The comparison doesn't hold... Sega wasn't in the best financial situation and the Dreamcast had to be a financial success for them. To MS the XBOX is just one front in their effort own the living room, and as we all know the have deep pockets.
Umm no. What you are not grasping is how completely irrelevant a bad launch of the 360 is to Microsoft. If there is one thing MS is good at doing it is getting inferior products to market and then use Fear Undoubt and Deception against the opposition to cement a lead.
If you think that the best product wins get a clue and feel free to attach your name to comments coward.
The net-gain in visuals on the next gen platforms is negligible to the point that I think it will be hard for either to distinguish amongst themselves.
I applaud your restraint, and if enough consumers had it we would get better products all around. However Microsoft's model is predicated on reoccurring revenue streams. Office does not change to drastically version from version yet enough people buy it to make MS tons o' cash. I bet enough people are going to buy the XBOX 360 and then turn around and buy the XBOX 360.5 to make them more than enough money to justify the launch of the 360 with out the HD-DVD. As long as MS has something out there can can create FUD with this is a lose for Sony.
This would be a disastrous move on Sony's part. No matter how crappy the XBOX launch titles are launching the PS3 in 2007 will give MS two Q4s to push out games and get traction. Microsoft is no Sega and there is no way that Sony could repeat its success in the PS2 vs Dreamcast fight. The fact that this idea is even floating suggests that Sony is having serious problems at some stage (I guess manufacturing) of the PS3 development.
The important thing to understand about Nexus is that it is a tactical strategy game with capital ships. Howeworld1/2 have more a focus on fighters. In Nexus fighters are for the most part are not too relavent. If you look at capital ship battles in WWII or the high sea faring days, they take hours. Massive ships doing massive damage over relatively long periods of time. Nexus does this and does it in spades. Put it this way, in Nexus you are in charge of Star Destroyers not the X-wing or TIE fighters.
The slowness of the game (1-2 hours per battle) is in a sense its strength. Instead following the typical RTS formula, harvest, and hoard until you can build your best units Nexus starts you out with your best units and requires actual strategic thinking in how to beat the enemy rather than flood them with your strongest units. In fairness the interface is a little steep but once you get by it, Nexus is a gem of a game. The best analog to Nexus I can think of is Destroyer Command from Ubisoft. If you want to play as fighter, stick to wingcommander, or freespace. If you want space based RTS, HW1 and 2 are your cup of tea. If you want engaging tactical capital ship battles try Nexus out.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like OLEDs too, but that's not to say that HP made a non-sensical move, here.
Fair enough...
By HP's standards I guess they are "innovating in a commodity space". Though I do question the wisdom/cost of doing any hardware retooling to the existing LCD manufacturing lines.
Not really... If you factor in the cost of LCD production vs. OLED production you'll find that OLEDs save you a LOT of money. Considering how razor thin margins on LCD panels, and the devices that are using them are, any money spent on R&D in the OLED dept would be recovered fairly quickly.
Two years ago at E3 Starcraft Ghost, looked great and played great. This year at E3 it still looked great, but the game play had been significantly dumbed down, and made more "accessible". All of the multiple path ways to defeat enemies, stealth, psi, run and gun, had been removed in favor of one solution..., use psi here, use gun here, etc... I don't know what conclusion to draw from that in regards to this news, but thought it worth mentioning.
Though not mentioned, for those of us in the networking / windows world, one of the best, if not the best terminal emulator is SecureCRT from VanDyke software.
One thing people seem to be forgetting is that each of these site require lots and lots of machines to run them. Until that piece is rock solid, I wouldn't want to take that beta tag off.
If America has such a poor education system, then how come the people who complain about it are products of it? Both Craig and Carly are American educated. Seriously if these guys are right then their top priority should be outsourcing them selves as they are products of an inferior education system, and cost 100 times more than an well educated outsourced counterpart. When outsourcing gets to the executive suite, we'll see how fast this "education rant" changes.
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good catch, -1 to me for incorrectly remembering marketing terms and making up a new word! replace undoubt with uncertainty ;)
yes... but as we have all learned Sony's love of proprietary formats can bite them in the ass... See Betamax and MiniDisc.
The comparison doesn't hold... Sega wasn't in the best financial situation and the Dreamcast had to be a financial success for them. To MS the XBOX is just one front in their effort own the living room, and as we all know the have deep pockets.
Umm no. What you are not grasping is how completely irrelevant a bad launch of the 360 is to Microsoft. If there is one thing MS is good at doing it is getting inferior products to market and then use Fear Undoubt and Deception against the opposition to cement a lead. If you think that the best product wins get a clue and feel free to attach your name to comments coward.
The net-gain in visuals on the next gen platforms is negligible to the point that I think it will be hard for either to distinguish amongst themselves.
I applaud your restraint, and if enough consumers had it we would get better products all around. However Microsoft's model is predicated on reoccurring revenue streams. Office does not change to drastically version from version yet enough people buy it to make MS tons o' cash. I bet enough people are going to buy the XBOX 360 and then turn around and buy the XBOX 360.5 to make them more than enough money to justify the launch of the 360 with out the HD-DVD. As long as MS has something out there can can create FUD with this is a lose for Sony.
This would be a disastrous move on Sony's part. No matter how crappy the XBOX launch titles are launching the PS3 in 2007 will give MS two Q4s to push out games and get traction. Microsoft is no Sega and there is no way that Sony could repeat its success in the PS2 vs Dreamcast fight. The fact that this idea is even floating suggests that Sony is having serious problems at some stage (I guess manufacturing) of the PS3 development.
Wasn't the Ngage supposed to be a slam dunk GBA killer?
We get it, you are funny...
How about a USB powered CRT monitor to cook your eyes?
Ohh... wait...
that would be a game I would love to play...
The important thing to understand about Nexus is that it is a tactical strategy game with capital ships. Howeworld1/2 have more a focus on fighters. In Nexus fighters are for the most part are not too relavent. If you look at capital ship battles in WWII or the high sea faring days, they take hours. Massive ships doing massive damage over relatively long periods of time. Nexus does this and does it in spades. Put it this way, in Nexus you are in charge of Star Destroyers not the X-wing or TIE fighters.
The slowness of the game (1-2 hours per battle) is in a sense its strength. Instead following the typical RTS formula, harvest, and hoard until you can build your best units Nexus starts you out with your best units and requires actual strategic thinking in how to beat the enemy rather than flood them with your strongest units. In fairness the interface is a little steep but once you get by it, Nexus is a gem of a game. The best analog to Nexus I can think of is Destroyer Command from Ubisoft. If you want to play as fighter, stick to wingcommander, or freespace. If you want space based RTS, HW1 and 2 are your cup of tea. If you want engaging tactical capital ship battles try Nexus out.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like OLEDs too, but that's not to say that HP made a non-sensical move, here.
Fair enough...
By HP's standards I guess they are "innovating in a commodity space". Though I do question the wisdom/cost of doing any hardware retooling to the existing LCD manufacturing lines.
Not really... If you factor in the cost of LCD production vs. OLED production you'll find that OLEDs save you a LOT of money. Considering how razor thin margins on LCD panels, and the devices that are using them are, any money spent on R&D in the OLED dept would be recovered fairly quickly.
Maybe if they put some money in OLED research, they wouldn't need to worry about backlights at all.
This is so untrue... Novell now certifies "Linux Experts"
Based on the massive investment Sony just made on OLED technology, I wonder why they don't use those instead of LCDs.
Sigh... its gonna happen, whether we like or not.
Novell is going to buy MySQL. Expect something @ around LinuxWorld.
Two years ago at E3 Starcraft Ghost, looked great and played great. This year at E3 it still looked great, but the game play had been significantly dumbed down, and made more "accessible". All of the multiple path ways to defeat enemies, stealth, psi, run and gun, had been removed in favor of one solution..., use psi here, use gun here, etc... I don't know what conclusion to draw from that in regards to this news, but thought it worth mentioning.
Though not mentioned, for those of us in the networking / windows world, one of the best, if not the best terminal emulator is SecureCRT from VanDyke software.
One thing people seem to be forgetting is that each of these site require lots and lots of machines to run them. Until that piece is rock solid, I wouldn't want to take that beta tag off.
Actually, it is the blue that decays the fastest. Red and green are about the same.
If America has such a poor education system, then how come the people who complain about it are products of it? Both Craig and Carly are American educated. Seriously if these guys are right then their top priority should be outsourcing them selves as they are products of an inferior education system, and cost 100 times more than an well educated outsourced counterpart. When outsourcing gets to the executive suite, we'll see how fast this "education rant" changes.