How in the hell was that a troll post? It's expensive AND large for a phone, it's apparently closed, and SMS is the main application for mobile telephony in most of the world. As for the reaction to the iPhone announcement in Japan, it was stunning in it's absence.
No, but a GSM phone that costs THAT MUCH is unlikely to do too well in Europe or Asia either. If Apple don't have a 3G phone coming in the very near future, they've fucked up.
Have you considered the idea they knew that such a huge, expensive, closed device that looks like it will make a shit phone (and will be AWFUL for SMS) wouldn't do well in Europe/Asia without momentum? (It was so obvious it would fail in Japan they've not even paid lip service to the idea of launching it there)
Everything I've read about them suggests that Bungie was on the brink of collapse, and MS saved them - the Halo Alpha footage appears to have been as close to shipping as the infamous Killzone 2 trailer.
the WinCE kernel has fuck-all to do with the 2k kernel. The APIs are mostly Win32-esque (but if you try writing apps in, say, MFC you'll find that apps will compile without error, but do nothing, as a lot of the APIs are stubbed out - good luck finding out which on MSDN, btw) but that's an interface thing, not a code thing. CE 6.0 at least has a memory model somewhat like desktop windows, but that's about it. I suspect you've gotten the stripped down NT kernel on the XBox confused with CE. The Dreamcast ran CE, the XBox dosen't.
My understanding is that a lot of Nova is re-dubbed BBC stuff, and the BBC's science programming (on TV) has dropped precipitously over the past 5 or 10 years (there's still some good stuff on the radio)
And this is different to Europe how? Well, the DVB-H rollout is slower than the one-seg rollout, but that's to be expected of a superior (but more expensive) technology.
They refuse to release VC games in a non-fucked up format in Europe - apparently they'll only let you experience games the way they were the first time - so there's no chance of newly translated games coming out...
I'd be curious if there was a "large" number of Windows Mobile drivers for anything in Japan - Windows Mobile only has any real market share in the US, it's failed totally in Japan and somewhat in Europe.
False in the idea there's a stigma about older gamers in Japan? As a long-term resident who works for a Japanese software company, I assure you there is.
Or do you mean that the idea that the average US gamer is older is false?
There were rumours around the XBox 360 launch that Sony had been rolling out "final" dev kits before MS. That'd make all the PS3 "launch" games the equivalent of second-generation games in terms of development period, experience, etc.
The shrinking market in Japan seems to be caused purely by the aging population - Japan has a much greater stigma about adults playing games than the US or EU markets. In Japan the average gamer is a teenager, in the US/EU the average gamer is around 30.
Perhaps he lives in Japan (where wii sports isn't bundled) or EU/Aus (where Wii and 360 are about the same price, as are the games) - though the wii has yet to launch in either of those territories.
"BBC" computers were made of Acorn. Acorn is no more, but you may have heard of what became of their research department - a little company called ARM.
The British government has NEVER completed an IT project correctly - though a complete abandonment (like the London Ambulance System) is pretty rare.
Even the "relatively easy IT projects" don't work.
You seem to have the bizarrely mistaken ID that the British government can actually complete an IT project sucessfully - heroic incompentance is going to be the downfall of the National ID card system (that and noone is willing to offer a quote to be the contracters for the project as it's terrible PR)
I've been plenty of places where, sadly, Guinness is the best beer on offer - Italian beer makes Budweiser look good, and the staple beer in "English" pubs over here IS Guinness (the other beer being Budweiser...)
Guinness is a mix of a Stout and a Porter - bit of a curate's egg. Then again, I take it you're American so it's to be understood you've never had good beer.
There are plenty of countries where 34 grand is a NICE amount to be earning at only 25, including Japan - but hey, I'm not here for the money (my sister works in the City, in a lower position than I do, and makes about twice the money)
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How in the hell was that a troll post? It's expensive AND large for a phone, it's apparently closed, and SMS is the main application for mobile telephony in most of the world. As for the reaction to the iPhone announcement in Japan, it was stunning in it's absence.
No, but a GSM phone that costs THAT MUCH is unlikely to do too well in Europe or Asia either. If Apple don't have a 3G phone coming in the very near future, they've fucked up.
As opposed to (mostly mediocre) 360 ports with tacked on controls and maybe a new name to hide the fact you've seen it all before?
Have you considered the idea they knew that such a huge, expensive, closed device that looks like it will make a shit phone (and will be AWFUL for SMS) wouldn't do well in Europe/Asia without momentum? (It was so obvious it would fail in Japan they've not even paid lip service to the idea of launching it there)
Everything I've read about them suggests that Bungie was on the brink of collapse, and MS saved them - the Halo Alpha footage appears to have been as close to shipping as the infamous Killzone 2 trailer.
Yes, and Bungie would have gone out of money if MS hadn't bought them and set them to writing DirectX games. Your point being?
the WinCE kernel has fuck-all to do with the 2k kernel. The APIs are mostly Win32-esque (but if you try writing apps in, say, MFC you'll find that apps will compile without error, but do nothing, as a lot of the APIs are stubbed out - good luck finding out which on MSDN, btw) but that's an interface thing, not a code thing. CE 6.0 at least has a memory model somewhat like desktop windows, but that's about it. I suspect you've gotten the stripped down NT kernel on the XBox confused with CE. The Dreamcast ran CE, the XBox dosen't.
My understanding is that a lot of Nova is re-dubbed BBC stuff, and the BBC's science programming (on TV) has dropped precipitously over the past 5 or 10 years (there's still some good stuff on the radio)
And this is different to Europe how? Well, the DVB-H rollout is slower than the one-seg rollout, but that's to be expected of a superior (but more expensive) technology.
They refuse to release VC games in a non-fucked up format in Europe - apparently they'll only let you experience games the way they were the first time - so there's no chance of newly translated games coming out...
I'd be curious if there was a "large" number of Windows Mobile drivers for anything in Japan - Windows Mobile only has any real market share in the US, it's failed totally in Japan and somewhat in Europe.
False in the idea there's a stigma about older gamers in Japan? As a long-term resident who works for a Japanese software company, I assure you there is. Or do you mean that the idea that the average US gamer is older is false?
There were rumours around the XBox 360 launch that Sony had been rolling out "final" dev kits before MS. That'd make all the PS3 "launch" games the equivalent of second-generation games in terms of development period, experience, etc.
The shrinking market in Japan seems to be caused purely by the aging population - Japan has a much greater stigma about adults playing games than the US or EU markets. In Japan the average gamer is a teenager, in the US/EU the average gamer is around 30.
Perhaps he lives in Japan (where wii sports isn't bundled) or EU/Aus (where Wii and 360 are about the same price, as are the games) - though the wii has yet to launch in either of those territories.
The first Mortal Kombat film was actually pretty good - the second was fucking AWFUL though, eye-bleedingly bad.
Cliff Richard has no kids. Thankfully.
"BBC" computers were made of Acorn. Acorn is no more, but you may have heard of what became of their research department - a little company called ARM.
Ridge Racer 7 is an uglified port of Ridge Racer 6 that got bizarrely high scores in Famitsu (All the launch PS3 games did)
The British government has NEVER completed an IT project correctly - though a complete abandonment (like the London Ambulance System) is pretty rare. Even the "relatively easy IT projects" don't work.
You seem to have the bizarrely mistaken ID that the British government can actually complete an IT project sucessfully - heroic incompentance is going to be the downfall of the National ID card system (that and noone is willing to offer a quote to be the contracters for the project as it's terrible PR)
Nomad Soul - had a David Bowie soundtrack (The "Hours" cd, well before that CD came out)
I've been plenty of places where, sadly, Guinness is the best beer on offer - Italian beer makes Budweiser look good, and the staple beer in "English" pubs over here IS Guinness (the other beer being Budweiser...)
Guinness is a mix of a Stout and a Porter - bit of a curate's egg. Then again, I take it you're American so it's to be understood you've never had good beer.
There are plenty of countries where 34 grand is a NICE amount to be earning at only 25, including Japan - but hey, I'm not here for the money (my sister works in the City, in a lower position than I do, and makes about twice the money)