From this article dated 8/10/05: "Kawanishi is thinking of further improving the PSP's movie-viewing experience by adding a function to watch streaming videos. If that happens, users will be able to watch movies on the fly without having to save them on their Memory Sticks. Kawanishi also said that he plans to include Digital Rights Management functions in a future update, which will allow for paid content to be watched on the handheld."
The linked article also mentions an email client. It's just more crap to look for in firmware v3.0.
This is pretty depressing, really. By this time next year we'll have a USB laser cannon add-on, but no games. Well, unless you consider vaporizing pigeons a game, but I was speaking in the digital sense.
Basically, you get a T1 line (Free install + Free Router after $500 MIR) and split it with your neighbors wirelessly. You become the admin and set the price and speed for your neighbors, while Speakeasy handles the billing and credits you 80% of what your neighbors pay.
It's $460/month for a 1.5Mbps symmetrical connection, and you'd have to split that down to what you consider affordable -- but hell, anything beats dial-up.
What hardware is used take screenshots and video from a portable device, like the DS or PSP? I know there's nothing for consumers (though a TV-out mod for the GBA exists), but I'm just so damned curious.
This forum post is making the rounds today. It claims that by using Action Replay for the PS2, the hot coffee mini-game can be unlocked.
If that's true, then it looks like Rockstar is the one with their pants on fire. Also, it means I have to go get an Action Replay, because I play the game for blood and boobs, not because going around on a bike bunny hopping shit is super fun.
I hear if you see this guy around you have to hold up 8 fingers -- 5 extended on one hand, 3 on the other, with the thumb and forefinger making an "OK" sign.
Steven: That's not the sign. George: It was when I was banging!
Can we stick to the acronym "HDD" for Hard Disk Drive? I thought this was an article about a non-High Definition PS3 being made. Which, really, is a stupid idea, but so is not bundling an HDD.
Granted, this talk of emulation and downloading old games has got me excited, but this quote from Satoru Iwata has got me cracking a fat:
"We are convinced that the Revolution will be most developer-friendly. In this next generation, development costs will move easily into 8 figures. We have created a solution to allow them to exercise creative freedom..."
If the Revolution isn't as powerful as its competitors and has a different control scheme, one game won't be released for all three consoles like they are currently. Games will go to PS3 and XBox 360, and pass Revolution by. This would be a double-edge for Nintendo; less overall titles, but more exclusives. And it's those exclusives I'm excited about.
See, if it's cheaper and less time-consuming to make a game for the Revolution because Nintendo is offering up an abundance of tools, a developer can put more focus into content, can create a game faster, and can sell it for cheaper, all while still profitting from it. I think a lot of developers are paying attention to Katamari Damacy and realizing, "Hey, weird-ass ball rolling games for $20 are super-fun hot-sellers!" But not all developers have the balls/money to take the finacial risk that comes with innovation. Let's hope Nintendo alleviates that pressure.
Anyway, to sum it up, I think fun "pick up and play" games will be a big part of Revolution. You know -- "I have to roll up a huge cow before I go to work... WHAT? COW PYLON?! NO!!!" I mean, why else talk about how fast it boots?
PS3 and XBox 360 are huge, powerful, all-in-one systems that will feature ass-numbing AAA titles, and that's great, but it's a nice move by Nintendo to set up a comfortable camp on the mountain and not battle for the summit. If people buy two of the three consoles this generation, one of them is definitely going to be the Revolution.
I thought the lawsuit was over the way vibration worked in their controllers. From Joystiq.com:
Sony Computer Entertainment may be forbidden from manufacturing, using, selling or importing into the United States any of their products that include computer controlled vibrating motors because those products infringe on patents held by Immersion Corp.
The physical appearance wasn't included in that lawsuit, was it? And besides, isn't there another way to solve the problem other than reinventing the Wingman?
Is anyone else disgusted by the new boomerang controller design? It looks very uncomfortable compared to the Dual Shock -- the D-Pad is slightly angled, and the shoulder buttons are very close together. Granted, I don't know how it feels, but I wonder why Sony changed the design that we've been using for a decade...
This HelloGamer article has a supposed leaked XBox Live survey that confirms backwards compatibility.
My guess is that Microsoft will do what Sony did with the PS2: if a game works, it works; if not, tough titties. (I have had plenty of PS1 games freeze on my PS2.)
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What is that glimmer, miles away on the horizon?
Oh yeah, that joke.
It could probably pass for M if they kept the penis 3 pixels long.
On second thought, given the higher resolutions games are in today, that would be rather embarrassing.
Oh, it'll be single player. But you don't mind first person shooters, right?
From this article dated 8/10/05: "Kawanishi is thinking of further improving the PSP's movie-viewing experience by adding a function to watch streaming videos. If that happens, users will be able to watch movies on the fly without having to save them on their Memory Sticks. Kawanishi also said that he plans to include Digital Rights Management functions in a future update, which will allow for paid content to be watched on the handheld."
The linked article also mentions an email client. It's just more crap to look for in firmware v3.0.
This is pretty depressing, really. By this time next year we'll have a USB laser cannon add-on, but no games. Well, unless you consider vaporizing pigeons a game, but I was speaking in the digital sense.
You may want to look into Speakeasy's NetShare service, if it's available in your area.
Basically, you get a T1 line (Free install + Free Router after $500 MIR) and split it with your neighbors wirelessly. You become the admin and set the price and speed for your neighbors, while Speakeasy handles the billing and credits you 80% of what your neighbors pay.
It's $460/month for a 1.5Mbps symmetrical connection, and you'd have to split that down to what you consider affordable -- but hell, anything beats dial-up.
I feel your pain, buddy.
I have been playing this game called "Loading Screen" on my PSP. It's really fun, especially when you just want to pick-up-and-play a game real quick.
Thank you for hyperlinking "EQ"; I didn't know what you were reffering to. On an unrelated note, did you know I enjoy eating Cap'n Crunch?
I'm guessing with all of its added features that have nothing to do with video games, it will just be a POS.
What hardware is used take screenshots and video from a portable device, like the DS or PSP? I know there's nothing for consumers (though a TV-out mod for the GBA exists), but I'm just so damned curious.
Does anyone know?
This forum post is making the rounds today. It claims that by using Action Replay for the PS2, the hot coffee mini-game can be unlocked.
If that's true, then it looks like Rockstar is the one with their pants on fire. Also, it means I have to go get an Action Replay, because I play the game for blood and boobs, not because going around on a bike bunny hopping shit is super fun.
http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000597050127/
There are also pictures around of the PS3 in white, silver, and black -- but where's the GameCube purple? Did that, like, not catch on or something?
Where does she find the time to shave? I'd imagine she'd at least have a five o'clock shadow.
I am sad.
I hear if you see this guy around you have to hold up 8 fingers -- 5 extended on one hand, 3 on the other, with the thumb and forefinger making an "OK" sign.
Steven: That's not the sign.
George: It was when I was banging!
That's why there's The Advantage.
I don't know what a P-code is, but here's to P-Wings!
Can we stick to the acronym "HDD" for Hard Disk Drive? I thought this was an article about a non-High Definition PS3 being made. Which, really, is a stupid idea, but so is not bundling an HDD.
Thank you.
Get her Yoshi's Island -- it's the Trojan Horse to girls playing video games. "Awwww, Mario's a cute widdle baby! OK, I guess I'll give it a try..."
Pretty soon she'll be humiliating you in Mortal Kombat 2. Seriously, your penis will shrink.
To think, a menagerie of new words at my finger tips! I presage I am going to like the Word of the Day feature.
See, if it's cheaper and less time-consuming to make a game for the Revolution because Nintendo is offering up an abundance of tools, a developer can put more focus into content, can create a game faster, and can sell it for cheaper, all while still profitting from it. I think a lot of developers are paying attention to Katamari Damacy and realizing, "Hey, weird-ass ball rolling games for $20 are super-fun hot-sellers!" But not all developers have the balls/money to take the finacial risk that comes with innovation. Let's hope Nintendo alleviates that pressure.
Anyway, to sum it up, I think fun "pick up and play" games will be a big part of Revolution. You know -- "I have to roll up a huge cow before I go to work... WHAT? COW PYLON?! NO!!!" I mean, why else talk about how fast it boots?
PS3 and XBox 360 are huge, powerful, all-in-one systems that will feature ass-numbing AAA titles, and that's great, but it's a nice move by Nintendo to set up a comfortable camp on the mountain and not battle for the summit. If people buy two of the three consoles this generation, one of them is definitely going to be the Revolution.
Is anyone else disgusted by the new boomerang controller design? It looks very uncomfortable compared to the Dual Shock -- the D-Pad is slightly angled, and the shoulder buttons are very close together. Granted, I don't know how it feels, but I wonder why Sony changed the design that we've been using for a decade...
This HelloGamer article has a supposed leaked XBox Live survey that confirms backwards compatibility.
My guess is that Microsoft will do what Sony did with the PS2: if a game works, it works; if not, tough titties. (I have had plenty of PS1 games freeze on my PS2.)
On a totally unrelated note, it's hard to type standing up.