Yeah, just like it's cool to make fun of Red Hat and Windows on Slashdot...being a little bit of a hypocrite aren't you?
I remember as undergraduate CS student looking for a summer internship going from booth to booth looking for a good company to work for. The first question Sun asked me was "Are you comfortable working for tech support?". I just laughed at them and walked away. I am sure there are some good reason they would want interns to start there...but give me a break. Why go with Sun when there are 100 other companies that will give me practical experience in programming?
Really, that was my first bad impression of Sun. But when I entered the real world, and was doing a fresh install of Solaris...I discovered that they don't include a freaking compiler. How the hell can you be a unix OS and not include gcc? Maybe it's juvenile, but I swore off Sun at that point.
Sun had a vision. A server in every neighborhood. Everyone just power ons their monitor and they had everything they need, without a box sitting in their home. Well, they failed to make the vision a reality and now are dying. They support the SCO bullshit....really, give me a reason not to hate them. I don't care if it's "cool" on here or not. Sun made me hate Sun...not Slashdot.
I really don't get your post. In general, it is true that competition in a capitalist society is a good thing. Maybe there is some example you can come up with where it is bad, but it certainly isn't the console market. Because of competition, you aren't paying $1000 for one console. If they weren't competing with each other, they wouldn't be selling their consoles at a loss (at least initially). This may be a strange concept to you, but no one is forcing people to buy all the consoles. You did the right thing by picking the console with the most games you wanted. Plenty of people can afford to have multiple consoles. That you can't or choose to spend your money on other things is fine, but you can't blame that on competition. You want a gaming monopoly? That's just dumb...then you couldn't afford to have both a console and a handheld. Or wouldn't be able to afford all the games they wanted.
Competition forces companies to reduce prices, increase quality, and basically bring consumers what they want because if they don't, people will buy the other console. Each console has its own upsides/downsides depending on dev kits, graphical capabilities, and deals it has with software companies. And yes, if there was one console, I can easily see a lot of great games not being made...they are a monopoly, so they would have a lot less motivation to put out a top notch dev kit and they would be sure to sqeeze every penny out of the developers that they can...certainly hurting smaller developers...everything would be EA. But if you want to claim competition is a bad thing because you can't play these games..go ahead, but you aren't going to win that argument with anyone with half a brain.
There are 3 companies...Microsoft not being the top player...how can you call them a monopoly? Gaming is becoming more mainstream...the market may be able to handle 3 players now. I think right now is perfect...we have 3 strong competitors which is always a benefit to the consumer. MS is not going to take over this market. They are making a lot of good choices though (like signing Japanese game making companies to make games for them). I am looking forward to all of the next generation consoles. I am not going to buy any of them right when they come out though. Just like the PSP, I am going to give them time to mature and let the price drop. Really, there are still too many quality titles on the "older" gen systems that I need to compete before even thinking of what's next. The only good thing about being older is now I can be patient on these sort of things. As a kid, I needed the next big thing yesterday.
Bleh. Why are new versions of games so profitable? In the movie industry, sequels tend to make less money. This is because (with exceptions of course) everything after the first movie sucks. It is different with games. In general, sequels to games are better (again, there are exceptions). They take everything they learned in the first game, improve the graphics, improve the game play, add new features, etc. So really, I am not sure why you have to bitch about "remakes"...in most cases, games get better. And there are so many other fps games out there that are not Doom, Quake, Unreal, and Halflife. I mean, how do you think they got to be so popular? From sucking? No, they made excellent games and continue to be solid. But what about other genres? How did games like Pikman or Katamari Damacy get out? Games are maturing and so major genres have been defined. There will always be a few games a year that don't fit the mold...but not as much as there used to be...this is freaking obvious...IT IS EASY TO INNOVATE IN A BRAND NEW FIELD.
They already have a game out there that rewards cooperative play and good moral judgements. It's called Couter Strike (just make sure you join the counter terrorists).
Well, the controller was resized. Actually, out of the three consoles (I own them all) the xbox controller is my favorite. It is just more confortable than the other two. Usually Nintendo is on top of that...but in this generation, it is my least favorite controller by far. But really, what does the old controller have to do with the next generation Xbox. Nothing. Just another slashdotter excuse to bash MS for karma.
for single player. Sounds like something that everyone would turn off in multiplayer though so they can show of their l33t skillz. That and turn up brightness so there isn't any shadows, increase thier POV range, and turn off all graphical prettyness so that they can run at 700 fps.
Oh give me a break. I don't understand the pro-DS attitude around here. Do you think you are going to sway people to buy more DS's than PSPs by trying to justify its existence. If Nintendo did this or that, man, then the DS would rock. Please, it's only strong point is it can play SP games (which is a good and valid system). If it couldn't play SP games, then it would be near worthless with its lack of interesting titles. I have a SP, I am happy with it. I wouldn't get a DS because the touch pad just seems silly to me. Is it innovative? Sure...but just because something is innovative doesn't make it generally useful or good. It would be innovative if it shot out perfume when you passed flowers too, but who cares? The touch screen may find a couple of good titles, but will just be a novelty. There won't be touch pads on every controller from here on out...that's when you know when an innovation is good, when it becomes part of the standard. For example, the analog stick...now everyone has one on the controller. Or rumble packs to give it that little extra feel. You don't need a touch screen to make gaming good. The PSP has all that you need for a good gaming experience. An ample number of buttons, a bright crisp screen, and games that (arguably) make it worth buying.
If you want to compare two systems, compare the PSP to the GBA SP. There are plenty of advantages for Nintendo. Larger title base. Backwards compatible with older GB games. Longer battery life. Much cheaper. A sturdier unit better suited of people who drop things. But comparing the potential of the DS to the PSP is silly at best. The PSP already has better titles out than the DS...that's pretty sad. You said it yourself, the PSP will get more people developing games for their platform than Nintendo which leads to a much higher number of potential good games. I just don't see how slapping a touch screen in a system is going to give you more potential...sure, you have a chance for some different games...but not many are going to be able to take advantage of it effectively. You don't need a touch screen for good games...and from the looks of it, it is a lot easier to make flop games for it than anything else.
Has the definition of a Trojan changed? Isn't it just a (generally) malicious program/script that piggybacks itself on a program that the user runs. A Trojan can be used to install some remote desktop tool that gives others access to it, but it could really run anything.
I find it hard to believe you write game software for a living and have to ask: "Why can't PC games just allow you to pop in a disc and begin playing?" What do you think that would do? Sure, avoid the installation up front...but what else? It doesn't magically make it a console. It still has to support all kinds of different graphic cards/hardware. It still is going to require all of the tweaks it would have than it was on your HD. The big difference is now it will load slower (yes, it is still faster off the HD) and you have to hear the disc spin up everytime it needs to load something. Brilliant, why didn't any one think of this before?
Stop trying to make the PC in to a console...it's not one. Part of the reason people like PC gaming is because they have the control to make the game as pretty (or fast) as possible. The mouse/keyboard is far superior interface to a game pad for FPS any day of the week.
You exagerate the problem. Generally you don't need to update anything to play a PC game unless you are getting the next cutting edge game from ID. You don't have to check for background apps or anything stupid like that. The real problem sounds like you aren't very good with computers...which is fine, but it isn't such a big deal. And your solution to this problem of just making it so you can drop a game in the drive and start playing shows how little you understand the problem. Just stick with console gaming if that is what you desire. PC gaming is different, and those who want to will figure out how to get things to work easily.
You are aware that statistics and logic really have very little to do with each other. I mean, I am glad you spent all that time learning a fancy way to lie, but seriously...if you want to ban violent video games that most GOOD parents don't let their kids play...why don't we ban Passion of the Christ which "good" parents force their kids to watch. The main problem with you morons who want to place blame on video games is that you are totally hypocritical on other types of media. I think reading Of Mice and Men is fucking kids up in high school, ban all depressing literature! The game is rated for Mature. Period. If kids are playing it, then the parents screwed up. But don't you dare try to take it away from adults. We can choose what to with our free time. We can't eliminate everything we don't want our children to see without destroying freedom. Kids are a lot smarter than you assholes give them credit for. If they are taught right from wrong, they will grow up fine.
Assuming that they ever make games worth playing on the DS. Sure, there are going to be a few fun games, but really, it's silly. It's like the game glove...you could do all kinds of cool stuff with it, but it will get a few games and then the concept will die off (I think the system will survive just because it can play SP games as well). I do agree that it is more innovative. But I don't think it is innovative in the sense that every other portable from here on out will have 2 screens and a touch pad. Why? Because you don't need those to have fun games. I am not sure where you get "substandard" for movie playing or MP3 playing. It is a gaming system that allows you to do those things as well. It's screen is far superior to other portable DVD players, so certainly not substandard there. And as far as MP3s go, is it as good as an ipod? Nope, but I'd like to see you play ridge racer on an ipod. The price is high, I am with you there. Maybe the price will drop if it catches on and manufacturing prices drop.
In the end, I would rather have a PSP over a DS because I doubt there will be many good games coming out for it that take advantage of the DS. I already have a GB SP which I love and can get all the good nintendo games I need for that. I just see the PSP to be a more powerful, next gen portable with some great games out already. I like to wait to buy these things because invariably the price will go down and the bugs/problems get fewer in laterl revs.
Yeah, and a 21" tv is good enough to watch sports, but I got a 55" instead. People like pretty screen, espeacially gamers. How is not having a hard drive silly? Where are you going to fit a hard drive in that thing? A simple app can add contacts...but seriously, who cares, you aren't going to need contacts...it's a game machine, not a phone. Phones SUCK for gaming. Their screens are too small and the controls are akward. This thing is designed for gaming with other features added on top. If you think Americans are not buying these like crazy because they are waiting for phone games to get out, then you are pretty messed up. If anything, the unsure economy is making $250 + games seem a little too much for an impulse buy. If you want a touch screen, get a DS. But phone gaming has been a flop and always will be because they are designed to be phones. Everyone will prefer a GB SP or a PSP for screen size and its design to play games. No one is going to want a phone the size of either of those systems.
I really agree with your post (mostly). I just think that in most cases, a person who kills because of D&D is mentally messed up. On the other hand, I think there are a lot of normal people in history who have killed over religion. I don't argue that Jesus would comdemn the killing...just that religion is very powerful. It can make a bad man good, but it can also make good men do horrible horrible things in the name of their God. That's why it is scary having a president who is unable to make choices on his own. Rather than make choices that are best for America, he makes choices based on his religion, and that isn't how it should be. As an example, I believe that all good looking women should throw themselves at me. Just because I believe that, doesn't give me the right to make a constitutional ammendment that says all good looking women should throw themselves at me.
Ok...now think about what you said. Nintendo isn't a monopoly because it destroyed all of its other competitors by being better. Huh??? Whether Nintendo did it through making a better product or by making underhanded deals, if they are the only player in a market, that makes them a monopoly. People consider MS a monopoly and there are competitiors with bigger market shares than Nintendo's competitors. So really, your indignant rebuttal is kind of stupid.
I agree that PSP should be compared to the GB SP. I also agree that it would be more appealing to parents from price point alone. But gaming has grown up. There is a large market for adults (like me) who game now, and that is much more the target that the PSP is aiming for. I really don't see why you Nintendo fanboys are so scared. You should be happy someone is trying to compete with Nintendo. It might make them work harder and come out with better games or new innovations. Instead, you want Sony to die. Just get over it. I hope the PSP does well. I hope Nintendo does well. The one thing the PSP has going for it than something like the Lynx did not is that it seems it is coming out with a very solid library of quality games. That's what really matters.
It's almost like you talk, but you don't hear yourself. I agree with one thing, it's a gaming device. But it also has other features if you want to take advantage of them. But instead, you are going to get a PSP, a portable DVD player, and an IPOD, when you just need that one device. Real cost effective there. Yeah, I wince at the memory stick prices too. That's why I don't but stuff early. As the PSP sells, memory will get cheaper and be more reasonable. Obviously, you aren't going to replace your DVD collection. But if you are going on a trip and see something on UMD you would like to watch, well, you have that option. In any case, use the other features or not. I just don't see why you are getting so angry about a hand held. Maybe try some anger management.
See, this is the problem with most people posting here. There are other sides. People who will get both and want both to be great. People who want to see innovation and competition to promote a healthy market. Just let go of wanting one to win. Make your best guess if you can only afford one. No one is really better than the other...they all just want your money.
I can kind of understand why you would avoid Sony because of their business practices...but I don't really understand the whole innovative game thing. Sony isn't in the market of making games. They leave that to third parties. Now, GTA3 has been reused so much in it's next few games it doesn't seem innovative anymore. But that was extremely innovative. What about Katarmi Darmacy? How about Phantom Brave? They have all kinds of innovative 3rd party software that isn't on the Nintendo. I don't understand the bias towards Nintendo. They are out to make money, just like everyone else. They have fantastic PR and really talk with passion about gaming. But I am just as sure there are people just as passionate about games working for other companies. I didn't read the rest of this thread, but assuming the parent was calling people hypocrites for lauding Nintendo and the owning a PS2. So you aren't a hypocrite. Great, but your arguments for not buying Sony are weak at best. Hell, I would have just got the PS/PS2 for FF tactics and FF8.
Right, except all indications are that the PSP has a much better game line-up (as in, more "*fun*" games) and that the Nintendo DS was rushed to market with gimicky games that no one is impressed with. Hopefully, they will release quality games in the future, but for now...if you want fun, you go with the PSP. It seems to me that most people are biased one way or another...and I just don't get it. I grew up on 8 bit nintendo...I have every nintendo console out there. I also have had all the play stations and the x-box. They all have good games and I like them all. Just because you have some nostalgia or can only afford one console doesn't mean you have to defend it to the death. It's a freaking game console, just look at it objectively, buy what you can afford or that has the most good games on it, and be done with it. Insightful my ass.
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Beautiful post. I was going to reply similarly...but you did it better than I could anyways. I don't understand why people are so passionate about a company. They all make games, buy them all, or choose the one that gives you the most fun...but don't pretend everything Nintendo produces is a gift from God.
I can easily say gaming is not the way to go with this. No offense, but taking something as big as a lap top and tilting it around in game would be nothing more than a novelty. Playing some marble game avoiding holes...sure, that might sound appealing to some people, but most gamers are so weak, they could only hold the laptop up for 5 minutes tops (kidding...mostly). This would be a lot more interesting on hand held devices where weight is less and there isn't a hinged monitor to flop around. I don't even think you would need to put it in the hardware...assuming that there is a little space in the game cartridge, or if some of the cartridge is sticking out it can have a little add on that can detect how much you are tilting the game equipment. But really, it's still a novelty. You have less control of what is going than with a d-pad or mouse. Eh, I just don't see it catching on...particularly on a lap top. I did my duty as a Slashdot reader and didn't read the article...maybe he lists somethings that are much more useful. I doubt it though...probably good for very specific uses, but I can't see any killer app for it.
This is kind of a hilarious statement. I mean, the whole "is it fraud" is interesting. But what kind of moronic criminal would sign their own name on the reciept. If they actually do go through the reciepts, they know who committed the crime. It's like breaking in to a house and leaving a note saying, "Hi, my name is Bob Johnson. I needed to borrow some of you stuff. Permanently. Thanks."
Illegal copies are, from a purely economic point of view, nothing more than "the same product, but cheaper".
What a strange statement. I am not sure if it is really valid. Because in one scenario money is transacted, and in another it isn't. Maybe you mean that if the game is bought or pirated in both cases the company still has the product and the consumer still has the game. Most of the statements in this thread strike me as intelligent bull shit (not so much the parent, but the grand grand parent). I can understand the point that is trying to be made...but in the end, it all sounds like a justification for the piracy of software. Yeah, so what if you aren't depriving the company from the product. You are still using something that you should have paid for. Then people bitch about copy protection. Well, they wouldn't be trying to do that if you morons wouldn't be using their software without paying for it. Then you use copy protection as a justification to pirate more...please. It's one thing to pirate and understand what you are doing is wrong, but to justify that doing it is ok...that just doesn't make sense. If you want to do the "right" thing, either pay for it, or don't use it. If you try to justify it somehow, you should be slapped. (again, this is not aimed at the parent, but others in this thread). I think the only real way to stop this is to actually make it so that people are afraid to use pirated software. If you start slapping people with fines, it will curb it a little. Right now, no one worries about it except companies. Or, (and I don't reccomend this), companies can put out their own pirated versions of the software that actually really screws up your system. Like, deletes key registry files and puts up a screen saver that says, this is what you get for trying to run illegal software. Of course, that's a horrible thing to do, but it would curb piracy.
That is such a weird comment. I mean...yeah, people don't go out and buy a gamecube so they can play hacked games...but by buying one it somehow makes you "fairly honest". I own a PS2 and an XBOX. The police better keep an eye on me. Just kind of a stupid, nintendo fan boy argument on your side. I will eventually get a gamecube too...all consoles have something to offer. I think one console owners like to bash the other ones so they don't feel they are missing out on the stuff others enjoy. That's certainly a generalization...but not as bad as your "owning a GameCube turns you in to a moral person who is going to heaven" generalization.
If you look at the past, they would be smart to have plenty of them stuck in the queue...if they are harder to get, for some reason people want them more. If there are tons of them, everyone points at how many are on shelves and how it is a failure. That will discourage people who were thinking about getting them. This is assuming it doesn't suck...if it sucks, even a limited supply won't sell out.
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Yeah, just like it's cool to make fun of Red Hat and Windows on Slashdot...being a little bit of a hypocrite aren't you?
I remember as undergraduate CS student looking for a summer internship going from booth to booth looking for a good company to work for. The first question Sun asked me was "Are you comfortable working for tech support?". I just laughed at them and walked away. I am sure there are some good reason they would want interns to start there...but give me a break. Why go with Sun when there are 100 other companies that will give me practical experience in programming?
Really, that was my first bad impression of Sun. But when I entered the real world, and was doing a fresh install of Solaris...I discovered that they don't include a freaking compiler. How the hell can you be a unix OS and not include gcc? Maybe it's juvenile, but I swore off Sun at that point.
Sun had a vision. A server in every neighborhood. Everyone just power ons their monitor and they had everything they need, without a box sitting in their home. Well, they failed to make the vision a reality and now are dying. They support the SCO bullshit....really, give me a reason not to hate them. I don't care if it's "cool" on here or not. Sun made me hate Sun...not Slashdot.
I really don't get your post. In general, it is true that competition in a capitalist society is a good thing. Maybe there is some example you can come up with where it is bad, but it certainly isn't the console market. Because of competition, you aren't paying $1000 for one console. If they weren't competing with each other, they wouldn't be selling their consoles at a loss (at least initially). This may be a strange concept to you, but no one is forcing people to buy all the consoles. You did the right thing by picking the console with the most games you wanted. Plenty of people can afford to have multiple consoles. That you can't or choose to spend your money on other things is fine, but you can't blame that on competition. You want a gaming monopoly? That's just dumb...then you couldn't afford to have both a console and a handheld. Or wouldn't be able to afford all the games they wanted.
Competition forces companies to reduce prices, increase quality, and basically bring consumers what they want because if they don't, people will buy the other console. Each console has its own upsides/downsides depending on dev kits, graphical capabilities, and deals it has with software companies. And yes, if there was one console, I can easily see a lot of great games not being made...they are a monopoly, so they would have a lot less motivation to put out a top notch dev kit and they would be sure to sqeeze every penny out of the developers that they can...certainly hurting smaller developers...everything would be EA. But if you want to claim competition is a bad thing because you can't play these games..go ahead, but you aren't going to win that argument with anyone with half a brain.
There are 3 companies...Microsoft not being the top player...how can you call them a monopoly? Gaming is becoming more mainstream...the market may be able to handle 3 players now. I think right now is perfect...we have 3 strong competitors which is always a benefit to the consumer. MS is not going to take over this market. They are making a lot of good choices though (like signing Japanese game making companies to make games for them). I am looking forward to all of the next generation consoles. I am not going to buy any of them right when they come out though. Just like the PSP, I am going to give them time to mature and let the price drop. Really, there are still too many quality titles on the "older" gen systems that I need to compete before even thinking of what's next. The only good thing about being older is now I can be patient on these sort of things. As a kid, I needed the next big thing yesterday.
Bleh. Why are new versions of games so profitable? In the movie industry, sequels tend to make less money. This is because (with exceptions of course) everything after the first movie sucks. It is different with games. In general, sequels to games are better (again, there are exceptions). They take everything they learned in the first game, improve the graphics, improve the game play, add new features, etc. So really, I am not sure why you have to bitch about "remakes"...in most cases, games get better. And there are so many other fps games out there that are not Doom, Quake, Unreal, and Halflife. I mean, how do you think they got to be so popular? From sucking? No, they made excellent games and continue to be solid. But what about other genres? How did games like Pikman or Katamari Damacy get out? Games are maturing and so major genres have been defined. There will always be a few games a year that don't fit the mold...but not as much as there used to be...this is freaking obvious...IT IS EASY TO INNOVATE IN A BRAND NEW FIELD.
They already have a game out there that rewards cooperative play and good moral judgements. It's called Couter Strike (just make sure you join the counter terrorists).
Well, the controller was resized. Actually, out of the three consoles (I own them all) the xbox controller is my favorite. It is just more confortable than the other two. Usually Nintendo is on top of that...but in this generation, it is my least favorite controller by far. But really, what does the old controller have to do with the next generation Xbox. Nothing. Just another slashdotter excuse to bash MS for karma.
for single player. Sounds like something that everyone would turn off in multiplayer though so they can show of their l33t skillz. That and turn up brightness so there isn't any shadows, increase thier POV range, and turn off all graphical prettyness so that they can run at 700 fps.
Oh give me a break. I don't understand the pro-DS attitude around here. Do you think you are going to sway people to buy more DS's than PSPs by trying to justify its existence. If Nintendo did this or that, man, then the DS would rock. Please, it's only strong point is it can play SP games (which is a good and valid system). If it couldn't play SP games, then it would be near worthless with its lack of interesting titles. I have a SP, I am happy with it. I wouldn't get a DS because the touch pad just seems silly to me. Is it innovative? Sure...but just because something is innovative doesn't make it generally useful or good. It would be innovative if it shot out perfume when you passed flowers too, but who cares? The touch screen may find a couple of good titles, but will just be a novelty. There won't be touch pads on every controller from here on out...that's when you know when an innovation is good, when it becomes part of the standard. For example, the analog stick...now everyone has one on the controller. Or rumble packs to give it that little extra feel. You don't need a touch screen to make gaming good. The PSP has all that you need for a good gaming experience. An ample number of buttons, a bright crisp screen, and games that (arguably) make it worth buying.
If you want to compare two systems, compare the PSP to the GBA SP. There are plenty of advantages for Nintendo. Larger title base. Backwards compatible with older GB games. Longer battery life. Much cheaper. A sturdier unit better suited of people who drop things. But comparing the potential of the DS to the PSP is silly at best. The PSP already has better titles out than the DS...that's pretty sad. You said it yourself, the PSP will get more people developing games for their platform than Nintendo which leads to a much higher number of potential good games. I just don't see how slapping a touch screen in a system is going to give you more potential...sure, you have a chance for some different games...but not many are going to be able to take advantage of it effectively. You don't need a touch screen for good games...and from the looks of it, it is a lot easier to make flop games for it than anything else.
Has the definition of a Trojan changed? Isn't it just a (generally) malicious program/script that piggybacks itself on a program that the user runs. A Trojan can be used to install some remote desktop tool that gives others access to it, but it could really run anything.
I find it hard to believe you write game software for a living and have to ask: "Why can't PC games just allow you to pop in a disc and begin playing?" What do you think that would do? Sure, avoid the installation up front...but what else? It doesn't magically make it a console. It still has to support all kinds of different graphic cards/hardware. It still is going to require all of the tweaks it would have than it was on your HD. The big difference is now it will load slower (yes, it is still faster off the HD) and you have to hear the disc spin up everytime it needs to load something. Brilliant, why didn't any one think of this before?
Stop trying to make the PC in to a console...it's not one. Part of the reason people like PC gaming is because they have the control to make the game as pretty (or fast) as possible. The mouse/keyboard is far superior interface to a game pad for FPS any day of the week.
You exagerate the problem. Generally you don't need to update anything to play a PC game unless you are getting the next cutting edge game from ID. You don't have to check for background apps or anything stupid like that. The real problem sounds like you aren't very good with computers...which is fine, but it isn't such a big deal. And your solution to this problem of just making it so you can drop a game in the drive and start playing shows how little you understand the problem. Just stick with console gaming if that is what you desire. PC gaming is different, and those who want to will figure out how to get things to work easily.
You are aware that statistics and logic really have very little to do with each other. I mean, I am glad you spent all that time learning a fancy way to lie, but seriously...if you want to ban violent video games that most GOOD parents don't let their kids play...why don't we ban Passion of the Christ which "good" parents force their kids to watch. The main problem with you morons who want to place blame on video games is that you are totally hypocritical on other types of media. I think reading Of Mice and Men is fucking kids up in high school, ban all depressing literature! The game is rated for Mature. Period. If kids are playing it, then the parents screwed up. But don't you dare try to take it away from adults. We can choose what to with our free time. We can't eliminate everything we don't want our children to see without destroying freedom. Kids are a lot smarter than you assholes give them credit for. If they are taught right from wrong, they will grow up fine.
Assuming that they ever make games worth playing on the DS. Sure, there are going to be a few fun games, but really, it's silly. It's like the game glove...you could do all kinds of cool stuff with it, but it will get a few games and then the concept will die off (I think the system will survive just because it can play SP games as well). I do agree that it is more innovative. But I don't think it is innovative in the sense that every other portable from here on out will have 2 screens and a touch pad. Why? Because you don't need those to have fun games. I am not sure where you get "substandard" for movie playing or MP3 playing. It is a gaming system that allows you to do those things as well. It's screen is far superior to other portable DVD players, so certainly not substandard there. And as far as MP3s go, is it as good as an ipod? Nope, but I'd like to see you play ridge racer on an ipod. The price is high, I am with you there. Maybe the price will drop if it catches on and manufacturing prices drop.
In the end, I would rather have a PSP over a DS because I doubt there will be many good games coming out for it that take advantage of the DS. I already have a GB SP which I love and can get all the good nintendo games I need for that. I just see the PSP to be a more powerful, next gen portable with some great games out already. I like to wait to buy these things because invariably the price will go down and the bugs/problems get fewer in laterl revs.
Yeah, and a 21" tv is good enough to watch sports, but I got a 55" instead. People like pretty screen, espeacially gamers. How is not having a hard drive silly? Where are you going to fit a hard drive in that thing? A simple app can add contacts...but seriously, who cares, you aren't going to need contacts...it's a game machine, not a phone. Phones SUCK for gaming. Their screens are too small and the controls are akward. This thing is designed for gaming with other features added on top. If you think Americans are not buying these like crazy because they are waiting for phone games to get out, then you are pretty messed up. If anything, the unsure economy is making $250 + games seem a little too much for an impulse buy. If you want a touch screen, get a DS. But phone gaming has been a flop and always will be because they are designed to be phones. Everyone will prefer a GB SP or a PSP for screen size and its design to play games. No one is going to want a phone the size of either of those systems.
I really agree with your post (mostly). I just think that in most cases, a person who kills because of D&D is mentally messed up. On the other hand, I think there are a lot of normal people in history who have killed over religion. I don't argue that Jesus would comdemn the killing...just that religion is very powerful. It can make a bad man good, but it can also make good men do horrible horrible things in the name of their God. That's why it is scary having a president who is unable to make choices on his own. Rather than make choices that are best for America, he makes choices based on his religion, and that isn't how it should be. As an example, I believe that all good looking women should throw themselves at me. Just because I believe that, doesn't give me the right to make a constitutional ammendment that says all good looking women should throw themselves at me.
WoW is dieing (Score:-1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 24, @02:35AM (#12033478)
Netcraft Confirms it! [netcraft.com] (well the site at least)
(If this is modded down it had better be for being redundant)
Haha...I guess he got his wish. I like things like this...while the post is uninteresting, whoever modded it gets a +1 Funny from me.
Ok...now think about what you said. Nintendo isn't a monopoly because it destroyed all of its other competitors by being better. Huh??? Whether Nintendo did it through making a better product or by making underhanded deals, if they are the only player in a market, that makes them a monopoly. People consider MS a monopoly and there are competitiors with bigger market shares than Nintendo's competitors. So really, your indignant rebuttal is kind of stupid.
I agree that PSP should be compared to the GB SP. I also agree that it would be more appealing to parents from price point alone. But gaming has grown up. There is a large market for adults (like me) who game now, and that is much more the target that the PSP is aiming for. I really don't see why you Nintendo fanboys are so scared. You should be happy someone is trying to compete with Nintendo. It might make them work harder and come out with better games or new innovations. Instead, you want Sony to die. Just get over it. I hope the PSP does well. I hope Nintendo does well. The one thing the PSP has going for it than something like the Lynx did not is that it seems it is coming out with a very solid library of quality games. That's what really matters.
It's almost like you talk, but you don't hear yourself. I agree with one thing, it's a gaming device. But it also has other features if you want to take advantage of them. But instead, you are going to get a PSP, a portable DVD player, and an IPOD, when you just need that one device. Real cost effective there. Yeah, I wince at the memory stick prices too. That's why I don't but stuff early. As the PSP sells, memory will get cheaper and be more reasonable. Obviously, you aren't going to replace your DVD collection. But if you are going on a trip and see something on UMD you would like to watch, well, you have that option. In any case, use the other features or not. I just don't see why you are getting so angry about a hand held. Maybe try some anger management.
See, this is the problem with most people posting here. There are other sides. People who will get both and want both to be great. People who want to see innovation and competition to promote a healthy market. Just let go of wanting one to win. Make your best guess if you can only afford one. No one is really better than the other...they all just want your money.
I can kind of understand why you would avoid Sony because of their business practices...but I don't really understand the whole innovative game thing. Sony isn't in the market of making games. They leave that to third parties. Now, GTA3 has been reused so much in it's next few games it doesn't seem innovative anymore. But that was extremely innovative. What about Katarmi Darmacy? How about Phantom Brave? They have all kinds of innovative 3rd party software that isn't on the Nintendo. I don't understand the bias towards Nintendo. They are out to make money, just like everyone else. They have fantastic PR and really talk with passion about gaming. But I am just as sure there are people just as passionate about games working for other companies. I didn't read the rest of this thread, but assuming the parent was calling people hypocrites for lauding Nintendo and the owning a PS2. So you aren't a hypocrite. Great, but your arguments for not buying Sony are weak at best. Hell, I would have just got the PS/PS2 for FF tactics and FF8.
Right, except all indications are that the PSP has a much better game line-up (as in, more "*fun*" games) and that the Nintendo DS was rushed to market with gimicky games that no one is impressed with. Hopefully, they will release quality games in the future, but for now...if you want fun, you go with the PSP. It seems to me that most people are biased one way or another...and I just don't get it. I grew up on 8 bit nintendo...I have every nintendo console out there. I also have had all the play stations and the x-box. They all have good games and I like them all. Just because you have some nostalgia or can only afford one console doesn't mean you have to defend it to the death. It's a freaking game console, just look at it objectively, buy what you can afford or that has the most good games on it, and be done with it. Insightful my ass.
Beautiful post. I was going to reply similarly...but you did it better than I could anyways. I don't understand why people are so passionate about a company. They all make games, buy them all, or choose the one that gives you the most fun...but don't pretend everything Nintendo produces is a gift from God.
I can easily say gaming is not the way to go with this. No offense, but taking something as big as a lap top and tilting it around in game would be nothing more than a novelty. Playing some marble game avoiding holes...sure, that might sound appealing to some people, but most gamers are so weak, they could only hold the laptop up for 5 minutes tops (kidding...mostly). This would be a lot more interesting on hand held devices where weight is less and there isn't a hinged monitor to flop around. I don't even think you would need to put it in the hardware...assuming that there is a little space in the game cartridge, or if some of the cartridge is sticking out it can have a little add on that can detect how much you are tilting the game equipment. But really, it's still a novelty. You have less control of what is going than with a d-pad or mouse. Eh, I just don't see it catching on...particularly on a lap top. I did my duty as a Slashdot reader and didn't read the article...maybe he lists somethings that are much more useful. I doubt it though...probably good for very specific uses, but I can't see any killer app for it.
This is kind of a hilarious statement. I mean, the whole "is it fraud" is interesting. But what kind of moronic criminal would sign their own name on the reciept. If they actually do go through the reciepts, they know who committed the crime. It's like breaking in to a house and leaving a note saying, "Hi, my name is Bob Johnson. I needed to borrow some of you stuff. Permanently. Thanks."
Illegal copies are, from a purely economic point of view, nothing more than "the same product, but cheaper".
What a strange statement. I am not sure if it is really valid. Because in one scenario money is transacted, and in another it isn't. Maybe you mean that if the game is bought or pirated in both cases the company still has the product and the consumer still has the game. Most of the statements in this thread strike me as intelligent bull shit (not so much the parent, but the grand grand parent). I can understand the point that is trying to be made...but in the end, it all sounds like a justification for the piracy of software. Yeah, so what if you aren't depriving the company from the product. You are still using something that you should have paid for. Then people bitch about copy protection. Well, they wouldn't be trying to do that if you morons wouldn't be using their software without paying for it. Then you use copy protection as a justification to pirate more...please. It's one thing to pirate and understand what you are doing is wrong, but to justify that doing it is ok...that just doesn't make sense. If you want to do the "right" thing, either pay for it, or don't use it. If you try to justify it somehow, you should be slapped. (again, this is not aimed at the parent, but others in this thread). I think the only real way to stop this is to actually make it so that people are afraid to use pirated software. If you start slapping people with fines, it will curb it a little. Right now, no one worries about it except companies. Or, (and I don't reccomend this), companies can put out their own pirated versions of the software that actually really screws up your system. Like, deletes key registry files and puts up a screen saver that says, this is what you get for trying to run illegal software. Of course, that's a horrible thing to do, but it would curb piracy.
That is such a weird comment. I mean...yeah, people don't go out and buy a gamecube so they can play hacked games...but by buying one it somehow makes you "fairly honest". I own a PS2 and an XBOX. The police better keep an eye on me. Just kind of a stupid, nintendo fan boy argument on your side. I will eventually get a gamecube too...all consoles have something to offer. I think one console owners like to bash the other ones so they don't feel they are missing out on the stuff others enjoy. That's certainly a generalization...but not as bad as your "owning a GameCube turns you in to a moral person who is going to heaven" generalization.
If you look at the past, they would be smart to have plenty of them stuck in the queue...if they are harder to get, for some reason people want them more. If there are tons of them, everyone points at how many are on shelves and how it is a failure. That will discourage people who were thinking about getting them. This is assuming it doesn't suck...if it sucks, even a limited supply won't sell out.