100% Agreed. I've had a BlackBerry, I have an iPod Touch, and In Dec. '08 I purchased the Samsung Omnia i910. This was supposed to be Verizon's iPhone killer. I disliked it and Windows Mobile so much that I paid an early termination fee to rid myself of the phone and Verizon.
I had never used an iPhone before, but when I left BestBuy and received my first call I was amazed at the simplicity of the device and how well the UI worked.
I NEVER used my Omnia to browse the Web, it was just that bad. I didn't even like placing and receiving calls on it. Conversely I use my iPhone non-stop, because it does what I want, when I want, and without effort. It's like the perfect woman. This phone is the one thing for which I pay a monthly premium and actually feel that I get my money's worth.
Time zone differences combined with a multitude of events usually make some creative scheduling a necessary evil with every Olympiad.
Last NBC will show bias towards events which traditionally draw more viewers as well as events where Americans are favored.
Nothing wrong with this in my book.
As far as advertising goes, it sucks, but its nothing new, that's how broadcast TV works. Tivo works the same during the Olympics as it does when you're watching Lost.
No because a low install base doesn't stop you from shipping Low install base is certainly a reason not to ship. Depending on the current investment a company might choose to go ahead and support a platform and then drop it for the future, or focus on the high volume products which require immediate attention and satisfy the smaller customer base later when the cycle allows time to do so.
Man, sorry again for this, I don't know what I was thinking. Sony execs etc. are always right. The PS3 will have the bestest Christmas ever!! If someone can release Rock, Paper, Scissors I'd take the cell plunge right now.
Let me redeem myself. I was so wrong. Big business never does anything with their best interest at hand and that was stupid of me. I'm ashamed of myself. This is how I act after all the PS3 has done for me, putting food on the table, helping take care of Grandma last year. I'm sorry Sony, I'm sorry PS3 fans:( Please mod this one down too, I deserver it.
Funny that the announcement of the delay comes a couple of weeks after the PS3 price cut. It could be just a coincidence but my guess is that Sony wanted to get a couple of weeks of good sales in before the announcement of doom from Take Two. As significant as a $100 cut is, it wouldn't have been nearly as tempting of a purchase now, knowing GTA4 is delayed.
Unless Take Two uses the extra time to pull a rabbit out of their hat and deliver some extensive, exclusive feature(s) for the PS3 version. If the impending discount is true for the already cheaper 360, add the release of Halo 3 in and call it a much better Christmas for MS and a lump of coal for Sony.
Well most people who use cell phones "know" the batteries are replaceable. Those who use PDAs and Smart Phone "know" the user experience is not exactly the same as using a Lap/Desktop.
I'm not a lawyer so I cannot say if Apple HAS to make it very clear about the battery, but they most certainly SHOULD have. What often seems to make a difference in situations like this is when the world finds out someone within the company said, "We have to do this" and those running the show choose to ignore that in order to make more profit at the expense of what is fair to the customer. One question would be did Apple know that many customers would assume the battery was replaceable and purposely minimize the notification of this in order to minimize the impact on sales.
I didn't sweat the iPhone enough to part with the half grand or switch to the unappealing AT&T network. I figured I'd wait and if it got even more features, a public SDK, or more carriers (Verizon) I'd take the plunge. Things like this battery fiasco were a setback to that. By the time the iPhone gets to the point I want it, they'll be giving it away with a 2 year contract.
Many people spend more than $200 on 480p and upscaling, non-1080p DVD players. I myself would expect to pay $500+ for a 1080 player alone (not a console) when I look at the feature sets of the first gen players currently on the market. If one wants to simply get into the 1080p realm then the PS3 is a great option. However, most who are really interested from an audio / videophile standpoint will want more.
The game library of the PS3 is small compared to the 360 because it shipped a year after the 360. Compare the library of the PS3 to what the Wii has for a fair comparison -- PS3 has far more games. The poster specified "decent" game library, he wasn't only comparing the number of releases in each. The why doesn't matter, it just matters that the deficiency exists.
This "problem" with the PS3 will be fixed shortly, there are a bunch of great exclusives just around the corner. MGS, Gran Turismo, Heavenly Sword, Hot Shots Golf, Little Big Planet, etc, etc. The biggest name in that list is MGS and the story highlights the possibility that it may become a non-exclusive.
PS3 is doing just fine for a console that shipped only seven months ago. As you've stated it only shipped seven months ago, yet the price is dropping $100. I don't think Sony shares the same opinion.
This was down to management believing that 1.5 was too new and 'untested' even though Sun obviously thought it production worthy.
I love Java just as much as the next guy but just because Sun releases it into production doesn't mean there won't be regressions, new bugs, security alerts released saying move up to _xx to fix the problem, and then more of the same is found in the "fixed" release.
These kind of people would be very scared if you tried to write code using 1.5, recompile the byte code using some new-ish open source toolkits and then putting it in to production. Then again, you could do it without telling anyone.:)
I wouldn't want to work in an environment where someone, or some build system WOULDN'T notice this kind of change. Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the guys who wants to upgrade; I just know it needs to be done carefully, and I have also seen what happens when hundreds of developers start implementing new language features without thoroughly thinking through the impact on the overall product(s) and requirements.
Also, Nuclear Power Plant's don't pop up daily like your favorite Seattle coffee house. It can take 10 years to build one, and most likely any nuclear plant you know of operating today would appear on a 5 year old map.
No. It's more like regulating the gambling industry or trading in the market. Regulation won't stop stupidity and corruption 100% of the time, but without it we'd have more than just one Enron. I don't see a problem with individuals selling virtual commodities, but there needs to be some assurance and accountability.
I don't believe this is the case. I would think when the figures say they're losing X amount of dollars per console sold it takes into acount R&D cost spread out over # of consoles produced at the release, hardware cost per unit, etc. All of these things are high because manufacturing isn't ramped up and they're also not getting any bulk discounts on compoments. As more factories get on-line and more consoles are leaving the shelves the cost of production will go down. Eventually they'll be out of the red, even if it takes three years it's ok because I don't think that is even considering the game licensing and sales figures.
Good luck on getting those "honest statistics". There is no such thing when it comes to print and television media. The thing is it doesn't matter what the sales numbers are since two of the consoles are in short supply since launch day. It will matter what those sales figures are next year after they've both been in the field for a while and manufacturing increases. Even if the 360 sold only half the consoles of both the PS3 and Wii, it wins in Novemeber as far as I am concerned..... it's well past it's launch date and still at it's original price. I'm a loyalist to neither company and I'll probably bye a Wii at some point but I just don't see it's sales figures looking like the 360 a year later after it's launch.
Yes, If more Wii consoles were available they would have outsold the 360 and in less time..... Even if the Wii coud have sold 100K more consoles than the Xbox 360, it shouldn't be that close. The big picture is that in November, the 360 managed to sell 500K+ consoles MONTHS after it's launch day and amonst the launch of two other systems. I will be surprised if the Wii sells 500K+ units a year from now like the 360.
I know that MS said it lost X dollars per xbox sold and now Sony is claiming the same with the PS3, but I alway wonder how much of that is cold hard cash. I'm thinking most of it is moving numbers around from one cost center to another, counting R&D hours that goto develop and support the product, that sort of thing. Yes, I know you've gotta pay people to do this there still is just a slight difference in my opinion from Sony taking $300 out of the bank and burning it everytime someone buys a PS3.
I've not picked up a Wii yet but it really doesn't matter who had the best launch titles when one of the consoles launched a year earlier. Thats more of a p1ssing contest for publicity and market execs. People are going to choose between one, or a combination of all three consoles for various reasons, but if a consumer put more weight on game titles today, what was available at launch only means something in terms of the Wii and PS3.
You're right, for some people here MS just can't win. I'm not ready to give them a Nobel Peace Price but at least they're doing the right thing on this one. Oh, and you left Odell Lake off your game list.
What platform did you steal this conspiracy theory argument from? In fact, it sounds strangely like something I've heard in a Chris Rock comedy routine (I'm not joking). This "long term revenue" stream you speak of would be dwarfed by potential revenue from producing a drug that safely cures terminal illness. There is a dark-side to the pharma industry, just as anywhere else; You shouldn't however discount that a part of the industry are many scientist who for emotional, personal, and/or professional reason dedicate their careers to finding "the next cure". Here in the Research Triangle Park (NC) there are a decent number of pharma startups making money because they're showing promise towards developing possible cures.
The complexity of curing cancer, AIDS, MS, etc. goes without saying. There are plenty of new drugs hitting the market and sitting on the FDA's desk. All of these are the next best thing, but there is always a side effect. The pharma giants don't have this control you speak of to create this long-term revenue stream, just like they can't control their stock prices when the latest drug they've been banking on doesn't present good data from the trials.
Your argument isn't logical. If the pharma-cos were all as evil as you say they'd still want a cure, it would be the prevention of the diseases they'd be against.
If that happened to me, I'd be annoyed, too. (It'd be even more annoying if I were accused of ignorance for not having protected myself against this "obvious" threat, that evidently everybody else knows about and makes allowances for.)
I would absolutely say it's your fault. You didn't follow the chain of command. I'm your customer, not Print Shop A's. If you want, blame Print Shop A; But let Print Shop A blame the virus prone printer.
This is still Apple neglecting to take FULL responsibility for their actions. Jobs knew that grouping Windows in with themselves it would initiate this kind of debate. It's the same as a back-handed compliment. It's you apologizing for stealing money I left out in the open and following with, "but you should have hidden it". One shouldn't leave valuables exposed, and Windows should be more resilient, but the real cause of this is some problem(s) along the way in Apple's development process. I don't care if the virus got there from an assembly plant in China or the PC next door. When I purchased my Ipod I was purchasing from Apple and it's their brand to protect. I'm responsible for the product after it gets on my doorstep but they're responsible for everything in between. That should be my privilege for spending $299.
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100% Agreed. I've had a BlackBerry, I have an iPod Touch, and In Dec. '08 I purchased the Samsung Omnia i910. This was supposed to be Verizon's iPhone killer. I disliked it and Windows Mobile so much that I paid an early termination fee to rid myself of the phone and Verizon. I had never used an iPhone before, but when I left BestBuy and received my first call I was amazed at the simplicity of the device and how well the UI worked. I NEVER used my Omnia to browse the Web, it was just that bad. I didn't even like placing and receiving calls on it. Conversely I use my iPhone non-stop, because it does what I want, when I want, and without effort. It's like the perfect woman. This phone is the one thing for which I pay a monthly premium and actually feel that I get my money's worth.
Time zone differences combined with a multitude of events usually make some creative scheduling a necessary evil with every Olympiad. Last NBC will show bias towards events which traditionally draw more viewers as well as events where Americans are favored. Nothing wrong with this in my book. As far as advertising goes, it sucks, but its nothing new, that's how broadcast TV works. Tivo works the same during the Olympics as it does when you're watching Lost.
Man, sorry again for this, I don't know what I was thinking. Sony execs etc. are always right. The PS3 will have the bestest Christmas ever!! If someone can release Rock, Paper, Scissors I'd take the cell plunge right now.
Let me redeem myself. I was so wrong. Big business never does anything with their best interest at hand and that was stupid of me. I'm ashamed of myself. This is how I act after all the PS3 has done for me, putting food on the table, helping take care of Grandma last year. I'm sorry Sony, I'm sorry PS3 fans :( Please mod this one down too, I deserver it.
Funny that the announcement of the delay comes a couple of weeks after the PS3 price cut. It could be just a coincidence but my guess is that Sony wanted to get a couple of weeks of good sales in before the announcement of doom from Take Two. As significant as a $100 cut is, it wouldn't have been nearly as tempting of a purchase now, knowing GTA4 is delayed.
Yes, smaler, but some how a bit sh1ttier.
Unless Take Two uses the extra time to pull a rabbit out of their hat and deliver some extensive, exclusive feature(s) for the PS3 version. If the impending discount is true for the already cheaper 360, add the release of Halo 3 in and call it a much better Christmas for MS and a lump of coal for Sony.
Well most people who use cell phones "know" the batteries are replaceable. Those who use PDAs and Smart Phone "know" the user experience is not exactly the same as using a Lap/Desktop. I'm not a lawyer so I cannot say if Apple HAS to make it very clear about the battery, but they most certainly SHOULD have. What often seems to make a difference in situations like this is when the world finds out someone within the company said, "We have to do this" and those running the show choose to ignore that in order to make more profit at the expense of what is fair to the customer. One question would be did Apple know that many customers would assume the battery was replaceable and purposely minimize the notification of this in order to minimize the impact on sales. I didn't sweat the iPhone enough to part with the half grand or switch to the unappealing AT&T network. I figured I'd wait and if it got even more features, a public SDK, or more carriers (Verizon) I'd take the plunge. Things like this battery fiasco were a setback to that. By the time the iPhone gets to the point I want it, they'll be giving it away with a 2 year contract.
Many people spend more than $200 on 480p and upscaling, non-1080p DVD players. I myself would expect to pay $500+ for a 1080 player alone (not a console) when I look at the feature sets of the first gen players currently on the market. If one wants to simply get into the 1080p realm then the PS3 is a great option. However, most who are really interested from an audio / videophile standpoint will want more.
Just because the content isn't captured in 1080p doesn't mean it can't be displayed that way.
I love Java just as much as the next guy but just because Sun releases it into production doesn't mean there won't be regressions, new bugs, security alerts released saying move up to _xx to fix the problem, and then more of the same is found in the "fixed" release.
These kind of people would be very scared if you tried to write code using 1.5, recompile the byte code using some new-ish open source toolkits and then putting it in to production. Then again, you could do it without telling anyone.
I wouldn't want to work in an environment where someone, or some build system WOULDN'T notice this kind of change. Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the guys who wants to upgrade; I just know it needs to be done carefully, and I have also seen what happens when hundreds of developers start implementing new language features without thoroughly thinking through the impact on the overall product(s) and requirements.
Is this "service" station connected to the Bunny Ranch???
I'll just mention one name Timothy McVeigh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh
Also, Nuclear Power Plant's don't pop up daily like your favorite Seattle coffee house. It can take 10 years to build one, and most likely any nuclear plant you know of operating today would appear on a 5 year old map.
No. It's more like regulating the gambling industry or trading in the market. Regulation won't stop stupidity and corruption 100% of the time, but without it we'd have more than just one Enron. I don't see a problem with individuals selling virtual commodities, but there needs to be some assurance and accountability.
I don't believe this is the case. I would think when the figures say they're losing X amount of dollars per console sold it takes into acount R&D cost spread out over # of consoles produced at the release, hardware cost per unit, etc. All of these things are high because manufacturing isn't ramped up and they're also not getting any bulk discounts on compoments. As more factories get on-line and more consoles are leaving the shelves the cost of production will go down. Eventually they'll be out of the red, even if it takes three years it's ok because I don't think that is even considering the game licensing and sales figures.
Good luck on getting those "honest statistics". There is no such thing when it comes to print and television media. The thing is it doesn't matter what the sales numbers are since two of the consoles are in short supply since launch day. It will matter what those sales figures are next year after they've both been in the field for a while and manufacturing increases. Even if the 360 sold only half the consoles of both the PS3 and Wii, it wins in Novemeber as far as I am concerned..... it's well past it's launch date and still at it's original price. I'm a loyalist to neither company and I'll probably bye a Wii at some point but I just don't see it's sales figures looking like the 360 a year later after it's launch.
Yes, If more Wii consoles were available they would have outsold the 360 and in less time..... Even if the Wii coud have sold 100K more consoles than the Xbox 360, it shouldn't be that close. The big picture is that in November, the 360 managed to sell 500K+ consoles MONTHS after it's launch day and amonst the launch of two other systems. I will be surprised if the Wii sells 500K+ units a year from now like the 360.
I know that MS said it lost X dollars per xbox sold and now Sony is claiming the same with the PS3, but I alway wonder how much of that is cold hard cash. I'm thinking most of it is moving numbers around from one cost center to another, counting R&D hours that goto develop and support the product, that sort of thing. Yes, I know you've gotta pay people to do this there still is just a slight difference in my opinion from Sony taking $300 out of the bank and burning it everytime someone buys a PS3.
I've not picked up a Wii yet but it really doesn't matter who had the best launch titles when one of the consoles launched a year earlier. Thats more of a p1ssing contest for publicity and market execs. People are going to choose between one, or a combination of all three consoles for various reasons, but if a consumer put more weight on game titles today, what was available at launch only means something in terms of the Wii and PS3.
You're right, for some people here MS just can't win. I'm not ready to give them a Nobel Peace Price but at least they're doing the right thing on this one. Oh, and you left Odell Lake off your game list.
What platform did you steal this conspiracy theory argument from? In fact, it sounds strangely like something I've heard in a Chris Rock comedy routine (I'm not joking). This "long term revenue" stream you speak of would be dwarfed by potential revenue from producing a drug that safely cures terminal illness. There is a dark-side to the pharma industry, just as anywhere else; You shouldn't however discount that a part of the industry are many scientist who for emotional, personal, and/or professional reason dedicate their careers to finding "the next cure". Here in the Research Triangle Park (NC) there are a decent number of pharma startups making money because they're showing promise towards developing possible cures. The complexity of curing cancer, AIDS, MS, etc. goes without saying. There are plenty of new drugs hitting the market and sitting on the FDA's desk. All of these are the next best thing, but there is always a side effect. The pharma giants don't have this control you speak of to create this long-term revenue stream, just like they can't control their stock prices when the latest drug they've been banking on doesn't present good data from the trials. Your argument isn't logical. If the pharma-cos were all as evil as you say they'd still want a cure, it would be the prevention of the diseases they'd be against.
I would absolutely say it's your fault. You didn't follow the chain of command. I'm your customer, not Print Shop A's. If you want, blame Print Shop A; But let Print Shop A blame the virus prone printer.
This is still Apple neglecting to take FULL responsibility for their actions. Jobs knew that grouping Windows in with themselves it would initiate this kind of debate. It's the same as a back-handed compliment. It's you apologizing for stealing money I left out in the open and following with, "but you should have hidden it". One shouldn't leave valuables exposed, and Windows should be more resilient, but the real cause of this is some problem(s) along the way in Apple's development process. I don't care if the virus got there from an assembly plant in China or the PC next door. When I purchased my Ipod I was purchasing from Apple and it's their brand to protect. I'm responsible for the product after it gets on my doorstep but they're responsible for everything in between. That should be my privilege for spending $299.