"Hear! Hear! Thank you for your insightful comment. If I had any mod points I give them to you because you worked for them.
The reason the Democrats have such a hold on the poor and downtrodden in the US is that they offer them money -- enough so they can sort of live and stay poor while at the same time cast the Republicans as the evil group that wants to take away the little money they get from the Government."
Gasp! those fiends! Giving money to the poor - what assholes! We should practice tough love, damnit. Those children of that no-good lazy unwed mother will learn NOTHING if we as a society just help feed, clothe and maybe medicate the little freeloader. Down with compassion! BOO! Stupid hippy liberals and their concern for the welfare of those who can't help themselves!
You know, the Ps2, Xbox, Xbox 360, and (especially) the PS3 were/are being sold at a loss, for at least the first year or two the system was/is out. Only Nintendo refrains from such behavior, selling all of their hardware at a profit.
So when Phil Harrison says that making money off of the sale of a console is "videogame hardware 101," It's obvious that there's only one game company with a passing grade in that class. But I guess saying so is "flamebait."
while imitation is a very common and frequent behavior among children, you may be relieved to know that this in no way indicates that voodoo exists: That is, no television show/word/video game/drug/song makes you, your children, or anybody else for that matter do anything. See, voodoo isn't real, and people choose to do or not do things for themselves. video games don't make you shoot people, cocaine doesn't make you hold up a liqour store, and hearing the "f word" doesn't make you repeat it.
You want to know one inovative thing in that operating system the fact that it lets you use flash as either storage or ram that's huge. That truly is nice to plug and play ram if your machine needs a little pick me up.
Hahahahahahahaha!
That's insane! Flash memory can only be written to so many times. Using it as ram is the crazyiest damn thing I have ever heard.
Assuming you use the gyroscope movement for camera/crosshair control & the analog stick for movement, I count...6 buttons that can easily be reached by the right hand, and two more on the left. Any pressure sensitive buttons can essentially be counted twice. That's a potential 16 buttons, though I would expect a practical limit more around 10 or 12. Hell, that's enough to play a modern Metal Gear game!
Of course, that doesn't quite cut it for an SNES game, I suppose - that kind of a control scheme doesn't really apply there. But you know: I don't think expecting the consumer to play legacy, budget games with legacy, budget controllers (or their copies) is too much of an imposition.
So, to recap: it can adequately handle control schemes for NES, N64, and GC out of the box, and may require the use of an old controller (or, optionally, a DS, or maybe a snap-on acessory...) to play SNES games.
Armchair generals abound in the FPS world, but in practice few are anything approaching a virtual Colin Powell. The experiences I've had lead me to believe that overwhelming force will almost always win the day.
Uh...the "Powell Doctrine" is one of overwhelming force. Maybe there's a few more eColins out there than you think;)
The revolutionary "imaginary" copy protection. Prominently featured on every product, a sharp and stylish sticker heralding the state-of-the-art "Sony Super-Fantastic Copy Protection 5000," a technology so advanced, it can't even be detected! Customers thinking of trying to subvert this new DRM can call an 800 number, where a helpful, sweet-sounding old lady will gently encourage them to do the right thing, so as not to disappoint their mothers and grandmothers.
"These days, we're willing to pay $300 for a new console, with one controller and no games--Nintendo's Mario/Duck Hunt bundle included the NES, two controllers, the Zapper, Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt, all for $250. Now that is a good value."
Adjusting for inflation, what cost $250 in 1987 would cost $420.26 in 2005.
All I was trying to point out here was that the energy in writing games for a fixed standard is already being spent by game companies on the 1-3 consoles they feel like making a game for, and that those who want to make an "open" game or at least a game which won't cost money in licensing fees to a console manufacturer already have an option: the PC.
To EA, there's no benefit in having an open console, really. If said console had any market penetration at all, they'll make a game for it. Many game companies make PS2-only games, and not just because they signed an exclusivity deal with Sony. The PS2 sold the most units, so some companies make some games that are only for the PS2. To the game company, the licensing fees aren't really much of an issue, as they represent a tiny fraction of the cost of making the game.
For companies that want to make simpler, stranger, or "unacceptable" games - the PC provides an outlet for their software. The fact that it's not standardised does little to prevent game companies from making money on the games.
It's a lot like any other kind of entertainment: If you want to make a lot of money on a television program, you have to work within existing distrobution channels and their rules. If your program has nudity, then it's not going to make it to the major networks (which sports the largest number of viewers). For those kinds of shows, there are still options with fewer restrictions, and fewer viewers.
I doubt this will ever really happen, as there is already an open gaming console that can do a LOT more than anything MS, Sony, or Nintendo has to offer.
"I don't understand why they even bother with this. If you play games, just buy a used separate card, even very cheap ones are probably faster than the integrated stuff. If you don't play games, there is little difference between the existing stuff from Intel, ATI, VIA, etc."
That's just not so.
I have a Shuttle at home that has an nforce2 chipset with the integrated GeForce4MX. I used it to play UT2004 (and it was even pretty good looking, considering: most settings were on "normal," and it ran smoothly) for about a year or so. I just got a hand-me-down card that I put in the machine, but I had a great time for that year playing games with the IGP.
I think most people have the wrong impression on why booth babes are there.
They are not there to imporve a journalist's impression of the game company or the games. They aren't really even there to attract people to the boot in the first place...at least not directly.
They are there because when the journalists are done looking at the actual content on display, they might stick around for a few minutes to get their picture taken. That leads to a bigger crowd hanging out at your booth. And that is what the vendor wants: a big crowd. A crowd is more likely to attract a journalist than a pretty girl. And even if it isn't: Look! A pretty girl!
Booth babes aren't there to generate traffic as much as they are there to slow it down.
"But, there's room in this world for more than one belief system, is there not?"
Sure, so long as it's not in a science class. They tend to be more effective if you restrict the instruction to science.
So, just to recap: Faith and belief are fine, awesome even. But they're not scientific. I don't want science classes comprimised by lessons in bullshit and woo-woo, for the same reason Christians don't have guest sermons on taxonomy by Stephen Jay Gould.
This "equal time" argument from the creationist crowd is a joke. If it had scientific merit, creationism would be accepted by the scientific community. It doesn't, so they don't.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that since it's going to be a Family Guy video game, there's a 0% chance that it will be another Simpsons video game.
Slashdot Mirror
Hank doesn't count, 'cause he's cool ;)
"Hear! Hear! Thank you for your insightful comment. If I had any mod points I give them to you because you worked for them.
The reason the Democrats have such a hold on the poor and downtrodden in the US is that they offer them money -- enough so they can sort of live and stay poor while at the same time cast the Republicans as the evil group that wants to take away the little money they get from the Government."
Gasp! those fiends! Giving money to the poor - what assholes! We should practice tough love, damnit. Those children of that no-good lazy unwed mother will learn NOTHING if we as a society just help feed, clothe and maybe medicate the little freeloader. Down with compassion! BOO! Stupid hippy liberals and their concern for the welfare of those who can't help themselves!
Let's keep prolonging the inevitable! Woohoo!
So when Phil Harrison says that making money off of the sale of a console is "videogame hardware 101," It's obvious that there's only one game company with a passing grade in that class. But I guess saying so is "flamebait."
PH: That's videogame hardware 101."
I guess Nintendo was the only one to actually pass that class.
while imitation is a very common and frequent behavior among children, you may be relieved to know that this in no way indicates that voodoo exists: That is, no television show/word/video game/drug/song makes you, your children, or anybody else for that matter do anything. See, voodoo isn't real, and people choose to do or not do things for themselves. video games don't make you shoot people, cocaine doesn't make you hold up a liqour store, and hearing the "f word" doesn't make you repeat it.
Now stay there and lick your wounds in the light my viscious tongue lashing!
I hardly see how licking a tongue-lash injury is going to help the matter.
You want to know one inovative thing in that operating system the fact that it lets you use flash as either storage or ram that's huge. That truly is nice to plug and play ram if your machine needs a little pick me up.
Hahahahahahahaha!
That's insane! Flash memory can only be written to so many times. Using it as ram is the crazyiest damn thing I have ever heard.
I can see it now: a Che Guevara-style silhouette of Mario, complete with "M" emblem beret.
Viva La (Nintendo) Revolución!
Assuming you use the gyroscope movement for camera/crosshair control & the analog stick for movement, I count...6 buttons that can easily be reached by the right hand, and two more on the left. Any pressure sensitive buttons can essentially be counted twice. That's a potential 16 buttons, though I would expect a practical limit more around 10 or 12. Hell, that's enough to play a modern Metal Gear game!
Of course, that doesn't quite cut it for an SNES game, I suppose - that kind of a control scheme doesn't really apply there. But you know: I don't think expecting the consumer to play legacy, budget games with legacy, budget controllers (or their copies) is too much of an imposition.
So, to recap: it can adequately handle control schemes for NES, N64, and GC out of the box, and may require the use of an old controller (or, optionally, a DS, or maybe a snap-on acessory...) to play SNES games.
That sounds pretty reasonable to me.
Please tell me English isn't your native language.
Armchair generals abound in the FPS world, but in practice few are anything approaching a virtual Colin Powell. The experiences I've had lead me to believe that overwhelming force will almost always win the day.
;)
Uh...the "Powell Doctrine" is one of overwhelming force. Maybe there's a few more eColins out there than you think
I know lots of people here are going to cry foul, but come on: Who was gonna buy anti-virus software for linux from Microsoft?
Sony is gearing up for the next big wave in DRM:
The revolutionary "imaginary" copy protection. Prominently featured on every product, a sharp and stylish sticker heralding the state-of-the-art "Sony Super-Fantastic Copy Protection 5000," a technology so advanced, it can't even be detected! Customers thinking of trying to subvert this new DRM can call an 800 number, where a helpful, sweet-sounding old lady will gently encourage them to do the right thing, so as not to disappoint their mothers and grandmothers.
Quiet, you
"These days, we're willing to pay $300 for a new console, with one controller and no games--Nintendo's Mario/Duck Hunt bundle included the NES, two controllers, the Zapper, Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt, all for $250. Now that is a good value."
Adjusting for inflation, what cost $250 in 1987 would cost $420.26 in 2005.
All I was trying to point out here was that the energy in writing games for a fixed standard is already being spent by game companies on the 1-3 consoles they feel like making a game for, and that those who want to make an "open" game or at least a game which won't cost money in licensing fees to a console manufacturer already have an option: the PC.
To EA, there's no benefit in having an open console, really. If said console had any market penetration at all, they'll make a game for it. Many game companies make PS2-only games, and not just because they signed an exclusivity deal with Sony. The PS2 sold the most units, so some companies make some games that are only for the PS2. To the game company, the licensing fees aren't really much of an issue, as they represent a tiny fraction of the cost of making the game.
For companies that want to make simpler, stranger, or "unacceptable" games - the PC provides an outlet for their software. The fact that it's not standardised does little to prevent game companies from making money on the games.
It's a lot like any other kind of entertainment: If you want to make a lot of money on a television program, you have to work within existing distrobution channels and their rules. If your program has nudity, then it's not going to make it to the major networks (which sports the largest number of viewers). For those kinds of shows, there are still options with fewer restrictions, and fewer viewers.
I doubt this will ever really happen, as there is already an open gaming console that can do a LOT more than anything MS, Sony, or Nintendo has to offer.
/. on it right now.
You're reading
The new Gillette MACH 6© 6 GPU motherboard, with comfort strip.
"I don't understand why they even bother with this. If you play games, just buy a used separate card, even very cheap ones are probably faster than the integrated stuff. If you don't play games, there is little difference between the existing stuff from Intel, ATI, VIA, etc."
That's just not so.
I have a Shuttle at home that has an nforce2 chipset with the integrated GeForce4MX. I used it to play UT2004 (and it was even pretty good looking, considering: most settings were on "normal," and it ran smoothly) for about a year or so. I just got a hand-me-down card that I put in the machine, but I had a great time for that year playing games with the IGP.
I think most people have the wrong impression on why booth babes are there.
They are not there to imporve a journalist's impression of the game company or the games. They aren't really even there to attract people to the boot in the first place...at least not directly.
They are there because when the journalists are done looking at the actual content on display, they might stick around for a few minutes to get their picture taken. That leads to a bigger crowd hanging out at your booth. And that is what the vendor wants: a big crowd. A crowd is more likely to attract a journalist than a pretty girl. And even if it isn't: Look! A pretty girl!
Booth babes aren't there to generate traffic as much as they are there to slow it down.
(Stupendous Soap S...omethingathon) Symposium?
"But, there's room in this world for more than one belief system, is there not?"
Sure, so long as it's not in a science class. They tend to be more effective if you restrict the instruction to science.
So, just to recap: Faith and belief are fine, awesome even. But they're not scientific. I don't want science classes comprimised by lessons in bullshit and woo-woo, for the same reason Christians don't have guest sermons on taxonomy by Stephen Jay Gould.
This "equal time" argument from the creationist crowd is a joke. If it had scientific merit, creationism would be accepted by the scientific community. It doesn't, so they don't.
"with a single box housing both UMD and DVD, for slightly more than the price of buying both separately."
Wow, what a deal.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that since it's going to be a Family Guy video game, there's a 0% chance that it will be another Simpsons video game.