RIM made a success in a market that should have belonged to a US firm. That's reason enough to kneecap them.
If the PS3 or Nintendo Revolution puts Microsoft out of the game, should we go after them since microsoft is a US firm and Nintendo and Sony are Japanese?
It's the same case at Microsoft, I've noticed. The engineers tend to be do-no-evil kind of folk yet market forces elsewhere dictate otherwise. Go figure.
It should be a phone. It shouldn't be a web browswer, PSP, or run my house. It should also be a data point. I should be able to do nothing more than pair my mac with my iPhone and it should just work from that point on as a data point (in the absense of anything faster / cheaper).
why not? The Japanese have been making decent Web Browsing phones for a bit now. I Mode does kind of suck but compared to newer phones...
Easy to use and having multiple functions aren't mutually exclusive on a hand held yet developers and consumers treat it as such.
The stereotype that nerds are dirty people is well deserved. I just got back from Otakon in Baltimore, and let me tell you somethin' about crazy stinky ass fanboys. No matter what the era, no matter what the fandom, they not only exist, but they exist happily unaware of thier own situation. It's getting better, but, unfortunantly, some people, nay, many people, just do not plan for things like being in a crowded convention center area for multiple hours and think about thier own personal hygene.
I can't say anything for the parent, but it's mostly tough love. Nerds have a well deserved reputation, and it shouldn't be anyone's surprise when it gets referrenced or poked fun at.
The solution though is that he's reducing the load on his internal combustion engine. Not saying that this is a perfect solution, however, he's easing the need for the gas engine.
But even Sony or Apple level marketing would not have helped in the game space, IMHO. Unfortunately, in their first (and it turns out only) rev of the machine, the 3D performance just was not there. Most of the 3D games looked like PC games circa 1997; software rendered badness.
I don't know. The only competetor when it was first released was the GameBoy Advance, which didn't have 3D capabilities at all. most of the GBA's games were 2D. If they stayed in 2D space with a high res screen, they could've gained some market share. I wouldn't have gone for top in the portables market, I'd have gone for profitability.
My point wasn't about video playback, or whatever, it's about games. The pad felt weird. The system felt wierd in my hands. The whole thing didn't feel right as a gaming system. It felt like a piece of junk when I held it.
If it was a Sony product, Konami would've developed a Metal Gear game for it. Polyphony Digital would've worked on a Gran Turismo game for it. Rockstar would've made a Grand Theft Auto game for it. Etc, etc. For a hand held that's been out over a year than the PSP has, it sure has a sucky game line up on the shelves. The PSP hasn't been on the shelves for a year in Japan and already it has a stronger following, and it's not even been out in the states for more than 6 or 7 months and it too, also has a stronger following.
It's not a matter of Sony bias either. Even though I own a PSP, I still use my DS for GBA games, I still use my NeoGeo Pocket Color, and I'm trying to track down a Turbo Express.
It's more than just 3rd parties(OK, Polyphony digital isn't exactly a 3rd party...), or marketing, it's also attitude. The Zodiac wasn't sold in the gaming section of my local Fry's, it was in the PDA section, and had no games on display. Something tells me this wasn't Fry's decision to label it was a PDA, but it could've been. In either case, there's something about it's design that absolutely screams that it wasn't built by people who were interested in building a solid gaming machine first. The OS, the build of the machine and even the stylus didn't seem like it was seriously built for gaming. The controller felt really weird when using it, I couldn't imagine using it with something like a fighting game where you'd need to do weird motions like f,d,df(before people yell at me, this is an input command for some of the moves in Darkstalkers, not the dragon punch in the street fighter series).
The focus on gaming is important if you're going to compare it to the PSP as a gaming platform. If it's really a hybrid multimedia machine/pda/game player, then it's not comparable to the PSP. Even though it does media capabilities, who the hell are we kidding, it's a gaming device.
The lack of WiFi but the inclusion of bluetooth worried me. I had a wifi router, PC with wifi, and even my PSP and DS had wifi, but I didn't own anything with blutooth in it.
If they didn't do a good job, the fault also lies on the studio that produced the series in the first place, since they do have final say as far as what's released in the states.
except the fansub community, wich is gradually getting the notion USA !== World and series like Naruto and Gundam Seed Destiny are still subbed after getting licensed in USA.
Nice to see that American fans hate thier own fandom.
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Trident 9680, 1 meg with 1 meg possible expansion!
Seriously. It's 2005. Who cares? I've never seen a problem with any GeForce or Radeon card I've owned in the past.
RIM made a success in a market that should have belonged to a US firm. That's reason enough to kneecap them.
If the PS3 or Nintendo Revolution puts Microsoft out of the game, should we go after them since microsoft is a US firm and Nintendo and Sony are Japanese?
Nice logic there, jigoist.
been reading Acts of Gord huh?
Yeah, but the other 40% went to Reid and Biden.
You're assuming the democratic leadership has testicles.
if they had testicles, John Roberts wouldn't even have left committee.
It's just running in SLI mode with another article for maximum efficiency. Duh.
Hey! My battery's scratched! err. wrong complaint.
I love my nano, and the scratching does make me twitch every so often, but it's not that bad...
because no one's been able to get BASH to compile on a POSIX compliant system.
All of that stupid BeOS proprietary code. And those DirectX Direct3D calls too!
Seriously!? What's the deal?
Someone hasn't seen a pack of gamers sitting around playing Nintendogs, have they?
I actually sat down and watched my copy of Spidey 2 on PSP when coming home from an anime con.
the experience was exciting and fun.
but it's probably what the suits want.
It's the same case at Microsoft, I've noticed. The engineers tend to be do-no-evil kind of folk yet market forces elsewhere dictate otherwise. Go figure.
OH please.
They tried to shut me up when I insisted that Bruce Perens was carrying Bill Gates' love child.
Windows messanger IS MSN messanger.
Windows messanger SERVICE however...
Yeah, it's stupid and confusing. Go Microsoft!
i want to clear up this misconception now.
:stick:
CS Majors learn problem solving using computer programs.
I am a CS Major. NO I will not fix your PC.
It should be a phone. It shouldn't be a web browswer, PSP, or run my house. It should also be a data point. I should be able to do nothing more than pair my mac with my iPhone and it should just work from that point on as a data point (in the absense of anything faster / cheaper).
why not? The Japanese have been making decent Web Browsing phones for a bit now. I Mode does kind of suck but compared to newer phones...
Easy to use and having multiple functions aren't mutually exclusive on a hand held yet developers and consumers treat it as such.
Fuck off.
The stereotype that nerds are dirty people is well deserved. I just got back from Otakon in Baltimore, and let me tell you somethin' about crazy stinky ass fanboys. No matter what the era, no matter what the fandom, they not only exist, but they exist happily unaware of thier own situation. It's getting better, but, unfortunantly, some people, nay, many people, just do not plan for things like being in a crowded convention center area for multiple hours and think about thier own personal hygene.
I can't say anything for the parent, but it's mostly tough love. Nerds have a well deserved reputation, and it shouldn't be anyone's surprise when it gets referrenced or poked fun at.
The solution though is that he's reducing the load on his internal combustion engine. Not saying that this is a perfect solution, however, he's easing the need for the gas engine.
Dumbass.
Instead of just being pissed off at a few quake servers, you'll instead go the full monty of "ban"-dom and commit a felony instead?
I guess being thrown in the pokey could be considered a ban too.
Since I'm a consumer, now if I was a hardware vendor... That'd piss me off.
As a consumer, I'd get right pissed if they charged for the license, but the stuff still didn't work right despite going through a QA session.
But even Sony or Apple level marketing would not have helped in the game space, IMHO. Unfortunately, in their first (and it turns out only) rev of the machine, the 3D performance just was not there. Most of the 3D games looked like PC games circa 1997; software rendered badness.
I don't know. The only competetor when it was first released was the GameBoy Advance, which didn't have 3D capabilities at all. most of the GBA's games were 2D. If they stayed in 2D space with a high res screen, they could've gained some market share. I wouldn't have gone for top in the portables market, I'd have gone for profitability.
So why did they try?
My point wasn't about video playback, or whatever, it's about games. The pad felt weird. The system felt wierd in my hands. The whole thing didn't feel right as a gaming system. It felt like a piece of junk when I held it.
pfft.
If it was a Sony product, Konami would've developed a Metal Gear game for it. Polyphony Digital would've worked on a Gran Turismo game for it. Rockstar would've made a Grand Theft Auto game for it. Etc, etc. For a hand held that's been out over a year than the PSP has, it sure has a sucky game line up on the shelves. The PSP hasn't been on the shelves for a year in Japan and already it has a stronger following, and it's not even been out in the states for more than 6 or 7 months and it too, also has a stronger following.
It's not a matter of Sony bias either. Even though I own a PSP, I still use my DS for GBA games, I still use my NeoGeo Pocket Color, and I'm trying to track down a Turbo Express.
It's more than just 3rd parties(OK, Polyphony digital isn't exactly a 3rd party...), or marketing, it's also attitude. The Zodiac wasn't sold in the gaming section of my local Fry's, it was in the PDA section, and had no games on display. Something tells me this wasn't Fry's decision to label it was a PDA, but it could've been. In either case, there's something about it's design that absolutely screams that it wasn't built by people who were interested in building a solid gaming machine first. The OS, the build of the machine and even the stylus didn't seem like it was seriously built for gaming. The controller felt really weird when using it, I couldn't imagine using it with something like a fighting game where you'd need to do weird motions like f,d,df(before people yell at me, this is an input command for some of the moves in Darkstalkers, not the dragon punch in the street fighter series).
The focus on gaming is important if you're going to compare it to the PSP as a gaming platform. If it's really a hybrid multimedia machine/pda/game player, then it's not comparable to the PSP. Even though it does media capabilities, who the hell are we kidding, it's a gaming device.
The lack of WiFi but the inclusion of bluetooth worried me. I had a wifi router, PC with wifi, and even my PSP and DS had wifi, but I didn't own anything with blutooth in it.
Same here. The only thing I can see screwing Google is if they don't comply with cooperating.
Assuming that the Brazillian and American authorities play nice, which, typically they do.
If they didn't do a good job, the fault also lies on the studio that produced the series in the first place, since they do have final say as far as what's released in the states.
except the fansub community, wich is gradually getting the notion USA !== World and series like Naruto and Gundam Seed Destiny are still subbed after getting licensed in USA.
Nice to see that American fans hate thier own fandom.
Some people like those kinds of things left as they are.
Yes, but that's also a thoroughly unprofessional way to translate, plus there's no need, I can HEAR those bits.