Um, what's the point with the 20GB hard drive model. Aren't blue-ray disks supposed to start at 25GB, and feasably scale all the way up to 100GB each? I mean, it'd be like putting a 500MB hard drive in a computer with a CD burner.
Wow, Sony as ever shows their originality. I mean, a motion-sensing controller? Who in the hell would have thought of that brilliant idea? Wasn't this one of the same companies who wrote off Nintendo's idea as a gimmick? Wow, ironic the innovation that Sony comes up with. Let's hope for their sake that they didn't take too much away from Nintendo's idea... last thing they need is another company suing them over technology theft in their controllers. BTW, I wonder if Immersion could claim this Dual Shock like controller in violation of their patent too.
As much as the patent system needs to go, companies like Sony almost make you want to have it.
I'd rather look at their other stock values. Such as NTDOF (currently at $153.57) and TYO:7974 (Their primary Tokyo Stock Exchange Entry) at 17,450.000 yen (which is basically the exact same price, give or take currency fluctuations). Nintendo is worth a lot more than $20 a share. They have more cash stockpiled than would be the value of their stock if it was only $20.
Oh, in contrast, Sony Corp (TYO:6758) is only at 5550 yen.
Try Washington State. Average teacher starting salary (which is funded by the state, not the district), is approximately $28,000. In most school districts, teachers work close to be beginning of August to the end of June. Yes, there is a month of vacation in there, but salary is generally payed year round. So yes, most teachers don't make $2500 a month BEFORE taxes get taken out. Compound that with the fact that teachers work overtime without pay (if you think a teacher's job starts when they arrive at school and ends when they leave it, you're an idiot). Not only are teachers low paid, but they're also expected to earn an additional 15 college credits every 3 years (or 150 credit hours of seminars) that they themselves pay for. Add to this the fact that there are larger class sizes, not smaller, and that there are psychos out there who want to pay teachers based on performance while taking away the tools they need...
If this was the model that Microsoft used it would be like:
Write Windows Vista, in a week, using a pencil and paper, you get paid for how well it works. BTW, bring your own pencil and paper.
No they don't! They throw big phrases like that around hoping that somebody will be so scared they might get the wrong thing, that they can sell you the deluxe version of an item for $50 that you could have bought for $2.50 anywhere else (even the base version would cost $15 at radio shack)
Didn't MadCatz release a GBA player for the Gamecube that used the memory card slot instead of hooking to the bottom to play GBA games? Anyone know how that works.
Unless it's been limited by Nintendo based on how they handle hardware for the Wii, this still might work with it. If it would, MadCatz suddenly looks like they made a very smart move!
With using the attachment they solve this problem. Think in most keyboard FPSs and some control schemes for console games. You use 4 keys for movement, move forward, move back, strafe left, strafe right), and the mouse (or other analog stick) to aim, shoot. The attachment has an analog stick to move you your four directions, you aim with the remote part, you shoot with the remote part, and likely duck or jump with the extra buttons on the attachment or the buttons on top of the remote.
If they're smart and do it anything like PC games, you can choose the sensitivity. If you want to have to swing around a lot to force turning, then you can. If you want just a quick flick of the wrist to turn 180, then you probably can do that too. As close as this is to a mouse, it's still gonna create such a new style of doing it that people who already own everyone at games like Halo or Half Life or Battlefield won't be able to do it from the bat, everyone will start on a level playing field once more
Actually, previous articles have said that Sony has proclaimed that the lifecycle for the PS3 will be 10 years, not 5. Think about it, if ML is right and it doesn't come out till 2007 in the US, we're looking at between 6-7 years for the PS2, so why not 9-10 for the PS3. Granted, with how fast Microsoft is moving, Xbox 4 should beat PS4 to the market.
You know, if you check Southwest's website, the boarding policy clearly lists that if you're over 18, you'll need a valid government issue ID.
Even if the government is making them have this, the airlines own policy for boarding planes and checking in states this. Unlike software, feasably when you purchase a ticket, (and don't try to tell me that one of the founders of the EFF didn't get his online), you typically agree to the policy of the airline to use it. They require ID, if you purchase a ticket, you're accepting those conditions.
Actually the point of this is for people who don't have wireless in their homes already. Since the Revo is supposed to use the same wireless standards as your computer. What would honestly be the point of hooking a wireless router up to a computer that already gets its internet connection wirelessly?
They're targetting people who want to play games for the fun, not for the graphics.
Because we all know that you can't have both.
You must not have read the parent post. The parent was complaining about that he won't get a Revolution since it won't support the resolution his TV can go up to. Obviously Nintendo isn't really catering to those who buy video game consoles just cause they can display a high resolution. They target those who want to buy a video game console to play games.
If you're not gonna buy a game system just because it doesn't support HD resolutions, then you're not a real gamer. It sounds like all you were gonna buy all 3 consoles for was to say you had them.
It's a good thing that Nintendo isn't targetting the whiney babies like you who won't get something just cause it doesn't have the prettiest graphics at the highest HD resolutions. They're targetting people who want to play games for the fun, not for the graphics.
The beauty of this ruling is that before the court, someone could feasably download all the software in the world and as long as they never install it, they shouldn't be able to get in trouble. If you can't purchase software, you shouldn't be able to get in trouble for downloading it. Thus, all illegal copies of software aren't copyright violations but license violations.
What part of the article didn't you read? It goes on to state that not only did her nude picture get on the net, but also that her address (home and work) telephone numbers as well. The Ex also went into chatrooms and stuff posing at her soliciting for sex basically. The fact is, she could have been seriously hurt by anybody who responded (and there were those who responded). That it wasn't taken down and stopped after numerous requests, that's why she's suing. She may not get any money, but you know Yahoo and others will take these types of requests more seriously in the future.
Don't you know Sony is trying to beat MS at EVERYTHING this next generation? Including who can take the largest monetary hit with every console sold?
MS did good at that with the X-box, but considering the Geforce 6800 Ultra with 512 MB of ram just was announced at $1000, I think Sony will win the battle of the biggest loss hands down.
Remember before this generation came out. Sony and microsoft were blatantly advertising how many polygons their consoles could put out. Sony said what, like 70 million+ or somewhere in there?
Nintendo's response was that we can do 12 million, in a real gameplay situation.
Ironically, for many games, those 12 million sure do look better then those theoretical 70 million.
Nintendo also severely underestimated the usuable distance for the Wavebird if you'll recall.
Something tells me not to trust this fully. MS may say 15 times more powerful, Sony may say 35 times more powerful, but until we get some developers saying something (or some real specs), that 3 times more powerful might not be as low as it seems...
you're right, but you haven't read the articles or kept up on their history.
For every bandai share, owners will get 1.5 shares of the new company compared to 1 to 1 for the Namco shareholders. Nintendo happens to own a decent chunk of Bandai already, which means that it will own a decent chunk of the new company. So they don't need the money, but they've both already got major Nintendo partnerships
The only reason I can see is because as has been pointed out, people in Japan are often have very little space for random junk. Putting both in one case would save space, as opposed to needing 2 different cases.
It might still be a typo or something, but if it's not, that's a possible reason.
Doesn't Patent Law deal specifically with different uses for technology? The fact that someone created a rumble device in this manner, it doesn't matter if the same thing has powered vibrators since the 1950's. The idea is that the patent is for this technology for use inside a video game console controller. I.E. N64 Rumble Pack was outside of the controller, so doesn't count... cell phones and pagers don't count (Though if N-Gage vibrates to games, then it might).
Feasably, somebody could patent a home video game console with a built in LCD screen and it wouldn't infringe on any past patents for Gameboy/PSP like technology.
Besides, Immersion tried to get Sony to license it, Sony refused, Sony got bitten.
Notice, they can still sell the console, but they do have to start saving up a royalty for every console sold from now on. Sure, they can delay this 10 years, but if they lose, they'd prolly have to pay interest from the start of the case, the original judgement, and licensing fees for the next 10 years on every PS2 sold.
What's the point of making it PS2 exclusive. I mean, SC2 sold on all three consoles and the PS2 version has been playing catchup since day one. I'd say call Nintendo, offer exclusivity, and find out what besides Link Nintendo could offer for the Soul Calibur Universe.
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Um, what's the point with the 20GB hard drive model. Aren't blue-ray disks supposed to start at 25GB, and feasably scale all the way up to 100GB each? I mean, it'd be like putting a 500MB hard drive in a computer with a CD burner.
Wow, Sony as ever shows their originality. I mean, a motion-sensing controller? Who in the hell would have thought of that brilliant idea? Wasn't this one of the same companies who wrote off Nintendo's idea as a gimmick? Wow, ironic the innovation that Sony comes up with. Let's hope for their sake that they didn't take too much away from Nintendo's idea... last thing they need is another company suing them over technology theft in their controllers. BTW, I wonder if Immersion could claim this Dual Shock like controller in violation of their patent too.
As much as the patent system needs to go, companies like Sony almost make you want to have it.
I'd rather look at their other stock values. Such as NTDOF (currently at $153.57) and TYO:7974 (Their primary Tokyo Stock Exchange Entry) at 17,450.000 yen (which is basically the exact same price, give or take currency fluctuations). Nintendo is worth a lot more than $20 a share. They have more cash stockpiled than would be the value of their stock if it was only $20.
Oh, in contrast, Sony Corp (TYO:6758) is only at 5550 yen.
Try Washington State. Average teacher starting salary (which is funded by the state, not the district), is approximately $28,000. In most school districts, teachers work close to be beginning of August to the end of June. Yes, there is a month of vacation in there, but salary is generally payed year round. So yes, most teachers don't make $2500 a month BEFORE taxes get taken out. Compound that with the fact that teachers work overtime without pay (if you think a teacher's job starts when they arrive at school and ends when they leave it, you're an idiot). Not only are teachers low paid, but they're also expected to earn an additional 15 college credits every 3 years (or 150 credit hours of seminars) that they themselves pay for. Add to this the fact that there are larger class sizes, not smaller, and that there are psychos out there who want to pay teachers based on performance while taking away the tools they need...
If this was the model that Microsoft used it would be like:
Write Windows Vista, in a week, using a pencil and paper, you get paid for how well it works. BTW, bring your own pencil and paper.
No they don't! They throw big phrases like that around hoping that somebody will be so scared they might get the wrong thing, that they can sell you the deluxe version of an item for $50 that you could have bought for $2.50 anywhere else (even the base version would cost $15 at radio shack)
Didn't MadCatz release a GBA player for the Gamecube that used the memory card slot instead of hooking to the bottom to play GBA games? Anyone know how that works.
Unless it's been limited by Nintendo based on how they handle hardware for the Wii, this still might work with it. If it would, MadCatz suddenly looks like they made a very smart move!
With using the attachment they solve this problem. Think in most keyboard FPSs and some control schemes for console games. You use 4 keys for movement, move forward, move back, strafe left, strafe right), and the mouse (or other analog stick) to aim, shoot. The attachment has an analog stick to move you your four directions, you aim with the remote part, you shoot with the remote part, and likely duck or jump with the extra buttons on the attachment or the buttons on top of the remote.
If they're smart and do it anything like PC games, you can choose the sensitivity. If you want to have to swing around a lot to force turning, then you can. If you want just a quick flick of the wrist to turn 180, then you probably can do that too. As close as this is to a mouse, it's still gonna create such a new style of doing it that people who already own everyone at games like Halo or Half Life or Battlefield won't be able to do it from the bat, everyone will start on a level playing field once more
Actually, previous articles have said that Sony has proclaimed that the lifecycle for the PS3 will be 10 years, not 5. Think about it, if ML is right and it doesn't come out till 2007 in the US, we're looking at between 6-7 years for the PS2, so why not 9-10 for the PS3. Granted, with how fast Microsoft is moving, Xbox 4 should beat PS4 to the market.
Okay, we've seen the benchmarks for 32 bit operation. Let's see what happens when we move to 64-bit stuff.
Oh, wait... the P4M doesn't do that. Guess we know the winner there.
You know, if you check Southwest's website, the boarding policy clearly lists that if you're over 18, you'll need a valid government issue ID.
Even if the government is making them have this, the airlines own policy for boarding planes and checking in states this. Unlike software, feasably when you purchase a ticket, (and don't try to tell me that one of the founders of the EFF didn't get his online), you typically agree to the policy of the airline to use it. They require ID, if you purchase a ticket, you're accepting those conditions.
He did. Why do you think after they got the bugs worked out they just decided to stop selling Battlecruiser 3000AD and gave it away for free
Actually the point of this is for people who don't have wireless in their homes already. Since the Revo is supposed to use the same wireless standards as your computer. What would honestly be the point of hooking a wireless router up to a computer that already gets its internet connection wirelessly?
I hope IBM didn't have to pay a lot for that. I mean that's what, only 45 Playstation 3's?
They're targetting people who want to play games for the fun, not for the graphics.
Because we all know that you can't have both.
You must not have read the parent post. The parent was complaining about that he won't get a Revolution since it won't support the resolution his TV can go up to. Obviously Nintendo isn't really catering to those who buy video game consoles just cause they can display a high resolution. They target those who want to buy a video game console to play games.
If you're not gonna buy a game system just because it doesn't support HD resolutions, then you're not a real gamer. It sounds like all you were gonna buy all 3 consoles for was to say you had them.
It's a good thing that Nintendo isn't targetting the whiney babies like you who won't get something just cause it doesn't have the prettiest graphics at the highest HD resolutions. They're targetting people who want to play games for the fun, not for the graphics.
The beauty of this ruling is that before the court, someone could feasably download all the software in the world and as long as they never install it, they shouldn't be able to get in trouble. If you can't purchase software, you shouldn't be able to get in trouble for downloading it. Thus, all illegal copies of software aren't copyright violations but license violations.
What part of the article didn't you read? It goes on to state that not only did her nude picture get on the net, but also that her address (home and work) telephone numbers as well. The Ex also went into chatrooms and stuff posing at her soliciting for sex basically. The fact is, she could have been seriously hurt by anybody who responded (and there were those who responded). That it wasn't taken down and stopped after numerous requests, that's why she's suing. She may not get any money, but you know Yahoo and others will take these types of requests more seriously in the future.
Sure it will!
Don't you know Sony is trying to beat MS at EVERYTHING this next generation? Including who can take the largest monetary hit with every console sold?
MS did good at that with the X-box, but considering the Geforce 6800 Ultra with 512 MB of ram just was announced at $1000, I think Sony will win the battle of the biggest loss hands down.
There's another thing to take into consideration.
Remember before this generation came out. Sony and microsoft were blatantly advertising how many polygons their consoles could put out. Sony said what, like 70 million+ or somewhere in there?
Nintendo's response was that we can do 12 million, in a real gameplay situation.
Ironically, for many games, those 12 million sure do look better then those theoretical 70 million.
Nintendo also severely underestimated the usuable distance for the Wavebird if you'll recall.
Something tells me not to trust this fully. MS may say 15 times more powerful, Sony may say 35 times more powerful, but until we get some developers saying something (or some real specs), that 3 times more powerful might not be as low as it seems...
Actually, on Nintendo's website, it does say that this system will finally have the built in SD adaptor they've been talking about doing for ages.
you're right, but you haven't read the articles or kept up on their history.
For every bandai share, owners will get 1.5 shares of the new company compared to 1 to 1 for the Namco shareholders. Nintendo happens to own a decent chunk of Bandai already, which means that it will own a decent chunk of the new company. So they don't need the money, but they've both already got major Nintendo partnerships
The only reason I can see is because as has been pointed out, people in Japan are often have very little space for random junk. Putting both in one case would save space, as opposed to needing 2 different cases.
It might still be a typo or something, but if it's not, that's a possible reason.
you must not have noticed this?
National operation nabs 10,000 fugitives
Wow, the FBI can multitask, whodathunkit?
Doesn't Patent Law deal specifically with different uses for technology? The fact that someone created a rumble device in this manner, it doesn't matter if the same thing has powered vibrators since the 1950's. The idea is that the patent is for this technology for use inside a video game console controller. I.E. N64 Rumble Pack was outside of the controller, so doesn't count... cell phones and pagers don't count (Though if N-Gage vibrates to games, then it might).
Feasably, somebody could patent a home video game console with a built in LCD screen and it wouldn't infringe on any past patents for Gameboy/PSP like technology.
Besides, Immersion tried to get Sony to license it, Sony refused, Sony got bitten.
Notice, they can still sell the console, but they do have to start saving up a royalty for every console sold from now on. Sure, they can delay this 10 years, but if they lose, they'd prolly have to pay interest from the start of the case, the original judgement, and licensing fees for the next 10 years on every PS2 sold.
What's the point of making it PS2 exclusive. I mean, SC2 sold on all three consoles and the PS2 version has been playing catchup since day one. I'd say call Nintendo, offer exclusivity, and find out what besides Link Nintendo could offer for the Soul Calibur Universe.