Nothing. From what I understand, XBox 360 doesn't natively play old games. Neither does the Nintendo "Wheee" or whatever it's called. I don't throw out my old consoles, but I don't want to have 3 of them plugged in, either.
OK, I'm quickly becoming one of the many, many people that are leaving Slashdot for good over the unbelievably bad articles that are posted these days. Every day that I can remember for the past few months, there's been AT LEAST one anti-PS3 FUD article. Two that I can see today.
Slashdot editors: NOBODY FUCKING CARES. Those of us who want the PS3 will buy it. Those who don't want it won't buy it. It has no bearing on... well... anything. All of these articles that are re-hashed opinions of people who don't like the non-existent Sony PS3 are pointless shit that will accomplish nothing (no, nobody's mind will be made up by some random blogger pontificating about Sony). Mod me down. I'm just really sick and tired of this crap.
Guess I'd better see what's going on over at digg...
I've already got the money set aside for it, and I'm placing an order for one the first day that I can. I'm not a "horde" of people, but I'm sure that I'm representative of some group of people that doesn't care what it costs, and just wants the best game console out there.
The PS2 was the best thing on the market, hands-down. The PS3 will have mind-blowing hardware, and the games will be available. I also use my PS2 as my main DVD player, as I will my PS3. I like playing old games and not having to buy them again. I have no problem paying $600 or more for the PS3. I'm not buying the XBox 360, and I can't wait for the PS3.
Albeit ostensibly benevolent, keep in mind Microsoft has a habit of trying to dump loads of money to gain initial market share. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.
So what? What do you care if they're losing money or not? It's a good deal regardless of what it costs them.
Last I checked, reading and writing (including spelling) is taught in the US at around 6-8 years old. There's no education excuse in the US for ANYBODY not being able to spell. Proper spelling is not a college course.
Or, maybe I should say that as little money as I make (I live in a one bedroom studio shithole apartment), it's still worth thousands of dollars to me NOT to use most (I do use VNC) of the free stuff out there. I can understand why that would be embarassing to lots of people. I wish it wasn't true, because I'd much rather spend those thousands of dollars every year on something remotely interesting.
Or it just could be that most Free Software is so bad in one way or another that the makers, quite literally, cannot give it away. You know it's pretty bad if I would rather pay thousands of dollars a year (out of my own pocket) for software instead of using a free version. I'm not a wealthy person, either. Most of it really just is that bad.
Why not just take anyone that "looks like a terrorist" and shuffle them off to camps
Just give it a few months. We already have torture camps that violate any kind of Geneva Conventions, and our King (oops, sorry... "President") is completely OK with that. Just give it a few months. Our government is still trying to drive all of the clueless masses into a hysteria that will let them do that. They're getting close, though!
OK, whatever you say. Time will tell. The thing is that the OSS zealots always bring up price, but in reality, end-user, shirnk-wrapped software is NOT expensive. I've never heard anybody complain about software prices. I can't think of anything that really is all that prohibitively expensive. Now, my $1200/workstation point-of-sale software is another story... (but of course, there's nothing decent that's open source).
Now, there's really no reason for anybody to use Open Office (or Star Office, or whatever they're called this week). MS Office will continue to be used almost exclusively because it can now handle any document, and of course, most of the outside world will still use MS Office documents.
I have a good one. I was working the hell that was the IBM CrAptiva support back when it was in the US. I had a woman call me one night telling me that there was a lot of smoke and sparks coming out of her monitor and what she should do. She said that if she looked closely, she could see flames on the inside. I told her to unplug it and dial 911. She still had her computer on and was actively using it.
Exactly. Security in and of itself is generally not worth it to make a huge change like that. Security is only important if you can actually use the thing in the first place. Sure, we could switch to Macs, but then we wouldn't have any software that we needed to run our business. That's putting the cart before the horse.
Just shop local. All of the local retailers that we have around here are cheaper than the big box stores. Electronics, Pet supplies, Clothes, etc. I wouldn't step into one of those stores if you paid me.
Since when have nerds been a "canary in a coal mine" for any kind of technology? Nerds that I know have been into : laserdisk, betamax, etc. Nerds have been into Linux for a long time, and it still hasn't taken off. I'd say that what nerds choose in terms of consuming is generally the exact opposite of what the general public does.
I disagree. Sony won't be "last". What we're seeing is pretty clear market segmentation.
Nintendo is still for the kiddies. They have gimmicky controllers with a Fisher-Price look and feel. More importantly, most grown-ups don't want to play Mario anything (or Dragonball-Z, or Power Rangers, or whatever the popular Japanese crap is today). Nintendo focuses on twitch games that generally skip story altogether, or have some bizarre Japanese theme that most adults can't figure out. Geeks, please don't respond that you love Nintendo... we all know that many of you don't care about things like story. I'm talking about MOST adults.
The X-Box has moved in to the mainstream generic person arena. Regular lower and middle-class people of all kinds play the X-Box. They probably have the widest audience. XBox also caters heavily to the on-line gamer. The whole X-box online experience is great, but only a certain segment of gamer likes to play against hordes of 12 year olds, or has a group of gamer friends.
Sony has moved into a new market: the older gamer. People like myself that have been playing video games for 25+ years that now have disposable income. Also, people like me, who want more out of a video game than a twitch reflex also want a good story with movie level production value. I'm not interested in the typical Japanimation demon/dragon/kid hero story that is as embarrassingly bad as it is incomprehensible. I want good gameplay out of a game, of course, but I also want mind-blowing graphics and sound (The PS3 is supposed to be, unquestionably, the most powerful system). My game system gets plugged into a high-end amp and speaker system, and a high-end TV. I want all of that, packaged with a story that was written and created by somebody who speaks English (not Engrish), and some good Hollywood actors. I could care less about $600 or even $800 for a game box. And, I couldn't care less if the games are $70 each. It's worth it because 1. I've seen more games than most people have and 2. money really isn't an issue to me at this point. I just want the best.
On top of that, I think that Sony won't mind selling a few less units. I have a feeling that their profit margin is going to be significantly better than either MS or Nintendo with this generation.
This was actually useful news to me. I just tried it, and quite honestly, Firefox will just be for testing purposes after seeing this. Did the Slashdot Group Mind intend for Firefox users to switch to the new IE (like I'm doing)?
Blah, blah, blah. Thanks for the required dose of "freedom" FUD. You know, you guys really abuse that word almost as bad as the US government does. It's pretty disgusting, actually.
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It may be in there. I dunno. I'm going on what the article says. The 10Q is a PDF, so there's no way to easily search to find that info.
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Nothing. From what I understand, XBox 360 doesn't natively play old games. Neither does the Nintendo "Wheee" or whatever it's called. I don't throw out my old consoles, but I don't want to have 3 of them plugged in, either.
OK, I'm quickly becoming one of the many, many people that are leaving Slashdot for good over the unbelievably bad articles that are posted these days. Every day that I can remember for the past few months, there's been AT LEAST one anti-PS3 FUD article. Two that I can see today.
Slashdot editors: NOBODY FUCKING CARES. Those of us who want the PS3 will buy it. Those who don't want it won't buy it. It has no bearing on... well... anything. All of these articles that are re-hashed opinions of people who don't like the non-existent Sony PS3 are pointless shit that will accomplish nothing (no, nobody's mind will be made up by some random blogger pontificating about Sony). Mod me down. I'm just really sick and tired of this crap.
Guess I'd better see what's going on over at digg...
I've already got the money set aside for it, and I'm placing an order for one the first day that I can. I'm not a "horde" of people, but I'm sure that I'm representative of some group of people that doesn't care what it costs, and just wants the best game console out there.
The PS2 was the best thing on the market, hands-down. The PS3 will have mind-blowing hardware, and the games will be available. I also use my PS2 as my main DVD player, as I will my PS3. I like playing old games and not having to buy them again. I have no problem paying $600 or more for the PS3. I'm not buying the XBox 360, and I can't wait for the PS3.
Albeit ostensibly benevolent, keep in mind Microsoft has a habit of trying to dump loads of money to gain initial market share. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.
So what? What do you care if they're losing money or not? It's a good deal regardless of what it costs them.
Last I checked, reading and writing (including spelling) is taught in the US at around 6-8 years old. There's no education excuse in the US for ANYBODY not being able to spell. Proper spelling is not a college course.
Or, maybe I should say that as little money as I make (I live in a one bedroom studio shithole apartment), it's still worth thousands of dollars to me NOT to use most (I do use VNC) of the free stuff out there. I can understand why that would be embarassing to lots of people. I wish it wasn't true, because I'd much rather spend those thousands of dollars every year on something remotely interesting.
Or it just could be that most Free Software is so bad in one way or another that the makers, quite literally, cannot give it away. You know it's pretty bad if I would rather pay thousands of dollars a year (out of my own pocket) for software instead of using a free version. I'm not a wealthy person, either. Most of it really just is that bad.
Why not just take anyone that "looks like a terrorist" and shuffle them off to camps
Just give it a few months. We already have torture camps that violate any kind of Geneva Conventions, and our King (oops, sorry... "President") is completely OK with that. Just give it a few months. Our government is still trying to drive all of the clueless masses into a hysteria that will let them do that. They're getting close, though!
Oh, that's entirely possible. I have no clue about 3rd world countries and how they deal with computers and software.
Careful... there are lots of Free Software advocates around here that you're liable to upset!
OK, whatever you say. Time will tell. The thing is that the OSS zealots always bring up price, but in reality, end-user, shirnk-wrapped software is NOT expensive. I've never heard anybody complain about software prices. I can't think of anything that really is all that prohibitively expensive. Now, my $1200/workstation point-of-sale software is another story... (but of course, there's nothing decent that's open source).
Now, there's really no reason for anybody to use Open Office (or Star Office, or whatever they're called this week). MS Office will continue to be used almost exclusively because it can now handle any document, and of course, most of the outside world will still use MS Office documents.
I love how there's always someone who will bring useless arguments like, "it's against the law", into a discussion about what the law should be.
You mean like every day's "Microsoft Antitrust" story that is posted here? Yeah, I hate that too.
I have a good one. I was working the hell that was the IBM CrAptiva support back when it was in the US. I had a woman call me one night telling me that there was a lot of smoke and sparks coming out of her monitor and what she should do. She said that if she looked closely, she could see flames on the inside. I told her to unplug it and dial 911. She still had her computer on and was actively using it.
Exactly. Security in and of itself is generally not worth it to make a huge change like that. Security is only important if you can actually use the thing in the first place. Sure, we could switch to Macs, but then we wouldn't have any software that we needed to run our business. That's putting the cart before the horse.
Just shop local. All of the local retailers that we have around here are cheaper than the big box stores. Electronics, Pet supplies, Clothes, etc. I wouldn't step into one of those stores if you paid me.
Since when have nerds been a "canary in a coal mine" for any kind of technology? Nerds that I know have been into : laserdisk, betamax, etc. Nerds have been into Linux for a long time, and it still hasn't taken off. I'd say that what nerds choose in terms of consuming is generally the exact opposite of what the general public does.
Oh, and this post will be moderated down by the kids who don't understand what in the hell I'm talking about.
I disagree. Sony won't be "last". What we're seeing is pretty clear market segmentation.
Nintendo is still for the kiddies. They have gimmicky controllers with a Fisher-Price look and feel. More importantly, most grown-ups don't want to play Mario anything (or Dragonball-Z, or Power Rangers, or whatever the popular Japanese crap is today). Nintendo focuses on twitch games that generally skip story altogether, or have some bizarre Japanese theme that most adults can't figure out. Geeks, please don't respond that you love Nintendo... we all know that many of you don't care about things like story. I'm talking about MOST adults.
The X-Box has moved in to the mainstream generic person arena. Regular lower and middle-class people of all kinds play the X-Box. They probably have the widest audience. XBox also caters heavily to the on-line gamer. The whole X-box online experience is great, but only a certain segment of gamer likes to play against hordes of 12 year olds, or has a group of gamer friends.
Sony has moved into a new market: the older gamer. People like myself that have been playing video games for 25+ years that now have disposable income. Also, people like me, who want more out of a video game than a twitch reflex also want a good story with movie level production value. I'm not interested in the typical Japanimation demon/dragon/kid hero story that is as embarrassingly bad as it is incomprehensible. I want good gameplay out of a game, of course, but I also want mind-blowing graphics and sound (The PS3 is supposed to be, unquestionably, the most powerful system). My game system gets plugged into a high-end amp and speaker system, and a high-end TV. I want all of that, packaged with a story that was written and created by somebody who speaks English (not Engrish), and some good Hollywood actors. I could care less about $600 or even $800 for a game box. And, I couldn't care less if the games are $70 each. It's worth it because 1. I've seen more games than most people have and 2. money really isn't an issue to me at this point. I just want the best.
On top of that, I think that Sony won't mind selling a few less units. I have a feeling that their profit margin is going to be significantly better than either MS or Nintendo with this generation.
I'm looking forward to the PS3.
What's the point of "Network Magic"? Windows XP really couldn't make networking all that much easier.
What's next, forcing Wendy's and Burger King to put McDonald's advertising placards in their restaurants?
No, forcing Microsoft to make it easy to install a competitors' browser and remove their own. Oh wait...
This was actually useful news to me. I just tried it, and quite honestly, Firefox will just be for testing purposes after seeing this. Did the Slashdot Group Mind intend for Firefox users to switch to the new IE (like I'm doing)?
Blah, blah, blah. Thanks for the required dose of "freedom" FUD. You know, you guys really abuse that word almost as bad as the US government does. It's pretty disgusting, actually.
It may be in there. I dunno. I'm going on what the article says. The 10Q is a PDF, so there's no way to easily search to find that info.