I'm glad you got modded funny. I love it when people that never accomplished shit try to mock those that do. Nice to see human nature is one thing that no matter what brave new world we find ourselves in tomorrow will never change.
Here is an excellent blog post by a Valve Software employee about the potential of augmented reality. Basically, the real thing like what you see in the video above while the guy is cutting the cucumber is very hard. Things like perfect motion tracking, contextual awareness, seamless overlays are science fiction at this point. But this is a very compelling scenario and very smart people are working on it so sooner or later it's happening. Hopefully Google Glass will get us one step closer. Ironically, one of the best uses for it is real life ad block. Imagine riding down the freeway and every billboard is replaced by a giant sequoia. Or a mushroom Smurf house.
Actually I say that despite being attracted to the exact opposite. The fact that I mentioned Aralon which is a game that I would put practically on par with Aralon should have been the first clue. But you're right, I am making a big assumption here and I hope that I will be proven wrong. I'd love to sink my teeth into a fps on Android that is on par with something like Deus Ex or half life.
Yes, dead Trigger was pay to play and pay to win which is a slap in the face to legal purchasers of the game. I bought shadowgun as well and if I would have had to pay in-game to progress I would have incensed. My understanding is that Ouya is going to the free to play model with micro transactions so assuming they deliver the console we'll definitely get a first hand account on whether the model works.
...and you don't get automatic updates. I don't know how cheap a pirates time is but mine isn't.
Chances are a person who pirates a 5$ game isn't going to be a customer anyway.
This times a million. Yes, in my younger and broker days I did pirate Windows applications. As a matter of fact it was quite the habit. But now with Android, there is no way I'm going to put the time and effort into chasing down a 5 dollar app on thepiratebay. There aren't enough hours in the day. I'd rather just buy it and if I don't like it within 15 minutes I can get a refund. If I keep it and it still ends up sucking, whoopdey freaking do. It was five bucks. If the dev puts anything else up, I just won't buy from him/her again. Speaking of which, Google should put something in the play store to where you can keep track of devs you like and be alerted to new stuff by them and also be able to note devs you don't like so you don't accidentally buy from them again. Maybe I should patent that shit.
For the dev shops that keep track of piracy (like Madfinger does obviously) I'd be interested in knowing what the country of origin the breakdown of pirates is. I know that Android has a ton of Marketshare in China and I also know they aren't buying any games from the Play Store.
I have to agree. With the mature market share Android enjoys I find it extremely unlikely that any but a small fraction of users even know piracy is possible much less how to do it. I mean, first you have to find Android apps to pirate which, yes, they are all over piratebay but before you can get those on your phone easily, you have to download the bittorrent client. Barring that, you have to hook the phone to your computer etc. No freaking way normal people are going through that in large numbers. I would buy that Android users just aren't purchasing and using apps in the first place. The cure for that is better apps and Google making buying through the play store as easy as possible.
On the other hand, I can't help but think that the Ouya will not be successful for other reasons. I get the impression that it will produce more tablet-style games for the tv set rather than the rich gaming experience that's worthy of the living room
That's where I think you're wrong. Te reason tablet games lack some of the depth found on the consoles is people frankly don't want it. Nobody wants to be sitting on the train waiting through a 10 plus minute cut scene. tablets are a dip in dip out device and debs generally cater to that. As soon as you put the hardware in the living room, provided Ouya can attract developers, you will see much more immersive games. The Tegra3 is certainly capable. There are even some tablet games that offer a PC like experience the excellent Aralon for the iPad being a prime example.
Yes, you do have to jailbreak your iDevice device to do it but once you do that you will find no platform that offers the ease of pirating that iOS does. Once you load Installous it's on like Donkey Kong(TM). Get it?
Ease of piracy is a large part of what made Windows into the juggernaut it is today. Just like Bill Gates said, they may not be able to charge pirates today but someday down the road they will. Android may be easy to pirate with today but it won't always be that way. Jellybean is already shipping with the ability to encrypt market downloads with a device specific key. More and more Android chews through the market share of the other OSs and at some point just like with Windows a tipping point will hit where the market share will be so overwhelming and the difficulty of pirating will be 'just so' that you won't help but be able to make money on the platform. In the meantime, make your money on iOS but keep an eye on Android. Don't forget to sharpen up those Java skills.
I left a windows mobile running HTC apache for an android powered HTC G1. I'm now on a galaxy nexus and windows phone is a long way from pulling me back.
In what way have the OEMs "failed"? There was no Windows for ARM so they couldn't go toe to toe with the iPad and Windows 7 is unsuitable for a touch screen tablet. If anything Microsoft failed the OEMs.
Not knocking your skills or anything, but you overlooked the numerous security options that have been present in XP, Vista, and are even stronger in 7.
On the contrary. I carefully considered the option of a totally locked down Windows machine. It occurred to me though that what she'd have was the same thing she had before except it no longer can do x,y, and z. She'd get frustrated with it and by extension me and demand that I undo the restrictions. The key was moving the goalpost entirely with a completely new system. It's like when people get iPads. The vast majority don't bitch about not being able to install the dancing bunnies they just accept that that is a part of the iPad experience. It's a thin line but in this case it worked.
Yeah, I'm sure that's what it is as she constantly asks me to install Linux on her friend's computers and I have to politely decline as I'm not interested in being their tech support. Nice social skills you have there btw, bucko.
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I'm glad you got modded funny. I love it when people that never accomplished shit try to mock those that do. Nice to see human nature is one thing that no matter what brave new world we find ourselves in tomorrow will never change.
Since by definition a Pissoir is not a bathroom, I don't think it will be a problem.
Think they're focusing on both actually. A lot of people work there these days so they can spread them around a little bit you know.
Here is an excellent blog post by a Valve Software employee about the potential of augmented reality. Basically, the real thing like what you see in the video above while the guy is cutting the cucumber is very hard. Things like perfect motion tracking, contextual awareness, seamless overlays are science fiction at this point. But this is a very compelling scenario and very smart people are working on it so sooner or later it's happening. Hopefully Google Glass will get us one step closer. Ironically, one of the best uses for it is real life ad block. Imagine riding down the freeway and every billboard is replaced by a giant sequoia. Or a mushroom Smurf house.
Have you seen the final production version, Nostradamus?
Practically in par with Morrowind. Preview dammit!
Actually I say that despite being attracted to the exact opposite. The fact that I mentioned Aralon which is a game that I would put practically on par with Aralon should have been the first clue. But you're right, I am making a big assumption here and I hope that I will be proven wrong. I'd love to sink my teeth into a fps on Android that is on par with something like Deus Ex or half life.
Yes, dead Trigger was pay to play and pay to win which is a slap in the face to legal purchasers of the game. I bought shadowgun as well and if I would have had to pay in-game to progress I would have incensed. My understanding is that Ouya is going to the free to play model with micro transactions so assuming they deliver the console we'll definitely get a first hand account on whether the model works.
...and you don't get automatic updates. I don't know how cheap a pirates time is but mine isn't. Chances are a person who pirates a 5$ game isn't going to be a customer anyway.
This times a million. Yes, in my younger and broker days I did pirate Windows applications. As a matter of fact it was quite the habit. But now with Android, there is no way I'm going to put the time and effort into chasing down a 5 dollar app on thepiratebay. There aren't enough hours in the day. I'd rather just buy it and if I don't like it within 15 minutes I can get a refund. If I keep it and it still ends up sucking, whoopdey freaking do. It was five bucks. If the dev puts anything else up, I just won't buy from him/her again. Speaking of which, Google should put something in the play store to where you can keep track of devs you like and be alerted to new stuff by them and also be able to note devs you don't like so you don't accidentally buy from them again. Maybe I should patent that shit.
For the dev shops that keep track of piracy (like Madfinger does obviously) I'd be interested in knowing what the country of origin the breakdown of pirates is. I know that Android has a ton of Marketshare in China and I also know they aren't buying any games from the Play Store.
Is that billion revenue or profit?
I have to agree. With the mature market share Android enjoys I find it extremely unlikely that any but a small fraction of users even know piracy is possible much less how to do it. I mean, first you have to find Android apps to pirate which, yes, they are all over piratebay but before you can get those on your phone easily, you have to download the bittorrent client. Barring that, you have to hook the phone to your computer etc. No freaking way normal people are going through that in large numbers. I would buy that Android users just aren't purchasing and using apps in the first place. The cure for that is better apps and Google making buying through the play store as easy as possible.
How is this steaming pile of shit modded up?
On the other hand, I can't help but think that the Ouya will not be successful for other reasons. I get the impression that it will produce more tablet-style games for the tv set rather than the rich gaming experience that's worthy of the living room
That's where I think you're wrong. Te reason tablet games lack some of the depth found on the consoles is people frankly don't want it. Nobody wants to be sitting on the train waiting through a 10 plus minute cut scene. tablets are a dip in dip out device and debs generally cater to that. As soon as you put the hardware in the living room, provided Ouya can attract developers, you will see much more immersive games. The Tegra3 is certainly capable. There are even some tablet games that offer a PC like experience the excellent Aralon for the iPad being a prime example.
Yes, you do have to jailbreak your iDevice device to do it but once you do that you will find no platform that offers the ease of pirating that iOS does. Once you load Installous it's on like Donkey Kong(TM). Get it?
Ease of piracy is a large part of what made Windows into the juggernaut it is today. Just like Bill Gates said, they may not be able to charge pirates today but someday down the road they will. Android may be easy to pirate with today but it won't always be that way. Jellybean is already shipping with the ability to encrypt market downloads with a device specific key. More and more Android chews through the market share of the other OSs and at some point just like with Windows a tipping point will hit where the market share will be so overwhelming and the difficulty of pirating will be 'just so' that you won't help but be able to make money on the platform. In the meantime, make your money on iOS but keep an eye on Android. Don't forget to sharpen up those Java skills.
You are scum.
And yet, now they can.
I gather you don't write Android or iOS apps as the process can only really be described as plugging your code into the framework.
I left a windows mobile running HTC apache for an android powered HTC G1. I'm now on a galaxy nexus and windows phone is a long way from pulling me back.
In what way have the OEMs "failed"? There was no Windows for ARM so they couldn't go toe to toe with the iPad and Windows 7 is unsuitable for a touch screen tablet. If anything Microsoft failed the OEMs.
It's called managing expectations. How well does Office run on the iPad?
So they're privately owned, but accessible to the government.
Yeah, that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
Not knocking your skills or anything, but you overlooked the numerous security options that have been present in XP, Vista, and are even stronger in 7.
On the contrary. I carefully considered the option of a totally locked down Windows machine. It occurred to me though that what she'd have was the same thing she had before except it no longer can do x,y, and z. She'd get frustrated with it and by extension me and demand that I undo the restrictions. The key was moving the goalpost entirely with a completely new system. It's like when people get iPads. The vast majority don't bitch about not being able to install the dancing bunnies they just accept that that is a part of the iPad experience. It's a thin line but in this case it worked.
Yeah, I'm sure that's what it is as she constantly asks me to install Linux on her friend's computers and I have to politely decline as I'm not interested in being their tech support. Nice social skills you have there btw, bucko.