No, the difference is that MS promised backwards compatibility, but implemented it in a half-assed way, while Sony implemented full BC, and now that they're implementing it using Microsoft's approach, but much better, they're getting flak for it, mostly from Microsoft fanboys.
Compared to Microsoft, it's much better. I bet alot of Microsoft fanboys were defending Microsoft over BC, but are now bashing Sony for doing the same, but with better support.
I'm surprised Sony took so long to pull it's support from the site. If you look at it's entries, they always bash Sony while praising Microsoft. Kotaku and it's parent, Gawker media, are in the pockets of Redmond.
Knowing that Microsoft has overcharged me on it's products due it's monopoly, and the fact that it uses anti-competitive tactics to keep it's monopoly has made me insistent on not buying it's products unless it's absolutely necessary.
That's a major reason why I won't buy the XBox 360. The gaming industry is just another Microsoft monopoly forming.
Ah, Microsoft-fanboy mods are once again modding down anything that is anti-XBox. Of course the same mods are modding up any anti-Sony (and starting to mod down anti-Wii) posts.
If you disagree, just state your disagreement. You don't really think that Microsoft wants the Wii to succeed, do you?
Doesn't do a thing except waste time. You would catch more false positives before you catch an actual thief that forgot to learn to forge the signature.
Let's get this straight - Zonk is a Microsoft fanboy, not a Nintendo fanboy.
All you are seeing is a shift in Microsoft's marketing strategy. At first Microsoft thought their primary competitor as the PS3, so they attacked the PS3 relentlessly, even going so far as to promote the Wii console in their "Wii60" campaign. They've bribed bloggers, indoctrinated many fanboys to do their marketing unwittingly, and tainted biased news sources.
Now that they've bred a culture of FUD around the PS3, they're going on to phase two of their FUD campaign - targeting the Wii.
Microsoft is great at these sort of tactics. The Iowa case documents, the Halloween documents, all have shown Microsoft as capable of these type of antics.
If Microsoft gains control of the console market through the XBox 360, it will have control over development, the platform, and online services. Gamers everywhere should be wary to support Microsoft's XBox 360. Sony may be evil, but they're also pretty stupid - Microsoft, on the other hand, is evil and sneaky - they've established a system where gamers will be hesitant to leave the XBox platform (XBox Live) because all their friends are on it. They're trying to establish control of gaming development by tying in PC with console development, so that developers have no choice but to develop for Microsoft.
Microsoft isn't good at innovation, but they're immensely successful at tying in their products together to keep customers and developers locked in. Sony is the opposite, they're great at innovation, but their attempts at keeping customers locked into their formats haven't been very successful.
I haven't played it in a while, but I don't recall "losing for the win"...
Was it when you found out you were on the wrong side, and the UNATCO Forces started turning on you?
I never actually thought I was losing, I just thought it was an interesting part of the story. Any good story will have setbacks for the main character. For instance, when Neo fails to jump over the buildings, or when the Agents kidnap Morpheus.
With Microsoft's 'ownership' of both the 360 and PC platforms
If Microsoft gains control of the console market through the XBox 360, it will have control over development, the platform, and online services. Gamers everywhere should be wary to support Microsoft's XBox 360. Sony may be evil, but they're also pretty stupid - Microsoft, on the other hand, is evil and sneaky - they've established a system where gamers will be hesitant to leave the XBox platform (XBox Live) because all their friends are on it. They're trying to establish control of gaming development by tying in PC with console development, so that developers have no choice but to develop for Microsoft.
Microsoft isn't good at innovation, but they're immensely successful at tying in their products together to keep customers and developers locked in. Sony is the opposite, they're great at innovation, but their attempts at keeping customers locked into their formats haven't been very successful.
The controller is shaped like a remote control, something everyone is familiar with, the characters are cartoons, which people of all ages can relate to, and the controls are as simple as moving your body.
The success of the Wii validates everything Miyamoto says.
Which is an advantage of the PS3. A hard drive and Blu-ray is good for gamers. It means games can take advantage of both knowing they will both be there.
Knowing that every gamer will have online for free is also a plus.
Unfortunately Microsoft fanboys don't seem to include XBox Live as part of the cost.
Funny how Microsoft fanboy mods moderate down anything anti-XBox or pro-Sony while pro XBox 360 posts get modded +5 Insightful or Informative (even funny) even though they're just full of half-truths, illogical arguments, and other Microsoft FUD.
It's a sad day when Microsoft fanboys have infiltrated Slashdot...
It makes sense... Microsoft had a head start so they've sold the most units, and therefore has the biggest fan base so far. Since it has the most users, they've got the most fanboys. Also, since Microsoft is considered somewhat of an underdog, these fanboys are more furious in their defense of Microsoft because they are concerned about their investment.
Nintendo fanboys are too busy playing with their Wiis, while the PS3 hasn't garnered it's share of user yet.
First the Microsoft fanboys attacked the PS3, but the trend is shifting towards attacking the Wii as well. Notice that an anti-Wii, anti-Sony post got modded up Insightful, even though it was biased towards the XBox 360. Nintendo fanboys should be wary - the real threat to Nintendo is Microsoft's fanboys - they're an important part of Microsoft's marketing arsenal.
[blockquote]Assuming MS's aim is to make money (which it is, obviously), and assuming that they successfully "hide the high cost of [their] console" and manage to get more money out of consumers this way, there's nothing "dumb" about it.[/blockquote]
Yes that's right. It's only the fanboys that say that Microsoft's console is significantly cheaper than the PS3 that are dumb. They've fallen for marketing tactics and haven't taken into account the total cost of a system.
Apparently game designers think it matters, that's why the vast majority of protagonists in video games (and the media) are Caucasian. Obviously, marketing people think that race DOES matter - speak up and prove them wrong.
Would you mind if Snake was an Asian American soldier?
Or that Mario was black?
It shouldn't matter - just look at Forgotten Realms Baldur's Gate - they had characters of many different races (elves that are black, asians, mixed-race dwarves), and it was still an enjoyable game. In fact Lord of the Rings should have taken a page out of the same book and casted multi-racial good guys. It wouldn't have diminished the story, and have been just as good if not better.
Only through the portraying minorities positively in the media can we reduce racism and stereotypes. So far, our media has failed in that regard.
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No, the difference is that MS promised backwards compatibility, but implemented it in a half-assed way, while Sony implemented full BC, and now that they're implementing it using Microsoft's approach, but much better, they're getting flak for it, mostly from Microsoft fanboys.
Compared to Microsoft, it's much better. I bet alot of Microsoft fanboys were defending Microsoft over BC, but are now bashing Sony for doing the same, but with better support.
If Microsoft controls this, they'll have an easy time dominating computer hardware as well as software.
I'm surprised Sony took so long to pull it's support from the site. If you look at it's entries, they always bash Sony while praising Microsoft. Kotaku and it's parent, Gawker media, are in the pockets of Redmond.
Funny how the write up contained 3 links and none of them pointed to the actual application.
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So the differences between the standard (free) version and the premier version are:
99.9% uptime guarantee for email
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24/7 assistance, including phone support
3rd party applications and services
Knowing that Microsoft has overcharged me on it's products due it's monopoly, and the fact that it uses anti-competitive tactics to keep it's monopoly has made me insistent on not buying it's products unless it's absolutely necessary.
That's a major reason why I won't buy the XBox 360. The gaming industry is just another Microsoft monopoly forming.
Ah, Microsoft-fanboy mods are once again modding down anything that is anti-XBox. Of course the same mods are modding up any anti-Sony (and starting to mod down anti-Wii) posts.
If you disagree, just state your disagreement. You don't really think that Microsoft wants the Wii to succeed, do you?
Doesn't do a thing except waste time. You would catch more false positives before you catch an actual thief that forgot to learn to forge the signature.
Let's get this straight - Zonk is a Microsoft fanboy, not a Nintendo fanboy.
All you are seeing is a shift in Microsoft's marketing strategy. At first Microsoft thought their primary competitor as the PS3, so they attacked the PS3 relentlessly, even going so far as to promote the Wii console in their "Wii60" campaign. They've bribed bloggers, indoctrinated many fanboys to do their marketing unwittingly, and tainted biased news sources.
Now that they've bred a culture of FUD around the PS3, they're going on to phase two of their FUD campaign - targeting the Wii.
Microsoft is great at these sort of tactics. The Iowa case documents, the Halloween documents, all have shown Microsoft as capable of these type of antics.
If Microsoft gains control of the console market through the XBox 360, it will have control over development, the platform, and online services. Gamers everywhere should be wary to support Microsoft's XBox 360. Sony may be evil, but they're also pretty stupid - Microsoft, on the other hand, is evil and sneaky - they've established a system where gamers will be hesitant to leave the XBox platform (XBox Live) because all their friends are on it. They're trying to establish control of gaming development by tying in PC with console development, so that developers have no choice but to develop for Microsoft.
Microsoft isn't good at innovation, but they're immensely successful at tying in their products together to keep customers and developers locked in. Sony is the opposite, they're great at innovation, but their attempts at keeping customers locked into their formats haven't been very successful.
I haven't played it in a while, but I don't recall "losing for the win"...
Was it when you found out you were on the wrong side, and the UNATCO Forces started turning on you?
I never actually thought I was losing, I just thought it was an interesting part of the story. Any good story will have setbacks for the main character. For instance, when Neo fails to jump over the buildings, or when the Agents kidnap Morpheus.
If Microsoft gains control of the console market through the XBox 360, it will have control over development, the platform, and online services. Gamers everywhere should be wary to support Microsoft's XBox 360. Sony may be evil, but they're also pretty stupid - Microsoft, on the other hand, is evil and sneaky - they've established a system where gamers will be hesitant to leave the XBox platform (XBox Live) because all their friends are on it. They're trying to establish control of gaming development by tying in PC with console development, so that developers have no choice but to develop for Microsoft.
Microsoft isn't good at innovation, but they're immensely successful at tying in their products together to keep customers and developers locked in. Sony is the opposite, they're great at innovation, but their attempts at keeping customers locked into their formats haven't been very successful.
The controller is shaped like a remote control, something everyone is familiar with, the characters are cartoons, which people of all ages can relate to, and the controls are as simple as moving your body.
The success of the Wii validates everything Miyamoto says.
Which is an advantage of the PS3. A hard drive and Blu-ray is good for gamers. It means games can take advantage of both knowing they will both be there.
Knowing that every gamer will have online for free is also a plus.
Unfortunately Microsoft fanboys don't seem to include XBox Live as part of the cost.
Funny how Microsoft fanboy mods moderate down anything anti-XBox or pro-Sony while pro XBox 360 posts get modded +5 Insightful or Informative (even funny) even though they're just full of half-truths, illogical arguments, and other Microsoft FUD.
It's a sad day when Microsoft fanboys have infiltrated Slashdot...
If you play online, if you use WiFi, or if you watch HD, the PS3 is cheaper than the XBox 360. If you include all three, it's vastly cheaper.
WiFi - $100
online - $200 over 4 years
HD drive - $200
Add $500 to the XBox 360 price if you're using all these features.
Most people that have an XBox 360 use online, so the price of a premium XBox 360 is greater than a premium PS3 but without the HD drive.
It makes sense... Microsoft had a head start so they've sold the most units, and therefore has the biggest fan base so far. Since it has the most users, they've got the most fanboys. Also, since Microsoft is considered somewhat of an underdog, these fanboys are more furious in their defense of Microsoft because they are concerned about their investment.
Nintendo fanboys are too busy playing with their Wiis, while the PS3 hasn't garnered it's share of user yet.
First the Microsoft fanboys attacked the PS3, but the trend is shifting towards attacking the Wii as well. Notice that an anti-Wii, anti-Sony post got modded up Insightful, even though it was biased towards the XBox 360. Nintendo fanboys should be wary - the real threat to Nintendo is Microsoft's fanboys - they're an important part of Microsoft's marketing arsenal.
...6-month old XBox 360s.
More realistic and fair.
They're still nowhere close to being fair.
[blockquote]Assuming MS's aim is to make money (which it is, obviously), and assuming that they successfully "hide the high cost of [their] console" and manage to get more money out of consumers this way, there's nothing "dumb" about it.[/blockquote]
Yes that's right. It's only the fanboys that say that Microsoft's console is significantly cheaper than the PS3 that are dumb. They've fallen for marketing tactics and haven't taken into account the total cost of a system.
Apparently game designers think it matters, that's why the vast majority of protagonists in video games (and the media) are Caucasian. Obviously, marketing people think that race DOES matter - speak up and prove them wrong.
Would you mind if Snake was an Asian American soldier?
Or that Mario was black?
It shouldn't matter - just look at Forgotten Realms Baldur's Gate - they had characters of many different races (elves that are black, asians, mixed-race dwarves), and it was still an enjoyable game. In fact Lord of the Rings should have taken a page out of the same book and casted multi-racial good guys. It wouldn't have diminished the story, and have been just as good if not better.
Only through the portraying minorities positively in the media can we reduce racism and stereotypes. So far, our media has failed in that regard.
Furthermore, why is this even discussed at all? It's just marketing-speak. We all know that it's all non-news.
It's like Bill Gates claiming that XBox 360 is the best console. Non-news.
..only the Wii.
As much as Microsoft wants to included in the winner's category, they are beaten by the popularity of the Wii.
As for Sony vs Microsoft, Sony is selling more consoles right now, and that will only increase with the Sony European launch.
With the Wii outselling the PS3 and XBox 360 combined, I think we can safely assume that...right?
...Harper taxed income trusts, which it should. So that definitely doesn't benefit the rich.