Depends on how you define "works". If you mean funds the state pretty well and protects some industries at the expense of everyone else, then yes they work great.
Many if not all steam games support that input method. You can turn any PC into a steambox very easily. Just install their OS and use big picture mode.
$11.50! How will the backwoods dial-up internet using redneck strawman tepples constructs for these arguments ever afford that?
Once he pays for the gas for his pickup truck that he uses for his 2 hour commute, his trailer park spot rental and chewing tobacco how will he ever afford that?
Those people would be better served just buying the disk.
The demographic you describe would have to want to spend money to rent the game and again spend money to buy it for more than the cost of buying physical media. Who exactly is that? Someone who lives near a redbox, but far away from a store that sells games and is too impatient to wait for two day delivery from amazon? Seems like a very small group of people.
Lots of websites still sell flac from what I can tell. Most CDs are so poorly mastered (loudness wars) that I have trouble imagining it matters if they are ripped to MP3 or not.
I don't have the hearing for decent sound systems anyway, too many loud concerts and gun fire in my youth.
What the heck is Digital Copy? Why not just rip the blu ray? I tend to only watch things once so I don't buy a lot of media.
I don't think I could cope with metered internet service. I don't have cable or an antenna nor am I willing to watch advertising in my media. So far the PS3 seems free of advertising as far as I can tell.
My current setup is HTPC for really old stuff, N64, PS2, Gamecube, and PS3. The N64 is just because I have not yet bought N64ish bluetooth controllers for the HTPC.
Either way that would have been the case. Who would want to rent the game just for installation? The disks are typically cheaper than digital sales in the sony store anyway.
Heck, I rather have the disks so that one day I can rip them and emulate the system. Can't do that with the software from the sony store.
The GP stated he does not play online anyway though. I don't either. Not all of us want to hear racist and homophobic slurs being yelled by children while being accused of hacking simply because we have the attention span to learn how to properly play the game.
Has it been out long enough to say it fizzled? It really could never hope to compete in the PS4/Xbone arena anyway. Its hardware is simply not up to the task.
Since you are a time traveler you really should get some news to take back to your decade.
These days you can buy MP3s without any DRM. No renting at all, just a normal file you can backup or burn or do whatever you like with. Amazon is a big source for those.
If you just rip them why not buy the songs on amazon as mp3s and back them up yourself? If you wanted to be really hipster you could even back them up to CDs.
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They already do that. Steam has been going for a long time now.
I think hardware support will be limited to buying premade consoles.
Why would trials be run this way as opposed to informed consent if the product was suspected to actually work?
I was not aware of those we were a nintendo family.
The Atari was a couple years to old for me.
What is there median income again? Per capita GDP? Gini Coefficient?
Depends on how you define "works". If you mean funds the state pretty well and protects some industries at the expense of everyone else, then yes they work great.
Many if not all steam games support that input method. You can turn any PC into a steambox very easily. Just install their OS and use big picture mode.
I have no devices that can use itunes, other than my macbook air that normally runs linux. I just rip the disks, it is very easy.
If they don't offer linux and android support I guess I will keep doing it this way.
$11.50! How will the backwoods dial-up internet using redneck strawman tepples constructs for these arguments ever afford that?
Once he pays for the gas for his pickup truck that he uses for his 2 hour commute, his trailer park spot rental and chewing tobacco how will he ever afford that?
Those people would be better served just buying the disk.
The demographic you describe would have to want to spend money to rent the game and again spend money to buy it for more than the cost of buying physical media. Who exactly is that? Someone who lives near a redbox, but far away from a store that sells games and is too impatient to wait for two day delivery from amazon? Seems like a very small group of people.
You don't make regular backups of your data?
The loudness wars and my own poor hearing mean it is unlikely to be a noticeable quality difference.
I had some trouble in the PS2 era, but these days games seem to keep getting easier and easier. So many tune their difficulty to the player.
I don't bother to leave the country to rip blu rays.
I even use libdvdcss to watch DVDs!
Truly, I am a hardened criminal.
Not officially, I believe there are some hacks that allow this.
Lots of websites still sell flac from what I can tell.
Most CDs are so poorly mastered (loudness wars) that I have trouble imagining it matters if they are ripped to MP3 or not.
I don't have the hearing for decent sound systems anyway, too many loud concerts and gun fire in my youth.
What the heck is Digital Copy? Why not just rip the blu ray? I tend to only watch things once so I don't buy a lot of media.
I don't think I could cope with metered internet service. I don't have cable or an antenna nor am I willing to watch advertising in my media.
So far the PS3 seems free of advertising as far as I can tell.
Backwards compatibility was pretty much just a ps1-ps2 thing. Only the early PS3s played previous gen games.
None of the cartridge systems offered this either and even the Wii dropped Gamecube support in later models.
Wait, so only have one at a time?
My current setup is HTPC for really old stuff, N64, PS2, Gamecube, and PS3. The N64 is just because I have not yet bought N64ish bluetooth controllers for the HTPC.
You do realize they sell HDMI switches right?
They are very cheap.
Mine would be if not for Netflix and Amazon prime.
Video game updates are another reason you might want to connect it. Some games really needed the updates, Bugthesda looking at you here.
I had the same experience.
My current HTPC is a Core 2 Quad. So either dolphin needs to get better or I need to keep waiting.
Either way that would have been the case.
Who would want to rent the game just for installation?
The disks are typically cheaper than digital sales in the sony store anyway.
Heck, I rather have the disks so that one day I can rip them and emulate the system. Can't do that with the software from the sony store.
Yet another win for PC gaming.
The GP stated he does not play online anyway though. I don't either. Not all of us want to hear racist and homophobic slurs being yelled by children while being accused of hacking simply because we have the attention span to learn how to properly play the game.
Has it been out long enough to say it fizzled?
It really could never hope to compete in the PS4/Xbone arena anyway. Its hardware is simply not up to the task.
Since you are a time traveler you really should get some news to take back to your decade.
These days you can buy MP3s without any DRM. No renting at all, just a normal file you can backup or burn or do whatever you like with. Amazon is a big source for those.
If you just rip them why not buy the songs on amazon as mp3s and back them up yourself? If you wanted to be really hipster you could even back them up to CDs.