Interesting, I wrote about the very same thing when I
reviewed Wii Play, but I do see how that segment (hardcore gamer, tons of free time, commits to games, etc.) will have a tough time with the Wii during this 1st wave of games. Nintendo has built up a lot of possibilities though their demos (Wii Sports, Wii Play) - all they can probably do is wonder how a full-fledged game would be like. Personally, I think it's perfect; I've found myself not playing as much so I can "extend the experience" (like not beating Warioware or getting all the Medals in Wii play) - it's just perfect to waste 15 minutes after a long day at work.
I do spend a lot of time on finetunefinetune, playing Kid Icarus, etc.
The truth is, there will be dead air for a while, but that's what the VC is all about. When the second Wave comes, there MUST be full fledged games and online play, if not, Nintendo just would have blundered.
I'm not commenting on the statement above because it contradicts itself (no units == excitement still there). Why not ask... to what point this shortage of systems and accessories will HURT Nintendo? I can see people getting frustrated if they can't find what they're looking for, especially if you couple it with how pleasant the buying experience can be.
I've unchecked it a few times from Windows Update (And I remember checking the "Don't tell me about this update" a few weeks back and I still got it again last night).
I don't use IE, but I'm just afraid to install it becuase I don't know how my PC will perform afterwards (memory usage). I used it when it was the best option (IE3 and IE5) but sadly, each upgrade came with a significant performance hit at the OS level.
I know Microsoft will manage to make it a pre-requisite for a critical update down the line, but I just hope it's not a memory hog like MSMoney is.
I'm on my way to change my career just because of how IT people conduct themselves.
After being an Infrastructure geek for 7 years I went to business school and in the past 5 years I've been more engaged in other aspects of the business. Now I can clearly see how relatively close-minded my attitude was when I only dealt with technology. I used to think that business people made bad technical decisions because they were dumb, but ultimately businesses are there to make money and respond to many forces (including politics and power).
For us IT People, the sad thing is, that although some of us mature and change, others just become more set in their ways and it's harder and harder to work with them because with years of experience comes "technical or SME power" that can be leveraged as a political tool. And just when you think you have your peers figured out, some new arrogant kid with tons of energy and a fresh mind from college comes in with the same attitude.
Sadly we circumscribe to the same template. I used to get upset at users when they made mistakes, but now, as I become less of an SME, I can feel the pain that a "regular person" has.
I know this may vary from organization to organization, but also IT today still doesn't have the visibility to the business as it should. I work for a reputable Tech company, and those who have the opportunity to influence the business ecosystem from IT are very few; although I hear many good ideas in the halls of our IT department every day.
Soft skills are hard to come by in IT people, but those who have it can get ahead.
In my case, I'm am really tired to deal with the same type of people (and I've done it Internationally and in the US... it's all the same folks).
Let's try and be better.
I can see the effects of a mini economy around Piracy.
The Hollywood leakers, plus the illegal dubbers in South America combined with the rouge servers provide an avenue for people with burners at home that can go and sell this pirated content in flea markets and feed their families. It happens with books, music and other stuff....
I must say that I have met less than 5 true female hardcore gamers(*) It's interesting to see that there are that many "influential" females in the industry.
(*) Again, I don't play online, maybe going and playing the Sims may help.
I disagree. What's happened with Dell is that their strategy was based around having the most efficient operations. They were able to pass savings to the consumer on demand due to their tremendous supply chain and just in time capabilities. Sadly, this strategy is imitable - your competitors are bound to catch up. (Now HP does this too now)
Another big blow to them was the whole overseas support thing. Imagine hordes of people having problems with defects, bugs and spyware trying to get good support from call centers. My personal example is this. I had a shipping error on a projector that I bought in 2003. I finally gave up and it wasn't until I provided feedback to a survey that I received that I was connected to a US-based supervisor that paved the way for the problem resolution.
Time spent - 4+ months.
This whole Intel/AMD processor deal is a way to take control away from the processor suppliers.
Dude....
Whoever can afford a PS3, PSP and a 1080TV, can probably afford to have LCD screens all over their house (including their bathroom and kitchen).
Isn't the whole idea to have the more robust OS host the other OS? (e.g. rely on OS X for general stuff, use windows for windows-only stuff and be able to rebuild a corrupted windows instance on the fly without being affected in the host OS)
When I interned at Ford in 2002 the worldwide employee population (salaried+hourly) was near 500K. As I left the company in January of this year it was lower than 330K with a major revitalization program on the way.
I'm sure there's more examples like that to mention. Although everything is relative to the size of the company, but, the numbers are way more telling.
My Friend Is Working On A Wii Game (Score:-1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Multiple Wii/Nintendo Related posts. One of my friends is currently working on a Wii game. I remember him being really excited about the system earlier this year and he was eager to get off the 360 game he was on and move on to something that is going to be fun and sell. What is strange is now that he has been doing Wii stuff for a while I asked him about a month ago how things were going and was he loving the Wii. His response was "eh..." Sounds like from his experience the Wii controller gets old pretty quickly. It doesn't even sound like he is planning on buying the system, or at least not this year.
OK, now let's move on to relevant comments about this discussion
Beware about this AC post, may be spreading FUD. I've seen 2 or 3 replies like this on related Wii articles.
Also, remember, excitement is relative. A developer working on a single game losing interest is not the same as a gamer, who will receive different game experiences through the controller.
It is obvious that the Wiimote won't work with every game, and for that you have the Gamecube controller and the Classic controller too.
I don't know what angle are you using here, but if you look at the business impact of this, it's a MAJOR piece of news. Ever since the "couch-potato sport's simulation lovin" crowd was identified as a major videogame consumer, having EA on your side can make or break your console efforts.
I don't like sports simulations, so this means nothing to me either, but software drives console penetration that drives more software to be developed/brought over from Japan. And that's where the sweet things start happening.
Welcome EA! But step aside, I'll be checking out the Adventure/RPG sections.
I thought that was part of what they did.
I haven't played Madden since the 16 bit days, but in my experience they just updated the graphics, roster and some of the playbook....
Oh... also, I forgot... they updated the title with this formula: Title = "Title of Game " && Year++
I agree about the memory leak issues. Somewhat disagree about the crashing, however, I notice that every time the "Quality Feedback Agent" wizard opens, FF always crashes on me.
The point is to illustrate how FCDD can be a pain for both the gamer and the developer.
It's funny that you mention it, but the idea of a universal console standard is not new (It was tried once by Pioneer). A standard will make the console a commodity and development costs will go down (along with developer salaries).
However, who wants to do that???? remember that companies are in to make money, and licensing is very profitable.
R.P
P.S: I guess console wars would be over too. Then it would be development house wars only.
Where are mod points when you need them? I just think about a perfect example. Although innovative, the Nintendo DS dual screen setup + touch screen serves this purpose in the portable scene. The interesting question is, to what extent is creativity and risk taking limited when creating a game just because of this?
For example, I may have a hot franchise in my hands (e.g. pirates of the caribbean), I could actually write a DS game that mixed action, aventure and RPG elements and fully utilized the DS's touch screen (to mark spots on the map, provide stats), the microphone to sove puzzles, etc. But at the same time, I can't do all that on the PSP, cutting my potential market.
The safe bet (makes more business sense), is to keep the game to the bare miminimum common denominators (limited use of polygons, maybe online connectivity) so I can port this to both platforms - But... this makes less sense for the consumer.
Big dilema, considering limited resources (budget, developer time, time to market, etc.)
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Some of these articles get edited. Something to think about.
Interesting, I wrote about the very same thing when I reviewed Wii Play, but I do see how that segment (hardcore gamer, tons of free time, commits to games, etc.) will have a tough time with the Wii during this 1st wave of games. Nintendo has built up a lot of possibilities though their demos (Wii Sports, Wii Play) - all they can probably do is wonder how a full-fledged game would be like. Personally, I think it's perfect; I've found myself not playing as much so I can "extend the experience" (like not beating Warioware or getting all the Medals in Wii play) - it's just perfect to waste 15 minutes after a long day at work.
I do spend a lot of time on finetunefinetune, playing Kid Icarus, etc.
The truth is, there will be dead air for a while, but that's what the VC is all about. When the second Wave comes, there MUST be full fledged games and online play, if not, Nintendo just would have blundered.
I'm not commenting on the statement above because it contradicts itself (no units == excitement still there). Why not ask... to what point this shortage of systems and accessories will HURT Nintendo? I can see people getting frustrated if they can't find what they're looking for, especially if you couple it with how pleasant the buying experience can be.
I've unchecked it a few times from Windows Update (And I remember checking the "Don't tell me about this update" a few weeks back and I still got it again last night).
I don't use IE, but I'm just afraid to install it becuase I don't know how my PC will perform afterwards (memory usage). I used it when it was the best option (IE3 and IE5) but sadly, each upgrade came with a significant performance hit at the OS level.
I know Microsoft will manage to make it a pre-requisite for a critical update down the line, but I just hope it's not a memory hog like MSMoney is.
Oh well...
I'm on my way to change my career just because of how IT people conduct themselves. After being an Infrastructure geek for 7 years I went to business school and in the past 5 years I've been more engaged in other aspects of the business. Now I can clearly see how relatively close-minded my attitude was when I only dealt with technology. I used to think that business people made bad technical decisions because they were dumb, but ultimately businesses are there to make money and respond to many forces (including politics and power). For us IT People, the sad thing is, that although some of us mature and change, others just become more set in their ways and it's harder and harder to work with them because with years of experience comes "technical or SME power" that can be leveraged as a political tool. And just when you think you have your peers figured out, some new arrogant kid with tons of energy and a fresh mind from college comes in with the same attitude. Sadly we circumscribe to the same template. I used to get upset at users when they made mistakes, but now, as I become less of an SME, I can feel the pain that a "regular person" has. I know this may vary from organization to organization, but also IT today still doesn't have the visibility to the business as it should. I work for a reputable Tech company, and those who have the opportunity to influence the business ecosystem from IT are very few; although I hear many good ideas in the halls of our IT department every day. Soft skills are hard to come by in IT people, but those who have it can get ahead. In my case, I'm am really tired to deal with the same type of people (and I've done it Internationally and in the US... it's all the same folks). Let's try and be better.
And we don't torture.
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I can see the effects of a mini economy around Piracy.
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The Hollywood leakers, plus the illegal dubbers in South America combined with the rouge servers provide an avenue for people with burners at home that can go and sell this pirated content in flea markets and feed their families. It happens with books, music and other stuff....
Is it illegal and bad? YES....
So is WAR... (and it seems to fuel economies too...)
Read: http://www.amazon.com/Political-Economy-Recent-Ec
Oh well...
I must say that I have met less than 5 true female hardcore gamers(*)
It's interesting to see that there are that many "influential" females in the industry.
(*) Again, I don't play online, maybe going and playing the Sims may help.
You can't say that this captain hasn't been through a shipwreck.
... that Sony IS NOT interested in you as a core market.
But although they don't deserve it, the PS3 will be a major success and developers will follow the most successful console.
Oh well...
Why not designate A+tap as hover and B+tap as right-click?
I disagree. What's happened with Dell is that their strategy was based around having the most efficient operations. They were able to pass savings to the consumer on demand due to their tremendous supply chain and just in time capabilities. Sadly, this strategy is imitable - your competitors are bound to catch up. (Now HP does this too now)
Another big blow to them was the whole overseas support thing. Imagine hordes of people having problems with defects, bugs and spyware trying to get good support from call centers. My personal example is this. I had a shipping error on a projector that I bought in 2003. I finally gave up and it wasn't until I provided feedback to a survey that I received that I was connected to a US-based supervisor that paved the way for the problem resolution.
Time spent - 4+ months.
This whole Intel/AMD processor deal is a way to take control away from the processor suppliers.
Dude.... Whoever can afford a PS3, PSP and a 1080TV, can probably afford to have LCD screens all over their house (including their bathroom and kitchen).
Isn't the whole idea to have the more robust OS host the other OS?
(e.g. rely on OS X for general stuff, use windows for windows-only stuff and be able to rebuild a corrupted windows instance on the fly without being affected in the host OS)
When I interned at Ford in 2002 the worldwide employee population (salaried+hourly) was near 500K. As I left the company in January of this year it was lower than 330K with a major revitalization program on the way.
I'm sure there's more examples like that to mention. Although everything is relative to the size of the company, but, the numbers are way more telling.
My Friend Is Working On A Wii Game
(Score:-1, Troll)
by Anonymous Coward on Multiple Wii/Nintendo Related posts.
One of my friends is currently working on a Wii game. I remember him being really excited about the system earlier this year and he was eager to get off the 360 game he was on and move on to something that is going to be fun and sell. What is strange is now that he has been doing Wii stuff for a while I asked him about a month ago how things were going and was he loving the Wii. His response was "eh..." Sounds like from his experience the Wii controller gets old pretty quickly. It doesn't even sound like he is planning on buying the system, or at least not this year.
OK, now let's move on to relevant comments about this discussion
Beware about this AC post, may be spreading FUD. I've seen 2 or 3 replies like this on related Wii articles.
Also, remember, excitement is relative. A developer working on a single game losing interest is not the same as a gamer, who will receive different game experiences through the controller.
It is obvious that the Wiimote won't work with every game, and for that you have the Gamecube controller and the Classic controller too.
Both the Cinema displays and the music.... Yuzo Koshiro at his best and the people from Falcom with a great storyline... Enough said (grabs a tissue)
I don't know what angle are you using here, but if you look at the business impact of this, it's a MAJOR piece of news. Ever since the "couch-potato sport's simulation lovin" crowd was identified as a major videogame consumer, having EA on your side can make or break your console efforts.
I don't like sports simulations, so this means nothing to me either, but software drives console penetration that drives more software to be developed/brought over from Japan. And that's where the sweet things start happening.
Welcome EA! But step aside, I'll be checking out the Adventure/RPG sections.
Dude, have you played Altered Beast?
I thought that was part of what they did. I haven't played Madden since the 16 bit days, but in my experience they just updated the graphics, roster and some of the playbook.... Oh... also, I forgot... they updated the title with this formula: Title = "Title of Game " && Year++
I agree about the memory leak issues. Somewhat disagree about the crashing, however, I notice that every time the "Quality Feedback Agent" wizard opens, FF always crashes on me.
The point is to illustrate how FCDD can be a pain for both the gamer and the developer.
It's funny that you mention it, but the idea of a universal console standard is not new (It was tried once by Pioneer). A standard will make the console a commodity and development costs will go down (along with developer salaries).
However, who wants to do that???? remember that companies are in to make money, and licensing is very profitable.
R.P
P.S: I guess console wars would be over too. Then it would be development house wars only.
Right on!
Where are mod points when you need them?
I just think about a perfect example. Although innovative, the Nintendo DS dual screen setup + touch screen serves this purpose in the portable scene.
The interesting question is, to what extent is creativity and risk taking limited when creating a game just because of this?
For example, I may have a hot franchise in my hands (e.g. pirates of the caribbean), I could actually write a DS game that mixed action, aventure and RPG elements and fully utilized the DS's touch screen (to mark spots on the map, provide stats), the microphone to sove puzzles, etc. But at the same time, I can't do all that on the PSP, cutting my potential market.
The safe bet (makes more business sense), is to keep the game to the bare miminimum common denominators (limited use of polygons, maybe online connectivity) so I can port this to both platforms - But... this makes less sense for the consumer.
Big dilema, considering limited resources (budget, developer time, time to market, etc.)