"At this rate I would not be surprized if we start seeing yesterday's baseball game,etc on the napster clones and IRC on a daily basis"
Its done. Couple weeks ago when the Voyager finale was on TV, in less than 2 hours after it first aired, a pirated copy of it hit the net. I know many people that watched that episode hours before it even aired in their region.
Mp3s were prevailing because of ease of downloading, and the relatively small size of the files. No average joe smo is going to download a 100 meg simpson episode on dialup. When compression algorithms become more advanced (wav=mp3 like mpg=?) so that the episodes (or movies) are much smaller, then thats when the fun begins.
How tempting is it for someone that lives in Europe to download a movie that was just released in the States, but will not appear there for 6 more months? I know damn well if LOTR came out somewhere else 4 months before here, id get it in one night and have a big ol' party watching it on my 52 inch.
Anyway i kinda drifted off topic there, but I hope I made my point.
Ok first off the price point. When the PS2 comes to the us its going to retail for $300-$400 and the N-Cube will be from $150-200. Ok, theres that. Now, who cares if it has dvd playback or not? I have a dvd player and dont need another one, and someone who buys the n-cube for $150 can easily get a dvd player for $130 and still save money than buying the ps2. Another point someone made was that it can play psx games. Big deal. Who is going to spend $300+ on a psx machine when you can get one for like $80 nowadays. I have a nes, snes and a n64, why do I need my n-cube to play carts for? Especially if its going to raise the price of the system, which it certainly will. wells thats, it so bring on the flames:)
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"At this rate I would not be surprized if we start seeing yesterday's baseball game,etc on the napster clones and IRC on a daily basis" Its done. Couple weeks ago when the Voyager finale was on TV, in less than 2 hours after it first aired, a pirated copy of it hit the net. I know many people that watched that episode hours before it even aired in their region. Mp3s were prevailing because of ease of downloading, and the relatively small size of the files. No average joe smo is going to download a 100 meg simpson episode on dialup. When compression algorithms become more advanced (wav=mp3 like mpg=?) so that the episodes (or movies) are much smaller, then thats when the fun begins. How tempting is it for someone that lives in Europe to download a movie that was just released in the States, but will not appear there for 6 more months? I know damn well if LOTR came out somewhere else 4 months before here, id get it in one night and have a big ol' party watching it on my 52 inch. Anyway i kinda drifted off topic there, but I hope I made my point.
Ok first off the price point. When the PS2 comes to the us its going to retail for $300-$400 and the N-Cube will be from $150-200. Ok, theres that. Now, who cares if it has dvd playback or not? I have a dvd player and dont need another one, and someone who buys the n-cube for $150 can easily get a dvd player for $130 and still save money than buying the ps2. Another point someone made was that it can play psx games. Big deal. Who is going to spend $300+ on a psx machine when you can get one for like $80 nowadays. I have a nes, snes and a n64, why do I need my n-cube to play carts for? Especially if its going to raise the price of the system, which it certainly will. wells thats, it so bring on the flames :)