Wow. Yeah. The elected government doing something that actually helps consumers for a change is such a bad thing, isn't it? I take it you're living in the USA, aren't you?
I'm astonished to read so many "mine is okay, except a game doesn't work" or "no problem so far, only a broken dvd drive" comments. Don't be so forgiving! This is a game console, not a PC. There's no reason why it should break within such a short timespan! I've bought dozens of consoles, and all of them still work. Some of them are over 20 years old!
Not sure why you got modded flamebait. It's true. Extending the warranty is not enough. Actually, they don't need to extend the warranty, they need to fix the hardware so it doesn't break anymore. I don't want to pay for an Xbox replacement in one year, and I don't want to pay in three years, and I don't want to pay in five years, and I still want to use my Xbox in 10 years when I can't pay even if I want to.
For heaven's sake, my VCS 2600 still works as well as the day it came out the box. I have a Pong, and it still works as well as the day it came out. And I still hook them up from time to time! There's no reason why all these 360s should die so easily, and if I want to play a little Crackdown 10 years from now, I should be able to.
Sorry, I know Woz is a geek god and all that, but I still don't see why he should be let off this one. If you don't think DRM "makes sense", why on earth have you bought so much DRM-d content and so little DRM-free content?
Same reason as everyone else. Buying music from the iTMS is the path of least resistance. It's easier than buying CDs, and it's certainly easier than trying to find the music you want in a DRM-free shop, and it's also easier than downloading it from a P2P network.
Good use of one's time? Why would he have to make good use of his time? He's stinking rich. At least he's not spending his time trying to make his mountain of money even bigger.
For the record, I thought the waitress story was hilarious, and good-natured. He wasn't making fun of her as much as he was making fun of himself.
Didn't that lead to another issue? If you had quests where you had to protect people, they did not level up accorrdingly, so you had to do these quests as early as possible since otherwise, they'd be easily destroyed by the enemies? I'm not sure, have only played the game for about 30 minutes.
Yeah. The "we will win in 3 years" argument never worked in console gaming. And the PS3 just isn't a much better system than the 360. Even the Genesis/SNES were more different.
I'd tend to Sony simply because they're incompetent. If Microsoft gains control of the console market, they're not going to fuck around and screw it up next gen. They're going to make damn sure they stay in control, and they're going to do whatever it takes, see Windows. Sony, on the other hand, is too disorganized internally.
If one of them is to win, I want it to be Sony. Not because they're more moral, but because they're more incompetent.
Exclusives are good for a platform's health. I bought a PS3 and a Wii, and I'm not going to buy a 360. Currently, there are pretty much no games available for the PS3, and many of those that are are also available (often in superior versions) on the 360. Obviously, the PS3 isn't selling well, so games aren't showing up.
A few A-list exclusives could changes that. They could give people an incentive to buy a PS3, which would publishers give an incentive to put more effort into their PS3 ports, and create more original PS3 titles. I'm not a Sony or Playstation fanboy. I've never owned a PS1 or a PS2, and I try to avoid Sony's stuff whenever possible. But from my perspective, as an owner of a PS3, I want more PS3 exclusives.
I agree about the age of the titles. Older stuff is missing, as well as PC-only games. But the fact that the list is slanted towards Nintendo is no surprise. They quite simple churn out the most innovative, balanced and awesome games. No other publisher can compare with Nintendo. This sounds fanboy-ish, but frankly, in my opinion, Nintendo alone has about 30 titles that would deserve a place in a top-10 videogames list. Where's SMB3, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, Metroid Prime, Goldeneye?
Nintendo deserves every spot they got in this list.
The issue is probably that you can't really do an ordered top-10 videogames list. There's too much subjectivity involved. You may personally not like even one single Nintendo game, but then, I think that Halo has no place in any videogames top-10 list other than "top 10 games that kept a console from tanking completely."
What percent of all gamers even play online games? Every gamer played Super Mario Bros. Probably hours of it. I'm not going to claim one of them got more playtime, but I'm pretty sure it's not as clear as you make it out to be.
There are games that could be said to be better than OOT or SMB. But Counter Strike? A purely online multiplayer title? And on the basis that millions still play it? Huh.
That makes no sense. At all. "Free software" doesn't stand for anything. It has a license, and if Apple adheres to the license - and until there is reasonable suspicion that they don't, I'll go with that - there's no reason for them not to use free software. Most people involved in free software are happy to see their software used, as long as the license is respected.
To this day Super Mario Bros 2 is my favorite of the entire series. I don't know what it is. The game just seemed even more surreal than any of the others. The enemies seems more inventive too. The others are all great, but there's something I just like about that particular version.
You probably already know that, but the reason for this is that SMB2 was not actually a Mario game. It was a Japanese game based on a TV show (I think). It's called Doki Doki Panic and got a sprite swap for the US and Euro versions.
Also, what's wrong with the VC emulation? I've never noticed anything amiss, other than the lack of rumble. In fact, most games look quite a bit better on the Wii than they used to. The VC isn't the place for remakes, it's the place to buy old games... Eventually, we'll get new games and remakes, too, but not in the VC.
There are good missile command clones for every imaginable platform - I used to play this on an old Apple ][. There's only one Super Mario Bros 2 (well, there are two, if you count Doki Doki Panic:-).
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Wow. Yeah. The elected government doing something that actually helps consumers for a change is such a bad thing, isn't it? I take it you're living in the USA, aren't you?
I'd say "Bravo Microsoft for doing more than I expected you to do, even if it is way less than you should be doing."
I'm astonished to read so many "mine is okay, except a game doesn't work" or "no problem so far, only a broken dvd drive" comments. Don't be so forgiving! This is a game console, not a PC. There's no reason why it should break within such a short timespan! I've bought dozens of consoles, and all of them still work. Some of them are over 20 years old!
Not sure why you got modded flamebait. It's true. Extending the warranty is not enough. Actually, they don't need to extend the warranty, they need to fix the hardware so it doesn't break anymore. I don't want to pay for an Xbox replacement in one year, and I don't want to pay in three years, and I don't want to pay in five years, and I still want to use my Xbox in 10 years when I can't pay even if I want to.
For heaven's sake, my VCS 2600 still works as well as the day it came out the box. I have a Pong, and it still works as well as the day it came out. And I still hook them up from time to time! There's no reason why all these 360s should die so easily, and if I want to play a little Crackdown 10 years from now, I should be able to.
Isn't that more like a jump-n-run Metroidvania? :-)
I read that the people in the queue gave him the number 1 spot. He would have gotten a free iPhone from Apple anyway, but apparently declined it.
Sorry, I know Woz is a geek god and all that, but I still don't see why he should be let off this one. If you don't think DRM "makes sense", why on earth have you bought so much DRM-d content and so little DRM-free content?
Same reason as everyone else. Buying music from the iTMS is the path of least resistance. It's easier than buying CDs, and it's certainly easier than trying to find the music you want in a DRM-free shop, and it's also easier than downloading it from a P2P network.
Good use of one's time? Why would he have to make good use of his time? He's stinking rich. At least he's not spending his time trying to make his mountain of money even bigger.
For the record, I thought the waitress story was hilarious, and good-natured. He wasn't making fun of her as much as he was making fun of himself.
How about "customer"? That implies a relationship, rather than a brainless borg that buys your crap.
Didn't that lead to another issue? If you had quests where you had to protect people, they did not level up accorrdingly, so you had to do these quests as early as possible since otherwise, they'd be easily destroyed by the enemies? I'm not sure, have only played the game for about 30 minutes.
Yeah. The "we will win in 3 years" argument never worked in console gaming. And the PS3 just isn't a much better system than the 360. Even the Genesis/SNES were more different.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma? A port from an Xbox game? I think you just made a point, but not the one you wanted to make.
I'd tend to Sony simply because they're incompetent. If Microsoft gains control of the console market, they're not going to fuck around and screw it up next gen. They're going to make damn sure they stay in control, and they're going to do whatever it takes, see Windows. Sony, on the other hand, is too disorganized internally.
If one of them is to win, I want it to be Sony. Not because they're more moral, but because they're more incompetent.
Exclusives are good for a platform's health. I bought a PS3 and a Wii, and I'm not going to buy a 360. Currently, there are pretty much no games available for the PS3, and many of those that are are also available (often in superior versions) on the 360. Obviously, the PS3 isn't selling well, so games aren't showing up.
A few A-list exclusives could changes that. They could give people an incentive to buy a PS3, which would publishers give an incentive to put more effort into their PS3 ports, and create more original PS3 titles. I'm not a Sony or Playstation fanboy. I've never owned a PS1 or a PS2, and I try to avoid Sony's stuff whenever possible. But from my perspective, as an owner of a PS3, I want more PS3 exclusives.
You unlock an achievement, and as a reward, you're allowed to be a freaking billboard. Wow. I will not play those games.
I agree about the age of the titles. Older stuff is missing, as well as PC-only games. But the fact that the list is slanted towards Nintendo is no surprise. They quite simple churn out the most innovative, balanced and awesome games. No other publisher can compare with Nintendo. This sounds fanboy-ish, but frankly, in my opinion, Nintendo alone has about 30 titles that would deserve a place in a top-10 videogames list. Where's SMB3, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, Metroid Prime, Goldeneye?
Nintendo deserves every spot they got in this list.
The issue is probably that you can't really do an ordered top-10 videogames list. There's too much subjectivity involved. You may personally not like even one single Nintendo game, but then, I think that Halo has no place in any videogames top-10 list other than "top 10 games that kept a console from tanking completely."
Flashback and Another World are side-scrolling Zeldas.
What percent of all gamers even play online games? Every gamer played Super Mario Bros. Probably hours of it. I'm not going to claim one of them got more playtime, but I'm pretty sure it's not as clear as you make it out to be.
There are games that could be said to be better than OOT or SMB. But Counter Strike? A purely online multiplayer title? And on the basis that millions still play it? Huh.
That makes no sense. At all. "Free software" doesn't stand for anything. It has a license, and if Apple adheres to the license - and until there is reasonable suspicion that they don't, I'll go with that - there's no reason for them not to use free software. Most people involved in free software are happy to see their software used, as long as the license is respected.
I don't see how this FSF announcement challenges Jobs' comment. Which is, by the way, not entirely ridiculous, either.
You probably already know that, but the reason for this is that SMB2 was not actually a Mario game. It was a Japanese game based on a TV show (I think). It's called Doki Doki Panic and got a sprite swap for the US and Euro versions.
Also, what's wrong with the VC emulation? I've never noticed anything amiss, other than the lack of rumble. In fact, most games look quite a bit better on the Wii than they used to. The VC isn't the place for remakes, it's the place to buy old games... Eventually, we'll get new games and remakes, too, but not in the VC.
Maybe they meant "the first designed by the original Pac Man designer since 26 years."
No. He's talking about Super Mario Bros 2, which was a sprite switch of a Japanese game called Doki Doki Panic.
There are good missile command clones for every imaginable platform - I used to play this on an old Apple ][. There's only one Super Mario Bros 2 (well, there are two, if you count Doki Doki Panic :-).