The base X360 is $299. With game, that's $350. Use the Overstock 12% off coupon and it's ~$308 for the base console plus one game. That's a big difference from your $500 claim (even without the coupon). Don't confuse the 360 price with the PS3 price.
You must not follow the news. http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=6919
I suspect MS isn't getting the whole $75, they are probably taking $50 and leaving retailers with $25 per unit, so that they have more incentive to push 360 sales.
You're comparing the 10 mil number to the lifetime shipped of the other consoles while the 360 has only been out 1 year. If you look at PS2 which has the most total shipped (note it doesn't say sold), then look at where the data came from, the PS2 only sold 10 mil after its first year.
I see several posters immediately thinking that they were running Windows. Well, according to Netcraft, at least their website is using Linux. That doesn't mean the hacked server wasn't using Windows, but there's also a good chance it was running Linux. I think this goes to show that it doesn't matter what OS you use if you don't secure it.
IANAL, but from what I've read here and in the EFF page, making copies is NOT granted as Fair Use by Copyright Law. However, the RIAA does say you can legally make copies and put it on your IPod as a right granted by the copyright owner, but doesn't extend to all copyrights.
It would seem to me that if allofmp3.com was legal for an American to use then ThePirateBay would be just as legal to use. However, it seems that just because you aren't committing a crime in the country where those organizations exist doesn't mean you aren't committing a crime in the US.
I think the point made was that when you purchased the CD, you have rights to THAT COPY. You did not buy rights to ANY copy. So if THAT COPY is destroyed/stolen, then you lost the rights to THAT COPY.
You're making some assumptions here:
1. people want wifi, I'm sure there are a percentage of people who don't already have wifi, so they'd have to buy a wifi router, you didn't figure that into your costs
2. people want the pack-in game, sure it's a "free" game, but if it really was $25, how many people would actually buy it? I would have preferred to get $25 credit toward downloading games
Given that the Wii is really a Gamecube++ and the fact that I don't feel like I got my money's worth from my current Gamecube, I'll probably pass on the Wii until it gets to the $150 range and games are $25. However, I'm also waiting on a price drop on the X360 as well. I'm not even considering a PS3 at this point.
You might want to do a little more research. VC-1 has been standardized by the SMPTE (http://www.smpte.org/news/press_releases/003_06.c fm).
"The SMPTE VC-1 standard went through a very rigorous and formal open due process procedure involving committee members from all segments of the Media, Entertainment and Computer industries" says Mike Dolan of Television Broadcast Technology (TBT), who chaired the main ad hoc committee. "This process has resulted in a clear, comprehensive and completely open standard for development of compressed video bitstreams," Dolan adds.
Also, Microsoft is one of the patent holders of H.264.
Please RTFA. Microsoft's EXISTING Volume Shadow Copy technology is being compared to Time Machine, NOT System Restore. Apple "copied" the same idea, they just put a prettier interface on top of it.
MS has learned the lesson and the difference is that this HD-DVD add-on is ONLY for movies. Games will not play on it. This means that developers won't be creating different games if you have the HD-DVD add-on or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_poli cy)
It's only illegal if they are selling for a substantially lower price in foreign markets compared to domestic markets. So in Japan, if they sold it for $2000 (US), then it would be dumping.
Otherwise, all free products would be illegal.
Presumably the player does a better job of scaling than your display device. Nothing more. You could get a general video processor and output the native rate of your display.
The article clearly refers to OEM written drivers, not MS written drivers. So if you install Vista and don't install any additional drivers, then you can definately expect that to work. If you now install the latest Creative and ATI drivers. You can submit crash reports to MS if those drivers fail.
As for the old crash system. OEMs still get crash reports, but there was no incentive for them to fix bad drivers. Now, if they don't fix their drivers, MS will revoke their WHQL status and cannot advertise that they are compliant with Vista.
I don't know enough about the system to say whether they have checks in place to prevent abuse.
As a shareholder of Google, I don't believe the company's "halo" has any effect on their stock. The fact that they've had significant growth and continue to have significant growth is probably the factor. As for pulling out of China being the "non-evil" thing to do, that would be the same as seeing a crime happen and not doing any thing about it. Is that evil or not?
You can still play online poker for free or even for money in a freeroll since it isn't gambling by definition. So how will they determine if you're playing with play money (or for free) or actually betting with real money? As for tracking the funds, isn't it circumstantial evidence that I happen to play online for free and have a Neteller account (for example)? I certainly could be using that account for other purposes.
In Washington State, Indian reservations are building more and bigger casinos. Online gambling is considered a threat. They have successfully lobbied for this law. That's all there is to it.
BluRay players are initially coming out at $1000. So for someone wanting a BluRay player (even if they don't play games), the PS3 is a cheap BluRay player. Personally, I would prefer to have a PS3 (sans BluRay) and dedicated BluRay player myself. I never used my PS2 or XBox as a DVD player.
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The base X360 is $299. With game, that's $350. Use the Overstock 12% off coupon and it's ~$308 for the base console plus one game. That's a big difference from your $500 claim (even without the coupon). Don't confuse the 360 price with the PS3 price.
You must not follow the news. http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=6919 I suspect MS isn't getting the whole $75, they are probably taking $50 and leaving retailers with $25 per unit, so that they have more incentive to push 360 sales.
You're comparing the 10 mil number to the lifetime shipped of the other consoles while the 360 has only been out 1 year. If you look at PS2 which has the most total shipped (note it doesn't say sold), then look at where the data came from, the PS2 only sold 10 mil after its first year.
The $9000 bids are just to make the real bidders think they are getting a good deal paying $3000
I see several posters immediately thinking that they were running Windows. Well, according to Netcraft, at least their website is using Linux. That doesn't mean the hacked server wasn't using Windows, but there's also a good chance it was running Linux. I think this goes to show that it doesn't matter what OS you use if you don't secure it.
IANAL, but from what I've read here and in the EFF page, making copies is NOT granted as Fair Use by Copyright Law. However, the RIAA does say you can legally make copies and put it on your IPod as a right granted by the copyright owner, but doesn't extend to all copyrights.
You need a TV for both, so that's not a good counter example. You don't need Wifi to get networking.
It would seem to me that if allofmp3.com was legal for an American to use then ThePirateBay would be just as legal to use. However, it seems that just because you aren't committing a crime in the country where those organizations exist doesn't mean you aren't committing a crime in the US.
I think the point made was that when you purchased the CD, you have rights to THAT COPY. You did not buy rights to ANY copy. So if THAT COPY is destroyed/stolen, then you lost the rights to THAT COPY.
You're making some assumptions here: 1. people want wifi, I'm sure there are a percentage of people who don't already have wifi, so they'd have to buy a wifi router, you didn't figure that into your costs 2. people want the pack-in game, sure it's a "free" game, but if it really was $25, how many people would actually buy it? I would have preferred to get $25 credit toward downloading games Given that the Wii is really a Gamecube++ and the fact that I don't feel like I got my money's worth from my current Gamecube, I'll probably pass on the Wii until it gets to the $150 range and games are $25. However, I'm also waiting on a price drop on the X360 as well. I'm not even considering a PS3 at this point.
Also, Microsoft is one of the patent holders of H.264.
Please RTFA. Microsoft's EXISTING Volume Shadow Copy technology is being compared to Time Machine, NOT System Restore. Apple "copied" the same idea, they just put a prettier interface on top of it.
MS has learned the lesson and the difference is that this HD-DVD add-on is ONLY for movies. Games will not play on it. This means that developers won't be creating different games if you have the HD-DVD add-on or not.
Didn't Sony themselves say that people will buy the PS3 even if there were no games out for it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_poli cy)
It's only illegal if they are selling for a substantially lower price in foreign markets compared to domestic markets. So in Japan, if they sold it for $2000 (US), then it would be dumping.
Otherwise, all free products would be illegal.
I don't see why anyone would be surprised by this. You think Rockstar spend R&D $$$ to create an engine that would only be used for one game?
Presumably the player does a better job of scaling than your display device. Nothing more. You could get a general video processor and output the native rate of your display.
The article clearly refers to OEM written drivers, not MS written drivers. So if you install Vista and don't install any additional drivers, then you can definately expect that to work. If you now install the latest Creative and ATI drivers. You can submit crash reports to MS if those drivers fail. As for the old crash system. OEMs still get crash reports, but there was no incentive for them to fix bad drivers. Now, if they don't fix their drivers, MS will revoke their WHQL status and cannot advertise that they are compliant with Vista. I don't know enough about the system to say whether they have checks in place to prevent abuse.
As a shareholder of Google, I don't believe the company's "halo" has any effect on their stock. The fact that they've had significant growth and continue to have significant growth is probably the factor. As for pulling out of China being the "non-evil" thing to do, that would be the same as seeing a crime happen and not doing any thing about it. Is that evil or not?
You can still play online poker for free or even for money in a freeroll since it isn't gambling by definition. So how will they determine if you're playing with play money (or for free) or actually betting with real money? As for tracking the funds, isn't it circumstantial evidence that I happen to play online for free and have a Neteller account (for example)? I certainly could be using that account for other purposes.
I don't know about Tulalip, but the Muckleshoot parking lot is quite packed everytime I go there.
In Washington State, Indian reservations are building more and bigger casinos. Online gambling is considered a threat. They have successfully lobbied for this law. That's all there is to it.
BluRay players are initially coming out at $1000. So for someone wanting a BluRay player (even if they don't play games), the PS3 is a cheap BluRay player. Personally, I would prefer to have a PS3 (sans BluRay) and dedicated BluRay player myself. I never used my PS2 or XBox as a DVD player.
Per this ArsTechinca article http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/PS 3-gamble.ars original X360 games are only using 3.2GB. What game exactly are you working on that takes 8 gigs? Even Oblivion fits on a single DVD.
I thought it was obvious I was saying that games would be on DVD format as I don't believe games need higher capacity (for 99% of the time).