"Sony's PlayStation 2 still leads the market, with nearly 54 million consoles shipped as of early August. Nintendo had sold about 9.6 million GameCubes by the end of the summer.
Sales have been so slow this year that Nintendo temporarily stopped production of its GameCube in August and said it wouldn't make any more until Fall in order to eat up excess inventory. iSuppli said the company shipped just 80,000 units during its most recent quarter, which ended June 30.
Kyoto-based Nintendo did not disclose the amount of excess inventory on hand in August, or how many consoles are normally produced at that time of year. The company has also maintained that its target is to sell six million machines this fiscal year (ending in March 2004), saying sales generally pick up during the holiday shopping season.
With this in mind, Nintendo is also increasing the pressure on the software front to appeal to gift-giving shoppers. It has vowed to boost the number of GameCube titles to 320 by the end of the year, and has hinted that there will be special promotional deals through the lucrative holiday shopping season.
The promise of a slew of new GameCube titles comes despite reports from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) show in Los Angeles earlier this year that several top game development companies and publishers were reconsidering the number of GameCube titles they plan to produce in the wake of declining sales for the console."
"A number of game publishers have curtailed or ended production of GameCube games, citing the platform's disappointing sales. Analysts were quick to caution that Nintendo was likely to benefit most from the news.
"Although this is a positive announcement with respect to Nintendo, we do not expect this price drop to have a dramatic effect on our expectations for the third-party publishers in our universe," Harris Nesbitt Gerard analyst Edward Williams said in a note.
Of the 10 best-selling games for the GameCube in August, according to research service NPDFunworld, six were published by Nintendo - a far higher proportion of first-party games than on any other console.
While the console has been stronger in Japan and Europe, in the United States it has settled into a firm third place, with an installed base about 29 percent smaller than that of the Xbox.
The last major game console to retail for US$99 in the United States was Sega's Dreamcast - though that price was an inventory-clearing move after Sega discontinued the console and decided to become exclusively a game publisher."
"TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Videogame company Nintendo Co Ltd on Monday slashed its group net profit forecast for the business year that ended on March 31 by 18 percent due to sluggish sales of its GameCube machine.
The Kyoto-based company, known for its hit "Pokemon'' games, now expects a group net profit for 2002/03 of 66 billion yen ($548.5 million) against its November forecast of 80 billion yen.
Citing poor demand for its mainstay GameCube console at home and abroad, the company trimmed its group sales estimates to 500 billion yen from 600 billion yen.
"Demand for the GameCube console was significantly lower than our expectation,'' a company s
Some moderators seem to think I'm trolling. I have absolutely no idea how they could have reached that conclusion...all I'm doing is refuting claims about the Gamecube...*shakes head*
He's talking about the appearance of the directional pad on the exterior, not the inner-workings.
Nintendo products have that square cross. Other systems don't. The technology is the same, yes. Nintendo holds the patent on the look and appearance--that angular cross directional pad. Other systems have circular forms or other designs.
Deus Ex 2 specifically uses hardware Pixel Shaders in its engine. If your card doesn't use them, it won't run, because Deus Ex 2 was programmed that way. The GeForce MX cards are not supported.
What people mean by backwards compatibility in DirectX is that DirectX 9 doesn't break compability with games that use earlier versions of DirectX. For instance, I'm typing this on a laptop that has a Mobility Radeon 7500, and I have DirectX 9 installed and can still play Black & White or Deus Ex 1. They each use different earlier versions of DirectX.
DirectX 9 can't make your card do something it doesn't have the hardware support for. Backwards compability with earlier cards just means it will still also do DirectX 8's hardware features, DirectX 7's, and so on. It's inclusive with each previous version's features. Each new DirectX version just adds new hardware features and capabilities to the 3D interface that newer cards can take advantage of.
Deus Ex 2 should have had an option to turn off the Pixel Shader bump-mapping, and then your card would have ran it, since it doesn't do Pixel Shaders 1.1.
I'm really getting sick of your condescending attitude. You sound like a raving fanboy. You completely spin every true statement people are making about Nintendo and the Gamecube.
The games-part of Sony is about just the only one supplying them with money.
Not really, but even if that were true, it doesn't matter. The Playstation is on top.
Nintendo has 8 billion dollars in the bank and have a positive cashflow.
Sony and Microsoft don't? Microsoft released the X-Box at a loss, but they can afford it, which makes them the most dangerous. They're already 2nd place and higher than the Gamecube. They can only go up from here, and they can afford to remain where they're at or even go lower.
Their first ever loss was due to the weak dollar - since that's now adjusted for they'll keep on making money.
You completely made this up! The Gamecube has been having sluggish sales, particularly this year, which is why it's now down to $100. 6 of the top 10 selling games for the Gamecube are first-party titles! Most people have jumped ship for the more powerful and "edgy" consoles. Nintendo has been busy making goofball games like Mario Sunshine and Mario Party and Luigi's Mansion and so on. Gone are the days when you had real games like the Final Fantasy series, Super Mario Bros. 3 (or Super Mario World), Pilotwings, and so on. In fact, most of those types of games are just being rehashed for the SP, which is annoying. Where the hell are the new Mario, Final Fantasy, and RPG games? I'm sick of only having Fire Emblem and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga as the only real, solid new releases for this system.
Hanging by a thread?
Yes. The Gamecube sales have been completely sluggish this year, and their in third place in America. But, hey, more power to them over in Japan.
Really - why post when you don't know what you're talking about. Guess why they were voted one of Japan's most successful companies ever... ?
What does that have to do with here, where the Gamecube has 29% less of an install base among consumers compared to the 2nd place console, the X-Box?
My Gamecube won't even play music or DVDs. They've been using Gameboy connectivity to back up certain titles, but other than that, more third-party developers are making games for the other systems, and more people own the other systems, because the other systems just plain do more.
The Gamecube has had its second price slash this year alone! Face facts. Even Nintendo has admitted all this, and they've vowed to increase their software line to about 320 before year's end. Next year, they plan to focus on a larger amount of releases. It's about time. Both of my local stores moved over the Gamecube section and replaced it with a larger X-Box section. Amusingly, Gameboy games also took some of the shelf space.
1) Nintendo has sold more Gamecubes than Microsoft has sold Xboxes. Official numbers are available from Nintendo and Microsoft.
The Gamecube has at least a 29% less install base than the X-Box.
2) The top selling games for the GC are outselling the top selling games for Xbox. There's nothing to do about PS2 and GBA.
But there are more games for the X-Box, and most of the Gamecube's top-selling games are first-party development efforts.
3) Several multiplatform games sold better on the Gamecube than other consoles, and for a hard core gamer there are several exclusive non-Nintendo titles not found on Xbox or PS2.
The only "hard core" game I could think of is Metroid Prime. What else is there? Mario Sunshine? Mario Party 5?
4) In Europe, the average buyer of a Gamecube at launch was 23 years old. Mature games like Resident Evil sold above Capcom's expectations.
That doesn't even matter and is just an irrelevant fact thrown out to weakly defend your stance.
I can back up everything above, it's easier if you just admit to being clueless and posted what you _thought_ was true.
No, YOU are completely clueless and have clearly ignored hard numbers.
Nintendo had to slash the price of the Gamecube last September 24th due to less-than-stellar sales. In fact, the only thing to show any profit was the Gameboy Advance, and that's just because for all intents and purposes it's the only one out there in the handheld market.
"A number of game publishers have curtailed or ended production of GameCube games, citing the platform's disappointing sales. Analysts were quick to caution that Nintendo was likely to benefit most from the news.
Although this is a positive announcement with respect to Nintendo, we do not expect this price drop to have a dramatic effect on our expectations for the third-party publishers in our universe," Harris Nesbitt Gerard analyst Edward Williams said in a note.
Of the 10 best-selling games for the GameCube in August, according to research service NPDFunworld, six were published by Nintendo - a far higher proportion of first-party games than on any other console.
While the console has been stronger in Japan and Europe, in the United States it has settled into a firm third place, with an installed base about 29 percent smaller than that of the Xbox."
I like Nintendo too, but don't be so blind. Even execs have stated they waited too long to get the Gamecube released, which affected its success, and they won't be making the same mistake with their next system. Nintendo had better start pulling rabbits out of their hat, because they're not seen as the cool, edgy console company anymore, and they're risking being solely a handheld gaming company.
That was disproven long ago. Sophia Stewart has no leg to stand on. The only "evidence" offered was hilarious things like the fact that "Neo" was an anagram for "One"--everybody already knew that--and a photocopy of a printout from IMDB showing that Carrie-Ann Moss once worked on a show coincidentally known as "Matrix," which proves absolutely nothing (and was also something everybody already knew...Carrie used to mention it in interviews laughingly).
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If anyone can start mirroring it, or even hacking it to keep it up to date as though the project never quit, this official "shutdown" won't even matter.
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You know, Slashdotters have a thing for being hung up on semantics and missing the big picture. His point still stands.
You could have just said, "Lots of things could be considered robots, though. But I know what you meant."
What do you consider a "more realistic business model?"
I hate when Slashdotters pull this. It's the excuse for everything. MP3 piracy? The RIAA should adapt a more realistic business model! Studios putting out movies in theaters but--heaven forbid--don't want people filming it to put on the Internet? They need to adapt to a more realistic business model!
This is really a non-story. Yes, filming a movie in the theater to put online is wrong. No sane person should be arguing against this, unless you want to justify piracy.
The great is, the judge ordered "specificity." There can't be any vague crap claims. IBM gets to see, specifically, all this great evidence SCO has been hyping all these months.
This is the equivalent of put-up-or-shut-up. FINALLY, is all I've gotta say. A little faith in the justice system has been restored. I was thinking this would be dragged out for years.
Again, if you've got the nanotech to remod the ammo, feeding it isn't exactly a big deal. But if you're so worried about it, GO PLAY SOMETHING ELSE instead of whining like a spoiled little bitch that they didn't just remake your old game's flaws.
Weapon reloading isn't a flaw.
Your nanotech theory is stupid. What, are nanites magically carrying the ammo from Alex's belt into the cartridge of the pistol?
For that matter, if we're using nanotech ammo that conforms to all guns, why would we have seperate guns? Where is the nanotech gun that just becomes any gun by downloading a program into it? THAT would have been interesting. Imagine hacking your weapon mold program, or having it scrambled and exhibiting bizarre behavior.
Counter-Strike just really isn't that good. At all. There have been much better multiplayer games released since the late 90s. Better engines than that 1998 clunker.
I don't get Counter-Strike players. Even Worms 3D is a better multiplayer game.
This sequel was supposed to be an improvement over the incredible first game, but instead it became a straight X-Box console port.
The AI sucks, it takes 5 shots to the head to kill a guy, the ragdoll physics are ridiculous, the interface is notoriously console-oriented (you even have to use the keyboard to exit a menu screen), the graphics are bad, and as far as gameplay goes, they removed:
- Skills system - Conversation logger - Size-based inventory screen (12 slots...candy bar takes the same slot as a rocket launcher) - Seperate ammo types (that's right, all guns use the same ammo) - Weapon reloading - About half of Deus Ex 1's length of gameplay...Invisible War is only 10-15 hours long, and you can just sneak through airvents for most of the levels
I'm fuming at Ion Storm. Warren Spector promised so many things, but he let Harvey Smith oversee Deus Ex 2 this time around, and it became a dumbed-down X-Box console game. We PC users suffered for it.
Check out the www.ionstorm.com forums which are packed with pissed-off PC gamers.
How is this post "Flamebait?" Just curious. I know baseless Microsoft bashing is silly and intellectually lazy (considering the last Microsoft breach was 2000 of October in light of GNOME, GNU, Debian, FSF, and Gentoo's little fiascos), but the rest of the post was well-written.
Single box? GNU, GNOME, Debian, FSF, and Gentoo are more than a single box.
I've praised Linux and OSS software before, but the majority of wacky-ass criticism in Slashdot is towards Microsoft. It's just hatred and jealousy. So I reply to it.
I really don't want to be a smartass here but could this be a case of the pot calling the kettle black?
No, not at all. I don't treat operating systems like religions.
You don't seem at all Overly Critical when something bad happens to Windows.
Of course I am. But Slashdot is overly critical of Windows, ALL the time.
Indeed, your posting history is largely criticisms of Linux.
Because people have placed Linux on a silver platter in their minds. You want to know why I post? I created this account because I was sick of the close-minded bias. Slashdotters like to act as though they're really open, rational people, but when it comes to Linux and Windows, they wear blinders. There is so much fanatical Microsoft hatred that I wanted to, heaven forbid, counter it with rational commentary by pointing out the obvious--Linux has flaws like everything else.
So, you see me posting more Linux criticism than Windows criticism, because all I see here is people spinning Linux flaws and ignoring them and bashing Windows for inane things like Outlook executable attachments.
I could exchange every instance of Windows and Linux in a typical posting of yours and you would come off exactly like one of the "Linux religious fanatics" you claim to be above.
No. Not really. My posts are all about pointing out the flaws that people ignore in Linux. If Slashdot wasn't so incredibly biased, I wouldn't be commenting on it.
You also seem to think the most vocal and rabid Linux users are typical users. Every community has extra obnoxious members and Windows is not exempt from the vocal religious fanatic problem. And yet, no one speaks of obnoxious Windows users being the biggest problem dragging Windows down.
Because they're not the biggest problem "dragging Windows down." But for Linux, that IS the problem.
Could it be that telling amorphous groups like "Windows users" or "Linux users" how to behave is a largely useless activity?
No. Just look at Slashdot. It is one big anti-Microsoft amorphous group. Especially the editors. A lot of Linux newbies come to Slashdot and formulate their operating system perspectives based on the +5 posts and editor commentaries around this place. Where do you think all those obnoxious anti-"M$" trolls come from? What is wrong with, instead of that, having calm rational folk who appreciate technology no matter the brand name, and who just use the right tool for the job instead of making another 90s-era BSOD or Clippy joke?
Could it even be that "the way members of foo act" is in no way a valid criterion for assessing a technology?
Who said it was? I never acted or implied such.
As far as the technology goes, Windows crushes Linux in some areas, and Linux crushes Windows in others. The anti-"M$" bots want you to think Linux is flawless. That's why it amuses me so much when all these security breaches (let's see, what is it now--GNU, GNOME, Debian, FSF, and now Gentoo?) occur and people squirm and STILL try to bash Windows in some way.
Microsoft hasn't had a breach since October of 2000. Why is it so damned hard for Linux guys to give credit where credit is due? It's like they're afraid to praise Microsoft for anything. And that's what I point out and react to, because I think it's ridiculous, and it's one major factor of many in the predominant attitude of this community that is severely holding back Linux in the minds of the professional world.
Disagree if you want, but at least see where I'm coming from.
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It seems others have done a good job at refuting you already, I'll just add two quick things:
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Rather than directing people to other posts or to Google, here are some direct quotes:
From http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM
"Sony's PlayStation 2 still leads the market, with nearly 54 million consoles shipped as of early August. Nintendo had sold about 9.6 million GameCubes by the end of the summer.
Sales have been so slow this year that Nintendo temporarily stopped production of its GameCube in August and said it wouldn't make any more until Fall in order to eat up excess inventory. iSuppli said the company shipped just 80,000 units during its most recent quarter, which ended June 30.
Kyoto-based Nintendo did not disclose the amount of excess inventory on hand in August, or how many consoles are normally produced at that time of year. The company has also maintained that its target is to sell six million machines this fiscal year (ending in March 2004), saying sales generally pick up during the holiday shopping season.
With this in mind, Nintendo is also increasing the pressure on the software front to appeal to gift-giving shoppers. It has vowed to boost the number of GameCube titles to 320 by the end of the year, and has hinted that there will be special promotional deals through the lucrative holiday shopping season.
The promise of a slew of new GameCube titles comes despite reports from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) show in Los Angeles earlier this year that several top game development companies and publishers were reconsidering the number of GameCube titles they plan to produce in the wake of declining sales for the console."
From http://technology.nzoom.com/cda/printable/1,1856,2 23621,00.html:
"A number of game publishers have curtailed or ended production of GameCube games, citing the platform's disappointing sales. Analysts were quick to caution that Nintendo was likely to benefit most from the news.
"Although this is a positive announcement with respect to Nintendo, we do not expect this price drop to have a dramatic effect on our expectations for the third-party publishers in our universe," Harris Nesbitt Gerard analyst Edward Williams said in a note.
Of the 10 best-selling games for the GameCube in August, according to research service NPDFunworld, six were published by Nintendo - a far higher proportion of first-party games than on any other console.
While the console has been stronger in Japan and Europe, in the United States it has settled into a firm third place, with an installed base about 29 percent smaller than that of the Xbox.
The last major game console to retail for US$99 in the United States was Sega's Dreamcast - though that price was an inventory-clearing move after Sega discontinued the console and decided to become exclusively a game publisher."
From http://edition.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS/04/07/nintend o.reut/:
"TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Videogame company Nintendo Co Ltd on Monday slashed its group net profit forecast for the business year that ended on March 31 by 18 percent due to sluggish sales of its GameCube machine.
The Kyoto-based company, known for its hit "Pokemon'' games, now expects a group net profit for 2002/03 of 66 billion yen ($548.5 million) against its November forecast of 80 billion yen.
Citing poor demand for its mainstay GameCube console at home and abroad, the company trimmed its group sales estimates to 500 billion yen from 600 billion yen.
"Demand for the GameCube console was significantly lower than our expectation,'' a company s
I quoted actual facts. I gave links. Your evidence is "Now go Google."
Wow, Nintendo hinted at a $99 during Project Dolphin. And then it comes as a second price cut the year sales are sluggish.
You named two games. I could name hundreds for Playstation and X-Box.
The link is in my other post in this thread.
Some moderators seem to think I'm trolling. I have absolutely no idea how they could have reached that conclusion...all I'm doing is refuting claims about the Gamecube...*shakes head*
Uh, yes. Next time, pay attention.
He's talking about the appearance of the directional pad on the exterior, not the inner-workings.
Nintendo products have that square cross. Other systems don't. The technology is the same, yes. Nintendo holds the patent on the look and appearance--that angular cross directional pad. Other systems have circular forms or other designs.
That has nothing to do with DirectX.
Deus Ex 2 specifically uses hardware Pixel Shaders in its engine. If your card doesn't use them, it won't run, because Deus Ex 2 was programmed that way. The GeForce MX cards are not supported.
What people mean by backwards compatibility in DirectX is that DirectX 9 doesn't break compability with games that use earlier versions of DirectX. For instance, I'm typing this on a laptop that has a Mobility Radeon 7500, and I have DirectX 9 installed and can still play Black & White or Deus Ex 1. They each use different earlier versions of DirectX.
DirectX 9 can't make your card do something it doesn't have the hardware support for. Backwards compability with earlier cards just means it will still also do DirectX 8's hardware features, DirectX 7's, and so on. It's inclusive with each previous version's features. Each new DirectX version just adds new hardware features and capabilities to the 3D interface that newer cards can take advantage of.
Deus Ex 2 should have had an option to turn off the Pixel Shader bump-mapping, and then your card would have ran it, since it doesn't do Pixel Shaders 1.1.
I'm really getting sick of your condescending attitude. You sound like a raving fanboy. You completely spin every true statement people are making about Nintendo and the Gamecube.
... ?
The games-part of Sony is about just the only one supplying them with money.
Not really, but even if that were true, it doesn't matter. The Playstation is on top.
Nintendo has 8 billion dollars in the bank and have a positive cashflow.
Sony and Microsoft don't? Microsoft released the X-Box at a loss, but they can afford it, which makes them the most dangerous. They're already 2nd place and higher than the Gamecube. They can only go up from here, and they can afford to remain where they're at or even go lower.
Their first ever loss was due to the weak dollar - since that's now adjusted for they'll keep on making money.
You completely made this up! The Gamecube has been having sluggish sales, particularly this year, which is why it's now down to $100. 6 of the top 10 selling games for the Gamecube are first-party titles! Most people have jumped ship for the more powerful and "edgy" consoles. Nintendo has been busy making goofball games like Mario Sunshine and Mario Party and Luigi's Mansion and so on. Gone are the days when you had real games like the Final Fantasy series, Super Mario Bros. 3 (or Super Mario World), Pilotwings, and so on. In fact, most of those types of games are just being rehashed for the SP, which is annoying. Where the hell are the new Mario, Final Fantasy, and RPG games? I'm sick of only having Fire Emblem and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga as the only real, solid new releases for this system.
Hanging by a thread?
Yes. The Gamecube sales have been completely sluggish this year, and their in third place in America. But, hey, more power to them over in Japan.
Really - why post when you don't know what you're talking about. Guess why they were voted one of Japan's most successful companies ever
What does that have to do with here, where the Gamecube has 29% less of an install base among consumers compared to the 2nd place console, the X-Box?
My Gamecube won't even play music or DVDs. They've been using Gameboy connectivity to back up certain titles, but other than that, more third-party developers are making games for the other systems, and more people own the other systems, because the other systems just plain do more.
The Gamecube has had its second price slash this year alone! Face facts. Even Nintendo has admitted all this, and they've vowed to increase their software line to about 320 before year's end. Next year, they plan to focus on a larger amount of releases. It's about time. Both of my local stores moved over the Gamecube section and replaced it with a larger X-Box section. Amusingly, Gameboy games also took some of the shelf space.
Oh, please!
1) Nintendo has sold more Gamecubes than Microsoft has sold Xboxes. Official numbers are available from Nintendo and Microsoft.
The Gamecube has at least a 29% less install base than the X-Box.
2) The top selling games for the GC are outselling the top selling games for Xbox. There's nothing to do about PS2 and GBA.
But there are more games for the X-Box, and most of the Gamecube's top-selling games are first-party development efforts.
3) Several multiplatform games sold better on the Gamecube than other consoles, and for a hard core gamer there are several exclusive non-Nintendo titles not found on Xbox or PS2.
The only "hard core" game I could think of is Metroid Prime. What else is there? Mario Sunshine? Mario Party 5?
4) In Europe, the average buyer of a Gamecube at launch was 23 years old. Mature games like Resident Evil sold above Capcom's expectations.
That doesn't even matter and is just an irrelevant fact thrown out to weakly defend your stance.
I can back up everything above, it's easier if you just admit to being clueless and posted what you _thought_ was true.
No, YOU are completely clueless and have clearly ignored hard numbers.
Nintendo had to slash the price of the Gamecube last September 24th due to less-than-stellar sales. In fact, the only thing to show any profit was the Gameboy Advance, and that's just because for all intents and purposes it's the only one out there in the handheld market.
The Gamecube is now the same cost as the SP!
Quotes from just one page I randomly Googled for:
"A number of game publishers have curtailed or ended production of GameCube games, citing the platform's disappointing sales. Analysts were quick to caution that Nintendo was likely to benefit most from the news.
Although this is a positive announcement with respect to Nintendo, we do not expect this price drop to have a dramatic effect on our expectations for the third-party publishers in our universe," Harris Nesbitt Gerard analyst Edward Williams said in a note.
Of the 10 best-selling games for the GameCube in August, according to research service NPDFunworld, six were published by Nintendo - a far higher proportion of first-party games than on any other console.
While the console has been stronger in Japan and Europe, in the United States it has settled into a firm third place, with an installed base about 29 percent smaller than that of the Xbox."
I like Nintendo too, but don't be so blind. Even execs have stated they waited too long to get the Gamecube released, which affected its success, and they won't be making the same mistake with their next system. Nintendo had better start pulling rabbits out of their hat, because they're not seen as the cool, edgy console company anymore, and they're risking being solely a handheld gaming company.
That was disproven long ago. Sophia Stewart has no leg to stand on. The only "evidence" offered was hilarious things like the fact that "Neo" was an anagram for "One"--everybody already knew that--and a photocopy of a printout from IMDB showing that Carrie-Ann Moss once worked on a show coincidentally known as "Matrix," which proves absolutely nothing (and was also something everybody already knew...Carrie used to mention it in interviews laughingly).
If anyone can start mirroring it, or even hacking it to keep it up to date as though the project never quit, this official "shutdown" won't even matter.
You know, Slashdotters have a thing for being hung up on semantics and missing the big picture. His point still stands.
You could have just said, "Lots of things could be considered robots, though. But I know what you meant."
What do you consider a "more realistic business model?"
I hate when Slashdotters pull this. It's the excuse for everything. MP3 piracy? The RIAA should adapt a more realistic business model! Studios putting out movies in theaters but--heaven forbid--don't want people filming it to put on the Internet? They need to adapt to a more realistic business model!
This is really a non-story. Yes, filming a movie in the theater to put online is wrong. No sane person should be arguing against this, unless you want to justify piracy.
Just curious why michael feels the need to always interject and tick people off like that. If I posted that, I would have been modded as a troll.
Seems a little unfair, is all.
Seriously, why does michael get to troll like that?
It's perfectly valid to bring up Censorware in this instance. Michael seems like a very vindictive person. Why, michael?
Just curious.
The great is, the judge ordered "specificity." There can't be any vague crap claims. IBM gets to see, specifically, all this great evidence SCO has been hyping all these months.
This is the equivalent of put-up-or-shut-up. FINALLY, is all I've gotta say. A little faith in the justice system has been restored. I was thinking this would be dragged out for years.
What insight was gleamed from that post? It's a joke, you clod.
Again, if you've got the nanotech to remod the ammo, feeding it isn't exactly a big deal. But if you're so worried about it, GO PLAY SOMETHING ELSE instead of whining like a spoiled little bitch that they didn't just remake your old game's flaws.
Weapon reloading isn't a flaw.
Your nanotech theory is stupid. What, are nanites magically carrying the ammo from Alex's belt into the cartridge of the pistol?
For that matter, if we're using nanotech ammo that conforms to all guns, why would we have seperate guns? Where is the nanotech gun that just becomes any gun by downloading a program into it? THAT would have been interesting. Imagine hacking your weapon mold program, or having it scrambled and exhibiting bizarre behavior.
Maybe in Deus Ex 3.
I played the demo last week and bought the game yesterday evening.
Counter-Strike just really isn't that good. At all. There have been much better multiplayer games released since the late 90s. Better engines than that 1998 clunker.
I don't get Counter-Strike players. Even Worms 3D is a better multiplayer game.
They took out locational damage as well. Suck!
This sequel was supposed to be an improvement over the incredible first game, but instead it became a straight X-Box console port.
The AI sucks, it takes 5 shots to the head to kill a guy, the ragdoll physics are ridiculous, the interface is notoriously console-oriented (you even have to use the keyboard to exit a menu screen), the graphics are bad, and as far as gameplay goes, they removed:
- Skills system
- Conversation logger
- Size-based inventory screen (12 slots...candy bar takes the same slot as a rocket launcher)
- Seperate ammo types (that's right, all guns use the same ammo)
- Weapon reloading
- About half of Deus Ex 1's length of gameplay...Invisible War is only 10-15 hours long, and you can just sneak through airvents for most of the levels
I'm fuming at Ion Storm. Warren Spector promised so many things, but he let Harvey Smith oversee Deus Ex 2 this time around, and it became a dumbed-down X-Box console game. We PC users suffered for it.
Check out the www.ionstorm.com forums which are packed with pissed-off PC gamers.
How is this post "Flamebait?" Just curious. I know baseless Microsoft bashing is silly and intellectually lazy (considering the last Microsoft breach was 2000 of October in light of GNOME, GNU, Debian, FSF, and Gentoo's little fiascos), but the rest of the post was well-written.
Karma Bonus unchecked accordingly.
Okay, Anonymous Coward.
Single box? GNU, GNOME, Debian, FSF, and Gentoo are more than a single box.
I've praised Linux and OSS software before, but the majority of wacky-ass criticism in Slashdot is towards Microsoft. It's just hatred and jealousy. So I reply to it.
Does that frustrate you?
I really don't want to be a smartass here but could this be a case of the pot calling the kettle black?
No, not at all. I don't treat operating systems like religions.
You don't seem at all Overly Critical when something bad happens to Windows.
Of course I am. But Slashdot is overly critical of Windows, ALL the time.
Indeed, your posting history is largely criticisms of Linux.
Because people have placed Linux on a silver platter in their minds. You want to know why I post? I created this account because I was sick of the close-minded bias. Slashdotters like to act as though they're really open, rational people, but when it comes to Linux and Windows, they wear blinders. There is so much fanatical Microsoft hatred that I wanted to, heaven forbid, counter it with rational commentary by pointing out the obvious--Linux has flaws like everything else.
So, you see me posting more Linux criticism than Windows criticism, because all I see here is people spinning Linux flaws and ignoring them and bashing Windows for inane things like Outlook executable attachments.
I could exchange every instance of Windows and Linux in a typical posting of yours and you would come off exactly like one of the "Linux religious fanatics" you claim to be above.
No. Not really. My posts are all about pointing out the flaws that people ignore in Linux. If Slashdot wasn't so incredibly biased, I wouldn't be commenting on it.
You also seem to think the most vocal and rabid Linux users are typical users. Every community has extra obnoxious members and Windows is not exempt from the vocal religious fanatic problem. And yet, no one speaks of obnoxious Windows users being the biggest problem dragging Windows down.
Because they're not the biggest problem "dragging Windows down." But for Linux, that IS the problem.
Could it be that telling amorphous groups like "Windows users" or "Linux users" how to behave is a largely useless activity?
No. Just look at Slashdot. It is one big anti-Microsoft amorphous group. Especially the editors. A lot of Linux newbies come to Slashdot and formulate their operating system perspectives based on the +5 posts and editor commentaries around this place. Where do you think all those obnoxious anti-"M$" trolls come from? What is wrong with, instead of that, having calm rational folk who appreciate technology no matter the brand name, and who just use the right tool for the job instead of making another 90s-era BSOD or Clippy joke?
Could it even be that "the way members of foo act" is in no way a valid criterion for assessing a technology?
Who said it was? I never acted or implied such.
As far as the technology goes, Windows crushes Linux in some areas, and Linux crushes Windows in others. The anti-"M$" bots want you to think Linux is flawless. That's why it amuses me so much when all these security breaches (let's see, what is it now--GNU, GNOME, Debian, FSF, and now Gentoo?) occur and people squirm and STILL try to bash Windows in some way.
Microsoft hasn't had a breach since October of 2000. Why is it so damned hard for Linux guys to give credit where credit is due? It's like they're afraid to praise Microsoft for anything. And that's what I point out and react to, because I think it's ridiculous, and it's one major factor of many in the predominant attitude of this community that is severely holding back Linux in the minds of the professional world.
Disagree if you want, but at least see where I'm coming from.
I was waiting for someone to, in an article about an announcement about a new moon program, bash Bush in SOME way.
Congratulations on being a predictable left-wing nut!