Japanese not being interested in online gaming is like me saying I'm interested in goat pr0n. Let's take a "random" 300 people from the farm fields and ask them how many video games they've played in the last 5 minutes...
or let's remember that video games have been pouring out of Japan for the last 3 decades and they have FFXI which is the second largest (argueably) MMORPG in the world next to EQ (according to last released numbers).
Christian games eh?
Jesus 3: The Awakening? (Quake 3 + religous reference)
Jesus vs. Sinners? (Alien v Predator)
Jesus Tournament 2004? (Unreal 2K4)
Jesus & Satan? (Black & White)
Jesus Confronts Prostitutes? (Leisure Suit Larry, hehehehe....)
I'm not hugely surprised by the lack of factual arguements made by the people who dislike or believe that money for VW currency is cheating. This type of arguement simply doesn't belong on/. where quite obviously nobody can post their own opinion without being beaten with a religous stick.
Speaking of which, I'll take a potshot at every arguement on here saying that anyone who states something as retarded as:
"Awwww, poor baby can't run his crappy gaming site"
or
" It has to stop. It is cheating. I don't care about any arguments about the time it takes to do X in the game"
clearly doesn't have the mental capacity to carry on a discussion on this intellectual level.
This is obviously one of those "cross your eyes, stand on your head, say the alphabet backward while doing the hokey pokey" eye trick games, none of which I could ever see the sailboat with the little man in.
I fail:P
Hi, I'm a poor game designer. To cover up the fact that I can't properly adjust game balance, figure out how to fairly set up housing, fix multiple problems since the games birth and a myriad of other problems I'm going to attack the end result of my incompetance instead of the root of the problem.
Watch me ban eBay sales, because everyone knows when I do that, none of it will ever go on again, just look at Everquest, they stomped out eBay sales and look where it's got them (IGE, Playerauctions, etc)! 500K players must be the end result of crushing a single output of a mini-game that some players prefer to play over the normal game (*cough* me).
Me thinks the marketting execs, need a checkup from the neckup, this age old practice is archaic and outdated in comparision with the quite commonplace sub-market that exists now. Work with it or get out.
P.S. I haven't played AC in years, just many other MMOGs.
I did not have a chance to read it as well, so I had to take what information I could from the blurb here on slashdot:/
Finally got through to see the article, and overall, it's generally the same stuff that TN has talked over in the past couple years (or decades) in a simpler not so doctor like format for the masses.
My opinion, good article overall for the general public to get the ideas out there that there are and probably always will be people willing to make a buck in a new fashioned way.
Since I can't reach the page, I don't know why he only used 616 auctions (or however many he used). But you can use a tool obtained HERE for about $100 or so that will analyze Ebay listings for the past 2 weeks or so.
Using this data you can get a MUCH more accurate reading that a measly 616 listings, which aren't even close to being correct since something around at least 80% of the business goes through IGE/Yantis these days. And don't forget Playerauctions which I can't access here at work due to the proxy but they don't get mentioned hardly at all nowadays despite the large amount of traffic going through them.
If you want to read through more reliable reports you should instead roll around HERE (terra nova blogs) where doctors, lawyers and all sorts of other people that have been analyzing this stuff before you created your first level 1 female elven monk, lurk around.
Is it just me, or does the FFXII main guy's face look like a deformed monkey? How am I supposed to relate to him when I can't even relate the same gene pool?
40 gig harddrive? Are they blind to the massive new technological advancements called DVDs?
4 gigs each at max, considering the average game today is 1 to 2 gigs, that would mean your system can hold a grand total of 20-40 games, total.
I recently downloaded a game (much, much newer) that was nearly 5 gigs.
I can't wait to use my brand new 10 game system. Oh wait, they'll probably have a harddrive addition system where I can add a new harddrive to it or an upgraded one for only 12 easy payments of $40 a month extra.
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Japanese not being interested in online gaming is like me saying I'm interested in goat pr0n. Let's take a "random" 300 people from the farm fields and ask them how many video games they've played in the last 5 minutes... or let's remember that video games have been pouring out of Japan for the last 3 decades and they have FFXI which is the second largest (argueably) MMORPG in the world next to EQ (according to last released numbers).
Christian games eh? Jesus 3: The Awakening? (Quake 3 + religous reference) Jesus vs. Sinners? (Alien v Predator) Jesus Tournament 2004? (Unreal 2K4) Jesus & Satan? (Black & White) Jesus Confronts Prostitutes? (Leisure Suit Larry, hehehehe....)
I'm not hugely surprised by the lack of factual arguements made by the people who dislike or believe that money for VW currency is cheating. This type of arguement simply doesn't belong on /. where quite obviously nobody can post their own opinion without being beaten with a religous stick.
Speaking of which, I'll take a potshot at every arguement on here saying that anyone who states something as retarded as:
"Awwww, poor baby can't run his crappy gaming site"
or
" It has to stop. It is cheating. I don't care about any arguments about the time it takes to do X in the game"
clearly doesn't have the mental capacity to carry on a discussion on this intellectual level.
This is obviously one of those "cross your eyes, stand on your head, say the alphabet backward while doing the hokey pokey" eye trick games, none of which I could ever see the sailboat with the little man in. I fail :P
Hi, I'm a poor game designer. To cover up the fact that I can't properly adjust game balance, figure out how to fairly set up housing, fix multiple problems since the games birth and a myriad of other problems I'm going to attack the end result of my incompetance instead of the root of the problem.
Watch me ban eBay sales, because everyone knows when I do that, none of it will ever go on again, just look at Everquest, they stomped out eBay sales and look where it's got them (IGE, Playerauctions, etc)! 500K players must be the end result of crushing a single output of a mini-game that some players prefer to play over the normal game (*cough* me).
Me thinks the marketting execs, need a checkup from the neckup, this age old practice is archaic and outdated in comparision with the quite commonplace sub-market that exists now. Work with it or get out.
P.S. I haven't played AC in years, just many other MMOGs.
Yes, I frequent that site quite a bit, hence why I posted the site for more updated information :)
I did not have a chance to read it as well, so I had to take what information I could from the blurb here on slashdot :/
Finally got through to see the article, and overall, it's generally the same stuff that TN has talked over in the past couple years (or decades) in a simpler not so doctor like format for the masses.
My opinion, good article overall for the general public to get the ideas out there that there are and probably always will be people willing to make a buck in a new fashioned way.
Since I can't reach the page, I don't know why he only used 616 auctions (or however many he used). But you can use a tool obtained HERE for about $100 or so that will analyze Ebay listings for the past 2 weeks or so. Using this data you can get a MUCH more accurate reading that a measly 616 listings, which aren't even close to being correct since something around at least 80% of the business goes through IGE/Yantis these days. And don't forget Playerauctions which I can't access here at work due to the proxy but they don't get mentioned hardly at all nowadays despite the large amount of traffic going through them. If you want to read through more reliable reports you should instead roll around HERE (terra nova blogs) where doctors, lawyers and all sorts of other people that have been analyzing this stuff before you created your first level 1 female elven monk, lurk around.
Is it just me, or does the FFXII main guy's face look like a deformed monkey? How am I supposed to relate to him when I can't even relate the same gene pool?
40 gig harddrive? Are they blind to the massive new technological advancements called DVDs? 4 gigs each at max, considering the average game today is 1 to 2 gigs, that would mean your system can hold a grand total of 20-40 games, total. I recently downloaded a game (much, much newer) that was nearly 5 gigs. I can't wait to use my brand new 10 game system. Oh wait, they'll probably have a harddrive addition system where I can add a new harddrive to it or an upgraded one for only 12 easy payments of $40 a month extra.