As much as these generalizations sound rediculous, they most certainly have some merit. However, I don't think it has to do with how these players grow up, more like who they play on a regular basis. Americans tend to play Americans and Europeans tend to play Europeans just due to the nature of the internet. The closer the server, the lower the ping, so most teams play on local servers. You won't see Americans playing Russians on a regular basis simply because no one like playing CS, or any FPS, with a 150 ping.
No, I don't think minors should be playing games like this. Yes, this game deserved an R rating. How come then, movie theaters can't be sued for allowing a minor into the theater? There is such a double standard for video games vs. movies. How come the parents need to be responsible enough to check movie ratings but not video game ratings? Considering that video games cost about 10x as much as a movie and need to be played at home, usually in the same house as their parents, it seems like it should be the other way around if anything.
I know this isn't exactly realisitic, but then maybe MS should be striving to make things right the first time instead of releasing an OS where you can buffer overload virtually every feature.
I don't understand why there is an option to add other manufacturer's media players. Just tell them to remove theirs and let that be the end of it. Are they going to include ALL media players? Even lesser known ones like BSPlayer? What about DivX player? This really isn't a valid option.
However, even if they are told to remove their media player, it will most likely be how you can "remove" MS Messenger. Hell, last time I reformated and uninstalled MS Messenger it didn't even delete the icon which as far as I can tell, is all it is supposed to do.
So by my count, SCO's claimed has gone from millions of lines of code that Linux could absolutely not function without and would take years to replace to 456 lines of code? Are you kidding me? The $3 billion SCO is asking for over equates to over $6.5 million per line...
As an American student, book prices are absolutely ridiculous. A quick example: Physics: Principles with Applications, 5th Ed from Amazon.com costs $131 while the same book from Amazon.co.uk costs 30.09 pounds or about $55.
No it wasn't Pixar, but the parent is merely trying to say that the Disney name isn't needed to sell a well made animated movie. It does however help to sell a crappy animated movie.
Usually, a 3rd party is responsible for porting games. Unless it is a big development company or part of a bigger publisher, it just isn't feasible or worth it for one company to port the game to all platforms. Another company which only does porting is usually responsible for the port.
What I really want to see is dual CPU capability for the Socket 939. I guess the opteron is a viable alternative, but the price is just too high. Something like they did with the Athlon MP would be great.
Q3 was never supposed to be anything resembling a single player game. They should have just called it "offline mode." Quake3 was MUCH more popular than UT for a good reason, it was better on so many levels. Engine, gameplay, and MUCH better modability (that a word?).
Training (it will take some time for even the experienced learners to migrate) let's avg this to say a week... A week's salary. Let's lowball that salary to $25k per year, split between say 1000 workers for a decent sized business. $250,000.00 just for training (lowballed) those 'experienced' users. Cost in lost sales, productivity because they're not used to it? I won't go there...
Cost of putting MS Office on 1000 boxes - $400,000.00. I'm sorry but no one taught me to use MS Office, and no one taught me to use OpenOffice. It's not that hard. In fact, pretty much everything is the same with a few changes to option placement. Lost sales? Because they changed their office software? Umm, ok. Maybe a small loss in productivity for a short period, but nothing on the scale of hundreds of thousands of dollars like you seem to imply.
I agree stores should do a better job of enforcing ratings, but not that there needs to be government intervention. Comparing the movie and game industries only goes so far. When a kid goes to see a movie, he sees it, comes home, and no one knows the better. When a kid buys a video game, he buys it, comes home, and plays it in the same house as his parents.
Maybe a better question is how long until you can legally download movies. Their size is the biggest hold back but that won't last long. History has shown that people will pay for something they can get for free so long as there are benefits to it (good quality, fast download, legal, etc).
I really fail to see the point of bills like this. I am holding the game "Tony Hawk Underground" and right on the back I see:
Teen
Blood
Mild Violence
Strong Language
Suggestive Themes
Do parents continue to view this as some crazy code they need a big banner to decipher? Maybe a bill to force parents to actually look at the game they buy their children would be better.
I'm glad this is going to court. As bad as some lower court rulings can be, the federal court generally has enough sense to shut down claims like this. It's just a matter of time before this is done now.
The only sad thing is the amount of money that needs to be spent on lawyers on cases like these. The plaintifs should be paying those lawyer fees and court costs when this is all said and done.
I really wish more companies would start releasing their old games. It doesn't even have to be using their bandwidth. I'm sure there are tons of places like Fileplanet, Fileshack, 3DGamers, etc that would host them. I mean most of those games aren't even sold in stores anymore. Could it really hurt the developer that much to give it away?
I agree. Seeing a G5 in a labtop doesn't seem to be in the near future. I mean the G5 needs to have the entire front of the case used for expelling heat. Even with a smaller die size I think it will be some time.
The gaming industry is an entertainment industry. Different things entertain different people. Live with it. If you don't like the game, don't buy it.
BTW, no games actually show live full nudity like is in plenty of movies I have seen. However, I'm sure the first one that does will receive an AO rating, the equivalent of NC-17. Even though a movie with full frontal nudity only receives a R rating.
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As much as these generalizations sound rediculous, they most certainly have some merit. However, I don't think it has to do with how these players grow up, more like who they play on a regular basis. Americans tend to play Americans and Europeans tend to play Europeans just due to the nature of the internet. The closer the server, the lower the ping, so most teams play on local servers. You won't see Americans playing Russians on a regular basis simply because no one like playing CS, or any FPS, with a 150 ping.
No, I don't think minors should be playing games like this. Yes, this game deserved an R rating. How come then, movie theaters can't be sued for allowing a minor into the theater? There is such a double standard for video games vs. movies. How come the parents need to be responsible enough to check movie ratings but not video game ratings? Considering that video games cost about 10x as much as a movie and need to be played at home, usually in the same house as their parents, it seems like it should be the other way around if anything.
I know this isn't exactly realisitic, but then maybe MS should be striving to make things right the first time instead of releasing an OS where you can buffer overload virtually every feature.
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}
However, even if they are told to remove their media player, it will most likely be how you can "remove" MS Messenger. Hell, last time I reformated and uninstalled MS Messenger it didn't even delete the icon which as far as I can tell, is all it is supposed to do.
I am getting the exact same message under WinXP SP1a. Any help?
So by my count, SCO's claimed has gone from millions of lines of code that Linux could absolutely not function without and would take years to replace to 456 lines of code? Are you kidding me? The $3 billion SCO is asking for over equates to over $6.5 million per line...
As an American student, book prices are absolutely ridiculous. A quick example: Physics: Principles with Applications, 5th Ed from Amazon.com costs $131 while the same book from Amazon.co.uk costs 30.09 pounds or about $55.
No it wasn't Pixar, but the parent is merely trying to say that the Disney name isn't needed to sell a well made animated movie. It does however help to sell a crappy animated movie.
VoodooPC has been doing this for over three months already.
Usually, a 3rd party is responsible for porting games. Unless it is a big development company or part of a bigger publisher, it just isn't feasible or worth it for one company to port the game to all platforms. Another company which only does porting is usually responsible for the port.
What I really want to see is dual CPU capability for the Socket 939. I guess the opteron is a viable alternative, but the price is just too high. Something like they did with the Athlon MP would be great.
$3 billion sounds like a good number.
Q3 was never supposed to be anything resembling a single player game. They should have just called it "offline mode." Quake3 was MUCH more popular than UT for a good reason, it was better on so many levels. Engine, gameplay, and MUCH better modability (that a word?).
Cost of putting MS Office on 1000 boxes - $400,000.00. I'm sorry but no one taught me to use MS Office, and no one taught me to use OpenOffice. It's not that hard. In fact, pretty much everything is the same with a few changes to option placement. Lost sales? Because they changed their office software? Umm, ok. Maybe a small loss in productivity for a short period, but nothing on the scale of hundreds of thousands of dollars like you seem to imply.
I agree stores should do a better job of enforcing ratings, but not that there needs to be government intervention. Comparing the movie and game industries only goes so far. When a kid goes to see a movie, he sees it, comes home, and no one knows the better. When a kid buys a video game, he buys it, comes home, and plays it in the same house as his parents.
Maybe a better question is how long until you can legally download movies. Their size is the biggest hold back but that won't last long. History has shown that people will pay for something they can get for free so long as there are benefits to it (good quality, fast download, legal, etc).
Teen
Blood
Mild Violence
Strong Language
Suggestive Themes
Do parents continue to view this as some crazy code they need a big banner to decipher? Maybe a bill to force parents to actually look at the game they buy their children would be better.
The only sad thing is the amount of money that needs to be spent on lawyers on cases like these. The plaintifs should be paying those lawyer fees and court costs when this is all said and done.
I really wish more companies would start releasing their old games. It doesn't even have to be using their bandwidth. I'm sure there are tons of places like Fileplanet, Fileshack, 3DGamers, etc that would host them. I mean most of those games aren't even sold in stores anymore. Could it really hurt the developer that much to give it away?
I guessed I missed the nudity in Max Payne 2. I beat the game and all I saw was Mona's back while she was in a shower.
I agree. Seeing a G5 in a labtop doesn't seem to be in the near future. I mean the G5 needs to have the entire front of the case used for expelling heat. Even with a smaller die size I think it will be some time.
IBM sure seems to be popping out some great CPUs there.
BTW, no games actually show live full nudity like is in plenty of movies I have seen. However, I'm sure the first one that does will receive an AO rating, the equivalent of NC-17. Even though a movie with full frontal nudity only receives a R rating.