Ah, with 300,000 copies, that would be a different story...Hmm, wonder where that number comes from...
One guess is that 300,000 copies have been sold to stores, and those stores have sold 230,000 copies to the general public. No evidence, of course, but I remember XBox and N-Gage sales being tallied this way to make the amount of sales seem higher.
Because it's a top 30 list, and GTA hasn't sold enough copies to make it into the top 30. It would have to have sold more than 265,083 copies to beat Kirby's Air Raid and make it into the top 30.
It's a shame that you're writing as Anonymous Coward, because I'd love to add you to my friends list. Insightful AND balanced on both sides of the issue.
Fair, but this particular branch of the thread was about the XBox missing RPGs, and the comment was saying that it did in fact have one. As far as I can tell, the original RPG post was not about the XBox not having good RPGs that other systems don't (or, that other systems have but the XBox implementation is better). It was saying that one of the drawbacks of the XBox was lack of RPGs, and the KOTOR comment was showing that this was not a true drawback. It's not saying that XBox is superior for KOTOR, it's that it's not inferior for having no RPGs.
XBox for $200, $70 for live = $270 for the ability to play online for a year.
Computer for $1000, $0 for live = $1000 for the ability to play online for a year.
Don't get me wrong, I have a computer and love it very dearly, but when I used to play games on the computer I kept having to spend $200 on a video card here, $100 on RAM there, and it was a pretty pricey hobby. Since getting an XBox, all I need to buy are games; the hardware never needs to be changed. My computer costs have also dropped, because for regular usage, I don't need a better video card, more RAM, or a bigger HD.
Actually, that's not quite true. Thanks to MP3s, there's always room for a bigger HD.
Dunno about MechWarrior, but Halo is pretty easy on a gamepad. My assumption is just that you're very used to the mouse and keyboard combo, so it's a new approach to you and hard to handle.
Ok, mouse I understand, but keyboard? You get the ability to precision aim, but lose the ability to precision move? Uh...no...Give me a gamepad for my left hand and a mouse for my right hand any say.
Exactly: reasons to own an XBox. Not exclusive reasons to own an XBox.
Let's make this easy for you: reasons to own a TV: you can watch TV shows, play video games, and watch DVDs. Are these exclusive? No, you can watch TV with a computer TV tuner video card, play video games on a game boy advance, and watch movies in theaters. But are they still reasons to own a TV? Yes.
You're the only person here discussing exclusivity.
That editorial was beyond awesome. My favorite part:
"This is 10,000 times worse than the worst thing anybody thinks Michael Jackson ever did to a little boy"
If my math works right, with sales exceeding 25,000,000 copies, he would prefer if there were 25 million fewer GTA players and 250 billion more child molestors.
Alternatively, he would find someone turning off their PS2 and molesting a neighborhood kid to be an improvement.
I think we can guess this guy's real agenda (hehe).
Hehe...No, I can't think of any words that use the character for tooth grinding either. Gonna have to leave that open for someone else to come up with ^_^
Hmm...I haven't heard the word "kanjis" either, but I've heard kanji compounds, and, far more often (since the people around me tend to be able to speak Japanese and have a decent vocabulary), "jukugo". I have to admit, though, my perspective is probably pretty skewed from living in Japan, and kanji in relation to kanji compounds may be fairly common usage.
Also nice because I don't feel like such a dork for defending the Japanese origins of "kiki" as well ^_^
Actually, "suso" is used a lot, in the form of "susoage", which means "alteration", or hemming. Since a lot of jeans shops in Japan sell jeans without a fixed length, you get your correct waist size and then they cut the length to the length you want.
Of course, from your name, I guess you're Japanese and probably already know that, which makes me feel a little stupid. Ah well...
I just don't know how to put it any more simply, other than to point out in slow, clear pronunciation that the original post said 'kanji' and not 'word'."
Understood, though it might have been nice to spare me the sardonic approach. Although I did read that he wrote "kanji" and not "word", it didn't particularly jump out at me, as the foreigners around me have a tendency to use "kanji" to refer to both individual kanji and entire words (if written in kanji) (ex: "Hey, what's the kanji for Shibuya?"). I guess I've gotten so used to people using it incorrectly that I just assumed the guy meant "the kanji compound" when he said kanji. Apologies.
Interested in the bonus points: What I'd heard is that they were the pants the GIs wore during occupation, hence GI Pants, but that was from somebody's personal toribia no izumi as opposed to a creditable source; what does the G really stand for?
The Japanese for "crisis" is made from two Chinese characters.
However, the Chinese did not use these two characters together to mean "crisis".
The combination of these two characters was done by the Japanese, hence the origin of the word is Japanese.
Think of it this way: the word "jipan" (jeans) is Japanese, but it's made of two parts: the G from G.I. (English) (no, the ji does not come from the word "jeans", though that would make more sense), and "pants", also English. The two components are English language, but the combination of them to form a new word is Japanese.
Hmm...I don't know enough about the subject to understand what you mean, sorry. The grey box they sold in stores that many people bought to play Final Fantasy VII was/is sold in stores as "PlayStation". That's what everyone calls it. Whether or not it's correct matters little, since A) ordinary people here have never heard of "PSX" except in reference to the new unit, and B) ordinary people here have never heard of a "Play Station" that is different from a "PlayStation". Was it ever released? If so, if there were only 200, it's little surprise that nobody is confused by the issue. Most people probably wouldn't even know a person who knew a person who knew someone who owned one of the units, let alone know what it was called.
"Makes me wonder how bad an impact this could have on sales."
At least in Japan, it will have zero impact on sales, because Japanese people never call the PlayStation a "PSX". That seems to be a uniquely foreign phenomenon.
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A possible explanation of the confusing nomenclature: Nobody calls the PlayStation a "PSX" here in Japan. In fact, I only found out about this name from foreign websites. The PlayStation is the "PlayStation", the small playstation is the "PSOne", the PlayStation 2 is either "PS2" or "PlayStation 2", and the new thing is the "PSX". In Japan, where it's released, there is no confusion.
I always find phrases like "Anime is great" to be really odd. It's like saying "Movies are great". Like any genre, 90% of everything sucks.
Ok, to be fair to other genres, 98% of anime sucks. The vast vast majority is aimed at elementary school kids, and the stuff that isn't is mostly aimed at otaku. The only decent stuff is that aimed at the regular marketplace, and, no matter what lies you've been told, the majority of Japanese adults do not watch any anime. Read manga? Yes. Watch anime? No.
"In the ancient time, most of its cultural customs came from China around the Tang dynasty. Examples include...the ancient form of Japanese language itself" (emphasis mine)
I think people are skipping this ancient bit, and that the initial comment was pretty vague. When I read this, I assumed the author was talking about kobun, ancient written Japanese, which looks just like Chinese, but with a plethora of dashes and arrow symbols that indicate how to read it as Japanese.
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Ah, with 300,000 copies, that would be a different story...Hmm, wonder where that number comes from...
One guess is that 300,000 copies have been sold to stores, and those stores have sold 230,000 copies to the general public. No evidence, of course, but I remember XBox and N-Gage sales being tallied this way to make the amount of sales seem higher.
Because it's a top 30 list, and GTA hasn't sold enough copies to make it into the top 30. It would have to have sold more than 265,083 copies to beat Kirby's Air Raid and make it into the top 30.
It's a shame that you're writing as Anonymous Coward, because I'd love to add you to my friends list. Insightful AND balanced on both sides of the issue.
Fair, but this particular branch of the thread was about the XBox missing RPGs, and the comment was saying that it did in fact have one. As far as I can tell, the original RPG post was not about the XBox not having good RPGs that other systems don't (or, that other systems have but the XBox implementation is better). It was saying that one of the drawbacks of the XBox was lack of RPGs, and the KOTOR comment was showing that this was not a true drawback. It's not saying that XBox is superior for KOTOR, it's that it's not inferior for having no RPGs.
XBox for $200, $70 for live = $270 for the ability to play online for a year.
Computer for $1000, $0 for live = $1000 for the ability to play online for a year.
Don't get me wrong, I have a computer and love it very dearly, but when I used to play games on the computer I kept having to spend $200 on a video card here, $100 on RAM there, and it was a pretty pricey hobby. Since getting an XBox, all I need to buy are games; the hardware never needs to be changed. My computer costs have also dropped, because for regular usage, I don't need a better video card, more RAM, or a bigger HD.
Actually, that's not quite true. Thanks to MP3s, there's always room for a bigger HD.
Dunno about MechWarrior, but Halo is pretty easy on a gamepad. My assumption is just that you're very used to the mouse and keyboard combo, so it's a new approach to you and hard to handle.
You consider it an advantage that you can't use standard interfaces when sitting on the couch?
Ok, mouse I understand, but keyboard? You get the ability to precision aim, but lose the ability to precision move? Uh...no...Give me a gamepad for my left hand and a mouse for my right hand any say.
Ah, you would be refering to "Rapeman", I presume?
When I read that line I remember thinking: "You can drive a taxi, take people to the hospital, and put out fires, whatever you want."
Exactly: reasons to own an XBox. Not exclusive reasons to own an XBox.
Let's make this easy for you: reasons to own a TV: you can watch TV shows, play video games, and watch DVDs. Are these exclusive? No, you can watch TV with a computer TV tuner video card, play video games on a game boy advance, and watch movies in theaters. But are they still reasons to own a TV? Yes.
You're the only person here discussing exclusivity.
Thanks for the heads-up.
You may have forgotten that we're not discussing exclusive games for the XBox, just good games on the XBox.
That editorial was beyond awesome. My favorite part:
"This is 10,000 times worse than the worst thing anybody thinks Michael Jackson ever did to a little boy"
If my math works right, with sales exceeding 25,000,000 copies, he would prefer if there were 25 million fewer GTA players and 250 billion more child molestors.
Alternatively, he would find someone turning off their PS2 and molesting a neighborhood kid to be an improvement.
I think we can guess this guy's real agenda (hehe).
Hehe...No, I can't think of any words that use the character for tooth grinding either. Gonna have to leave that open for someone else to come up with ^_^
Bob.
Hmm...I haven't heard the word "kanjis" either, but I've heard kanji compounds, and, far more often (since the people around me tend to be able to speak Japanese and have a decent vocabulary), "jukugo". I have to admit, though, my perspective is probably pretty skewed from living in Japan, and kanji in relation to kanji compounds may be fairly common usage.
Also nice because I don't feel like such a dork for defending the Japanese origins of "kiki" as well ^_^
Actually, "suso" is used a lot, in the form of "susoage", which means "alteration", or hemming. Since a lot of jeans shops in Japan sell jeans without a fixed length, you get your correct waist size and then they cut the length to the length you want.
Of course, from your name, I guess you're Japanese and probably already know that, which makes me feel a little stupid. Ah well...
I just don't know how to put it any more simply, other than to point out in slow, clear pronunciation that the original post said 'kanji' and not 'word'."
Understood, though it might have been nice to spare me the sardonic approach. Although I did read that he wrote "kanji" and not "word", it didn't particularly jump out at me, as the foreigners around me have a tendency to use "kanji" to refer to both individual kanji and entire words (if written in kanji) (ex: "Hey, what's the kanji for Shibuya?"). I guess I've gotten so used to people using it incorrectly that I just assumed the guy meant "the kanji compound" when he said kanji. Apologies.
Interested in the bonus points: What I'd heard is that they were the pants the GIs wore during occupation, hence GI Pants, but that was from somebody's personal toribia no izumi as opposed to a creditable source; what does the G really stand for?
Sigh.
The Japanese for "crisis" is made from two Chinese characters.
However, the Chinese did not use these two characters together to mean "crisis".
The combination of these two characters was done by the Japanese, hence the origin of the word is Japanese.
Think of it this way: the word "jipan" (jeans) is Japanese, but it's made of two parts: the G from G.I. (English) (no, the ji does not come from the word "jeans", though that would make more sense), and "pants", also English. The two components are English language, but the combination of them to form a new word is Japanese.
Hmm...I don't know enough about the subject to understand what you mean, sorry. The grey box they sold in stores that many people bought to play Final Fantasy VII was/is sold in stores as "PlayStation". That's what everyone calls it. Whether or not it's correct matters little, since A) ordinary people here have never heard of "PSX" except in reference to the new unit, and B) ordinary people here have never heard of a "Play Station" that is different from a "PlayStation". Was it ever released? If so, if there were only 200, it's little surprise that nobody is confused by the issue. Most people probably wouldn't even know a person who knew a person who knew someone who owned one of the units, let alone know what it was called.
"Makes me wonder how bad an impact this could have on sales."
At least in Japan, it will have zero impact on sales, because Japanese people never call the PlayStation a "PSX". That seems to be a uniquely foreign phenomenon.
A possible explanation of the confusing nomenclature: Nobody calls the PlayStation a "PSX" here in Japan. In fact, I only found out about this name from foreign websites. The PlayStation is the "PlayStation", the small playstation is the "PSOne", the PlayStation 2 is either "PS2" or "PlayStation 2", and the new thing is the "PSX". In Japan, where it's released, there is no confusion.
I always find phrases like "Anime is great" to be really odd. It's like saying "Movies are great". Like any genre, 90% of everything sucks.
Ok, to be fair to other genres, 98% of anime sucks. The vast vast majority is aimed at elementary school kids, and the stuff that isn't is mostly aimed at otaku. The only decent stuff is that aimed at the regular marketplace, and, no matter what lies you've been told, the majority of Japanese adults do not watch any anime. Read manga? Yes. Watch anime? No.
"In the ancient time, most of its cultural customs came from China around the Tang dynasty. Examples include...the ancient form of Japanese language itself" (emphasis mine)
I think people are skipping this ancient bit, and that the initial comment was pretty vague. When I read this, I assumed the author was talking about kobun, ancient written Japanese, which looks just like Chinese, but with a plethora of dashes and arrow symbols that indicate how to read it as Japanese.