After the poor show at E3, I'm starting to doubt whether Nintendo can hold on to its lead for much longer.
Nintendo's E3 was pretty poor, but Sony and Microsoft's weren't phenomenal either.
They like to think that it's the casual games selling Wiis, but the AAA titles are what the hardcore gamers want - and it's the hardcore gamers who'll decide the outcome of the console wars.
You can keep telling yourself that. Microsoft know better. How many new casual games did they announce at E3? Singstar, Buzz AND Eyetoy clones I believe they were. They still need to reduce the price before there is any significant casual adoption however.
Fatal Frame = Project Zero for those in Europe/Australia. A survival horror game, and not some ten pin bowling / russian roulette hybrid, unfortunately.
Actually zombies + rails + gun control = Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. Resident Evil 4 is zombies - rails + standard wii/nunchuck combo. Haven't played UC but RE4 is fantastic.
Agreed. But it's still a heck of a lot better than the PS2, and most developers ignore that extra potential when writing/porting games for the PS2/Wii. Not that I can really blame them. I'm sure its a lot cheaper supporting the lowest common demoninator. Now I'm in Australia, and Rock Band hasn't been released here yet (I doubt it ever will be since Rock Band 2 will be out shortly anyway), so I don't really know what is lacking in the Wii version. The only thing I can think of that would make the Wii not handle a rythm game would be the low resolution making it harder to display all four players' notes clearly. Which wouldn't be the developer's fault, but if its the case, the should definitely have tried for a different UI layout.
The linked article really drove home just how much money that movie made! But seriously, would you mind posting the correct one? I'm curious as to what it was now.
These numbers aren't counting handhelds. The DS has been WAY ahead on that count since before any of the home consoles were even released. Currently around 24 million in the US according to VGChartz, though it also says the Wii is 12 million and this says 11.
I'm in Australia and its not hard to find to find a Wii here (or at least I don't think it is. Certainly don't here all these complaints), but I'm curious about this. Can't you just order one at a store, and when they get stock they'll put it aside for you, give you a call and you can come pick it up?
Good for you, that's not what the article is about, though. The point is, a system NOT protected by a firewall or antivirus will get owned in about 4 minutes.
Which is kinda moot since you can't buy Windows without firewall on by default.
Sure, there are some non-citizens at Gitmo, but I happen to believe that most, if not all, were actively plotting against this country, or knowingly helping others who were.
So you wouldn't mind being locked up in Gitmo as long as somebody believed that of you? Hell, its wrong even if they were.
swiping your credit card, or whatever payment option is available, and having it wait you until you leave, then bill you for the time you used
Thats not something I would be keen on. You know that one day its not going to detect you leaving and you'll end up with a gigantic charge on your credit card.
I don't know about where you are, but here you would get fined for that. If you have a metered 2P space, you can pay for UP TO 2 hours. If you stay longer, you get fined. At the moment they do this by chalking your wheels, although systems similar to this SF one have started being trialled. They don't tell motorists where parks are, they just tell parking inspectors of spaces that have overstaying cars in them.
Greenland: Too busy with awesome blond chicks, high tech data centers, and hot spas. Not interested in causing it and no one is interested in attacking it.
Well, nobody was interested in attacking it until you described it like that!
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Oh now that is too priceless. They should do that for people who type "lose" instead of "loose".
Fixed that for ya!
Because every router in the route needs to support multicast. And ISPs turn off multicasting, so thats just not gonna happen.
Ah the joys of requiring advertised prices to include sales tax.
And yes I do realise that that will never work in the US due to your infuriatingly complicated tax system.
After the poor show at E3, I'm starting to doubt whether Nintendo can hold on to its lead for much longer.
Nintendo's E3 was pretty poor, but Sony and Microsoft's weren't phenomenal either.
They like to think that it's the casual games selling Wiis, but the AAA titles are what the hardcore gamers want - and it's the hardcore gamers who'll decide the outcome of the console wars.
You can keep telling yourself that. Microsoft know better. How many new casual games did they announce at E3? Singstar, Buzz AND Eyetoy clones I believe they were. They still need to reduce the price before there is any significant casual adoption however.
Why they don't raise prices since the market will obviously bare it, I don't know, Good Will?
Bad publicity. Similar, but not quite the same.
Fatal Frame = Project Zero for those in Europe/Australia.
A survival horror game, and not some ten pin bowling / russian roulette hybrid, unfortunately.
There are even video games based on board games and board games based on video games.
I think there's a board game version of Civilization too. Which would make it a board game based on a video game based on a board game!
Actually zombies + rails + gun control = Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. Resident Evil 4 is zombies - rails + standard wii/nunchuck combo.
Haven't played UC but RE4 is fantastic.
The Wii is NOT in the same class as the 360/PS3.
Agreed. But it's still a heck of a lot better than the PS2, and most developers ignore that extra potential when writing/porting games for the PS2/Wii. Not that I can really blame them. I'm sure its a lot cheaper supporting the lowest common demoninator.
Now I'm in Australia, and Rock Band hasn't been released here yet (I doubt it ever will be since Rock Band 2 will be out shortly anyway), so I don't really know what is lacking in the Wii version. The only thing I can think of that would make the Wii not handle a rythm game would be the low resolution making it harder to display all four players' notes clearly. Which wouldn't be the developer's fault, but if its the case, the should definitely have tried for a different UI layout.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest made more money than almost any other film in history.
The linked article really drove home just how much money that movie made!
But seriously, would you mind posting the correct one? I'm curious as to what it was now.
These numbers aren't counting handhelds.
The DS has been WAY ahead on that count since before any of the home consoles were even released. Currently around 24 million in the US according to VGChartz, though it also says the Wii is 12 million and this says 11.
I'm in Australia and its not hard to find to find a Wii here (or at least I don't think it is. Certainly don't here all these complaints), but I'm curious about this.
Can't you just order one at a store, and when they get stock they'll put it aside for you, give you a call and you can come pick it up?
Who do you think the politicians will listen to?
Politicians listen?
And it was on /. then too.
Yeah I was expecting an off topic mod, but then ya never really can rely on moderators.
The Arch Deluxe was the best McDonald's sandwich ever.
Is that meant to sound impressive?
Good for you, that's not what the article is about, though. The point is, a system NOT protected by a firewall or antivirus will get owned in about 4 minutes.
Which is kinda moot since you can't buy Windows without firewall on by default.
Given the speed of ultra-low-power handhelds, we could be seeing the first release of Duke Nukem Takes Forever.
What? You mean like faster than the PCs that were around when the other Duke Nukems were released?
What will come out first, these Duke Nukem games or Forever?
Well there's not really any question about that.
I even get messages sometimes from the telco, which means they are getting free money everytime they send a promotion to every cell phone.
Telstra tried that here... ages ago now. It didn't really work out too well for them. Now receiving an SMS is free.
Sure, there are some non-citizens at Gitmo, but I happen to believe that most, if not all, were actively plotting against this country, or knowingly helping others who were.
So you wouldn't mind being locked up in Gitmo as long as somebody believed that of you? Hell, its wrong even if they were.
swiping your credit card, or whatever payment option is available, and having it wait you until you leave, then bill you for the time you used
Thats not something I would be keen on. You know that one day its not going to detect you leaving and you'll end up with a gigantic charge on your credit card.
I don't know about where you are, but here you would get fined for that. If you have a metered 2P space, you can pay for UP TO 2 hours. If you stay longer, you get fined. At the moment they do this by chalking your wheels, although systems similar to this SF one have started being trialled. They don't tell motorists where parks are, they just tell parking inspectors of spaces that have overstaying cars in them.
Don't worry. The extra parking fines issued by officers who know EXACTLY when a car has overstayed will pay for it.
Greenland: Too busy with awesome blond chicks, high tech data centers, and hot spas. Not interested in causing it and no one is interested in attacking it.
Well, nobody was interested in attacking it until you described it like that!