You know, if I didn't love nintendo games, I would be laughing right now:
First they shun CDs with the N64. Everybody thought that was a mistake way back when and lo and behold: it was! Nintendo swallows and goes mini-dvds the next generation but...
They go shun online gaming and downplay tech specs (I erroneously thought for the longest time that the GC was inferior to the PS2) with the Gamecube. Everybody thought doing this was a stupid move and lo and behold: it was! Nintendo swallows again and starts raving about wireless and online for the next generation but...
Now with revolution, They're poised to make what may be the stupidest mistake of all. No HD? What.The.Fuck ??? It's the ONE thing that next-gen consoles must obviously embrace. Even more obvious than 3D back in the Saturn and PSX days. I just want to start slapping whomever is in charge at nintendo until he stops making stupid fucking decisions. What's next? Let's nix sound in games? Or maybe use controllers with 2 buttons? Jesus fucking christ. I'm pissed. I'm gonna have to play the next zelda in 480p.
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How about keeping things simple and ignoring the issue entirely? If people, trade files, they trade files. Who gives a shit?
And voila! No headaches, no problems, no unhappy people.
This generation started with the Dreamcast 6 years ago. Therefore you are full of shit.
1-Companies are *not* pushing shorter and shorter generations. The cycle has held steady around the 5-years mark.
2-The technology leaps are not getting smaller and smaller. You're just making shit up. They're big leaps each time.
Did I mention you are full of shit? Pity misguided folks modded you interesting.
Here I am, using a 24" widescreen monitor at 1900x1200 resolution, powered by a 6800GT and 1 gig of ram, using a logitech mx1000 laser mouse and I still get the shit kicked out of me at counterstrike by people playing on 486s with 14" monitors. The exact same amount of shit kicked out of me when I was playing with a geforce 2 mx and a crappy 15" monitor.
Ok, I'm exagerating about the 486s but you get my point: Skill is everything, the edge you get from the best hardware is negligible, period.
I keep hearing how graphics can't be improved all that much and it just makes want to punch people.
Graphics have a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go before we get to photorealistic quality. It's not going to happen in 5 years, or in 10 or in 20. Heck, I'll be surprised if it happens within the next 50 years. So please shut up about it.
Just out of boredom, here's my take on your list:
-Zelda is zelda. I'll buy any console just to play the game, no reviews/screenshots needed.
-Odama sounds like it could be a fun weird little game but hardly something i'd lose sleep over if it gets delayed.
-I don't care about Nintendogs or golden retrievers.
-Ah, Pilotwings, I'd definitely like a cube Pilotwings.
-Alpha Centauri ain't my kinda game so meh.
Mario Kart DS online. Hell yeah! That'll get me to buy a DS.
-Animal Crossing ain't my kinda game at all. double meh.
-I'd like to know how the revolution is revolutionary. I don't care what haters think, I know it'll sport good enough graphics to compete.
-Tetris DS? Nah, plenty of tetrises available already.
I also disagreed with the SDMB's decision to switch to a paying subscriber system. The board still runs sluggish so I have to question the use of the money.
In the board's defense, anyone can still get a free 30 days trial account (crippled : can't search) and it's trivial to keep reregistering under different names using throwaway email accounts so you're not locked out if you don't want to pay.
I recently paid for membership because the SDMB is a very, very useful board unlike most of them. I won't go into details but it has proven to be a very sound investment.
Your explanation was short, simple and clear. I never considered that particular application. Not only can you exchange data safely through the quantum fiber thingie, but you can generate one time pads that can be used with other mediums. Pretty cool!
Ooops, here is the formatted version of my post:
As we all know, Hard drives are expensive and don't go down past a certain price (around $40-50) so it's significantly cheaper for microsoft not to include
I can definitely see a "Live! pack" that includes the hard drive, headphones and x free months of live service priced around $100. I'm also seeing a "prettied up" halo 2 preinstalled on the HD to sweeten the deal. Xbox gamers today already have to buy a separate Live! pack, so this wouldn't be inconsistent on Microsoft's part.
I still think it would have been smarter to just include an HD AND a microphone out of the box so that people have very little to do to subscribe to Live!. They'll have the online multiplayer taunting them everytime they launch a game and many will end up whipping out their credit cards and signing up. This would increase the percentage of Live! users significantly from the 8% microsoft counts on today.
This means regular cashflow to microsoft (which in time will cover the losses incurred by bundling HDs in the system), not to mention that once you are paying for Live!, then you have more incentive to buy new games. If your friend buys a solo game, you could always wait for him to finish it and borrow it. If it's a multiplayer game, you'll go buy it so you can play online with him. Also, playing online is great in and on itself...
And well, no developper will complain because they have a Hard Drive to work with either. We all know that the Xbox's HD and the PS2's optional one didn't really see much use but that could change.
I can definitely see a "Live! pack" that includes the hard drive, headphones and x free months of live service priced around $100. I'm also seeing a "prettied up" halo 2 preinstalled on the HD to sweeten the deal. Xbox gamers today already have to buy a separate Live! pack, so this wouldn't be inconsistent on Microsoft's part
I still think it would have been smarter to just include an HD AND a microphone out of the box so that people have very little to do to subscribe to Live!. They'll have the online multiplayer taunting them everytime they launch a game and many will end up whipping out their credit cards and signing up. This would increase the percentage of Live! users significantly from the 8% microsoft counts on today.
This means regular cashflow to microsoft (which in time will cover the losses incurred by bundling HDs in the system), not to mention that once you are paying for Live!, then you have more incentive to buy new games. If your friend buys a solo game, you could always wait for him to finish it and borrow it. If it's a multiplayer game, you'll go buy it so you can play online with him. Also, playing online is great in and on itself...
And well, no developper will complain because they have a Hard Drive to work with either. We all know that the Xbox's HD and the PS2's optional one didn't really see much use but that could change.
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You know, if I didn't love nintendo games, I would be laughing right now:
First they shun CDs with the N64. Everybody thought that was a mistake way back when and lo and behold: it was! Nintendo swallows and goes mini-dvds the next generation but...
They go shun online gaming and downplay tech specs (I erroneously thought for the longest time that the GC was inferior to the PS2) with the Gamecube. Everybody thought doing this was a stupid move and lo and behold: it was! Nintendo swallows again and starts raving about wireless and online for the next generation but...
Now with revolution, They're poised to make what may be the stupidest mistake of all. No HD? What.The.Fuck ??? It's the ONE thing that next-gen consoles must obviously embrace. Even more obvious than 3D back in the Saturn and PSX days. I just want to start slapping whomever is in charge at nintendo until he stops making stupid fucking decisions. What's next? Let's nix sound in games? Or maybe use controllers with 2 buttons? Jesus fucking christ. I'm pissed. I'm gonna have to play the next zelda in 480p.
How about keeping things simple and ignoring the issue entirely? If people, trade files, they trade files. Who gives a shit?
And voila! No headaches, no problems, no unhappy people.
You might want to check out this thread on the very same topic. It's an interesting conversation if I may say so myself. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php ?t=310547
and it might actually help Napster in this case
How?
Agreed. I was starting to believe I was the only one who saw it that way.
Have you tried some of the japanese strategy games for the PS2 ? Disgaea, phantom brave, etc.
You apparently missed E3 entirely. Go check gamespot or IGN and come back when you're up to speed.
The Revolution uses DVD media, not BluRay. Only the PS3 will be using BluRay media.
Say what you want but that was an amazing video to watch. If I had a hat, it'd be off to those folks.
(also: I, for one, welcome our self-replicating robot overlords.)
This generation started with the Dreamcast 6 years ago. Therefore you are full of shit. 1-Companies are *not* pushing shorter and shorter generations. The cycle has held steady around the 5-years mark. 2-The technology leaps are not getting smaller and smaller. You're just making shit up. They're big leaps each time. Did I mention you are full of shit? Pity misguided folks modded you interesting.
Aha, you seem to agree with me. I suggest you check out this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php ?t=310547
I think you'll enjoy it.
Here I am, using a 24" widescreen monitor at 1900x1200 resolution, powered by a 6800GT and 1 gig of ram, using a logitech mx1000 laser mouse and I still get the shit kicked out of me at counterstrike by people playing on 486s with 14" monitors. The exact same amount of shit kicked out of me when I was playing with a geforce 2 mx and a crappy 15" monitor.
Ok, I'm exagerating about the 486s but you get my point: Skill is everything, the edge you get from the best hardware is negligible, period.
I keep hearing how graphics can't be improved all that much and it just makes want to punch people.
Graphics have a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go before we get to photorealistic quality. It's not going to happen in 5 years, or in 10 or in 20. Heck, I'll be surprised if it happens within the next 50 years. So please shut up about it.
Mod parent up. That was funny.
Just out of boredom, here's my take on your list: -Zelda is zelda. I'll buy any console just to play the game, no reviews/screenshots needed. -Odama sounds like it could be a fun weird little game but hardly something i'd lose sleep over if it gets delayed. -I don't care about Nintendogs or golden retrievers. -Ah, Pilotwings, I'd definitely like a cube Pilotwings. -Alpha Centauri ain't my kinda game so meh. Mario Kart DS online. Hell yeah! That'll get me to buy a DS. -Animal Crossing ain't my kinda game at all. double meh. -I'd like to know how the revolution is revolutionary. I don't care what haters think, I know it'll sport good enough graphics to compete. -Tetris DS? Nah, plenty of tetrises available already.
Because who would have imagined that google would have enough bandwidth to act as a proxy for everybody ? I still have a hard time believing it...
I also disagreed with the SDMB's decision to switch to a paying subscriber system. The board still runs sluggish so I have to question the use of the money. In the board's defense, anyone can still get a free 30 days trial account (crippled : can't search) and it's trivial to keep reregistering under different names using throwaway email accounts so you're not locked out if you don't want to pay. I recently paid for membership because the SDMB is a very, very useful board unlike most of them. I won't go into details but it has proven to be a very sound investment.
Mod parent up. I wish more people wrote comments like this one.
Your explanation was short, simple and clear. I never considered that particular application. Not only can you exchange data safely through the quantum fiber thingie, but you can generate one time pads that can be used with other mediums. Pretty cool!
Thank you.
Those are my favorites, crunchy but not too hard.
Ooops, here is the formatted version of my post: As we all know, Hard drives are expensive and don't go down past a certain price (around $40-50) so it's significantly cheaper for microsoft not to include I can definitely see a "Live! pack" that includes the hard drive, headphones and x free months of live service priced around $100. I'm also seeing a "prettied up" halo 2 preinstalled on the HD to sweeten the deal. Xbox gamers today already have to buy a separate Live! pack, so this wouldn't be inconsistent on Microsoft's part. I still think it would have been smarter to just include an HD AND a microphone out of the box so that people have very little to do to subscribe to Live!. They'll have the online multiplayer taunting them everytime they launch a game and many will end up whipping out their credit cards and signing up. This would increase the percentage of Live! users significantly from the 8% microsoft counts on today. This means regular cashflow to microsoft (which in time will cover the losses incurred by bundling HDs in the system), not to mention that once you are paying for Live!, then you have more incentive to buy new games. If your friend buys a solo game, you could always wait for him to finish it and borrow it. If it's a multiplayer game, you'll go buy it so you can play online with him. Also, playing online is great in and on itself... And well, no developper will complain because they have a Hard Drive to work with either. We all know that the Xbox's HD and the PS2's optional one didn't really see much use but that could change.
I can definitely see a "Live! pack" that includes the hard drive, headphones and x free months of live service priced around $100. I'm also seeing a "prettied up" halo 2 preinstalled on the HD to sweeten the deal. Xbox gamers today already have to buy a separate Live! pack, so this wouldn't be inconsistent on Microsoft's part I still think it would have been smarter to just include an HD AND a microphone out of the box so that people have very little to do to subscribe to Live!. They'll have the online multiplayer taunting them everytime they launch a game and many will end up whipping out their credit cards and signing up. This would increase the percentage of Live! users significantly from the 8% microsoft counts on today. This means regular cashflow to microsoft (which in time will cover the losses incurred by bundling HDs in the system), not to mention that once you are paying for Live!, then you have more incentive to buy new games. If your friend buys a solo game, you could always wait for him to finish it and borrow it. If it's a multiplayer game, you'll go buy it so you can play online with him. Also, playing online is great in and on itself... And well, no developper will complain because they have a Hard Drive to work with either. We all know that the Xbox's HD and the PS2's optional one didn't really see much use but that could change.
I can't begin to imagine the amount of work the creators must've put into it. Definitely long and best appreciated by those who played FF6 though.
I wish I had mod points for you.
Nah, they're not unpiratable, it just took a while for the gc modchips to appear. Google Viper GC.