so, i think i agree with the black hole sentiment.
how many.ru domains are there that make a living (both legal and illegal) off search results? how many "fake news" sites are there that originate in russia? how many email spammers live in russia? how many apps in the google play store originate in russia?
if suddenly nobody can find any product or service that has an ip address in russia? if all of a sudden the largest email provider (currently with a billion users) blocks everything from russia? what happens if all of a sudden all the android phones (66% of the worldwide marketshare) suddenly stop working with russia-originating software?
it's pretty terrifying, personally, to think about the massive power google wields. especially for a nation that relies so heavily on spreading internet propaganda.
there are really two kinds of mmos -- worldly and diku-based. in the worldly games, like eve or runescape or uo, there's enough emergent player behavior that you could farm some interesting tv show plots from it.
for example, you're right that in eve, there's lots of espionage fodder: http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=527
i mean, remember. they're really just looking for content seeds based on in-game happenings. and a short-form tv show is just the place to explore a sort of anthology based on player-created content.
not to pick on suv4x4, but, it is rather humorous to read all of these predictions and armchair-quarterbacking from people with zero technical knowledge on how our platform works. i will, however, give you a hint -- everything (and i mean every single word) suv4x4 is positing is incorrect. it's like he's saying the web is broken because you can't view the pages in anything but internet explorer.
i promise we'll come out with more information. i promise we'll try to answer as many questions as possible. i promise it will kick ass. (seriously, it is so. damn. cool.)
send cuppy all of your questions and we'll do our best to cover them all as quickly as possible. we're still currently digging out from under the deluge of attention and, what with raph gone this week in japan, it may take a little bit -- but, we'll get to it.
"The PS3 is Sony's way to reach four different stategic objectives with just one weapon."
i'll for sure give you that. that's their plan.
where you're going to be disappointed is that doesn't work. inevitably, those plays are too cost prohibitive. if they weren't, for example, then everyone would have an mp3/camera/video/browser phone. nerds do, for sure, but, mr. mainstream just wants to talk on their phone. sure, it's cheaper than if you bought all of the individual devices separately, but, you know what? people don't care. it's "how much does it cost me now?" or "i don't want to pay for something i don't need." they want to amortize their purchases over an "as needed" basis. to the general public, it's all about cash flow. and mass adoption is absolutely dependent on the public at large.
what's the adage? "do one thing. do it well." there's a reason companies who stick to that succeed.
now, if the ps3 was $299/$399? hell. it'd clean up easily.
however, it's not. and it won't.
the ps3 is doomed because of its high price and its high price is there because of blu-ray. that will be the succinct epitaph written for the ps3 in 5 years.
"And what's the deal about 21 percent of the online consumers disliking Blu-ray because Sony included it in the PlayStation 3? I can see several reasons why poeple might resent Blu-ray, but this is definitely not one of them. The only conceivable explanation I can see behind such reasoning is peoples aversion against anything that is Sony."
that's an easy one to answer. we're pissed that sony shoe-horned the blu-ray drive in there because the good thing it brings to games (more storage space) isn't worth another $200 on the price -- period. if i had to choose between $200 in cash and not swapping discs? well, hell. write me a check!
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so, i think i agree with the black hole sentiment.
how many .ru domains are there that make a living (both legal and illegal) off search results? how many "fake news" sites are there that originate in russia? how many email spammers live in russia? how many apps in the google play store originate in russia?
if suddenly nobody can find any product or service that has an ip address in russia? if all of a sudden the largest email provider (currently with a billion users) blocks everything from russia? what happens if all of a sudden all the android phones (66% of the worldwide marketshare) suddenly stop working with russia-originating software?
it's pretty terrifying, personally, to think about the massive power google wields. especially for a nation that relies so heavily on spreading internet propaganda.
right.
there are really two kinds of mmos -- worldly and diku-based. in the worldly games, like eve or runescape or uo, there's enough emergent player behavior that you could farm some interesting tv show plots from it.
for example, you're right that in eve, there's lots of espionage fodder: http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=527
i mean, remember. they're really just looking for content seeds based on in-game happenings. and a short-form tv show is just the place to explore a sort of anthology based on player-created content.
m3mnoch.
not to pick on suv4x4, but, it is rather humorous to read all of these predictions and armchair-quarterbacking from people with zero technical knowledge on how our platform works. i will, however, give you a hint -- everything (and i mean every single word) suv4x4 is positing is incorrect. it's like he's saying the web is broken because you can't view the pages in anything but internet explorer.
i promise we'll come out with more information. i promise we'll try to answer as many questions as possible. i promise it will kick ass. (seriously, it is so. damn. cool.)
send cuppy all of your questions and we'll do our best to cover them all as quickly as possible. we're still currently digging out from under the deluge of attention and, what with raph gone this week in japan, it may take a little bit -- but, we'll get to it.
you can reach cuppycake here:
http://www.cuppycake.org/
m3mnoch.
"Let's talk again in the unavoidable /. FIRST ANIVERSARY! story."
that's a date, my friend.
m3mnoch.
"The PS3 is Sony's way to reach four different stategic objectives with just one weapon."
i'll for sure give you that. that's their plan.
where you're going to be disappointed is that doesn't work. inevitably, those plays are too cost prohibitive. if they weren't, for example, then everyone would have an mp3/camera/video/browser phone. nerds do, for sure, but, mr. mainstream just wants to talk on their phone. sure, it's cheaper than if you bought all of the individual devices separately, but, you know what? people don't care. it's "how much does it cost me now?" or "i don't want to pay for something i don't need." they want to amortize their purchases over an "as needed" basis. to the general public, it's all about cash flow. and mass adoption is absolutely dependent on the public at large.
what's the adage? "do one thing. do it well." there's a reason companies who stick to that succeed.
now, if the ps3 was $299/$399? hell. it'd clean up easily.
however, it's not. and it won't.
the ps3 is doomed because of its high price and its high price is there because of blu-ray. that will be the succinct epitaph written for the ps3 in 5 years.
m3mnoch.
"And what's the deal about 21 percent of the online consumers disliking Blu-ray because Sony included it in the PlayStation 3? I can see several reasons why poeple might resent Blu-ray, but this is definitely not one of them. The only conceivable explanation I can see behind such reasoning is peoples aversion against anything that is Sony."
that's an easy one to answer. we're pissed that sony shoe-horned the blu-ray drive in there because the good thing it brings to games (more storage space) isn't worth another $200 on the price -- period. if i had to choose between $200 in cash and not swapping discs? well, hell. write me a check!
after all, the ps3 is for "games" right?
m3mnoch.