Just because they're not as big here as Square doesn't mean they're smaller.
Star Ocean series
Valkyrie Profile (different)
Dragon Warrior Series (up to 7, development of #8 is a mystery?) - this series is rumoured to be so powerful in Japan that when a new one is released, it is required by law to be on the weekend - simply because so many people would skip work if it came out during the week. That influence enough for you?
Admittedly their recent lineup has been sagging. Maybe this will be a long-awaited revitalization...I'm hoping it'll inject something new and cool to the Final Fantasies...FF6 was the best, it only went downhill from there:)
I mean...it can't be any worse than collaborating with *gasp* Disney!
I would rather that the aforementioned angsty teens sit at home and type at their blogs than take to the streets and vent by spraying grafitti, mauling pedestrians or shooting their co-students...
It's just text people, and most blogsites are pay-to-play; it's not like they're clogging your 'net. You don't like it, don't go to them. I for one visit a few select blogs of friends' and find them most amusing (well, once a month or so is my threshold, but still!).
It's nearly as fast (IE still has that shell integration accelerating it on startup), it renders faster (at least in my subjective view), it has the tabbed interface which is just wonderful, a fully XML'ed navbar (meaning altering your navbar is as easy as drag 'n drop - oddly enough a concept MS made famous:D), and best of all, the dev team gives you a roadmap which shows what they think is important - and I like what I see. Again, that's a personal opinion, but...when was the last time you've seen (f)actual development information coming out of MS...
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Just because they're not as big here as Square doesn't mean they're smaller. Star Ocean series Valkyrie Profile (different) Dragon Warrior Series (up to 7, development of #8 is a mystery?) - this series is rumoured to be so powerful in Japan that when a new one is released, it is required by law to be on the weekend - simply because so many people would skip work if it came out during the week. That influence enough for you? Admittedly their recent lineup has been sagging. Maybe this will be a long-awaited revitalization...I'm hoping it'll inject something new and cool to the Final Fantasies...FF6 was the best, it only went downhill from there :)
I mean...it can't be any worse than collaborating with *gasp* Disney!
I would rather that the aforementioned angsty teens sit at home and type at their blogs than take to the streets and vent by spraying grafitti, mauling pedestrians or shooting their co-students... It's just text people, and most blogsites are pay-to-play; it's not like they're clogging your 'net. You don't like it, don't go to them. I for one visit a few select blogs of friends' and find them most amusing (well, once a month or so is my threshold, but still!).
It's nearly as fast (IE still has that shell integration accelerating it on startup), it renders faster (at least in my subjective view), it has the tabbed interface which is just wonderful, a fully XML'ed navbar (meaning altering your navbar is as easy as drag 'n drop - oddly enough a concept MS made famous :D), and best of all, the dev team gives you a roadmap which shows what they think is important - and I like what I see. Again, that's a personal opinion, but...when was the last time you've seen (f)actual development information coming out of MS...