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Video Quality Matters Less If You Enjoy the Show
An anonymous reader writes "Rice University researchers say new studies show that if you like what you're watching, you're less likely to notice the difference in video quality of the TV show, Internet video or mobile movie clip, putting a lie to some of the more extravagant marketing claims of electronics manufacturers. 'If you're at home watching and enjoying a movie, we found that you're probably not going to notice or even concern yourself with how many pixels the video is or if the data is being compressed,' said the lead researcher. 'This strong relationship holds across a wide range of encoding levels and movie content when that content is viewed under longer and more naturalistic viewing conditions.'"
quality is pants
Since the big names are always whining about piracy on the PC platform, why can't they just completely move to consoles, and shut their traps? I guess they don't want to leave the PC platform to Blizzard and the indies.
As for pirating, what I've seen is the simplest and best way to deal with that is to have a CD key for multiplayer, and only how many instances of the key are allowed per license. Local stuff will end up being cracked anyway, so why even bother. Might as well offer online content and online servers, not bother battling the die-hard pirates, and spend the money making a better game.
I am showing my age, but with all the sequels on sequels on the market, I wonder if a company like Origin could ever come to fruition again with fresh gameplay, characterization, and plot. Something better than just another FPS with more polys and more mutated zombies.