But making it free would make libertarians and wannabe economists cry out: "Socialism ! Bad ! Why should my tax money support anything, you communist swine ? Free market ! Free market ! Free market !"
But no-one listens to libertarians anyway so who cares? Even the money-grabbing Republicans rejected Ron Paul, and Americans are turning to public transport in record numbers as the precious free market jacks up the cost of oil.
According to you. Everyone else likes using them, but they must be wrong because you disagree with them, right?
-Why is it a gimmick? It works great. It's easy to use.
-You use it but it sucks. See what I did there?
and Nokia makes primarily basic phones (with a few poorly designed smart phones thrown in here and there).
How are they poorly designed? Oh wait, I'm not expecting you to actually justify anything you say, your post is basically 'Apple rules and everyone else sucks, so there'.
Well, people in town don't talk, at all. I'm not allowed to use the channels on a trial, and I don't have any friends to play with. I think I'll stick with Fifa for now.
As others have said, Halo and GTA are hardly hurting for sales by avoiding the runaway least powerful of this generation. The sort of people who buy wiis (i.e. poor people and old casual gamers) won't be interested in street fighter.
Granny bought a wii to occupy the grandkids at family visits, not to play fighting games!
Quite a few game developers are avoiding the Wii recently for major releases, even though it is the best selling console worldwide.
They're also avoiding the PS1 and PS2, which have both sold more than the wii. Why is this?
Nintendo made the choice of making their console as cheap as possible. One side of this is improved sales, the other is missing out on cool games because of weak hardware.
I have given it a test drive. I've tried three different races and classes. I put 20 hours into it, and the game's not improved at all. Instead of killing level 1 boars, I'm now killing level 15 boars, which fight in exactly the same manor.
How long do I have to play this game before there's more to do than grind on mobs or run around doing tedious quests? A hundred hours? A thousand? Five years?
But all the people in WoW are shit. They are pretty much all illiterate, only able to speak in txt speak. You only see them in the channels peddling crap, they don't actually talk to you in the game. You walk into a town, dozens of characters everywhere, no-one says a fucking thing. You try to start a conversation, no-one replies, you ask a question, not one person even has the decency to reply.
If this game is based on the community, then there really is no reason to play it.
Since then I've played a couple more characters, including a mage I got to level 15. I've been playing for probably a total of about 30 hours, and the game's no different than when I started, it's still grinding on mobs which are all pretty much identical.
All enemies attack the same way. They walk up and down, you attack them, then they make a beeline towards you, so you keep firing spells at them. Sometimes they stand still and fire things at you, in which case you just mash the spell button to kill them. It's so tedious.
People kept saying I'm judging a book by its cover, but if you read a book for thirty hours and it's still boring, what are the chances of it getting better?
I'm not sure how you find a group exactly. The 'looking for group' button does nothing, and when you talk to people they don't respond. It may as well be a single player game for the way no-one wants anything to do with you.
It's called 'first class'. Unless you have some magical technology which makes planes twice as big without increasing either the manufacturing or running costs.
Most people don't read gamespot or ign, and don't give a shit about voice acting, which is 99% abysmal anyway. There are a million people in the UK alone who could do a convincing dodgy Eastern-European accent, and they'd do it for minimum wage.
It's something of a myth that cycling makes you fit. I used to cycle a few miles to work, and it didn't do anything for my fitness or weight. It's not very effective exercise.
Plus no-one in this thread has managed how unreliable bikes are. Maybe you like changing an innertube in the dark at the side of the road in the rain with cars going past at 60mph. I don't consider that a pleasant way of doing things when I could drive home in ten minutes and be bone dry.
Generally, a bicycle has little business on roads where 70mph is normal. Most roads that have speed limits that high (freeways, etc) around where I live are specifically "no bikes allowed."
The speed differential problem you mention isn't a problem provided that there is adequate horizontal spacing between the bike and the cars. Many roads where 50 mph is the norm have a sufficient bike-able shoulder where 5-8 feet of spacing is easily accomplished.
Round here, the limit is 60, and the road is very narrow. Cyclings are unseen in the dark even with lights. Also the road is full of pot-holes. Face it, cycling is unpractical.
You show up sweaty, go take a shower and get changed into your work clothes, and you look good. Relaxed and confident, in fact, the way you feel after a good workout.
That's assuming your destination has shower facilities. And not just work, but everywhere you go during the day. And you don't feel relaxed. People who drive turn up relaxed, if you cycle you turn up pissed off and frustrated. Especially if it's been raining. And your balls have been crushed.
Look up how dangerous cycling is vs. driving. No contest--especially when you consider the accident rate amongst reasonably experienced, sober adults. It's virtually nonexistent.
I don't see what's safe about cycling in the dark along an unlit road whilst cars pass inches by at 60mph. Maybe you have a different definition of safety to the rest of us. That's not even including things being thrown at you, or drivers deliberately trying to drive you off the road.
Cars are very slightly faster
To get to work by car, I set off at 6:45. To get there by bike, I have to set off at 6. That's including all the extra time needed by a bike, like getting into and out of waterproofs, locking the bike up, finding places to dry all the soaking wet clothes. If I had to have a shower upon arrival, I'd have to get up at approximately 5am. This is unacceptable.
I don't think I'll have time, as I mentioned in another thread, I'm on Vista which is fucking up and refusing to let me log into the account I have warcraft on, so the trial will have run out by then.
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Well, people in town don't talk, at all. I'm not allowed to use the channels on a trial, and I don't have any friends to play with. I think I'll stick with Fifa for now.
Does 40 players per World of Warcraft instance count? Or 50 in a town centre who all ignore you because you're not in their clique/guild?
Yes, if only Capcom released their game for the Wii they could be as successful as Loki.
As others have said, Halo and GTA are hardly hurting for sales by avoiding the runaway least powerful of this generation. The sort of people who buy wiis (i.e. poor people and old casual gamers) won't be interested in street fighter.
Granny bought a wii to occupy the grandkids at family visits, not to play fighting games!
Nintendo made the choice of making their console as cheap as possible. One side of this is improved sales, the other is missing out on cool games because of weak hardware.
How do you find people to play with then? It's impossible to find a group.
I have given it a test drive. I've tried three different races and classes. I put 20 hours into it, and the game's not improved at all. Instead of killing level 1 boars, I'm now killing level 15 boars, which fight in exactly the same manor.
How long do I have to play this game before there's more to do than grind on mobs or run around doing tedious quests? A hundred hours? A thousand? Five years?
But all the people in WoW are shit. They are pretty much all illiterate, only able to speak in txt speak. You only see them in the channels peddling crap, they don't actually talk to you in the game. You walk into a town, dozens of characters everywhere, no-one says a fucking thing. You try to start a conversation, no-one replies, you ask a question, not one person even has the decency to reply.
If this game is based on the community, then there really is no reason to play it.
Since then I've played a couple more characters, including a mage I got to level 15. I've been playing for probably a total of about 30 hours, and the game's no different than when I started, it's still grinding on mobs which are all pretty much identical.
All enemies attack the same way. They walk up and down, you attack them, then they make a beeline towards you, so you keep firing spells at them. Sometimes they stand still and fire things at you, in which case you just mash the spell button to kill them. It's so tedious.
People kept saying I'm judging a book by its cover, but if you read a book for thirty hours and it's still boring, what are the chances of it getting better?
I'm not sure how you find a group exactly. The 'looking for group' button does nothing, and when you talk to people they don't respond. It may as well be a single player game for the way no-one wants anything to do with you.
If you think TV's all crap then why do you care at all? Why are you even in this thread? I mean, other than to whine.
What's fiat currency, an economy based on small, shit cars?
No, the idiocy of reading the Daily Mail.
It's called 'first class'. Unless you have some magical technology which makes planes twice as big without increasing either the manufacturing or running costs.
Yeah and look at 70s Disco music sales. If this trend continues...
Most people don't read gamespot or ign, and don't give a shit about voice acting, which is 99% abysmal anyway. There are a million people in the UK alone who could do a convincing dodgy Eastern-European accent, and they'd do it for minimum wage.
I was in Asda the other week and they were selling Goodfellas on DVD. Somehow I don't see games from 1990 taking up much shelf space.
Well, it's taken me nine hours to get to level 10. Am I going to have to play for months before it actually gets enjoyable?
It's something of a myth that cycling makes you fit. I used to cycle a few miles to work, and it didn't do anything for my fitness or weight. It's not very effective exercise.
Plus no-one in this thread has managed how unreliable bikes are. Maybe you like changing an innertube in the dark at the side of the road in the rain with cars going past at 60mph. I don't consider that a pleasant way of doing things when I could drive home in ten minutes and be bone dry.
I don't think I'll have time, as I mentioned in another thread, I'm on Vista which is fucking up and refusing to let me log into the account I have warcraft on, so the trial will have run out by then.
I don't know anyone who plays the game. Maybe that's the problem.