Did you even read you link? gosh, people between the age of 18 and 25 are insecure and narcissistic? wow, what a finding. Of course, it's not even the largest demographic on Facebook, and Facebook is larger then 1 Canadian college, and the tested 100 people.
More precisely: I've found that marketing rarely has ever been able to prove that the money they spend actually generates returns that exceed the oney spent.
I know you are being sarcastic, but you are right. Someone with an MBA would have actually looked at the demographic before making an opinion; which explains why that poster example is wrong.
It's nice that you don't understand th demographics of Facebook, and still not let your ignorance prevent you from writing a post.
Well done.
You know who is a large demographic of Facebook users? Married Women 25-33. The second largest is men in the same age range. Your example is the minority.
That's not the problem, the problem is that it's global. The majority of users are outside the US. So, selling 40,000 dollar car to someone in turkey isn't exactly going to work. Here is a breakdown.
Maybe you, and the mods, might want to familiarize yourself with lab mice. They are precisely breed. We know pretty much everything about them. For example, you can get mice that will get a specific cancer at 2 months, and it happens every time. 'only' 99.9% guarantee, but I have never seen one in a control not get cancer at the expected time
SO, for this test, 5 weeks is fine. But with ALL STUDIES, one isn't enough. DO several, control different variables, move to different species.
"Isn't it just a lot of clicking while walking, attributing but nothing more but a score?" yep; which is fine. All pinball games where about was nothing more then the score. Same with Pac-Man, or most games.
Which is nonsense, since some people have had the game on their HD for a while now. It just needed servers to start. IN fact, the seems to be a great upside to this DRM for the consumer. You can be distributing the game before it can start. Which would have the benefit of an accurate account of your server load.
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You shouldn't. Please buy a different game.
AS a bonus, it would be nice if you , and everyone else, shot Blizzard an email that you would have bought it if there was an option for local LAN.
Granted, that would basically requires a separate game.
How can anyone who played Diablo in the past say the reasons are needless? Diablo was horrible abused in online play. Considering it's around an auction house system, it is definitively needed.
Now, could they have created a separate version for ONLY online play at a local lan? sure. But they would have had to make it so non of those characters or items can be played in 'internet' mode.
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Please tell me why I can't have a fondness for a game.
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Here is a clue.
How about you don't buy it shut up about it, and move on with your life? You are an insignificant spec that will change nothing. So go do something and keep you vitriol to yourself.
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Its not harm. Don't buy the game, but DO shut the fuck up like it's some crime against humanity.
"Well, that's you. I for one am capable of caring about multiple things at once." But you do lack any ability to scale them.
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I did. It occurred to me that I don't care. I have a drawer full of games I loved..but don't play. Blizzards history indicates that it will be going for at least as long I will be playing it.
If they want to cut their own throats later, then so be it.
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HAHAHHAAHa. Straight from Wikipedia. Yeah. Activision sure doesn't pressure them on accounts, of growth. Nope not at all~
Hint: No one buys a company to NOT control it in some way.
Riddle me this, Batman: How and activisionBlizzard be separate companies when it has the same ticker ? ATVI
Tell me how you can read those and thing they are completely separate? Clearly Activision publishing has input into blizzard delivery.
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Thor help us all if there isn't anything better in 15 years.
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Because there are only Blizzard games? Torchlight II is coming out, Legend of Grimrock , and many good games that don't depend on there competencies of some off site server admins to work.
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But never faster then your max bandwidth. Something some people don't understand.
Nerdy? cause she asked for a torrent on twitter?
The a really low bar..really really low.
welcome to 5 years ago.
Yes, it is very questionable. Specifically using best buy rating with about 20 reviews as a guide.
you can't trust Apple products to give you accurate information regard personal computers.
Yes, a selected article from the daily mail the meets your bias. yes, how thoughtful you are. And by 'thoughtful' I mean 'wrong'.
http://www.kenburbary.com/2011/03/facebook-demographics-revisited-2011-statistics-2/
Did you even read you link? gosh, people between the age of 18 and 25 are insecure and narcissistic? wow, what a finding. Of course, it's not even the largest demographic on Facebook, and Facebook is larger then 1 Canadian college, and the tested 100 people.
So..nothing really.
in fact, the study was more focused on self presentation.
http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cyber.2009.0257?journalCode=cyber
More precisely:
I've found that marketing rarely has ever been able to prove that the money they spend actually generates returns that exceed the oney spent.
Ironically the except IS superbowl ads.
" Earlier research by some of the same scholars also found that films advertised during the Super Bowl see as much as a 40 percent boost at the box office."
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/02/i_paid_4_million_for_this_.html
Of course, their are other factors as well. If I buy an ad, that mean it's harder for my competitor t buy an ad, pop culture benefits, etc:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/03/news/companies/super_bowl_ads/index.htm
But is does seem superbowl ads are worth it in many cases.
I know you are being sarcastic, but you are right. Someone with an MBA would have actually looked at the demographic before making an opinion; which explains why that poster example is wrong.
It's nice that you don't understand th demographics of Facebook, and still not let your ignorance prevent you from writing a post.
Well done.
You know who is a large demographic of Facebook users? Married Women 25-33. The second largest is men in the same age range.
Your example is the minority.
That's not the problem, the problem is that it's global. The majority of users are outside the US. So, selling 40,000 dollar car to someone in turkey isn't exactly going to work.
Here is a breakdown.
http://www.kenburbary.com/2011/03/facebook-demographics-revisited-2011-statistics-2/
And that, ladies an gentlemen, is what happens you you derive your scientific opinion fro popular science articles.
I pay attention, mostly to prepare for the on rush of people talking about it.
Maybe you, and the mods, might want to familiarize yourself with lab mice. They are precisely breed.
We know pretty much everything about them. For example, you can get mice that will get a specific cancer at 2 months, and it happens every time. 'only' 99.9% guarantee, but I have never seen one in a control not get cancer at the expected time
SO, for this test, 5 weeks is fine. But with ALL STUDIES, one isn't enough. DO several, control different variables, move to different species.
"Isn't it just a lot of clicking while walking, attributing but nothing more but a score?"
yep; which is fine. All pinball games where about was nothing more then the score. Same with Pac-Man, or most games.
Oh, it's also about the auction house.
Complaining because the item you bought doesn't work isn't whining.
It feels like the game is an excuse to have an auction house. At least the Beta felt that way.
Which is nonsense, since some people have had the game on their HD for a while now. It just needed servers to start.
IN fact, the seems to be a great upside to this DRM for the consumer. You can be distributing the game before it can start.
Which would have the benefit of an accurate account of your server load.
You shouldn't. Please buy a different game.
AS a bonus, it would be nice if you , and everyone else, shot Blizzard an email that you would have bought it if there was an option for local LAN.
Granted, that would basically requires a separate game.
What is the greatest thing used on an MMO?
The Auction house. Not quests, not end game raids, the freaking auction house.
Diablo III has an auction house that anyone can buy or sell loot at.
THIS is why there is MMO like DRM.
How can anyone who played Diablo in the past say the reasons are needless? Diablo was horrible abused in online play.
Considering it's around an auction house system, it is definitively needed.
Now, could they have created a separate version for ONLY online play at a local lan? sure. But they would have had to make it so non of those characters or items can be played in 'internet' mode.
Fortunately, Dictionaries are for everyone:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/affection
Please tell me why I can't have a fondness for a game.
Here is a clue.
How about you don't buy it shut up about it, and move on with your life?
You are an insignificant spec that will change nothing. So go do something and keep you vitriol to yourself.
Its not harm. Don't buy the game, but DO shut the fuck up like it's some crime against humanity.
"Well, that's you. I for one am capable of caring about multiple things at once."
But you do lack any ability to scale them.
I did. It occurred to me that I don't care.
I have a drawer full of games I loved..but don't play. Blizzards history indicates that it will be going for at least as long I will be playing it.
If they want to cut their own throats later, then so be it.
HAHAHHAAHa.
Straight from Wikipedia. Yeah. Activision sure doesn't pressure them on accounts, of growth. Nope not at all~
Hint: No one buys a company to NOT control it in some way.
Riddle me this, Batman:
How and activisionBlizzard be separate companies when it has the same ticker ? ATVI
http://www.activisionblizzard.com/corp/index.html
and the annual report:
http://investor.activision.com/annuals.cfm
Tell me how you can read those and thing they are completely separate? Clearly Activision publishing has input into blizzard delivery.
Thor help us all if there isn't anything better in 15 years.
Because there are only Blizzard games?
Torchlight II is coming out, Legend of Grimrock , and many good games that don't depend on there competencies of some off site server admins to work.