Yes, i can see the hype engine in play here, but there is one bit of a valid point to this. Microsoft is actually planning a global launch. In the world of video games, the two major markets are the US and Japan. Europe is slightly behind that. Microsoft is saying that there could be a problem in meeting the European demand. This could very well be the case if Microsoft makes sure the demand for the US and Japan are met.
If nothing else, making a claim like this will increase pre-orders. This could be used in Microsoft's favor, however. If they can see where the demand is the largest, they can smartly distribute units on release day . . .
i am a big fan of the numeric keypad, and i use it quite often. i've always been surprised by the number of people who do not use it. It is one of my two biggest factors in a keyboard. i must have a numeric keyboard, and the keyboard must not that the power management buttons. This is espicially true if the power management bottons are placed where real keys are normally placed. i've almost powered off a computer on several occations trying to hit the delete or insert key.
i know all the correct keyboard shortcuts for all the Windows keys, et al. Those can be lived without. However, i've been using a standard qwerty keyboard since the early mid 80s. i use all the keys . ..
Of course, i REALLY wish someone would standardize the damn \ key. It belongs above CR, not to the right of right shitf, or any other whacked out playe you think might be better to place it.
The biggest reason i haven't ever gotten a laptop is the keyboard layout. i've been using a standard qwerty keyboard for so long that i always get flustered whenever i try to find a control key on a laptop.
Hopefully, Dell can use this as an excuse to put a full keyboard on a laptop. i'm sure you could get plenty of new sales for that fact alone.
For the record, before everyone trolls me about it, yes, i know you can put a ps2 or usb keyboard on a laptop. It just kinda defeats the portability issue . . .
OK, this is true, and I did know this. I also know that Sony refused to fix issues with the early run of the Japanese PSP, so the informed consumer probably did know that there could be problems going into the initial launch.
It seems Sony has made a habit of releasing to Japan first, ignoring all the feedback the Japanese consumer report on a product, and release the same think to North America. Only after North America slams the product do they take action.
I completely agree with this. I was surprised when i went around town doing my normal errands the day after release and saw 15 at best buy, 50 at walmart, etc etc etc. I mean, i'm in a pretty hefty geek town.
GameStop and EBGames both told me "Pre-order, or you're not getting one until the 22nd century." If that was the case, then I must still be dreaming.
Truth be told, I think the DS sold out for the reason everyone thought it would. It was different. It came froma company that traditionally gets things right the first time.
The PSP is nothing "new" and comes from a company with a bad track record of first releases. I'm pretty sure most people, myself included, said they'll wait for the bugs to get run out of the first run before investing.
Fair enough.
Of course, the still begs the fact that Tolkien coin the term for reference to hobbits, and we're using it in terms of humans.
With that frame of reference, the modern interpretation wins.
Actually, if i remember correctly, 'tween' was coined by Mary Kate and Ashley when they were trying to describe the period in life where they were older then 8 but not teenagers.
Thus, it's the age be'tween' youth and teenage.
A quick Google search will find lots of places to back that up.
I say, sure. Let the game companies get slammed. The instant a conviction is reached, I'll be the first to start the lawsuit against the MPAA that Seven made me become a serial killer because the idea of have themed murders was nifty.
Might as well get the RIAA while I'm at it. Years of Slipknot and ICP added to the problem.
Wouldn't it be smarter to lobby these other industries with the idea of the legal precedent that this will cause. The entire entertainment industry will crumble as soon as one conviction is made.
I mean, the MPAA and the RIAA are already more then happy to throw money around for legal reason, let's give them a reason to put that money to some good use . . .
we were dealing with a school library that had a bigger athlatic budget then library budget. so we sold the program to the school so they could catalog and circulate the athlethic equipment, but then the library got to use it as well.
granted, i know there are better examples, but i'm drawing a blank on them. we've been in r&d for awhile now, so i haven't gotten to hear stupid customer questions lately.
i work in the library software buisness. while talking to our customers, we get asked if things even stranger then video games can be cataloged. i don't find this surprising in the least.
libraries, in general, are a public entity. whether they be a public library, a school library, etc, a large portion of the library market is public in some way. yes, there is the occation church library, or private collection, but almost everything is public. granted, i don't seen the value of placing games in a school library, but the public library should reflect the tastes and desires of the local area, so i think this is great.
of course, no i wave to go add 'ps2', 'xbox', 'gcn' et al to my list of media types for our software . . .
the company has no plans to officially release the game, much less release it in america.
acourding to to their website/* and ign had information about this too */ they are going to sell the game off thier website to japanese customers, and not shit the game to retail.
and i was looking forward to putting my gcn broadband adaptor to use . . .
you can pretty much do it in anything you're comfortable with. you say you don't have much programming experience, so, ye lords, take the language you are the most confortable with.
i'm written little crap games in lots of languages. you're NOT trying to write ut2k4 in 4 months here.
in college, i had to write a simple, graphical game in pascal for !insert term of choice!'s sake. i've written simular ones in c, c++, java, ada, etc.
remember, a lot of the old, classic games where done by people in high school just tinkering arround/* insert prime example of richard "lord british" garriott here */.
the only real advice i'd give is to plan ahead and start slow. when nolan bushnell was creating pong, the version released was an early alpha verion. of course, they had so much fun playing it, they realised they were done there . . .
i got tired of all the problems of the internest a long time ago. basically, i only get email ( in plain text only format and never open attachment or mesages from people i don't know ), read slashdot and about 2 other news sites, and read live journal.
i even have images turned off for most sites.
is this because i'm afraid of viruses and spyware. not really. but i can say that i don't run an anti-spyware or anti-virus program ( and never have ) and i have a clean system ( yes, i do randomly check if my system seems to slow down, i just don't have them run excpet for the once every 6 months or so when i get tested . . . )
let's face it. tv was cool at first, but then it got old and diluted. same thing goes with the net. now i use both in about the same manner, to periodicly get news updates.
yeah, exactly. i do all that stuff too. i mostly just do computer work as a contractor.
is it just me, or do all the geek you know really want to get out of the geek business to do simular stuff . . .
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Yes, i can see the hype engine in play here, but there is one bit of a valid point to this. Microsoft is actually planning a global launch. In the world of video games, the two major markets are the US and Japan. Europe is slightly behind that. Microsoft is saying that there could be a problem in meeting the European demand. This could very well be the case if Microsoft makes sure the demand for the US and Japan are met.
If nothing else, making a claim like this will increase pre-orders. This could be used in Microsoft's favor, however. If they can see where the demand is the largest, they can smartly distribute units on release day . . .
Is there anything Spike TV WON'T do to ruin gaming and the image of gamers?
No, i think that they are trying to avoid realtime meat-space. At least, as far as children are concerned.
i just hope you can disable it. The idea of a parental lock is great. Just don't penalize me for some weird stalker's fetish . . .
i am a big fan of the numeric keypad, and i use it quite often. i've always been surprised by the number of people who do not use it. It is one of my two biggest factors in a keyboard. i must have a numeric keyboard, and the keyboard must not that the power management buttons. This is espicially true if the power management bottons are placed where real keys are normally placed. i've almost powered off a computer on several occations trying to hit the delete or insert key.
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i know all the correct keyboard shortcuts for all the Windows keys, et al. Those can be lived without. However, i've been using a standard qwerty keyboard since the early mid 80s. i use all the keys . .
Of course, i REALLY wish someone would standardize the damn \ key. It belongs above CR, not to the right of right shitf, or any other whacked out playe you think might be better to place it.
The biggest reason i haven't ever gotten a laptop is the keyboard layout. i've been using a standard qwerty keyboard for so long that i always get flustered whenever i try to find a control key on a laptop.
Hopefully, Dell can use this as an excuse to put a full keyboard on a laptop. i'm sure you could get plenty of new sales for that fact alone.
For the record, before everyone trolls me about it, yes, i know you can put a ps2 or usb keyboard on a laptop. It just kinda defeats the portability issue . . .
OK, this is true, and I did know this. I also know that Sony refused to fix issues with the early run of the Japanese PSP, so the informed consumer probably did know that there could be problems going into the initial launch.
It seems Sony has made a habit of releasing to Japan first, ignoring all the feedback the Japanese consumer report on a product, and release the same think to North America. Only after North America slams the product do they take action.
I completely agree with this. I was surprised when i went around town doing my normal errands the day after release and saw 15 at best buy, 50 at walmart, etc etc etc. I mean, i'm in a pretty hefty geek town.
GameStop and EBGames both told me "Pre-order, or you're not getting one until the 22nd century." If that was the case, then I must still be dreaming.
Truth be told, I think the DS sold out for the reason everyone thought it would. It was different. It came froma company that traditionally gets things right the first time.
The PSP is nothing "new" and comes from a company with a bad track record of first releases. I'm pretty sure most people, myself included, said they'll wait for the bugs to get run out of the first run before investing.
With the earlier report of how Halo 2 and XBox Live was forcing more reliable broadband service, I wonder how many console gamers are also Internet addicts . . .
Fair enough. Of course, the still begs the fact that Tolkien coin the term for reference to hobbits, and we're using it in terms of humans. With that frame of reference, the modern interpretation wins.
Actually, if i remember correctly, 'tween' was coined by Mary Kate and Ashley when they were trying to describe the period in life where they were older then 8 but not teenagers.
Thus, it's the age be'tween' youth and teenage.
A quick Google search will find lots of places to back that up.
I say, sure. Let the game companies get slammed. The instant a conviction is reached, I'll be the first to start the lawsuit against the MPAA that Seven made me become a serial killer because the idea of have themed murders was nifty.
Might as well get the RIAA while I'm at it. Years of Slipknot and ICP added to the problem.
Wouldn't it be smarter to lobby these other industries with the idea of the legal precedent that this will cause. The entire entertainment industry will crumble as soon as one conviction is made.
I mean, the MPAA and the RIAA are already more then happy to throw money around for legal reason, let's give them a reason to put that money to some good use . . .
depends on the target audience. does rockstar ahve to worry about that when they work on gta4? no
does a company working with a seasme street license have to worry about that? very much so
one example:
we were dealing with a school library that had a bigger athlatic budget then library budget. so we sold the program to the school so they could catalog and circulate the athlethic equipment, but then the library got to use it as well.
granted, i know there are better examples, but i'm drawing a blank on them. we've been in r&d for awhile now, so i haven't gotten to hear stupid customer questions lately.
nah, i use the shift key when i talk to them . . .
no, that would be outlaw golf
ok, i admit it, i'm a golf game junkie . . .
i work in the library software buisness. while talking to our customers, we get asked if things even stranger then video games can be cataloged. i don't find this surprising in the least. libraries, in general, are a public entity. whether they be a public library, a school library, etc, a large portion of the library market is public in some way. yes, there is the occation church library, or private collection, but almost everything is public. granted, i don't seen the value of placing games in a school library, but the public library should reflect the tastes and desires of the local area, so i think this is great. of course, no i wave to go add 'ps2', 'xbox', 'gcn' et al to my list of media types for our software . . .
eh, i think it's less of that and more the fact that i normally don't bother to go back and check what i wrote.
i mean, i'm a programmer, i only have to spell things consistently, not correctly . . .
wow, that was quit a slip. it was supposed to be ship. of course, i does seem kinda fitting there . . .
the company has no plans to officially release the game, much less release it in america.
/* and ign had information about this too */ they are going to sell the game off thier website to japanese customers, and not shit the game to retail.
acourding to to their website
and i was looking forward to putting my gcn broadband adaptor to use . . .
letting us download, store, organize, and serve media from both cable and -- this is the important part -- the internet.
ummm, can you say replaytv?
comparable to commercial games in length and depth.
does that mean it 4 hours long, no real character development, and buggy as hell . . . ?
you can pretty much do it in anything you're comfortable with. you say you don't have much programming experience, so, ye lords, take the language you are the most confortable with.
/* insert prime example of richard "lord british" garriott here */.
i'm written little crap games in lots of languages. you're NOT trying to write ut2k4 in 4 months here.
in college, i had to write a simple, graphical game in pascal for !insert term of choice!'s sake. i've written simular ones in c, c++, java, ada, etc.
remember, a lot of the old, classic games where done by people in high school just tinkering arround
the only real advice i'd give is to plan ahead and start slow. when nolan bushnell was creating pong, the version released was an early alpha verion. of course, they had so much fun playing it, they realised they were done there . . .
i got tired of all the problems of the internest a long time ago. basically, i only get email ( in plain text only format and never open attachment or mesages from people i don't know ), read slashdot and about 2 other news sites, and read live journal.
i even have images turned off for most sites.
is this because i'm afraid of viruses and spyware. not really. but i can say that i don't run an anti-spyware or anti-virus program ( and never have ) and i have a clean system ( yes, i do randomly check if my system seems to slow down, i just don't have them run excpet for the once every 6 months or so when i get tested . . . )
let's face it. tv was cool at first, but then it got old and diluted. same thing goes with the net. now i use both in about the same manner, to periodicly get news updates.
yeah, exactly. i do all that stuff too. i mostly just do computer work as a contractor. is it just me, or do all the geek you know really want to get out of the geek business to do simular stuff . . .
i mostly do programming / it work, but i also bartend at a local club on weekends.
i like it cuz it actually gets me out in front of people and keeps me from completely becoming a troll . . .