Do you buy them based on form or function? Because the Dual-shock was one of the ugliest controllers ever devised by man, yet still being comfortable and simple to use.
Big surprise, there's a lot of things out there that will bear a resemblance. Kind of like how the hammer handle is pretty much the same as an axe handle, both of these objects are designed to be held and operated in say one hand. It's only natural the designs will be formed around oh say where your thumb would land and what range of motion it has.
I was reading an article the other day (can't find the URL right now though) about how one group out there has been working on integrating various notable 2.0 features into a 1.5 firmware. The idea behind it is that people can have their homebrew apps and still take advantage of the features of more advanced firmwares. Should be interesting to see if it works out.
Radio's not dead. It's just full of utter tripe that most people don't want to be force fed repeatedly throughout the day. I much prefer to listen to music of my own choosing, and I think it's a safe assumption to say the vast majority of people out there are similar. Hence, no radio on the iPod.
Come on. Support this initiative. Get all their technical anti-piracy brainiacs in one building. It gives us a single set of coordinates to test the orbital defense grid with.
Well one thought would be that not everyone can afford both a PSP and another portable system to watch DVDs on, or that not everyone wants to bother lugging a bunch of devices around. For some, it's pretty convenient to have the one device.
Myself, I have a PSP, and I buy movies on DVD because I have a home theater. I'd love it if they released DVDs with UMDs in dual packs at a reduced cost, since it would be nice to toss a few movies in my bag along with the games when I travel.
I wonder if Wikipedians will go there and post 100% correct information on items, only for the users of this one to rollback the changes to the misinformative versions.:)
I won't say you're wrong, since I don't have yours or your girlfriend's eyes.:) But I have no problems at all playing mine for extended periods of time in a car. Most of the games I own I use the analog stick for, and I'm more likely to have to put the PSP down to do something else than have my thumb get tired.
There's quite a few people who buy UMDs for the portability of it, given they have purchased a PSP and wish to use the UMD movie feature instead of going out and buying a new device (portable dvd player). I've asked a few guys who work at stores that sell the movies, they're definitely not disappointed by the sales of them.
I can appreciate that last comment, but have you ever programmed an internal application for a government organization? Often, you don't have a choice between open or proprietary.
I've owned a few MD units, I have to say those are some of the slickest portable media devices I've owned. Only the iPod was able to make me break away from it, and then only grudgingly because I miss the ability to record from practically any audio source.
At one point I had the opportunity to disassemble one of them, the circuitry and mechanisms inside those things are, as you say, ludicrously tiny.
I'll definitely make a point to keep an eye out for those books. Sound like they might be an interesting read.:)
It's actually a very asian way to update products. You start with generation 1 of a product, and with each successive generation you shrink, lighten, enhance, improve, and innovate, not necessarily in that order or all in a particular generation. In the end, you have a palm-sized video camera, or in Apple's case you have a ridiculously tiny iPod with great battery life, bright color screen, and 4 gigs of storage space.
The core functionality doesn't have to change -- video camera, music player, whatever. It's definitely not the "same product", especially when you compare a generation 1 iPod to a nano. In fact, do a product comparison yourself between the two and tell me these are the same two devices.
If anything, you serve to affirm the fact that Apple got the core functions (playing music) right from the very beginning, and in the end all it needed was to do the incremental improvements to utterly annihilate the competition.
Say it like it's spelled. ROKR="rocker". What's so unpronouncable about that? It's part of Motorola's new naming scheme, to have only four letter hip-sounding names for their gear. And it's not hurting their bottom line, so yay for them.
The thing with EVE Online is that everyone assumes that flying a battleship or a dreadnought is the end-game and thus they strive for that. Yeah, if you fly a battleship and take part in PVP you're going to be slaving away for hours on end to keep it insured, equip it, and replace it when you lose it.
I find it much more enjoyable to play the game in a frigate or a cruiser. You can spend an hour and mine enough to build/buy and equip a frigate 5 times over, and you don't worry about losing it.
PVP is of course just one goal in EVE, there are literally limitless numbers of goals to the game because you the player make the goal. That's the game's advantage over others, and it's a shame people sink their time so much into the worst timesink goals of the game.
Timesinks are of course not a unique feature with EVE, all MMOs have them. No MMO is geared towards the casual gamer. Efforts to mitigate the timesinks still cannot help you compete against the powergamer who can afford a ton of their personal time to play. It's not really a PROBLEM with the genre, it's just that the entire genre has been designed from game #1 to be a system of reward based on time and effort.
Yep. And have you seen how many of those games are good? I would venture to guess an equivalent number of good games on the PSP (3 or 4 maybe? just a guess). So who's worse off?
and just how popular are those games? I don't recall any of them hitting a bestseller list at any point. That's not to say they're not great games, Ikaruga for instance is incredibly difficult. At the same time, completing a level is an accomplishment, and it's one of the few games where getting further ahead and breathing that sigh of relief actually means something.
When one looks at the more popular games that have been released lately though, I think the article's point surely applies. World of Warcraft for instance, has close to zero death penalty associated with it. Half-life2 and Doom3 were incredibly easy to finish and continue to only be challenging with online multiplayer modes.
comparable
Pronunciation: 'käm-p(&-)r&-b&l, ÷k&m-'par-&-b&l
Function: adjective
1 : capable of or suitable for comparison
2 : SIMILAR, LIKE (fabrics of comparable quality)
When was the PSP ever marketed as a handheld-PS2? From any article I've ever found, it's always been mentioned to be somewhere between the PS1 and PS2 in terms of raw power. They certainly never gave any indication it would be on-par with the PS2.
And I agree, I like news like this which is just news, not biased console-wars or console-bashing articles.
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Do you buy them based on form or function? Because the Dual-shock was one of the ugliest controllers ever devised by man, yet still being comfortable and simple to use.
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Just my thoughts.
Big surprise, there's a lot of things out there that will bear a resemblance. Kind of like how the hammer handle is pretty much the same as an axe handle, both of these objects are designed to be held and operated in say one hand. It's only natural the designs will be formed around oh say where your thumb would land and what range of motion it has.
I was reading an article the other day (can't find the URL right now though) about how one group out there has been working on integrating various notable 2.0 features into a 1.5 firmware. The idea behind it is that people can have their homebrew apps and still take advantage of the features of more advanced firmwares. Should be interesting to see if it works out.
Thought the squid: "It's a trap!"
Radio's not dead. It's just full of utter tripe that most people don't want to be force fed repeatedly throughout the day. I much prefer to listen to music of my own choosing, and I think it's a safe assumption to say the vast majority of people out there are similar. Hence, no radio on the iPod.
How comforting
Patent it anyway, you have prior art. And even if you didn't, you'd probably still get awarded the patent.
Come on. Support this initiative. Get all their technical anti-piracy brainiacs in one building. It gives us a single set of coordinates to test the orbital defense grid with.
Been there, do that :) *wink*
Well one thought would be that not everyone can afford both a PSP and another portable system to watch DVDs on, or that not everyone wants to bother lugging a bunch of devices around. For some, it's pretty convenient to have the one device.
Myself, I have a PSP, and I buy movies on DVD because I have a home theater. I'd love it if they released DVDs with UMDs in dual packs at a reduced cost, since it would be nice to toss a few movies in my bag along with the games when I travel.
I wonder if Wikipedians will go there and post 100% correct information on items, only for the users of this one to rollback the changes to the misinformative versions. :)
I won't say you're wrong, since I don't have yours or your girlfriend's eyes. :) But I have no problems at all playing mine for extended periods of time in a car. Most of the games I own I use the analog stick for, and I'm more likely to have to put the PSP down to do something else than have my thumb get tired.
There's quite a few people who buy UMDs for the portability of it, given they have purchased a PSP and wish to use the UMD movie feature instead of going out and buying a new device (portable dvd player). I've asked a few guys who work at stores that sell the movies, they're definitely not disappointed by the sales of them.
I can appreciate that last comment, but have you ever programmed an internal application for a government organization? Often, you don't have a choice between open or proprietary.
I've owned a few MD units, I have to say those are some of the slickest portable media devices I've owned. Only the iPod was able to make me break away from it, and then only grudgingly because I miss the ability to record from practically any audio source.
:)
At one point I had the opportunity to disassemble one of them, the circuitry and mechanisms inside those things are, as you say, ludicrously tiny.
I'll definitely make a point to keep an eye out for those books. Sound like they might be an interesting read.
It's actually a very asian way to update products. You start with generation 1 of a product, and with each successive generation you shrink, lighten, enhance, improve, and innovate, not necessarily in that order or all in a particular generation. In the end, you have a palm-sized video camera, or in Apple's case you have a ridiculously tiny iPod with great battery life, bright color screen, and 4 gigs of storage space.
The core functionality doesn't have to change -- video camera, music player, whatever. It's definitely not the "same product", especially when you compare a generation 1 iPod to a nano. In fact, do a product comparison yourself between the two and tell me these are the same two devices.
If anything, you serve to affirm the fact that Apple got the core functions (playing music) right from the very beginning, and in the end all it needed was to do the incremental improvements to utterly annihilate the competition.
Say it like it's spelled. ROKR="rocker". What's so unpronouncable about that? It's part of Motorola's new naming scheme, to have only four letter hip-sounding names for their gear. And it's not hurting their bottom line, so yay for them.
..interviewing a dozen or so developers, publishers and analysts on the new $60 price...
Maybe they should interview some consumers and see what THEY think of the new pricing of these games...
The thing with EVE Online is that everyone assumes that flying a battleship or a dreadnought is the end-game and thus they strive for that. Yeah, if you fly a battleship and take part in PVP you're going to be slaving away for hours on end to keep it insured, equip it, and replace it when you lose it.
I find it much more enjoyable to play the game in a frigate or a cruiser. You can spend an hour and mine enough to build/buy and equip a frigate 5 times over, and you don't worry about losing it.
PVP is of course just one goal in EVE, there are literally limitless numbers of goals to the game because you the player make the goal. That's the game's advantage over others, and it's a shame people sink their time so much into the worst timesink goals of the game.
Timesinks are of course not a unique feature with EVE, all MMOs have them. No MMO is geared towards the casual gamer. Efforts to mitigate the timesinks still cannot help you compete against the powergamer who can afford a ton of their personal time to play. It's not really a PROBLEM with the genre, it's just that the entire genre has been designed from game #1 to be a system of reward based on time and effort.
Have you SEEN our DS gameslist?
Yep. And have you seen how many of those games are good? I would venture to guess an equivalent number of good games on the PSP (3 or 4 maybe? just a guess). So who's worse off?
and just how popular are those games? I don't recall any of them hitting a bestseller list at any point. That's not to say they're not great games, Ikaruga for instance is incredibly difficult. At the same time, completing a level is an accomplishment, and it's one of the few games where getting further ahead and breathing that sigh of relief actually means something.
When one looks at the more popular games that have been released lately though, I think the article's point surely applies. World of Warcraft for instance, has close to zero death penalty associated with it. Half-life2 and Doom3 were incredibly easy to finish and continue to only be challenging with online multiplayer modes.
It's not like Microsoft is making it easy for XBox360 games to be ported to the PS3, or the Revo.
comparable
Pronunciation: 'käm-p(&-)r&-b&l, ÷k&m-'par-&-b&l
Function: adjective
1 : capable of or suitable for comparison
2 : SIMILAR, LIKE (fabrics of comparable quality)
That doesn't sound anything like "equivalent".
When was the PSP ever marketed as a handheld-PS2? From any article I've ever found, it's always been mentioned to be somewhere between the PS1 and PS2 in terms of raw power. They certainly never gave any indication it would be on-par with the PS2.
And I agree, I like news like this which is just news, not biased console-wars or console-bashing articles.
Your shitty business tactics have just lost you one formerly-loyal customer.