I usually don't respond to trolls but I thought I would this time. I don't own a 360. I don't own an Xbox. I think Halo is at best a solid FPS that only got the attention it did because console shooters tend to be terrible.
That doesn't matter, but it sells shitloads. And the thing with the Halo games (so far, at least) is that they KEEP selling. When Johnny picks up a 360 in two years, he might get a game or two with it. One of those games will probably be Halo 3.
The PS2 is still selling incredibly well, because it's cheap (1) and has a great library (2). Why is the PS3 failing? Because right now it has neither (1) nor (2). 360 has (2) but it's still too expensive for large numbers of people to go out and buy one. As the price keeps dropping, the sales will stay steady at worst, and probably increase. Games like GTA4 and Halo 3 will push consoles. GTA4 will probably benefit the 360 more than the PS3, if only because people who are buying a console for it are probably going to choose the cheaper option.
In conclusion: the 360 is doing ok, but not spectacular. That wasn't so hard, now, was it?
When they announced that 10 million figure, that was total shipped systems, NOT total sold systems. Sony was notorious for confusing shipped and sold in order to make it seem like they were doing better than they were.
At that time, the number of sold systems was somewhere around 7 or 8 million.
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The 360 needs to sell 2 million units before its second anniversary in order to be on par with its predecessor, like you said. This seems like a lot, but it's surprisingly possible. Halo 3 is *the* game every 360 owner wants, and its coming out later this month. Add that to the holiday sales boost and the 360 is going to have a massive holiday.
Overall, the 360 isn't dominating like MS hoped it would, but it's a failure, either. If I had to guess it'll end up finishing with close to 30 million units sold. Once it drops a little more into the impulse buy range, it'll start selling to the people who are looking to replace their PS2s.
It sounds like the spots would still be there, but they'd be meter-less: which would make the spots in front of the Apple store very appealing. Might as well step in since it's right there. Whoops, you walked out with a new Macbook and an ipod nano!
I don't know how successful the scam was, but an attitude could be really beneficial to a guy like him.
"Gee, lawyers are bloodsucking villains who will stop at nothing to win, I better just hand over the domain instead of fighting them in court. They're a LAWyer, after all, they must know the law!"
Reminds me of how a scientist seems much more trustworthy to the public if they're wearing a lab coat.
Surely you jest. Everyone knows hemp is a gateway fuel. Sure, filling up your car with a hemp once every week or so isn't going to do any serious damage. But then it becomes every week, then twice, three times, and pretty soon you need a heroin fuel injection every half hour to even get to the gas station, just to buy more.
I've been told by many people that using a visual keyboard can be used to prevent your keystrokes from being logged. Is this true? Are the characters logged only if you are physically using a keyboard, or will it still catch them as long as they're being placed in some sort of text form?
It won't be perfect in its first generation but I think tech like this is eventually going to take off. People want convergence (look at the iPhone), but they also don't like all their gadgets being locked in. Imagine having a small wireless hard drive that stored your email contacts, phone numbers, music collection, etc. Your Ipod gets your music, your phone can browse your numbers (and you'd never have to delete voicemail, it could just be stored on the disk). There'd be tons and tons of cool uses for something like this once it matures.
What the fuck. Are you serious? There are many other things that they don't allow you to use, for example (as mentioned above): you can't use N64 as a tag in Halo 3. Is that part of a Microsoft conspiracy against a system that came out more than 10 years ago?
I imagine it would be pretty hard to be a linux evangelist over all the frat boys yelling "GAY FAG HACKS" anyways.
"It's more like Introduction to Eclipse for Visual Studio developers."
Funny you should say that. The title, is, in fact:
"An introduction to Eclipse for Visual Studio users"
Crazy!
This is a total guess, but I'd think that just communicating with something like Voyager 1 would rely on lots of funky old hardware. I mean, the thing is 15 BILLION kilometers away, it's not quite the same as dumping a 2600 cart.
Exactly. What Ubisoft is doing here is nothing but marketing.
Haze is announced multiplatform: people talk about it for a while but mostly forget about it. Haze is announced as PS3 exclusive: fanboys suddenly care about it, talk about it much more. Haze is released on PS3, then the 360/PC versions are announced: "OMG PS3 exclusive coming to 360/PC!" People talk about it again.
Data is not being logged *now*, nothing is stored in computers *yet*. Which do you think is more difficult: convincing the public to install a public surveillance system, or changing how that system operates once it's installed?
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Any journey to the moon starts on Earth, and I can understand why governments would be suspicious of rockets launching without warning.
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A guy jerking it. Tell your friends!
I usually don't respond to trolls but I thought I would this time. I don't own a 360. I don't own an Xbox. I think Halo is at best a solid FPS that only got the attention it did because console shooters tend to be terrible.
That doesn't matter, but it sells shitloads. And the thing with the Halo games (so far, at least) is that they KEEP selling. When Johnny picks up a 360 in two years, he might get a game or two with it. One of those games will probably be Halo 3.
The PS2 is still selling incredibly well, because it's cheap (1) and has a great library (2). Why is the PS3 failing? Because right now it has neither (1) nor (2). 360 has (2) but it's still too expensive for large numbers of people to go out and buy one. As the price keeps dropping, the sales will stay steady at worst, and probably increase. Games like GTA4 and Halo 3 will push consoles. GTA4 will probably benefit the 360 more than the PS3, if only because people who are buying a console for it are probably going to choose the cheaper option.
In conclusion: the 360 is doing ok, but not spectacular. That wasn't so hard, now, was it?
When they announced that 10 million figure, that was total shipped systems, NOT total sold systems. Sony was notorious for confusing shipped and sold in order to make it seem like they were doing better than they were.
At that time, the number of sold systems was somewhere around 7 or 8 million.
--
The 360 needs to sell 2 million units before its second anniversary in order to be on par with its predecessor, like you said. This seems like a lot, but it's surprisingly possible. Halo 3 is *the* game every 360 owner wants, and its coming out later this month. Add that to the holiday sales boost and the 360 is going to have a massive holiday.
Overall, the 360 isn't dominating like MS hoped it would, but it's a failure, either. If I had to guess it'll end up finishing with close to 30 million units sold. Once it drops a little more into the impulse buy range, it'll start selling to the people who are looking to replace their PS2s.
The funny thing is that Microsoft was using 'first to 10 million wins!' as their mantra, and reason for launching the 360 a year early.
It sounds like the spots would still be there, but they'd be meter-less: which would make the spots in front of the Apple store very appealing. Might as well step in since it's right there. Whoops, you walked out with a new Macbook and an ipod nano!
The meters are there to reduce the number of parked cars, not for revenue. Apple is offering money, not a solution to overcrowded streets.
I don't know how successful the scam was, but an attitude could be really beneficial to a guy like him.
"Gee, lawyers are bloodsucking villains who will stop at nothing to win, I better just hand over the domain instead of fighting them in court. They're a LAWyer, after all, they must know the law!"
Reminds me of how a scientist seems much more trustworthy to the public if they're wearing a lab coat.
Surely you jest. Everyone knows hemp is a gateway fuel. Sure, filling up your car with a hemp once every week or so isn't going to do any serious damage. But then it becomes every week, then twice, three times, and pretty soon you need a heroin fuel injection every half hour to even get to the gas station, just to buy more.
I've been told by many people that using a visual keyboard can be used to prevent your keystrokes from being logged. Is this true? Are the characters logged only if you are physically using a keyboard, or will it still catch them as long as they're being placed in some sort of text form?
Newsworthy? Colored parrots are going down. Dude, you're next!
Sometimes you don't even need to hide the fact the game is terrible. Enter the Matrix sold really well despite terrible reviews and bad word of mouth.
It won't be perfect in its first generation but I think tech like this is eventually going to take off. People want convergence (look at the iPhone), but they also don't like all their gadgets being locked in. Imagine having a small wireless hard drive that stored your email contacts, phone numbers, music collection, etc. Your Ipod gets your music, your phone can browse your numbers (and you'd never have to delete voicemail, it could just be stored on the disk). There'd be tons and tons of cool uses for something like this once it matures.
There are actually more than 6.5 billion people on earth now, so he is technically correct.
What the fuck. Are you serious? There are many other things that they don't allow you to use, for example (as mentioned above): you can't use N64 as a tag in Halo 3. Is that part of a Microsoft conspiracy against a system that came out more than 10 years ago?
I imagine it would be pretty hard to be a linux evangelist over all the frat boys yelling "GAY FAG HACKS" anyways.
'Guitar Hero' with strings would end up just being 'Guitar', I reckon.
..that people are going to use their gadgets in ways other than the ones they're 'supposed' to.
"It's more like Introduction to Eclipse for Visual Studio developers." Funny you should say that. The title, is, in fact: "An introduction to Eclipse for Visual Studio users" Crazy!
This is a total guess, but I'd think that just communicating with something like Voyager 1 would rely on lots of funky old hardware. I mean, the thing is 15 BILLION kilometers away, it's not quite the same as dumping a 2600 cart.
Exactly. What Ubisoft is doing here is nothing but marketing.
Haze is announced multiplatform: people talk about it for a while but mostly forget about it.
Haze is announced as PS3 exclusive: fanboys suddenly care about it, talk about it much more.
Haze is released on PS3, then the 360/PC versions are announced: "OMG PS3 exclusive coming to 360/PC!" People talk about it again.
M-Must've hit the Tarmack pretty hard? I guess? Did I do it right?
Data is not being logged *now*, nothing is stored in computers *yet*. Which do you think is more difficult: convincing the public to install a public surveillance system, or changing how that system operates once it's installed?
Instead of using something that's secret and can be changed, they want to start using something that everyone can see, and is not changeable.
I'd say those games are the worst offenders when it comes to multiple delays.
FFVII isn't really even considered one of the better Final Fantasies by the hardcore fans, they seem to like VI above all others.