Re:Hope this means more gamers will buy a PS2.
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Invaded my home through my roomate's usage. I use a Mac, but there are still Microsoft programs I have to use. As a web developer, I require Internet Explorer to do my day to day work. Like it or not Microsoft is everywhere. I just don't want them in my living room.
I wasn't posting this as a means to bash Microsoft (or get moded), but more as a small tidbit of info that some people seem to be missing about the PS2. A lot of people claim that Sony is dead in the consel wars because the stats of the system are lower than those of Xbox and GameCube. But the PS2 is based around a whole new architure for not only a consel, but PCs as well. Since people are still learning how to program for the thing, I believe the system could still have untold abilities yet. Read this Ars article for more info.
As always, the games will tell the story. PS2's already got a good list of games that I want to play. So that's where my money went.
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Hope this means more gamers will buy a PS2.
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I'm hoping gamers looking for a GameCube won't move towards the Xbox. I just don't like Microsoft in the game counsel market. They've invaded my home enough already.
Don't base your consel purchasing decisions on stats. The PS2's new system design gives it un-told power. The early demo of the MGS2 show off the PS2's real power. Amazing. --
It's good to see that Windows is one of the only major OS's left that is not a Unix variant. That should make software porting easier for the *nix crowd. --
LAN. Local Area Network. A LAN party involves a whole bunch of fools carrying over their vast and expensive computer equipment to a single location. All machines are then networked together to perform the some of the most advanced computations used today. Being that you play a few 'bouts of Quake or something.
Gamecube will most likely cost $200 on it's release date (if not less). Nintendo is pushing it as a pure game machine. No set top box plans. It also has some nice combatibily with the recently released Game Boy Advanced (which is sure to be a success). Nintendo's got enough legacy games to ensure at least a number two spot in the market.
As for your prediction of Xbox pushing PS2 out of the market, I'm afraid I disagree. Sony's already capturing a large portion of the market. Just because you don't see PS2s on the shelves doesn't mean nobody has one. The games for the PS2 are also getting better and better. I don't think anybody knows for sure how much untapped power is in this box. You just can't measure it in Mhz and RAM. Read this Ars Technica article for more info.
PS2 also has plenty of legacy games of it's own. Metal Gear Solid2, Gran Turismo 3, and Final Fantasy X are enough reason to own the system. What does Xbox have? I just don't think Microsoft understands this market enough to do well in it. You can't just throw money at it.
As for Indrema, it's hard to say. It could go the way of 3DO. But 3DO went down due it's intial $700 price tag. Indrema could take up a nich as hobbist game development machine. I just haven't seen anything annouced yet for games.
As always, the quality of the games tells the story. Not the hardware.
I personally own a PS2 and I'll be in line for a Gamecube and GameBoy Advance. I'll be watching Indrema closely. As for Xbox, I already own a PC. I don't see the need for another. --
I agree. Most of the web's problems began when somebody thought there was a way to make money off of it. Instead of a giant encyclopedia of knowledge, it became a magazine full of nothing but big pictures and ads. --
Good point, but if you slap "Adult Theme" on a movie here in the U.S., people think it's porn. It's a shame really. Our children must think being an adult means you have sex all the time. --
From the rumors of what kind of beast the PS3's processor is going to be, I think it would be easier for the PS3 to emulate the PS1. It'll certainly have the power to do so. That way they wouldn't need to add the PS1 processor to the box.
Use the PS2 processor for something else, maybe? The upcoming PS3 processor is (supposedly) going to be built on the same technology that made the Emotion Engine. Perhaps just a faster version of the Emotion Engine. That way using PS2 software on a PS3 would be the same as using software developed on a PIII on a P4.
How do you know they will? Spreading bad news on a small tidbit of information and then making assumptions on that small tidbit all amounts to so much bullshit.
Why assume the worst case senerio? If your that paranoid about hardware/software, you probably shouldn't be on the internet. Somebody's probably using all your Slashdot posts to create user profile of you right now. --
I think your being a bit too paranoid. This software sounds like it's just supposed to check if you have a valid copy. It's not their to alert Sony of copyright infringements. It's there to prevent the use of copyrighted material. Therefore, I don't think you'll be required to put Name, Address, Email account, etc.
If there poking around for any kind of data, I'm assuming it would game data. Sony doesn't care if your sex offender. They want to know how make more money off you. Perhaps they just want to make better games. Well if my DOA2 UPS file can be of assistance, I'm willing to give it up for the cause of better gaming...
... DOA2 kicks serious butt. Star Wars Starfighter is also a blast. When Metal Gear Solid 2 comes out, the video game world will belong to Sony. Sorry Xbox, you never had a chance. --
I'd be surprised if they came out with a new drive like that and it slim enough to fit into that ultra thin case design. I guess we'll have to wait 4-5 months. --
I also have DSL through Telocity and I haven't had these connection problems. I had it for about three months, and I had one outage for a couple of hours. Maybe I haven't had it long enough to properly rate them, but they were nice enough to call me as soon as service was back up.
I would say their tech support is pretty stupid. My roomate was trying to switch the modem from Ethernet Routable to USB Routable and it took their service techs over two hours to give up and tell him to switch it back to Ethernet. After he told them that his NIC card was broken, they told him to buy a new one.
Seeing how the modem is totally capable of connecting through USB, I was kind of appalled that their solution was to buy new network card. My roomate was appalled by the fact that I got the thing working through USB within a couple of minutes and a "Network Genius" I am not. --
Half a year actually. They were post-poned due to some problems with the chip and delayed for many months. An enhanced G4 (G4e) is due out this fall. That'll get things up 750 - 800Mhz. pretty quick. --
I don't know that I'd say Apple stole the GUI idea from Xerox. They paid a million dollars to Xerox to exchange ideas with their people (or something like that). I'm sure the big wigs at Xerox had any idea what they were sitting on. Oh well.
Everybody steals ideas from everybody else. I don't see what there is to get excited about. Apple is considering a law suit. They haven't actually sued them yet. --
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Invaded my home through my roomate's usage. I use a Mac, but there are still Microsoft programs I have to use. As a web developer, I require Internet Explorer to do my day to day work. Like it or not Microsoft is everywhere. I just don't want them in my living room.
I wasn't posting this as a means to bash Microsoft (or get moded), but more as a small tidbit of info that some people seem to be missing about the PS2. A lot of people claim that Sony is dead in the consel wars because the stats of the system are lower than those of Xbox and GameCube. But the PS2 is based around a whole new architure for not only a consel, but PCs as well. Since people are still learning how to program for the thing, I believe the system could still have untold abilities yet. Read this Ars article for more info.
As always, the games will tell the story. PS2's already got a good list of games that I want to play. So that's where my money went.
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I'm hoping gamers looking for a GameCube won't move towards the Xbox. I just don't like Microsoft in the game counsel market. They've invaded my home enough already.
Don't base your consel purchasing decisions on stats. The PS2's new system design gives it un-told power. The early demo of the MGS2 show off the PS2's real power. Amazing.
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your dumb.
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I don't care what anybody says about Mac OS X. It's better than Mac OS 9.1.
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OK. So, I buy a program like Office for $400 and then I get to spend another $30-40 for a manual that should've been included with the software?
Yeah, I love that.
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It's good to see that Windows is one of the only major OS's left that is not a Unix variant. That should make software porting easier for the *nix crowd.
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As long as they include a manual.
I'm sick of online help. Give me a book!
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You could sling the computer over your sholder and carry your monitor in your arms. That would probably add an extra 100+lbs. to you though.
Leg crushing power, activated!
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LAN. Local Area Network. A LAN party involves a whole bunch of fools carrying over their vast and expensive computer equipment to a single location. All machines are then networked together to perform the some of the most advanced computations used today. Being that you play a few 'bouts of Quake or something.
Here's my account of LAN party gone bad.
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Gamecube will most likely cost $200 on it's release date (if not less). Nintendo is pushing it as a pure game machine. No set top box plans. It also has some nice combatibily with the recently released Game Boy Advanced (which is sure to be a success). Nintendo's got enough legacy games to ensure at least a number two spot in the market.
As for your prediction of Xbox pushing PS2 out of the market, I'm afraid I disagree. Sony's already capturing a large portion of the market. Just because you don't see PS2s on the shelves doesn't mean nobody has one. The games for the PS2 are also getting better and better. I don't think anybody knows for sure how much untapped power is in this box. You just can't measure it in Mhz and RAM. Read this Ars Technica article for more info.
PS2 also has plenty of legacy games of it's own. Metal Gear Solid2, Gran Turismo 3, and Final Fantasy X are enough reason to own the system. What does Xbox have? I just don't think Microsoft understands this market enough to do well in it. You can't just throw money at it.
As for Indrema, it's hard to say. It could go the way of 3DO. But 3DO went down due it's intial $700 price tag. Indrema could take up a nich as hobbist game development machine. I just haven't seen anything annouced yet for games.
As always, the quality of the games tells the story. Not the hardware.
I personally own a PS2 and I'll be in line for a Gamecube and GameBoy Advance. I'll be watching Indrema closely. As for Xbox, I already own a PC. I don't see the need for another.
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I agree. Most of the web's problems began when somebody thought there was a way to make money off of it. Instead of a giant encyclopedia of knowledge, it became a magazine full of nothing but big pictures and ads.
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Good point, but if you slap "Adult Theme" on a movie here in the U.S., people think it's porn. It's a shame really. Our children must think being an adult means you have sex all the time.
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From the rumors of what kind of beast the PS3's processor is going to be, I think it would be easier for the PS3 to emulate the PS1. It'll certainly have the power to do so. That way they wouldn't need to add the PS1 processor to the box.
Use the PS2 processor for something else, maybe? The upcoming PS3 processor is (supposedly) going to be built on the same technology that made the Emotion Engine. Perhaps just a faster version of the Emotion Engine. That way using PS2 software on a PS3 would be the same as using software developed on a PIII on a P4.
That's the dream anyway
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The PS2 was announced 4 years before it came out. That wasn't vaporous.
As for hype, we all love the hype engine. Everybody dreams of the next big thing. It's what keeps the computer industry going.
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How do you know they will? Spreading bad news on a small tidbit of information and then making assumptions on that small tidbit all amounts to so much bullshit.
Why assume the worst case senerio? If your that paranoid about hardware/software, you probably shouldn't be on the internet. Somebody's probably using all your Slashdot posts to create user profile of you right now.
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I said it once, I'll say it again. Sounds like FUD to me.
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I think your being a bit too paranoid. This software sounds like it's just supposed to check if you have a valid copy. It's not their to alert Sony of copyright infringements. It's there to prevent the use of copyrighted material. Therefore, I don't think you'll be required to put Name, Address, Email account, etc.
If there poking around for any kind of data, I'm assuming it would game data. Sony doesn't care if your sex offender. They want to know how make more money off you. Perhaps they just want to make better games. Well if my DOA2 UPS file can be of assistance, I'm willing to give it up for the cause of better gaming...
... as long as they ask first.
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You hear something I haven't? There aren't supposed to be any more Metal Gear Sagas. Snake might return though.
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... DOA2 kicks serious butt. Star Wars Starfighter is also a blast. When Metal Gear Solid 2 comes out, the video game world will belong to Sony. Sorry Xbox, you never had a chance.
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I'd be surprised if they came out with a new drive like that and it slim enough to fit into that ultra thin case design. I guess we'll have to wait 4-5 months.
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Politics Sucks! Can we go back to talking tech?
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I also have DSL through Telocity and I haven't had these connection problems. I had it for about three months, and I had one outage for a couple of hours. Maybe I haven't had it long enough to properly rate them, but they were nice enough to call me as soon as service was back up.
I would say their tech support is pretty stupid. My roomate was trying to switch the modem from Ethernet Routable to USB Routable and it took their service techs over two hours to give up and tell him to switch it back to Ethernet. After he told them that his NIC card was broken, they told him to buy a new one.
Seeing how the modem is totally capable of connecting through USB, I was kind of appalled that their solution was to buy new network card. My roomate was appalled by the fact that I got the thing working through USB within a couple of minutes and a "Network Genius" I am not.
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Half a year actually. They were post-poned due to some problems with the chip and delayed for many months. An enhanced G4 (G4e) is due out this fall. That'll get things up 750 - 800Mhz. pretty quick.
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Your a wacko, aren't ya?
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I don't know that I'd say Apple stole the GUI idea from Xerox. They paid a million dollars to Xerox to exchange ideas with their people (or something like that). I'm sure the big wigs at Xerox had any idea what they were sitting on. Oh well.
Everybody steals ideas from everybody else. I don't see what there is to get excited about. Apple is considering a law suit. They haven't actually sued them yet.
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