And the industry will blame your Stand against them as a sign that Piracy(Shiver me timbers) is on the increase and add more DRM.
In order for this sort of thing to work you need publicity(preferably lots of it) and numbers(with publicity)
Unfortunately the sad truth is that lost sales imply piracy.
The real solution is to promote a piracy free paradigm (If you buy Iron man, you are contributing towards Iron Man 2, etc - though that doesn't always work[no way am i paying for catwoman 2 even if HB is hot])
Joking
Anywho, i think gaming magazines serve an important purpose. They help provide information to new markets(and coverdisc's loaded with videos and demos).
While slashdot has a lot of very relevant game news, it can't compare to NAG(new age gaming) for volume of stories/reviews/ journalism(and lack of idiots aiming for first-post:)
Though using opera mini to check a review of a game instore has its bonuses too:)
Time Robbins? Is he a new actor? was he third prisoner from the left? was he the one who spoke when Tim Robbins mouth moved?
Other funny names for him>>
Tin Robins
Tin Bobbins
etc
Well my company still uses MS word heavily. All of our testing is done in word and either printed, or moved to a share drive. And yes, we do all use windows here
Independently of having development funded by a big-house.
If you record a song at home, release it on your blog and sony starts sell it(or you take it to stores to publish)
You still funded it, on a much smaller scale than say Britney, who is churning out mass-produced songs that her agent tells her to
If you write a game from scratch(Plants vs zombies) then it deserves to be judged by different rules than if it is "Sims 3: Pets Yet Again"
Even if EA publishes it later, you still made it on an indie budget catering to a smaller audience.
I think the trouble comes when a song/game is produced by a major publisher. I mean by your logic if you walk into gamestop and buy an indie game(plants vs zombies) does that make gamestop the PRODUCER ? It is no different buying a game from a company that also produces games than buying from a store
Now define "big"
That one is easy, you are big if I say you are big...
I had a brilliant professor.0he made all of this years questions look like last years, but with some minor differences. Eg sorting java strings instead of ints. Most of the class submitted last years solution with find/replace (which doesn't work when comparing strings) . One genius even included his friend's cv with HIS assignment.
Why do you think companies provide free web services other than
1. Money from subscriptions
2. Money from adverts (Google)
3. Brand recognition (google moon) 4. Useful technical information
That is why google provides many of its free services. They can provide you with what the most searched item in any country/language/day is. They can tell you the most popular video on youtube(and what countries think of different videos) They even used to track where on the search button you clicked to help in its placement.
That works very well and all. Till an innocent bystander decides to save/avenge your sister/mom/girlfriend/dog, by shooting you with his Gun(non-camera).
Tell Saint Peter it was a mistake... can you please go back?
Just because the publisher doesn't get any money doesn't make it ok to pirate.
That is like saying, since the car manufacturer doesn't get money from buying that car you should steal it?
Used games cost that much? I have on occasion gotten 2 used games for 1/3 the price of one new game. (new games go up to $110 for guitar hero etc, got 2 used games for $25). And the person who sold them got credit to buy new games.
I would much rather pay $45 for a slightly used game, then the $75 for the new one.
Also if you pirate the game and the MAFIAA finds out they could prosecute you, they wont be prosecuting me anytime soon for buying used games
And do they really think that ANY of that will stop copies of their movies appearing without the DRM?
DRM should stand for "Don't Remove Me" - as soon as any "legally-challenged" person sees it, they start trying to remove it. Look at what happened with HL2 and steam - cracked.
Focus on the customers who are willing to pay, not those who aren't
Slashdot Mirror
And the industry will blame your Stand against them as a sign that Piracy(Shiver me timbers) is on the increase and add more DRM.
In order for this sort of thing to work you need publicity(preferably lots of it) and numbers(with publicity)
Unfortunately the sad truth is that lost sales imply piracy.
The real solution is to promote a piracy free paradigm (If you buy Iron man, you are contributing towards Iron Man 2, etc - though that doesn't always work[no way am i paying for catwoman 2 even if HB is hot])
First post?
:)
Joking
Anywho, i think gaming magazines serve an important purpose. They help provide information to new markets(and coverdisc's loaded with videos and demos).
While slashdot has a lot of very relevant game news, it can't compare to NAG(new age gaming) for volume of stories/reviews/ journalism(and lack of idiots aiming for first-post:)
Though using opera mini to check a review of a game instore has its bonuses too
Time Robbins? Is he a new actor? was he third prisoner from the left? was he the one who spoke when Tim Robbins mouth moved?
Other funny names for him>>
Tin Robins
Tin Bobbins
etc
Well my company still uses MS word heavily. All of our testing is done in word and either printed, or moved to a share drive. And yes, we do all use windows here
I wish i had some mod points to mod this funny
.txt files will always be readable
.doc files (not so sure about docx though..)
and
And look at all those immoral libraries.
What are they doing to book publishers?
Don't you know that thousands of dollars is the cost of a week's child labor.
Or is that the cost of buying the kid?
Wii save the queen? Racing Mini's(already been done, i know)
Independently of what?
Independently of having development funded by a big-house.
If you record a song at home, release it on your blog and sony starts sell it(or you take it to stores to publish)
You still funded it, on a much smaller scale than say Britney, who is churning out mass-produced songs that her agent tells her to
If you write a game from scratch(Plants vs zombies) then it deserves to be judged by different rules than if it is "Sims 3: Pets Yet Again"
Even if EA publishes it later, you still made it on an indie budget catering to a smaller audience.
I think the trouble comes when a song/game is produced by a major publisher. I mean by your logic if you walk into gamestop and buy an indie game(plants vs zombies) does that make gamestop the PRODUCER ? It is no different buying a game from a company that also produces games than buying from a store
Now define "big"
That one is easy, you are big if I say you are big...
Where are mod points when you need them... FYI EA Sports cricket 09 DOES exist(at least in SA)
I had a brilliant professor.0he made all of this years questions look like last years, but with some minor differences. Eg sorting java strings instead of ints. Most of the class submitted last years solution with find/replace (which doesn't work when comparing strings) . One genius even included his friend's cv with HIS assignment.
Game publishers want more money, not less. While dropping their prices by half would cut gamestop's revenue it would also greatly cut their revenue.
ROFL - when i saw this story the number of comments was "911". That is one way to make a child locater
Here is post 912
Operation Office Freedom
Did they have to change region as they drifted over different countries?
"Hey guys, take out the disc, we are over Oz, put in the region 4 disc.."
And non can compare to the Oracle (Oracle Fanboi alert) ;)
Why do you think companies provide free web services other than
1. Money from subscriptions
2. Money from adverts (Google)
3. Brand recognition (google moon)
4. Useful technical information
That is why google provides many of its free services. They can provide you with what the most searched item in any country/language/day is. They can tell you the most popular video on youtube(and what countries think of different videos) They even used to track where on the search button you clicked to help in its placement.
Google ants would rock
Ever wondered what the insides of your walls looked like? Use google earth, ant_mode="on"
What about if there is a rat living in your wall?
just use google-earth-ant and you can see that bugger as a huge monster statue in the wall.
Of course google still needs people to sift through all of these videos and blur the images(they will have to blur the rat's faces)
Evil
Pure Evil
Glad I'm not your kid.
Though after the first few times they probably get used to it and start making crap sculptures that you can sell on ebay...
That works very well and all. Till an innocent bystander decides to save/avenge your sister/mom/girlfriend/dog, by shooting you with his Gun(non-camera).
Tell Saint Peter it was a mistake... can you please go back?
But think about the Children... :o
Do they sell adult sizes for work?
Just because the publisher doesn't get any money doesn't make it ok to pirate.
That is like saying, since the car manufacturer doesn't get money from buying that car you should steal it?
Used games cost that much? I have on occasion gotten 2 used games for 1/3 the price of one new game. (new games go up to $110 for guitar hero etc, got 2 used games for $25). And the person who sold them got credit to buy new games.
I would much rather pay $45 for a slightly used game, then the $75 for the new one.
Also if you pirate the game and the MAFIAA finds out they could prosecute you, they wont be prosecuting me anytime soon for buying used games
Well i don't think it will. When humans discover there is plutonium in it's core it is history. There will be a space race to get to it first.
No plutionium in the core you say? then why is it named pluto?
Man will still get bored of the wars here and start a reality show called "War on Pluto" to blow it up
Or some mooch will sell the name on ebay, and thereafter it will be known as YoMamaSux or something...
And do they really think that ANY of that will stop copies of their movies appearing without the DRM?
DRM should stand for "Don't Remove Me" - as soon as any "legally-challenged" person sees it, they start trying to remove it. Look at what happened with HL2 and steam - cracked.
Focus on the customers who are willing to pay, not those who aren't