Anyone notice how about 40-50% of the Wii games scheduled to be released in the next 6-8 months are Ports of PS2 and PSP games? Well it is the same deal with Macs. Publishers are learning that more platforms the title is released on = more sales - Look at one of the best selling games last year - Cars (on just about all platforms).
Anyways the Deal with EA's games going MAC is that they are having a third party doing it. So EA gives them the code and assets, and takes care of marketing. A third party ports the game and takes a sizable sum of the profit.
Its almost a no brainer for EA. It is a Win/Don't Win situation - they aren't really in a position to lose. They don't have any real investment into it, they established the IP and the product and it is up to the porting company to make the game run on a MAC.
Hugely inefficient, they are unable to run some of the test software EA spent millions developing.
In addition, the bug tracking software is made about twice as efficient by running 2-4 versions of it, the thin client only allows 1 version.
In addition to being painfully slow for most things they may save a bit of money for temporary employees - but they are painfully inefficient and frustrating.
On top of this a large amount of time is spent troubleshooting software that does not work on them.
At EA we were working with internal websites and opera.
A website developer came down to test it on one of our pc's. With 256mb of ram it took Opera about ~90 Minutes to properly load.
He turned off the computer went upstairs and within 5 minutes had 1gb of ram in that PC. Booted it back up opera took about 5-8 seconds. And that was just for a 10 minute task.
Efficient, and the way it should be done. An employees salary - Time wasted ratio is way more expensive than the cost of memory or "The right tool for the job"
Investigators found a copy of the video game Need For Speed in one of the cars. The game involves street racing, drag racing and pursuit racing, where players attempt to evade police.
The discovery prompted police to point out the difference between the digital world, and reality.
"A game is a game," Toronto Police's Det. Paul Lobsinger told CTV Toronto. "And when you get behind the wheel of a car it's not a game anymore. And when something tragic happens in a huge crash with a lot of smoke, there is no reset button. You can't start over with a new car and a new life."
Its pretty silly to blame a video game; if they had a copy of Spyro the Dragon or Grand Theft Auto and the news hit the media this hard I'm sure they would have blamed those games as well..
I have been employed by EA Canada for almost a year now. I went through a "crunch period" and I've worked many late nights.
I do not agree in any way with the "Spouse of EA Employee" Letter that I read even before I got my job.
I worked hard to get this job, and EA gave me an opportunity that I might not have recieved from other tech companies; Now I have a long way I can go; and many career paths. Aswell as training from EA University.
While EA may have a bad reputation from the accounts of a few angry spouses; I love it here.
To get back to the book; remembering my application process I believe that this book would have been a great guideline; especially for anyone who is interested in the tech field.
And the inferior USB has taken dominance over firewire.
I dont think firewire is going to have much success in the future.
Its applications are a little too specific, its great for video editing and external hard drives, but not really needed for printers, keyboards, mice or digital cameras because you dont really need high bandwidth and usb is allready on everything.
Definatly Innovative, If successful, I think it will definatly serve well in domestic incidences. It will probably help to stop more 9mm and small automatic arms (tech9, uzi).
Against a rifle or 357 I dont know how well it will hold up, kevlar is pretty much inneffective to anything above.357 or something like an AK or M16,
The bullets size and velocity are just too migh at anything but extremly long range.
Also sometimes a pinched wire can short out and fry some unfused computer.
Stupid Ford Indeed,,, The Focus's Firewall is Plastic in many spots!, Right behind the drivers legs at one place,,, just hope that flywheel dosent explode!
I work as a car stereo installer, we installed a high end stereo into a new lexus, the stereo was defective and ended out shorting a circuit, for some reason the computer that was tied in with the stereo (for door chimes I think) got fried aswell., Ended up costing the shop 700$ for a replacement part.
As these cars get more and more advanced its getting harder for doityourselfers to even attempt to modify or maintian them.
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Anyone notice how about 40-50% of the Wii games scheduled to be released in the next 6-8 months are Ports of PS2 and PSP games? Well it is the same deal with Macs. Publishers are learning that more platforms the title is released on = more sales - Look at one of the best selling games last year - Cars (on just about all platforms).
Anyways the Deal with EA's games going MAC is that they are having a third party doing it. So EA gives them the code and assets, and takes care of marketing. A third party ports the game and takes a sizable sum of the profit.
Its almost a no brainer for EA. It is a Win/Don't Win situation - they aren't really in a position to lose. They don't have any real investment into it, they established the IP and the product and it is up to the porting company to make the game run on a MAC.
Well Both Pirates Movies are priced around 27.99CDN
The Matrix Set is priced at 89.99CDN
I could see myself buying The First Matrix in HD for 27.99, but i'm not up for spending 90$ on 3 movies.
Also if you check the numbers again - they are comparing the sale of 2 movies to 3? - Huh?
Due to a bug; it is impossible to get to 100%
There is a Defense to it - Simply institute a 10 Second Delay in between Key Checks.
Hugely inefficient, they are unable to run some of the test software EA spent millions developing.
:)
In addition, the bug tracking software is made about twice as efficient by running 2-4 versions of it, the thin client only allows 1 version.
In addition to being painfully slow for most things they may save a bit of money for temporary employees - but they are painfully inefficient and frustrating.
On top of this a large amount of time is spent troubleshooting software that does not work on them.
I'm glad I don't work there anymore
No Shaq FU --- This japanese style fighting game was what they designed the SNES for!!
At EA we were working with internal websites and opera.
A website developer came down to test it on one of our pc's. With 256mb of ram it took Opera about ~90 Minutes to properly load.
He turned off the computer went upstairs and within 5 minutes had 1gb of ram in that PC. Booted it back up opera took about 5-8 seconds. And that was just for a 10 minute task.
Efficient, and the way it should be done. An employees salary - Time wasted ratio is way more expensive than the cost of memory or "The right tool for the job"
Investigators found a copy of the video game Need For Speed in one of the cars. The game involves street racing, drag racing and pursuit racing, where players attempt to evade police.
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The discovery prompted police to point out the difference between the digital world, and reality.
"A game is a game," Toronto Police's Det. Paul Lobsinger told CTV Toronto. "And when you get behind the wheel of a car it's not a game anymore. And when something tragic happens in a huge crash with a lot of smoke, there is no reset button. You can't start over with a new car and a new life."
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNe
Its pretty silly to blame a video game; if they had a copy of Spyro the Dragon or Grand Theft Auto and the news hit the media this hard I'm sure they would have blamed those games as well..
Have you ever looked over the car magazines?
I've never seen so many spelling and grammer mistakes; I can't believe they get printed.
I have been employed by EA Canada for almost a year now. I went through a "crunch period" and I've worked many late nights.
I do not agree in any way with the "Spouse of EA Employee" Letter that I read even before I got my job.
I worked hard to get this job, and EA gave me an opportunity that I might not have recieved from other tech companies; Now I have a long way I can go; and many career paths. Aswell as training from EA University.
While EA may have a bad reputation from the accounts of a few angry spouses; I love it here.
To get back to the book; remembering my application process I believe that this book would have been a great guideline; especially for anyone who is interested in the tech field.
http://www.spy.org.uk/freegary/archives/2005/07/ga eymckinnon_in.html
We dont like paying 11$ for a movie!
Except for pea-soup-eating separatists, the annoying weather, the sports teams that never win, (go calgary), 90cents a Litre Gas, and 15% Sales Tax!
But we do have Beer!!
And the inferior USB has taken dominance over firewire.
I dont think firewire is going to have much success in the future.
Its applications are a little too specific, its great for video editing and external hard drives, but not really needed for printers, keyboards, mice or digital cameras because you dont really need high bandwidth and usb is allready on everything.
Isint it great that in 5 years that will probably all fit onto a disc slightly bigger than a penny.
Hey, at least I didnt say (so much pr0n)
Directv Takes Down HU Card
Millions of "testing" Nerds lose their sattelite service..
3 weeks later, Main Nerd Channel Gets Taken Down (possibly due to mass viewer fallout).
Wow
Pyramid Cluster!!!!
They're cutting the traces?
Couldnt you just reconnect them by soldering wires??
The 9800se pipe unlock worked at about a 30% success rate.
Amount of time It takes for every thinkpad to be running counterstrike.
Billy, what is 8 divided by 2?
What? Man that was BS Stupid Shield Lamers, Damn Lag. #@$#%
I'm L337 Screw you Teacher!
Its a nice step up from the Leash that some mothers seem to employ upon thier crying 5 year olds.
I wonder how they'll get a wifi tracker out of a kids stomach?
Thats where some of my sisters lego ended up.
Definatly Innovative, If successful, I think it will definatly serve well in domestic incidences. It will probably help to stop more 9mm and small automatic arms (tech9, uzi).
.357 or something like an AK or M16,
Against a rifle or 357 I dont know how well it will hold up, kevlar is pretty much inneffective to anything above
The bullets size and velocity are just too migh at anything but extremly long range.
I guess Sylvester Stallone Dosent Have a Chance!
Maybe this will give me somethign to do with my HU (football/p3) Card!!
Also sometimes a pinched wire can short out and fry some unfused computer.
Stupid Ford Indeed,,,
The Focus's Firewall is Plastic in many spots!, Right behind the drivers legs at one place,,, just hope that flywheel dosent explode!
I work as a car stereo installer, we installed a high end stereo into a new lexus, the stereo was defective and ended out shorting a circuit, for some reason the computer that was tied in with the stereo (for door chimes I think) got fried aswell., Ended up costing the shop 700$ for a replacement part.
As these cars get more and more advanced its getting harder for doityourselfers to even attempt to modify or maintian them.