Though, doing some research here, it doesn't seem to be their global philosophy. The price of the Super Famicom in Japan was 10,000 yen more than the original Fami...
Iwata laughed at the very idea that the Wii could be released for $250 and tells the journalist to do his homework and realize that Nintendo's release price point has been fixed at $200 for the past 20 years for every single non-portable console.
For a company that's over a hundred years old, they certainly have an interesting take on inflation...
ffxii looks comparable to the ffviii tech demo. It might be due to texture trickery or something, but the in-game scenes are very nice, and there are a few points in the game where I've thought it's gone to fmv and it hasn't...
Asking customers to pay something monthly, or something periodically, we can never expect that kind of revenue to become the significant, main resources for Nintendo.
I really wish I could find it online, but Nintendo once ran a commercial in Japan in which Mario in an astronaut suit told me that from now on games will come from space, so I better get a subscription. Different president, I know, but still...
Sorry, I thought we were talking about the disc, not the format. The BDZ-S77 is a Blu-ray Disc recorder-player as far as the medium goes. The "crazy Sony conspiracy" TFA seems to hint at is that this technology still isn't implemented, and Sony has to resort to playing (possibly Blu-ray format) demos off DVD-ROMs. I was trying to show that that was not true. Now the actual spec, it seems that's taken more r&d than the disc technology...
Dunno. I haven't been in Japan for a while, and maybe not too many carry it because it costs over a thousand bucks. But if you want to buy one, you can buy one here, so I think it's pretty obvious it was on retail shelves at some point...
Umm, at the Sony building in Tokyo, I saw an impressive demo on a Blu-Ray player that you could buy in stores, so I doubt that was smoke and mirrors. I hope people realize the technology has been on the retail market for three years. I can easily believe that they'd be running stuff off of harddisk since it's simpler and the new firmware isn't finished, just saying that not everything's a lie...
Dear Mr. Coward,
The point is not that I enjoy doing stupid things in public. It's that shit happens, and when it does there is an audience-related threshold of how badly that shit will affect me. If you post AC all the time this might be hard to understand...
In that case who the fuck cares, yeah you look stupid and some extra person watching tv saw it as well. So what.
You're clearly missing the threshold concept. You've been in a locker room, right? Wouldn't posting pictures on the internet be scarier? You might say no, but many people would say yes...
If by something stupid you mean, knock in a window, spray graffity, rob someone then guess what. I don't give a damn if your scarred for life by being caught.
I think it's dead obvious I was talking about the former, since in every situation I get seen.
There is a lot to talk about on this subject but people being caught on camera during a blooper moment ain't one of them. Do you want to ban people taking photograps on the street because they might catch you picking your nose?
The UK might be different, but I'm pretty sure if I don't give express or implied permission to the photographer then when they publish it they'll either have to blur my face or just do it out of decency. I see that all the time.
There's a threshold though. If I do something stupid and 8 people see, I might shrug it off. If I do something stupid and 80 people see, I might not hang around that part of town. But if I do something stupid and 80,000 people see, then I might be scarred for life. It's just not meant to work that way.
If you're a complete music fan and video fan, and you want to have huge amounts of digital content, then you can upgrade to whatever size of drive you like. You can put any in that you like - it is a computer, after all.
This is very surprising information to me. If it's not a lie, it means that you can install your own damned harddrive (unlike with the PS2, where you pretty much have to pay double price for the "official" one). This is an unexpected step in the direction of user freedom, though offering no way for us to take advantage of it cost-wise (no one wants the $500 hardware, and the $600 one already has a big drive) seems very Sony still... Still, it's umm, something I didn't expect.
I have no frigging clue how the "world's second android" game is played, but maybe these guys didn't think that one counts because it's missing. Still, the same people who did PKD-Bot already made an Einstein android (The article says it has "frubber" in it!) so I think the claim here is bogus, especially since this one can't walk or anything particularly novel. Maybe they mean it's the second Asian android or something?
(2) "most don't seem to know this is going on anyway"
Are you sure? I'm no expert on this kind of stuff (only started downloading anime recently, although been buying it for a while), but it was my understanding that the whole fansubs thing was difficult to miss. It's been going on since the mid eighties, it can build up huge support for titles to be released over in america and europe (Azumanga Daioh being the obvious example) and it's not exactly hidden (a search on google brings up around 2 million results).
Also, I'd imagine making an explicit statement in favour of fansubbing would have the potential to harm licensing agreements with us and european firms. Given that, it's hard to tell whether a companies silence on the subject represents lack of knowledge of free distribution of their properties, apathy, or encouragement in hope of increasing us sales in the long run.
I meant creators don't. In the 80's, fansubs were underground video creations. There was no real internet presence, so it was much smaler scale, and they actually lived up to the "they're not licensed in this region, so fansubing isn't hurting anybody", because you had to physically distribute the tapes. Now that it's moved to bittorrent, what's stoping Japanese people from downloading them and ignoring the subtitles? Have you never in you life witnessed someone doing that with a Chinese "fansub"? When you search in English, you find loads of information about it on Google. Like I said, the creators usually don't speak English. And even then, you only find that information if you're looking for it. Ask your oldest relative who owns a computer if they know what fansubs are. I've been to many conventions in both the U.S. and Japan, and I can't say I've seen a positive reaction to the topic of fansubbing. To them it's usually hand in hand with piracy. I'd say it's not apathy, but instead the Pacific ocean and a language barrier that keeps them from responding.
Not really (in my opinion, at least). There's enough variation in quickly handwritten kana to throw things off. Get someone Japanese to write you something in "quick, casual handwritting" sometime, you'll see what I mean.
the owning companies have never expressed any desire to ban fansubs
Yes they have. Media Factory is one that has actually threatened litigation, but think about it. All the creators speak Japanese and live in Japan. International litigation is expensive (plus Japanese lawyers are even more expensive than ours), and most don't seem to know this is going on anyway. Whenever the fansub issue does come up at conventions, the Japanese guests are shocked and often outraged. And what do you even mean by "ban", anyway? Fansubs are illegal. If anything, they've expressed no desire to unban them. I'm not claiming that "piracy is bad", etc., since I don't necessarily believe that's the case. Just, if you believe you're doing this with the blessings of the creators, or anyone else for that matter, you're sadly mistaken.
I agree. I was always under the impression it was far more likely than that that men in black would show up at my door saying "You sure post funny things on Slashdot, son. We want to take a ride with you." Maybe because of various people crying wolf about the feds, it seems like a bigger deal than it is? Or maybe that's what [i]they[/i] want you to think...
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And the Japanese must think in... German?!?!
That's a sealed law. You're not allowed to talk about it, even if you make it up.
No, Gogeta was strong and cool. It's more like what would happen if Mr. Satan fused with King Kai: Fat, annoying, and utterly useless.
Though, doing some research here, it doesn't seem to be their global philosophy. The price of the Super Famicom in Japan was 10,000 yen more than the original Fami...
Iwata laughed at the very idea that the Wii could be released for $250 and tells the journalist to do his homework and realize that Nintendo's release price point has been fixed at $200 for the past 20 years for every single non-portable console.
For a company that's over a hundred years old, they certainly have an interesting take on inflation...
I think for me they were Goodnight Moon, Hop on Pop, and Cat in the Hat, but whatever floats your boat...
Yes! It is, thanks.
ffxii looks comparable to the ffviii tech demo. It might be due to texture trickery or something, but the in-game scenes are very nice, and there are a few points in the game where I've thought it's gone to fmv and it hasn't...
Asking customers to pay something monthly, or something periodically, we can never expect that kind of revenue to become the significant, main resources for Nintendo.
I really wish I could find it online, but Nintendo once ran a commercial in Japan in which Mario in an astronaut suit told me that from now on games will come from space, so I better get a subscription. Different president, I know, but still...
... that the 'Sony used a DVD+R for their BluRay Demo' meme will float into console fanboy lore, like the Toy Story claim...
So, they actually didn't make the Toy Story claim either?
Yes sony sucks, but for some reason everyone and their dog will buy the ps3. It guarantees Bluray's success.
Unless said dog is a Nintendog, which is programmed to buy the system at a loss to Sony, and then bury it in a virtual yard somewhere.
Sorry, I thought we were talking about the disc, not the format. The BDZ-S77 is a Blu-ray Disc recorder-player as far as the medium goes. The "crazy Sony conspiracy" TFA seems to hint at is that this technology still isn't implemented, and Sony has to resort to playing (possibly Blu-ray format) demos off DVD-ROMs. I was trying to show that that was not true. Now the actual spec, it seems that's taken more r&d than the disc technology...
What store?
Dunno. I haven't been in Japan for a while, and maybe not too many carry it because it costs over a thousand bucks. But if you want to buy one, you can buy one here , so I think it's pretty obvious it was on retail shelves at some point...
Umm, at the Sony building in Tokyo, I saw an impressive demo on a Blu-Ray player that you could buy in stores, so I doubt that was smoke and mirrors. I hope people realize the technology has been on the retail market for three years. I can easily believe that they'd be running stuff off of harddisk since it's simpler and the new firmware isn't finished, just saying that not everything's a lie...
Dear Mr. Coward,
The point is not that I enjoy doing stupid things in public. It's that shit happens, and when it does there is an audience-related threshold of how badly that shit will affect me. If you post AC all the time this might be hard to understand...
In that case who the fuck cares, yeah you look stupid and some extra person watching tv saw it as well. So what.
You're clearly missing the threshold concept. You've been in a locker room, right? Wouldn't posting pictures on the internet be scarier? You might say no, but many people would say yes...
If by something stupid you mean, knock in a window, spray graffity, rob someone then guess what. I don't give a damn if your scarred for life by being caught.
I think it's dead obvious I was talking about the former, since in every situation I get seen.
There is a lot to talk about on this subject but people being caught on camera during a blooper moment ain't one of them. Do you want to ban people taking photograps on the street because they might catch you picking your nose?
The UK might be different, but I'm pretty sure if I don't give express or implied permission to the photographer then when they publish it they'll either have to blur my face or just do it out of decency. I see that all the time.
There's a threshold though. If I do something stupid and 8 people see, I might shrug it off. If I do something stupid and 80 people see, I might not hang around that part of town. But if I do something stupid and 80,000 people see, then I might be scarred for life. It's just not meant to work that way.
From one of TFA's (emphasis mine) :
If you're a complete music fan and video fan, and you want to have huge amounts of digital content, then you can upgrade to whatever size of drive you like. You can put any in that you like - it is a computer, after all.
This is very surprising information to me. If it's not a lie, it means that you can install your own damned harddrive (unlike with the PS2, where you pretty much have to pay double price for the "official" one). This is an unexpected step in the direction of user freedom, though offering no way for us to take advantage of it cost-wise (no one wants the $500 hardware, and the $600 one already has a big drive) seems very Sony still... Still, it's umm, something I didn't expect.
I have no frigging clue how the "world's second android" game is played, but maybe these guys didn't think that one counts because it's missing. Still, the same people who did PKD-Bot already made an Einstein android (The article says it has "frubber" in it!) so I think the claim here is bogus, especially since this one can't walk or anything particularly novel. Maybe they mean it's the second Asian android or something?
If you print neatly, every writing system will work well with ocr. That's not what we're going for here...
(2) "most don't seem to know this is going on anyway"
Are you sure? I'm no expert on this kind of stuff (only started downloading anime recently, although been buying it for a while), but it was my understanding that the whole fansubs thing was difficult to miss. It's been going on since the mid eighties, it can build up huge support for titles to be released over in america and europe (Azumanga Daioh being the obvious example) and it's not exactly hidden (a search on google brings up around 2 million results). Also, I'd imagine making an explicit statement in favour of fansubbing would have the potential to harm licensing agreements with us and european firms. Given that, it's hard to tell whether a companies silence on the subject represents lack of knowledge of free distribution of their properties, apathy, or encouragement in hope of increasing us sales in the long run.
I meant creators don't. In the 80's, fansubs were underground video creations. There was no real internet presence, so it was much smaler scale, and they actually lived up to the "they're not licensed in this region, so fansubing isn't hurting anybody", because you had to physically distribute the tapes. Now that it's moved to bittorrent, what's stoping Japanese people from downloading them and ignoring the subtitles? Have you never in you life witnessed someone doing that with a Chinese "fansub"? When you search in English, you find loads of information about it on Google. Like I said, the creators usually don't speak English. And even then, you only find that information if you're looking for it. Ask your oldest relative who owns a computer if they know what fansubs are. I've been to many conventions in both the U.S. and Japan, and I can't say I've seen a positive reaction to the topic of fansubbing. To them it's usually hand in hand with piracy. I'd say it's not apathy, but instead the Pacific ocean and a language barrier that keeps them from responding.
Not really (in my opinion, at least). There's enough variation in quickly handwritten kana to throw things off. Get someone Japanese to write you something in "quick, casual handwritting" sometime, you'll see what I mean.
This can read them better than I can (check out the crazy examples)!
the owning companies have never expressed any desire to ban fansubs
Yes they have. Media Factory is one that has actually threatened litigation, but think about it. All the creators speak Japanese and live in Japan. International litigation is expensive (plus Japanese lawyers are even more expensive than ours), and most don't seem to know this is going on anyway. Whenever the fansub issue does come up at conventions, the Japanese guests are shocked and often outraged. And what do you even mean by "ban", anyway? Fansubs are illegal. If anything, they've expressed no desire to unban them. I'm not claiming that "piracy is bad", etc., since I don't necessarily believe that's the case. Just, if you believe you're doing this with the blessings of the creators, or anyone else for that matter, you're sadly mistaken.
I agree. I was always under the impression it was far more likely than that that men in black would show up at my door saying "You sure post funny things on Slashdot, son. We want to take a ride with you." Maybe because of various people crying wolf about the feds, it seems like a bigger deal than it is? Or maybe that's what [i]they[/i] want you to think...