Seems to me that when the EU can do it and produce twice as much economic growth while we in the US persist in not doing it and achieve half as much growth in our economy, that maybe your analogy is incorrect.
Reality is that dealing with global warming is not "a return to nature".
It just means you don't get to drive your 8 mpg SUV.
No, the increased sea level affects low-lying countries (e.g. Bangladesh, Florida, etc) by making it much more probable that a tsunami will reach even further.
Basic math: Take a bathtub, fill it half way, plop yourself in - the tub retains the water.
Now fill the bathtub two inches below the rim and repeat the experiment with the same person doing the same thing.
End result is more flooding.
Now, do I need to explain why global warming leads to rising sea levels? Or do you want to tell me why the earth is flat...
However, I am interested in the one for the Wii, to see how Nintendo handles the controls for that game.
Well, the graphics look good, but if you've actually played a FPS on the 360 or PS3 on a real HDTV (40 or more inches, using an HDMI cable that 2/3 of consumers seem to forget), they may pale in comparison.
Not sure how the Wii-mote and Wii controller work with it - may add to the experience (or not).
I would love to play 300 with a Wii - done properly the nunchuk is your shield and the Wii-mote is your sword.
Billions of people in Bangladesh, India and China will lose their homes and be forced to illegally migrate to other countries because of the climate "scientists" who deny global warming is happening.
But that's the practical side of it.
Ignore the hurricanes, tsunamis flooding Bangladesh, and the loss of island nations worldwide, if you must. But don't call your "belief" science.
Not only that, they probably just ripped the wall off of a nearby shed (wood) and laid it across the wired fence, which shorted out the system when they ran across it. After cutting the metal bars for the fence at the base with a hacksaw.
If Sony does Not reduce their price within the next year they will be i nall sorts of trouble. All it takes is one $360 price drop and there is serious trouble. Most games are for both systems.
They also seem to believe we in the US are gullible fools, who can't be bothered to check the actual street prices for the exact same system in Japan.
We know that the PS3 has a much much lower street price in Japan.
We are not fools.
Drop the US list price or give us similar street prices thru retail credits to the stores - but stop assuming we're ignorant.
P.S.: We know Blu-Ray has been hacked, so pretending it hasn't also makes us not believe what they say.
A lot, probably even the majority, of casual gamers, don't want the whole live/home/online "experience". We want to pop in a game and waste a few hours to unwind between getting home from work/school and having dinner.
I have to agree. Look, I used to be a power gamer, and a game designer. Well, my son is the one who does that now. I want fun games that don't penalize me for not wanting to devote 40 hours a week to game play, or my taking a trip to Europe.
And I don't want someone else defining my "lifestyle".
If I wanted to be a serf, I'd live in a country where... oh, wait... darn.
Still, they seriously need to rethink both their pricing and their attitudes. Supremely confident comes across as arrogant elitist in the US with casual gamers.
On one hand, there is the negative connotation that ports are generally "sub-standard". On the other hand, the DS and PS2 are extremely popular platforms with some amazing games on them. And having a large game library (more choices) isn't such a bad thing. After all, many of the successful consoles in history have had humongous libaries, often filled with "sub-standard" games and ports (SNES, PS, PS2). If anything, it's a good thing that the Wii is building a hefty library, since the GameCube scene was relatively bare.
Well, I am looking forward to the Guitar Hero for the Wii. That should rock!
And the lineup for this year seems crammed full of good Wii games - my only concern is the paucity of decent RPG titles. Now if we could port a certain Molyneux game from the xBox...
I am surprised you haven't talked about Metroid Prime 3 [gamespot.com] for the Wii. While Red Steel was widely panned by critics and players alike, I am hoping that Nintendo does show developers the right way to use the Wii controls in their only first-party FPS title.
Well, it's mostly because, for some reason I don't know, I have never been interested in Metroid Prime.
Not sure why, but if it's supposed to be for casual or family gamers, maybe it's the advertising.
It just... looks boring.
I'm sure it's a fine game. If I was an FPS kind of player, maybe I'd be excited. But I'm not.
Got a local EBGames? Call it every morning and see if they just got some in. I got mine because I just happened to be in one at a mall at the right time.
They also have an online store product locator - for example, I've seen Wii consoles at the GameStop just to the east of Northgate Mall (not the one inside the mall).
You can check online and, if it says they have it, phone them when they open and drop in.
What convinced me to pickup the Wii this generation was titles like Red Steel. It looked like 3rd party developers might pick up the market that Nintendo neglects. If his message was make games my wife will like, I can't help but cringe a bit. I like gaming and for the most part, I like gaming how it is. I dont want hundreds of party games popping up, I already know there are going to be enough. Nintendo should be appealing to 3rd parties to develop exactly the type of games they wont.
You'll notice I didn't reply to the slurs against me from the parent - I calls them as I sees them, and (not amazingly) that's how the market is reacting.
However, while I too was initially attracted to the Wii by Red Steel - as someone who did fencing with various weapons (sword, cutlass, epee) - I quickly realized that although this would make a really cool Star Wars light saber dueling game, it was not the biggest aspect of it.
The FPS parts of Red Steel don't appeal to me, quite frankly. I spent too long as a marksman in the Army and the little inconsistencies really throw me off such things - boring technical aspects like the bullets not flying right, no kick, that kind of thing. Throws me off of many movies as well (one surprising exception was Smokin Aces, which was well done from a mechanistic realism aspect).
I still have hopes someone will do this right, but expect that the really good FPS implementations will be initially limited to the PS3 and xBox360, although some of the Wii-designed titles may be as fun to play (mostly due to the controller(s)).
And probably that - the Wii-designed FPS titles - will be done by a third-party. It takes a certain mindset to deal with that. And Nintendo probably doesn't have enough of those people. At least the dev cost won't be high.
I really expect we won't see decent top-of-the-line FPS from Nintendo until probably the next gen console they are working on. Call of Duty is maybe half of the way there with COD3, but that's third party. And the multi-console strategy they're using means we shouldn't expect major revolutions in FPS until some other third party develops them.
Nintendo announced nothing. Sadly, I forgot the Slashdot hive mind was so pro Nintendo. Being quasi-ever so slightly critical of Miyamoto is going to get you modded to trolledom. I really have to stop posting to the game section of Slashdot...
So, how's that stock price and game adoption rates working out for you at Sony? Seems to me the market is sending a very clear signal to you, even if you want to ignore it.
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Seems to me that when the EU can do it and produce twice as much economic growth while we in the US persist in not doing it and achieve half as much growth in our economy, that maybe your analogy is incorrect.
Reality is that dealing with global warming is not "a return to nature".
It just means you don't get to drive your 8 mpg SUV.
That's all.
No, the increased sea level affects low-lying countries (e.g. Bangladesh, Florida, etc) by making it much more probable that a tsunami will reach even further.
...
Basic math: Take a bathtub, fill it half way, plop yourself in - the tub retains the water.
Now fill the bathtub two inches below the rim and repeat the experiment with the same person doing the same thing.
End result is more flooding.
Now, do I need to explain why global warming leads to rising sea levels? Or do you want to tell me why the earth is flat
Sealand.
See, that's what the scientists working on cold weather research and bioweapons told themselves in China and Germany ...
It sounds great.
But, in the real world, that is the end result.
Morals are fine when it's not you that is affected by your lack thereof.
However, I am interested in the one for the Wii, to see how Nintendo handles the controls for that game.
Well, the graphics look good, but if you've actually played a FPS on the 360 or PS3 on a real HDTV (40 or more inches, using an HDMI cable that 2/3 of consumers seem to forget), they may pale in comparison.
Not sure how the Wii-mote and Wii controller work with it - may add to the experience (or not).
I would love to play 300 with a Wii - done properly the nunchuk is your shield and the Wii-mote is your sword.
I think you can buy it online at Costco online and they will ship it to you.
The bundle they chose is pretty sweet, unlike the one I saw at EBX.
Billions of people in Bangladesh, India and China will lose their homes and be forced to illegally migrate to other countries because of the climate "scientists" who deny global warming is happening.
But that's the practical side of it.
Ignore the hurricanes, tsunamis flooding Bangladesh, and the loss of island nations worldwide, if you must. But don't call your "belief" science.
Some states don't have sales taxes. Our state has no income tax.
yeah....except the thiefs would be long gone.
Not only that, they probably just ripped the wall off of a nearby shed (wood) and laid it across the wired fence, which shorted out the system when they ran across it. After cutting the metal bars for the fence at the base with a hacksaw.
Hacksaw - $5
Crowbar to remove fence - $10
Looting the station - Priceless!
You'd hate living in our state then. We have no income tax here, only sales tax.
Which works fine for me, since I'm a compulsive saver.
In the Wii version of ET ...
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No, in the Wii version of ET, she's all grown up now
It's $599, after tax possibly $650. No way has it ever been $700.
He means the UK price. The Japanese price (street retail) is about $450.
Basically, the EU, especially the UK, and then the US, are being ripped off.
If Sony does Not reduce their price within the next year they will be i nall sorts of trouble. All it takes is one $360 price drop and there is serious trouble. Most games are for both systems.
They also seem to believe we in the US are gullible fools, who can't be bothered to check the actual street prices for the exact same system in Japan.
We know that the PS3 has a much much lower street price in Japan.
We are not fools.
Drop the US list price or give us similar street prices thru retail credits to the stores - but stop assuming we're ignorant.
P.S.: We know Blu-Ray has been hacked, so pretending it hasn't also makes us not believe what they say.
A lot, probably even the majority, of casual gamers, don't want the whole live/home/online "experience". We want to pop in a game and waste a few hours to unwind between getting home from work/school and having dinner.
... oh, wait ... darn.
I have to agree. Look, I used to be a power gamer, and a game designer. Well, my son is the one who does that now. I want fun games that don't penalize me for not wanting to devote 40 hours a week to game play, or my taking a trip to Europe.
And I don't want someone else defining my "lifestyle".
If I wanted to be a serf, I'd live in a country where
Still, they seriously need to rethink both their pricing and their attitudes. Supremely confident comes across as arrogant elitist in the US with casual gamers.
Actually, in my state (Washington), you get paid more than $7.50 an hour, so earning $8.77 is even worse - fry cooks here make $10 an hour.
On one hand, there is the negative connotation that ports are generally "sub-standard". On the other hand, the DS and PS2 are extremely popular platforms with some amazing games on them. And having a large game library (more choices) isn't such a bad thing. After all, many of the successful consoles in history have had humongous libaries, often filled with "sub-standard" games and ports (SNES, PS, PS2). If anything, it's a good thing that the Wii is building a hefty library, since the GameCube scene was relatively bare.
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Well, I am looking forward to the Guitar Hero for the Wii. That should rock!
And the lineup for this year seems crammed full of good Wii games - my only concern is the paucity of decent RPG titles. Now if we could port a certain Molyneux game from the xBox
I am surprised you haven't talked about Metroid Prime 3 [gamespot.com] for the Wii. While Red Steel was widely panned by critics and players alike, I am hoping that Nintendo does show developers the right way to use the Wii controls in their only first-party FPS title.
... looks boring.
Well, it's mostly because, for some reason I don't know, I have never been interested in Metroid Prime.
Not sure why, but if it's supposed to be for casual or family gamers, maybe it's the advertising.
It just
I'm sure it's a fine game. If I was an FPS kind of player, maybe I'd be excited. But I'm not.
Got a local EBGames? Call it every morning and see if they just got some in. I got mine because I just happened to be in one at a mall at the right time.
They also have an online store product locator - for example, I've seen Wii consoles at the GameStop just to the east of Northgate Mall (not the one inside the mall).
You can check online and, if it says they have it, phone them when they open and drop in.
Not enough time, too many good games ... although, actually, I saw my first 1 out of 5 star review on G4TV for a Wii game a couple of nights ago ...
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Sigh. I guess that means it's time to see lots of sub-standard games ported to the Wii
What convinced me to pickup the Wii this generation was titles like Red Steel. It looked like 3rd party developers might pick up the market that Nintendo neglects. If his message was make games my wife will like, I can't help but cringe a bit. I like gaming and for the most part, I like gaming how it is. I dont want hundreds of party games popping up, I already know there are going to be enough. Nintendo should be appealing to 3rd parties to develop exactly the type of games they wont.
You'll notice I didn't reply to the slurs against me from the parent - I calls them as I sees them, and (not amazingly) that's how the market is reacting.
However, while I too was initially attracted to the Wii by Red Steel - as someone who did fencing with various weapons (sword, cutlass, epee) - I quickly realized that although this would make a really cool Star Wars light saber dueling game, it was not the biggest aspect of it.
The FPS parts of Red Steel don't appeal to me, quite frankly. I spent too long as a marksman in the Army and the little inconsistencies really throw me off such things - boring technical aspects like the bullets not flying right, no kick, that kind of thing. Throws me off of many movies as well (one surprising exception was Smokin Aces, which was well done from a mechanistic realism aspect).
I still have hopes someone will do this right, but expect that the really good FPS implementations will be initially limited to the PS3 and xBox360, although some of the Wii-designed titles may be as fun to play (mostly due to the controller(s)).
And probably that - the Wii-designed FPS titles - will be done by a third-party. It takes a certain mindset to deal with that. And Nintendo probably doesn't have enough of those people. At least the dev cost won't be high.
I really expect we won't see decent top-of-the-line FPS from Nintendo until probably the next gen console they are working on. Call of Duty is maybe half of the way there with COD3, but that's third party. And the multi-console strategy they're using means we shouldn't expect major revolutions in FPS until some other third party develops them.
Come now, do you really think that WIPO -- the World Intellectual Property Organization -- is going to do anything to weaken copyrights and patents?
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One can always dream. And since they don't like the US much nowadays, one has more hope than usual
I don't believe I used that word.
oh, and in my reply to him, I meant games purchased since November (in regards to PS2 being about one-quarter of console game purchases).
For the record, I own a Wii and PS2, xBox, and GameCube - and probaly one-quarter of the games are for the PS2.
Used to own Sony stock too. Sold it, bought Nintendo stock, right after E3, when it was obvious what was going to happen.
Reality is a harsh mistress.
Nintendo announced nothing. Sadly, I forgot the Slashdot hive mind was so pro Nintendo. Being quasi-ever so slightly critical of Miyamoto is going to get you modded to trolledom. I really have to stop posting to the game section of Slashdot...
So, how's that stock price and game adoption rates working out for you at Sony? Seems to me the market is sending a very clear signal to you, even if you want to ignore it.
Higher than CEOs and CFOs who loot and destroy their companies?
... a fry cook?
Higher than someone who collects garbage?
Higher than