Actually, when I saw movies of The Movies the first thing that came to my mind was "Theme Movie" since it seemed eerily similar to Theme Park and Theme Hospital.
Good that Washington is taking quick action on this. Well quick action isn't necessary the right term, but at least someone is trying to get the legislation down sooner than later.
Honestly, I don't see a good reason for the telcos to be doing this. It just seems to me that they are trying to find ways to profit while they lose business (internet being a more prevalent communication medium than your standard telephone). If you're late to the party, that's your problem.
Telco companies seem to be trying to undermine the very principles of the internet lately. With having the FCC ruling last year that allowed them to not share their lines, and now seeing this, I've become very wary of anything the telecommunications industry is trying to do lately.
This seemed like an obvious thing for AMD to do in their case. A lot of people thought this was fishy when it was first announced, especially since AMD appears to be making a better product for less than Intel is charging. Skype arbitrarily picking Intel on a whim is one thing, but there's no real logic behind any reasoning people have come up with. Unless you factor money into it.
With Skype being one of the leaders in VoIP and also a popular pick for podcasters, requiring Intel processors is an interesting, but smart, way for Intel to tap a growing niche market. And I doubt that it will be a niche market for too long.
the "curse" that seems to follow football stars featured on Chunky Soup can labels
Granted this is OT, but the same thing could be said for Pepsi commercials. Britney Spears and Spice Girls did Pepsi commercials and look were they are now.
Except for the fact that I can buy Quake 4 for $40 on PC, but I'd have to shell out $60 for the XBox360 version. Wasn't King Kong going for $50 on all systems but the 360?
Given Shiny's track record with The Matrix franchise I'm not holding my breath. And from what I heard the last EWJ incarnation (Earthworm Jim 3-D) was nothing to write home about. I'll keep my cartridge of Earthworm Jim around in case I want some good and irreverent times.
Here's to hoping that Spore sets him free from EA. I have no clue how they could release the tri-monthly expansion. Heck, Sims 2 seems to have slowed down on EP-itis.
If they could provide a limited productivity suite (Calendar, Contacts, maybe a lightweight e-mail IMAP client) this could be a good alternative to a Palm, especially for a younger generation who doesn't need to have full synchronization with a pc. Although, I wonder if the PC Lan connection for non-WiFi enabled lans could be jerry-rigged to allow synchronization of a productivity suite with a PC... But I don't think Nintendo has interest in programming apps for a PC.
Not sure if this is the same site that the article links to (since the link in the article seems to be/.ed), but this was posted in Seibertron.com a couple days ago:
I don't consider Halo 2 a renaissance of PC gaming.
Sorry but by the time Vista hits we'll already have things like UT2007 and Quake Wars out. Maybe DNF if the planets align properly this year. There's plent of non-MS games coming out this year that'll give a good boost to PC gaming. I don't see MS leading this "renaissance" particularly.
I would've ridiculed PSP owners a lot less if Sony actually had the brains to do this from the get go. Rather than letting their money grabbing greed shut down all considerations of common sense. But I guess when you finally wake up and realize your portable isn't the hot stuff it's supposed to be, dreamland goes bye-bye real fast. Did they really think consumers were willing to pay for a movie twice?
Maybe they'll realize their current marketing campaign is a joke...
I'm really getting sick of this "me too" stuff that's coming down from the telcos. I've got $5 that they're afraid that things like VOIP which can be run on other distribution systems (aside from telco lines) is gonna put them out of business. This just seems more of the same, almost like their trying to skim a little off the top of all the success Google gets. You don't see power companies doing this, it's pretty much the same thing.
And of course, this proposal of Verizon's is gonna end up getting costs passed onto consumers, someway or another.
Anyone want to bet Sony is going to try to get this out on Blu-Ray before it hits DVD?
At least the Lip synch idea is more credible than my half-baked theory. Of course it does seem to be taking them an awful long time to get this out here. Wasn't Spirits Within released in Japan not long after the American release? Did they synch or use subs for that release?
Gee.. that's funny. DQ8 got released in both major markets... and that was beating out FFXII on Famistu for most wanted for a while. KH2 got released in Japan at the tail end of the year as well in Japan. Same with Advent Children.
If FFXII is going to make up for all three of these big releases, it's gonna take a metric ton of sales.
Interesting... hasn't their whole stance been "you're on your own" in regards to connecting with other players for games? Given that their competition (MS and to a lesser degree, whether or not they consider themselves a competittor, Nintendo) have both rolled out various connection & matchmaking services, both to great success, it would've been foolish of them to not consider doing the same.
On a side note, if this is related to them missing the purported "spring release" then that's not going to be a bad thing for them in my mind. Especially if they can get some launch titles to take advantage of it.
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Actually, when I saw movies of The Movies the first thing that came to my mind was "Theme Movie" since it seemed eerily similar to Theme Park and Theme Hospital.
Good that Washington is taking quick action on this. Well quick action isn't necessary the right term, but at least someone is trying to get the legislation down sooner than later.
Honestly, I don't see a good reason for the telcos to be doing this. It just seems to me that they are trying to find ways to profit while they lose business (internet being a more prevalent communication medium than your standard telephone). If you're late to the party, that's your problem.
Telco companies seem to be trying to undermine the very principles of the internet lately. With having the FCC ruling last year that allowed them to not share their lines, and now seeing this, I've become very wary of anything the telecommunications industry is trying to do lately.
This seemed like an obvious thing for AMD to do in their case. A lot of people thought this was fishy when it was first announced, especially since AMD appears to be making a better product for less than Intel is charging. Skype arbitrarily picking Intel on a whim is one thing, but there's no real logic behind any reasoning people have come up with. Unless you factor money into it.
With Skype being one of the leaders in VoIP and also a popular pick for podcasters, requiring Intel processors is an interesting, but smart, way for Intel to tap a growing niche market. And I doubt that it will be a niche market for too long.
That is true, but this is beginning to look like xeno's paradox on a weekly basis.
You should do your homework too you know... That wasn't a MS dig, that was a full blown snipe at the "Emotion Engine" BS Sony touted prior to the PS2.
"To give an idea of the graphical prowess of their new system, Sony claims it is capable of rendering the movie "Toy Story" in real time."
http://www.dvdfuture.com/features.php?id=2
Can I download the source files for Toy Story 1 and render it in real time with this?
Pretty please?
Do CD/DVD/VHSs count under this? If so I sense a quick rise in pirating video game soundtracks, and anything anime related.
Didn't they also slash the price on a handful of other games after less than spectacular holiday sales?
I know Need For Speed Most Wanted dropped to $40 from $50
the "curse" that seems to follow football stars featured on Chunky Soup can labels
Granted this is OT, but the same thing could be said for Pepsi commercials. Britney Spears and Spice Girls did Pepsi commercials and look were they are now.
Except for the fact that I can buy Quake 4 for $40 on PC, but I'd have to shell out $60 for the XBox360 version. Wasn't King Kong going for $50 on all systems but the 360?
Given Shiny's track record with The Matrix franchise I'm not holding my breath. And from what I heard the last EWJ incarnation (Earthworm Jim 3-D) was nothing to write home about. I'll keep my cartridge of Earthworm Jim around in case I want some good and irreverent times.
Since when is something as common-sense as this article concept considered newsworthy?
Here's to hoping that Spore sets him free from EA. I have no clue how they could release the tri-monthly expansion. Heck, Sims 2 seems to have slowed down on EP-itis.
If they could provide a limited productivity suite (Calendar, Contacts, maybe a lightweight e-mail IMAP client) this could be a good alternative to a Palm, especially for a younger generation who doesn't need to have full synchronization with a pc. Although, I wonder if the PC Lan connection for non-WiFi enabled lans could be jerry-rigged to allow synchronization of a productivity suite with a PC... But I don't think Nintendo has interest in programming apps for a PC.
Didn't Chibi-robo just come out?
Not sure if this is the same site that the article links to (since the link in the article seems to be /.ed), but this was posted in Seibertron.com a couple days ago:
http://robot-fan.net/spot/spot067.html
I don't consider Halo 2 a renaissance of PC gaming.
Sorry but by the time Vista hits we'll already have things like UT2007 and Quake Wars out. Maybe DNF if the planets align properly this year. There's plent of non-MS games coming out this year that'll give a good boost to PC gaming. I don't see MS leading this "renaissance" particularly.
I would've ridiculed PSP owners a lot less if Sony actually had the brains to do this from the get go. Rather than letting their money grabbing greed shut down all considerations of common sense. But I guess when you finally wake up and realize your portable isn't the hot stuff it's supposed to be, dreamland goes bye-bye real fast. Did they really think consumers were willing to pay for a movie twice?
Maybe they'll realize their current marketing campaign is a joke...
I'm really getting sick of this "me too" stuff that's coming down from the telcos. I've got $5 that they're afraid that things like VOIP which can be run on other distribution systems (aside from telco lines) is gonna put them out of business. This just seems more of the same, almost like their trying to skim a little off the top of all the success Google gets. You don't see power companies doing this, it's pretty much the same thing.
And of course, this proposal of Verizon's is gonna end up getting costs passed onto consumers, someway or another.
I heard the first 17 minutes of XII is a cutscene which you can't skip through.
So is this gonna cause their stock to go down more? I'm sure in a year no one is going to remember this or the DoJ investigation hullabaloo
Anyone want to bet Sony is going to try to get this out on Blu-Ray before it hits DVD?
At least the Lip synch idea is more credible than my half-baked theory. Of course it does seem to be taking them an awful long time to get this out here. Wasn't Spirits Within released in Japan not long after the American release? Did they synch or use subs for that release?
Gee.. that's funny. DQ8 got released in both major markets... and that was beating out FFXII on Famistu for most wanted for a while. KH2 got released in Japan at the tail end of the year as well in Japan. Same with Advent Children.
If FFXII is going to make up for all three of these big releases, it's gonna take a metric ton of sales.
Interesting... hasn't their whole stance been "you're on your own" in regards to connecting with other players for games? Given that their competition (MS and to a lesser degree, whether or not they consider themselves a competittor, Nintendo) have both rolled out various connection & matchmaking services, both to great success, it would've been foolish of them to not consider doing the same.
On a side note, if this is related to them missing the purported "spring release" then that's not going to be a bad thing for them in my mind. Especially if they can get some launch titles to take advantage of it.
Bad news for Sony it sounds. I think it's obvious that they're not launching in the Spring like they were saying last year.