The prices and importance of messaging middleware applications to many companies are such that they will be precisely the LAST application that would be allowed to go F/OSS/no vendor support world.
Or maybe you don't like the fact that a Mac Mini only has a 32MB video card which can't (officialy) be upgraded, when to run nicely, OS X really needs at least 64MB?
WTF? Windows XP help is about as useful a brick in solving problems. It's of the "Did you check that the printer is turned on? Yes? Oh sorry we can't help you" variety.
Agreed, I was confused when they said that OS X had poorer help files, because I've found them to be very useful, and one of the things I use to advocate OS X.
But as I've said in another comment, costs of creating games with levels of increasing complexity that is required as games mature will catch up the lowly sales of PC software first, which can only lead to generic console ports. It's already happening.
No, I'm saying that retaining a pipe large enough such that X hundred thousand people can all download 4GB+ of data off you concurrently costs a fortune.
The Steam figures will probably not be larger than the retail package.
Costs of game production are rising, PC games will have to sell as much as this to survive, or will slip to become simple ports of console titles. With little to differentiate them, there is little point is there in spending extra on dedicated gaming graphics cards, and the associated hassle of maintaining such a system. Expect graphical superiority to be wiped out with the coming systems and HDTV.
Exclusive PC titles are a rare breed these days, few things apart from the very unique (Rollercoaster Tycoon, Total War etc) don't get ported. The decline is consistent and the future is definitely not promising for PC gaming.
Compared to five years ago, it's in a coma. Consoles are eating its breakfast, lunch and dinner. Halo 2 has done nearly four times this figure, GTA:SA probably even greater.
that EA have no intentions of innovating their way back into the publics hearts. It's probably fair to say that these 15 games will be so slightly incremental that you'll be hard pushed to tell the difference between one release and another from five years later.
You can list file formats all you like, but they're irrelevant compared to being able to simply rip CDs, transfer them, and pick up and play. It's about which one does this best, and the mass market has chosen.
Personally I see nothing of interest outside the iPod bubble, where I'm happily ensconced with Airport Express, iTMS, and the best UI to grace a portable device.
Of all these lineages, Linux probably has the best deal, being a rebirth of pedigreed Unix architectures, without the old apps or users to hold back innovation, combined with its essential self-modifying toolchain and community.
Then why is it that from the ground up, they just emulate those old Unix systems, with non-standardised legacy syle configuration files scattered everywhere, in many examples, shipping with the exact same basic services software as as the old Unix kit. I wish they'd quit trying to be Solaris and actually try innovating for once. OS X is well within its right to point and laugh at Linux.
This slashdot editor is the same idiot who will give away your personal details without a second thought. Nice to see he's idiotic enough to post a dupe of one of the biggest stories of 2005 already.
The thought occurs that if it takes an expert or a computer program to tell if it was done by the original artist or not then surely it's good enough at what it's supposed to be doing: being an attractive wall decoration.
Stopping fakes being passed off as the real thing in order to prevent fraud is of course important, but I will never understand the conceited propensity of people to insist on spending horrific amounts of cash on something that they cannot personally verify is even authentic or not. Surely these people need their money extracting from them in aid of good causes? Who's for creating an organisation of art fakers who donate the fraudulent proceeds to Free Software and charitable organisations?
You can *keep* it on your hard drive, which you *own*. It provides facilities to back the software up.
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That's the point! Sections that are difficult and involving just turn into simple target practice. Strategy and cover are much more important components in the Xbox version simply because you use a joypad.
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I fully agree. Halo is a much better game for the joypad controls, as evidenced by how wrong it feels on the PC. It changes the dynamic completely, much better cover and tactical elements because it's a lot harder to to pick people out eyeball by eyeball.
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Imagine if people were entitled to their own opinions and preferences!
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The prices and importance of messaging middleware applications to many companies are such that they will be precisely the LAST application that would be allowed to go F/OSS/no vendor support world.
Now the FUDees become the FUDers!
OOo isn't better than Microsoft Office; certainly not on the Mac anyway.
Is that silence because you can't configure your soundcard properly?
But as I've said in another comment, costs of creating games with levels of increasing complexity that is required as games mature will catch up the lowly sales of PC software first, which can only lead to generic console ports. It's already happening.
And it's 'ridiculous'.
Costs of game production are rising, PC games will have to sell as much as this to survive, or will slip to become simple ports of console titles. With little to differentiate them, there is little point is there in spending extra on dedicated gaming graphics cards, and the associated hassle of maintaining such a system. Expect graphical superiority to be wiped out with the coming systems and HDTV.
Exclusive PC titles are a rare breed these days, few things apart from the very unique (Rollercoaster Tycoon, Total War etc) don't get ported. The decline is consistent and the future is definitely not promising for PC gaming.
Compared to five years ago, it's in a coma. Consoles are eating its breakfast, lunch and dinner. Halo 2 has done nearly four times this figure, GTA:SA probably even greater.
Also, "only" ? Heh.
But that still requires physical access or an existing logon on either client or server, or route inbetween. Not as deadly as a remote exploit.
that EA have no intentions of innovating their way back into the publics hearts. It's probably fair to say that these 15 games will be so slightly incremental that you'll be hard pushed to tell the difference between one release and another from five years later.
Personally I see nothing of interest outside the iPod bubble, where I'm happily ensconced with Airport Express, iTMS, and the best UI to grace a portable device.
From my parents home in Wyoming, I stab at thee!!
This slashdot editor is the same idiot who will give away your personal details without a second thought. Nice to see he's idiotic enough to post a dupe of one of the biggest stories of 2005 already.
Stopping fakes being passed off as the real thing in order to prevent fraud is of course important, but I will never understand the conceited propensity of people to insist on spending horrific amounts of cash on something that they cannot personally verify is even authentic or not. Surely these people need their money extracting from them in aid of good causes? Who's for creating an organisation of art fakers who donate the fraudulent proceeds to Free Software and charitable organisations?
You can *keep* it on your hard drive, which you *own*. It provides facilities to back the software up.
That's the point! Sections that are difficult and involving just turn into simple target practice. Strategy and cover are much more important components in the Xbox version simply because you use a joypad.
I fully agree. Halo is a much better game for the joypad controls, as evidenced by how wrong it feels on the PC. It changes the dynamic completely, much better cover and tactical elements because it's a lot harder to to pick people out eyeball by eyeball.
Imagine if people were entitled to their own opinions and preferences!
The power of a computer can be measured by how long it's waiting for its user to finish what it's doing.
Nope, at least 5 IMO.
Just get a cheap Mac and a PS2. Case closed.
And a new mouse.