Kinda ruins the game, already knowing the ending and major plot-devices, doesn't it?
Not necessarily. When Titanic came into theaters ten years ago, everyone knew the ship would sink, but it still drew in the crowds. It's not always how the story ends, but the path it takes to get there.
That only applies if you can increase your supply in a hurry. It's unlikely that the company will be able to field the expense of increasing ten-fold their shuttle fleet within a single year. Keeping the price high is the only way they can maximize their earnings before competition bites into their market.
Will this mean that the $200k price tag may be dropping?
Because everybody knows that when people are trampling each other at the gates to pay the retail price, it's a sure sign that the store is going to lower it in a hurry.
I'm so sick of the aspie defense. Seems like every time a computer user is on trial (remember Reiser?), it gets rolled out. "My client is guilty as hell, but he's got Asperger's!"
If this defense was accepted in court, the unforeseen consequence would be that eventually companies and governments would protect themselves from preventing those with Asperger's Syndrome (or borderline equivalent behavior). Imagine mandatory mental screening on a yearly basis to prevent anyone with "the wrong kind of thinking" from being able to have internet access because one guy set a landmark case and got away with being just nuts enough to escape prison.
Did McKinnon break into the systems? Yes, and he has admitted such. Surely as a British citizen having commited a crime in England he should be tried under English law.
Bad idea. This would set a precedent that all cyber crimes are to be tried under local law, thus hackers originating from countries that don't give a damn about computer crimes against the united states would have a blank legal check to keep on attacking the military networks.
Your comment is now copyright Slashdot... or Verizon Internet... or is it Microsoft? It's starting to feel like Thunderdome in here, except it's two lawyer enter, no one leaves.
Video games started out as pretty simple things that could be created and churned out by a single programmer over the course of a few weeks (and as ET The Extraterrestrial reminds us, that same man could also destroy the entire industry). At the same time and as hardware got stronger, programming team have gotten bigger, and the game creation budgets increased ever larger, all the while game prices have never really increased considerably - while the price of top-tier games has not considerably increased. Compare 60$ for a big name game like like the latest Madden, as opposed to 50$ for Centipede in 1983 - accounting for inflation, you could say it's even gone down.
So the current situations is that games cost more and more in assets, creative team salaries and marketing than ever, while the price per unit remains stable at best. How long can the industry afford to continue spending more and more developing a single game while the returns on the investment remains pretty much the same? I'd say the industry has reached its upper limit with the current generation, and will try to diversify software offerings rather than risk imploding on a higher tech console generation that could yield another industry destroying ET.
Is it any wonder that Microsoft and Sony want to push the life cycle of their current consoles to ten years instead of upgrading at the usual five?
Ever been to a car dealership where all the car engines come equipped with a remote-controlled bomb designed to render them useless after an undefined amount of time, regardless that you're still paying full price for a full purchase, not a rental? That's what the RIAA is advertizing right now.
... is a dishwater safe desktop, monitor and programmer so that corporations can send their entire programming teams through a soak-and-rinse cycle without having to lose precious man-hours.
To sell all music through a single outlet, manned by a lone grizzled customer service veteran with no knowledge of current artists past the old days of Music Hall, in an unmarked secret location guarded by snipers.
Then blame pirates for waning music sales and sue the asses of anyone who owns electronic devices that could be used to store MP3s.
See this is what happens when all the good names are already taken - a serious project aimed at cataloging distant galaxies is forced to call itself "Galaxy Zoo".
Isn't this also how early morning rush hour radio shows get named?
If a jailbroken iPhone can potentially crash a cell tower but a regular run-of-the-mill cell phone cannot, it really makes me wonder what cool toys they've hidden in the jesus phone that makes it so life-threateningly dangerous that it needs to be encased in a kryptonite shield.
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Kinda ruins the game, already knowing the ending and major plot-devices, doesn't it?
Not necessarily. When Titanic came into theaters ten years ago, everyone knew the ship would sink, but it still drew in the crowds. It's not always how the story ends, but the path it takes to get there.
That only applies if you can increase your supply in a hurry. It's unlikely that the company will be able to field the expense of increasing ten-fold their shuttle fleet within a single year. Keeping the price high is the only way they can maximize their earnings before competition bites into their market.
"Is it 1984 already?"
Will this mean that the $200k price tag may be dropping?
Because everybody knows that when people are trampling each other at the gates to pay the retail price, it's a sure sign that the store is going to lower it in a hurry.
The irony that Orwell's 1984 describes "Children Heroes" who snitch on grown-ups is tasting sweeter with every passing moment.
I'm so sick of the aspie defense. Seems like every time a computer user is on trial (remember Reiser?), it gets rolled out. "My client is guilty as hell, but he's got Asperger's!"
If this defense was accepted in court, the unforeseen consequence would be that eventually companies and governments would protect themselves from preventing those with Asperger's Syndrome (or borderline equivalent behavior). Imagine mandatory mental screening on a yearly basis to prevent anyone with "the wrong kind of thinking" from being able to have internet access because one guy set a landmark case and got away with being just nuts enough to escape prison.
Did McKinnon break into the systems? Yes, and he has admitted such. Surely as a British citizen having commited a crime in England he should be tried under English law.
Bad idea. This would set a precedent that all cyber crimes are to be tried under local law, thus hackers originating from countries that don't give a damn about computer crimes against the united states would have a blank legal check to keep on attacking the military networks.
I think we are far beyond any sense of reasonable and it is just about time we have them committed to a psychiatric institution.
It's clear by now that the patients (the RIAA and MPAA) have overrun the asylum and are now running the place.
Your comment is now copyright Slashdot... or Verizon Internet... or is it Microsoft? It's starting to feel like Thunderdome in here, except it's two lawyer enter, no one leaves.
Video games started out as pretty simple things that could be created and churned out by a single programmer over the course of a few weeks (and as ET The Extraterrestrial reminds us, that same man could also destroy the entire industry). At the same time and as hardware got stronger, programming team have gotten bigger, and the game creation budgets increased ever larger, all the while game prices have never really increased considerably - while the price of top-tier games has not considerably increased. Compare 60$ for a big name game like like the latest Madden, as opposed to 50$ for Centipede in 1983 - accounting for inflation, you could say it's even gone down.
So the current situations is that games cost more and more in assets, creative team salaries and marketing than ever, while the price per unit remains stable at best. How long can the industry afford to continue spending more and more developing a single game while the returns on the investment remains pretty much the same? I'd say the industry has reached its upper limit with the current generation, and will try to diversify software offerings rather than risk imploding on a higher tech console generation that could yield another industry destroying ET.
Is it any wonder that Microsoft and Sony want to push the life cycle of their current consoles to ten years instead of upgrading at the usual five?
Copyright needs to be put back to the original 14 years and signing your copyright over to a third party should also not be allowed.
As much as I agree with you, I never expect to see it as long as the House of Mouse holds its steel vise grip on the copyrights office...
You're digging your own grave, and everyone is watching you, but you're the only one not to see it.
AND trying to charge admission to view the show!
Ever been to a car dealership where all the car engines come equipped with a remote-controlled bomb designed to render them useless after an undefined amount of time, regardless that you're still paying full price for a full purchase, not a rental? That's what the RIAA is advertizing right now.
Once the AI learns to spam the chat channels with Chuck Norris jokes and call all their opponents gay, will anyone be able to tell the difference?
Sooooo... when is the Matrix going into Beta?
Anyone who frequently uses google knows this already. Plug in any kind of search and you're bound to get a slew of crap results along the lines of:
Download [term] full version
Torrent [term] keygen
Torrent [term] latest version
Torrent [term] hacked no-cd
You'll get those even when searching for books.
... is a dishwater safe desktop, monitor and programmer so that corporations can send their entire programming teams through a soak-and-rinse cycle without having to lose precious man-hours.
It's like bronzy or coppery, except it's made of iron!
To sell all music through a single outlet, manned by a lone grizzled customer service veteran with no knowledge of current artists past the old days of Music Hall, in an unmarked secret location guarded by snipers.
Then blame pirates for waning music sales and sue the asses of anyone who owns electronic devices that could be used to store MP3s.
Verizon may only use the phrase "Home of the Crap Lobster"
I believe that Red Lobster has trademarked that one sometime in the late 80's.
I can only hope that at some future date a court will decide which light beer truly is the best tasting.
Somehow, I always knew that the winning side of Bud Bowl would end up being decided in court...
If this is true, then the Jesus phone has been upgraded to God phone. May Jobbs have mercy on us all.
See this is what happens when all the good names are already taken - a serious project aimed at cataloging distant galaxies is forced to call itself "Galaxy Zoo".
Isn't this also how early morning rush hour radio shows get named?
If a jailbroken iPhone can potentially crash a cell tower but a regular run-of-the-mill cell phone cannot, it really makes me wonder what cool toys they've hidden in the jesus phone that makes it so life-threateningly dangerous that it needs to be encased in a kryptonite shield.
1. Be told of critical flaw by multiple, repeatable accounts and deny everything as a "paranoid fantasy"
2. Secretly prepare emergency patch and bury it in driver update patches
3. ???
4. PROFIT!!!