how many toyotas? fords? saturns? I don't have the numbers, but I'm guessing the few hundred thousand autos sold by each major manufacturer each year adds up to a bit more than the few thousand Ferraris and Lamborghinis sold. Call me silly.
I would put forth the idea that total time played is an very good indication of the popularity (or market share) of a game.
Popularity != market share. Popularity != time used. The word you're looking for is "quality".
I'd like to also put forth the idea that it would probably be a great idea for a company to give a game away for free (perhaps their own pirated copy even) that was extremely popular to get people to buy their console.
It's called shareware. These days, you might know it as a demo. Remember the Doom shareware back in the day? Probably not from the sounds of it.
Definitions can be very subjective things.
I would like to point you to a dictionary. I'd point you to your local high school too, if I knew where you lived.