I'm inclined to agree. There are some folks who need to lose the "Haha, javascript has no java, its just a marketing term for retards!" mindset. Because I've seen plenty of them working an extra 9 hours a week trying to make a hammer operate like a jig saw.
The galling part is that EA will rush to a fire sale and gobble up any IP they can get their hands on and then go out and produce 5 or 6 new series that are similar to the IPs that they just threw hundreds of thousands at. Its like someone there confused patent with trademark.
I guess I'm missing something obvious or I'm just flat out wrong, but shouldn't that be the other way around? You would forsake liberty (the right to act, unbound) for the sake of freedom (the right to act within the law, ie. to bind). Freedom falls in line with concepts like fraternity or union.
As it is supposed to happen. You should repurchase all of your games every 4 years for at least suggested retail price or unless authorized by an industry cartel and we'll make sure that will happen one way or another. You should also pay to play under any scenario. User generated should only be allowed after the sub-purchaser has purchased a license to make authorized content that is checked for a minimal sum to make sure that the sub-purchaser has not infringed on any other know IP. This content will then become property of the publisher because social networking sites can get away with it and we think that is pretty awesome.
Sad, I can remember games being fun and interesting. Now it is all lawyers and shareholders.
In the long run that is kind of the point. Keeping the MP ball in your court means never having to say that someone doesn't owe you.....a possible subscription fee to keep them going.
Sadly, this proves that PC gamers are utterly worthless at this point. IW/Activision can offer some extra DLC for "free" and recoup any looses that would have happened with a few thousand PC gamers deciding to boycott.
This really isn't something that only exists in communications. If there were a huge market for hygienic corn cobs, you'd have heard that toilet paper caused rectal tumors or that improper squatting stunted the growth of children. This is just the way of business. When someone gets close to your bread and butter you squeal.
The story isn't the system getting bricked, but having users pay for the fix. If a Ford breaks down that is fine. It is a Ford and I expected it to happen sooner or later, but if a Ford rep shows up in my driveway and tells me that he needs to "fix something" before I can drive it and his fix causes my engine to melt, I'll damn sure expect him to fix it or at least pay for the damages.
True, I'd be more interested in knowing the number of Mac owners who also had PCs around the time of Mac OS 8 or System 7, long before you could pick up a $250 e-Machine.
OK, I know that anecdotal evidence really isn't acceptable, but based on the PSP owners I've talked to, I'm pretty sure I was the only person in North America who paid for PSP games. It was easily the most pirate friendly hand held console of it's generation.
Thats because the real complaint isn't really about "Damn all user generated content sucks." it is about being down on the idea of a.) not getting cash off of someone else's work (SC2 styled mod monetization) b.) No real protected from getting sued by Fox when one of your users runs around in a Homer Simpson avatar.
From a profit and liability standpoint, UGC is a nightmare for publishers and devs.
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I'm inclined to agree. There are some folks who need to lose the "Haha, javascript has no java, its just a marketing term for retards!" mindset. Because I've seen plenty of them working an extra 9 hours a week trying to make a hammer operate like a jig saw.
It is cnet. They haven't been notable or interesting in 10 years either.
Who still goes on about the "Year of Linux on the Desktop"?
If I recall there is a paint-mono project that is porting it.
The galling part is that EA will rush to a fire sale and gobble up any IP they can get their hands on and then go out and produce 5 or 6 new series that are similar to the IPs that they just threw hundreds of thousands at. Its like someone there confused patent with trademark.
For the most part the game is done. Any necessary patches, etc. are being handled by the 25.
Glad to see someone else has faith in not only the US's flawless criminal justice system, but the criminal justice systems of all nations.
Except no one is writing their own MySpace layout, you just copy a bunch of CSS from some template site.
I guess I'm missing something obvious or I'm just flat out wrong, but shouldn't that be the other way around? You would forsake liberty (the right to act, unbound) for the sake of freedom (the right to act within the law, ie. to bind). Freedom falls in line with concepts like fraternity or union.
Too big too fail and the nation needs it's Roadhouse when TBS isn't playing it.
As it is supposed to happen. You should repurchase all of your games every 4 years for at least suggested retail price or unless authorized by an industry cartel and we'll make sure that will happen one way or another. You should also pay to play under any scenario. User generated should only be allowed after the sub-purchaser has purchased a license to make authorized content that is checked for a minimal sum to make sure that the sub-purchaser has not infringed on any other know IP. This content will then become property of the publisher because social networking sites can get away with it and we think that is pretty awesome.
Sad, I can remember games being fun and interesting. Now it is all lawyers and shareholders.
The real question is how long until you pay-to-play SP games?
In the long run that is kind of the point. Keeping the MP ball in your court means never having to say that someone doesn't owe you.....a possible subscription fee to keep them going.
Sadly, this proves that PC gamers are utterly worthless at this point. IW/Activision can offer some extra DLC for "free" and recoup any looses that would have happened with a few thousand PC gamers deciding to boycott.
This really isn't something that only exists in communications. If there were a huge market for hygienic corn cobs, you'd have heard that toilet paper caused rectal tumors or that improper squatting stunted the growth of children. This is just the way of business. When someone gets close to your bread and butter you squeal.
Decker was the first word I thought when I saw it.
The story isn't the system getting bricked, but having users pay for the fix. If a Ford breaks down that is fine. It is a Ford and I expected it to happen sooner or later, but if a Ford rep shows up in my driveway and tells me that he needs to "fix something" before I can drive it and his fix causes my engine to melt, I'll damn sure expect him to fix it or at least pay for the damages.
It also did a great job of representing antisemitism in film.
No, this is Slashdot where anything anti-Microsoft has a good chance of being modded up.
True, I'd be more interested in knowing the number of Mac owners who also had PCs around the time of Mac OS 8 or System 7, long before you could pick up a $250 e-Machine.
OK, I know that anecdotal evidence really isn't acceptable, but based on the PSP owners I've talked to, I'm pretty sure I was the only person in North America who paid for PSP games. It was easily the most pirate friendly hand held console of it's generation.
I see the pawnbroker symbol, not the Apple logo. Someone should notify the Medici family.
Sadly, I think we need an option to mod posts as sarcastic.
From what I've read, StarCraft 2 is supposed to go this route with an AppStore for user created maps.
Thats because the real complaint isn't really about "Damn all user generated content sucks." it is about being down on the idea of a.) not getting cash off of someone else's work (SC2 styled mod monetization) b.) No real protected from getting sued by Fox when one of your users runs around in a Homer Simpson avatar.
From a profit and liability standpoint, UGC is a nightmare for publishers and devs.
You are right, we Facebook for that.