People have been saying since the wiimote was annnounce that "it would be awesome to swing the sword in Zelda with it" that's my point.
GAH! That doens't mean that they will personally come to your room and force you to swing it around! It just means that they are looking forward to swinging it around. Nobody forces anyone to do any kind of swinging for four hours at a time!
And as for the 20 year old games, remember the Virtual Console that everyone says is so awesome when at the same time they say, "why would I want to play PS1 games on the PS3"
I've never heard anyone say that. And even if I had, it's not my opinion.
I wouldn't exactly call playing 20 year old games on your very new console, "new".
Neither would I. Which is why I haven't. What is your point?
And nobody is going to want to swing that wimote around for 4 hours at a time.
And nobody will have to. You can play the Wii with small gestures. No swinging required. Again, what's your point?
They should keep that crazy Miyamoto away from the controller designers, designing acontroller with a new Zelda/mario in mind does not make it a good controller for games that are not Zelda/Mario
Thrice's the charm, I guess. That controller was definitely not made with Mario and Zelda games in mind. Well, maybe the fishing games in Zelda, but other than that... So, again, and for the last time: What's your point?
I hope this is supposed to be a joke, because judging by your writing stile, you're not smart. You're a blabbering, rambling fool. "Natural skills" like you indeed.
Based on your writing style, I would not even invite you to a interview if you sent me your job application.
Yeah, seriously. The guy claims to have a girlfriend. There are more important things to do in the bedroom than play video games.
If you had continued to use your deductive abilities, you'd have figured out that since I'll buy her her own Wii, she's not living at my place, which means she won't sleep in my bedroom every night, which means I'll have plenty of time to play with my own Wii.
500 yen for NES games, 800 yen for SNES games, 1000 yen for N64 games. Sounds fair to me. Sure, it's about 100% profit margin, but to me these games are worth more than they're asking for, so I don't mind it.
Are you insane? This is the first time I'm actually excited about a console since first playing with my friend's NES! I mean, we've been playing the same games over and over for the last 20 years. For the first time since the Atari 2600, there's something truly new and exciting happening. I'll probably buy three of them (one for my living room, one for my bedroom and one for my girlfriend's place).
Personally, I was still hoping for $150. Their mistake.
You can thank Sony and Microsoft for that. With the Xbox and the PS3 so expensive, there's not a whole lot of reason for Nintendo to go too low with the price. Besides, if the price is too low compared to the competition, customers will perceive it as being "cheap" and thus not worthy of their attention. Anyway, it's not going to matter. Nintendo will sell a shitload of these at US$250. They would sell a shitload at US$350, I guess. I know I'll buy one as soon as I can.
And since they bundle a game (I'd have bought the Sports game if it wasn't bundled), it's not a bad deal anyway.
come on, not even the most slackjawed drooling Xbox360 fanboi thinks that the PS3 is "just another playstation". It has impressive hardware in there
Uhm... You're missing the point. The "impressive hardware" is precisely why it's "just another playstation." The PS2's claim to fame was the same (emotion engine or whatever). Faster hardware is not innovation. Faster hardware is evolution.
And usability (no contest), pricing (iTV vs. Xbox), image (Apple is quite simply cooler than Microsoft), DRM (Apple's is less unacceptable) and content (Apple is able to get it)
All in all, Apple's solution is cheaper, more convenient and cooler.
What makes you think it's a clever idea to send pictures of your penis with your real name and company email address to some stranger?
What makes you think that I think that it's a clever idea?:-)
It's obviously not. Was it a bad idea? In this case, yeah. However, I guess that such mails are being sent by the millions. Now a few dozens were exposed. All in all, it seems to be a pretty save activity.
Sure, people should be more careful, but blaming the victims for the crime seems kind of twisted.
The point is that these people sent their information to someone they don't know *at all*, which is roughly similar to just posting it on their web page for all to see.
Uhm... I see a little problem with your logic there. You need to replace "roughly similar" with "totally different."
he can't help you take back what you said on the Internet.
Uhm... people send confidential and personal information by mail every day. So you're saying that intercepting mail or publishing mail you've received from other people is a-okay and to be expected?
You're saying that if you impersonate somebody and manage to get personal mail that way, there's no issue with posting that information to a site because the data is "on the Internet" anyway?
They didn't publish stuff on the web. They wrote an e-mail.
The point is that restricting sales at the beginning may lead to higher sales down the road.
But you're right, of course: It may also lead to less games being sold, which may lead to developpers pulling support, which leads to less games which may lead to less interest in the console.
It would make no sense for either company to limit supply when they would sell out even if they could provide twice as many units.
Actually, regardless of whether Sony or Microsoft did or will do this, it could make sense to do it. By creating an artificial scarcity, you're doing two things:
Increasing the perceived worth of the item you're selling (less supply at the same level of demand)
Showing people that a lot of other people think the PS3 is worth it - so much people, in fact, that they can't produce enough to satisfy demand
If you do that early enough, people will remember that for the rest of the life of the console. Most people still think the PS2 is better than the Gamecube. Why? Because Sony made sure to keep the perceived worth of the PS2 as high as possible.
You have the Dock, where icons behave totally differently from any other icons anywhere else on the entire system
Frankly, I stopped reading right there. You're comparing Windows and Mac OS X and pointing out the Dock for inconsistent icon usage? Have you ever seen the Windows task bar? Sure, the icons in the Dock are inconsistent with the icons, say, on your Desktop. But at least they're consistent within the Dock. The Windows task bar itself contains at least four different kinds of icons which all look the same, but behave totally different.
Yeah, but Windows and Mac OS X have advantages. But if you're seriously claiming that Windows can be seen as more consistent than the Mac, then you should know that this has got nothing to do with reality. Maybe you're used to Windows. Doesn't make it consistent. Just makes you somebody who is used to Windows' inconsistencies.
It should be noted that Cache still didn't come out and say whether Macs with Apple's AirPort cards are vulnerable. Gruber Specifically asks him about this on the list, and he doesn't answer it. He does say that he expects a patch from Apple, which clearly implies that AirPort cards are vulnerable, but he doesn't say it, instead claiming that Apple is legally threatening him and running a "PR smear campaign" against him - again without giving any specifics.
This whole episode is just insane. If Macs are vulnerable out of the box, why not say so (especially if you're "waiting for an patch from Apple")? If they aren't, why implying that they are?
It's entirely possible that Macs are vulnerable. Macs aren't magically secure and save from bugs. The issue with this whole thing isn't that Mac users believe that Macs can't possibly be hacked. The issue is that the people who ostensibly found the security problem don't seem to be capable of telling us what the heck they actually found and whether Macs are vulnerable, instead making vague accusations and implying stuff without giving any specifics or even a demonstration.
I'm Four! Anyone else?
Btw, simple solution: Shutdown Item which turns of volume, Startup Item which turns it back on. Voilà, no startup chime or whatever.
It's not only that I have "no hope in hell of doing it" (although that may be true, I simply don't know since I've never tried), but also that even though programming games is kind of a dream, it would mean that I'd have to work twice as much, work crappy hours and receive half as much money as I do now.
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GAH! That doens't mean that they will personally come to your room and force you to swing it around! It just means that they are looking forward to swinging it around. Nobody forces anyone to do any kind of swinging for four hours at a time!
I've never heard anyone say that. And even if I had, it's not my opinion.
Straw man much?
Neither would I. Which is why I haven't. What is your point?
And nobody will have to. You can play the Wii with small gestures. No swinging required. Again, what's your point?
Thrice's the charm, I guess. That controller was definitely not made with Mario and Zelda games in mind. Well, maybe the fishing games in Zelda, but other than that... So, again, and for the last time: What's your point?
I hope this is supposed to be a joke, because judging by your writing stile, you're not smart. You're a blabbering, rambling fool. "Natural skills" like you indeed.
Based on your writing style, I would not even invite you to a interview if you sent me your job application.
If you had continued to use your deductive abilities, you'd have figured out that since I'll buy her her own Wii, she's not living at my place, which means she won't sleep in my bedroom every night, which means I'll have plenty of time to play with my own Wii.
Uhm.. You get what I mean.
Do I need them? No.
500 yen for NES games, 800 yen for SNES games, 1000 yen for N64 games. Sounds fair to me. Sure, it's about 100% profit margin, but to me these games are worth more than they're asking for, so I don't mind it.
You're looking at the Wii, and you're impressed with the WiFI? You've got to be kidding me.
Uhm... No, that was the PS3. And I'm not even joking.
Are you insane? This is the first time I'm actually excited about a console since first playing with my friend's NES! I mean, we've been playing the same games over and over for the last 20 years. For the first time since the Atari 2600, there's something truly new and exciting happening. I'll probably buy three of them (one for my living room, one for my bedroom and one for my girlfriend's place).
You can thank Sony and Microsoft for that. With the Xbox and the PS3 so expensive, there's not a whole lot of reason for Nintendo to go too low with the price. Besides, if the price is too low compared to the competition, customers will perceive it as being "cheap" and thus not worthy of their attention. Anyway, it's not going to matter. Nintendo will sell a shitload of these at US$250. They would sell a shitload at US$350, I guess. I know I'll buy one as soon as I can.
And since they bundle a game (I'd have bought the Sports game if it wasn't bundled), it's not a bad deal anyway.
Uhm... You're missing the point. The "impressive hardware" is precisely why it's "just another playstation." The PS2's claim to fame was the same (emotion engine or whatever). Faster hardware is not innovation. Faster hardware is evolution.
Thanks, that explains it.
They're capturing the unencrypted and unencoded audio stream? That means that they're transcoding if they store it as an AAC file, right?
And usability (no contest), pricing (iTV vs. Xbox), image (Apple is quite simply cooler than Microsoft), DRM (Apple's is less unacceptable) and content (Apple is able to get it)
All in all, Apple's solution is cheaper, more convenient and cooler.
What makes you think that I think that it's a clever idea? :-)
It's obviously not. Was it a bad idea? In this case, yeah. However, I guess that such mails are being sent by the millions. Now a few dozens were exposed. All in all, it seems to be a pretty save activity.
Sure, people should be more careful, but blaming the victims for the crime seems kind of twisted.
Uhm... I see a little problem with your logic there. You need to replace "roughly similar" with "totally different."
Uhm... people send confidential and personal information by mail every day. So you're saying that intercepting mail or publishing mail you've received from other people is a-okay and to be expected?
You're saying that if you impersonate somebody and manage to get personal mail that way, there's no issue with posting that information to a site because the data is "on the Internet" anyway?
They didn't publish stuff on the web. They wrote an e-mail.
Let's not turn the victims into the culprits.
The point is that restricting sales at the beginning may lead to higher sales down the road.
But you're right, of course: It may also lead to less games being sold, which may lead to developpers pulling support, which leads to less games which may lead to less interest in the console.
Actually, regardless of whether Sony or Microsoft did or will do this, it could make sense to do it. By creating an artificial scarcity, you're doing two things:
If you do that early enough, people will remember that for the rest of the life of the console. Most people still think the PS2 is better than the Gamecube. Why? Because Sony made sure to keep the perceived worth of the PS2 as high as possible.
Just call with your Apple iPhone to place an order!
Frankly, I stopped reading right there. You're comparing Windows and Mac OS X and pointing out the Dock for inconsistent icon usage? Have you ever seen the Windows task bar? Sure, the icons in the Dock are inconsistent with the icons, say, on your Desktop. But at least they're consistent within the Dock. The Windows task bar itself contains at least four different kinds of icons which all look the same, but behave totally different.
Yeah, but Windows and Mac OS X have advantages. But if you're seriously claiming that Windows can be seen as more consistent than the Mac, then you should know that this has got nothing to do with reality. Maybe you're used to Windows. Doesn't make it consistent. Just makes you somebody who is used to Windows' inconsistencies.
It should be noted that Cache still didn't come out and say whether Macs with Apple's AirPort cards are vulnerable. Gruber Specifically asks him about this on the list, and he doesn't answer it. He does say that he expects a patch from Apple, which clearly implies that AirPort cards are vulnerable, but he doesn't say it, instead claiming that Apple is legally threatening him and running a "PR smear campaign" against him - again without giving any specifics.
This whole episode is just insane. If Macs are vulnerable out of the box, why not say so (especially if you're "waiting for an patch from Apple")? If they aren't, why implying that they are?
It's entirely possible that Macs are vulnerable. Macs aren't magically secure and save from bugs. The issue with this whole thing isn't that Mac users believe that Macs can't possibly be hacked. The issue is that the people who ostensibly found the security problem don't seem to be capable of telling us what the heck they actually found and whether Macs are vulnerable, instead making vague accusations and implying stuff without giving any specifics or even a demonstration.
So, you want school children to learn millions of planets instead of eight, just so Pluto can be a planet? Meh :-P
I'm Four! Anyone else? Btw, simple solution: Shutdown Item which turns of volume, Startup Item which turns it back on. Voilà, no startup chime or whatever.
It's not only that I have "no hope in hell of doing it" (although that may be true, I simply don't know since I've never tried), but also that even though programming games is kind of a dream, it would mean that I'd have to work twice as much, work crappy hours and receive half as much money as I do now.