Bah, using the example of the N-Gage is a bad one. It failed because it was designed poorly. If they "got it right" then everyone would be walking around with them. You state all these reasons why being multi-prupose is bad, yet you state an example of a fantastic multi-purpose device in your subject. I know the Slashdot mentality is to put down things that do more than one thing...but that always strikes me as hypocritical...seriously, look at what you are using to access Slashdot. Now to be surprised that gaming consoles are going in that direction is not surprising. Gaming consoles are computers! You still get the advantage of it being a console because every single box is the same hardware so the software companies can focus on making games rather than having to test it on every video driver/processor on the market. People complain that it will add complexity and thus make it easier to break. This argument is weak at best. A machine is only as strong as its weakest component and it is pretty clear that most problems are in the dvd drives failing. Your consoles are not going to gain much more complexity from a hard drive and an internet connection and a few more input/output ports. It honestly isn't a big change from what you have now. What will change is the software written for consoles. It will allow you to do so much more than before. And if you don't care...don't care and just play games on it. Seriously, I know the old delphian knife argument...and if it were true, then we should have an e-mail machine, a web surfing machine, a game playing machine, a word processing machine, etc etc. In summary, consoles are computer and software will allow them to successfully be multi-purpose.
This is clearly a first. A person is posting a quote from the summary and clearly did not bother to read that. Ok, that's not a first, but the fact that it is modded +5 insightful is! He clearly said that the passwords are protected. i.e. kept in a locked desk, a vault, a secure PDA. I mean, seriously, anytime you come across a piece of paper with a strange combination of letters and numbers...when is that NOT a candidate for being a password. It does not fly in the face of reason because the users aren't choosing "password1" as their password. As long as the password is physically secured, what's the problem here? Yeah, some moron can leave his password unsecure, but we have yet to find a scientific soultion to morons.
Why in the world would this embarass you? Two dumb kids did something stupid. Unless you actually suggested this to them or have tried it out yourself, I just don't get it. Listen, just because two fans of star wars did something stupid, it doesn't reflect on the millions of star wars fans out there. Got it?
No, it isn't a big deal and your statement that it is is fairly rediculous. If Linus presents the benefits of Linux over Windows and something goes wrong with his Linux laptop, would he be advocating the power of Windows over Linux if the only other thing available to present was a Windows machine? Of course not. So linux can be used to present power point slides...holy crap! I better switch everything to Linux now...Windows is useless! Moron. It just shows the near retarded level of bias on this site that this gets modded insightful. The title could read: Linux can show slideshows! That's how much of a big deal it is.
Yes, because we all know dealing with drivers in linux is simpler than dealing with drivers in Windows *cough*. One device wasn't acting properly, they used another one. It just shows the maturity of Slashdotters that they find this interesting at all.
Either people are going to support the cheaper, more "fun" based Revolution or are going to be willing to buy expensive media centers that are also much more complex.
Really, give me a break. So when some company you loves comes out with inferior hardware, that means they care more about fun? I bet you buy in to the whole "graphics does not equal fun" mentality as well. Let me explain to you why this is stupid. Gameplay and graphics are separate. You can have a much better game with worse graphics, no one will argue this. At a certain point, graphics need to advance...so Nintendo will not be coming out with a new 8-bit system. What they are saying is that their graphics are "good enough". That's fine, I won't argue that if I play a gamecube game I am not thinking...oh crap, this thing has horrible graphics. But the way Nintendo states this, it is like they are stating that because they are graphically inferior, they have upped the "fun factor". This is utter bs. Games will be just as fun on the other consoles, but they will just be on more capable hardware. It's clever how they try to make their weakness a strong point...it is just sad how many of you guys fall for it. Nintendo is going to come out with inferior hardware...deal with it. They will most likely be cheaper because of this. This is their real strong point as most parents and people with limited budget will choose to go with Nintendo and their family friendly image.
But let's get real here. All three companies are trying to get you money. Nintendo doesn't exist as an altruistic being trying to bring games to all people of the world. They are out to make a buck. You may buy in to their marketing more, but that just means they got you. How can I say such a thing? Well, the fact that you are saying a console that DOES NOT EXIST is "more fun" than other consoles that DO NOT EXIST pretty much shows how much power they have over you. Listen, I grew up with Nintendo too and have a lot of fond memories. But we live in a multi-console world now. I'll probably end up with all three eventually, but I will certainly get the one that has the games I find most fun. If Nintendo wants me, they need to start getting some quality (exclusive) RPGs again. If they are non-exclusive, I'd rather play it on hardware that can make it prettier on my HD tv.
I agree a lot...though I don't think the external interfaces matters all that much (at least for personality). It would be a shock at first to see differently...but we are able to adapt fairly well.
Your question really confuses me. It's like asking how do two identical computers be at two places at once? The answer: very easily. Conciousness isn't something that floats around you that is shared with something else. Everything is in your brain. You copy the brain and body perfectly, then you just have another you. The only difference now is where you go from that point on. It's not like copying splits your conciousness. You have two beings with their own conciousness.
The true power of this is that you can copy your brain and put it in a young or android body so that you can extend your life beyond the grave. Having a collective conciousness doesn't really make sense because collective conciousness does not exist for humans and would probably be undesirable. It works for computers because it has a well-defined interface and it was designed that way. For humans, it doesn't make sense. What are we sharing exactly? Storage capacity, message passing, raw problem solving? Other than doing messing passing over a wireless network placed in the brain...I don't see it happening. Hmm, but if you really want to try it in the sense I think you are talking about, start cutting off a piece of someone else's brain, like where they store memory, and then somehow attach it to your brain. If you then suddenly have the memories of the other person...then maybe a collective conciousness could exist if you could just interface them wirelessly (just so you don't have to stay as close as a wire connecting your brains together). That would cause some major problems because in essence the brain is acting as one, but now has to deal with more input than it is used to...as well as we adapt to stuff, it would be fairly hard to multitask the control of multiple selves.
Umm, I am pretty sure they won't have a perfect copy of your body at the point in time that your brain was copied. If you knew that copying existed and it was done to you, then as soon as you were "woken up", yeah, you would probably say "what the...why is my body different..oh shit I am a copy". You are assuming that you will be placed in a body at all. It's doubtful it will be biological. You might just be a hard drive with a mic and a web cam.
You are taking this way too personally. Are you sure you aren't a copy? We tend to value originals more than a copy...this is the nature of things. You take better care of your brand new cd more than a copy a friend gave you...cause hey, you can just make more right? So it is not surprising to have the word "just" associated with a copy. While I agree that these new copies should be treated as humans, you know they will be segregated...particularly by religious people because that really messed up their whole belief structure.
Yeah, machines can be pretty darn wonderful...particularly my gaming systems. Oh wait, you are talking about humans...I sometimes question how wonderful we really are. We are fairly destructive...so machines can be horrible as well. Now we have a bunch of machines capable of thinking at high levels but not afraid of death. Now that is really scary. Think Grand Theft Auto scary. I don't care if I get killed anymore in a shootout because my copy will just activate somewhere else.
The problem with copying a brain also is that our mood is effected by the chemicals in our body. Yeah, our brain helps kick off a lot of those reactions but if the body is not a perfect copy, then it seems fairly certain that the body would react differently...like more testosterone would be produced with the new body than the old one. This will cause people to be sort of the same, but have subtle personailty differences. Think if we removed those all together. They probably would lack a lot of the emotions...this could make them excellent people since they will always be even tempered...of they could become cold, careless killers. So much we don't know...but I hope I live long enough to see it happen...army of killer androids or no.
I really wonder why "Will it Float" is so popular. It is so stupid. I mean...some things are funny. Some things are so stupid they are funny. But that segment fits in between where it isn't funny at all. But then again...I don't find Letterman very funny either. Give me Conan over him anyday.
*sigh* I think the Democrats have really lost their way after this last election. Instead of standing up for liberal values (protecting individuals rights despite their unpopularity to religious morals) they are now pandering to the people who want to restrict rights of minorities. I am not sure if it was just 9/11 that pushed people over the moral edge, but it is really scaring the hell out of me. America is based on the idea that people can believe what they choose without government interference. Yeah, there are limits to that...like believing that women should be shot and acting on that belief. But just because your religion thinks what I am doing is wrong, doesn't mean you need to force laws on them. It's just so hypocritical. So the bible says a man shall not lay with another man. Fine, it also says not to have pre-marital sex. But almost all Chrisitians do this, so of course they aren't pushing for pre-marital sex laws. They are just using the line to give them a reason to hate a group of people. The idea of it doesn't appeal to me either, but it isn't the government's job to force morals on people. Oh well, things go in waves. It will probably swing back the other way eventually. I am just worried if it keeps swinging the way it is going the US will only represent Christians and big business...and that isn't a pretty picture.
Yeah, I have been disappointed with Sen. Clinton's view on this issue as well. I am tired of the "but think of the children" mentality. Children are important, but don't take away my rights as well.
I am confused on whether to be pleased that a scarcastic statement about apple was modded up or be disappointed that it was modded up due to people believing it.
What happens to a society when the moneyed interests have a controling influence in everything?
I think the more interesting question is what happens when they don't have a controlling influence. I don't think there is any time in history that financial powers have not had influence. Get used to it.
No offense man, but if you can't master circle, triangle, X, and square...you aren't going to do much better with A, B, C, D. I have never had a problem accidentally hitting shoulder buttons. Maybe it is just you. I suggest trying an Atari. It has one button and a joystick. Don't get too upset if you accidentally hit its only button though.
From what I hear, they should be fairly solid. They aren't the IR controllers of the past that required line of sight...and quite frankly were awful. But I don't think they are going to force you to use wireless controllers. Just get a wired controller and don't worry about it.
Well, from a purely graphical perspective...when consoles first come up they are genreally on par or better with PCs. PCs catch up and pass them and then it's prettier there. PC gaming is better for FPS and RTS mainly because the mouse and keyboard are superior to a controller for those games. Now I know that there are mouse and keyboards for consoles. They suck though because you still can't turn any faster than what the controller would let you. I have mixed feeling on that. I like it because it evens out online game play a little bit. I dislike it because I don't like to be artificially limited. I do both PC gaming and console gaming. Both have benefits and drawbacks. Trying to sway people to give up PC gaming or trying to state that one is better is stupid and immature.
but I sent her an e-mail.
demuzio@senatedem.state.il.us
'Video games are not art or media,' she said. 'They are simulations,
not all that different from the simulations used by the U.S. military
in preparation for war.'
It really discourages me to see Democrats taking the wrong side on the
issue of video games. While Republican work hard to restrict the
rights of gays and force moral codes based on religious beliefs into
laws, we need Democrats to stand up for what is right. Video games
are not just for children. Obviously, we must protect our children.
But we must protect that adults still have the rights to do things
they choose as long as it isn't harming other people. Video games do
not cause people to become violent. Watching news footage of the
"war" in Iraq does not cause people to become violent. Violent people
are the problem and some of them are drawn to violent video games.
Video games are just as much art and media as a book. They present a
world and tell a story. This media is just interactive. That does
not make the game a simulation. A simulation is something based in
reality. You have real situations, with real interfaces that are
actually practical in the real world. Controlling some person through
a controller is not a simulation. If I want to steal a car in the
real world, I can't push a button that just allows me to do it.
If you really want to make a difference, stand up for the rights of
all people. Demand stricter penalties on stores that do not enforce
the ESRB rating system. Have a campaign so that parents understand
the ESRB rating system. Quit pandering to the right and stand up
again for what America stand for. Freedom.
Seriously, this should be modded insightful. Frankly, I didn't agree with what Bnetd was doing. Neither did the courts. Move on and go back to buying games that you will enjoy.
Actually, he's right. There is no estimated price for $465. There was an estimate that it was going to cost under x amount of yen. Someone converted that to US currency and that amount was about $465. Obviously, the price of the system will not be $464.99. That is such a stupid number and I don't know why people are so daft to jump all over it. If it will be priced in that range even, it would be $499.99, $449.99, or $399.99. I imagine it will largely depend on how much the other systems cost and the prices will drop a bit fairly quickly if they start out at that price point.
It is backward compaatible with the game cube. I would love to see you try to cram a NES cart in your Revolution. They will have emulators for their very old system. It's not as simple to emulate the previous gen, particularly the way MS makes their system.
Nintendo cares for the gaming community as much as MS does. They all just want to make money. They might "get" gamers a little better (at least on this point, not so much on others), but they are still out for a profit. How your biased, factually inaccurate post got modded up so high is beyond me.
His whole general on the PC with strategy and console player executing really sounds like Natural Selection to me. I forget if they call them something else, but on the human side, there is one person who acts as the battle commander. He tells them where to go with markers, he puts materials in place so that they can build, and just controls the overall strategy. Of course, if you get a bad battle commander, you are pretty screwed.
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Man, lighten up! I don't see where you get from that one statement that sex is the future of games. First you insult the person calling him undersexed and a geek. Then he is the in-crowd that watches MTV. Make up your mind. It sounds like you are the one with the real problem. If you don't think that there is a market for sex games, well, you obviously ignore the porn industry. They hold no interest to me, but if people want that stuff, then there is no reason for people not to sell it (of course, there is a certain limit...Michael Jackson's Playland would be an example of too far). Next time, get a screen name (or use the one you own) and have some guts if you are going to insult someone.
This isn't even on topic. I don't see why astroturfing for Nintendo is considered acceptable on here and other consoles it is modded down. You just rehash stuff everyone knows and state some pretty iffy opinions. The PSP and DS are both handhelds, they are in the same market and compete. Saying you can use the DS on a revolution doesn't stick it in a different market, that's called a feature. Next, you imply that Nintendo didn't have online capability because of pedophiles. Are you completely insane? We better shut down schools, because hey, that's like pedophile heaven, right? Nintendo stated they didn't think the market was ready for online consoles. They didn't think that it would be profitable for them to increase the complexity of their system and support servers. Xbox has shown that there is a market for it, now all consoles will have this capability. Nintendo is in this for profit just like the other guys. You are a fool if you think they are in it JUST to make great games. Yes, I have played on a GC. I own all 3. Have you played on the other 2 console's controllers? I actually like the GC's the least. Finally, there are plenty of great games on all the consoles that don't involve gore.
Seriously, your arguments are so weak, they hurt to read. It is so sad people just mod this stuff up due to bias. Nintendo make a great console...so does Sony and Microsoft. They all want your money, so don't do free marketing for one of them.
You are just as much a stereotype as the others you list. You are the Nintendo fanboy that defends Nintendo no matter what. Suddenly, it's ok if graphics are worse...that means the gameplay is better! It's ok not to be number 1, that's more profitable! Yeah, there is more buzz about the other companies because they are releasing all this info about their new consoles. Nintendo is not, so there will be a little bit of a let down for people wanting to see the next big thing from them. What's the big deal? Your other stereotypes are just people who are generally modded as trolls...yet you bite away.
Quite frankly, no one cares if the company is making profit on the console when they buy one. I don't see why that is a defense. Yeah, they aren't going to go away, but they aren't going to be the powerhouse of old either. But the market can handle multiple consoles.
You said it yourself, Nintendo doesn't have as much to offer in this E3...why are you stunned and dismayed when people aren't horribly impressed? Nintendo isn't going to disappear because a few morons state that Nintendo is dead. Graphical power of machines DOES matter, no matter what Nintendo tells you. I stated this before, graphics are part of the overall gaming experience. Graphics enhance the experience and can make a game better. It doesn't make up for crappy gameplay, but just because you have less graphical capability, this does not mean you get superior gameplay. The argument that it isn't about the graphics anymore is really flawed and only fanboys buy in to this philosophy. Do you really think there is all this extra effort put in to graphics on machines that can handle them that are now freed up to concentrate on gameplay? It's just a gimmick. Otherwise there would be no "fun" games on other consoles. And there are plenty on all 3 current gen systems.
Most everything at E3 is bullshit anyways. Wait until stuff comes out, read reviews, wait a few revs on the consoles, and buy them when the price drops. I have all 3 current gen consoles and they all have something to enjoy.
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Bah, using the example of the N-Gage is a bad one. It failed because it was designed poorly. If they "got it right" then everyone would be walking around with them. You state all these reasons why being multi-prupose is bad, yet you state an example of a fantastic multi-purpose device in your subject. I know the Slashdot mentality is to put down things that do more than one thing...but that always strikes me as hypocritical...seriously, look at what you are using to access Slashdot. Now to be surprised that gaming consoles are going in that direction is not surprising. Gaming consoles are computers! You still get the advantage of it being a console because every single box is the same hardware so the software companies can focus on making games rather than having to test it on every video driver/processor on the market. People complain that it will add complexity and thus make it easier to break. This argument is weak at best. A machine is only as strong as its weakest component and it is pretty clear that most problems are in the dvd drives failing. Your consoles are not going to gain much more complexity from a hard drive and an internet connection and a few more input/output ports. It honestly isn't a big change from what you have now. What will change is the software written for consoles. It will allow you to do so much more than before. And if you don't care...don't care and just play games on it. Seriously, I know the old delphian knife argument...and if it were true, then we should have an e-mail machine, a web surfing machine, a game playing machine, a word processing machine, etc etc. In summary, consoles are computer and software will allow them to successfully be multi-purpose.
This is clearly a first. A person is posting a quote from the summary and clearly did not bother to read that. Ok, that's not a first, but the fact that it is modded +5 insightful is! He clearly said that the passwords are protected. i.e. kept in a locked desk, a vault, a secure PDA. I mean, seriously, anytime you come across a piece of paper with a strange combination of letters and numbers...when is that NOT a candidate for being a password. It does not fly in the face of reason because the users aren't choosing "password1" as their password. As long as the password is physically secured, what's the problem here? Yeah, some moron can leave his password unsecure, but we have yet to find a scientific soultion to morons.
And me embarassed to be a Star Wars geek.
Why in the world would this embarass you? Two dumb kids did something stupid. Unless you actually suggested this to them or have tried it out yourself, I just don't get it. Listen, just because two fans of star wars did something stupid, it doesn't reflect on the millions of star wars fans out there. Got it?
No, it isn't a big deal and your statement that it is is fairly rediculous. If Linus presents the benefits of Linux over Windows and something goes wrong with his Linux laptop, would he be advocating the power of Windows over Linux if the only other thing available to present was a Windows machine? Of course not. So linux can be used to present power point slides...holy crap! I better switch everything to Linux now...Windows is useless! Moron. It just shows the near retarded level of bias on this site that this gets modded insightful. The title could read: Linux can show slideshows! That's how much of a big deal it is.
Yes, because we all know dealing with drivers in linux is simpler than dealing with drivers in Windows *cough*. One device wasn't acting properly, they used another one. It just shows the maturity of Slashdotters that they find this interesting at all.
Either people are going to support the cheaper, more "fun" based Revolution or are going to be willing to buy expensive media centers that are also much more complex.
Really, give me a break. So when some company you loves comes out with inferior hardware, that means they care more about fun? I bet you buy in to the whole "graphics does not equal fun" mentality as well. Let me explain to you why this is stupid. Gameplay and graphics are separate. You can have a much better game with worse graphics, no one will argue this. At a certain point, graphics need to advance...so Nintendo will not be coming out with a new 8-bit system. What they are saying is that their graphics are "good enough". That's fine, I won't argue that if I play a gamecube game I am not thinking...oh crap, this thing has horrible graphics. But the way Nintendo states this, it is like they are stating that because they are graphically inferior, they have upped the "fun factor". This is utter bs. Games will be just as fun on the other consoles, but they will just be on more capable hardware. It's clever how they try to make their weakness a strong point...it is just sad how many of you guys fall for it. Nintendo is going to come out with inferior hardware...deal with it. They will most likely be cheaper because of this. This is their real strong point as most parents and people with limited budget will choose to go with Nintendo and their family friendly image.
But let's get real here. All three companies are trying to get you money. Nintendo doesn't exist as an altruistic being trying to bring games to all people of the world. They are out to make a buck. You may buy in to their marketing more, but that just means they got you. How can I say such a thing? Well, the fact that you are saying a console that DOES NOT EXIST is "more fun" than other consoles that DO NOT EXIST pretty much shows how much power they have over you. Listen, I grew up with Nintendo too and have a lot of fond memories. But we live in a multi-console world now. I'll probably end up with all three eventually, but I will certainly get the one that has the games I find most fun. If Nintendo wants me, they need to start getting some quality (exclusive) RPGs again. If they are non-exclusive, I'd rather play it on hardware that can make it prettier on my HD tv.
I agree a lot...though I don't think the external interfaces matters all that much (at least for personality). It would be a shock at first to see differently...but we are able to adapt fairly well.
Your question really confuses me. It's like asking how do two identical computers be at two places at once? The answer: very easily. Conciousness isn't something that floats around you that is shared with something else. Everything is in your brain. You copy the brain and body perfectly, then you just have another you. The only difference now is where you go from that point on. It's not like copying splits your conciousness. You have two beings with their own conciousness.
The true power of this is that you can copy your brain and put it in a young or android body so that you can extend your life beyond the grave. Having a collective conciousness doesn't really make sense because collective conciousness does not exist for humans and would probably be undesirable. It works for computers because it has a well-defined interface and it was designed that way. For humans, it doesn't make sense. What are we sharing exactly? Storage capacity, message passing, raw problem solving? Other than doing messing passing over a wireless network placed in the brain...I don't see it happening. Hmm, but if you really want to try it in the sense I think you are talking about, start cutting off a piece of someone else's brain, like where they store memory, and then somehow attach it to your brain. If you then suddenly have the memories of the other person...then maybe a collective conciousness could exist if you could just interface them wirelessly (just so you don't have to stay as close as a wire connecting your brains together). That would cause some major problems because in essence the brain is acting as one, but now has to deal with more input than it is used to...as well as we adapt to stuff, it would be fairly hard to multitask the control of multiple selves.
Umm, I am pretty sure they won't have a perfect copy of your body at the point in time that your brain was copied. If you knew that copying existed and it was done to you, then as soon as you were "woken up", yeah, you would probably say "what the...why is my body different..oh shit I am a copy". You are assuming that you will be placed in a body at all. It's doubtful it will be biological. You might just be a hard drive with a mic and a web cam.
You are taking this way too personally. Are you sure you aren't a copy? We tend to value originals more than a copy...this is the nature of things. You take better care of your brand new cd more than a copy a friend gave you...cause hey, you can just make more right? So it is not surprising to have the word "just" associated with a copy. While I agree that these new copies should be treated as humans, you know they will be segregated...particularly by religious people because that really messed up their whole belief structure.
Yeah, machines can be pretty darn wonderful...particularly my gaming systems. Oh wait, you are talking about humans...I sometimes question how wonderful we really are. We are fairly destructive...so machines can be horrible as well. Now we have a bunch of machines capable of thinking at high levels but not afraid of death. Now that is really scary. Think Grand Theft Auto scary. I don't care if I get killed anymore in a shootout because my copy will just activate somewhere else.
The problem with copying a brain also is that our mood is effected by the chemicals in our body. Yeah, our brain helps kick off a lot of those reactions but if the body is not a perfect copy, then it seems fairly certain that the body would react differently...like more testosterone would be produced with the new body than the old one. This will cause people to be sort of the same, but have subtle personailty differences. Think if we removed those all together. They probably would lack a lot of the emotions...this could make them excellent people since they will always be even tempered...of they could become cold, careless killers. So much we don't know...but I hope I live long enough to see it happen...army of killer androids or no.
I really wonder why "Will it Float" is so popular. It is so stupid. I mean...some things are funny. Some things are so stupid they are funny. But that segment fits in between where it isn't funny at all. But then again...I don't find Letterman very funny either. Give me Conan over him anyday.
*sigh* I think the Democrats have really lost their way after this last election. Instead of standing up for liberal values (protecting individuals rights despite their unpopularity to religious morals) they are now pandering to the people who want to restrict rights of minorities. I am not sure if it was just 9/11 that pushed people over the moral edge, but it is really scaring the hell out of me. America is based on the idea that people can believe what they choose without government interference. Yeah, there are limits to that...like believing that women should be shot and acting on that belief. But just because your religion thinks what I am doing is wrong, doesn't mean you need to force laws on them. It's just so hypocritical. So the bible says a man shall not lay with another man. Fine, it also says not to have pre-marital sex. But almost all Chrisitians do this, so of course they aren't pushing for pre-marital sex laws. They are just using the line to give them a reason to hate a group of people. The idea of it doesn't appeal to me either, but it isn't the government's job to force morals on people. Oh well, things go in waves. It will probably swing back the other way eventually. I am just worried if it keeps swinging the way it is going the US will only represent Christians and big business...and that isn't a pretty picture.
Yeah, I have been disappointed with Sen. Clinton's view on this issue as well. I am tired of the "but think of the children" mentality. Children are important, but don't take away my rights as well.
I am confused on whether to be pleased that a scarcastic statement about apple was modded up or be disappointed that it was modded up due to people believing it.
What happens to a society when the moneyed interests have a controling influence in everything?
I think the more interesting question is what happens when they don't have a controlling influence. I don't think there is any time in history that financial powers have not had influence. Get used to it.
No offense man, but if you can't master circle, triangle, X, and square...you aren't going to do much better with A, B, C, D. I have never had a problem accidentally hitting shoulder buttons. Maybe it is just you. I suggest trying an Atari. It has one button and a joystick. Don't get too upset if you accidentally hit its only button though.
From what I hear, they should be fairly solid. They aren't the IR controllers of the past that required line of sight...and quite frankly were awful. But I don't think they are going to force you to use wireless controllers. Just get a wired controller and don't worry about it.
Well, from a purely graphical perspective...when consoles first come up they are genreally on par or better with PCs. PCs catch up and pass them and then it's prettier there. PC gaming is better for FPS and RTS mainly because the mouse and keyboard are superior to a controller for those games. Now I know that there are mouse and keyboards for consoles. They suck though because you still can't turn any faster than what the controller would let you. I have mixed feeling on that. I like it because it evens out online game play a little bit. I dislike it because I don't like to be artificially limited. I do both PC gaming and console gaming. Both have benefits and drawbacks. Trying to sway people to give up PC gaming or trying to state that one is better is stupid and immature.
but I sent her an e-mail. demuzio@senatedem.state.il.us 'Video games are not art or media,' she said. 'They are simulations, not all that different from the simulations used by the U.S. military in preparation for war.' It really discourages me to see Democrats taking the wrong side on the issue of video games. While Republican work hard to restrict the rights of gays and force moral codes based on religious beliefs into laws, we need Democrats to stand up for what is right. Video games are not just for children. Obviously, we must protect our children. But we must protect that adults still have the rights to do things they choose as long as it isn't harming other people. Video games do not cause people to become violent. Watching news footage of the "war" in Iraq does not cause people to become violent. Violent people are the problem and some of them are drawn to violent video games. Video games are just as much art and media as a book. They present a world and tell a story. This media is just interactive. That does not make the game a simulation. A simulation is something based in reality. You have real situations, with real interfaces that are actually practical in the real world. Controlling some person through a controller is not a simulation. If I want to steal a car in the real world, I can't push a button that just allows me to do it. If you really want to make a difference, stand up for the rights of all people. Demand stricter penalties on stores that do not enforce the ESRB rating system. Have a campaign so that parents understand the ESRB rating system. Quit pandering to the right and stand up again for what America stand for. Freedom.
Seriously, this should be modded insightful. Frankly, I didn't agree with what Bnetd was doing. Neither did the courts. Move on and go back to buying games that you will enjoy.
Actually, he's right. There is no estimated price for $465. There was an estimate that it was going to cost under x amount of yen. Someone converted that to US currency and that amount was about $465. Obviously, the price of the system will not be $464.99. That is such a stupid number and I don't know why people are so daft to jump all over it. If it will be priced in that range even, it would be $499.99, $449.99, or $399.99. I imagine it will largely depend on how much the other systems cost and the prices will drop a bit fairly quickly if they start out at that price point.
It is backward compaatible with the game cube. I would love to see you try to cram a NES cart in your Revolution. They will have emulators for their very old system. It's not as simple to emulate the previous gen, particularly the way MS makes their system.
Nintendo cares for the gaming community as much as MS does. They all just want to make money. They might "get" gamers a little better (at least on this point, not so much on others), but they are still out for a profit. How your biased, factually inaccurate post got modded up so high is beyond me.
His whole general on the PC with strategy and console player executing really sounds like Natural Selection to me. I forget if they call them something else, but on the human side, there is one person who acts as the battle commander. He tells them where to go with markers, he puts materials in place so that they can build, and just controls the overall strategy. Of course, if you get a bad battle commander, you are pretty screwed.
Man, lighten up! I don't see where you get from that one statement that sex is the future of games. First you insult the person calling him undersexed and a geek. Then he is the in-crowd that watches MTV. Make up your mind. It sounds like you are the one with the real problem. If you don't think that there is a market for sex games, well, you obviously ignore the porn industry. They hold no interest to me, but if people want that stuff, then there is no reason for people not to sell it (of course, there is a certain limit...Michael Jackson's Playland would be an example of too far). Next time, get a screen name (or use the one you own) and have some guts if you are going to insult someone.
This isn't even on topic. I don't see why astroturfing for Nintendo is considered acceptable on here and other consoles it is modded down. You just rehash stuff everyone knows and state some pretty iffy opinions. The PSP and DS are both handhelds, they are in the same market and compete. Saying you can use the DS on a revolution doesn't stick it in a different market, that's called a feature. Next, you imply that Nintendo didn't have online capability because of pedophiles. Are you completely insane? We better shut down schools, because hey, that's like pedophile heaven, right? Nintendo stated they didn't think the market was ready for online consoles. They didn't think that it would be profitable for them to increase the complexity of their system and support servers. Xbox has shown that there is a market for it, now all consoles will have this capability. Nintendo is in this for profit just like the other guys. You are a fool if you think they are in it JUST to make great games. Yes, I have played on a GC. I own all 3. Have you played on the other 2 console's controllers? I actually like the GC's the least. Finally, there are plenty of great games on all the consoles that don't involve gore.
Seriously, your arguments are so weak, they hurt to read. It is so sad people just mod this stuff up due to bias. Nintendo make a great console...so does Sony and Microsoft. They all want your money, so don't do free marketing for one of them.
You are just as much a stereotype as the others you list. You are the Nintendo fanboy that defends Nintendo no matter what. Suddenly, it's ok if graphics are worse...that means the gameplay is better! It's ok not to be number 1, that's more profitable! Yeah, there is more buzz about the other companies because they are releasing all this info about their new consoles. Nintendo is not, so there will be a little bit of a let down for people wanting to see the next big thing from them. What's the big deal? Your other stereotypes are just people who are generally modded as trolls...yet you bite away.
Quite frankly, no one cares if the company is making profit on the console when they buy one. I don't see why that is a defense. Yeah, they aren't going to go away, but they aren't going to be the powerhouse of old either. But the market can handle multiple consoles.
You said it yourself, Nintendo doesn't have as much to offer in this E3...why are you stunned and dismayed when people aren't horribly impressed? Nintendo isn't going to disappear because a few morons state that Nintendo is dead. Graphical power of machines DOES matter, no matter what Nintendo tells you. I stated this before, graphics are part of the overall gaming experience. Graphics enhance the experience and can make a game better. It doesn't make up for crappy gameplay, but just because you have less graphical capability, this does not mean you get superior gameplay. The argument that it isn't about the graphics anymore is really flawed and only fanboys buy in to this philosophy. Do you really think there is all this extra effort put in to graphics on machines that can handle them that are now freed up to concentrate on gameplay? It's just a gimmick. Otherwise there would be no "fun" games on other consoles. And there are plenty on all 3 current gen systems.
Most everything at E3 is bullshit anyways. Wait until stuff comes out, read reviews, wait a few revs on the consoles, and buy them when the price drops. I have all 3 current gen consoles and they all have something to enjoy.