I was able to see a big difference in the Xbox (original) dashboard, when switching from 480i (default) to 480p. It looked a lot smoother and detailed.
Technically, it should have 2x the resolution, since with 480i it's only rendering every other line (240 lines total) each frame, and with 480p it's rendering all 480 lines each frame.
I pretty much agree with you. I'd love to see DRM done away with.
But I am curious about this: How could the movie industry adjust and be successful? What should their new business model be like? If they were to abandon DRM, what would keep piracy from running away with their money? Are you saying that there are enough people who would buy it if it wasn't DRM'ed, that it would make a difference?
Yes, you will be able to update the emulator via Xbox Live, whenever they add support for more titles.
Plus, I've read that MS will release updates via xbox.com , that you'll be able to burn to a CD, which you can then pop into the 360 and it'll update for you.
You do realize the success of PS2 had nothing to do with its online service compared to MS's, right? By the time MS came out with Live, (or even the Xbox itself), Sony had a choke-hold on the industry. There's not much MS could have done last generation to catch up. So your argument really has no bearing on the subject at hand.
And your argument about being "averse" to Live? Well, then, just don't subscribe! Just because every 360 comes with a Silver account, doesn't mean you have to sign up. Heck, don't even plug the thing into your network if you don't want to go online! Nobody's forcing you!
And every game does not have to have online play. They just have to be Live-aware, which means that, while you're playing that game, if you're signed in to Live, it will show you your friends who are online, and stuff like that. Bare-minimum Live support is all that's required of the 360 games. Once again, if you don't plug the system up to Live, it will have absolutely no bearing on how you play and enjoy the game.
Oh yeah, how many PS2 games inspired "friends & family" local play as much as Halo did for the Xbox? And that didn't even support Live!
> The question is - how will publishers react? Will they go "Good - we get to do what we want" and make for the PS3, or just use MS's easy to use and so far working Live system?
I don't think that's a big mystery. Why would the publishers react any differently than they did with the PS2's model (since it's the same model)? Which means, not-so-great online service for PS3.
Have fun, Sony fans! Man, I love playing online with Live!
You obviously never played through the original game, or if you did, you skipped all the cutscenes. Or maybe it was all just above your head, and you just looked at it as a mindless shooter, which is fine. But Halo had one of the best, most thought-out sci-fi stories I've seen in a long time! It wasn't just about the shooting. That was the gameplay. But the story was very good, much more movie-worthy than most of the crap Hollywood puts out.
Is there any reason why someone couldn't develop a controller like this for the other systems (Xbox 360, PS3)? They have some sensors that you place next to your TV screen, and I'll assume you'd need to calibrate it, but why can't any system have this? Of course, since it's not the "standard" controller, only some games would be able to use it, but if it was successful enough, especially among gun games like Silent Scope, it would become the "standard" gun controller for the other systems. It would just need to send back to the system the X,Y coordinates of the shot. Pretty simple stuff, really.
Well, Bill, actually this gives a lot of people a reason to buy our console. Little Jimmy will have a much easier time convincing his parents to buy him a $300-$400 console than a $1000+ gaming rig. If most of the big PC gaming hits are ported to the 360, we'll have a lot of would-be PC gamers buying 360 instead, since it's cheaper, and they can play it on any TV!
I was hired out of college with a CS degree by a company doing mostly gov't contracts. I was put on a project at the DoD, and at the time I wasn't that excited about it. All the things you hear about it being mostly older people is true (except for the occasional intern now and then, some of which are cute babes!). I just count my blessings that I didn't jump ship the few times when I could have in the past few years to a dot com. All the ones I had considered are now having trouble, while I'm sitting pretty in a stable, post-9/11 defense contract. Yeah, a lot of the people are boneheads, but it just gives me something to laugh at on the inside. I could write an SNL skit about how stupid some of these people are.
BTW, I hope nobody takes offense at my reference to 9/11; I am not glad it happened and I sympathise with those affected, but I'm just stating that it just happens that my job is even more secure now.
Ok, well that makes sense. I actually think it would benefit us anyway to have drivers optimised for a certain game, but I think they should tell you that, so benchmarks will not appear skewed.
Sure, but what I'm saying is, how did they make it run "faster" on a Quake3 exe? They obviously did the work to make the game run faster, so why cripple themselves and only let their work apply to one game? Isn't it possible to just let their optimisations work with any game that would use them?
Why didn't they just optimise the routines that Quake 3 uses, ignoring the executable name? Then it would possibly benefit all other 3D games, including those based on the Q3 engine, which would obviously have a different executable name. This would also have nullified the article author's test of renaming the exe (it would have produced the same scores).
Actually, I don't think he was saying that Quake caused the industry to stagnate, but that the industry was stagnating when Quake came along and re-vitalized it. Yeah, I read it that way the first time, too.
I hate to be rude, but I've noticed over the years that every time I've gone to one of your concerts, Flans comes out afterwards and talks, signs autographs, etc. I've never seen Linnell do this. You are entirely within your rights to come out after the show or not, so I'm not mad, just curious. Is it that you've grown tired of your fans?
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Yes, there is.
I was able to see a big difference in the Xbox (original) dashboard, when switching from 480i (default) to 480p. It looked a lot smoother and detailed.
Technically, it should have 2x the resolution, since with 480i it's only rendering every other line (240 lines total) each frame, and with 480p it's rendering all 480 lines each frame.
Oh well, maybe in "another five years..."
And we're all out of gum.
I pretty much agree with you. I'd love to see DRM done away with.
But I am curious about this: How could the movie industry adjust and be successful? What should their new business model be like? If they were to abandon DRM, what would keep piracy from running away with their money? Are you saying that there are enough people who would buy it if it wasn't DRM'ed, that it would make a difference?
You know, when Microsoft beats you to market with something, you're really slow!
(The Xbox 360 has "e-distribution" in the form of Xbox Live Arcade, where you can download games to the hard drive over Live).
Yes, you will be able to update the emulator via Xbox Live, whenever they add support for more titles.
Plus, I've read that MS will release updates via xbox.com , that you'll be able to burn to a CD, which you can then pop into the 360 and it'll update for you.
You do realize the success of PS2 had nothing to do with its online service compared to MS's, right? By the time MS came out with Live, (or even the Xbox itself), Sony had a choke-hold on the industry. There's not much MS could have done last generation to catch up. So your argument really has no bearing on the subject at hand.
And your argument about being "averse" to Live? Well, then, just don't subscribe! Just because every 360 comes with a Silver account, doesn't mean you have to sign up. Heck, don't even plug the thing into your network if you don't want to go online! Nobody's forcing you!
And every game does not have to have online play. They just have to be Live-aware, which means that, while you're playing that game, if you're signed in to Live, it will show you your friends who are online, and stuff like that. Bare-minimum Live support is all that's required of the 360 games. Once again, if you don't plug the system up to Live, it will have absolutely no bearing on how you play and enjoy the game.
Oh yeah, how many PS2 games inspired "friends & family" local play as much as Halo did for the Xbox? And that didn't even support Live!
Spell the words "compair" and "compare." Compare.
> The question is - how will publishers react? Will they go "Good - we get to do what we want" and make for the PS3, or just use MS's easy to use and so far working Live system?
I don't think that's a big mystery. Why would the publishers react any differently than they did with the PS2's model (since it's the same model)? Which means, not-so-great online service for PS3.
Have fun, Sony fans! Man, I love playing online with Live!
Yes. A very excellent one, at that.
You obviously never played through the original game, or if you did, you skipped all the cutscenes. Or maybe it was all just above your head, and you just looked at it as a mindless shooter, which is fine. But Halo had one of the best, most thought-out sci-fi stories I've seen in a long time! It wasn't just about the shooting. That was the gameplay. But the story was very good, much more movie-worthy than most of the crap Hollywood puts out.
Yes, they did.
Is there any reason why someone couldn't develop a controller like this for the other systems (Xbox 360, PS3)? They have some sensors that you place next to your TV screen, and I'll assume you'd need to calibrate it, but why can't any system have this? Of course, since it's not the "standard" controller, only some games would be able to use it, but if it was successful enough, especially among gun games like Silent Scope, it would become the "standard" gun controller for the other systems. It would just need to send back to the system the X,Y coordinates of the shot. Pretty simple stuff, really.
Five minutes and it's slashdotted already?
Well, Bill, actually this gives a lot of people a reason to buy our console. Little Jimmy will have a much easier time convincing his parents to buy him a $300-$400 console than a $1000+ gaming rig. If most of the big PC gaming hits are ported to the 360, we'll have a lot of would-be PC gamers buying 360 instead, since it's cheaper, and they can play it on any TV!
I was hired out of college with a CS degree by a company doing mostly gov't contracts. I was put on a project at the DoD, and at the time I wasn't that excited about it. All the things you hear about it being mostly older people is true (except for the occasional intern now and then, some of which are cute babes!). I just count my blessings that I didn't jump ship the few times when I could have in the past few years to a dot com. All the ones I had considered are now having trouble, while I'm sitting pretty in a stable, post-9/11 defense contract. Yeah, a lot of the people are boneheads, but it just gives me something to laugh at on the inside. I could write an SNL skit about how stupid some of these people are.
BTW, I hope nobody takes offense at my reference to 9/11; I am not glad it happened and I sympathise with those affected, but I'm just stating that it just happens that my job is even more secure now.
Ok, well that makes sense. I actually think it would benefit us anyway to have drivers optimised for a certain game, but I think they should tell you that, so benchmarks will not appear skewed.
Sure, but what I'm saying is, how did they make it run "faster" on a Quake3 exe? They obviously did the work to make the game run faster, so why cripple themselves and only let their work apply to one game? Isn't it possible to just let their optimisations work with any game that would use them?
Why didn't they just optimise the routines that Quake 3 uses, ignoring the executable name? Then it would possibly benefit all other 3D games, including those based on the Q3 engine, which would obviously have a different executable name. This would also have nullified the article author's test of renaming the exe (it would have produced the same scores).
Actually, I don't think he was saying that Quake caused the industry to stagnate, but that the industry was stagnating when Quake came along and re-vitalized it. Yeah, I read it that way the first time, too.
Selling a bunch of their cards to all the punks out there who want to cheat.
BTW, check out www.punkbuster.com for a site dedicated to eliminating cheaters on compiant servers.
Great, just what we need, a few dozen MORE languages on this Earth (see Genesis 11:6-9)!
Oh, yeah, I guess that's why he sings the song called "If I Wasn't Shy". Heh, that was kinda obvious now that I think about it ;)
It's a glockenspiel, actually ;)
I hate to be rude, but I've noticed over the years that every time I've gone to one of your concerts, Flans comes out afterwards and talks, signs autographs, etc. I've never seen Linnell do this. You are entirely within your rights to come out after the show or not, so I'm not mad, just curious. Is it that you've grown tired of your fans?