How much money could Nintendo possibly lose from clone NES systems?
IIRC, Nintendo makes quite a lot of money on their old licenses. Besides the versions they put out for their portable consoles, I believe the Revolution is going to have a sort of classic-gaming-on-demand system in place. They likely want people to pay for their new stuff instead of picking up an old NES or clone console and Nintendo not seeing a dime.
The question is whether they perceive that they've blocked enough piracy with that DRM software that the financial loss is less than they "would have" lost. If all else fails, they can consider it "market research".
First: they almost admit in the EULA that is a spyware product. Who the fuck else would put such an idiot line in the EULA.
Did you even look at what the program is, or did you just post a kneejerk reaction without even looking into the matter?
The person installing the software KNOWS that it's used to spy. It's computer monitoring software - you know, the kind that bosses have installed on their workers' computers to see if they're actually working instead of screwing around on company time and property. That's the entire POINT of the software, it would be silly for anyone to claim otherwise.
The person who designed that obviously did NOT forget their childhood.
I think that was more of a problem than anything. People saw the design and thought it was childish, whereas they saw the PS2 and XBox and thought of them as more "mature" consoles. Since the aforementioned teenagers and 30-something losers are the ones buying most of the consoles, the childish design didn't fare as well.
Yes, the "spirit". Regardless of the legalities behind everything, the spirit of the network was free sharing of files. Once files are restricted, that spirit is gone.
msblack writes "Australian news sources are reporting that government officials will begin deploying infected pilots. In a three-month pilot program, the Australian Communications & Media Authority will identify zombie citizens ask their caretakers to submit them or risk being zombified themselves. When will U.S. regulators and military get on board?"
I never said it was right or wrong, just that it fell in line with what other patents mainly are. Patents typically are for new inventions that, in their basest form, are just putting things together in a certain manner. Why should they consider it any different if they're just working with different materials?
Err, isn't "recipe" just a word that means "put things together this way"? Isn't that what a huge number of patents are? In this case, you're using coffee and yeast instead of silicon and plastic. Just because you ingest it doesn't make the process any less patentable.
but don't forget OTHER products are also marketing at the same time!
Except in this case, other products WEREN'T marketing. I can only think of one other MP3 player I've EVER seen TV ads for (Sony's), and that came far after the iPod was firmly entrenched. Yes, the iPod had word of mouth, but I attribute that to the fact that Apple made the iPod look cool, and word of mouth was mostly dependent on that image that they put forth.
Regardless, good marketing can make people buy things regardless of the relative quality of the product. Do you think Britney Spears became popular because of word of mouth caused by everybody just liking her music SO much?
Black and silver with a blue light, I am engaged thank you, and I got a 15GB DJ for $115 a year ago - half the price of an iPod that had nothing to offer me that the Dell player doesn't have.
More than anything, I think it's about the marketing. Apple did what nobody else was able to do - they made having an MP3 player cool. Once the iPod came out, MP3 players went from strictly being geek toys to being something that EVERYONE wanted.
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I'm saying that they would be stupid to only work on Star Wars.
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I just hope reclaimed Pixar would work on other project besides Star Wars films.
Considering the vast amounts of money that Pixar movies rake in, they would have to be insane to do that.
The idea of progression goes back WAY further than EQ, back to MUDs. P&P RPGs were a lot about roleplaying, but once they made the move online, numbers numbers numbers.
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they're least likely to be getting any MMO love other than something they develop for a console.
You may want to do some research before you say that...
Right now they have a limited portion of any user's activity, after they disappear off of Google.com it's anyone's guess what they do.
Well, not completely. If the pages that the user goes to have adsense on them, google can very well see that.
How much money could Nintendo possibly lose from clone NES systems?
IIRC, Nintendo makes quite a lot of money on their old licenses. Besides the versions they put out for their portable consoles, I believe the Revolution is going to have a sort of classic-gaming-on-demand system in place. They likely want people to pay for their new stuff instead of picking up an old NES or clone console and Nintendo not seeing a dime.
The question is whether they perceive that they've blocked enough piracy with that DRM software that the financial loss is less than they "would have" lost. If all else fails, they can consider it "market research".
It's all about putting the right spin on things.
First: they almost admit in the EULA that is a spyware product. Who the fuck else would put such an idiot line in the EULA.
Did you even look at what the program is, or did you just post a kneejerk reaction without even looking into the matter?
The person installing the software KNOWS that it's used to spy. It's computer monitoring software - you know, the kind that bosses have installed on their workers' computers to see if they're actually working instead of screwing around on company time and property. That's the entire POINT of the software, it would be silly for anyone to claim otherwise.
They would NEVER do this with music. Can you imagine the backlash of people being able to play a CD in their stereo, but NOT in their car?
The person who designed that obviously did NOT forget their childhood.
I think that was more of a problem than anything. People saw the design and thought it was childish, whereas they saw the PS2 and XBox and thought of them as more "mature" consoles. Since the aforementioned teenagers and 30-something losers are the ones buying most of the consoles, the childish design didn't fare as well.
You joke, but a lot of people believe just that.
Yes, the "spirit". Regardless of the legalities behind everything, the spirit of the network was free sharing of files. Once files are restricted, that spirit is gone.
or the end of grokster entirely?
Regardless of if it's the end of the software, it's the end of the spirit.
msblack writes "Australian news sources are reporting that government officials will begin deploying infected pilots. In a three-month pilot program, the Australian Communications & Media Authority will identify zombie citizens ask their caretakers to submit them or risk being zombified themselves. When will U.S. regulators and military get on board?"
That is exactly the kind of comment that makes people think there are no girls on the internet.
No need to search, just check out their website!
I never said it was right or wrong, just that it fell in line with what other patents mainly are. Patents typically are for new inventions that, in their basest form, are just putting things together in a certain manner. Why should they consider it any different if they're just working with different materials?
Err, isn't "recipe" just a word that means "put things together this way"? Isn't that what a huge number of patents are? In this case, you're using coffee and yeast instead of silicon and plastic. Just because you ingest it doesn't make the process any less patentable.
but don't forget OTHER products are also marketing at the same time!
Except in this case, other products WEREN'T marketing. I can only think of one other MP3 player I've EVER seen TV ads for (Sony's), and that came far after the iPod was firmly entrenched. Yes, the iPod had word of mouth, but I attribute that to the fact that Apple made the iPod look cool, and word of mouth was mostly dependent on that image that they put forth.
Regardless, good marketing can make people buy things regardless of the relative quality of the product. Do you think Britney Spears became popular because of word of mouth caused by everybody just liking her music SO much?
Black and silver with a blue light, I am engaged thank you, and I got a 15GB DJ for $115 a year ago - half the price of an iPod that had nothing to offer me that the Dell player doesn't have.
What? I have a Dell DJ that came with a scroll wheel and also has intelligent playlists. I can pull up by artist, album, genre, etc.
The black/silver/blue glow is also sexier than an iPod, IMO, but that's just a matter of taste.
More than anything, I think it's about the marketing. Apple did what nobody else was able to do - they made having an MP3 player cool. Once the iPod came out, MP3 players went from strictly being geek toys to being something that EVERYONE wanted.
I'm saying that they would be stupid to only work on Star Wars.
I just hope reclaimed Pixar would work on other project besides Star Wars films.
Considering the vast amounts of money that Pixar movies rake in, they would have to be insane to do that.
Now, abbreviated, it becomes the "A. Hole" bill. Appropriate :)
I cringe whenever I see something that might possibly be an emoticon.
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The horde gets the blood elves, but alliance isn't announced yet.
Rumor has it that they wanted to put the Pandaren in, but are afraid of the reaction of the Chinese to a bunch of people going around killing pandas.
The idea of progression goes back WAY further than EQ, back to MUDs. P&P RPGs were a lot about roleplaying, but once they made the move online, numbers numbers numbers.