If NPD is the North American numbers guru for video game system sales, is there a European, Asian, or South American counterpart?
I'm really intrested to see if Nintendo reached its goal of 4 million sold.
What people forget is that fansubbed anime has been going on for a looong time now. It used to be on 4th or 5th generation VHS tapes that were so crappy that you couldn't read the subs. The ONLY reason that this is being discussed is because of the ease bit torrent creates. If you wanted this stuff before, you had to find a fansub distributor, who was usually a one person team who did the timing, QC, translation, etc and wait for him to translate it. Then the fansubber would open distribution or even worse, open up trading for other anime he did not have (which was a catch 22 because they owned it all already). Then you had to pay MONEY for the subs on VHS. Digital subs are free and they are fairly easy to get. That's the whole reason why it has take off. This is more of a commentary of our "we won't pay for anything we can get on computer" culture than it is about anime companies.
And thats the reason that hockey isn't playing. (I wouldn't either, the NHL should be sued over schedualing) They want more money (which they should have) and are against the salary cap (ohhh baseball again, buy players like the rich ass $ox and Yankee$games too and have a longer season so that they can rake in more revinue. Football only has to play once a week and they still make more money than hockey that plays 842 times a week.
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If NPD is the North American numbers guru for video game system sales, is there a European, Asian, or South American counterpart? I'm really intrested to see if Nintendo reached its goal of 4 million sold.
Asiana Airlines in South Korea already has internet on their planes.
This line deserves more than one point. Its Classic.
What people forget is that fansubbed anime has been going on for a looong time now. It used to be on 4th or 5th generation VHS tapes that were so crappy that you couldn't read the subs. The ONLY reason that this is being discussed is because of the ease bit torrent creates. If you wanted this stuff before, you had to find a fansub distributor, who was usually a one person team who did the timing, QC, translation, etc and wait for him to translate it. Then the fansubber would open distribution or even worse, open up trading for other anime he did not have (which was a catch 22 because they owned it all already). Then you had to pay MONEY for the subs on VHS. Digital subs are free and they are fairly easy to get. That's the whole reason why it has take off. This is more of a commentary of our "we won't pay for anything we can get on computer" culture than it is about anime companies.
And thats the reason that hockey isn't playing. (I wouldn't either, the NHL should be sued over schedualing)
They want more money (which they should have) and are against the salary cap (ohhh baseball again, buy players like the rich ass $ox and Yankee$games too and have a longer season so that they can rake in more revinue. Football only has to play once a week and they still make more money than hockey that plays 842 times a week.