Extreme? When did I say anybody would be lynched in the town square? You seriously need to remove the stick from your ass, you were able to go somewhere, good for you. Again, I made a simple passing comment and you attributed previous statements made by others to me. Now I'm glad you found a cause that makes you feel all tingly inside but there are more serious offenders to your cause.
Hell, I was only thinking that the extent of retaliation to vocal protest of national policies went as far as some extra harassment and maybe a less than favorable effect to one's reputation. If you'd get the fuck off your soap box you might notice that you're overreacting like a jackass.
I didn't reply because I don't seem to get email alerts when my posts are replied to by ACs. But anyway, it's good to hear that you were allowed to make a fool of yourself. Sounds like you had a blast. I'd direct somebody from my workplace here just to see his rebuttal but it really doesn't matter to me. You think China's amazing, awesome. Hell, everybody in China's happy. Great. I obviously don't care as much about this as you do and only made a speculative comment. You seem a bit to thrilled to come to China's defense but that's just an observation. Feel free to try to "scare [me] off" again.
Wait, wait, wait... you're concerned that publishers will look at my gaming patterns so their next game is more appealing to me?
Uhh... that's actually pretty exciting to me. If they can see that there's a certain part of the game that I wouldn't touch for weeks but kept at it in other parts and are able to infer that I just didn't like a former parts, then odds are those parts won't be in the next game and I'll like it more. How is this bad?
Tomonobu Itagaki even has a quote floating around regarding acheivements. Something along the lines of "I don't know what the hell these acheivements are... but my game will have them."
And a balance really needs to be struck among games, I've heard Madden is one of the easiest ways to get a high score.
Uhh... nobody's being forced to play. It's just that for games like Deus Ex (can you imagine what they're going to do with acheivements in Oblivion!?!) when the incentive is there, people will be able to see that you've gone through and done all those things. It's like OXM tried to do when it first came out, they issued challenges in each issue and displayed a leader board in the back of every magazine. I don't know how long that lasted but things like that are just fun to compete in, but I never did. Was I forced to play through crappy games to get my name on any list? No, but if I wanted to I would've been recognized for it.
But the point is that it's a scoreboard that's readily available for anybody to check, and multiple ways to seek a high rank by either each game or by raising your general gamertag score (I don't know if I'm butchering MS's terminology here... what exactly is a "block" of memory, again?).
It's true that arcades or good old Polaroids are better, but it's better than what consoles allowed two years ago... right, that was nothing.
What I find amusing is that the assumption is that the/. crowd will do anything other than bash MS products.
Is what the Xbox 360/Xbox Live do(es) anything new? No. Do gamer cards and scores that are publicly displayed give greater incentive to obsession? Of course.
If I'm not mistaken, you don't even need to subscribe to be put up on the leader boards. Hell, that's about as close to a national/international arcade as I can imagine. I was saddened to see the decline of arcades in America, thinking that the advent of online play could keep the experience alive while allowing a more diverse pool of competition but Xbox Live actually isn't doing too bad a job. Then again, I wouldn't be able to put the time into getting a good score, nor do I even have a 360 at the moment (MS's announcement of 300,000 more 360s the week before Christmas did it for me)... but it seems to lend itself to community building.
The new Live gives players something gaming-related to be proud of if they so choose, so of course it enables addiction. But it's not like WoW wasn't already upholding the tradition for millions.
That's not the point. He's discrediting the utility of playing UMDs on a TV. Sure, PSP videos (would) have a market, but playing them on a TV wouldn't.
This is what gets me... how is Sony going to pull this online gaming network off without charging people? I mean, they've gotten some people really happy that their online gaming solution was free, what will those people do now?
Not meant to troll or anything, I'm geniunely interested in what Sony will do, because providing free online gaming has made them kinda the "good guy" in many people's eyes. And if they provide this service for free, I don't see how their service could compare to Live. It's too obvious to say that we'll have to wait and see and I'd really like to know what they're planning.
Remember, the Playstation brand has been saving Sony as of late, and it's a brand that they can't let become a money drain. This'll be interesting.
It's a good thing I wasn't talking about the PS3...
Really, Sony could charge $700 and there are enough idiots out there convinced that the Playstation is what console gaming's all about that they'd still succeed.
Works. But in 480p, which is the point here. HDCP (also required in Europe, apparently), or lack thereof, will prevent some TVs from displaying HD (720p, 1080i/p, whatever) signal. So it'll work just fine in the US too, but it might not be worth it if the player won't send the higher def signal to your TV (or does the TV block it?), which apparently will happen at least in the US and Europe.
Your point isn't that it's "perhaps" a US-only problem. You flat-out stated that. And this:
"On January 19, 2005, the European Industry Association for Information Systems (EICTA) announced that HDCP is a required component of the European "HD ready" Label."
No, nobody has said they'd rather use a mouse and keyboard. They're attacking the game because it doesn't let you. That's pathetic that every single time a console FPS is brought up, the PC whiners groan about the mouse and keyboard. You'd think if it was so great they'd just play and shut up or something.
I'm just saying that there's no disdain for Nintendo at MS or Rare. And any relations between them and Nintendo could possibly lead to some sort agreement being reached on a redistribution agreement. But I must reiterate that EA's ownership of the EA lisence kinda makes things a bit confusing on where all parties (except Nintendo) stand.
Just because there's a better (read: easier) way to do something doesn't mean all other methods are useless. Especially when proficiency doesn't come easily.
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Extreme? When did I say anybody would be lynched in the town square? You seriously need to remove the stick from your ass, you were able to go somewhere, good for you. Again, I made a simple passing comment and you attributed previous statements made by others to me. Now I'm glad you found a cause that makes you feel all tingly inside but there are more serious offenders to your cause.
Hell, I was only thinking that the extent of retaliation to vocal protest of national policies went as far as some extra harassment and maybe a less than favorable effect to one's reputation. If you'd get the fuck off your soap box you might notice that you're overreacting like a jackass.
Well aren't you quite fond of yourself?
I didn't reply because I don't seem to get email alerts when my posts are replied to by ACs. But anyway, it's good to hear that you were allowed to make a fool of yourself. Sounds like you had a blast. I'd direct somebody from my workplace here just to see his rebuttal but it really doesn't matter to me. You think China's amazing, awesome. Hell, everybody in China's happy. Great. I obviously don't care as much about this as you do and only made a speculative comment. You seem a bit to thrilled to come to China's defense but that's just an observation. Feel free to try to "scare [me] off" again.
Right, I'm sure that their support is in no way related to what would happen if they vocally disagreed with it...
No, I think someone has shit on the coats.
Though the comment was about the next year.
Besides, NHL 2K6 is enough for me on any console.
11 very interesting games.
And most of them should be out within a year.
Wait, wait, wait... you're concerned that publishers will look at my gaming patterns so their next game is more appealing to me?
Uhh... that's actually pretty exciting to me. If they can see that there's a certain part of the game that I wouldn't touch for weeks but kept at it in other parts and are able to infer that I just didn't like a former parts, then odds are those parts won't be in the next game and I'll like it more. How is this bad?
Tomonobu Itagaki even has a quote floating around regarding acheivements. Something along the lines of "I don't know what the hell these acheivements are... but my game will have them."
And a balance really needs to be struck among games, I've heard Madden is one of the easiest ways to get a high score.
Uhh... nobody's being forced to play. It's just that for games like Deus Ex (can you imagine what they're going to do with acheivements in Oblivion!?!) when the incentive is there, people will be able to see that you've gone through and done all those things. It's like OXM tried to do when it first came out, they issued challenges in each issue and displayed a leader board in the back of every magazine. I don't know how long that lasted but things like that are just fun to compete in, but I never did. Was I forced to play through crappy games to get my name on any list? No, but if I wanted to I would've been recognized for it.
But the point is that it's a scoreboard that's readily available for anybody to check, and multiple ways to seek a high rank by either each game or by raising your general gamertag score (I don't know if I'm butchering MS's terminology here... what exactly is a "block" of memory, again?).
It's true that arcades or good old Polaroids are better, but it's better than what consoles allowed two years ago... right, that was nothing.
What I find amusing is that the assumption is that the /. crowd will do anything other than bash MS products.
Is what the Xbox 360/Xbox Live do(es) anything new? No. Do gamer cards and scores that are publicly displayed give greater incentive to obsession? Of course.
If I'm not mistaken, you don't even need to subscribe to be put up on the leader boards. Hell, that's about as close to a national/international arcade as I can imagine. I was saddened to see the decline of arcades in America, thinking that the advent of online play could keep the experience alive while allowing a more diverse pool of competition but Xbox Live actually isn't doing too bad a job. Then again, I wouldn't be able to put the time into getting a good score, nor do I even have a 360 at the moment (MS's announcement of 300,000 more 360s the week before Christmas did it for me)... but it seems to lend itself to community building.
The new Live gives players something gaming-related to be proud of if they so choose, so of course it enables addiction. But it's not like WoW wasn't already upholding the tradition for millions.
That's not the point. He's discrediting the utility of playing UMDs on a TV. Sure, PSP videos (would) have a market, but playing them on a TV wouldn't.
This is what gets me... how is Sony going to pull this online gaming network off without charging people? I mean, they've gotten some people really happy that their online gaming solution was free, what will those people do now?
Not meant to troll or anything, I'm geniunely interested in what Sony will do, because providing free online gaming has made them kinda the "good guy" in many people's eyes. And if they provide this service for free, I don't see how their service could compare to Live. It's too obvious to say that we'll have to wait and see and I'd really like to know what they're planning.
Remember, the Playstation brand has been saving Sony as of late, and it's a brand that they can't let become a money drain. This'll be interesting.
It's a good thing I wasn't talking about the PS3...
Really, Sony could charge $700 and there are enough idiots out there convinced that the Playstation is what console gaming's all about that they'd still succeed.
Because no developers make games for your Gamecube or an upgraded Xbox.
The fact that you're failing to see the difference isn't anyone else's problem.
Nintendo doesn't try to establish its proprietary formats as rights-crippled industry standards though.
This is a content protection issue, not a signal pattern issue.
And I take it you're from the States too? Otherwise, you have to define who exactly "we" is.
Works. But in 480p, which is the point here. HDCP (also required in Europe, apparently), or lack thereof, will prevent some TVs from displaying HD (720p, 1080i/p, whatever) signal. So it'll work just fine in the US too, but it might not be worth it if the player won't send the higher def signal to your TV (or does the TV block it?), which apparently will happen at least in the US and Europe.
Any word on Japan?
Another PC gamer that doesn't "get" consoles.
Yay.
No, nobody has said they'd rather use a mouse and keyboard. They're attacking the game because it doesn't let you. That's pathetic that every single time a console FPS is brought up, the PC whiners groan about the mouse and keyboard. You'd think if it was so great they'd just play and shut up or something.
I'm just saying that there's no disdain for Nintendo at MS or Rare. And any relations between them and Nintendo could possibly lead to some sort agreement being reached on a redistribution agreement. But I must reiterate that EA's ownership of the EA lisence kinda makes things a bit confusing on where all parties (except Nintendo) stand.
Who said I was?
Just because there's a better (read: easier ) way to do something doesn't mean all other methods are useless. Especially when proficiency doesn't come easily.