I won't believe this format war's over until Howard Stringer makes the announcement from the deck of his yacht, with a big "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!" sign behind him
Nice try at integrating yourself into the discussion, but I think we're really pushing the limits. From now on future posts will just be derivatives of these.
The way your dad looked at it, this LIGHT SABER was your birthright. He'd be damned if any of the SITH were gonna get their greasy GREY hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something: TATTOINE. Five long years, he wore this watch ON TATTOINE. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the LIGHT SABER. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal ON TATTOINE for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the LIGHT SABER to you.
I'm an Air Guitarist and personally, I care greatly for Guitar Hero.
I mean, I've already got a PS2 and a HDTV in my living room... so why play guitar hero? To play with the bands! I want to do that, while jumping off my sofa and falling to my knees like I do when listening to Van Halen MP3s through Winamp.
I find it odd that someone who has an appreciation for powerful guitar music would not enjoy to play an adrenalin-pumping video game. Well, to each their own, I guess. I think amateur guitarists would rather just sit in an empty room playing with themselves than dream of being in a big-name band like Korn...I can't imagine ever getting tired of that.
The funniest thing is, I've got several family members who play guitar. They've tried to teach me, but I have no guitar skills whatsoever. This summary hits it right on the head that you can still feel like a rock god and skip the blisters and the arthritic knuckles and angry neighboors.
Fender Strat = 1399. PS2 + Guitar Hero + 40" DLP HDTV is about the same. Take your choice. I suspect a real Stratocaster would be a great chick magnet... but it's a far cry from the thrill of finishing Crossroads on expert.
Buy games? I never buy games. It's much easier to hide in the shadows and wait for a passing gamer. Then I sneak up behind him, jump on his head, and collect the coins and stuff that bounce away from his flat corpse. Afterwards, I sometimes use their shell to knock over other gamers.
I was just watching the video, wondering how many of these things were going to get broken when the removal of centripital forces from your hand allows the device to go flying towards the TV. Now I feel much safer.
Capitalizing on just how hip irony is, they create a virtual version of Samuel L. Jackson. After character creation, you can transfer your "Mii" to your Wii-remote, so that you can take them with you wherever you go.
Can Snakes on a Wii be one step closer to a reality?
It's a big selling point that the BD-ROM unit plays all "next generation" disks but only Tru-Blu-Ray branded disks get the highest quality image; "inferior" HD-DVDs played on the same drive will look less impressive when compared apples-to-apples. Therefore, publishers will want the Blu-Ray logo on their disks.
It's almost in HD-DVD's best interests to remain exclusive to HD drives. Sony is selling this as nothing less than the future of high definition entertainment. If HD-DVD hybrids look like crap on my uber-expensive BD unit, obviously Blu-Ray will garner the better reputation.
The twist to the war that Toshiba brought is.. that the users can buy the HD-DVDs *NOW*, even if they don't have a high-def player.
Which is an advantage shared by Blu-ray players. Except, HD-DVD owners can't buy low-def versions of Blu-ray releases and make the same claim. A Circuit City salesmen working off commission is going to point that out, especially with BD-ROM players going for roughly twice the price of a HD-DVD drive.
Assume, for a moment, that standard DVD's go away and we're left with Blu-Ray disks vs. HD-DVD/DVD Hybrids.
The HD-DVD Drive can read DVDs and the HD-DVD layer on the hybrid disks, but not Blu-Ray disks.
The Blu-ray player can read their own proprietary format, PLUS the DVD layer of the hybrid disk. Sony can now market it as the "Only 100% compatible" player, since their movies play fine, AND the HD-DVD/Hybrid movies play as well. Of course that would only be at DVD resolutions, which could be used to point out the inferiority of the HD-DVD/DVD system -- or don't you think marketdroids will confuse the issue for the common user?
Backwards compatibility is a bitch, especially when your competitors can take advantage too.
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I won't believe this format war's over until Howard Stringer makes the announcement from the deck of his yacht, with a big "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!" sign behind him
Nice try at integrating yourself into the discussion, but I think we're really pushing the limits. From now on future posts will just be derivatives of these.
But he gets mad props for keeping it real!
This movie will be as popular as Firewall.
You know, the one with Harrison Ford. He's a network security specialist.
HAN SOLO! INDIANA JONES! RICK DECKARD! DOING NETWORK SECURITY!
Well, if you can't get the nerds out to watch Han freakin Solo do Network Security...
...he missed a jump and fell into one of those bottomless pits.
You had feet?
Because it's competing with the Playstation 3, so Microsoft didn't want the impression that the "Xbox 2" was an inferior product.
Obviously, a 360 is 120 times as good as a 3, right?
The way your dad looked at it, this LIGHT SABER was your birthright. He'd be damned if any of the SITH were gonna get their greasy GREY hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something: TATTOINE. Five long years, he wore this watch ON TATTOINE. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the LIGHT SABER. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal ON TATTOINE for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the LIGHT SABER to you.
Off the top of my head, the 2600 had Air-Sea Combat, Combat!, Warlords, Outlaw, Ice Hockey, Pele's Soccer, and Baseball.
Oh, and Joust! Nothing better than jumping on your friend's head, and having him scream, "Hey, now Joust a minute!"
Obviously, boxed sets of the West Wing!
Considering their other forays into portmanteau shouldn't it be called Yoogle or Toogle?
No, sugar Ray was a boxer.
:P
Actually, *two* boxers, but I'm talking about the band
And Sugar Ray is just a boy band, music for chicks, right?
On the radio.
Do you even *own* S.C.I.E.N.C.E.?
If you're finding Guitar Hero complicated, Doom II might be a bit of a stretch for you...Might I suggest, Pong? That doesn't have any buttons at all!
I'm an Air Guitarist and personally, I care greatly for Guitar Hero.
... so why play guitar hero? To play with the bands! I want to do that, while jumping off my sofa and falling to my knees like I do when listening to Van Halen MP3s through Winamp.
... but it's a far cry from the thrill of finishing Crossroads on expert.
I mean, I've already got a PS2 and a HDTV in my living room
I find it odd that someone who has an appreciation for powerful guitar music would not enjoy to play an adrenalin-pumping video game. Well, to each their own, I guess. I think amateur guitarists would rather just sit in an empty room playing with themselves than dream of being in a big-name band like Korn...I can't imagine ever getting tired of that.
The funniest thing is, I've got several family members who play guitar. They've tried to teach me, but I have no guitar skills whatsoever. This summary hits it right on the head that you can still feel like a rock god and skip the blisters and the arthritic knuckles and angry neighboors.
Fender Strat = 1399. PS2 + Guitar Hero + 40" DLP HDTV is about the same. Take your choice. I suspect a real Stratocaster would be a great chick magnet
When are you going to be on the Daily Show?
Ten thousand balls, when all you need is a bat...
isn't it ironic, don't ya think?
Buy games? I never buy games. It's much easier to hide in the shadows and wait for a passing gamer. Then I sneak up behind him, jump on his head, and collect the coins and stuff that bounce away from his flat corpse. Afterwards, I sometimes use their shell to knock over other gamers.
Mario Mario
Do Not Want!
A Wrist-strap for the Wiimote
I was just watching the video, wondering how many of these things were going to get broken when the removal of centripital forces from your hand allows the device to go flying towards the TV. Now I feel much safer.
To quote Mel: Swing Away!
A little bummebed though that MP3 is not a launch title :(
Yeah...but it'll be nothing compared to the wait for OGG...
(ducks)
Capitalizing on just how hip irony is, they create a virtual version of Samuel L. Jackson. After character creation, you can transfer your "Mii" to your Wii-remote, so that you can take them with you wherever you go.
Can Snakes on a Wii be one step closer to a reality?
It's a big selling point that the BD-ROM unit plays all "next generation" disks but only Tru-Blu-Ray branded disks get the highest quality image; "inferior" HD-DVDs played on the same drive will look less impressive when compared apples-to-apples. Therefore, publishers will want the Blu-Ray logo on their disks.
It's almost in HD-DVD's best interests to remain exclusive to HD drives. Sony is selling this as nothing less than the future of high definition entertainment. If HD-DVD hybrids look like crap on my uber-expensive BD unit, obviously Blu-Ray will garner the better reputation.
The twist to the war that Toshiba brought is .. that the users can buy the HD-DVDs *NOW*, even if they don't have a high-def player.
Which is an advantage shared by Blu-ray players. Except, HD-DVD owners can't buy low-def versions of Blu-ray releases and make the same claim. A Circuit City salesmen working off commission is going to point that out, especially with BD-ROM players going for roughly twice the price of a HD-DVD drive.
Assume, for a moment, that standard DVD's go away and we're left with Blu-Ray disks vs. HD-DVD/DVD Hybrids.
The HD-DVD Drive can read DVDs and the HD-DVD layer on the hybrid disks, but not Blu-Ray disks.
The Blu-ray player can read their own proprietary format, PLUS the DVD layer of the hybrid disk. Sony can now market it as the "Only 100% compatible" player, since their movies play fine, AND the HD-DVD/Hybrid movies play as well. Of course that would only be at DVD resolutions, which could be used to point out the inferiority of the HD-DVD/DVD system -- or don't you think marketdroids will confuse the issue for the common user?
Backwards compatibility is a bitch, especially when your competitors can take advantage too.