It's intriguing, really. Neither of these require forfeiture of rights.
Yet. The "No Class Action" clause is a relatively new thing that's sweeping the country. Give it time, it'll be there sooner or later, particularly if it holds up in court (which it won't).
Can you prove that Linux will make him money? Yes I'm aware of the Humble Bundle, are you aware that $12 is far less than the retail price of most AAA games even a year after release? Are you aware that there will probably be more money spent on supporting Linux than Windows due to fragmentation and driver issues? Are you aware of the miniscule userbase?
Can you provide any actual proof that making games for Linux will be a net gain in money?
Personally I do not "waste" my time on games, I prefer real life
I've played that before, it sucks. There's a ton of cheaters who never get taken down because the mods are actually chosen from them. The graphics are pretty awesome at times but most of the game is tedious and annoying. The other players usually suck and if you get stuck in the Customer Support mini-games only the trolls come by (I refuse to believe that people are actually that dumb). It's also really glitchy and the random event tables seem to be made by sadists.
All in all I give it a pass, too bad you're required to play it to unlock the decent games.
LOTS of games REQUIRE Steam to run. So anyone picking a game up out of the store has a decent chance of having Steam installed and running without even trying. If MS blcoks Steam completely then they kill dozens of AAA games, that's not going to fly, at all.
Or people just don't care. I don't. I'm fully aware of the fact that I won't be able to sell the games I buy on Steam. But I wasn't goign to anyway, and even if I was it's 75% off, I'm saving at least as much as I would have gotten from selling it.
So you think that suddenly everyone who already has Steam accounts are going to ditch those and flock to the App Store? Why? Why do you think that there's going to any sort of migration at all? The trivial convenience of not needing to install Steam? The joy of re-purchasing games you've already purchased on Steam? The joy of proably paying more for the games since the sales on the App Store won't be as good? The probably lack of a catalog for a long time? What will the benefit of the App Store be that makes it such a threat?
a) Suicide
b) The number of people who mistrust MS + the number of people who love Valve + the fact that MS probably won't have nearly the depth and breadth of sales means this isn't likely to make a significant dent in Steam
c) This may help with the casual market, but it would only really be a problem if Steam was going after tablets. Otherwise it shouldn't have any effect on Steam
The App Store is not a threat to Steam and won't be for some time, if ever.
More people will go to Linux, sure. Anyone who only plays TF2 will happily be able to make the jump once Valve puts taht out. But the number of people who will get all, or even most, of the gaems they want to play switching to Linux will be tiny.
Steam on Linux will be an improvement, but it will be an improvement like creating a single job improves the unemployment rate.
I think you aren't understanding his point (because he doesn't really convey it well). You can criticize religion, however doing so in the US makes you automatically the Bad Guy. It doesn't matter if you're right, all that matters is that you are attacking the sacred cow of religion and that's not allowed.
That's been true from the beginning though. Even in low-detil games you have trial and error to figure out how smart the AI is in this particular game. The enemies in Morrowind behave VERY differently from the enemies in Thief, same between Skyrim and Crysis
Most music these days is intended to be "danced" to, even if it's just head-bobbing in your car. Because of this rhythm is all that's needed.
We once had a foreign exchange student living with my cousins nearby, I was an overt metalhead at the time and she asked me why I listened to it because "thhre's no rhythm", even though there is rhythm, and melody and harmony. All she wanted was rhythm to dance to, and when I watch most people listening to music it seems to be the same.
For myself my interest in music has waned considerably, just about the only new music I'm listening to is http://symphonyofscience.com/
Interestingly I remember reading an article way back showign that there was a test performed in Africa which showed that circumcision dramatically reduced the rates of HIV infection.
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I live in Vancouver and work in Portland. You're either full of shit or you moved here from California. TODAY isn't bad, last week was terrible.
The big question I have is what value does this have to the Obama campaign?
It's intriguing, really. Neither of these require forfeiture of rights.
Yet. The "No Class Action" clause is a relatively new thing that's sweeping the country. Give it time, it'll be there sooner or later, particularly if it holds up in court (which it won't).
Because 'tards believe that it's going to be a huge hassle when it won't be so they'll avoid it
Can you prove that Linux will make him money? Yes I'm aware of the Humble Bundle, are you aware that $12 is far less than the retail price of most AAA games even a year after release? Are you aware that there will probably be more money spent on supporting Linux than Windows due to fragmentation and driver issues? Are you aware of the miniscule userbase?
Can you provide any actual proof that making games for Linux will be a net gain in money?
Personally I do not "waste" my time on games, I prefer real life
I've played that before, it sucks. There's a ton of cheaters who never get taken down because the mods are actually chosen from them. The graphics are pretty awesome at times but most of the game is tedious and annoying. The other players usually suck and if you get stuck in the Customer Support mini-games only the trolls come by (I refuse to believe that people are actually that dumb). It's also really glitchy and the random event tables seem to be made by sadists.
All in all I give it a pass, too bad you're required to play it to unlock the decent games.
The difference is that Windows 98 has been deprecated and obsolete for over a decade. The Linux distros in question are current and relevant.
LOTS of games REQUIRE Steam to run. So anyone picking a game up out of the store has a decent chance of having Steam installed and running without even trying. If MS blcoks Steam completely then they kill dozens of AAA games, that's not going to fly, at all.
I'm not interested in it personally, but it's definitely an interesting idea and I'll be watching to see if it succeeds
Or people just don't care. I don't. I'm fully aware of the fact that I won't be able to sell the games I buy on Steam. But I wasn't goign to anyway, and even if I was it's 75% off, I'm saving at least as much as I would have gotten from selling it.
So you think that suddenly everyone who already has Steam accounts are going to ditch those and flock to the App Store? Why? Why do you think that there's going to any sort of migration at all? The trivial convenience of not needing to install Steam? The joy of re-purchasing games you've already purchased on Steam? The joy of proably paying more for the games since the sales on the App Store won't be as good? The probably lack of a catalog for a long time? What will the benefit of the App Store be that makes it such a threat?
a) Suicide
b) The number of people who mistrust MS + the number of people who love Valve + the fact that MS probably won't have nearly the depth and breadth of sales means this isn't likely to make a significant dent in Steam
c) This may help with the casual market, but it would only really be a problem if Steam was going after tablets. Otherwise it shouldn't have any effect on Steam
The App Store is not a threat to Steam and won't be for some time, if ever.
Not just an attempt, Ouya got way more than enough money to make itself happen. Unless the team for it wildly miscalculated.
What if Gabe releases Half-Life 3 as the inaugural title for Steam on Linux, and it's exclusive to Linux for 3 months?
I'm fairly certain that the sales for CoD have been going up with every release.
More people will go to Linux, sure. Anyone who only plays TF2 will happily be able to make the jump once Valve puts taht out. But the number of people who will get all, or even most, of the gaems they want to play switching to Linux will be tiny. Steam on Linux will be an improvement, but it will be an improvement like creating a single job improves the unemployment rate.
I think you aren't understanding his point (because he doesn't really convey it well). You can criticize religion, however doing so in the US makes you automatically the Bad Guy. It doesn't matter if you're right, all that matters is that you are attacking the sacred cow of religion and that's not allowed.
That's been true from the beginning though. Even in low-detil games you have trial and error to figure out how smart the AI is in this particular game. The enemies in Morrowind behave VERY differently from the enemies in Thief, same between Skyrim and Crysis
Did you play the new one? Did you get the Turd Burglar achievement?
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Most music these days is intended to be "danced" to, even if it's just head-bobbing in your car. Because of this rhythm is all that's needed.
We once had a foreign exchange student living with my cousins nearby, I was an overt metalhead at the time and she asked me why I listened to it because "thhre's no rhythm", even though there is rhythm, and melody and harmony. All she wanted was rhythm to dance to, and when I watch most people listening to music it seems to be the same.
For myself my interest in music has waned considerably, just about the only new music I'm listening to is http://symphonyofscience.com/
Interestingly I remember reading an article way back showign that there was a test performed in Africa which showed that circumcision dramatically reduced the rates of HIV infection.
Of course not, those classes were created by the "scientists" who invented HIV in the first place. Don't you know that?
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