There wasn't much developer-focused stuff there either. It was a big fluff piece, which didn't say anything that anyone following the industry didn't already know. Its pretty disappointing, since a man like Miyamoto should have better things to say.
Nintendo never sued or tried to sue me for copyright infringement.
Nintendo has been pretty active in shutting down ROM sites and so forth, so this one doesn't hold either. Plus for the longest time they liked to hint that renting games might not be legal... they called it the "grey market."
I guess 1 out of 3 isn't too bad... Nintendo haven't been angels in the past. They are a much nicer company after having been smacked around by Sony.
Is hijacking seriously still a viable option for terrorists in the USA? I'd think that the standard assumption these days would be that a terrorist hijacking a plane probably intends to use it as a missile. Failing a passenger revolt against the hijackers, I'd think the US military would just shoot down the plane or otherwise force it to land. The assumption is that the passengers are dead anyways...
More like protesting the US military because the air force dropped a bomb on you. It makes sense. Saying they're different divisions is a bit of a cop-out. I'd prefer people just be honest and say that they didn't care enough about the rootkit to avoid buying a PS3 rather than rationalize it.
The reason to buy a PS3 is to have a virtual apartment? For $599, I can rent a real one!
Yeah but its really gotta suck having to move all your furniture and possessions out of the place after staying there for one month.
I want a games console to, you know, play games. Not sit on a virtual couch, watching video on a virtual video screen in a virtual apartment, on my real TV while I sit on my real couch in my real house.
Then you, sir, are in luck! It just so happens that the Playstation 3 is completely able to play games. You can can even play them on your real TV in your real house while sitting on your real couch.
And what's all this blather about "everything is physics based"? To quote, "More interestingly, everything is physics based. Picture frames can be pinned to the wall, and any content on the PS3 is postable up there." What's "physics based" about pinning frames to the wall? Do I have to buy 30-lb rated virtual pins or the physics-based virtual frame crashes to the floor? Then I have buy a virtual broom and sweep it up, watching physics-based glass shards tumble on the floor?
Probably that the actual hanging of the frame is based on physics calculations. Beats me why this is an important feature.
And what's physics-based about having PS3 content in my frame? I can't put PS3 content in my real, physically physics-based picture frame on my real wall in my real house.
I think thats something additional that they threw out, not meant to be directly related to the whole physics-thingy.
"A" dev kit, not "the" dev kit. They give you a hobbyist kit that lets you develop games using C# and the.Net Framework, plus some XNA specific stuff. Thats not what developers are using to bring you games like Gears of War. Plus, you have to spend $100 a year to get your games on XBox 360. That being said, I think XNA is cool and it makes me want to pick up a Premium 360, but lets be accurate here.
Exactly. Its because Sony will pan an idea as being stupid or gimmicky, then come back and implement it when they find out that their customers like it. Instead of sucking it up and admitting that they were wrong about the idea, they try to play it off as if it was their own idea, and that they were such visionaries for thinking it up.
I don't think anyone is upset at Sony adding features. They're upset that Sony are being giant hypocrites, and that they're patting their own back when they don't deserve the credit. But then again, thats what marketing is about, isn't it? Its just that Sony seems to be pretty bad at marketing lately *cough*PSP astroturf fansite*cough*
Thats kind of a stretch. Its not like they can't announce games after the conference. And they have some fairly high-profile games on the horizon, like Heavenly Sword and Motorstorm. Thats in addition to stuff like FFXIII and Metal Gear Solid 4.
A lot of my gamer friends feel that way about the PS3. Quite a few of them plan to pick up a PS3 when its cheaper though. I don't think the public perception of the PS3 is really what Slashdot paints it as. It is selling at a faster rate than the PS2 at the same point in their lifetimes, despite selling slower than the Wii.
Sadly, I think that the Futurama episode where Fry had advertisements beamed into his dreams is probably a fairly accurate prediction, assuming that we develop the technology to alter dreams..
You're not the target audience. This was presented at the Game Developers' Conference, meaning the audience are primarily people related to game development (developers, designers, publishers).
I think that, given the fact that this is a developers' conference, they were more interested in showing new technologies, platforms, and tools, as opposed to actual games. Content at a developers' conference is usually geared more toward the developers, and not the consumer.
I never understood people complaining about GPL3 being a political license. Of course it is. GPL has always been political. The very reason for it existing is political. It was made to encourage the spread of Stallman's views concerning software, and to enforce the FSF's definition of Free software. And there's nothing wrong with that. You aren't being forced to use it.
I think that its more about Microsoft being able to say they interop without having to actually do it in a real, significant way. That way they can avoid possible lawsuits without actually having to give people a possible migration path. They're getting sued in the EU over interop issues after all... and it does fit in with Microsoft's MO. Not that FUD isn't a nice bonus.
I'd be surprised if a lot of the GNU toolchain doesn't move over to GPL3. This would likely cause problems with Novell if they aren't able to amend their Microsoft deal to work around whatever GPL3 throws at them.
I think its less likely that this specific initiative is designed to kill the *nix world. I think that they're trying to pay lip-service to interoperability in a way that doesn't give people an easy path to migrate completely to FOSS/OSS. After all, they're being sued a lot in the European union over interop issues. This way they can say "Hey, we interop, look at our deal with Novell! Its not our fault that those other guys don't want to work with us." The FUD aspect is likely just some extra icing on the cake.
nVidia's graphic driver install script. It requires x to be shut down. I managed it by editing some config file to set the default runlevel to 3 up on boot and reboot it. Not the easiest or most straightforward way but it got the job done.
Yeah I typed that bad. I had no problem getting a bash shell. Its what I use as default. The problem was getting x to stop running so that the scripts would work. A lot of the stuff that I found documentation for didnt work (ctrl+alt+backspace, on bash shell type runlevel 3, etc). Like I said, I'm kinda a linux newbie.
As a matter of fact, I don't recommend Vista. I didn't pay for it, and neither did the people I know. We're all developers with MSDN subscriptions. I've told at least three people, and posted at least twice on Slashdot that it is not worth paying the price for, and that people who really want to upgrade should wait until they get it pre-installed, or for SP1.
I'm just trying to give some perspective. Because in situations like this, the feedback is very skewed towards complaints, mainly because people don't feel the need to relate their experiences when things work well. I'm just trying to give a reasonable counter-point. I'd imagine that the reality is a lot better than a 70-30 ratio, but there's no way to be sure without a formal study.
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There wasn't much developer-focused stuff there either. It was a big fluff piece, which didn't say anything that anyone following the industry didn't already know. Its pretty disappointing, since a man like Miyamoto should have better things to say.
Ummm...
Nintendo never sued or tried to sue me for copyright infringement.Nintendo has been pretty active in shutting down ROM sites and so forth, so this one doesn't hold either. Plus for the longest time they liked to hint that renting games might not be legal... they called it the "grey market."
I guess 1 out of 3 isn't too bad... Nintendo haven't been angels in the past. They are a much nicer company after having been smacked around by Sony.
Ok I normally hate UAC jokes but that was hilarious.
Is hijacking seriously still a viable option for terrorists in the USA? I'd think that the standard assumption these days would be that a terrorist hijacking a plane probably intends to use it as a missile. Failing a passenger revolt against the hijackers, I'd think the US military would just shoot down the plane or otherwise force it to land. The assumption is that the passengers are dead anyways...
More like protesting the US military because the air force dropped a bomb on you. It makes sense. Saying they're different divisions is a bit of a cop-out. I'd prefer people just be honest and say that they didn't care enough about the rootkit to avoid buying a PS3 rather than rationalize it.
Yeah but its really gotta suck having to move all your furniture and possessions out of the place after staying there for one month.
I want a games console to, you know, play games. Not sit on a virtual couch, watching video on a virtual video screen in a virtual apartment, on my real TV while I sit on my real couch in my real house.Then you, sir, are in luck! It just so happens that the Playstation 3 is completely able to play games. You can can even play them on your real TV in your real house while sitting on your real couch.
And what's all this blather about "everything is physics based"? To quote, "More interestingly, everything is physics based. Picture frames can be pinned to the wall, and any content on the PS3 is postable up there." What's "physics based" about pinning frames to the wall? Do I have to buy 30-lb rated virtual pins or the physics-based virtual frame crashes to the floor? Then I have buy a virtual broom and sweep it up, watching physics-based glass shards tumble on the floor?Probably that the actual hanging of the frame is based on physics calculations. Beats me why this is an important feature.
And what's physics-based about having PS3 content in my frame? I can't put PS3 content in my real, physically physics-based picture frame on my real wall in my real house.I think thats something additional that they threw out, not meant to be directly related to the whole physics-thingy.
"A" dev kit, not "the" dev kit. They give you a hobbyist kit that lets you develop games using C# and the .Net Framework, plus some XNA specific stuff. Thats not what developers are using to bring you games like Gears of War. Plus, you have to spend $100 a year to get your games on XBox 360. That being said, I think XNA is cool and it makes me want to pick up a Premium 360, but lets be accurate here.
I'm not bashing it. Just elaborating on the reasons behind the animosity.
By that measure, none of the current next gen consoles have "hope."
Exactly. Its because Sony will pan an idea as being stupid or gimmicky, then come back and implement it when they find out that their customers like it. Instead of sucking it up and admitting that they were wrong about the idea, they try to play it off as if it was their own idea, and that they were such visionaries for thinking it up.
I don't think anyone is upset at Sony adding features. They're upset that Sony are being giant hypocrites, and that they're patting their own back when they don't deserve the credit. But then again, thats what marketing is about, isn't it? Its just that Sony seems to be pretty bad at marketing lately *cough*PSP astroturf fansite*cough*
Thats kind of a stretch. Its not like they can't announce games after the conference. And they have some fairly high-profile games on the horizon, like Heavenly Sword and Motorstorm. Thats in addition to stuff like FFXIII and Metal Gear Solid 4.
A lot of my gamer friends feel that way about the PS3. Quite a few of them plan to pick up a PS3 when its cheaper though. I don't think the public perception of the PS3 is really what Slashdot paints it as. It is selling at a faster rate than the PS2 at the same point in their lifetimes, despite selling slower than the Wii.
Sadly, I think that the Futurama episode where Fry had advertisements beamed into his dreams is probably a fairly accurate prediction, assuming that we develop the technology to alter dreams..
Its not going to sell systems, but its an extra feature. Virtual Console, Miis, and Wii Channels didn't sell Wiis, but it didn't hurt either.
You're not the target audience. This was presented at the Game Developers' Conference, meaning the audience are primarily people related to game development (developers, designers, publishers).
I think that, given the fact that this is a developers' conference, they were more interested in showing new technologies, platforms, and tools, as opposed to actual games. Content at a developers' conference is usually geared more toward the developers, and not the consumer.
I never understood people complaining about GPL3 being a political license. Of course it is. GPL has always been political. The very reason for it existing is political. It was made to encourage the spread of Stallman's views concerning software, and to enforce the FSF's definition of Free software. And there's nothing wrong with that. You aren't being forced to use it.
I think that its more about Microsoft being able to say they interop without having to actually do it in a real, significant way. That way they can avoid possible lawsuits without actually having to give people a possible migration path. They're getting sued in the EU over interop issues after all... and it does fit in with Microsoft's MO. Not that FUD isn't a nice bonus.
I'd be surprised if a lot of the GNU toolchain doesn't move over to GPL3. This would likely cause problems with Novell if they aren't able to amend their Microsoft deal to work around whatever GPL3 throws at them.
I think its less likely that this specific initiative is designed to kill the *nix world. I think that they're trying to pay lip-service to interoperability in a way that doesn't give people an easy path to migrate completely to FOSS/OSS. After all, they're being sued a lot in the European union over interop issues. This way they can say "Hey, we interop, look at our deal with Novell! Its not our fault that those other guys don't want to work with us." The FUD aspect is likely just some extra icing on the cake.
The situation with ports is definitely disappointing. I'm hoping there's some great announcements around the corner for the system.
If Warhawk turns out to be good, then that would be a tick for me in the PS3 camp. 32 player sounds pretty good.
Of course, if Sony really wants my money, they'd convince Kojima to make Zone of the Enders 3. Number 2 is still one of my favorite PS2 games.
I'm not sure why people are hyping up Flow. It's an OK game, but lost my interest after about 15 minutes. And you can already play it online for free.
nVidia's graphic driver install script. It requires x to be shut down. I managed it by editing some config file to set the default runlevel to 3 up on boot and reboot it. Not the easiest or most straightforward way but it got the job done.
Yeah I typed that bad. I had no problem getting a bash shell. Its what I use as default. The problem was getting x to stop running so that the scripts would work. A lot of the stuff that I found documentation for didnt work (ctrl+alt+backspace, on bash shell type runlevel 3, etc). Like I said, I'm kinda a linux newbie.
As a matter of fact, I don't recommend Vista. I didn't pay for it, and neither did the people I know. We're all developers with MSDN subscriptions. I've told at least three people, and posted at least twice on Slashdot that it is not worth paying the price for, and that people who really want to upgrade should wait until they get it pre-installed, or for SP1.
I'm just trying to give some perspective. Because in situations like this, the feedback is very skewed towards complaints, mainly because people don't feel the need to relate their experiences when things work well. I'm just trying to give a reasonable counter-point. I'd imagine that the reality is a lot better than a 70-30 ratio, but there's no way to be sure without a formal study.
Thats really awesome. I'm starting to get excited about the potential of having moon bases in my lifetime.