The Mega CD , the 32X , jaguar CD... We all remember how successful extensions to your console are(Though the jaguar CD was a great add on , it was expensive and the console was struggling at the time anyway ) .
MS in an attempted to create an extendable console.... By which i mean more money via add ons,are making a fatal mistake here "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it". People like consoles because they are simple to use They certainly don't want to waste much money on upgrades for it and to start having to worry about requirements... well maybe one small add on you can get away with (Though nintendo were quite lucky with the N64 RAM pack , not that it didn't have a few problems itself) , change the disc format and you are nearly guaranteed to have limited success if not damage done to your market.
"I don't think it's a one-size-fits-all [approach] over the next five-year horizon." People like consoles in a One size fits all,they are like comfortable track suit trousers that you can slip into of a night , pig out on a massive pizza and remain calm in the knowledge you wont need to undo a button as time goes on .
I am not a statistician by any means and could not hope to come up with a reasonable figure without a bit of study into the subject.. but here are a few thoughts
1:) distributed media (linux CDs , magazine covers) which could make the figure appear smaller
2:) repositories and uncounted download sites (lowering the number again)
3:) ???
4:) profit (sorry couldn't resist)
5:) mass installs from a single download (system administration of companies , installing it for family and friends (again lowering the number)
6:) reinstalls and upgrades( which heighten the figure )
7:)People trying it out (who may or may not continue to use the product after a trial)
So it would probably require a fair bit of study to get an actual factual figure on the size of the user base
The true beauty(subjectively so ) of what they do is making people think the risk is higher than it really is. I did rather simply and you are quite correct , I was being a touch cynical .
It is most defiantly against the interests of an insurance firm to pay out on claims , and they will do all within their powers to stop it , or delay it long enough to cover the costs of the claim via trading and general interest rates acquired through the policy . Insurance is gambling , but a rather accepted and certainly in most cases a sensible form of gambling . Perhaps its the most successful form of gambling in the world , that or the stock market .
You get protection in the off chance that something unfortunate happens , and they get to rake in billions upon billions . They would not be offering this insurance if they thought that they would have to pay out on a lot of claims .
I too laughed so hard i nearly fell of my chair , but the other part of my brain was saying "If the christians are right.. Then im going to hell(not bloody likely) && that is rather sick" So i will have my cake and eat it , +5 funnybait please
Apple did invent the iPod.What they didn't invent though was having people name all of the product group after their implementation . A brilliant marketing strategy if you can pull it off .
Totally agree with your point about the USPO though,I have been tempted to submit a patent pertaining to a mechanism which can extract oxygen from air and use it in the production and transport of energy .
This is , right now a tech demo and not a game . No matter how good it looks right now it does not represent how the game will play or even perhaps the actual in game graphics. So its a little early to be calling the Death of Unreal Tournament and the Unreal engine etc. It does look nice and the games description sounds fun as well , but then so did Daikatana's description and screenshots .
Your missing out on a whole story angle behind Tetris , The repressed blue blocks have for a long time been fighting for civil rights against the elite Red and their yellow cohorts . At the dawning of tetris the repressed masses had been fighting in a civil uprising to take back power and create equal rights.
Its your job as the outsider to aid the blocks to come to a peaceful resolution , What the creation lines symbolises is the unity between the blocks and them forgetting their problems and linking arms as brothers.
Tetris is a game of skill and diplomacy , if you don't link enough arms and the Blocks bloody struggle reaches the top then they are all doomed , Seeing their chance the Red blocks (now rather weakened and on the verge of extinction ) unleash a nuclear weapon and kill all the Tertris blocks as a bitter revenge and one last stab from hells heart , Thus Game over (Game meaning life)
So remember this , loosing at tetris will cause blood shed
If you think a tattoo doesn't hurt, then there is something wrong. It's not wimpy to admit it hurts , its only wimpy to scream like a little girl and run out of the tattoo parlour (which i have seen , and it was rather hilarious) It probably hurt a lot mainly because of the amount of Black ink used,IIRC the needle for black ink has to penetrate the skin far deeper .
I have seen far bigger and far tougher guys with tears in the sides of their eyes after having Large Black ink tattoos .
A person speaking on behalf of Microsoft talking in circles,Now there is something unusual *cough*
Anyway..
Reading through the interview , He does take great pains to rubbish Sony.
"We've been making games for two decades as a company and that's something people often forget. We're far more experienced at making games than Sony ever was"
Sony also did have a good amount of experience acquired from their partnership with Nintendo (The SNES's dropped CD add on) Which allowed Sony to pick up quite a bit of knowledge and eventually resulted in the Playstation.They also acquired a lot of very talented people for the development of their consoles.Exactly what MS did when they started to muscle into the console market
That aside , the Dreamcast was a great console(though it did have a few problems ) . It was reasonably compact , quite quiet and well designed. The man worked on it.. so my main question would be , What exactly happened with the design of the original Xbox. The Xbox is large , noisy , heavy and (this is just my opinion) not terribly attractive from a design stand point.It was one of the largest consoles to date. I see they are taking pains (at least at face value , I have no idea how noisy the box will be) to correct the issues of the origional design
So if games should be like those female orgasms they should 1:) Take ages and be boring for male players 2:) be often faked 3:) Hard for us men to find the controls 4:) have many sequels 5:) be more approachable for solo players 6:) be featured in cosmopolitan constantly
Now are half those things , not things we would want to avoid in games
Some people say Guns are evil , though objects can't really be evil only their use The same is said for DRM
Some people say Guns remove peoples rights (The right to live) People say DRM removes peoples rights (rights to use things as they wish)
On the flip side
Some folks say guns are there to protect your rights And people also say DRM is there to protect your rights
DRM and Guns go well together i think
on the book issue , You pay 33% less for only renting something which by its very nature has no resale value. Take good care of your text books and you could probably sell them for 40-75% of the initial value
So a short term saving is essentially shooting yourself in the foot long term.
Grammar is not logical , Its it's here's bobs bob's. there are many bobs in the word it's Bob's dog its dog Its power It's power It's power immeasurable its power's are immeasurable the It's its mistake is common for the simple reason of the construction of possession,plural and compounds are not all too logical.
Maths on the other hand is a science and its rigid , as are all other sciences (though the belief may change over time as our understanding changes , the core is always the same only our understanding expands)Grammar however changes regularly , it is constantly in a state of flux . What's incorrect today may have not been 100 years ago and may not be in 100 years . Why most people find the correction of grammar annoying and silly is that they find grammar annoying and silly(most likely as they do with spelling).
I would never claim to have perfect grammar or even good spelling , I do however have a learning disability which hampers these things . As such i can understand many people being so irate about having petty corrections foist upon them , and it is totally inexcusable to insult a persons intellect based on their spelling or grammar.
It is totally inexcusable to insult people really.Only to show them why something is wrong and explain it to them,Constructive criticism is far far more acceptable in almost every situation. Anger Breeds ignorance , understanding breeds knowledge .
For example if i had instead of writing the above written "you prat,stop being a grammar nazi troll and fook off" you likely would not pay any attention to me and mark me as a troll or a moron. This is the difference between politely correcting someone and being a troll. Saying "I notice the parent wrote , It's instead of its(or vice versa).Its a common mistake . What they may have meant is *explanation* " Is far less likely to draw someone's ire and may even get a positive response .
'Im already fairly decided what I'm getting , First a Revolution then a PS3 (when it comes down in price). Being fair , The Xbox's best games are either available on Computer or other consoles . So far the Xbox 2 will does not have any titles which fall outside of this category i can see no reason to buy one. This is one of the key problems i have noticed with the Xbox , IT has no great exclusives , well perhaps for a short time , but eventually they are ported now i not everything , but enough to make it a fairly pointless purchase . Even if it is backwards compatible , then for me as someone who doesn't own an Xbox its a "So what". Sony has a plethora of exclusive and backwards compatibility will not be a big issue , nintendo have already hinted at the backwards compatibility and downloads , plus you will get some great exclusives .
For the Xbox , well I could install windows and play a lot of the best on my PC . One of the Xboxs primary advantages was also one of its greatest failings and i don't think this will change for version 2
Actually Since the N64 , Nintendo have been slowly rebuilding a lot of ties with 3rd party developers. Konami , Namco , Sega,EA , Square-Enix,THQ to name but a few . 'The Dreamcast did not fail , it sold really well and had a mass of great games , The reason why its reign ended quite sharply i believe, was that Sega did not have the reserves to keep making consoles and decided (Wisely) to change focus and become a games developer only. Nintendo made a mistake going with cartridge based games on the N64 , there is no doubt about that. But the GameCube corrected this mistake and has sold well consistently, and has rebuilt relations with many Third party developers (in no small way due also to the GBA)
Im in Germany , though i must admit the Mercedes was 3 years old or so . Skodas are fine cars nowadays;) so many good jokes are now totally lost , but we still have Ladas. Skoda is a good example of how a companies image can be totally changed by an increase in quality . I agree on the part about Intel , its a shame they have to lose the low end parts but at least that will make future reintroduction easier when and if they increase their fabrication capacity. That said VIA make fine chips these days and so do SIS , So the value market wont really lose out . Also it may see a rise in AMD uptake anyway and it never hurts to level the playing field , a bit more competition will be far better in the long run for us
East Asian cars are simply the best road cars you can buy. Whilst the American manufacturers i believe took the "You will need to upgrade every few years" route in hopes of bolstering business . The Japanese , and basically all the east Asian manufacturers took the route of cheap affordable quality that runs and runs . Now it may not seem as economically sound at first to kill off a future market by making your cars tanks that require little maintenance and run for years , but what they realised is that quality sells , more and more people are eligible to drive each year,People like to upgrade anyway (even if its not broken) and word of mouth goes a long way.
The East Asian Automobile industry did not kill off the American Car manufacturers , they are killing themselves(the American industry that is) off with shoddy quality. Many European Car firms have been purchased by American car firms , My father in law recently traded in his Mercedes as it was , to be blunt , a big pile of Shite(traded it in for a lovely Hyundai sonata with all the trimmings , still came out to less than the Merc and it was far superior in every way).
Mercedes was once a bench of quality , since it was purchased by Daimler Chrysler(I believe it was them ) the cars are loosing what made them special .
A friend of mine has a pre D/C Mercedes and it really is a finely crafted auto mobile , he has had little need for maintenance.
After my personal experience with American car firms , i would not touch one again (bar perhaps a Dodge Viper) and that's a common sentiment i hear.
If Intel drop its its low end chips then they will be fine if they keep with the quality. If they don't have the capacity to make them its far better that they drop the lesser products than the quality . Loosing quality is a death sentence
Will always be a risk till humanity matures and has some global consciousness (or something of that sort) or if the vulnerability's are kept to a minimum to make the effort not worth pursuing. Teach a man to Phish and he will pheed himself for life . Close up the vulnerabilities and he he will starphe
Some information should be free , others do not matter. Medical research and scientific research in general should be free , unfortunately this seems rather tricky in the modern world.Let everyone share in the advancement of technology and let us develop it at a greater rate. GPL science Production of goods , valuables and commodities are fair to have as trade secrets I would say though . patenting things which could be developed by all to better humanity and the planet is something i find appalling.
heh I actually did that mission first time , I got lucky i guess . Replayed the game and second time it took me ages.The sniper missions are not that bad as usually there is just a set order to work out, What's worst I find is silly AI walking in front of you , or staying in/by cars that are about to explode (GTA 3/VC/SA there )which really piss me off
*Shakes his fist at Turok* FPS games and jumping puzzles are a recipe for smashed TVs , I love jumping puzzles in games where a jumping puzzle actually makes sense given the game dynamic (mario) but otherwise they are just annoying.
The most annoying cliché i can think of is protect missions , I think I've lost more hair due to to team mates and hostages running in front of rockets than i have due to hair dressers
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That is just taking the piss...
(and converting it into energy)
The Mega CD , the 32X , jaguar CD ...
.... By which i mean more money via add ons ,are making a fatal mistake here "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it". ... well maybe one small add on you can get away with (Though nintendo were quite lucky with the N64 RAM pack , not that it didn't have a few problems itself) , change the disc format and you are nearly guaranteed to have limited success if not damage done to your market.
,they are like comfortable track suit trousers that you can slip into of a night , pig out on a massive pizza and remain calm in the knowledge you wont need to undo a button as time goes on .
We all remember how successful extensions to your console are(Though the jaguar CD was a great add on , it was expensive and the console was struggling at the time anyway ) .
MS in an attempted to create an extendable console
People like consoles because they are simple to use
They certainly don't want to waste much money on upgrades for it and to start having to worry about requirements
"I don't think it's a one-size-fits-all [approach] over the next five-year horizon."
People like consoles in a One size fits all
I am not a statistician by any means and could not hope to come up with a reasonable figure without a bit of study into the subject .. but here are a few thoughts
1:) distributed media (linux CDs , magazine covers) which could make the figure appear smaller
2:) repositories and uncounted download sites (lowering the number again)
3:) ???
4:) profit (sorry couldn't resist)
5:) mass installs from a single download (system administration of companies , installing it for family and friends (again lowering the number)
6:) reinstalls and upgrades( which heighten the figure )
7:)People trying it out (who may or may not continue to use the product after a trial)
So it would probably require a fair bit of study to get an actual factual figure on the size of the user base
The true beauty(subjectively so ) of what they do is making people think the risk is higher than it really is. I did rather simply and you are quite correct , I was being a touch cynical .
It is most defiantly against the interests of an insurance firm to pay out on claims , and they will do all within their powers to stop it , or delay it long enough to cover the costs of the claim via trading and general interest rates acquired through the policy .
Insurance is gambling , but a rather accepted and certainly in most cases a sensible form of gambling .
Perhaps its the most successful form of gambling in the world , that or the stock market .
You get protection in the off chance that something unfortunate happens , and they get to rake in billions upon billions . They would not be offering this insurance if they thought that they would have to pay out on a lot of claims .
But if you modify the source of a claim and compile it yourself likely to get arrested
I too laughed so hard i nearly fell of my chair , but the other part of my brain was saying "If the christians are right.. Then im going to hell(not bloody likely) && that is rather sick"
So i will have my cake and eat it , +5 funnybait please
I wouldn't really worry about that , It's far quicker to break into it and hot-wire the machine.
Apple did invent the iPod .What they didn't invent though was having people name all of the product group after their implementation .
,I have been tempted to submit a patent pertaining to a mechanism which can extract oxygen from air and use it in the production and transport of energy .
A brilliant marketing strategy if you can pull it off .
Totally agree with your point about the USPO though
This is , right now a tech demo and not a game .
No matter how good it looks right now it does not represent how the game will play or even perhaps the actual in game graphics. So its a little early to be calling the Death of Unreal Tournament and the Unreal engine etc.
It does look nice and the games description sounds fun as well , but then so did Daikatana's description and screenshots .
Maybe not , But they seem to Be quite experienced at playing Monopoly
Your missing out on a whole story angle behind Tetris , The repressed blue blocks have for a long time been fighting for civil rights against the elite Red and their yellow cohorts . At the dawning of tetris the repressed masses had been fighting in a civil uprising to take back power and create equal rights.
Its your job as the outsider to aid the blocks to come to a peaceful resolution , What the creation lines symbolises is the unity between the blocks and them forgetting their problems and linking arms as brothers.
Tetris is a game of skill and diplomacy , if you don't link enough arms and the Blocks bloody struggle reaches the top then they are all doomed , Seeing their chance the Red blocks (now rather weakened and on the verge of extinction ) unleash a nuclear weapon and kill all the Tertris blocks as a bitter revenge and one last stab from hells heart , Thus Game over (Game meaning life)
So remember this , loosing at tetris will cause blood shed
If you think a tattoo doesn't hurt, then there is something wrong. It's not wimpy to admit it hurts , its only wimpy to scream like a little girl and run out of the tattoo parlour (which i have seen , and it was rather hilarious) ,IIRC the needle for black ink has to penetrate the skin far deeper .
It probably hurt a lot mainly because of the amount of Black ink used
I have seen far bigger and far tougher guys with tears in the sides of their eyes after having Large Black ink tattoos .
Anyway..
Reading through the interview , He does take great pains to rubbish Sony
(The SNES's dropped CD add on) Which allowed Sony to pick up quite a bit of knowledge and eventually resulted in the Playstation
That aside , the Dreamcast was a great console(though it did have a few problems ) . It was reasonably compact , quite quiet and well designed. The man worked on it
I see they are taking pains (at least at face value , I have no idea how noisy the box will be) to correct the issues of the origional design
So if games should be like those female orgasms they should
1:) Take ages and be boring for male players
2:) be often faked
3:) Hard for us men to find the controls
4:) have many sequels
5:) be more approachable for solo players
6:) be featured in cosmopolitan constantly
Now are half those things , not things we would want to avoid in games
Guns and DRM ,
Some people say Guns are evil , though objects can't really be evil only their use
The same is said for DRM
Some people say Guns remove peoples rights (The right to live)
People say DRM removes peoples rights (rights to use things as they wish)
On the flip side
Some folks say guns are there to protect your rights
And people also say DRM is there to protect your rights
DRM and Guns go well together i think
on the book issue ,
You pay 33% less for only renting something which by its very nature has no resale value.
Take good care of your text books and you could probably sell them for 40-75% of the initial value
So a short term saving is essentially shooting yourself in the foot long term.
Grammar is not logical , Its it's here's bobs bob's. ,plural and compounds are not all too logical.
.Only to show them why something is wrong and explain it to them ,Constructive criticism is far far more acceptable in almost every situation. Anger Breeds ignorance , understanding breeds knowledge .
,stop being a grammar nazi troll and fook off" you likely would not pay any attention to me and mark me as a troll or a moron. .Its a common mistake . What they may have meant is *explanation* " Is far less likely to draw someone's ire and may even get a positive response .
there are many bobs in the word
it's Bob's dog
its dog
Its power
It's power
It's power immeasurable
its power's are immeasurable
the It's its mistake is common for the simple reason of the construction of possession
Maths on the other hand is a science and its rigid , as are all other sciences (though the belief may change over time as our understanding changes , the core is always the same only our understanding expands)Grammar however changes regularly , it is constantly in a state of flux . What's incorrect today may have not been 100 years ago and may not be in 100 years .
Why most people find the correction of grammar annoying and silly is that they find grammar annoying and silly(most likely as they do with spelling).
I would never claim to have perfect grammar or even good spelling , I do however have a learning disability which hampers these things . As such i can understand many people being so irate about having petty corrections foist upon them , and it is totally inexcusable to insult a persons intellect based on their spelling or grammar.
It is totally inexcusable to insult people really
For example if i had instead of writing the above written "you prat
This is the difference between politely correcting someone and being a troll.
Saying "I notice the parent wrote , It's instead of its(or vice versa)
'Im already fairly decided what I'm getting , First a Revolution then a PS3 (when it comes down in price).
Being fair , The Xbox's best games are either available on Computer or other consoles . So far the Xbox 2 will does not have any titles which fall outside of this category i can see no reason to buy one.
This is one of the key problems i have noticed with the Xbox , IT has no great exclusives , well perhaps for a short time , but eventually they are ported now i not everything , but enough to make it a fairly pointless purchase .
Even if it is backwards compatible , then for me as someone who doesn't own an Xbox its a "So what".
Sony has a plethora of exclusive and backwards compatibility will not be a big issue , nintendo have already hinted at the backwards compatibility and downloads , plus you will get some great exclusives .
For the Xbox , well I could install windows and play a lot of the best on my PC . One of the Xboxs primary advantages was also one of its greatest failings and i don't think this will change for version 2
Actually Since the N64 , Nintendo have been slowly rebuilding a lot of ties with 3rd party developers. ,EA , Square-Enix ,THQ to name but a few .
Konami , Namco , Sega
'The Dreamcast did not fail , it sold really well and had a mass of great games , The reason why its reign ended quite sharply i believe, was that Sega did not have the reserves to keep making consoles and decided (Wisely) to change focus and become a games developer only.
Nintendo made a mistake going with cartridge based games on the N64 , there is no doubt about that.
But the GameCube corrected this mistake and has sold well consistently, and has rebuilt relations with many Third party developers (in no small way due also to the GBA)
Im in Germany , though i must admit the Mercedes was 3 years old or so . ;) so many good jokes are now totally lost , but we still have Ladas.
Skodas are fine cars nowadays
Skoda is a good example of how a companies image can be totally changed by an increase in quality
.
I agree on the part about Intel , its a shame they have to lose the low end parts but at least that will make future reintroduction easier when and if they increase their fabrication capacity.
That said VIA make fine chips these days and so do SIS , So the value market wont really lose out .
Also it may see a rise in AMD uptake anyway and it never hurts to level the playing field , a bit more competition will be far better in the long run for us
East Asian cars are simply the best road cars you can buy. ,People like to upgrade anyway (even if its not broken) and word of mouth goes a long way.
Whilst the American manufacturers i believe took the "You will need to upgrade every few years" route in hopes of bolstering business .
The Japanese , and basically all the east Asian manufacturers took the route of cheap affordable quality that runs and runs .
Now it may not seem as economically sound at first to kill off a future market by making your cars tanks that require little maintenance and run for years , but what they realised is that quality sells , more and more people are eligible to drive each year
The East Asian Automobile industry did not kill off the American Car manufacturers , they are killing themselves(the American industry that is) off with shoddy quality.
Many European Car firms have been purchased by American car firms , My father in law recently traded in his Mercedes as it was , to be blunt , a big pile of Shite(traded it in for a lovely Hyundai sonata with all the trimmings , still came out to less than the Merc and it was far superior in every way).
Mercedes was once a bench of quality , since it was purchased by Daimler Chrysler(I believe it was them ) the cars are loosing what made them special .
A friend of mine has a pre D/C Mercedes and it really is a finely crafted auto mobile , he has had little need for maintenance.
After my personal experience with American car firms , i would not touch one again (bar perhaps a Dodge Viper) and that's a common sentiment i hear.
If Intel drop its its low end chips then they will be fine if they keep with the quality. If they don't have the capacity to make them its far better that they drop the lesser products than the quality .
Loosing quality is a death sentence
Will always be a risk till humanity matures and has some global consciousness (or something of that sort) or if the vulnerability's are kept to a minimum to make the effort not worth pursuing.
Teach a man to Phish and he will pheed himself for life .
Close up the vulnerabilities and he he will starphe
Some information should be free , others do not matter. .Let everyone share in the advancement of technology and let us develop it at a greater rate.
Medical research and scientific research in general should be free , unfortunately this seems rather tricky in the modern world
GPL science
Production of goods , valuables and commodities are fair to have as trade secrets I would say though .
patenting things which could be developed by all to better humanity and the planet is something i find appalling.
heh I actually did that mission first time , I got lucky i guess . Replayed the game and second time it took me ages .The sniper missions are not that bad as usually there is just a set order to work out, What's worst I find is silly AI walking in front of you , or staying in/by cars that are about to explode (GTA 3 /VC/SA there )which really piss me off
*Shakes his fist at Turok* FPS games and jumping puzzles are a recipe for smashed TVs , I love jumping puzzles in games where a jumping puzzle actually makes sense given the game dynamic (mario) but otherwise they are just annoying.
The most annoying cliché i can think of is protect missions , I think I've lost more hair due to to team mates and hostages running in front of rockets than i have due to hair dressers