I know this is off topic ..
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But is the world of nerd news dying? Where's all the nerd news? I'm a gamer and all, but half of todays stories on/. are about games? What's going on? Did/. discover that the ads for games are worth more or something?
From the article: The team labored for years and made critical decisions that enabled Microsoft to beat Sony and Nintendo to market with a new box, despite a late start with the Xbox in the previous product cycle.
When I read that.. the only thing I could think of was: made critical decisions == compromise quality. Hahahahaha. We all know the production problems and quality problems the 360 had / is having.
It may take ten seconds to create a subdomain, but, it takes ages for dns propagation.
Ummm.. it's been 3 days since they announced it. I've registered many domain names before, it doesn't even take that long for a domain, let alone a Nintendo controlled sub-domain. (You see the word 'sub' in there?)
Go register for dyndns.org.. and tell me it takes 3 days.
if this is indeed a hoax. When the name first came out, I was rather indifferent about it. In the end, I don't really care about the name, I'm still buying it:)
However, I did have time to think about it, since I didn't waste my day posting to message boards about how I think it's so stupid like the rest of the world did. What I came up with was rather simular.
Either I'll be made fun of for playing my Wii... OR... Nintendo is a brilliant. Why brilliant? Well, what if on E3, they don't unveil the Wii.. they unveil the "XXXXXX" (Whatever the REAL name is) !!!??? Yah.. that would be absolutely pure genius. Not only did they steal attention of everyone for the 2 weeks BEFORE E3... they'll steal the attention at E3 and for the 2 weeks following!
It wouldn't have been an expensive campaign either. 1 Press Release. 1 stupid little flash movie up on http://revolution.nintendo.com./ That's it!? And it got all this press!
Here's a little more fuel for this consipiracy fire. Why does http://wii.nintendo.com/ not work? That'd take a whole 10 seconds for someone to create that subdomain and point it to revolution.nintendo.com or even just mirror that page from it. Hmmmmmm? Maybe it isn't the name after all?!??!
I just sent them a short email thanking them for understanding that their fans are mostly NOT thieves. Is it any wonder that I in fact already own most of the CDs from most of the artists in that coalition?
Proud to be a Canadian today.
P.S. I especially like what's on their front page as the #1 bullet:
1. Suing Our Fans is Destructive and Hypocritical
Well duh?! When was that last time you saw a successful business model where you sue the pants out of your customers?:)
I know its kind of offtopic but I don't understand why microsoft doesn't act like every other console maker and make a leaner looking lower priced version of the original xbox...which I might actually be tempted to purchase.
It's actually the reason why they rushed the 360. They were bleeding money from the first XBOX. Remember, they basically were buying parts from other people to build the Xboxes. They didn't "own the silicon" as people have been saying about it. They probably COULDN'T build a new version of the XBOX if they wanted to. Their relationship with Nvidia is dead.
Knowing that, why do you think they were in such a rush to release the 360? I've read from gamer mags that they're speculating that the XBOX will cease production in Feb. 2007. Meanwhile, the PS2 is still selling very well.
This is also the reason why the PS3 is being rushed to launch this year as well. Sony (these are now just my opinions) had no intention of releasing PS3 this year. They didn't need to. PS2 is still doing very very well. Why would they release the PS3 (or even announce it) at the cost of their own PS2 sales. The 360. Because of Microsoft, we've just sped through the last generation faster than anyone really wanted to. I'm willing to bet that Sony wanted to iron out Blu-Ray before launching or even announcing the PS3.
price? how about unit distribution?
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They could have sold through a lot more if they didn't ship 150k units to japan that only sold like what? 10k units? I think they wanted to believe so much that the 360 could take off in japan that they ignored reality. It wouldn't:)
That really hurt them at the beginning. I wonder if it affected the total number of possible sales?
Hopefully MS again recognizes its hardcore fans who acquired the 360 early in the production cycle will expect some sort of compensation for their willingness to purchase a console with apparent heat/performance issues.
In other words, you want to be paid (instead of paying for) to be a Beta tester?:)
I thought the march sales numbers were like 25% lower than year ago numbers? That's a decline isn't it?:)
Anyways, you're absolutely right about Nintendo actually making money vs. MS and Sony. The important thing about all these numbers is this:
March saw lower sales vs. a year ago. However, Nintendo posted profits WAY above what they expected. The shares have been soaring as of late.
That in a nutshell tells me that Nintendo is doing something right, and they're actually expanding the market the way the stock market likes companies to do. And they're rewarding Nintendo too. However, for some reason, the gaming sites et al seem to always peg Nintendo as "going downhill". I don't get it. There's only one conclusion I can come up with for this oddity. These gaming sites must all be paid (well.. maybe not all) by the likes of MS and/or Sony in some way so it's beneficial for them to bash Nintendo. We all know Nintendo doesn't spend as much on marketing as MS and Sony, so could it be that all the Nintendo bashing sites are just being paid to do so?
DS has revitalized my gaming
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[Disclaimer: I'm a Nintendo whore]
However, recently i haven't been playing as many games as I used to. I actually own Metroid Prime Hunters, Tetris DS, and Brain Age comes out today and I'm going to go pick it up tonight.
The thing with the DS is variety. And by variety, I don't mean 10 different kinds of FPSes. These are truly DIFFERENT games. It's not just these titles, things like Nintedogs (as mentioned in the summary) and Kirby's Canvas Curse that has brought me back to my handheld. They keep managing to release games that are actually interesting. The last few months, I'd saying my gaming has been split like so: 95% DS, 5% PC (CS, FarCry)
(I cancelled my WoW subscription, not because I don't love it, quite the opposite. I love it too much:) )
Maybe I'm just getting old? Oh well. As long as I keep getting my variety of games, I'll be happy. Probably why I'm most excited about the Revolution, just like a lot of others seem to be. I can't wait.
The gaming industry might be in decline, but Nintendo is showing that it's more resilient than the gaming industry as a whole. (Past AND present!)
f*ckedcompany.com is going to list itself soon if this keeps up! All we have to do is look at which companies are suing large money making companies over stupidity patents and you know that companies is going to sink soon!:) Just look at the track record: Rambus? NTP? SCO? I know they're not completely gone yet, but they sure seem headed that way. I'm sure there are more, but they don't come to mind at the moment. It always seems like it's a company's last ditch effort to remain relevant. Sue your way back to profitability.:)
I wonder if the sentiment is true on the other side of the earth? Do the Japanese devs feel this way too? From what I've read, Nintendo devs are a very proud bunch and lots of them have been doing it for a long time. I don't know for certain, but I wonder if they're under the same time pressures as, say, EA? We've all read stories about EA's marketing dates dictating everything. Is that true for Nintendo? If it is true, I certainly wouldn't have noticed, cuz all their games seem so polished. SSBM? Wind Waker? All top notch (in terms of quality). Can't say the same for EA. I actually bought the first Sims game for gamecube way back... 10min into laying out my house, it froze on me. First time I had a game crash/freeze on me (on a console). I haven't bought an EA game since.
Anyways, I'm rambling. Just wondering if the japanese devs feel the same? Anyone have any insight into this?
... and both Nintendo and Sony working on plans for their own online environments,...
(Emphasis mine.)
I think we're getting a very good glimpse of what Nintendo's going to be offering. I play on the DS wifi network every day. It's amazingly simple, fast to connect, and no lag to speak of. I think it's a pretty darn good preview.
I guess this is what mean when they call Microsoft a 500lb gorilla bullying their way into whatever market they feel like dominating? I don't know any company that has deep enough pockets to go through this much effort to gain foothold in a particular region. (Albeit, a very important region). I would really like to know how much money they've spent in the Japanese marketon marketing and development. I heard they really beefed it up for the original 360 launch because of the dismal failure the original xbox was in Japan. Only to see it fail even worse. Hmm.. maybe you can't just through money at 'culture' and expect to win them over after all?
Hardware wise, in Japan, the DS is cleaning house. (And even more so now with the DS Lite is out). But in the North American market, it's a more even race.
Software wise, in Japan, the DS continually has 7-9 titles in the top 10 software sales charts. That's incredible if you ask me. I don't know of any place that tracks North American software titles by system, but if Japan is any indication, then it sounds like people are buying the PSP for other reasons than games.
What does this mean? Well, it's reported that the PSP sells for a loss, with the hope of game sales to help the bottom line. But if people are only buying the psp to do other things like rips movies/tv shows and listening to music and playing home brew software, that means software sales aren't going to be as high as they want/need to recover hardware costs. Is Sony worried about this situation. I think they are. Just look at all the trouble they're going through to get new firmware out there that'll prevent people from running their homebrew stuff.
Hmm.. I think I lost my point somewhere in there.:) Let's just summarize with this:
It seems to me that people are buying the DS for playing games and since games make Nintendo money, it's no wonder they're the best looking gaming company financially. Meanwhile, the psp continues to sell to those people who just want a gadget to play around with. I wonder if Sony is making money on the PSP at all?
IGN, meanwhile, is rumourmongering that Halo 3 will also make an appearance. Not only that, they say, it's slated for a March 2007 release.
Hmmm.. it'll be released well after the revolution (at best). I wonder what will happen if the revolution indeed does revolutionize fps games on the console?
...As for the added cost for consoles, I think it has to do less with the licensing, and more to do with the statement that the console makers made a while ago about games costing more in the next generation...
Ummmm.. This I certainly don't understand. We've heard the arguments about higher-res next gen. consoles, more texture details, more time to create all the hi-def artwork blah blah blah.
Answer me this: Most [gamer] PCs can and do play in higher resolutions than 1080i. Some games just stretch textures sure, but in general, if we use the same argument as for the console, then shouldn't the PC version cost more?
funny timing this article, I just blogged about it on my site.:)
Basically, I ranted about how I saw Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion at futureshop the other day. The prices are getting a little out of hand if you ask me. This is what I saw:
(All prices in $CDN) PC Version : $59.99 XBOX 360 Version : $69.99 XBOX 360 Deluxe Version : $79.99
Why on earth are the console counterparts so much more? Does the xbox 360 license cost that much more? I certainly do not like this trend, and am happily awaiting my Nintendo Revolution. Speaking of Nintendo, here's another plug for them. I just picked up Tetris DS the last week for $34.97CDN. I've been playing it a LOT. It's a great pick me up game. I can turn it on, connect to Nintendo's Wifi service, have a few games against people around the world, all in the span of about 10 min. What a great deal this game is.
Mac OS X was released on March 24, 2001. Just because Apple gives it a new "big cat" nickname and charges you for it doesn't make it revolutionary. I've "seen what's changed in 4 years" on a Mac and I have to say it's not that much.
OMG. Are you playing that same damn stupid game the previous guy is playing. First of all HE named OS X Tiger.. not me.. so if you want to compare with the first OS X, then HERE are the sys. reqs:
* Supported Computers - Power Macintosh G3, G4, G4 Cube, iMac, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4, iBook
* RAM required - 128 megabytes of RAM recommended
- 64MB minimum (barely usable)
* Hard Drive Space - 1.5 gigabytes
- 800MB for the minimal install
Awfully close to the "minimum specs" required to run XP wouldn't you say?
I'm getting too old for this site or something, cuz no one's *thinking* any more.:\ Anyone want my 4 digit/. id?
Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features) 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space
Mac OS X Version 10.4 requires a Macintosh with: PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor At least 256MB of physical RAM At least 3.0 GB of available space on your hard drive; 4GB of disk space if you install XCode 2 developer tools
While we're comparing apples to oranges, I've got a few for you too.:)
BTW XP was releases Oct. 2001? and Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.0) was released just last year? That's like 4 years. You've GOT to be kidding me? Have you seen what's changed in 4 years? Or are you still living in a shack somewhere with your 233Mhz Windoze box?
Here are the requirements for slackware 3.4: 3.4 (Kernel 2.0.33)
Man, your windows is so complex cuz it requires at least a Pentium.
Here's the kicker, if you actually READ the article, it's not even focused on the running speed of windows compared to everything else. It's saying because of all the legacy support, that adding any features requires so much work and testing to make sure it doesn't break anything else for the last 20 years of windows programs. And because of this it's "slow" in terms of being able to add features or to innovate.
If you want a real comparison, why don't you take the requirements for Vista which isn't even out, but might have some of the features Mac OS X already! And guess what the requirements for Vista is going to be?
Has anyone thought about the amount of money they're bringing in with this single game?! It's phenomenal! Let's do some quick rough math to see what the numbers look like. They report over 6,000,000 currently paying subscribers. At $15USD/mth, that's about $90,000,000 / month! (Yes, indeed, that'd be over $1,000,000,000 (billion!) a year!!)
That's just plain crazy.
Anyways, my point? Well, with all that money, you think they'd be able to do something about it. Perhaps they're too busy swimming in said pile of cash.:)
Anyways, I'm not totally bashing them, afterall, I *AM* a paying subscriber as well:) (Well, not currently.. taking a break. Will be back though) I remember at the beginning, the population grew so fast (unexpectedly to them) that they had to stop taking new subscribers. I thought that was very honest of them to admit they can't handle it and hold new subscribers so as to not ruin the game for everyone else. If they still can't handle the load, why aren't they doing that again? (Or maybe a couple of million subscribers ago?)
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But is the world of nerd news dying? Where's all the nerd news? I'm a gamer and all, but half of todays stories on /. are about games? What's going on? Did /. discover that the ads for games are worth more or something?
Anyone can crack the market if they're willing to take a $4,000,000,000 hit! (that's 4 Billion in case the zero's were blinding you)
The real questions are: a) can the 360 turn a profit? b) how long will the shareholders allow them to bleed money into this "project"?
From the article:
.. the only thing I could think of was: made critical decisions == compromise quality. Hahahahaha. We all know the production problems and quality problems the 360 had / is having.
The team labored for years and made critical decisions that enabled Microsoft to beat Sony and Nintendo to market with a new box, despite a late start with the Xbox in the previous product cycle.
When I read that
I love spin!
It may take ten seconds to create a subdomain, but, it takes ages for dns propagation.
Ummm
Go register for dyndns.org
if this is indeed a hoax. When the name first came out, I was rather indifferent about it. In the end, I don't really care about the name, I'm still buying it :)
... OR ... Nintendo is a brilliant. Why brilliant? Well, what if on E3, they don't unveil the Wii .. they unveil the "XXXXXX" (Whatever the REAL name is) !!!??? Yah .. that would be absolutely pure genius. Not only did they steal attention of everyone for the 2 weeks BEFORE E3 ... they'll steal the attention at E3 and for the 2 weeks following!
However, I did have time to think about it, since I didn't waste my day posting to message boards about how I think it's so stupid like the rest of the world did. What I came up with was rather simular.
Either I'll be made fun of for playing my Wii
It wouldn't have been an expensive campaign either. 1 Press Release. 1 stupid little flash movie up on http://revolution.nintendo.com./ That's it!? And it got all this press!
Here's a little more fuel for this consipiracy fire. Why does http://wii.nintendo.com/ not work? That'd take a whole 10 seconds for someone to create that subdomain and point it to revolution.nintendo.com or even just mirror that page from it. Hmmmmmm? Maybe it isn't the name after all?!??!
Indeed, things that make you go Hmmmmmm.
Are you sure?
SCO?
I said successful! Not dismal.
I just sent them a short email thanking them for understanding that their fans are mostly NOT thieves. Is it any wonder that I in fact already own most of the CDs from most of the artists in that coalition?
:)
Proud to be a Canadian today.
P.S. I especially like what's on their front page as the #1 bullet:
1. Suing Our Fans is Destructive and Hypocritical
Well duh?! When was that last time you saw a successful business model where you sue the pants out of your customers?
I know its kind of offtopic but I don't understand why microsoft doesn't act like every other console maker and make a leaner looking lower priced version of the original xbox...which I might actually be tempted to purchase.
It's actually the reason why they rushed the 360. They were bleeding money from the first XBOX. Remember, they basically were buying parts from other people to build the Xboxes. They didn't "own the silicon" as people have been saying about it. They probably COULDN'T build a new version of the XBOX if they wanted to. Their relationship with Nvidia is dead.
Knowing that, why do you think they were in such a rush to release the 360? I've read from gamer mags that they're speculating that the XBOX will cease production in Feb. 2007. Meanwhile, the PS2 is still selling very well.
This is also the reason why the PS3 is being rushed to launch this year as well. Sony (these are now just my opinions) had no intention of releasing PS3 this year. They didn't need to. PS2 is still doing very very well. Why would they release the PS3 (or even announce it) at the cost of their own PS2 sales. The 360. Because of Microsoft, we've just sped through the last generation faster than anyone really wanted to. I'm willing to bet that Sony wanted to iron out Blu-Ray before launching or even announcing the PS3.
They could have sold through a lot more if they didn't ship 150k units to japan that only sold like what? 10k units? I think they wanted to believe so much that the 360 could take off in japan that they ignored reality. It wouldn't :)
That really hurt them at the beginning. I wonder if it affected the total number of possible sales?
Hopefully MS again recognizes its hardcore fans who acquired the 360 early in the production cycle will expect some sort of compensation for their willingness to purchase a console with apparent heat/performance issues.
In other words, you want to be paid (instead of paying for) to be a Beta tester?
...It's not in decline at all,...
:)
.. maybe not all) by the likes of MS and/or Sony in some way so it's beneficial for them to bash Nintendo. We all know Nintendo doesn't spend as much on marketing as MS and Sony, so could it be that all the Nintendo bashing sites are just being paid to do so?
I thought the march sales numbers were like 25% lower than year ago numbers? That's a decline isn't it?
Anyways, you're absolutely right about Nintendo actually making money vs. MS and Sony. The important thing about all these numbers is this:
March saw lower sales vs. a year ago. However, Nintendo posted profits WAY above what they expected. The shares have been soaring as of late.
That in a nutshell tells me that Nintendo is doing something right, and they're actually expanding the market the way the stock market likes companies to do. And they're rewarding Nintendo too. However, for some reason, the gaming sites et al seem to always peg Nintendo as "going downhill". I don't get it. There's only one conclusion I can come up with for this oddity. These gaming sites must all be paid (well
[Disclaimer: I'm a Nintendo whore]
:) )
However, recently i haven't been playing as many games as I used to. I actually own Metroid Prime Hunters, Tetris DS, and Brain Age comes out today and I'm going to go pick it up tonight.
The thing with the DS is variety. And by variety, I don't mean 10 different kinds of FPSes. These are truly DIFFERENT games. It's not just these titles, things like Nintedogs (as mentioned in the summary) and Kirby's Canvas Curse that has brought me back to my handheld. They keep managing to release games that are actually interesting. The last few months, I'd saying my gaming has been split like so: 95% DS, 5% PC (CS, FarCry)
(I cancelled my WoW subscription, not because I don't love it, quite the opposite. I love it too much
Maybe I'm just getting old? Oh well. As long as I keep getting my variety of games, I'll be happy. Probably why I'm most excited about the Revolution, just like a lot of others seem to be. I can't wait.
The gaming industry might be in decline, but Nintendo is showing that it's more resilient than the gaming industry as a whole. (Past AND present!)
f*ckedcompany.com is going to list itself soon if this keeps up! All we have to do is look at which companies are suing large money making companies over stupidity patents and you know that companies is going to sink soon! :) Just look at the track record: Rambus? NTP? SCO? I know they're not completely gone yet, but they sure seem headed that way. I'm sure there are more, but they don't come to mind at the moment. It always seems like it's a company's last ditch effort to remain relevant. Sue your way back to profitability. :)
I wonder if the sentiment is true on the other side of the earth? Do the Japanese devs feel this way too? From what I've read, Nintendo devs are a very proud bunch and lots of them have been doing it for a long time. I don't know for certain, but I wonder if they're under the same time pressures as, say, EA? We've all read stories about EA's marketing dates dictating everything. Is that true for Nintendo? If it is true, I certainly wouldn't have noticed, cuz all their games seem so polished. SSBM? Wind Waker? All top notch (in terms of quality). Can't say the same for EA. I actually bought the first Sims game for gamecube way back ... 10min into laying out my house, it froze on me. First time I had a game crash/freeze on me (on a console). I haven't bought an EA game since.
Anyways, I'm rambling. Just wondering if the japanese devs feel the same? Anyone have any insight into this?
Cuz duck hunt allowed you to do subtle things like tilt the gun and hold it gansta style?
check it
(Emphasis mine.)
I think we're getting a very good glimpse of what Nintendo's going to be offering. I play on the DS wifi network every day. It's amazingly simple, fast to connect, and no lag to speak of. I think it's a pretty darn good preview.
I guess this is what mean when they call Microsoft a 500lb gorilla bullying their way into whatever market they feel like dominating? I don't know any company that has deep enough pockets to go through this much effort to gain foothold in a particular region. (Albeit, a very important region). I would really like to know how much money they've spent in the Japanese marketon marketing and development. I heard they really beefed it up for the original 360 launch because of the dismal failure the original xbox was in Japan. Only to see it fail even worse. Hmm .. maybe you can't just through money at 'culture' and expect to win them over after all?
Just analyzing the numbers is interesting.
.. I think I lost my point somewhere in there. :) Let's just summarize with this:
Hardware wise, in Japan, the DS is cleaning house. (And even more so now with the DS Lite is out). But in the North American market, it's a more even race.
Software wise, in Japan, the DS continually has 7-9 titles in the top 10 software sales charts. That's incredible if you ask me. I don't know of any place that tracks North American software titles by system, but if Japan is any indication, then it sounds like people are buying the PSP for other reasons than games.
What does this mean? Well, it's reported that the PSP sells for a loss, with the hope of game sales to help the bottom line. But if people are only buying the psp to do other things like rips movies/tv shows and listening to music and playing home brew software, that means software sales aren't going to be as high as they want/need to recover hardware costs. Is Sony worried about this situation. I think they are. Just look at all the trouble they're going through to get new firmware out there that'll prevent people from running their homebrew stuff.
Hmm
It seems to me that people are buying the DS for playing games and since games make Nintendo money, it's no wonder they're the best looking gaming company financially. Meanwhile, the psp continues to sell to those people who just want a gadget to play around with. I wonder if Sony is making money on the PSP at all?
IGN, meanwhile, is rumourmongering that Halo 3 will also make an appearance. Not only that, they say, it's slated for a March 2007 release.
Hmmm
Ummmm
Answer me this: Most [gamer] PCs can and do play in higher resolutions than 1080i. Some games just stretch textures sure, but in general, if we use the same argument as for the console, then shouldn't the PC version cost more?
funny timing this article, I just blogged about it on my site. :)
Basically, I ranted about how I saw Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion at futureshop the other day. The prices are getting a little out of hand if you ask me. This is what I saw:
(All prices in $CDN)
PC Version : $59.99
XBOX 360 Version : $69.99
XBOX 360 Deluxe Version : $79.99
Why on earth are the console counterparts so much more? Does the xbox 360 license cost that much more? I certainly do not like this trend, and am happily awaiting my Nintendo Revolution. Speaking of Nintendo, here's another plug for them. I just picked up Tetris DS the last week for $34.97CDN. I've been playing it a LOT. It's a great pick me up game. I can turn it on, connect to Nintendo's Wifi service, have a few games against people around the world, all in the span of about 10 min. What a great deal this game is.
Mac OS X was released on March 24, 2001. Just because Apple gives it a new "big cat" nickname and charges you for it doesn't make it revolutionary. I've "seen what's changed in 4 years" on a Mac and I have to say it's not that much.
OMG. Are you playing that same damn stupid game the previous guy is playing. First of all HE named OS X Tiger
* Supported Computers - Power Macintosh G3, G4, G4 Cube, iMac, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4, iBook
* RAM required - 128 megabytes of RAM recommended
- 64MB minimum (barely usable)
* Hard Drive Space - 1.5 gigabytes
- 800MB for the minimal install
Awfully close to the "minimum specs" required to run XP wouldn't you say?
I'm getting too old for this site or something, cuz no one's *thinking* any more.
Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional
PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space
Mac OS X Version 10.4 requires a Macintosh with:
PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
At least 256MB of physical RAM
At least 3.0 GB of available space on your hard drive; 4GB of disk space if you install XCode 2 developer tools
While we're comparing apples to oranges, I've got a few for you too.
BTW XP was releases Oct. 2001? and Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.0) was released just last year? That's like 4 years. You've GOT to be kidding me? Have you seen what's changed in 4 years? Or are you still living in a shack somewhere with your 233Mhz Windoze box?
Here are the requirements for slackware 3.4:
3.4 (Kernel 2.0.33)
* Intel 8086
* RAM - 8 MB
* Minumum Drive Space: 40 MB
Man, your windows is so complex cuz it requires at least a Pentium.
Here's the kicker, if you actually READ the article, it's not even focused on the running speed of windows compared to everything else. It's saying because of all the legacy support, that adding any features requires so much work and testing to make sure it doesn't break anything else for the last 20 years of windows programs. And because of this it's "slow" in terms of being able to add features or to innovate.
If you want a real comparison, why don't you take the requirements for Vista which isn't even out, but might have some of the features Mac OS X already! And guess what the requirements for Vista is going to be?
Has anyone thought about the amount of money they're bringing in with this single game?! It's phenomenal! Let's do some quick rough math to see what the numbers look like. They report over 6,000,000 currently paying subscribers. At $15USD/mth, that's about $90,000,000 / month! (Yes, indeed, that'd be over $1,000,000,000 (billion!) a year!!)
:)
:) (Well, not currently .. taking a break. Will be back though) I remember at the beginning, the population grew so fast (unexpectedly to them) that they had to stop taking new subscribers. I thought that was very honest of them to admit they can't handle it and hold new subscribers so as to not ruin the game for everyone else. If they still can't handle the load, why aren't they doing that again? (Or maybe a couple of million subscribers ago?)
That's just plain crazy.
Anyways, my point? Well, with all that money, you think they'd be able to do something about it. Perhaps they're too busy swimming in said pile of cash.
Anyways, I'm not totally bashing them, afterall, I *AM* a paying subscriber as well
Anyways, just my observations.