I'm not sure about the USB interface, but I do know that a PSP with it's Bluetooth on will drain out in about 10 hours if you plug it into the stock power supply. If you still don't believe me, read your owners manuel. Or just plug it in and leave the bluetooh connected. I think a warning will appear on screen IIRC.
While all those things you mention are nice for a $200 controller. You have to realize that your controller has a 4-5 hour battery life at MAX. Unlike, you know, regular controlers that last in the 100's of hours (Wavebird).
Hell, even plugged in, the PSP will drain out of power in 10 hours. It's cool to connect it to PS3, but other than that, Nintendo had this in mind long before. I don't know about controlling the Wii via DS, but they will interact. Pretty sweet.
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Yeah, basically any explosion near your face in either prime will show her reflexion for a second. It works very well with underwater explosions. There are also some 'mirrors' throughout the first game where you can see yourself move around, but the images on them are very poor. But they're suposed to be, considering that if they were used for mirrors, they haven't been cleaned for a long time. -enjoy!
On that note, have you ever met the guy who, during his first hunting trip, put the deer scent on his skin? That stuff doesn't wear off very quick and is equally as disgusting. Takes a week or so to get rid of the smell. Back in high school you'd catch a wiff and ask the kid wearing it if he got any snipes.
Then have I got a movie for you! Prince John: And why would the people listen to you? Robin Hood: Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.
Much better than the feminine Robin Hood that Cosnter portrayed. Pansy.
That is amazing. Normally the Dell products are much cheaper. I do know that they use the most generic, but workable products they can find. So I don't see how their servers can be so expensive. Maybe that's just where their cash cow is.
Actually did this back in college. Had a lot of fun, too. We printed off color photos on "Hit" cards. If you got the hit you would take that person's assignment. We used hand squirtguns. Unfortunately, we had an incedent in the States not long after that. The Columbine school shootings which pretty much put a distaste in everyone's mouths for that kind of activity for a while.
One of the unique rules we had was that after 5 hits we could upgrade from the hand squirter to any means necessary. Super Soaker, Water Ballons, Hose, Buckets. It was pretty interesting for a while and about 300 students were initially signed up.
Looks like I can get the top of the line Quad Mac Pro for just $16,256 (plus tax). That includeds the MODEM people (I always insist on frugality and have no concievable use for expensive 'high speed' internet).
I'm pretty sure it's the lack of games that people feel justified in spending money to play. I think the last games I purched before WoW was Warcraft III and Command and Conquer Generals. Before that? Baldurs Gate and Warcraft II.
I like the 'Superman' exercises. I know it says they're for kids, but all I can think of is doing push-ups against a tile wall... in the morning... in front of a toilet.
If you still don't get it, just watch the first sceen of 40 Year Old Virgin.
Nope. I never bough HLII because of Steam. I had a chance to play it at a friend's house a few times and after waiting for the annoying software updates, and installing them... I lost complete interest in the game.
Not long ago he upgraded his computer and reinstalled it and assured me that everything was fine, but it still took a few minutes to get to it. Absolutely zero reason for me to own this. And the same amount of desire.
I've been tempted to own games that go online in the past. I've got WoW on my computer but almost never play it, and I probably won't renew it when it comes time in a month or two.
Remember they want the PS3 to last for at least 10years. Now, I'm not sure if Sony has meant they weren't going to do PS4 for 10years, or if they want PS3 games to be developed as long as PS1 games were developed.
But I'm sure Phil is talking out of his butt. Or I hope so. I have no intention of relying on an internet connection to play games. Either to download or verify ownership. It would be nice to see manucaturers move away from disc-type media and back on to solid state RAM/ROM. Just for the sake of speed and power consumption. And who knows, maybe in 10years it will be cost effective enough to do just that. I'm sure storing games on a HDD or something similar will be feasable then. Loading times make me lose interest every time I see one.
Who knows, maybe in 10 years the dev costs will go down somehow and great games won't cost 200 bucks each.
Okay, I've never enjoyed a pinball game on a console, but I've always been fond of it in the arcade. I've played my share of pinball games. But none recently, because I've never played a console pinball game that I've enjoyed.
Can you, or anyone else, explain why pinball would sell?
I've thought about that, too. But I have to ask you and anyone else. Is the momentary satisfaction really worth wasting $700 on? Even if there will be other games, is the 20-50 hours of distraction really worth it? Not to mention the cost of a TV that can display it properly? Though it's very possible that you already have that.
I've been gaming since the Commadore 64 my parents bought when I was young, but never have I considered paying more than $200 for a console. And I lose interest in gaming every day. Mostly because I don't enjoy playing games by myself. I love the Metal Gear series (save anything to do with Raiden, unless he is dieing in a fire), but $700 just for the next game is about 500 too much.
Sorry about that. Got sidetracked at work and hit post anyway. Then read the other response to your post.... So, you must have had a life or some imagination to have grown up without any video games.
Re-read the OP. Please. Then remember that the N64 had all of these technologies incorporated into it's controler. And that it was released in October of 1995. So there is no way this is going to make it past court. As far as anolouge buttons, I'm pretty sure Sony's the first to actually utilize those, and they're in quite a bit of trouble as it is with thier Dual-Shock.
It's Street Fighter II Turbo, so I think that's up around 24 megs in the first place. But then it's got to be wrapped up in something that makes it play well, then it's got network support... and it is MS. They know they'll profit off you if they keep giving you games that you need yet another memory card to hold onto, even if they let you download again, they know you look at it as a pain in the ass, and will eventually buy another mem card or a HDD for the sake of convenience.
Some of the best games of all time... Anyway, SotN on Saturn had just a few quirks that the PS1 version didn't have. The "Rune Sword" was named "Verbotem" like the animation showes. A few other weapons were named differently as well (mostly they didn't over-translate all of them). I'm not completely sure, but I do know that the Japanese Saturn and PS1 versions have slightly different creature animations and backdrops. The stone angels in the backgrounds aren't covered up with vines or wings. There creatures that are half and half lizard/woman aren't wearing any cloths and their boobs bounce around, along with a slew of other creatures. The only other difference I can remember is that in the Saturn version you could explore 201.0% of the map, whereas the PS1 version only allowed for 200.6%.
I just looked it over on wikipedia and there's a few more things, very interesting.
As long as Vista doesn't end up like Windows ME, I'll be happy. ME was the absolute worst Windows OS experience EVER. I'd rather run 3.1. Back when ME came out, I worked as a tech intern for a warehouse/distribution center. There was me and my boss. That was it for tech support there. He would by Dell workstations every few months when one of the PCs crapped out and I couldn't fix it with spare parts. It was 2001 and there were still a lot of Windows 95 and a few 3.1 machines still being used. The 3.1 machines were out in the warehouse and my boss didn't care what happened to them, or about the fact that I was out rebooting them three times a day.
The thing that got me the most is that he was adament that windows NT, 98, 95, and ME were all more stable than 2000 which came on the new machines. I even set up tests where I left an NT, ME, and 2000 machine running with Office 97 running on each for three days. The NT machine was running like a slug, the ME machine BSODed after about 6 hours and two more times. In the end, he allowed 2000 on my machine, but the reality of it was that he was afraid to learn a new OS.
It would be cool if the PS3, 360, Wii looked like part of your component audio system, but they don't. For a couple reasons. First, wired controllers would be a big problem coming out of the cabinet in the corner of the room, or the cabinet under the TV. Second, there would be almost no product recognition. Sure, it may say in small silver print, PS3 or what have you on the front, but that's not what console makers want. They want people to walk in the room and say, "Hey, you've got a 360, sweet."
That aside, now that we're getting wireless controllers more or less standard, I'd say that the console makers aren't likely to be all that concerned about the useability anymore, just the location.
Right, but I heard they may have trouble with its stability, and getting that version to last more than 30 days is out of the question. Also has trouble when the weather is warm.
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I'm not sure about the USB interface, but I do know that a PSP with it's Bluetooth on will drain out in about 10 hours if you plug it into the stock power supply. If you still don't believe me, read your owners manuel. Or just plug it in and leave the bluetooh connected. I think a warning will appear on screen IIRC.
Hell, even plugged in, the PSP will drain out of power in 10 hours. It's cool to connect it to PS3, but other than that, Nintendo had this in mind long before. I don't know about controlling the Wii via DS, but they will interact. Pretty sweet.
Yeah, basically any explosion near your face in either prime will show her reflexion for a second. It works very well with underwater explosions. There are also some 'mirrors' throughout the first game where you can see yourself move around, but the images on them are very poor. But they're suposed to be, considering that if they were used for mirrors, they haven't been cleaned for a long time. -enjoy!
On that note, have you ever met the guy who, during his first hunting trip, put the deer scent on his skin? That stuff doesn't wear off very quick and is equally as disgusting. Takes a week or so to get rid of the smell. Back in high school you'd catch a wiff and ask the kid wearing it if he got any snipes.
Then have I got a movie for you!
Prince John: And why would the people listen to you?
Robin Hood: Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.
Much better than the feminine Robin Hood that Cosnter portrayed. Pansy.
That is amazing. Normally the Dell products are much cheaper. I do know that they use the most generic, but workable products they can find. So I don't see how their servers can be so expensive. Maybe that's just where their cash cow is.
Battery acid, meratic acid (smells like sewage, eats skin fast!), vinigar, beer!
One of the unique rules we had was that after 5 hits we could upgrade from the hand squirter to any means necessary. Super Soaker, Water Ballons, Hose, Buckets. It was pretty interesting for a while and about 300 students were initially signed up.
Looks like I can get the top of the line Quad Mac Pro for just $16,256 (plus tax). That includeds the MODEM people (I always insist on frugality and have no concievable use for expensive 'high speed' internet).
I'm pretty sure it's the lack of games that people feel justified in spending money to play. I think the last games I purched before WoW was Warcraft III and Command and Conquer Generals. Before that? Baldurs Gate and Warcraft II.
If you still don't get it, just watch the first sceen of 40 Year Old Virgin.
Actually, I believe the term 'vapourware' applies here more than ever.
Not long ago he upgraded his computer and reinstalled it and assured me that everything was fine, but it still took a few minutes to get to it. Absolutely zero reason for me to own this. And the same amount of desire.
I've been tempted to own games that go online in the past. I've got WoW on my computer but almost never play it, and I probably won't renew it when it comes time in a month or two.
But I'm sure Phil is talking out of his butt. Or I hope so. I have no intention of relying on an internet connection to play games. Either to download or verify ownership. It would be nice to see manucaturers move away from disc-type media and back on to solid state RAM/ROM. Just for the sake of speed and power consumption. And who knows, maybe in 10years it will be cost effective enough to do just that. I'm sure storing games on a HDD or something similar will be feasable then. Loading times make me lose interest every time I see one.
Who knows, maybe in 10 years the dev costs will go down somehow and great games won't cost 200 bucks each.
Can you, or anyone else, explain why pinball would sell?
I've been gaming since the Commadore 64 my parents bought when I was young, but never have I considered paying more than $200 for a console. And I lose interest in gaming every day. Mostly because I don't enjoy playing games by myself. I love the Metal Gear series (save anything to do with Raiden, unless he is dieing in a fire), but $700 just for the next game is about 500 too much.
Sorry about that. Got sidetracked at work and hit post anyway. Then read the other response to your post.... So, you must have had a life or some imagination to have grown up without any video games.
Re-read the OP. Please. Then remember that the N64 had all of these technologies incorporated into it's controler. And that it was released in October of 1995. So there is no way this is going to make it past court. As far as anolouge buttons, I'm pretty sure Sony's the first to actually utilize those, and they're in quite a bit of trouble as it is with thier Dual-Shock.
It's Street Fighter II Turbo, so I think that's up around 24 megs in the first place. But then it's got to be wrapped up in something that makes it play well, then it's got network support... and it is MS. They know they'll profit off you if they keep giving you games that you need yet another memory card to hold onto, even if they let you download again, they know you look at it as a pain in the ass, and will eventually buy another mem card or a HDD for the sake of convenience.
I just looked it over on wikipedia and there's a few more things, very interesting.
The thing that got me the most is that he was adament that windows NT, 98, 95, and ME were all more stable than 2000 which came on the new machines. I even set up tests where I left an NT, ME, and 2000 machine running with Office 97 running on each for three days. The NT machine was running like a slug, the ME machine BSODed after about 6 hours and two more times. In the end, he allowed 2000 on my machine, but the reality of it was that he was afraid to learn a new OS.
That aside, now that we're getting wireless controllers more or less standard, I'd say that the console makers aren't likely to be all that concerned about the useability anymore, just the location.
Right, but I heard they may have trouble with its stability, and getting that version to last more than 30 days is out of the question. Also has trouble when the weather is warm.
I think Phil Collins might have beat you to it.
So now it's bad luck to listen to your iPod indoors, is it?