The level of racism that's come up because of this discussion is, to say the least, mildly disturbing. The story is about Japanese gamers and their take on this FPS. So what if Japanese people don't want to play it, it's their preogative.
Did the Japanese do awful things during the war? Of course; I'm from Bangladesh and my grandparents ran on foot from from Burma back to Bangladesh, leaving most of their wealth over there. My girlfriend is Okinawan and her grandparents had to hide in caves during the Battle of Okinawa. She's a part of the Japanese education system and she knows went on during the war, more than most American kids know about anything their beacon of democracy has done (Hello, Iranian Revolution? Wheeling and dealing in South America? Killing civilizans in Iraq and Afghanistan? Atomic weapons in Japan?). But American and the west have done PLENTY of horrible things in Asia (and there's a line of thought that Japanese involvement in WWII is a direct response to brutal Western colonialism in the East).
History is written by the winners; no one's saying "Damn, we don't get to burn May Lai to the ground and rape Vietnamese women in games from that war." But that stuff happened (American vets would be as mad as Japanese people would be). If you want to talk about white washing, let's go play some America's Army or some other piece of crap where the brave American solider protects us from those dirty brown people.
I'm not some anime fanboy saying Japan is the perfect society; it's not and the Japanese government should apologize for war time atrocities, and the government should do more for the desdendants of Korean laborers. But a lot of bigoted people here on./ seem to forget how badly Americans have treated and do treat Native Americans and Africans, how the Brits treat former subjects from the Indian subcontient.
I haven't been a huge fan of the PSX/2 Final Fantasy incarnations, but I can't believe the attitude (pervading this comments) that this one is going to be like all the previous games; I think there's a lot of hope for innovation. People working on the game (and who exactly escapes me at the moment) have said that people won't know this is Final Fantasy and the fact that a lot of staff from FFTA is working on this game is a good sign. Also, as mentioned on FFXII is supposed tot take place in Ivalice, the same place as FFTA. There is a huge opportunity for this being a very different FF game, despite the conjecture here that says otherwise.
You say "most certainly" that the GC is being sold for a profit, but this is usually not the case: machines are often sold at a loss and the money made up on the software. Often, later in the console's life the manufacturer might begin to make a profit, as the cost of making the machine becomes lower than the price drops. However, this might not be the case with Nintendo, since the GC was third in most global markets compared to the Xbox.
I have a PS2 and an GC and I adore them both. I'm playing out Disgaea for the PS2, but I know Mario Kart is going to make me leave the GC connected to my TV for a while.
Heck, even the XBOX has a few decent games. Not enough to make me want to purchase the enormous thing, but it has a few ones. All three consoles have some great games (and I can say that as a huge Nintendo fanboy).
Sony does and has rejected games cause they don't like it. I remember Sony wouldn't do a release of some Megaman game because they didn't want 2-D titles on the PS1 back in the day.
Back in the day I used to play a great MUD based on the Discworld universe. I wasn't a fan of the books back then, but the MUD was well written and fun to play.
I spent the Weekend at Anime Weekend Atlanta and was basically using my phone as a glorified walkie-talkie for the most part. However, yesterday and today especially I've been getting spotty service when making calls and I'm not really getting many incoming calls.
I just thought people didn't want to give me my dealer's room badge back...
Yeah, I'm 20 and I hated my parents being on my asking, knowing where I was going etc. But it's better in that direction than the other way, which creates kids like this.
The definition of FPS is too narrow then, because, as far as the first person shooters go, Metroid Prime qualifies (its both first person and a shooter). It's a more action oriented take on the genre, not something new.
So this hack would allow Backed up and Import games to run on an unmodded system? Basically all one needs is a USB/Mem card interface to put the files on a PS1 memcard and then use a legit PS1 game to boot the machine?
I've got a stack of games from SE Asia that I would love to play on my PS2 and this hack seems like the most non-invasive way to do it.
sniiff around to see what apps you have installed, check out any illegal software/music/etc, look for that Linux partition (and corrupt it?)... pretty scary
I'm so sick of this FUD. People were saying similar things when Win98 introduced Windows Update and nothing happened. The government and thousands of tech oriented people (with, as drgroove has shown, hostility towards MS) are riding them hard - MS simply couldn't get away with something like that.
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The level of racism that's come up because of this discussion is, to say the least, mildly disturbing. The story is about Japanese gamers and their take on this FPS. So what if Japanese people don't want to play it, it's their preogative.
./ seem to forget how badly Americans have treated and do treat Native Americans and Africans, how the Brits treat former subjects from the Indian subcontient.
Did the Japanese do awful things during the war? Of course; I'm from Bangladesh and my grandparents ran on foot from from Burma back to Bangladesh, leaving most of their wealth over there. My girlfriend is Okinawan and her grandparents had to hide in caves during the Battle of Okinawa. She's a part of the Japanese education system and she knows went on during the war, more than most American kids know about anything their beacon of democracy has done (Hello, Iranian Revolution? Wheeling and dealing in South America? Killing civilizans in Iraq and Afghanistan? Atomic weapons in Japan?). But American and the west have done PLENTY of horrible things in Asia (and there's a line of thought that Japanese involvement in WWII is a direct response to brutal Western colonialism in the East).
History is written by the winners; no one's saying "Damn, we don't get to burn May Lai to the ground and rape Vietnamese women in games from that war." But that stuff happened (American vets would be as mad as Japanese people would be). If you want to talk about white washing, let's go play some America's Army or some other piece of crap where the brave American solider protects us from those dirty brown people.
I'm not some anime fanboy saying Japan is the perfect society; it's not and the Japanese government should apologize for war time atrocities, and the government should do more for the desdendants of Korean laborers. But a lot of bigoted people here on
No. Next question.
I haven't been a huge fan of the PSX/2 Final Fantasy incarnations, but I can't believe the attitude (pervading this comments) that this one is going to be like all the previous games; I think there's a lot of hope for innovation. People working on the game (and who exactly escapes me at the moment) have said that people won't know this is Final Fantasy and the fact that a lot of staff from FFTA is working on this game is a good sign. Also, as mentioned on FFXII is supposed tot take place in Ivalice, the same place as FFTA. There is a huge opportunity for this being a very different FF game, despite the conjecture here that says otherwise.
You say "most certainly" that the GC is being sold for a profit, but this is usually not the case: machines are often sold at a loss and the money made up on the software. Often, later in the console's life the manufacturer might begin to make a profit, as the cost of making the machine becomes lower than the price drops. However, this might not be the case with Nintendo, since the GC was third in most global markets compared to the Xbox.
I have a PS2 and an GC and I adore them both. I'm playing out Disgaea for the PS2, but I know Mario Kart is going to make me leave the GC connected to my TV for a while.
Heck, even the XBOX has a few decent games. Not enough to make me want to purchase the enormous thing, but it has a few ones. All three consoles have some great games (and I can say that as a huge Nintendo fanboy).
Anyone who says otherwise is just being stuck up.
Are you saying I can experience porn on the radio? :)
Sony does and has rejected games cause they don't like it. I remember Sony wouldn't do a release of some Megaman game because they didn't want 2-D titles on the PS1 back in the day.
Back in the day I used to play a great MUD based on the Discworld universe. I wasn't a fan of the books back then, but the MUD was well written and fun to play.
I just thought people didn't want to give me my dealer's room badge back...
Yeah, I'm 20 and I hated my parents being on my asking, knowing where I was going etc. But it's better in that direction than the other way, which creates kids like this.
I agree with you generally, but this phrase stuck in my craw:
but if you make somebody think really hard about a FPS, you've defeated the purpose of that genre.
Metroid Prime.
I, for one, welcome our new robotic snake masters...
and it's the ugliest damn program I've used in a long, long time.
Was this post also translated from Japanese?
So this hack would allow Backed up and Import games to run on an unmodded system? Basically all one needs is a USB/Mem card interface to put the files on a PS1 memcard and then use a legit PS1 game to boot the machine?
I've got a stack of games from SE Asia that I would love to play on my PS2 and this hack seems like the most non-invasive way to do it.
I can buy my wife that computer say I got her diamond and make of with a new machine in the end! Mwhaha!
Check your facts.
Nintendo reports profits on recent quarter. The Gamecube is struggling, not Nintendo.
Your girlfriend begged for an iSight and you went with her to get it?
Dude, you're so dumped.
I'm so sick of this FUD. People were saying similar things when Win98 introduced Windows Update and nothing happened. The government and thousands of tech oriented people (with, as drgroove has shown, hostility towards MS) are riding them hard - MS simply couldn't get away with something like that.
Oh, you really think so ?