Pretty much, although retailers have been doing this for years.
Your laptop motherboard fried? It's not under warranty because the case is scratched.
This pretty much changes it to:
They broke in the door and robbed you? You are at fault because the window was open.
"The Inquirer is understandably cautious about these claims, urging readers to investigate the releases themselves to ascertain whether or not it's a hoax."
So much for the rigor of investigative journalism.
Adult Swim Fix has been doing this with ads for months now. They space them out enough to not make it too annoying though.
To their credit, the video quality on the shows is much better than most online players though.
Sigh.. EA is charging gamers for the instruction manual it sounds like.
It sounds like the major issue here is the shoddy quality of the video produced along with the cheap method of distribution. It's not costing EA a ton of money to send the video, and from the review it doesn't sound like it took a lot of money to produce it either. In the end they're just trying to take those extra 6 bucks from you.
Nintendo has sold paper guides for its games for years, however Nintendo guides are generally of exceptional quality and detail. Prima guides are known for their poor quality and sometimes even wrong information. They cover more than how-to-play as well.
How-to-play tutorials have been parts of video games for years without shelling out extra. With X360 titles costing $60 each, it really shows how such a basic feature is lacking, even at the high price.
True, not everybody likes to have their games through a service like valve, but for those who do valve does it well, which is the key to keeping people happy with the service. I see a lot of potential but have a feeling the growth will be gradual.
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You still have to add seek and read times. Not to mention the blocking if such a system is used for more than one user.
Yes, but can that cluster run Linux?
Pretty much, although retailers have been doing this for years. Your laptop motherboard fried? It's not under warranty because the case is scratched. This pretty much changes it to: They broke in the door and robbed you? You are at fault because the window was open.
Fine, I'll make my own Lunar Lander, with Blackjack and hookers!
You just can't tell if someone could be a murderer if they publish a file system... Or something like that.
Does this mean we can no longer find fuel rods on ebay?
Apparently Dialup isn't good enough for Starcraft these days.
Eh, screw the whole thing.
"The Inquirer is understandably cautious about these claims, urging readers to investigate the releases themselves to ascertain whether or not it's a hoax." So much for the rigor of investigative journalism.
Once they stop selling games for last-gen.
Adult Swim Fix has been doing this with ads for months now. They space them out enough to not make it too annoying though. To their credit, the video quality on the shows is much better than most online players though.
Sigh.. EA is charging gamers for the instruction manual it sounds like. It sounds like the major issue here is the shoddy quality of the video produced along with the cheap method of distribution. It's not costing EA a ton of money to send the video, and from the review it doesn't sound like it took a lot of money to produce it either. In the end they're just trying to take those extra 6 bucks from you. Nintendo has sold paper guides for its games for years, however Nintendo guides are generally of exceptional quality and detail. Prima guides are known for their poor quality and sometimes even wrong information. They cover more than how-to-play as well. How-to-play tutorials have been parts of video games for years without shelling out extra. With X360 titles costing $60 each, it really shows how such a basic feature is lacking, even at the high price.
True, not everybody likes to have their games through a service like valve, but for those who do valve does it well, which is the key to keeping people happy with the service. I see a lot of potential but have a feeling the growth will be gradual.