Because when my previous console dies, I want to still be able to play my games. Backwards compatability is 2nd place on my list (for instance, I have a PS1, my brother has a PS2. By the time I buy a new console, I'll be moving out of home, I'll no longer have a PS2 but I'll have games for it. I'm planning on getting a PS3 so I can play my PS2 games).
Despite what the -fanboys say, I don't know of this happening to anyone, so it's hardly as often as you all claim. Then again, maybe the PAL version is more stable? I doubt it somehow.
By the sounds of it, they'll have 12 months to have games developed on it. If a ton of games are developed in that time, they could beat Sony. Otherwise they're screwed.
Though for me, it's whoever has the most RPGs. Xbox can have a ton of games, but it will barely register on my radar (8 for Xbox, 33 for PS2, 9 for Gamecube, guess who won that war for me;) Having said, that most of those are "pretend" RPGs, the sort I don't like anyway). But again, I'm not your average gamer. I have a ton of games on PS1, so I can out-wait any console-wars to see which system has the best games.
The XBOX is no where as innovative as the Dreamcast was.
And you know how much that helped Dreamcast? Nadda. I remember comparing Dreamcast with PS1 (but I'm sure I got a PS1 in 1998 or 1997) and I got a PS1. Because it had the games. I'll admit a PS2 is better then Dreamcast, yet my brother got a PS2. Because it has the games.
If someone who got a Master System and Mega Drive as their sole home consoles (not including hand-helds) can say that, brand loyalty means zilch to most people. It's what system that has the games that will win.
or getting a PSOne if you're desperate for some reason.
Well one reason is mod chips are available in my area for PS1, yet aren't available for PS2. That means if I want to play imported games, I can only import PS1 games, which means I want a PS1.
Having said that, I have plenty of PS1 games I have imported and plenty of games I haven't finished. The PS1 can probably continue to entertain me for the next 5 years. I'd hardly call someone who had that much entertainment available "desperate" for taking advantage of it.
Will Americans who come over to Australia for 12months as exchange students be able to still watch their shows thanks to VoIP?
How about us aussies? We often don't get American shows, will we be able to sign up for American VoIP and get it while in Australia?
You collect royalties from a patent if someone else violates your patent by creating that thing you have patented
What if dog-man procreates without a bitch without the owner's knowledge? What if the owner of the bitch then sells the puppies? She's violating someone elses patent, not through her fault, but the fault of the patent owner (assuming it's patent-owner's dog).
I'm a grown up-kid and I've never owned sony/xbox. Nintendo kicks ass.
Depending on the type of games you like, you could be doing yourself a disservice with not owning a Sony/Xbox. It isn't the console that's important, it's the games that are released on it.
I own a gameboy and playstation. I play my brother's Playstation 2 and Gameboy Advance and buy my own games for those (so when I move out I'll have to buy a PS3 and a DS).
I don't think that a 12 years old kid... should have a mobile phone.
I know plenty of 12 year old kids that would disagree with you and I know plenty of parents that are willing to give into their kids.
The problem is that N-Gage is not successful, so what makes them think that Game Boy with PDA and maybe phoning will be successful?
Here's a secret. Just because Nintendo will add this functionality (probably with extra cartridges) doesn't mean anyone has to buy the cartridges. Nintendo can write it off as a bad choice, and they'll still have their Nintendo DS as a hand-held.
Nintendo's been clever. Establish DS as a revolutionary hand-held, then add PDA functionality later. It lets them charge more for the PDA functionality and it failing doesn't mean the hand-held fails.
And as a customer I don't buy any beta software. Use it for free? You betchya. That's why I love perpetual beta's. I get the software for free. Perpetual beta's that cost money? Sorry, but I'll go to your competitor.
Microsoft also has Encarta. Now google has wikipedia. Anything that stops people being reliant on a Microsoft product (Encarta in this case) is good news for Google as it means less money to Microsoft.
Now why Google has pitted itself against Microsoft I'm not too sure. But with msn search and gmail, they're definitely competing.
They won't stand for it, at the moment. What happens when wikimedia's bandwidth increases even more, so much so wikimedia becomes more reliant on google?
It may be possible we will no longer have a Yahoo option when searching Wikipedia (at the moment you hit search and a google-search option appears along with a yahoo search option. In the future the yahoo one may dissapear).
Whenever testing my code I often have similar error messages. Although once I hand it in I search for any left over error messages and either:
A) Make it so the error is handled gracefully without just printing out a message saying there's an error
B) Make the error message more friendly.
Imagine what kind of software we used 10 years ago before the internet became mainstream.
*thinks* I can't think of any way in which Office has improved from 10 years ago. Yes, I was using it 10 years ago. I remember being less frustrated with it back then then I am now.
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Because when my previous console dies, I want to still be able to play my games. Backwards compatability is 2nd place on my list (for instance, I have a PS1, my brother has a PS2. By the time I buy a new console, I'll be moving out of home, I'll no longer have a PS2 but I'll have games for it. I'm planning on getting a PS3 so I can play my PS2 games).
Despite what the -fanboys say, I don't know of this happening to anyone, so it's hardly as often as you all claim. Then again, maybe the PAL version is more stable? I doubt it somehow.
By the sounds of it, they'll have 12 months to have games developed on it. If a ton of games are developed in that time, they could beat Sony. Otherwise they're screwed.
;) Having said, that most of those are "pretend" RPGs, the sort I don't like anyway). But again, I'm not your average gamer. I have a ton of games on PS1, so I can out-wait any console-wars to see which system has the best games.
Though for me, it's whoever has the most RPGs. Xbox can have a ton of games, but it will barely register on my radar (8 for Xbox, 33 for PS2, 9 for Gamecube, guess who won that war for me
The XBOX is no where as innovative as the Dreamcast was.
And you know how much that helped Dreamcast? Nadda. I remember comparing Dreamcast with PS1 (but I'm sure I got a PS1 in 1998 or 1997) and I got a PS1. Because it had the games. I'll admit a PS2 is better then Dreamcast, yet my brother got a PS2. Because it has the games.
If someone who got a Master System and Mega Drive as their sole home consoles (not including hand-helds) can say that, brand loyalty means zilch to most people. It's what system that has the games that will win.
or getting a PSOne if you're desperate for some reason.
Well one reason is mod chips are available in my area for PS1, yet aren't available for PS2. That means if I want to play imported games, I can only import PS1 games, which means I want a PS1.
Having said that, I have plenty of PS1 games I have imported and plenty of games I haven't finished. The PS1 can probably continue to entertain me for the next 5 years. I'd hardly call someone who had that much entertainment available "desperate" for taking advantage of it.
You're right. I was all for ebaying it. But you've made me realise, putting it in the dumpster is much better.
Will Americans who come over to Australia for 12months as exchange students be able to still watch their shows thanks to VoIP? How about us aussies? We often don't get American shows, will we be able to sign up for American VoIP and get it while in Australia?
You collect royalties from a patent if someone else violates your patent by creating that thing you have patented
What if dog-man procreates without a bitch without the owner's knowledge? What if the owner of the bitch then sells the puppies? She's violating someone elses patent, not through her fault, but the fault of the patent owner (assuming it's patent-owner's dog).
I'm a grown up-kid and I've never owned sony/xbox. Nintendo kicks ass.
Depending on the type of games you like, you could be doing yourself a disservice with not owning a Sony/Xbox. It isn't the console that's important, it's the games that are released on it.
I own a gameboy and playstation. I play my brother's Playstation 2 and Gameboy Advance and buy my own games for those (so when I move out I'll have to buy a PS3 and a DS).
I don't think that a 12 years old kid ... should have a mobile phone.
I know plenty of 12 year old kids that would disagree with you and I know plenty of parents that are willing to give into their kids.
The problem is that N-Gage is not successful, so what makes them think that Game Boy with PDA and maybe phoning will be successful?
Here's a secret. Just because Nintendo will add this functionality (probably with extra cartridges) doesn't mean anyone has to buy the cartridges. Nintendo can write it off as a bad choice, and they'll still have their Nintendo DS as a hand-held.
Nintendo's been clever. Establish DS as a revolutionary hand-held, then add PDA functionality later. It lets them charge more for the PDA functionality and it failing doesn't mean the hand-held fails.
Parent isn't a troll. I'm pretty sure he was talking about masturbating.
So if I don't want Nintendo's Seal of Quality I can commercially make my own cartridges?
5 people have asked me for invites because of my sig ;) I don't have anything else to put in my sig, so I figured why not see if anyone would like one.
And as a customer I don't buy any beta software. Use it for free? You betchya. That's why I love perpetual beta's. I get the software for free. Perpetual beta's that cost money? Sorry, but I'll go to your competitor.
If slashdot would conform to standards it would render correctly. When slashdot conforms to IE, non-IE browsers may have difficulty. It's that simple.
Having said that, I haven't ever had slashdot render incorrectly in firefox.
This is like Ford giving you a car, and then telling you that you can't take photos of it.
What does god have to do with Christianity?
At what point does Google turn from everybody's favorite company, to the next Microsoft?
When Microsoft is no more, or has barely any part of the computer market, and Google secures it's position by abusing it's new position as a monopoly.
Microsoft also has Encarta. Now google has wikipedia. Anything that stops people being reliant on a Microsoft product (Encarta in this case) is good news for Google as it means less money to Microsoft.
Now why Google has pitted itself against Microsoft I'm not too sure. But with msn search and gmail, they're definitely competing.
They won't stand for it, at the moment. What happens when wikimedia's bandwidth increases even more, so much so wikimedia becomes more reliant on google?
It may be possible we will no longer have a Yahoo option when searching Wikipedia (at the moment you hit search and a google-search option appears along with a yahoo search option. In the future the yahoo one may dissapear).
G$? (G-String for those that aren't use to equating $ with string ;))
Whenever testing my code I often have similar error messages. Although once I hand it in I search for any left over error messages and either: A) Make it so the error is handled gracefully without just printing out a message saying there's an error B) Make the error message more friendly.
Imagine what kind of software we used 10 years ago before the internet became mainstream.
*thinks* I can't think of any way in which Office has improved from 10 years ago. Yes, I was using it 10 years ago. I remember being less frustrated with it back then then I am now.
The makers of plasma TV's aren't sabotaging their products.
I remember when I was that naieve. Oh what I would give to be young again.