The real problem as I see it is the console manufactures (Sony et al) have been dragging their feet too long on this generation. The latest stuff just isn't that much better then the backlog of games. It doesn't help when big name titles like Soul Calibur III aren't any better than their predessesors.
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Do you really expect anything new from the so-called next-gen consoles?, Hrmm..? Hrmm?!?!
Besides the new gameplay format on the revolution, nothing new is headed our way. Gameplay has reached its zero point. You can only make so many FPSes, so many RPGs, so many racing games, so many MMOs and so many whatevers before it gets stale.
Let's face it, gaming is getting stale. Blowing the heads off of prostitutes just isn't as fun as it used to be.
Ah, but can you use your car for only 24 hours? Copyprotection != Protection.
Sure, I can copy my car.. it might take a hell lot of parts and the like, but it's possible to build a new car from a scratch if I can get my hands on parts. I'm not sure if that's legal, but I can do it.
In contrast to regular media files, they're broken. If you'd downloaded a JPEG and suddenly after 24 hours it had dissapeared from your hard-drive, would you consider it broken or defunct?
What's the legality difference between this and say regular libraries?
Don't regular libraries loan material freely? What changes when it becomes electronic, it just means that the people will be able to keep them for longer or as long as they want, no?
IMHO, I like the idea of doing this. It'll make doing books for school much easier knowing that there's a backup copy of it floating around somewhere on the interweb.
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The real problem as I see it is the console manufactures (Sony et al) have been dragging their feet too long on this generation. The latest stuff just isn't that much better then the backlog of games. It doesn't help when big name titles like Soul Calibur III aren't any better than their predessesors.
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Do you really expect anything new from the so-called next-gen consoles?, Hrmm..? Hrmm?!?!
Besides the new gameplay format on the revolution, nothing new is headed our way. Gameplay has reached its zero point. You can only make so many FPSes, so many RPGs, so many racing games, so many MMOs and so many whatevers before it gets stale.
Let's face it, gaming is getting stale. Blowing the heads off of prostitutes just isn't as fun as it used to be.
Ah, but can you use your car for only 24 hours? Copyprotection != Protection.
Sure, I can copy my car.. it might take a hell lot of parts and the like, but it's possible to build a new car from a scratch if I can get my hands on parts. I'm not sure if that's legal, but I can do it.
In contrast to regular media files, they're broken. If you'd downloaded a JPEG and suddenly after 24 hours it had dissapeared from your hard-drive, would you consider it broken or defunct?
Damn right you would!
Answer : Battling diabetes - thus potentially saving lives.
Unless you're some little punk emo kid, then saving lives is what you wanna do.
What's the legality difference between this and say regular libraries? Don't regular libraries loan material freely? What changes when it becomes electronic, it just means that the people will be able to keep them for longer or as long as they want, no? IMHO, I like the idea of doing this. It'll make doing books for school much easier knowing that there's a backup copy of it floating around somewhere on the interweb.