I don't want games simplified or made more complex just because some developer(s) want a large user base. I want prices to not be fixed at some number just because it's what people are willing to spend.
I have no problem paying $60 for a *good* game, but I'd buy more games if they were cheaper upon release (I probably average 3 or 4 new console games a year).
I'm on the fence about in-game ads. As long as they don't get in my way of playing and enjoying the game, I'm mostly OK with it. The issue I have is that I don't want to still have to pay the same amount as a game without ads. I know I'd rather pay less if I saw some Mountain Dew ads on a virtual billboard or heard them on the radio of a car I'm stealing in GTA. Perhaps the next Assassin's Creed could have the merchants and townsfolk talk about how great their new pair of running shoes are - and maybe I'll have the pleasure of breaking their legs and killing them as an interrogation mission.
Netflix - It's how I can keep up with the movies -- especially those that I would not have otherwise had the chance to see -- and not fill up my limited physical (and hard disk) space with movies I watch once and put away. Downfall *is* good, but I don't feel like I'd be obtaining any more value if I were to purchase my own personal copy of it (or any other movie).
Side note: For people like me that don't care about "bonus features" like director commentary in movies, streaming video is where it's at. I'm trying to do my part to support those services, especially since I don't have to sit through movie previews before getting to the content like I would if I had purchased a DVD or Bluray.
I think this brings up more reasons to worry about the information on the census form being used to target people.
Also, IBM helping to predict delinquency is not the same as IBM software helps predict delinquency. You might as well say that Boeing helped destroy the WTC
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What gave birth to that egg was not 100% chicken.
This has to be the most accurate example for the ultimate answer of the universe (not 42).
I don't want games simplified or made more complex just because some developer(s) want a large user base. I want prices to not be fixed at some number just because it's what people are willing to spend.
I have no problem paying $60 for a *good* game, but I'd buy more games if they were cheaper upon release (I probably average 3 or 4 new console games a year).
I'm on the fence about in-game ads. As long as they don't get in my way of playing and enjoying the game, I'm mostly OK with it. The issue I have is that I don't want to still have to pay the same amount as a game without ads. I know I'd rather pay less if I saw some Mountain Dew ads on a virtual billboard or heard them on the radio of a car I'm stealing in GTA. Perhaps the next Assassin's Creed could have the merchants and townsfolk talk about how great their new pair of running shoes are - and maybe I'll have the pleasure of breaking their legs and killing them as an interrogation mission.
Netflix - It's how I can keep up with the movies -- especially those that I would not have otherwise had the chance to see -- and not fill up my limited physical (and hard disk) space with movies I watch once and put away. Downfall *is* good, but I don't feel like I'd be obtaining any more value if I were to purchase my own personal copy of it (or any other movie).
Side note: For people like me that don't care about "bonus features" like director commentary in movies, streaming video is where it's at. I'm trying to do my part to support those services, especially since I don't have to sit through movie previews before getting to the content like I would if I had purchased a DVD or Bluray.
I think this brings up more reasons to worry about the information on the census form being used to target people.
Also, IBM helping to predict delinquency is not the same as IBM software helps predict delinquency. You might as well say that Boeing helped destroy the WTC
I, too, was hoping for an update on OpenCOBOL
Conversely, I followed that up with formatting his hard drive and handing him a Windows install disk.
You MONSTER!
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FTFY