Amarok is "far better" than anything on Windows? I'm a Linux user like you, but I've hardly found many programs on it I'd consider "far better" than anything on Windows.
I think folks around here get a bit overzealous over software that does the same thing I can do on Windows, but does it for free.
I believe that fusion produces energy by turning a small amount of matter into energy when the fusion occurs. You still have larger atoms then when you started, but not as big as you'd think from looking at the components - it's like taking 3 + 3 and getting 5 and little bit of energy.
Not really a physics person though, so if someone could validate this info, that'd be great.
When you say "cost of a good character" you're thinking only of money - not the countless hours to get there. There are people out there that don't have the time, but do have the money to rent a good character. I can think of at least one executive who likes this type of game and would be willing to rent a character...
You're mistaking the word "developers" for "publishers." (Though you got it in the last paragraph.) Remember developers usually have to ask for money from publishers, who are a cautious lot, not wanting to hand out checks for twenty million dollars unless they're sure they'll get it back... and Linux is most definetly an unproven game platform - why would they allow a developer to spend any time writing for it? If it was my money, I wouldn't.
On a second note, I don't think the solution to a non Microsoft game API is to take an API, "add a bit" and release it back... do that few times, with a few developers, and you're likely to end up with a mess.
I also don't know if OpenGL is a valid cross platform API... or maybe it won't be in the future. Microsoft did buy up some of the patents, and while it looks like you're still free of Microsoft control, it sure would make me nervous as a game developer. They could easily bury me in lawsuits, even if they were obviously on made up grounds.
I for one, as a Linux user and a software engineer, will stand up for your Linux does take more time to configure system settings and software more, even taking into account that a Windows install leaves you with almost no software.
Sure, you can point out that a fresh install, counting software/driver install time for Windows, is probably faster on Linux. But consider the all too common case of the after install driver installation: what would the average person rather do, go to the hardware manufacturer site, download the probably easy to find driver, and double click on the.exe, OR go the site, find out Linux support isn't to be found here, go scour the net, download the appropriate homebrewed source code / windows driver wrapper and try to get it compiled and running? I'd take the Windows option any time I was in a hurry - and Joe Schmoe sure doesn't want to "compile" anything.
Software follows a similar vein - for anything not popular enough to have lots of prepackaged versions, you'll be jumping through hoops to get it running.
I realize a lot of hardware is already supported out of the box with Linux, so this doesn't always apply... but I still don't have my ATI card running properly on this box, but I know how to... and it's not worth the time.
You can also point to security, i.e. viruses wasting your time - and that's valid. I've done a few reinstalls because of them in Windows, and they wasted my time. Never did it in Linux. However, if you can't use Linux to begin with for lack of patience/ability, you might as well just stick with Windows and invite your cousin the computer whiz over to reinstall every year or so. And the moderately knowledgeable users who can fire up a firewall / anti-virus program and use them correctly, but don't care why it works behind the scene, won't even see the real need to go Linux.
So what we have here is a situation where the average person isn't going to want it because it's just not within their ability, and the moderate folks don't care enough and manage Windows OK... leaving us geeks that can handle the pain in the ass stuff and don't mind a little time wasted for a little more knowledge to use it.
... but at least they make a profit! Sure Microsoft has huge pockets and could lose money like this forever if they wanted to, but a company can only do this so long before stockholders want to see some improvement. Remember that hardware sales equal a loss, software sales equal a profit.
Look to see Microsoft try to make more games and sell cheaper hardware with 360.
He's 77 years old and filthy rich. What the hell does he want 10 million dollars for? He's a competitor, always has, always will be, and now he wants his side to win.
The more I think about this, the more it makes sense for Sony to do it.
Think about it - these games cost ten to fifteen bucks a month. Most people are only willing to pay for one of these a month, the diehard maybe two or three. Thus, only one MMO is being paid for per person per month (and only those willing to pay 10 to fifteen play)... and if one steals everyone's thunder (WoW) then everybody else doesn't even a chance.
However, if you could lower the cost without lowering the quality, more people will have multiple MMOs installed. I'm not just talking about brokering deals (though this has the added benefit of lessening the time a person has to spend in a given MMO to make it worthwhile, which is also good for this purpose) but the inclusion of ads, etc.
Point being, if people can play more than one MMO at a time (and if people like me can use the hours they spend at work to give them a shot of playing at a level close to their friends), this will almost certainly raise the number of MMOs the market can support - and I think competition will certainly improve the product.
The big deal was that portal technology mentioned.
"By using portals instead of traditional environment layouts, the team can create a much less predictable gameplay dynamic, including such fanciful notions as portals that lead back into the same room... (gamers) are ready for the more abstract environments promised by the Prey technology - what would have been too confusing a year ago can now be accepted." - quote from Next Generation, November 1997
So... this is no longer a big deal - the concept of portals has been around at least since Unreal.
On a side note, does anyone think the idea of a Native American hero fighting aliens seem way too 90s to fly as a game basis anymore? I mean, back then we were happy with stuff to shoot at, but c'mon - unless your name is Sam we expect a story.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but alot of what I've read on "Revolution" has Nintendo trying to cater to those people that don't play games. I vaguely remember some interview with an exec say something like "Mom will walk by and want to play." Or something.
Point being, I'm thinking talking about Nintendo catering old school, or not catering to the masses, etc. is missing the point of "Revolution." It doesn't sound like it's going to be simply a natural progression of graphics, a different (but very much standard) controller and added internet support like Microsoft and Sony are planning... it's going to be their best effort to get the people that don't play games and never have to play games.
This will probably entail two things that they don't want to show off yet... a weird controller (touchpad, tilt controlled, etc.) that has been rumored and games that will disappoint us the old guard of gaming. In fact, if my predictions are true, they'd be better off unveiling on Oprah than at E3.
Won't the actual compiler, the part that actually matters, be mostly untouched? I imagine that a new version of VS is mostly just prettier with bells and whistles...
Point being that Beta VS is probably just fine for most things. And since it's free, it allows developers to see if it's worth paying for again for mostly the same thing...
This is pretty good, considering there's gonna be at least 22 of these guys on the screen at once. It's comparable to a main character in a game on the current generation (Master Chief.)
If it helps you any, I think that things will improve with time (more dramatically than in the last generation) because of all the difficult hardware.
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Note that the average CPU is designed to work for about 10 years... so life expectancy is maybe not such an issue.
Amarok is "far better" than anything on Windows? I'm a Linux user like you, but I've hardly found many programs on it I'd consider "far better" than anything on Windows.
I think folks around here get a bit overzealous over software that does the same thing I can do on Windows, but does it for free.
I believe that fusion produces energy by turning a small amount of matter into energy when the fusion occurs. You still have larger atoms then when you started, but not as big as you'd think from looking at the components - it's like taking 3 + 3 and getting 5 and little bit of energy.
Not really a physics person though, so if someone could validate this info, that'd be great.
When you say "cost of a good character" you're thinking only of money - not the countless hours to get there. There are people out there that don't have the time, but do have the money to rent a good character. I can think of at least one executive who likes this type of game and would be willing to rent a character...
On a second note, I don't think the solution to a non Microsoft game API is to take an API, "add a bit" and release it back... do that few times, with a few developers, and you're likely to end up with a mess.
I also don't know if OpenGL is a valid cross platform API... or maybe it won't be in the future. Microsoft did buy up some of the patents, and while it looks like you're still free of Microsoft control, it sure would make me nervous as a game developer. They could easily bury me in lawsuits, even if they were obviously on made up grounds.
I for one, as a Linux user and a software engineer, will stand up for your
.exe, OR go the site, find out Linux support isn't to be found here, go scour the net, download the appropriate homebrewed source code / windows driver wrapper and try to get it compiled and running? I'd take the Windows option any time I was in a hurry - and Joe Schmoe sure doesn't want to "compile" anything.
Linux does take more time to configure system settings and software more, even taking into account that a Windows install leaves you with almost no software.
Sure, you can point out that a fresh install, counting software/driver install time for Windows, is probably faster on Linux. But consider the all too common case of the after install driver installation: what would the average person rather do, go to the hardware manufacturer site, download the probably easy to find driver, and double click on the
Software follows a similar vein - for anything not popular enough to have lots of prepackaged versions, you'll be jumping through hoops to get it running.
I realize a lot of hardware is already supported out of the box with Linux, so this doesn't always apply... but I still don't have my ATI card running properly on this box, but I know how to... and it's not worth the time.
You can also point to security, i.e. viruses wasting your time - and that's valid. I've done a few reinstalls because of them in Windows, and they wasted my time. Never did it in Linux. However, if you can't use Linux to begin with for lack of patience/ability, you might as well just stick with Windows and invite your cousin the computer whiz over to reinstall every year or so. And the moderately knowledgeable users who can fire up a firewall / anti-virus program and use them correctly, but don't care why it works behind the scene, won't even see the real need to go Linux.
So what we have here is a situation where the average person isn't going to want it because it's just not within their ability, and the moderate folks don't care enough and manage Windows OK... leaving us geeks that can handle the pain in the ass stuff and don't mind a little time wasted for a little more knowledge to use it.
...Nintendo Revolution's cartridge based format is announced!
Was that a trackball in the middle of the controller?
Try Aliens vs Predator 2, and play as the alien... very cool movement there.
... but at least they make a profit! Sure Microsoft has huge pockets and could lose money like this forever if they wanted to, but a company can only do this so long before stockholders want to see some improvement. Remember that hardware sales equal a loss, software sales equal a profit.
Look to see Microsoft try to make more games and sell cheaper hardware with 360.
He's 77 years old and filthy rich. What the hell does he want 10 million dollars for? He's a competitor, always has, always will be, and now he wants his side to win.
The more I think about this, the more it makes sense for Sony to do it.
Think about it - these games cost ten to fifteen bucks a month. Most people are only willing to pay for one of these a month, the diehard maybe two or three. Thus, only one MMO is being paid for per person per month (and only those willing to pay 10 to fifteen play)... and if one steals everyone's thunder (WoW) then everybody else doesn't even a chance.
However, if you could lower the cost without lowering the quality, more people will have multiple MMOs installed. I'm not just talking about brokering deals (though this has the added benefit of lessening the time a person has to spend in a given MMO to make it worthwhile, which is also good for this purpose) but the inclusion of ads, etc.
Point being, if people can play more than one MMO at a time (and if people like me can use the hours they spend at work to give them a shot of playing at a level close to their friends), this will almost certainly raise the number of MMOs the market can support - and I think competition will certainly improve the product.
The big deal was that portal technology mentioned.
"By using portals instead of traditional environment layouts, the team can create a much less predictable gameplay dynamic, including such fanciful notions as portals that lead back into the same room... (gamers) are ready for the more abstract environments promised by the Prey technology - what would have been too confusing a year ago can now be accepted." - quote from Next Generation, November 1997
So... this is no longer a big deal - the concept of portals has been around at least since Unreal.
On a side note, does anyone think the idea of a Native American hero fighting aliens seem way too 90s to fly as a game basis anymore? I mean, back then we were happy with stuff to shoot at, but c'mon - unless your name is Sam we expect a story.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but alot of what I've read on "Revolution" has Nintendo trying to cater to those people that don't play games. I vaguely remember some interview with an exec say something like "Mom will walk by and want to play." Or something.
Point being, I'm thinking talking about Nintendo catering old school, or not catering to the masses, etc. is missing the point of "Revolution." It doesn't sound like it's going to be simply a natural progression of graphics, a different (but very much standard) controller and added internet support like Microsoft and Sony are planning... it's going to be their best effort to get the people that don't play games and never have to play games.
This will probably entail two things that they don't want to show off yet... a weird controller (touchpad, tilt controlled, etc.) that has been rumored and games that will disappoint us the old guard of gaming. In fact, if my predictions are true, they'd be better off unveiling on Oprah than at E3.
Point being that Beta VS is probably just fine for most things. And since it's free, it allows developers to see if it's worth paying for again for mostly the same thing...
This is pretty good, considering there's gonna be at least 22 of these guys on the screen at once. It's comparable to a main character in a game on the current generation (Master Chief.) If it helps you any, I think that things will improve with time (more dramatically than in the last generation) because of all the difficult hardware.