Even then, a simple "virtual desktop" would be less annoying than constantly shifting your head left to right. Imagine carpal tunnel syndrome for your neck...
Considering the PS3 is likely being sold at a loss like most previous consoles, Sony can't afford not to sell games at a competing price point to the Xbox 360.
Since the console is sold at a loss, Sony has to make their profits on the games. They literally can't afford to sell games at lower prices.
So connect three computers to the LCD and from the center you see Windows, Linux from the left and MacOS from the right.
Yeah, because we'd all like to use our computers like if we were watching the screen of the computer next to us.
Besides, I think everyone would prefer to have huge display for a single computer rather than three computer with a single display. And with an intel Mac, you already can run OS X, Linux and Windows on the same computer.
I can imagine that some people might be able to come up with real good uses for such a display (ATMs, etc) but for the desktop I don't see the point.
Though the "light" PS3 doesn't look very "light" at all, it actually looks pretty respectable. If the light PS3 is all they say at the $500 pricepoint I might consider getting one.
And there lies the problem. People think the "light PS3" is equal to the "core Xbox 360" when in fact you don't really get a better system with the more expensive PS3 model.
You still get a hard drive, it's just that it's 20GB instead of 60GB. You also don't get flash media slots, nor wireless controllers, etc. However this isn't a Wiimote, and aside from the "tilter" I don't really see the problem with having a cable on your gamepad.
With the core Xbox 360, however, some games may not run at all (or require a single memory card to save a single game, if it even supports saving to a memory card), you don't get full access to Xbox live (even silver, i.e. where to you put the downloads, etc).
core Xbox 360 = crap low-end PS3 = almost as good as the non-core Xbox 360 (except for hard drive capacity and some wireless things). Wii = Wii, no marketing problem there. Except for the choice of colors, I guess.
Exchange rate and maple jokes aside, if our prices are so close to the ones in the USA, why are people complaining so much about the price of the PS3 but we hear nothing about the non-core Xbox 360? Too much patriotism?
I don't remember which keynote (probably the one where Steve Jobs introduces the iTunes Music Store), but he does make a reference to DRM and something along the lines of "to keep the record labels happy".
Steve Jobs was right when he said that most people would rather pay 0.99$ for a song instead of trying to find one on P2P, download it, tag it correctly, etc, etc.
I don't know what the prices look like in the USA, but here in Canada Toys'R Us have the following prices for the consoles: - Nintendo Wii: 279$CAD - Xbox 360 Core: 399$CAD - Xbox 360 (hard drive, wireless controller, hi-def cables, etc): 499$CAD - PS3 (20GB): 549$CAD - PS3 (60GB): 649$CAD
The basic PS3 (has a hard drive) isn't really more expensive than the Xbox 360 (with a hard drive). The closest competitor to the Wii is the core Xbox 360, which is still 120$CAD more expensive and is basically useless without a hard drive.
All I mainly play aside from the few games on my Mac (Diablo 2 and Starcraft) and my Nintendo DS (Tetris DS, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Metroid Pinball, etc) is Zelda and Metroid. Only Nintendo can offer me that. I'm getting a Wii for sure (already pre-ordered), the only thing I have to choose is the color (I'm thinking black, like my Gamecube, though my Nintendo DS is white...).
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360) looks promising (nice, uh, graphics...) and so far no announced title for the PS3 appeals to me. As someone once said, "the greatest computer in the world is useless without software to run on it". The same goes for game consoles. As for the whole "HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray" or even Wii vs Xbox360/PS3, I don't plan on upgrading my 36" CRT TV for at least 3-4 years (if not more) so HD is not a concern for me.
I'll believe the graphic hype of the PS3 when I see it running on a real PS3 at a demo kiosk in a store. Not from Sony at E3 or something, where they've lied to us before (PS2 pre-rendered scenes, "emotion engine" marketing hype, etc).
Thing is, everyone I have read in this thread is simply assuming the controller works as advertised.
Well, if it doesn't, two things are happening: 1. false advertising 2. Nintendo are digging their own grave (and it's extremely deep)
I, for one, am hoping Nintendo got it right. I'm tired of the same old crap with fancy new graphics that everyone raves about. I remember when I played Doom and switched from keyboard to mouse+keyboard... it was a whole different game. I'm also impressed with how games feel different with the touch screen of the Nintendo DS. I'm expecting the Wiimote to provide the same "upgrade" feel.
Well, vinyl doesn't have DRM, and I don't see how it could possibly. I would welcome a return to vinyl, personally [...]
A real Red Book audio CD doesn't have any DRM either. Depending on the DRM used, it can even break the Red Book specs and result in a "fake" audio CD.
I, for one, don't want vinyl. How the hell am I supposed to rip that to put on my computer and iPods?! Sampling? With all the resulting noise? No thanks!
You're accusing me of posting for some corporation? Stop seeing little spies everywhere, dude.
I might not like DRM myself, but so far the few tracks I've bought from iTMS only bothered me once: when I tried to convert them directly to MP3 for my old Thinkpad laptop. If it bothered me more than that I wouldn't buy the things.
I'm not for DRM, I'm just saying that it's not "infection". I suggested that people used "locked files" to describe DRM to the general public. Another post suggested the word "contaminated files", which describes DRM a bit better (i.e. it's not a virus, you won't infect the other files on your computer by buying a DRM tune). The DVDs you buy have region lock and CSS on them. Does that mean you agree with region-locking and content encryption?
Just because I hapenned to call the crap from marketers and lawyers "mumbo-jumbo" doesn't mean I'm working for them. Hey, you used the word "USA" in your post, are you an undercover agent from Dubya?!
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Even then, a simple "virtual desktop" would be less annoying than constantly shifting your head left to right. Imagine carpal tunnel syndrome for your neck...
Besides, I think everyone would prefer to have huge display for a single computer rather than three computer with a single display. And with an intel Mac, you already can run OS X, Linux and Windows on the same computer.
I can imagine that some people might be able to come up with real good uses for such a display (ATMs, etc) but for the desktop I don't see the point.
I paid 50$CAD to pre-order a Wii about two months ago (Toys'R Us, Canada).
You still get a hard drive, it's just that it's 20GB instead of 60GB. You also don't get flash media slots, nor wireless controllers, etc. However this isn't a Wiimote, and aside from the "tilter" I don't really see the problem with having a cable on your gamepad.
With the core Xbox 360, however, some games may not run at all (or require a single memory card to save a single game, if it even supports saving to a memory card), you don't get full access to Xbox live (even silver, i.e. where to you put the downloads, etc).
core Xbox 360 = crap
low-end PS3 = almost as good as the non-core Xbox 360 (except for hard drive capacity and some wireless things).
Wii = Wii, no marketing problem there. Except for the choice of colors, I guess.
Exchange rate and maple jokes aside, if our prices are so close to the ones in the USA, why are people complaining so much about the price of the PS3 but we hear nothing about the non-core Xbox 360? Too much patriotism?
I don't remember which keynote (probably the one where Steve Jobs introduces the iTunes Music Store), but he does make a reference to DRM and something along the lines of "to keep the record labels happy".
Steve Jobs was right when he said that most people would rather pay 0.99$ for a song instead of trying to find one on P2P, download it, tag it correctly, etc, etc.
I don't know what the prices look like in the USA, but here in Canada Toys'R Us have the following prices for the consoles:
- Nintendo Wii: 279$CAD
- Xbox 360 Core: 399$CAD
- Xbox 360 (hard drive, wireless controller, hi-def cables, etc): 499$CAD
- PS3 (20GB): 549$CAD
- PS3 (60GB): 649$CAD
The basic PS3 (has a hard drive) isn't really more expensive than the Xbox 360 (with a hard drive). The closest competitor to the Wii is the core Xbox 360, which is still 120$CAD more expensive and is basically useless without a hard drive.
It's not downloaded CONTENT, it's downloaded GAMES. That's a HUGE difference.
Wii = 280$CAD
Xbox 360 = 500$CAD (Xbox360 core = 400$CAD, still 120$CAD more expensive than a Wii)
PS3 (20GB) = 550$CAD
IMHO, it's the Xbox360 that's overpriced. No wonder nobody's got one here (people rent them, nobody buys them).
All I mainly play aside from the few games on my Mac (Diablo 2 and Starcraft) and my Nintendo DS (Tetris DS, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Metroid Pinball, etc) is Zelda and Metroid. Only Nintendo can offer me that. I'm getting a Wii for sure (already pre-ordered), the only thing I have to choose is the color (I'm thinking black, like my Gamecube, though my Nintendo DS is white...).
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360) looks promising (nice, uh, graphics...) and so far no announced title for the PS3 appeals to me. As someone once said, "the greatest computer in the world is useless without software to run on it". The same goes for game consoles. As for the whole "HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray" or even Wii vs Xbox360/PS3, I don't plan on upgrading my 36" CRT TV for at least 3-4 years (if not more) so HD is not a concern for me.
Not only on 3 axes, but in 3D according to the display too.
I'll believe the graphic hype of the PS3 when I see it running on a real PS3 at a demo kiosk in a store. Not from Sony at E3 or something, where they've lied to us before (PS2 pre-rendered scenes, "emotion engine" marketing hype, etc).
1. false advertising
2. Nintendo are digging their own grave (and it's extremely deep)
I, for one, am hoping Nintendo got it right. I'm tired of the same old crap with fancy new graphics that everyone raves about. I remember when I played Doom and switched from keyboard to mouse+keyboard... it was a whole different game. I'm also impressed with how games feel different with the touch screen of the Nintendo DS. I'm expecting the Wiimote to provide the same "upgrade" feel.
Thanks, I've been looking for that article (I lost the bookmark a few months ago).
I, for one, don't want vinyl. How the hell am I supposed to rip that to put on my computer and iPods?! Sampling? With all the resulting noise? No thanks!
Will Nintendo release a (free?) devkit to make Nintendo Wi-Fi games (for the Wii and/or the DS)?
Since they'll already have the setup in place to sell games for console emulators, why not indie games too?
Yeah, good idea!
Hey Blizzard, make a "virtual pet" with a female night elf from World of Warcraft!
Hum, on a second thought... not perverse enough...
Hey Square Enix, make a "virtual pet" with a female Mithra from Final Fantasy XI!
You're accusing me of posting for some corporation? Stop seeing little spies everywhere, dude.
I might not like DRM myself, but so far the few tracks I've bought from iTMS only bothered me once: when I tried to convert them directly to MP3 for my old Thinkpad laptop. If it bothered me more than that I wouldn't buy the things.
I'm not for DRM, I'm just saying that it's not "infection". I suggested that people used "locked files" to describe DRM to the general public. Another post suggested the word "contaminated files", which describes DRM a bit better (i.e. it's not a virus, you won't infect the other files on your computer by buying a DRM tune). The DVDs you buy have region lock and CSS on them. Does that mean you agree with region-locking and content encryption?
Just because I hapenned to call the crap from marketers and lawyers "mumbo-jumbo" doesn't mean I'm working for them. Hey, you used the word "USA" in your post, are you an undercover agent from Dubya?!
The parent (above you) was talking about Creative Commons content.
That's like adding DRM to a Linux distro so you can't make legal copies for your friends. In that case, DRM is not only useless, but unwanted.