I have learned to include "I think" or "in my opinion" on Slashdot, regardless of what the topic is. I'd rather respond to posts like yours instead of "stop acting like your opinion is fact."
I think this is an abuse of the DMCA (some would argue that any use of it is abuse, but that's a different topic.) If they can back up their assertions with data and repeatable demonstrations, quit yer bitchin' and make a better product.
GOG has been gaining popularity and consumer visibility, ESPECIALLY in the past few months. Unless they were hit with a huge lawsuit or financial disaster, there would be no reason for them to close permanently.
We all know the girl was a bit stupid ("I didn't know it was illegal"? Seriously? That's your defense?) What should be focused on is the judgement...$750 per track? What's bad is that's on the low-end compared to some of their other lawsuits:/
"The leader in digital sales, according to NPD, is Valve Software's Steam...the service hosts and sells more than 1,100 titles and has more than 25 million active user accounts."
That sounds like a stable company to me (barring any Enron-style scandal, of course.)
Meh...Steam certainly won't be going under for business reasons, and if they decide to screw over their customers by not providing unlock patches when they inevitably do disappear, I'd just download a pirated version anyway.
It's not even that some people can or can't tell the difference...the bigger problem I've seen at family and friend's family homes tends to be that they have their home theater set up incorrectly. Colors are off, picture is blown out, or, even worse, the TV is just taken out of the box and used without being adjusted.
The funniest example of this was at a friend's parents house a year or two ago. They had just bought a BEAUTIFUL 60" Pioneer flatscreen, and got a Blu-Ray player to go along with it. They were beaming about how amazing it looked, and how they had never seen anything like it. So, they pop in the Blu-Ray of 300, turn on the TV, and sit me down. I nearly gagged...the screen looked fuzzy, the colors were washed out, just generally horrible. What happened? They had hooked the Blu-Ray player up to the TV using composite video.
Their reaction after I ran out, picked up an HDMI cable, and hooked it up proper is something that I really, REALLY wish I had on video.
I know your question wasn't direct at me, but I did buy Civ V on steam rather than physical copy, so I feel I can answer your question (for myself, anyway)
Civ V is a game that I will never have any interest in reselling. Shooters, platformers, etc...sure. But a game that contains, for all intents and purposes, unlimited replay value? No reason to ever sell it.
In light of that, it makes no sense to have to keep track of a physical copy.
Eventually, yes...but I think optical media will still be around for a while.
Purely from a gaming perspective, it will be interesting to see if Microsoft includes Blu-Ray in its next Xbox. I doubt the next Xbox will be far enough in the future to support only digital downloads (due to ISP bandwith concerns), they won't be able to just stick with DVD9, and they would be pretty stupid to try to release their own optical format.
All that being said, I'll agree that Blu-Ray is likely the last (or the second to last) optical media standard that will ever hit mainstream status.
Wait...so you're saying that, in light of the other things you listed, Microsoft focusing on making things run smoother and work better with web standards is a bad thing?
Remember a time back in the mid-to-earlylate 90's when cookies had a super negative connotation to them? I find it interesting how integral they've become to experiencing the Internet in a timely fashion...
The fact that common sense usually doesn't win out in these types of cases should be proof enough for anyone that the justice system provides anything but.
What simultaneously happens? The unit orders are sequenced.
Economic calculations. Research calculations. Diplomatic calculations. Borders expanding/contracting. Etc, etc, etc. These things don't just happen on their own...every little nuance, every single little piece of data you see in a Civilization game (which, lets face it, can be overwhelming at times) has to be calculated.
Well, um, YES. There's a difference between localized, separate battles at the end of every turn versus battles that update dozens of times a second all over the map.
A map that, by comparison to an endgame Civilization map, is pretty small. You are also still continuing to focus on just fighting. You do know there's far more to Civilization games than just fighting...right?
That you have thought about this and tried to equate the two is mind boggling.
I'm not saying I'm right or wrong, I'm not saying you're right or wrong... I'm just saying that there's more going on behind the scenes in a Civilization game than you realize.
Slashdot Mirror
I never even thought about doing that...turning the DMCA on itself would certainly be interesting.
And law nuts out there able to weigh in on this?
I have learned to include "I think" or "in my opinion" on Slashdot, regardless of what the topic is. I'd rather respond to posts like yours instead of "stop acting like your opinion is fact."
I think this is an abuse of the DMCA (some would argue that any use of it is abuse, but that's a different topic.) If they can back up their assertions with data and repeatable demonstrations, quit yer bitchin' and make a better product.
What kind of innovations can you think of? You type, and the words appear on screen. Break out the bubbly :-)
GOG has been gaining popularity and consumer visibility, ESPECIALLY in the past few months. Unless they were hit with a huge lawsuit or financial disaster, there would be no reason for them to close permanently.
Sincerely,
A not surprised (yet very relieved!) gamer
That would make a cool looking shirt.
I guess this was the "inout, inout" part of the bible referred to in A Clockwork Orange...?
We all know the girl was a bit stupid ("I didn't know it was illegal"? Seriously? That's your defense?) What should be focused on is the judgement...$750 per track? What's bad is that's on the low-end compared to some of their other lawsuits :/
You still hear a TON about them: current tablets are nothing more than netbooks minus the keyboards.
Or maybe I'm a gamer that pays attention to the industry:
"The leader in digital sales, according to NPD, is Valve Software's Steam...the service hosts and sells more than 1,100 titles and has more than 25 million active user accounts."
That sounds like a stable company to me (barring any Enron-style scandal, of course.)
I want FRIKKIN molecules with FRIKKIN laser beams on their FRIKKIN...heads?
MGS4 did, but that's the only one I can remember off-hand.
That's what happens when you have more cutscenes than gameplay. ::rimshot::
Meh...Steam certainly won't be going under for business reasons, and if they decide to screw over their customers by not providing unlock patches when they inevitably do disappear, I'd just download a pirated version anyway.
It's not even that some people can or can't tell the difference...the bigger problem I've seen at family and friend's family homes tends to be that they have their home theater set up incorrectly. Colors are off, picture is blown out, or, even worse, the TV is just taken out of the box and used without being adjusted.
The funniest example of this was at a friend's parents house a year or two ago. They had just bought a BEAUTIFUL 60" Pioneer flatscreen, and got a Blu-Ray player to go along with it. They were beaming about how amazing it looked, and how they had never seen anything like it. So, they pop in the Blu-Ray of 300, turn on the TV, and sit me down. I nearly gagged...the screen looked fuzzy, the colors were washed out, just generally horrible. What happened? They had hooked the Blu-Ray player up to the TV using composite video.
Their reaction after I ran out, picked up an HDMI cable, and hooked it up proper is something that I really, REALLY wish I had on video.
I know your question wasn't direct at me, but I did buy Civ V on steam rather than physical copy, so I feel I can answer your question (for myself, anyway)
Civ V is a game that I will never have any interest in reselling. Shooters, platformers, etc...sure. But a game that contains, for all intents and purposes, unlimited replay value? No reason to ever sell it.
In light of that, it makes no sense to have to keep track of a physical copy.
Eventually, yes...but I think optical media will still be around for a while.
Purely from a gaming perspective, it will be interesting to see if Microsoft includes Blu-Ray in its next Xbox. I doubt the next Xbox will be far enough in the future to support only digital downloads (due to ISP bandwith concerns), they won't be able to just stick with DVD9, and they would be pretty stupid to try to release their own optical format.
All that being said, I'll agree that Blu-Ray is likely the last (or the second to last) optical media standard that will ever hit mainstream status.
Wait...so you're saying that, in light of the other things you listed, Microsoft focusing on making things run smoother and work better with web standards is a bad thing?
Say it with me, competition is GOOD.
Unless it threatens a brand you like or comes from a brand you don't like.
(the general "you", not "you, Sprouticus")
Agreed. Not sure why people are seeing this as a bad thing...
Remember a time back in the mid-to-earlylate 90's when cookies had a super negative connotation to them? I find it interesting how integral they've become to experiencing the Internet in a timely fashion...
The fact that common sense usually doesn't win out in these types of cases should be proof enough for anyone that the justice system provides anything but.
It's just a ridiculous argument.
Yeah...yeah it is -_-;;
The title of your post reminds me of Indigo Prime. Such an awesome series of stories.
"Indigo Prime itself is an extra-dimensional agency dedicated to the maintenance and repair of breaks and distortions across the multiverse."
What simultaneously happens? The unit orders are sequenced.
Economic calculations. Research calculations. Diplomatic calculations. Borders expanding/contracting. Etc, etc, etc. These things don't just happen on their own...every little nuance, every single little piece of data you see in a Civilization game (which, lets face it, can be overwhelming at times) has to be calculated.
Well, um, YES. There's a difference between localized, separate battles at the end of every turn versus battles that update dozens of times a second all over the map.
A map that, by comparison to an endgame Civilization map, is pretty small. You are also still continuing to focus on just fighting. You do know there's far more to Civilization games than just fighting...right?
That you have thought about this and tried to equate the two is mind boggling.
I'm not saying I'm right or wrong, I'm not saying you're right or wrong... I'm just saying that there's more going on behind the scenes in a Civilization game than you realize.
I was talking to the GP with my post, since he remarked that he's bought every Civ game before this one.