This is the same Squaresoft prima donna we saw ten years ago. "Cater to us or your silly little console will go down the tubes."
Last year Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix, announced that Kingdom Hearts II would be,
"The best game to ever grace the PS2" (or tied for best, it's a little ambiguous, but WROONG nonetheless). It's amazing how conceited they are.
I still feel like Enix is the big loser with this merger. Enix was that good, Squaresoft just thought they were.
Umm, name a game Enix was developing in-house at the time of the merger. Heck, name one it was developing in-house within ten years of the merger. They might be a good publisher/producer, but their games weren't actually made by them, and were created mainly by outside companies, so I don't really think you can ascribe any sort of identity to them as far as game design goes.
The fact that Nintendo's console is selling for a profit also means that they don't have to sell a bunch of game titles to get into the black -- if a person never buys another product from Nintendo after the console purchase, they've already made money.
How is that remotely good? All that does is provide less incentive to produce and enforce high-quality games. After all, they're already making money, and doing some of those things adds a risk of not making as much money. Their accountants will be all over that.
For years I've wondered if anyone out there has converted a jukebox into a giant CD-ROM sorter/finder/drive (possibly labeler), nice to know someone has the same question... I agree though, if you're forced to deal with tens of thousands of CDs, it would be nice to have some sort of automated system dealing with them... Sure, you'd have to maintain said system, but it would ultimately save you time...
From TFA: "Zhou Hongyi, controversial Internet entrepreneur and former president of Yahoo China, has filed a 3.6-million yuan ($450,000) defamation suit against his former employer in Beijing's Second Intermediary People's Court." (emphasis mine)
Is China's People's Court anything like our People's Court? That would be so awesome...
"It's true that the neurons harden as your mind differentiates itself (much like a fetus' maturing organs); "
And yet some of the best work has been produced by men and women well past 30.
You miss the general idea here. It's not that people past 30 can't think, it's just that it's slightly harder for them to learn. It's not that they can't learn either, it's just harder.
What I would do if I were you is pretend that the thing stopped working/you got used to it (you can make him guess at which). Cut through his grass, chat on his sidewalk, play hockey next door, etc. Keep your cool, irritate him and help realize all his greatest fears about youngins without breaking a single law. It might take some willpower, but if you can convince him it isn't working at all, he'll probably either get rid of it or replace it, at which point you can continue annoying him and ignoring it until he either runs his nest egg dry on these overpriced pieces of crap or gives up...
Alternatively, you could just wait it out. You can expedite the process by going to rock concerts every night and working part-time in a bell tower.
One last suggestion would be to do something extremely annoying yet legal back at him, like Christmassing up the side of your house that faces him with 300 watt lights and focusing mirrors at night. If he calls the cops, tell them it "faces Mecca" or something, they'll love that...
Probably not, I know a few people around your age who can't hear it and heck, it doesn't bother my dog at all. I can hear it though, but it's not nearly as annoying as another sound I heard in a poorly recorded mp3 that the same people can't hear (also that insanely awful one at the end of a feedback loop)... If he spent over half a grand on this particular sound, he's retarded. He should have asked some young people which sounds annoy them more. Of course, they would have lied, but still...
And herein lies the problem. If Nintendo is actively targeting a diverse market of non-gamers, Microsoft is actively targetting a narrow slice of already-gamers. Chick-craved boys make of less of the market than they used to, and even plenty of those aren't willing to shell out 44,000 yen just to get a 360 and DOA. I remember that Microsoft at one point said they were going to make the 360 "less dependant on that sort of thing" than the last Xbox (the one that had a version in Japan that came with Kasumi pillowcase), but they've done nothing of the sort. Like the article says, they depend on DOA games to sell the system. The series's main publicized competitor while I was in Japan was Rumble Roses for the PS2, so Microsot snaged it for 360. That's right, they bought more crack! I thought you were off the crack Microsoft, I'm so ashamed! I really do think Microsoft could do a lot better in Japan if they tried to push out some solid franchises that don't rely on sex appeal yet are popular in Japan. When it's harder to find an Xbox than a Sega Saturn, you know you're catering to a small group of enthusiasts...
Woah, watch out for those zandworms! Seriously, they should keep these goofy codenames internal... If they're going to publicize every single one maybe they should get marketing involved...
So Sega could have rolled out a CD-based system as powerful as the N64, and also been first to market. Too bad about those childish execs at Sega Japan.
Well, Sega wouldn't even have gotten the chance if it wasn't for the same foolish mistake being made at Nintendo. That entire generation of management pretty much proved it needed a new competitor in order to force it to get its shit together, and in doing so they brought in Sony... The irony is that now Sony's execs are screaming "we don't derserve to stay in the console business" even louder than Sega or Nintendo ever did. This industry has no learning curve.
And Windows was a development platform for the Gamecube, wasn't it? I really don't think there's any secret connection between Apple and Nintendo except in the eyes of their fans. I really can't easily see them working on a joint project in the near future, their actual businesses and corporate cultures are just too different.
At this point, if you manage to piss off Nintendo and Apple in the same punch, you're likely to just strengthen their unspoken alliance to the point of them officially joining forces against you, and I wouldn't want to be on the other side of that battle.
"Unspoken alliance"? What does this mean, exactly? I'm not remotely aware of any such thing. Have their execs, or even their employees, ever met? And if they did, did they like wink at each other, or did they sign a memo of understanding or something? Nintendo and Apple share like no interests, just competitors, and that doesn't mean anything. That's like saying Philips will ally with Microsoft due to their competition with Sony in the electronics market.
If this guy was flying from Montreal to Vancouver to Seattle and so forth, staying in hotels, paying for internet access, and eating food, for a whole year, how much money did he start out with?! I mean, is it not reasonable to assume that if he actually worked he could have easily bought a house on the Canadian countryside withing a year?
Did anyone else here ever notice how the tentative title for the PS3's online service, PNP is pronounced "Pimp"? At this rate the final name will be something totally badass, like "Resurrection" or something...
This story came out more than three years ago. A year and a half ago I saw a documentary about it. Not to say it isn't interesting, but it's been covered... Isn't there a statute of limitations or something? I wonder how hard it would be to sneak "Scientists Invent Amazing New 'Atom Bomb'" or "Greeks Discover Earth is Spherical" past Zonk early in the morning...
I agree, it was dead long before Xbox. I bought me a $40 Dreamcast new before Gamecube came out... Their death also kinda contributed to Gamcube's relative success, since it drew a lot of now-third-party Sega games. In fact it still is. At least from the Japanese news I've been following, the Wii has a Sonic game in the spotlight, while PS3 might have one on the backburner or something, but isn't really pushing it...
I certainly hope that Apple doesn't buy nintendo (even if they could) because the reason nintendo are great is because the concentrate on games, games, games ...and CCG cards, poker chips, go sets, love-testers, theme parks, anime, mahjong sets, playing cards, museums, toys, the Mariners, portioned instant rice, hanafuda cards, and occasional the love hotel and taxi service. I guess a lot are "game-related" in some manner though, but I'm pretty sure you meant "videogames"...
In your Windoze analogy it should be obvious that viruii are not enough of a problem for people to start switching to Linux or Mac OS based solely on the amount of viruii they contract.
This is what I meant by "when more than one marketable factor is involved". No one's paying attention to the greater virus vunerability, because there are plenty of other things to worry about. I picked Windows for my analogy because many of the reasons people won't switch (established user base, exclusive content) could easily be reasons people on a dating site would choose to ignore scamming (plus other things like evil subscription plans, etc.). Like you said for viruses, some people might use some form of third party software to filter scammers, but (just like with viruses) way too many won't. I don't see Free Market flying in and saving the day on this one, but maybe I'm missing something...
For example, if Yahoo dating service is able to block 98% of scammers, while Match.com is only able to block 75%, then who should win?
If more than 50% of viruses are on Windows, and less than that are on anything else, who should win? The free market is broken, at least with goods/services where more than one marketable factor is involved... (which is most)
With prices starting at just $550 this new toy is accessible by most anyone.
So the PS3, which is an actual toy mind you, is "prohibitively expensive", while an esoteric piece of hardware only 1 in 10 people would even know how to use is "fun for the whole family, go out and buy one at Walmart"?
Putting aside the fact that it was a joke and that that detail doesn't really have anything to do with it, Mario Kart DS and the "WarioWare, Inc Mega..." games, among others, use the Konami code.
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The fact that Nintendo's console is selling for a profit also means that they don't have to sell a bunch of game titles to get into the black -- if a person never buys another product from Nintendo after the console purchase, they've already made money.
How is that remotely good? All that does is provide less incentive to produce and enforce high-quality games. After all, they're already making money, and doing some of those things adds a risk of not making as much money. Their accountants will be all over that.
For years I've wondered if anyone out there has converted a jukebox into a giant CD-ROM sorter/finder/drive (possibly labeler), nice to know someone has the same question... I agree though, if you're forced to deal with tens of thousands of CDs, it would be nice to have some sort of automated system dealing with them... Sure, you'd have to maintain said system, but it would ultimately save you time...
From TFA: "Zhou Hongyi, controversial Internet entrepreneur and former president of Yahoo China, has filed a 3.6-million yuan ($450,000) defamation suit against his former employer in Beijing's Second Intermediary People's Court." (emphasis mine)
Is China's People's Court anything like our People's Court? That would be so awesome...
"It's true that the neurons harden as your mind differentiates itself (much like a fetus' maturing organs); "
And yet some of the best work has been produced by men and women well past 30.
You miss the general idea here. It's not that people past 30 can't think, it's just that it's slightly harder for them to learn. It's not that they can't learn either, it's just harder.
What I would do if I were you is pretend that the thing stopped working/you got used to it (you can make him guess at which). Cut through his grass, chat on his sidewalk, play hockey next door, etc. Keep your cool, irritate him and help realize all his greatest fears about youngins without breaking a single law. It might take some willpower, but if you can convince him it isn't working at all, he'll probably either get rid of it or replace it, at which point you can continue annoying him and ignoring it until he either runs his nest egg dry on these overpriced pieces of crap or gives up...
Alternatively, you could just wait it out. You can expedite the process by going to rock concerts every night and working part-time in a bell tower.
One last suggestion would be to do something extremely annoying yet legal back at him, like Christmassing up the side of your house that faces him with 300 watt lights and focusing mirrors at night. If he calls the cops, tell them it "faces Mecca" or something, they'll love that...
Probably not, I know a few people around your age who can't hear it and heck, it doesn't bother my dog at all. I can hear it though, but it's not nearly as annoying as another sound I heard in a poorly recorded mp3 that the same people can't hear (also that insanely awful one at the end of a feedback loop)... If he spent over half a grand on this particular sound, he's retarded. He should have asked some young people which sounds annoy them more. Of course, they would have lied, but still...
Why the hell does "think of the children" only apply to losing civil liberties, never to gaining them/getting them back?
Dammit, at their age I was carrying a gun and defending my land from railroad surveyers and rabid dogs.
And everytime the police drove by they gave you a thumbs up, glad to see you weren't doing anything dangerous like defacing priceless trees.
If they were concerned about that they would wear masks. Think before you post.
Dear God, don't go giving them ideas like that!
And herein lies the problem. If Nintendo is actively targeting a diverse market of non-gamers, Microsoft is actively targetting a narrow slice of already-gamers. Chick-craved boys make of less of the market than they used to, and even plenty of those aren't willing to shell out 44,000 yen just to get a 360 and DOA. I remember that Microsoft at one point said they were going to make the 360 "less dependant on that sort of thing" than the last Xbox (the one that had a version in Japan that came with Kasumi pillowcase), but they've done nothing of the sort. Like the article says, they depend on DOA games to sell the system. The series's main publicized competitor while I was in Japan was Rumble Roses for the PS2, so Microsot snaged it for 360. That's right, they bought more crack! I thought you were off the crack Microsoft, I'm so ashamed! I really do think Microsoft could do a lot better in Japan if they tried to push out some solid franchises that don't rely on sex appeal yet are popular in Japan. When it's harder to find an Xbox than a Sega Saturn, you know you're catering to a small group of enthusiasts...
Woah, watch out for those zandworms! Seriously, they should keep these goofy codenames internal... If they're going to publicize every single one maybe they should get marketing involved...
So Sega could have rolled out a CD-based system as powerful as the N64, and also been first to market. Too bad about those childish execs at Sega Japan.
Well, Sega wouldn't even have gotten the chance if it wasn't for the same foolish mistake being made at Nintendo. That entire generation of management pretty much proved it needed a new competitor in order to force it to get its shit together, and in doing so they brought in Sony... The irony is that now Sony's execs are screaming "we don't derserve to stay in the console business" even louder than Sega or Nintendo ever did. This industry has no learning curve.
And Windows was a development platform for the Gamecube, wasn't it? I really don't think there's any secret connection between Apple and Nintendo except in the eyes of their fans. I really can't easily see them working on a joint project in the near future, their actual businesses and corporate cultures are just too different.
At this point, if you manage to piss off Nintendo and Apple in the same punch, you're likely to just strengthen their unspoken alliance to the point of them officially joining forces against you, and I wouldn't want to be on the other side of that battle.
"Unspoken alliance"? What does this mean, exactly? I'm not remotely aware of any such thing. Have their execs, or even their employees, ever met? And if they did, did they like wink at each other, or did they sign a memo of understanding or something? Nintendo and Apple share like no interests, just competitors, and that doesn't mean anything. That's like saying Philips will ally with Microsoft due to their competition with Sony in the electronics market.
If this guy was flying from Montreal to Vancouver to Seattle and so forth, staying in hotels, paying for internet access, and eating food, for a whole year, how much money did he start out with?! I mean, is it not reasonable to assume that if he actually worked he could have easily bought a house on the Canadian countryside withing a year?
Did anyone else here ever notice how the tentative title for the PS3's online service, PNP is pronounced "Pimp"? At this rate the final name will be something totally badass, like "Resurrection" or something...
This story came out more than three years ago. A year and a half ago I saw a documentary about it. Not to say it isn't interesting, but it's been covered... Isn't there a statute of limitations or something? I wonder how hard it would be to sneak "Scientists Invent Amazing New 'Atom Bomb'" or "Greeks Discover Earth is Spherical" past Zonk early in the morning...
I agree, it was dead long before Xbox. I bought me a $40 Dreamcast new before Gamecube came out... Their death also kinda contributed to Gamcube's relative success, since it drew a lot of now-third-party Sega games. In fact it still is. At least from the Japanese news I've been following, the Wii has a Sonic game in the spotlight, while PS3 might have one on the backburner or something, but isn't really pushing it...
I certainly hope that Apple doesn't buy nintendo (even if they could) because the reason nintendo are great is because the concentrate on games, games, games
...and CCG cards, poker chips, go sets, love-testers, theme parks, anime, mahjong sets, playing cards, museums, toys, the Mariners, portioned instant rice, hanafuda cards, and occasional the love hotel and taxi service. I guess a lot are "game-related" in some manner though, but I'm pretty sure you meant "videogames"...
In your Windoze analogy it should be obvious that viruii are not enough of a problem for people to start switching to Linux or Mac OS based solely on the amount of viruii they contract.
This is what I meant by "when more than one marketable factor is involved". No one's paying attention to the greater virus vunerability, because there are plenty of other things to worry about. I picked Windows for my analogy because many of the reasons people won't switch (established user base, exclusive content) could easily be reasons people on a dating site would choose to ignore scamming (plus other things like evil subscription plans, etc.). Like you said for viruses, some people might use some form of third party software to filter scammers, but (just like with viruses) way too many won't. I don't see Free Market flying in and saving the day on this one, but maybe I'm missing something...
For example, if Yahoo dating service is able to block 98% of scammers, while Match.com is only able to block 75%, then who should win?
If more than 50% of viruses are on Windows, and less than that are on anything else, who should win? The free market is broken, at least with goods/services where more than one marketable factor is involved... (which is most)
With prices starting at just $550 this new toy is accessible by most anyone.
So the PS3, which is an actual toy mind you, is "prohibitively expensive", while an esoteric piece of hardware only 1 in 10 people would even know how to use is "fun for the whole family, go out and buy one at Walmart"?
Putting aside the fact that it was a joke and that that detail doesn't really have anything to do with it, Mario Kart DS and the "WarioWare, Inc Mega..." games, among others, use the Konami code.
They had to get rid of their old president, Nester, because he was giving away all the game secrets.
Yes, like when he slipped and said "up up down down left right left right b a start" at that press conference. I think that sealed his fate.