I think the appealing part in backward-compatibility is to those who DON'T already own an X-Box 1. They then get the option of playing all the cool older games they missed, plus the new Xbox 2 stuff.
I mean the new console will only have a handful of launch titles anyway, which is not enough (for me, at least) to rush out and get one. However, if I get to play Halo 2, Riddick, Burnout 3, Fable, etc., also, it's much more appealing.
X-Box didn't really bring anything new to the console market
Hmm, what about:
internal hard drive
built-in network capability
graphics that are nearly on par w/ the best PC cards 2.5 years later
XBox Live community
use of the system as a multimedia device (MP3 player, Karaoke, music mixer)
Those seem innovative to me, and many are only doable on the PS2 with hardware add-ons after the fact. Granted, these all existed on the PC, but I own all 3 current systems and a high-end PC, and the X-Box is clearly the most technologically advanced, considering it requires virtually no configuration or added hardware to use any of these features.
Those who think that the X-box is the least advanced of the 3 current consoles are likely twitchy MS-haters.
I give up. Please provide me with the scientific explanations of what man is and what the universe is. Science inundates me with facts about these two things, but does not provide me with any explanation for either's existence.
At least religion, rooted in fact or not, makes some effort to explain what these things are and why they exist. Science does not tell me anything about the meaning behind its facts; it tells me only 'how', not 'why'. Until it does, I will personally still find some value to religion, art, and philosophy.
The only way to save Star Trek at this point would be to start a spinoff where T'Pol and Seven of Nine set up a remote colony on the Planet Without Clothes.
Then why are you referring to those struggles in your arguments, if you are not making a comparison between them and our current struggles regarding DRM?
Just wondering why you mention them at all, if not to compare?
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How is this redundant? Offtopic, yes. Unfunny, probably. But I don't see another stupid Symantec reference with a time stamp before this one...
I thought they already had a web interface?
I was thinking more of the graphics in Riddick, DOA Ultimate, etc. Purty stuff.
I think the appealing part in backward-compatibility is to those who DON'T already own an X-Box 1. They then get the option of playing all the cool older games they missed, plus the new Xbox 2 stuff.
I mean the new console will only have a handful of launch titles anyway, which is not enough (for me, at least) to rush out and get one. However, if I get to play Halo 2, Riddick, Burnout 3, Fable, etc., also, it's much more appealing.
Sorry for self- reply. I left out HD support and 5.1 sound out of the box.
Cheers!
X-Box didn't really bring anything new to the console market
Hmm, what about:
internal hard drive
built-in network capability
graphics that are nearly on par w/ the best PC cards 2.5 years later
XBox Live community
use of the system as a multimedia device (MP3 player, Karaoke, music mixer)
Those seem innovative to me, and many are only doable on the PS2 with hardware add-ons after the fact. Granted, these all existed on the PC, but I own all 3 current systems and a high-end PC, and the X-Box is clearly the most technologically advanced, considering it requires virtually no configuration or added hardware to use any of these features.
Those who think that the X-box is the least advanced of the 3 current consoles are likely twitchy MS-haters.
Third, the Dreamcast had no backwards compatibility (to what? the Sega CD?)
Their previous console was the Saturn, BTW... much newer (and better) than the Sega CD.
From the article:
"I'm feeling a little frisky on this topic right now!" [Balmer] added.
The thought of all that money has Balmer hard as a rock, apparently.
I'm sure this will be WAY better than the Okama Gamesphere.
Cartman *playing GameSphere*: Man, Towelie, you're the worst character ever.
Towelie: Yeah, I know.
What's all this talk about students' rights? The real question is how to preserve the inalienable rights of our dead bodies!!
Not to mention our precious bodily fluids.
It's Ellen Ripley.
Nerd status revoked. Have a day.
Get PublishAmerica on the line! Finally a title that could be even more stunning than Atlanta Nights!
Ahnold: You should clone yourself now, while you're still alive.
Bad Guy: Why, so I can share your unique perspective?
Ahnold: No, so you can go screw yourself.
"And over here, I have swiss cheese spliced with chalk, and a beard."
I give up. Please provide me with the scientific explanations of what man is and what the universe is. Science inundates me with facts about these two things, but does not provide me with any explanation for either's existence.
At least religion, rooted in fact or not, makes some effort to explain what these things are and why they exist. Science does not tell me anything about the meaning behind its facts; it tells me only 'how', not 'why'. Until it does, I will personally still find some value to religion, art, and philosophy.
Be vewy, vewy quiet...
I thought BSD was dead...
There is nothing to prevent someone from creating a commercial product intended to run on Linux.
Unless they intend to make actual money with their commercial product, that is.
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Just look down when you are on the toilet sometime. It's not so hard to find.
The only way to save Star Trek at this point would be to start a spinoff where T'Pol and Seven of Nine set up a remote colony on the Planet Without Clothes.
Then why are you referring to those struggles in your arguments, if you are not making a comparison between them and our current struggles regarding DRM?
Just wondering why you mention them at all, if not to compare?
I'm a big fan of the pubic good as well...
Too bad Rush is an RIAA artist, isn't it? One of my favorite bands, also.
In Korea, only old people drive drunk.
Episode III
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REVENGE OF THE SHIT
War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Shit Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.