Sony is simply removing the region code in order to encourage 3rd party development. This way companies will not have to make 15 versions of the same game (which costs a heap load of skrilla) in order to sell to all regions.
Sony knows that the PSP is not a sure thing and so do developers. So, the less quality measures and region codes the faster, easier, and cheaper it will be to support the handheld.
As for piracy and mod chips, Sony doesn't yet view piracy as a big enough deal to mess with their bottom line and they don't care yet. Their sales comes from the mass consumer and not niche audience or mod enthusiasts.
Why is it that Asian products and companies have such idiotic names? "Happiness Controller"? DFI = Diamond Flower Incorporated. Lucky Goldstar? KiKi Joy USB Game Controller?
Just to annoy your ethnocentric ass. The Japanese hate you and your American ways. Yay.
OBVIOUSLY he didn't mean that puzzles are the ONLY source of fun. I mean the guy had an ETC. at the end. Christ, what the fuck more do you want. An ETC. is like a blank check for your imagination.
Your entire reply is a waste because everything you said goes without saying and dude over there already agreed with you.
HIS POINT (listen closely) is that Strategy Guides or for suck ass game players. And I agree. So stay on topic you tangential conversational speed bump.
What about He-Man? Did you ever play that game? It was weird because its was a cheesy platform game and if i remember correctly He-Man actually threw little swords out which makes no sense cause his sword was like the EyeofthunderaCastleGrayskullbadass satan dagger. And nobody should throw that.
So are they basically just porting those old Texas Intruments games that I use to play during Algebra class?
Anybody remember that weird Tetris game with Letters instead of blocks? Damn that was low budget.
"There is still a lot of potential which will probably never be revealed because the public at large are scared of what could happen if something went wrong."
Yeah, god forbid we weigh a resource by its past results. While we're at it lets re-inflate the Hindenburg.... weeee i call shotgun....
Who modded me down? My comment was totally on topic. If you think that the Palestinian militants were justified in tricking a 14 year old retarded kid into strapping bombs on his body and walking to the local checkpoint then you are a piece of shit. Seriously, my comment was obviously a sarcastic quip at Palestine and your a myopic fascist who can't see past their own views. Have fun there Mussolini, and I hope you get those trains in on time.
OK, this tool comment really bothered me. So, some dude over payed for a graphics card and you talk down to him as if he's the ass.
Great, now your the techie dork with a ponytail. Enjoy that lifestyle. So i assumed that you didnt have a PS2 (my bad).
So, if you enjoy both console and PC then why are you rubbing your PC knowledge in this guy's face? That's the part i couldn't figure out. But now i know, your just a geek who is still fellating yourself from their orginal comment.... oh wait, you have a little white smudge on your lips. Yeah, taste it.
Guts? What about cahones or b@lls, or heart, or perseverence, or GOD? Guts... hah hahahaha that was the dumbest response ever. People haven't used the word "guts" as a euphamism for determination since ROCKY... H AHA HAHAHAH
i know this may sound a bit mainstream but www.metacritic.com had a good balance of BS reviews and great ones. The average score serves as a great way of deliniating between the two.
If a game scores over 90 your pretty much set.
TOOL? If you have a PS2 then why are you bitching?
Oh.. i get it. This is the part where you fellate yourself with your graphic descriptions of RAM and MHZ and clock speeds. I'm sorry, go ahead and put your head back between your legs,
i didnt mean to bother you.
Sure, but there is a huge difference between "being disposable" and being made to "feel disposable".
Just because a job position is in high demand doesn't mean that a person deserves to be mistreated or have their rights brushed aside.
In many professional relationships it is understood that some people serve a short term purpose but you should still be professional and not rub it in their face like an @$$ or worse, fire them because they're Fillipino.
They should save the money like the Palestinians and have the mentally challenged kids blow up their enemy.
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Yeah because Grand Theft Auto was so damn claustrophobic.
As far as intellectually challenging goes, what the hell are you talking about? Console gamers have enjoyed ports of RTS games and RPG games for years. What game on PC is too "intellectual" to be ported over to console?
If there is any angle of difference its that console gamers are way more flexible than PC gamers. Final Fantasy XI will show that the console gamer can expand to the MMORPG genre and they have already rapidly grown to the FPS genre.
I'd like to see you bust an infinite combo in street fighter. But you can't cause your not a gamer, your just an asshat that owns a PC and like's to chat while playing slow clicky clicky games that take no skill but tons of time.
This whole elitist PC vs. Console gamer thing is retarded because like many people I own both so it's a non-issue for me. I can own you at C.O.D. / Street Fighter / and Puzzle Bobble / and Galaxies if I still had an account.
I think you are missing the point. If we allowed software developers be sued over bugs then there would be less incentive to develop helpful software for fear of being blamed for the death of patients.
Though the software may be intended for more critical environments there is no way it will be bug free. And no developer in the world would make such a guarantee in that environment.
A perfect example of this is CPR. Often during CPR the victim will have broken bones (ribcage/sternum) caused from having CPR performed on them. Though you would think that people would be thankful to be alive they actually can and do sue people for breaking their ribs. Because of this, people do not have to perform CPR to save people. Instead the person who knows CPR has to weigh the risk as to whether or not it is worth risking a lawsuit to save somebody, in the end more people are less likely to attempt to save people.
If the same situation would occur in the medical field Software development would be stifled and not improved do to the concern of lawsuits.
These applications do not have to exist. In a capitalist economy only the relationship of risk vs. gain will determine innovation. It's a balance, and increasing the legal risk to develop software would only decrease advancements.
Yay! Another fancy way for rich people to die. Are there still any Kennedys left to die? And Ted doesn't count because he obviously exceeds the glider's weight limit.
How many of you guys got a job via a temp. agency? All of the Job Websites didn't do a damn thing for me. The one job that I did get was already whored out to a temp. agency so I had to technically get hired through the agency before I could a get a job.
Many of my friends are getting screwed and can only find jobs through a similar manner but I don't know if this is generally occurring or just an odd coincidence as it seems like the only entry level positions left have been turned into temp jobs.
It's important though that we take care of things in space. God knows that we are currently defenseless from space terrorists. Could you imagine an Al Qaeda space ship? That would be sweet. It would be so junked and MacGyvered from Russian refrigerators. Here comes the Star Wars.
I saw a guy on 20/20 that was a GHB addict. HILLARIOUS! His kid had this little T-Rex arm birth defect from his drug use and when the T-Rex arm kid was old enough he made a "documentary" about his dad's GHB addiction.
And when I say documentary what I really mean is footage of a teenage kid with a dinosaur arm yelling names at his dad calling him an idiot as the guy is tweaking and having spasms from GHB. Awesome. The dad blew his probation when he was caught passed out in a Home Depot soaking in a puddle of opened paint thinner cans that he was huffing.
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But wouldn't you agree that a player who needs a Strategy Guide is a worse player than one who does not?
Sony is simply removing the region code in order to encourage 3rd party development. This way companies will not have to make 15 versions of the same game (which costs a heap load of skrilla) in order to sell to all regions.
Sony knows that the PSP is not a sure thing and so do developers. So, the less quality measures and region codes the faster, easier, and cheaper it will be to support the handheld.
As for piracy and mod chips, Sony doesn't yet view piracy as a big enough deal to mess with their bottom line and they don't care yet. Their sales comes from the mass consumer and not niche audience or mod enthusiasts.
Why is it that Asian products and companies have such idiotic names? "Happiness Controller"? DFI = Diamond Flower Incorporated. Lucky Goldstar? KiKi Joy USB Game Controller?
Just to annoy your ethnocentric ass. The Japanese hate you and your American ways. Yay.
OBVIOUSLY he didn't mean that puzzles are the ONLY source of fun. I mean the guy had an ETC. at the end. Christ, what the fuck more do you want. An ETC. is like a blank check for your imagination.
Your entire reply is a waste because everything you said goes without saying and dude over there already agreed with you.
HIS POINT (listen closely) is that Strategy Guides or for suck ass game players. And I agree. So stay on topic you tangential conversational speed bump.
Nice essay... HA HA HA HA I can totally imagine you with your little Nintendo of America hat fuming at your PC. This website is awesome.
What about He-Man? Did you ever play that game? It was weird because its was a cheesy platform game and if i remember correctly He-Man actually threw little swords out which makes no sense cause his sword was like the EyeofthunderaCastleGrayskullbadass satan dagger. And nobody should throw that.
So are they basically just porting those old Texas Intruments games that I use to play during Algebra class? Anybody remember that weird Tetris game with Letters instead of blocks? Damn that was low budget.
"There is still a lot of potential which will probably never be revealed because the public at large are scared of what could happen if something went wrong." Yeah, god forbid we weigh a resource by its past results. While we're at it lets re-inflate the Hindenburg. ... weeee i call shotgun....
Who modded me down? My comment was totally on topic. If you think that the Palestinian militants were justified in tricking a 14 year old retarded kid into strapping bombs on his body and walking to the local checkpoint then you are a piece of shit. Seriously, my comment was obviously a sarcastic quip at Palestine and your a myopic fascist who can't see past their own views. Have fun there Mussolini, and I hope you get those trains in on time.
OK, this tool comment really bothered me. So, some dude over payed for a graphics card and you talk down to him as if he's the ass. Great, now your the techie dork with a ponytail. Enjoy that lifestyle. So i assumed that you didnt have a PS2 (my bad). So, if you enjoy both console and PC then why are you rubbing your PC knowledge in this guy's face? That's the part i couldn't figure out. But now i know, your just a geek who is still fellating yourself from their orginal comment.... oh wait, you have a little white smudge on your lips. Yeah, taste it.
Guts? What about cahones or b@lls, or heart, or perseverence, or GOD? Guts... hah hahahaha that was the dumbest response ever. People haven't used the word "guts" as a euphamism for determination since ROCKY... H AHA HAHAHAH
i know this may sound a bit mainstream but www.metacritic.com had a good balance of BS reviews and great ones. The average score serves as a great way of deliniating between the two. If a game scores over 90 your pretty much set.
TOOL? If you have a PS2 then why are you bitching? Oh.. i get it. This is the part where you fellate yourself with your graphic descriptions of RAM and MHZ and clock speeds. I'm sorry, go ahead and put your head back between your legs, i didnt mean to bother you.
Sure, but there is a huge difference between "being disposable" and being made to "feel disposable". Just because a job position is in high demand doesn't mean that a person deserves to be mistreated or have their rights brushed aside. In many professional relationships it is understood that some people serve a short term purpose but you should still be professional and not rub it in their face like an @$$ or worse, fire them because they're Fillipino.
Helicopters make noise. They should just use a fake puppy robot thing with an uzi. Or make a liquid robot.
They should save the money like the Palestinians and have the mentally challenged kids blow up their enemy. (http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/goto/?getPage =http%3A%2F%2Fapnews%2Emyway%2Ecom%2Farticle%2F200 40324%2FD81GUJ3O0%2Ehtml&return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2 Edrudgereportarchives%2Ecom%2Fdsp%2Flinks%5Frecap% 2Ehtm)
Yeah because Grand Theft Auto was so damn claustrophobic. As far as intellectually challenging goes, what the hell are you talking about? Console gamers have enjoyed ports of RTS games and RPG games for years. What game on PC is too "intellectual" to be ported over to console? If there is any angle of difference its that console gamers are way more flexible than PC gamers. Final Fantasy XI will show that the console gamer can expand to the MMORPG genre and they have already rapidly grown to the FPS genre. I'd like to see you bust an infinite combo in street fighter. But you can't cause your not a gamer, your just an asshat that owns a PC and like's to chat while playing slow clicky clicky games that take no skill but tons of time. This whole elitist PC vs. Console gamer thing is retarded because like many people I own both so it's a non-issue for me. I can own you at C.O.D. / Street Fighter / and Puzzle Bobble / and Galaxies if I still had an account.
You're a moron. Try playing Ratchet and Clank.
Your signature is a CHUMBA WUMBA quote? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
I think you are missing the point. If we allowed software developers be sued over bugs then there would be less incentive to develop helpful software for fear of being blamed for the death of patients. Though the software may be intended for more critical environments there is no way it will be bug free. And no developer in the world would make such a guarantee in that environment. A perfect example of this is CPR. Often during CPR the victim will have broken bones (ribcage/sternum) caused from having CPR performed on them. Though you would think that people would be thankful to be alive they actually can and do sue people for breaking their ribs. Because of this, people do not have to perform CPR to save people. Instead the person who knows CPR has to weigh the risk as to whether or not it is worth risking a lawsuit to save somebody, in the end more people are less likely to attempt to save people. If the same situation would occur in the medical field Software development would be stifled and not improved do to the concern of lawsuits. These applications do not have to exist. In a capitalist economy only the relationship of risk vs. gain will determine innovation. It's a balance, and increasing the legal risk to develop software would only decrease advancements.
So besides sounding like a bumpersticker are you saying that the programmers should be sued for related deaths?
Yay! Another fancy way for rich people to die. Are there still any Kennedys left to die? And Ted doesn't count because he obviously exceeds the glider's weight limit.
How many of you guys got a job via a temp. agency? All of the Job Websites didn't do a damn thing for me. The one job that I did get was already whored out to a temp. agency so I had to technically get hired through the agency before I could a get a job. Many of my friends are getting screwed and can only find jobs through a similar manner but I don't know if this is generally occurring or just an odd coincidence as it seems like the only entry level positions left have been turned into temp jobs.
It's important though that we take care of things in space. God knows that we are currently defenseless from space terrorists. Could you imagine an Al Qaeda space ship? That would be sweet. It would be so junked and MacGyvered from Russian refrigerators. Here comes the Star Wars.
I saw a guy on 20/20 that was a GHB addict. HILLARIOUS! His kid had this little T-Rex arm birth defect from his drug use and when the T-Rex arm kid was old enough he made a "documentary" about his dad's GHB addiction. And when I say documentary what I really mean is footage of a teenage kid with a dinosaur arm yelling names at his dad calling him an idiot as the guy is tweaking and having spasms from GHB. Awesome. The dad blew his probation when he was caught passed out in a Home Depot soaking in a puddle of opened paint thinner cans that he was huffing.