"If you want storyline, you're probably after a book or movie and not a game at all."
I disagree.
Sure, some games work fine without a storyline.
But a storyline helps suck you into the game. It gives what you are doing in the game a purpose. It can help you immerse in the game, create an atmosphere, along with the graphics.
"right now its all about the controller and only about the controller, we know exactly *nothing* about the games we will play on Revolution (except a few screenshots of Red Steel and N64, SNES, NES, etc. of course) and that is most likly what he is complaining about."
So where was he when Sony and MS were all about the graphics of their new consoles?
"With the N64 we had Mario64, so we raved about Mario64 and not the new analog-stick, with the Rev we rave about the controller, not the games"
Eh? We rave about the possibilities of the Rev controller, for new types of games, for immersive gameplay.
"Last not least the Rev controller might end up like a solution searching for a problem"
The problem was that controllers were full of buttons and hard to get used to for most people. This solves that problem, and adds something new to the gaming world.
"When someone comes up with 'problems' that the Revolution controller solves"
Such as today's controllers being far too complicated to reach new markets?
The Revolution does solve a problem: It makes it easier for casual gamers to just sit down and play without getting too confused about which button to press. Have you ever seen a newbie play Super Mario? He'll move the joypad to jump. That's what's intuitive to him, but it never worked. Now it will work.
Also, the controller opens new possibilities, such as what the first announced game promises: You are more draw into the game because the way you move the controller is reflected in-game.
- Opera was the first browser to open tabs in the background, IIRC, and you can do it in several ways, such as Ctrl+Shift+click, or simply a middle-click.
- You can reorder your bookmarks the way you want.
- You simply drag and drop to add bookmarks to the personal bar.
FYI, Opera has always been a smaller download than Firefox. On Mac and Linux, Firefox is about twice the size of Opera, IIRC. On Windows, Opera is now 3.7 (including the Flash plugin which is 700K or so), while Firefox is 5.
Opera has always been a smaller download than Firefox.
You may be referring to the optional Java bundle that used to be available ages ago, but Opera doesn't require Java to run. It was simply there as a convenience. Opera without Java was 3 or so MB.
Heck, since Opera 5, Opera has bundled the Flash plugin in all versions, so basically Opera itself is half a meg or so smaller than the download since Flash adds a lot to the size.
Say what? Settings are one of the wonderful things about open source? What on earth does having settings have to do with being able to view/edit the source code?
Now, if you had suggested something which required a source code change, that would be one thing. But those are just normal settings, and closed source programs have them too. In fact, I think two of those are even in Opera's GUI.
Nintendo was the only console maker who actually turned a profit from their home console. Yes, they made money on the GameCube. Sony and Microsoft lost money on their offerings.
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Too late. Microsoft already created the X-Vagina (search for "box").
The parent post is nothing but a straw man argument. He obviously didn't even bother to read RTFA.
Sure, some games work fine without a storyline.
But a storyline helps suck you into the game. It gives what you are doing in the game a purpose. It can help you immerse in the game, create an atmosphere, along with the graphics.
There's the thumbstick addon (which comes in the package) for controlling movement.
Who needs a controller to play games? FMV, dude!
The Revolution does solve a problem: It makes it easier for casual gamers to just sit down and play without getting too confused about which button to press. Have you ever seen a newbie play Super Mario? He'll move the joypad to jump. That's what's intuitive to him, but it never worked. Now it will work.
Also, the controller opens new possibilities, such as what the first announced game promises: You are more draw into the game because the way you move the controller is reflected in-game.
The DS has lots of interesting games, by the way.
Opera opens in the background BY DEFAULT on middle-click.
And yes, I'm sure it's really difficult to click the VIEW button to change the way things are viewed, LOL :D
You are lying. Opera is not more different from other browsers than they are from each other.
But that's expected from a fanboy :)
- Opera was the first browser to open tabs in the background, IIRC, and you can do it in several ways, such as Ctrl+Shift+click, or simply a middle-click.
- You can reorder your bookmarks the way you want.
- You simply drag and drop to add bookmarks to the personal bar.
You are simply wrong, and lying about Opera.
FYI, Opera has always been a smaller download than Firefox. On Mac and Linux, Firefox is about twice the size of Opera, IIRC. On Windows, Opera is now 3.7 (including the Flash plugin which is 700K or so), while Firefox is 5.
You may be referring to the optional Java bundle that used to be available ages ago, but Opera doesn't require Java to run. It was simply there as a convenience. Opera without Java was 3 or so MB.
Heck, since Opera 5, Opera has bundled the Flash plugin in all versions, so basically Opera itself is half a meg or so smaller than the download since Flash adds a lot to the size.
Now, if you had suggested something which required a source code change, that would be one thing. But those are just normal settings, and closed source programs have them too. In fact, I think two of those are even in Opera's GUI.
Wow, what a tragedy, Nintendo doesn't do everything the way you, the gaming market expert, want them to. They will surely fail!
No, you'd use Opera to activate the thing, and then you could switch to your favorite game and play away.
Nintendo was the only console maker who actually turned a profit from their home console. Yes, they made money on the GameCube. Sony and Microsoft lost money on their offerings.
"I used to believe in capitalism. Really, I did. But the more I see how the government"
As soon as you see how the government starts getting involved it's not capitalism anymore.
It's the blogger that's lying (again). Slashdot just posts his drivel unfortunately. Not the first time it happens either.