MS's victims were certainly alot more then their competitors. We ALL paid the price for Microsoft's monopoly abuse. EVERYONE who bought a computer in the 90s paid the MS tax whether they had MS OS installed or not. While Sony is dirty, i think you forget the harm MS did to computing in general.
Microsoft was also very deliberately evil "embrace, extend, extinguish" I think time has dulled your senses on this matter. Dont let Bill Gates pull off this Robin Hood act. His philanthropy is borne from guilt.
No, i jsut whole heartedly disagree that i have a DUTY to serve my fellow man. It is my choice as a sentient being. That choice does not necessarily involve taking pleasure in it. It can, but that is another matter entirely.
Sega jumped into the pool with Saturn without telling anyone first. That pissed off pretty much the entire industry. THAT was the beginning of the end for Sega. Dreamcast died more then anything else from Sega not having enough cash on hand, hubris and Sony PS2 lies. Piracy was involved of course, but Sega made plenty of other mistakes too.
Hate to break it to you but the current gen consoles are nowhere near the limit of current HDTV. 95% of all the $60 AAA titles run at 720P and 30 FPS or LESS and then upscaled to 1080p. Not even close.
Wii 2 will probably be the first true 1080p native console. The current generation of consoles simply cannot lay that claim with any amount of truthiness
Exactly. i5-2500k is a MONSTER of a chip for $200. The only reason you would go above this is for specialized media encoding. You dont NEED hyperthreading for anything other then specialized operations and time sensitive stuff. For that you should be expected to pay a premium. I would also like to add that the 1155 i7 is only $100 more.
Ever stop to think that we have taken this concept WAY too far. We dont NEED 8 billion humans. The best possible thing we could do for the planet is encourage people to stop having so many children. It pisses me off that NO green movements ever mention this.
Ahhh I see you want to measure in Microsoft's and Oracle's.
I'll give an example
Apple is currenty a 8.0 on the microsoft/oracle scale. The only thing they lack is a real monopoly to hit 10.0. I like the stuff they make, but damn if it isnt a closed loop.
I have head of exactly ZERO PS3 failures of people in my social circle, but almost EVERY Xbox 360 owner i know has had to replace it at the bare minimum once.
There is no argument that the PS3 is the best piece of hardware in this current generation. To be quite frank its not even fair to add the Wii to that comparison because the Wii is a Gamecube on steroids. They took an existing chipset, ran up the clock and called it good. Hardware wise the Wii is a joke. Hence why they are launching first in this round of consoles.
I admit feeling guilty in taking pleasure at the death of another human being, but then i recall the mans' words (ive read his fatwas) and realize that 'justice is done'. From statements from his own mouth he declared WAR on us. I dont hate the middle east, I dont hate muslims or arabs or anyone. But I do HATE those that tell me to my face that they want me to not exist.
I feel ya. I am REALLY pissed at Sony about the events of the last few years, but i LOVE my playstation 3. Hardware wise its the best console hands down, no question. It has the same charms that made me love my Walkman and Discman and my 32" Sony Trinitron. (which was a beast for its time). I HATE the things that Sony does, but they can at times make sublime hardware.
A game company that tried to inhibit Free Speech on a fundamental level. It may be games to you but some of us take that VERY seriously. Football is just a game too, sonnny
Your opinion is irrelevant. It wasnt Sony's call to remove it and was in fact a violation of law. unfortunately the US consumer protections suck and so they'll get away with it. I didnt really care all that much about the whole thing until Sony went after the First Amendment (squelching Geohot and others for reverse engineering for compatibility) . Now the gloves are off.
True, but your streams are limited to what DVD plan you are on. 2 DVDs a month, you get 2 streams. Also, most consumer connections are going to be hard pressed to stream more then 2 HD videos at the same time. Also you are limited to 6 activated devices at a time( Xbox 360, Roku, PC1, PC2, etc.) per account
Please explain how modifying your OWN hardware is breaking the rules? As long as he was doing it to restore features its completely and utterly within the spirit and letter of the law. Sony's complaint was that he TOLD people about it, which is another ball of wax entirely.
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Have you thought about buying Amazon CPU cycles?
MS's victims were certainly alot more then their competitors. We ALL paid the price for Microsoft's monopoly abuse. EVERYONE who bought a computer in the 90s paid the MS tax whether they had MS OS installed or not. While Sony is dirty, i think you forget the harm MS did to computing in general. Microsoft was also very deliberately evil "embrace, extend, extinguish" I think time has dulled your senses on this matter. Dont let Bill Gates pull off this Robin Hood act. His philanthropy is borne from guilt.
Dice too. Epic can go fuck themselves though.
No, i jsut whole heartedly disagree that i have a DUTY to serve my fellow man. It is my choice as a sentient being. That choice does not necessarily involve taking pleasure in it. It can, but that is another matter entirely.
I have a strong feeling one of the next 'home consoles' is going to be a tablet with bluetooth controllers and HDMI out. Covers them on both fronts.
Sega jumped into the pool with Saturn without telling anyone first. That pissed off pretty much the entire industry. THAT was the beginning of the end for Sega. Dreamcast died more then anything else from Sega not having enough cash on hand, hubris and Sony PS2 lies. Piracy was involved of course, but Sega made plenty of other mistakes too.
Hate to break it to you but the current gen consoles are nowhere near the limit of current HDTV. 95% of all the $60 AAA titles run at 720P and 30 FPS or LESS and then upscaled to 1080p. Not even close. Wii 2 will probably be the first true 1080p native console. The current generation of consoles simply cannot lay that claim with any amount of truthiness
The mainstream is 1080p 60 FPS min 4x AA and 16x Aniso (or IQ equivalents). Every (home) console will HAVE to hit this mark from now on, period.
Exactly. i5-2500k is a MONSTER of a chip for $200. The only reason you would go above this is for specialized media encoding. You dont NEED hyperthreading for anything other then specialized operations and time sensitive stuff. For that you should be expected to pay a premium. I would also like to add that the 1155 i7 is only $100 more.
Ever stop to think that we have taken this concept WAY too far. We dont NEED 8 billion humans. The best possible thing we could do for the planet is encourage people to stop having so many children. It pisses me off that NO green movements ever mention this.
Your chosen handle says volumes about your statement. Your rhetoric about enjoying another's suffering is unwelcome.
I have a strong feeling the next consoles will be tablets with TV out and bluetooth controllers, at least one of them.
Ahhh I see you want to measure in Microsoft's and Oracle's. I'll give an example Apple is currenty a 8.0 on the microsoft/oracle scale. The only thing they lack is a real monopoly to hit 10.0. I like the stuff they make, but damn if it isnt a closed loop.
Pretty sure you are thinking of Halley's comet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale-Bopp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley's_Comet
I have head of exactly ZERO PS3 failures of people in my social circle, but almost EVERY Xbox 360 owner i know has had to replace it at the bare minimum once. There is no argument that the PS3 is the best piece of hardware in this current generation. To be quite frank its not even fair to add the Wii to that comparison because the Wii is a Gamecube on steroids. They took an existing chipset, ran up the clock and called it good. Hardware wise the Wii is a joke. Hence why they are launching first in this round of consoles.
Compelling counter argument, outstanding stuff, A+++++++ (see i can write mindless tripe too!)
Until the next quarterly profit drop....
I admit feeling guilty in taking pleasure at the death of another human being, but then i recall the mans' words (ive read his fatwas) and realize that 'justice is done'. From statements from his own mouth he declared WAR on us. I dont hate the middle east, I dont hate muslims or arabs or anyone. But I do HATE those that tell me to my face that they want me to not exist.
I feel ya. I am REALLY pissed at Sony about the events of the last few years, but i LOVE my playstation 3. Hardware wise its the best console hands down, no question. It has the same charms that made me love my Walkman and Discman and my 32" Sony Trinitron. (which was a beast for its time). I HATE the things that Sony does, but they can at times make sublime hardware.
A game company that tried to inhibit Free Speech on a fundamental level. It may be games to you but some of us take that VERY seriously. Football is just a game too, sonnny
Your opinion is irrelevant. It wasnt Sony's call to remove it and was in fact a violation of law. unfortunately the US consumer protections suck and so they'll get away with it. I didnt really care all that much about the whole thing until Sony went after the First Amendment (squelching Geohot and others for reverse engineering for compatibility) . Now the gloves are off.
True, but your streams are limited to what DVD plan you are on. 2 DVDs a month, you get 2 streams. Also, most consumer connections are going to be hard pressed to stream more then 2 HD videos at the same time. Also you are limited to 6 activated devices at a time( Xbox 360, Roku, PC1, PC2, etc.) per account
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Please explain how modifying your OWN hardware is breaking the rules? As long as he was doing it to restore features its completely and utterly within the spirit and letter of the law. Sony's complaint was that he TOLD people about it, which is another ball of wax entirely.
Good, speculators bring nothing but money drain. GJ on being a parasite.