Agreed its an improvement to the system and was a good move and it may or may not be selling well (I haven't checked on it) - but it didn't add anything new to the Wii, it just makes the controller do what it was supposed to do in the first place.
Not to mention the telecoms work in conjunction with Apple. You have an iPhone? You signed a 3 year contract? You can upgrade to the new iPhone if you sign another 3 year contract, no charge...
They would consider that a "sold" iPhone even though the consumer themselves didn't hand over the money for it, the Telecoms did on their behalf to have 3 years worth of money from the consumer.
Knowing your audience is half the battle in Marketting.
I suppose one of two things is happening:
1) Apple has their finger on the pulse of their fans, and know exactly what they want, how they want it, and when to release it to maximize profits. They know their supporters well enough that marketting to them is a breeze.
2) Apple has more control over who becomes their fans. They decide what they want an Apple fan to be like. They want others to desire to be an Apple fan, and it works. They don't market to everyone, they market to that select Niche that regular consumers WANT to be. Thus people who wouldn't regularly be fans become fans.
Marketting should be drumming up the idea of a new product from Nintendo if Nintendo is indeed working on something.
Since we're on the topic of Apple, just look at their marketting. There have been more articles speculating on the next iPhone than I can count (and thats a lot, I can count pretty high you know), and theres been more leaks for their phones than theres been leaks in my house.
Before the Wii came out, the whole speculation about what the "Nintendo Revolution" was going to be about really got people talking. I wonder why they aren't doing anything like that.
I think their scope is incredibly narrow. The DS has been out for 6 years, the 3GS (the most popular Iphone to date) was released 2 years ago. So, where Sales for the DS Exploded in its first 2 years, they've plateau'd and started to fall. And since the iPhone sales have exploded in their first two years, they THINK they are seeing a pattern. The pattern is that both devices have done well early on. But only so many people want a DS, and only so many people want an Iphone. The DS is almost dated now, its lack of sales should suggest that Nintendo release a NEW handheld, and not a rehash like the DSi or DS lite. Apple can get away with Rehashing the iPhone because each upgrade has more of an improvement than the last, their marketting team is amazing (hate to admit it), and people are always looking to update their phone now-a-days.
Well maybe Nintendo could release a phone. I'm not against that. I guess. I don't know how I feel about that.
But what I'm really noing to is WHY the sales are dropping. Its not because of the iPhone.
It's because the DS is almost 6 years old. Nov 2004 was its release. Anyone who has wanted a DS, already has one. Nintendo foolishly tried to enhance the sales with the DS Lite and DSi. How shocked am I to find that nintendo fans who purchased a DS, don't feel the need to buy a DS lite, or a DSi. So how much money went into those two projects, and really what benefit did they expect to see? Did they expect a resurgence of sales? They merely expanded the market of the DS by small margins. And so only those who didn't wants a DS for various reasons would be so inclined to buy a DS lite or DSi, hoping those reasons would be resolved.
I'll stick my neck out and make this claim: If Nintendo decided to launch a new handheld - and it was different than the DS or Gameboy, it would sell well. Problem is that Nintendo has started to fall apart on their innovative ideas. The Wii has also been out for 4 years now, and the only innovation they've added to it has been the Wii Fit board 2 years ago, and the DS gets rehashes.
So, when Apple releases a new phone, and it sells, Nintendo isn't losing because its a threat in any sense, its more or less that Nintendo's sales have already plateau'd and started to have fallen, and Apple sales just happen to be on the rise.
I think it was the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation trying to sound cool using one of those English prefixes while simultaneously verbing a word. All the new kids are doing it.
Just like how I insandwiched my lunch, after devanning and unexitted my work.
I think the problem lies in that more and more people are going to college, because getting a higher education usually means a better job, because people don't want to be working the minimum wage jobs, or they don't aspire to be a lumberjack, or they don't want to work on an oil rig, or they don't want to be a trucker.
It's because the society has grown to glorify jobs that require an education, that now nobody wants the jobs that don't require an education. Go figure.
It's not that there's too many college graduates, its that some college graduates won't end up in the job markets they trained for. So don't be surprised if your CS degree lands you in construction for a year till a job opens up.
No one is saying its XKCD's fault. I think just about everyone on slashdot would agree that since XKCD has poked fun at Wikipedia time and time and time and time and time again, that the comic has a reputation for this kind of thing and shouldn't catch anyone off guard.
The only thing that should have been unexpected was people flooding to Wikipedia to look it up, (in which case, Randall would have expected it surely, but not Wikipedia). Its not like it crashed the servers, people just got ridiculous about what it should say, and as such, the fault lies on those stupid individuals.
Had I coined a new word on Urban Dictionary, and it caught on, and people flooded Wikipedia as well to look it up, would I be blamed? I sure hope not.
" theoretical security is not the same as practical security"
Not to mention Applied security. This kind of encryption is nice in theory but how long until its deployable?
But I get your point, technology only goes so far when you get people who don't know what a phishing attempt is, and/or leave their password on a post it on their monitor.
In our city, we've got a bit of both, the meters are slowly being phased out.
But the new ones are basically an electronic booth that covers about half a block, or an entire parking lot. You go up, you pay the alotted amount, and enter your license plate. You don't have to leave anything on your dash, you don't have a timer to look at, there are no sensors for your spot.
Every once in a while a meter maid drives by, checks the database for that booth. If you aren't in the Database, DING.
Perhaps if the teachers were getting paid more, they wouldn't have a shortage of teachers but an over-abundance, and they could pick the cream of the cream.
Is that like, a reflex response to anything DRM Related?
That doesn't even apply here! The DRM -HAS- been removed, for re-released. But rather then go through and remove the code themselves, Rockstar found it easier to just apply the crack to the installation.
Which - if ANYONE here has programmed before, should completely understand. You don't re-invent the wheel. You copy, cut, and paste code wherever you can. In some cases, you can write entire applications with nothing but the CTRL, C, and V keys.
So - to make things abundantly clear: this is not the "DRM scheme was cracked by pirates, works better than original" story. This is a story about how the Cracked Version was used for re-release. Two different cases here, as they decided to remove the DRM on their own terms.
I mostly agree. I think the best way of putting it is that Steamworks isn't perfect, but its the best out there.
I keep holding onto the faint belief that Ubisoft is trying a new DRM Scheme, and after they discover there are better working alternatives (there have been other Ubisoft Titles on Steam I believe, GRAW maybe?) - I'm hoping they'll turn around.
The whole hacking thing - Yeah I don't feel much sympathy for the hackers. Some might say that it's going too far to lock them out of the entire Orange Box for exploiting one game, but there isn't a better way to send a message.
Slashdot isn't real either. This entire site is just a student project set up by me and some of my classmates. Anyone who visits here has surely been had.
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Agreed its an improvement to the system and was a good move and it may or may not be selling well (I haven't checked on it) - but it didn't add anything new to the Wii, it just makes the controller do what it was supposed to do in the first place.
Apparently the leap to the 3GS was a big one.
Not to mention the telecoms work in conjunction with Apple. You have an iPhone? You signed a 3 year contract? You can upgrade to the new iPhone if you sign another 3 year contract, no charge...
They would consider that a "sold" iPhone even though the consumer themselves didn't hand over the money for it, the Telecoms did on their behalf to have 3 years worth of money from the consumer.
Knowing your audience is half the battle in Marketting.
I suppose one of two things is happening:
1) Apple has their finger on the pulse of their fans, and know exactly what they want, how they want it, and when to release it to maximize profits. They know their supporters well enough that marketting to them is a breeze.
2) Apple has more control over who becomes their fans. They decide what they want an Apple fan to be like. They want others to desire to be an Apple fan, and it works. They don't market to everyone, they market to that select Niche that regular consumers WANT to be. Thus people who wouldn't regularly be fans become fans.
Either way - I'd be impressed.
Marketting should be drumming up the idea of a new product from Nintendo if Nintendo is indeed working on something.
Since we're on the topic of Apple, just look at their marketting. There have been more articles speculating on the next iPhone than I can count (and thats a lot, I can count pretty high you know), and theres been more leaks for their phones than theres been leaks in my house.
Before the Wii came out, the whole speculation about what the "Nintendo Revolution" was going to be about really got people talking. I wonder why they aren't doing anything like that.
I think their scope is incredibly narrow. The DS has been out for 6 years, the 3GS (the most popular Iphone to date) was released 2 years ago. So, where Sales for the DS Exploded in its first 2 years, they've plateau'd and started to fall. And since the iPhone sales have exploded in their first two years, they THINK they are seeing a pattern. The pattern is that both devices have done well early on. But only so many people want a DS, and only so many people want an Iphone. The DS is almost dated now, its lack of sales should suggest that Nintendo release a NEW handheld, and not a rehash like the DSi or DS lite. Apple can get away with Rehashing the iPhone because each upgrade has more of an improvement than the last, their marketting team is amazing (hate to admit it), and people are always looking to update their phone now-a-days.
Well maybe Nintendo could release a phone. I'm not against that. I guess. I don't know how I feel about that.
But what I'm really noing to is WHY the sales are dropping. Its not because of the iPhone.
It's because the DS is almost 6 years old. Nov 2004 was its release. Anyone who has wanted a DS, already has one. Nintendo foolishly tried to enhance the sales with the DS Lite and DSi. How shocked am I to find that nintendo fans who purchased a DS, don't feel the need to buy a DS lite, or a DSi. So how much money went into those two projects, and really what benefit did they expect to see? Did they expect a resurgence of sales? They merely expanded the market of the DS by small margins. And so only those who didn't wants a DS for various reasons would be so inclined to buy a DS lite or DSi, hoping those reasons would be resolved.
I'll stick my neck out and make this claim: If Nintendo decided to launch a new handheld - and it was different than the DS or Gameboy, it would sell well. Problem is that Nintendo has started to fall apart on their innovative ideas. The Wii has also been out for 4 years now, and the only innovation they've added to it has been the Wii Fit board 2 years ago, and the DS gets rehashes.
So, when Apple releases a new phone, and it sells, Nintendo isn't losing because its a threat in any sense, its more or less that Nintendo's sales have already plateau'd and started to have fallen, and Apple sales just happen to be on the rise.
Correlation != causation.
I think it was the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation trying to sound cool using one of those English prefixes while simultaneously verbing a word. All the new kids are doing it.
Just like how I insandwiched my lunch, after devanning and unexitted my work.
I think I would have asked for the address before reporting it as fraud.
Is that where you work, at Microsoft? Can I blame you for all my problems at work?
I think the problem lies in that more and more people are going to college, because getting a higher education usually means a better job, because people don't want to be working the minimum wage jobs, or they don't aspire to be a lumberjack, or they don't want to work on an oil rig, or they don't want to be a trucker.
It's because the society has grown to glorify jobs that require an education, that now nobody wants the jobs that don't require an education. Go figure.
It's not that there's too many college graduates, its that some college graduates won't end up in the job markets they trained for. So don't be surprised if your CS degree lands you in construction for a year till a job opens up.
No one is saying its XKCD's fault. I think just about everyone on slashdot would agree that since XKCD has poked fun at Wikipedia time and time and time and time and time again, that the comic has a reputation for this kind of thing and shouldn't catch anyone off guard.
The only thing that should have been unexpected was people flooding to Wikipedia to look it up, (in which case, Randall would have expected it surely, but not Wikipedia). Its not like it crashed the servers, people just got ridiculous about what it should say, and as such, the fault lies on those stupid individuals.
Had I coined a new word on Urban Dictionary, and it caught on, and people flooded Wikipedia as well to look it up, would I be blamed? I sure hope not.
More like, why would you need support for SP2?
In any case, I'm sure most Microsoft employees will tell you "Did you do the Windows Updates? Do you have all of them installed? No? Bye"
" theoretical security is not the same as practical security"
Not to mention Applied security. This kind of encryption is nice in theory but how long until its deployable?
But I get your point, technology only goes so far when you get people who don't know what a phishing attempt is, and/or leave their password on a post it on their monitor.
In our city, we've got a bit of both, the meters are slowly being phased out.
But the new ones are basically an electronic booth that covers about half a block, or an entire parking lot. You go up, you pay the alotted amount, and enter your license plate. You don't have to leave anything on your dash, you don't have a timer to look at, there are no sensors for your spot.
Every once in a while a meter maid drives by, checks the database for that booth. If you aren't in the Database, DING.
Is parking for free an inalienable right now?
It should have been since the beginning. I guess the founding fathers forgot a couple.
Perhaps if the teachers were getting paid more, they wouldn't have a shortage of teachers but an over-abundance, and they could pick the cream of the cream.
That's a ridiculous question, the article in which you are responding to suggests that Armstrong feels the same way.
Either way, no, it doesn't bother me that much. I'd much rather see the money pit that is our current space plan go into getting better schooling
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Is that like, a reflex response to anything DRM Related?
That doesn't even apply here! The DRM -HAS- been removed, for re-released. But rather then go through and remove the code themselves, Rockstar found it easier to just apply the crack to the installation.
Which - if ANYONE here has programmed before, should completely understand. You don't re-invent the wheel. You copy, cut, and paste code wherever you can. In some cases, you can write entire applications with nothing but the CTRL, C, and V keys.
So - to make things abundantly clear: this is not the "DRM scheme was cracked by pirates, works better than original" story. This is a story about how the Cracked Version was used for re-release. Two different cases here, as they decided to remove the DRM on their own terms.
I was under the impression an explosive device might push it out of Geosynch
How much will it cost us later when we have to clean up all of this damn space debris and avoid collisions
I think you are vastly underestimating the vastness of space.
My thesaurus however, is not very vast.
Yes, and people Bitch about Microsoft for it, not praise them like they do Valve.
It was a kdawson story. Duh.
Then again, THIS story is a CmdrTaco story...
Maybe he is in on it!
I mostly agree. I think the best way of putting it is that Steamworks isn't perfect, but its the best out there.
I keep holding onto the faint belief that Ubisoft is trying a new DRM Scheme, and after they discover there are better working alternatives (there have been other Ubisoft Titles on Steam I believe, GRAW maybe?) - I'm hoping they'll turn around.
The whole hacking thing - Yeah I don't feel much sympathy for the hackers. Some might say that it's going too far to lock them out of the entire Orange Box for exploiting one game, but there isn't a better way to send a message.
Slashdot isn't real either. This entire site is just a student project set up by me and some of my classmates. Anyone who visits here has surely been had.