Actually there are only 5 major ones. The rest are tiny. Samsung has something like 34% of the market, with the top 3 owning 70 or 80%. And remember, Samsung corralled a bunch of LCD manufacturers into price-fixing and was fined $3 billion for it. In fact the DOJ began an anti-trust investigation into Samsung for NAND flash prices but dropped it: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aWgWSqhs_Jk0
If you read about the recent revelations at the SEC, it's not hard to see corruption occurring at the DOJ as well.
Carmack is a game developer, not a game player. He obviously enjoys the challenge of coding for limited systems, but gamers aren't going to settle for feeble touch-screen controls and $2 time wasters. And just like the console vs. PC issue, smartphone games are much more easily pirated.
But watch the videos of people playing on it. The sticks are too small and the unit is not ergonomic. Thumb cramps will be frequent if they maintain the current placement.
Have you seen videos of people playing on them? They're located so far down it looks like we'll all get thumb cramps. Why the devil don't they switch the location of the left D-Pad and the left analog stick?
Man you're an idiot. The 3DS was overpriced and came out with terrible game selection. Portable consoles are dying? The PSP sold better than the NDS in Japan. Otherwise it's over 5 years old and on its tail of hardware sales.
You really think gamers are going to buy a "shell" for their capacitive touchscreen phones to approximate the experience of a hard-button handheld? Never, ever become a market analyst. You'd suck at predicting the future.
He's talking about data service, not cell service. If you have a 2G connection, which is far more prevalent than 3G or 4G connections, you'll be able to send txt messages. But if you're using an IP solution you're out of luck.
Oh c'mon. We all just use wikipedia, scroll down to the references, copy and paste from the journal articles, and then reword them. You still have to read much of the articles to make sure everything is worded properly and it's not obvious you copied anything, and in the process you learn a great deal. Which is the whole point of writing the paper in the first place.
Android phones are overpriced as well. In fact all cell phones are priced to achieve Apple margins, which is ridiculous. It will be Chinese competitors who are willing to break the collusion and accept lower margins that will bring down the prices. Already a Chinese company is planning to release a 1.5 GHz dual-core Android phone for $310, and a 1.2 GHz dual-core variant for even cheaper.
I don't know. Ask the industry experts. But SSD is reaching its limits. 20 nm manufacturing processes can't get much smaller without sacrificing the lifespan and hardware integrity of NAND flash.
Are you kidding? The engine is great. They constructed it to be extremely modular. They can port a game to virtually any platform, including iOS and the consoles. It even uses the PS3 extremely efficiently. If the consoles last another 3 years, the engine will have done its job, but there's no doubt they'll use it on the PS Vita as well.
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Actually there are only 5 major ones. The rest are tiny. Samsung has something like 34% of the market, with the top 3 owning 70 or 80%. And remember, Samsung corralled a bunch of LCD manufacturers into price-fixing and was fined $3 billion for it. In fact the DOJ began an anti-trust investigation into Samsung for NAND flash prices but dropped it: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aWgWSqhs_Jk0 If you read about the recent revelations at the SEC, it's not hard to see corruption occurring at the DOJ as well.
Carmack is a game developer, not a game player. He obviously enjoys the challenge of coding for limited systems, but gamers aren't going to settle for feeble touch-screen controls and $2 time wasters. And just like the console vs. PC issue, smartphone games are much more easily pirated.
But watch the videos of people playing on it. The sticks are too small and the unit is not ergonomic. Thumb cramps will be frequent if they maintain the current placement.
An insider has said Apple has a 15-20 year product roadmap.
No one who cares about specs is going to do serious coming on a touchscreen.
Have you seen videos of people playing on them? They're located so far down it looks like we'll all get thumb cramps. Why the devil don't they switch the location of the left D-Pad and the left analog stick?
Actually most developers complain about the major bottlenecks with the PS3 and 360 being the limited RAM.
Man you're an idiot. The 3DS was overpriced and came out with terrible game selection. Portable consoles are dying? The PSP sold better than the NDS in Japan. Otherwise it's over 5 years old and on its tail of hardware sales. You really think gamers are going to buy a "shell" for their capacitive touchscreen phones to approximate the experience of a hard-button handheld? Never, ever become a market analyst. You'd suck at predicting the future.
They're considering releasing a UMD peripheral.
If you can't even spell "you're" properly why are you writing so much useless text?
They didn't want the Vita competing with the PS3, thus no HDMI out.
Because flash density is unrelated to advances in controller tech. Flash hasn't gotten any cheaper since 2008.
He's talking about data service, not cell service. If you have a 2G connection, which is far more prevalent than 3G or 4G connections, you'll be able to send txt messages. But if you're using an IP solution you're out of luck.
Oh c'mon. We all just use wikipedia, scroll down to the references, copy and paste from the journal articles, and then reword them. You still have to read much of the articles to make sure everything is worded properly and it's not obvious you copied anything, and in the process you learn a great deal. Which is the whole point of writing the paper in the first place.
I'm pretty sure that's not the problem, given the older generation is even more clueless about computers.
Ah that explains the stupid restocking fee.
Android phones are overpriced as well. In fact all cell phones are priced to achieve Apple margins, which is ridiculous. It will be Chinese competitors who are willing to break the collusion and accept lower margins that will bring down the prices. Already a Chinese company is planning to release a 1.5 GHz dual-core Android phone for $310, and a 1.2 GHz dual-core variant for even cheaper.
I have no idea what you're talking about. Google has never attacked other companies with its patents.
That's a production and technology refinement issue. Cost doesn't increase as you streamline controllers and manufacturing processes.
I don't know. Ask the industry experts. But SSD is reaching its limits. 20 nm manufacturing processes can't get much smaller without sacrificing the lifespan and hardware integrity of NAND flash.
Uh...no. $1/GB in 2008: http://www.memotrek.com/blog/suppliers-and-manufacturers/nand-flash-prices-4q-trends-2010-forecast.html
Fuel efficiency has no effect on EV's since they don't use fuel...
Why can't you people just say "GB"? Why continue with the GiB garbage? 1 byte = 8 bits. 1 GB = 8 gigabits. Is that so hard?
I am fully expecting Carmack to retire or be laid off soon
Are you drunk?
Are you kidding? The engine is great. They constructed it to be extremely modular. They can port a game to virtually any platform, including iOS and the consoles. It even uses the PS3 extremely efficiently. If the consoles last another 3 years, the engine will have done its job, but there's no doubt they'll use it on the PS Vita as well.