As far as the 'low' sales figure for the xbox 360, remember, unlike the wii/ps3, it has already been out for about 16 months, compared to 3-4 months. The fact that the Xbox 360 is STILL outselling the PS3 is quite amazing
"- Allow ESRB raters to choose the spots of the game they will examine. No auditor comes in and says, "show me what you think I should see." That's just dumb."
No, it really is not dumb. A) it saves loads of time, and B) it is in the developers best interest to be upfront with the ESRB about any objectionable content, or else they will be heavily fined and have their rating retracted post-release, causing all boxes on the shelves to be pulled, and prevent many retailers from carrying the game, since most retailers don't carry games with an Adults Only rating.
What you seem to be forgetting is that a system for rating games is already in place, and for the most part that system works. The cases where it 'failed' involved users finding ways outside of the game itself to view 'objectionable' content, such as hacks and mods, which shouldn't count in the first place. It would be like blaming disney for the fact that Tyler Durden spliced in some frames from some porn films into their movies at a particular theater.
oh no, what if someone makes a creature in spore that looks like a giant penis!!! Obviously, since Will Wright didn't submit this footage to the Rating Overlords, he will be thrown in jail, and maxis will exist no more. He is already suspect after the naked mods for the sims...
The point is that the requirements of this bill are impossible, and will destroy the entire game industry if put into effect since no company will be able to comply with the new regulations. We have a rating system, and, as Rockstar and Bethesda learned the hard way, it is in the companies best interest to ensure that the ESRB gets detailed, reliable, detailed, complete, and detailed information about the game being released. The rating system we have works, and this legislation is an attempt by politicians to destroy the game industry for a few votes, which I definately have an issue with.
A: For the vast majority of the public, windows IS a superior product to both linux and OSX
B: If you are trying to tell me that the vast majority of people are unaware of OSX, then you are so completely out of touch with modern culture that it is scary. And like I said, it is apple who told the OEMs that they couldn't put OSX on the computers.
And you know, I think part of the reason that it is so hard to find computers with alternate operating systems have more to do with the producers of those operating systems. I'm sure Dell would love to sell computers with the MacOS, problem is Apple doesn't let them. Plus, selling other operating systems creates more costs in things like installation and technical support than they would make in sales. If there was a huge demand for *nix OS's, then the OEMs that make them (yes, they do exist) would see an increase in sales, and by the laws of supply and demand, more companies would work to incorporate those sales. However, the demand is not there, thus there is no increase in sales, thus most companies will not bother to sell those computers.
In regards to *nix systems: since even basic use of the system requires a decent background knowledge of computers, it will never be used by the large majority of non-tech savvy consumers. For the people who are tech-savvy enough to effectively use *nix, they are more likely to build their own computers, and thus the OEMs make no money off of them.
MacOS does stand a much better chance of taking down windows than *nix does, since it is easier to use by the masses, combined with the fact that it is now considered the 'cool' computer. I don't think this will happen, however, do to the fact that gaming is on the rise as far as standard uses of a computer, and macs are no good for games, thus the jokes regarding the lack of existence of 'mac gamers'.
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Your analogy makes no sense. A better analogy would be to say that sony music cds only play on sony cd players.
As far as the 'low' sales figure for the xbox 360, remember, unlike the wii/ps3, it has already been out for about 16 months, compared to 3-4 months. The fact that the Xbox 360 is STILL outselling the PS3 is quite amazing
"- Allow ESRB raters to choose the spots of the game they will examine. No auditor comes in and says, "show me what you think I should see." That's just dumb." No, it really is not dumb. A) it saves loads of time, and B) it is in the developers best interest to be upfront with the ESRB about any objectionable content, or else they will be heavily fined and have their rating retracted post-release, causing all boxes on the shelves to be pulled, and prevent many retailers from carrying the game, since most retailers don't carry games with an Adults Only rating.
What you seem to be forgetting is that a system for rating games is already in place, and for the most part that system works. The cases where it 'failed' involved users finding ways outside of the game itself to view 'objectionable' content, such as hacks and mods, which shouldn't count in the first place. It would be like blaming disney for the fact that Tyler Durden spliced in some frames from some porn films into their movies at a particular theater.
oh no, what if someone makes a creature in spore that looks like a giant penis!!! Obviously, since Will Wright didn't submit this footage to the Rating Overlords, he will be thrown in jail, and maxis will exist no more. He is already suspect after the naked mods for the sims...
The point is that the requirements of this bill are impossible, and will destroy the entire game industry if put into effect since no company will be able to comply with the new regulations. We have a rating system, and, as Rockstar and Bethesda learned the hard way, it is in the companies best interest to ensure that the ESRB gets detailed, reliable, detailed, complete, and detailed information about the game being released. The rating system we have works, and this legislation is an attempt by politicians to destroy the game industry for a few votes, which I definately have an issue with.
A: For the vast majority of the public, windows IS a superior product to both linux and OSX B: If you are trying to tell me that the vast majority of people are unaware of OSX, then you are so completely out of touch with modern culture that it is scary. And like I said, it is apple who told the OEMs that they couldn't put OSX on the computers.
And you know, I think part of the reason that it is so hard to find computers with alternate operating systems have more to do with the producers of those operating systems. I'm sure Dell would love to sell computers with the MacOS, problem is Apple doesn't let them. Plus, selling other operating systems creates more costs in things like installation and technical support than they would make in sales. If there was a huge demand for *nix OS's, then the OEMs that make them (yes, they do exist) would see an increase in sales, and by the laws of supply and demand, more companies would work to incorporate those sales. However, the demand is not there, thus there is no increase in sales, thus most companies will not bother to sell those computers. In regards to *nix systems: since even basic use of the system requires a decent background knowledge of computers, it will never be used by the large majority of non-tech savvy consumers. For the people who are tech-savvy enough to effectively use *nix, they are more likely to build their own computers, and thus the OEMs make no money off of them. MacOS does stand a much better chance of taking down windows than *nix does, since it is easier to use by the masses, combined with the fact that it is now considered the 'cool' computer. I don't think this will happen, however, do to the fact that gaming is on the rise as far as standard uses of a computer, and macs are no good for games, thus the jokes regarding the lack of existence of 'mac gamers'.