I happen to be of the school that paying for something that can also be attained through hard work makes one rather jealous. I don't have $100 to spend on making my account instantly powerful, I have to work for it. The people that can blow this kind of money on games sometimes irk me.
To add to the suspense? To make it SEEM like an accident? This really can't be taken at face value. The more buzz they get Pre-E3, the better, whether intentional or not, and I think at this point the password only servers to fuel that buzz.
Cheesing is simply another strategy for kicking opponent's asses. It might not be the most desirable method, or the one that requires the most skill, but it's still a strategy nontheless.
Somehow I think that it wasn't all that unintentional. Remember, their site isn't complete yet, but the fact that the games have very little information about them indicates that they may have left them there on purpose.
I'm not saying that that's DEFINITELY the answer, but for all we know they're just trying to bring up buzz for games that they knew would strike a chord with players, such as Dark Cloud 3 and Kill All Humans! (FFXII is a given to be shown off this year, but I had no idea that Dark Cloud would be getting another sequel. It deserves it, though.)
If you recall, IE still can't handle PNGs correctly. And contrary to whatever a/.-er may say, IE still dominates the browser market. And a big corporate website would probably rather use pictures that will work on everyone's browser.
If anything, this will make JPG a more popular format than it already is. If the patent doesn't go through, all programs will be able to use JPG compression for free instead of resorting to PNG. Some peopl4e prefer JPG and won't want to switch... so this might be a boon for providing more JPGs in more applications.
Not that I really support this, because I prefer PNG as well.
Math Blaster, back in the good old days of the 80's, was probably the best we've ever gotten in terms of interactive learning. It was an engrossing game for 2nd-graders that made you use math skills to figure things out. THAT is the kind of thing that kids today are looking for, I believe.
It also takes a steady time slot. Both Futurama and Family Guy, if I recall correctly, were victims of FOX bumping it around their lineup a whole lot trying to find where it'd work best, but inevitably just screwing with their audience's head by not letting them get settled with when the show was on.
Either that, or they are the most clueless idiots on planet earth...
Well, since we're talking about them cancelling Family Guy and Futurama... and this is the same network that aired The Simple Life... that verdict's up in the air.
But Fox wouldn't be stupid enough to not give them the money they're asking for. The Simpsons is all Fox has besides American Idol. They'd be FOOLS to let Simpsons go under such idiotic pretenses.
1. Create insanely funny, brilliant show. Allow critics and internet forum readers to rave about said brilliance while it airs on FOX.
2. Allow FOX to cancel your series after a few seasons.
3. Send out a couple of DVDs that sell millions of copies.
4. Air reruns on Cartoon Network that become insanely popular.
5. ???
6. PROFIT!
This would be something that Nintendo would be smart to focus on. While the controller design is one of those things that you either love or you hate, it's shown its versatility by being used in many games that the PS2 and XBox played on also.
All three controllers have a very similar button configuration (two sticks, a dpad, 4 face buttons and 2, or 4 on the PS1/2, shoulder buttons). This would enable Nintendo to simply rearrange the buttons on the controller (the resizing of the face buttons, while a good idea, has hardly been used to its potential) and making the C-stick simply a "right stick" and the d-pad usable (honestly, the thing is just too damn small). The L and R buttons provide a great sense of feedback and control that neither XBox's or PS2's shoulder buttons have, and I believe they're the one truly saving grace of the GCN controller.
All Nintendo needs to do is figure out a better configuration of the same amount of buttons, which would allow for play using an old Wavebird, but sometimes awkwardly (similar to a regular PS1 controller being used on games with the Dual Shock in mind, but not required.)
I also think that if Sony and Microsoft are smart, they'll listen to what Iwata has to say very carefully.
True. Nintendo came before either of these companies as a game maker, and therefore has the experience to know where the market is going. It's basically a sixth sense through massive amounts of experience.
All this talk of Nintendo losing market share conveniently leaves out figures of how much the market has grown in the last 5 years.
This is usually mentioned by people who are trying to declare Nintendo's downfall, ignoring the fact that they have billions of dollars stored away from previous systems and revenue still coming in from the GBA. Nintendo may be stumbling, but they're not dying by any means.
The next generation looks to be an interesting one, and with all three companies' positions in it basically up in the air. At least in my opinion.
However, couldn't you also say that they're stealing business from companies like Apple by doing this? one of iPod's selling points is its ease of use via iTunes. What would happen if they lost this? Not everyone buys their MP3 player based on the size of its hard drive.
When did I say you'd be raising your prices? All I was saying was that by raising these prices, they're killing a business model that they could be using to work for them.
don't know when a good thing is staring them in the face. Why not force their artists to sell ALL their songs ONLY for 99 cents a song? (Won't happen, but still.) Raising the prices of these songs will simply provide a similar reason to the original exodus to Kazaa/Napster. They're winning people away from filesharing, and if they go through with this they're sending them back.
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I happen to be of the school that paying for something that can also be attained through hard work makes one rather jealous. I don't have $100 to spend on making my account instantly powerful, I have to work for it. The people that can blow this kind of money on games sometimes irk me.
To add to the suspense? To make it SEEM like an accident? This really can't be taken at face value. The more buzz they get Pre-E3, the better, whether intentional or not, and I think at this point the password only servers to fuel that buzz.
Kind of offtopic, but I'd like to know if there's a place to buy it off of their site, or if you go and get it in stores.
Cheesing is simply another strategy for kicking opponent's asses. It might not be the most desirable method, or the one that requires the most skill, but it's still a strategy nontheless.
Somehow I think that it wasn't all that unintentional. Remember, their site isn't complete yet, but the fact that the games have very little information about them indicates that they may have left them there on purpose.
I'm not saying that that's DEFINITELY the answer, but for all we know they're just trying to bring up buzz for games that they knew would strike a chord with players, such as Dark Cloud 3 and Kill All Humans! (FFXII is a given to be shown off this year, but I had no idea that Dark Cloud would be getting another sequel. It deserves it, though.)
If you recall, IE still can't handle PNGs correctly. And contrary to whatever a /.-er may say, IE still dominates the browser market. And a big corporate website would probably rather use pictures that will work on everyone's browser.
I don't know, but if the games were coming out for PS2 (along with CvS2:EO for GCN), I wouldn't buy a new system just for one or two games.
As in Quiz King of Fighters? Already done, my friend.
If anything, this will make JPG a more popular format than it already is. If the patent doesn't go through, all programs will be able to use JPG compression for free instead of resorting to PNG. Some peopl4e prefer JPG and won't want to switch... so this might be a boon for providing more JPGs in more applications.
Not that I really support this, because I prefer PNG as well.
Math Blaster, back in the good old days of the 80's, was probably the best we've ever gotten in terms of interactive learning. It was an engrossing game for 2nd-graders that made you use math skills to figure things out. THAT is the kind of thing that kids today are looking for, I believe.
It also takes a steady time slot. Both Futurama and Family Guy, if I recall correctly, were victims of FOX bumping it around their lineup a whole lot trying to find where it'd work best, but inevitably just screwing with their audience's head by not letting them get settled with when the show was on.
Well, since we're talking about them cancelling Family Guy and Futurama... and this is the same network that aired The Simple Life... that verdict's up in the air.
But Fox wouldn't be stupid enough to not give them the money they're asking for. The Simpsons is all Fox has besides American Idol. They'd be FOOLS to let Simpsons go under such idiotic pretenses.
1. Create insanely funny, brilliant show. Allow critics and internet forum readers to rave about said brilliance while it airs on FOX.
2. Allow FOX to cancel your series after a few seasons.
3. Send out a couple of DVDs that sell millions of copies.
4. Air reruns on Cartoon Network that become insanely popular.
5. ???
6. PROFIT!
I could live out the life of a /. troller without all of the associated social stigmas!
Due in no small part to the fact that they're able to create episodes in a week, if need be.
From the Gearbox Website:
Gearbox Games:
i.e. All of the people who don't play games on their cell phone and actually use it to CALL PEOPLE?
All three controllers have a very similar button configuration (two sticks, a dpad, 4 face buttons and 2, or 4 on the PS1/2, shoulder buttons). This would enable Nintendo to simply rearrange the buttons on the controller (the resizing of the face buttons, while a good idea, has hardly been used to its potential) and making the C-stick simply a "right stick" and the d-pad usable (honestly, the thing is just too damn small). The L and R buttons provide a great sense of feedback and control that neither XBox's or PS2's shoulder buttons have, and I believe they're the one truly saving grace of the GCN controller.
All Nintendo needs to do is figure out a better configuration of the same amount of buttons, which would allow for play using an old Wavebird, but sometimes awkwardly (similar to a regular PS1 controller being used on games with the Dual Shock in mind, but not required.)
I also think that if Sony and Microsoft are smart, they'll listen to what Iwata has to say very carefully.
True. Nintendo came before either of these companies as a game maker, and therefore has the experience to know where the market is going. It's basically a sixth sense through massive amounts of experience.
All this talk of Nintendo losing market share conveniently leaves out figures of how much the market has grown in the last 5 years.
This is usually mentioned by people who are trying to declare Nintendo's downfall, ignoring the fact that they have billions of dollars stored away from previous systems and revenue still coming in from the GBA. Nintendo may be stumbling, but they're not dying by any means.
The next generation looks to be an interesting one, and with all three companies' positions in it basically up in the air. At least in my opinion.
Or you could use Trillian.
However, couldn't you also say that they're stealing business from companies like Apple by doing this? one of iPod's selling points is its ease of use via iTunes. What would happen if they lost this? Not everyone buys their MP3 player based on the size of its hard drive.
When did I say you'd be raising your prices? All I was saying was that by raising these prices, they're killing a business model that they could be using to work for them.
I'm not poor, but I have much better things to spend 10 dollars on than whatever Britney Spears has moaned out recently.
don't know when a good thing is staring them in the face. Why not force their artists to sell ALL their songs ONLY for 99 cents a song? (Won't happen, but still.) Raising the prices of these songs will simply provide a similar reason to the original exodus to Kazaa/Napster. They're winning people away from filesharing, and if they go through with this they're sending them back.